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Make It Count

THE SCENE: Cool, calm and collected
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC x 20

Tempo Squats x 10

Manly Arm Circles IC x 10 forward and backwards

Tempo Merkins x 8

Tempo Lunges x 5 each side

Mountain Climbers IC x 10
THA-THANG:
1) Ran to get a coupon, then walking lunges x 50 yards (approx)

2) 20-15-10

  • Run a set of stairs at Big Ball
  • 20 Hand Release Merkins
  • 20 Squat Press with Coupon
  • 20 Mountain Jumpers
  • Run 2 sets of stairs at Big Ball
  • 15 Hand Release Merkins
  • 15 Squat Press with Coupon
  • 15 Mountain Jumpers
  • Run 3 sets of stairs at Big Ball
  • 10 Hand Release Merkins
  • 10 Squat Press with Coupon
  • 10 Mountain Jumpers

3) Make It Count

Broad Jump approx 25 yards and count how many jumps it takes.  That number is used for the circuit

  • Squat 3x your number
  • Squat Jump 2x your number
  • Step Jumps x your number
  • Run a lap

MARY:
N/A
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Told a little about my story of my volunteer trip to Guatemala to build schools in 2014.  The big thing I noticed was that the community there had very little.  Very little clean water, not much food, cramped living conditions, rundown classrooms, etc.  But what they did have was gratitude, smiles, kindness and community.  They made us volunteers feel appreciated.  Like we were rockstars.  They treated us like friends.  Over in the U.S. we often don’t have that.  We have complaining and fighting and negativity.  Remember all that you do have to be grateful for.  Be neighborly and be kind to people.  Smile and say hello.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Field Day at the Big Ball

THE SCENE: Hot and sticky, lower 70’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20, Arm Circles x 15 forwards and backwards, Tempo Squats x 10, Tempo Merkins x 8, This and That
THA-THANG:
Ran across the field while I dropped 4 cones about the same distance apart from each other. Th rest of the workout were rounds of different exercises at each cone, crossing the field to get to each cone in a different way each round, followed by a lap around the field once finished

  • Round 1: Bear crawls across the field to each cone. Cone 1 – 30 x Cobra Merkins. Cone 2 – 25 x standard Merkins. Cone 3 – 20 x Carolina Dry Docks. Cone 4 – 15 x Body Builders. Cooldown lap
  • Round 2: Broad Jumps across the field to each cone. Cone 1 – 30 x Sumo Squats. Cone 2 – 25 x Flutterkicks (4ct). Cone 3 – 20 x Edward scissor legs (4ct). Cone 4 – 15 x Lunges (each leg, 30 total). Cooldown lap
  • Round 3: Crab Walks across the field to each cone. Cone 1 – 30 x LBCs. Cone 2 – 25 x American Hammers (4ct). Cone 3 – 20 x BBSs. Cone 4 – 15 x Freddie Mercurys (4ct). Cooldown lap
  • Round 4: Walk/jog across the field to each cone. Cone 1 – 15 x Burpees. Cone 2 – 15 x 180* Squat Jumps. Cone 3 – 15 x Get Ups. Cone 4 – 15 x Hand Release Merkins. Cooldown lap

After this we finished with one last sprint across the field, ending back at the fountains with less than 30 seconds to spare

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Pointed out how here at F3 I’ve noticed a trend of quoting, looking up to, or talking about past presidents, generals, and other leaders involved in WW1, WW2 and other large scale conflicts. I shared that the guy who discipled me when I was in college once said that since God is sovereign He chose those men to be born in the time of those conflicts and battles, knowing they’d be a part of it. But we weren’t born during these times, so what battles or conflicts did God keep in mind when deciding when we should be born? I pointed out that if we’re claiming to be “high impact men”, we shouldn’t only look back on past heroes, but also look at the problems we’re dealing with now and consider if these are our battles we were born for. Lord willing, none of us are riding into battle on horseback with bullets flying past us, but we are living in a time where our nation faces plenty of other kinds of conflicts. The obvious being the racial tensions and injustices we’re currently addressing and this global pandemic. But also take note of the following:

  • >40% of Americans are obese; >30% of Americans are overweight; roughly 3/4’s of Americans are not at a healthy weight
  • In the US, roughly 40% of marriages end in divorce; roughly 25% of married men have an affair; even roughly 10% of pastors have an affair
  • 35% of all internet downloads are pornographic; 25% of all internet searches pertain to sex; 70% of men ages 18-24 view pornography regularly
  • In the US, roughly 15% of women have been raped or survived an attempted rape; roughly 34%of these women were below the age of 12 at the time
  • 1 in 8 Americans are technically classified as alcoholics
  • An estimated 10 million US citizens are victims of domestic abuse every year

We may not be storming beaches, but there is more than enough to fight for right now. MLK said, roughly, that what we have to repent of isn’t just the vitriolic words or violent actions of a few bad men, but also the silence and indifference of a lot of good men. High Impact Men take action towards whats happening in front of them, not just honor the actions that took place behind them

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New Logo contest is going on, we’ll continue sending guys to help out with F3 Morristown the next couple weeks

