F3 Knoxville

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Tuesday at the Bomb Shelter

THE SCENE: Cool and raining
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

-Little baby arm circles

-Cherry Pickers

-SSH

-Overhead Claps
THA-THANG:
Make your way from the pavillion to the scrap yard in the following manner:

-5 WW2’s, transition into a Getup. Inchworm, then 5 Merkins. Bear Crawl five hands and repeat.

Once at the Scrapyard: 20 reps of Dips, Big Boys, Bodybuilders. Rinse and repeat until the PAX is finished.

Let’as go for a mosey: Running and pausing at every third light pole to AMRAP whatever the QIC calls out.

Back at the AO we farmer carried CMU’s while a battle buddy AMRAP’ed WW2’s

MARY:
LBC’s, Flutter kicks and Overhead Claps

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Flopper, Neighbor, Swazye, Hellbender, Fins, Mitten, Pinnochio, Napster, Goldfinger, Iceman, Butterfingers, Drifter, Taco, Tin Man, Flash, RadioShack, Moses, Espy
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It was a short word but here’s the rub: I made one short Facebook post after the convergence and over the course of the next day and a half had 10 potential HIM’s from various aspects of my life ask me about it and how they can get involved. Two of them are now posted at different AO’s in Knoxville and I’m in the process of head locking the rest. The lesson here is to be vocal, not in a boastful way, but in a way that inspires potential HIM’s around you to break out of a tired old rhythm and find the potential within themselves. Speak from the heart about what F3 means to you!
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Standby for info about the promised Bomb Shelter t-shirt order, Details coming to the group me this week!

Remembering Bill

THE SCENE: Dark, mostly cloudy, 71 degrees F, 93% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Imperial squat walkers, Peter Parkers, Little baby arm circles. Mosey to the bottom of Waxjob Hill.

THA-THANG:

Waxjob Hill 7’s

Burpees at the bottom

Bear crawl up hill

4 count flutter kicks at the top

Run down to the bottom

CMU SET at the Grinder

x12 each (or as noted) competed sequentially.

Bent Rows, Swings, Triceps Extensions, Upright Rows, Squat Press, Curls, On The Shelf (6 per side), Lawn Mower Pulls (12 per arm)

Run down path to junction with Alcoa Road

Calisthenics at Alcoa Road

x12 each completed sequentially.

Merkins, WWII Sit-ups, Shoulder Taps (4 count), Iron Mikes, Dry Docks, SSH (4 count), Get Ups, Body Builders (8 count)

Run back to Grinder and continue AMRAP.  Most completed two rounds.

Push Pull

Completed two rounds of 10 Pull Ups and 10 Box Jumps.

MARY:
Protractors, Box cutters, LBCs.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Total of 21 HIMs including 1 FNG (Mitten – Mike Hanlon).  Good to have a couple back at the Bomb Shelter after a break.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

April 1974, after touring Alcoa’s TN Operations, I was sitting across from Bill Mueller. He offered me a job prior to my flight back to Beaumont and the last few months of college. He is the reason I moved my wife to East TN two weeks after our marriage. Bill was a good manager. He wasn’t flashy. He was kind. He was giving. He had high expectations. He was a teacher. He had my back. He went before me. He protected me when engineering layoffs came in 1975. I wasn’t one of 7 mechanical engineers let go.
Bill’s personal life was tough. His wife Donna fought brain cancer for several years and the surgeries and radiation left her with significant mental and physical limitations. Bill pulled extra duty raising their three children.  He never complained. He only provided his love, patience, and care. He was devoted to Donna, Jeff, Julie, and Jayne.
Bill gave himself to Habitat in his retirement and has over 100 builds under his belt. His final one was called the Bill Mueller Build. Bill died last Saturday at the age of 91 and was buried yesterday.
I use Bill as an example of someone who has gone before me. Someone who has made my path straighter and less difficult. We all have these kind of people in our lives. Sometimes we realize it. Many times we don’t.  As Cap’n Crunch said after our F3 Convergence, “we all need Paul’s in our life.”  Bill Mueller was one for me.
Today I encourage us all to reflect on the Bill Muellers in our lives and to give thanks. Better yet, if your Bill Mueller is still alive, call him up and let him know just how much he means to you.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Daniel, a friend of Flash, as he give the eulogy at a funeral tomorrow.  Prayer for guidance, reconciliation in next steps as one of our HIMs faces the prospect of divorce.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Round and round they go…

THE SCENE: Warm and humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • LBAC, forward/back x10 IC
  • 20 SSH IC
  • 8 ct. body builder x10 IC

THA-THANG: 3 Round Dora (Run small lap between each round)

  • 250 Calf jumps     Partner: Bernie to Scrap Yard, 5 pull-ups
  • 150 Merkins
  • 100 Squats with CMU
  • 200 CMU Bent Row,       Skip for height to Scrap Yard, 10 Iron mikes (1ct)
  • 100 Peter Parker (2ct.)
  • 100 BBS
  • 100 Dry Dock           Skip for distance, 15 dips
  • 100 Squat Jumps
  • 50 Shoulder Taps (4ct)

 

  • Salsa for the winners:
  • 30 LBCs 
  • 30 Plank Jacks (2ct) 
  • 15 WW2 sit-up 
  • 30 OH Press with CMU  
  • 10 burpees 

MARY: Around Circle CMU Hammers. Around the Circle Plank

 

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We can all come out here to work on our physical weakness, but we also have weaknesses that we cannot personally overcome. Paul suffered from a “thorn in the flesh” and Christ’s words to him are something we must also apply: 2Cor. 12:9 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Paul’s response should be our response: I will boast in my weakness so Christ’s power rests on me.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Totem Pole of BOMBS

THE SCENE: Upper 70s and sweaty
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20

Michael Phelps

Jump rope

Tempo Squats x 10 IC

Tempo Merkins x 10 IC

THA-THANG:

Mosey around the fountain to Mt. Crumpet.

Totem pole of BOMBS as so: first exercise then run up and around the tree and back down. First and second exercise then run up and back down. Once BOMBS is spelled start dropping the first exercise, then second etc.

Burpees – 10

X & O – 15

Merkin – 20

BBS – 25

Squat – 30

11s at the scrapyard. Dips and pull-ups.

MARY:
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I’ve said this before. I don’t think this is just to teach your son, but things I need to remember myself.

Rules to teach your son:

  1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down.
  2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs.
  3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king.
  4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer.
  5. Request the late check-out.
  6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it.
  7. Hold your heroes to a higher standard.
  8. Return a borrowed car with a full tank of gas.
  9. Play with passion or don’t play at all…
  10. When shaking hands, grip firmly and look them in the eye.
  11. Don