Leg Day in the Rain

THE SCENE: Warm, Humid, 70ish. Started raining about 10 minutes into the workout, stopped right at the end
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20, Tempo Squats x 10, Rockettes x 10, Cherry Pickers x 5, Quad Stretches
THA-THANG:
Took a lap around the park, then went to the parking lot across the street

Parking Lot

  • Monkey Jumped (3 monkey squats followed by broad jump) all the way across the parking lot, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches
  • Lunged all the way across the parking lot again, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches
  • Duck Walked all the way across the parking lot again, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches
  • Side Lunged all the way across the parking lot again, then did 25 of each of the following: American Hammers (4ct), Big Boy Sit Ups, Flutterkicks (4ct), Little Baby Crunches

Street Next to Church

Lined up at the bottom of the parallel parking spots, did 5 reps of Get Ups (Big Boys plus standing up) followed by a sprint to the top of the parking spots. Did this two more times, but with 10 and 15 reps of Get Ups

 

Finished with another lap around the park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Was reminded of this story of GK Chesterton, a well known Christian author of the early 1900’s. The London Times sent out a questionnaire to a bunch of authors asking “What is wrong with the world?” and Chesterton replied with a one sentence essay, “Dear Sirs, I am.” In times like what we’re seeing nationally right now I think its good for us to practice the same self awareness and humility that he did. Not to say that we shouldn’t hold others, especially those with power, accountable for their actions, but before we make judgments, condemnations or conclusions about someone or something, lets all remember Jesus’ rebuke towards our tendency to attack the sawdust in our brothers’ eyes and ignore the plank in our own

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Morristown launch is tomorrow, pray for PDA as he has an interview today with the Knox County Sheriffs department

Ode to Coolio

THE SCENE: A balmy 70.  At least it wasn’t raining.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20 (4 ct IC); 15 Moroccan Nightclubs (4ct IC); Imperial Squat Walkers x 10 (4 ct IC); 5 burpees
THA-THANG:

  • Mosey up toward the Colosseum, stop at the last Stop Sign for 25s – Merkins and 4ct LBCs
  • Keep moseying to the Colosseum for 25s of Dips and 4 ct Squats
  • Mosey down the other side all the way to the Elysium Fields for a Coolio special- high knees, with some drop and rolls in the wet grass.  Mosey to the other side of the field, then sprint back across
  • Mosey to the little chapel for 25s of Merkins and 4ct American Hammers
  • Mosey to the base of Cardiac and start the first part of 25s of CDDs and BBS
    • Bernie to the first turn, second part of the 25s,
    • Bear Crawl to the next turn, third part of the 25s,
    • Sprint to the top and finish the 25s
  • Just enough time to make it back to the AO for the COT

MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Love is hard:  From 1 Corinthians 4-8: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”  Those are tough words to live up to, but as HIM, that is what we are called to do, and not just for those closest to us, for our family and friends, but for all.  We will fall short.  Keep striving.
MOLESKIN:
Great to see Pac-Man back in action today.  I enjoyed the company guys.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We don’t have to split up if we have 12 now.

THE SCENE: 55* dry and perfect
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo squats x10
Static stretches left/right/middle x20 secs each
Shoulder taps x15
Four count merkins (hand release) x12
SSH x10
THA-THANG:
Mosey out of the fountains toward the lots where we park, past The Foundry and across the railroad tracks to Preacher’s parking lot (The International).  Five cone set up, about 10 yards apart for reverse suicide ladder.  PAX line up across the parking lot, run to the furthest cone and perform exercise.  Run back to the start line.  PAX then run to the furthest cone, repeat that exercise, and add the next cone and exercise on the way back, eventually knocking out all 5 exercises.

  • Four count merkins (hand release) x10
  • Jump squats x10
  • Burpees x10
  • LBCs x20
  • SSH x30

Each PAX grabs two rocks from the pile right beside our starting point.  OYO, then hold both rocks overhead when finished.

  • Lateral raises x20
  • Curls x20
  • Up and outs x20

Sprint out to the furthest cone and return to your rocks for another round, this time 10 reps of each.  Return rocks and mosey back across railroad tracks to the parking lot across from The Foundry for Lt. Dan’s Revenge. Starting with 2 squats and 4 lunges, then run up the short hill and knock out 5 merkins, return back to bottom of hill.  Repeat, increasing to 4 squats 8 lunges, 6/12, 8/16, 10/20 all with 5 merkins at the top of the hill before running back.

Quick mosey back to start point

MARY:
American hammers x20
Box cutters x10
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 strong: Passport, Steam, Swanson, Magic Mic, Cornhole, Petey (WELCOME BACK), G6, Half Dome, Postman, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
From Ozark, Jacob Snell: “Ill humor in the morning brings about a darkened day.”  I know that I have been struggling lately at work, and I really thing it is because I’ve not been able to work out as much.  When I get up, I have extra time and look at the news or social media, which is inevitably something negative.  I think it’s pretty obvious that it sets the wrong tone for the day and its hard to climb out of that hole dug so early.

But when I come and work out, I’m listening to people talk about doing things with their kids, or seeing faces for the first time in a while and without them knowing it, they have pointed me in the right direction for the day.  That positivity just in words, that goes along with having done some exercise, prevents a darkened day.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Morristown launch June 6th!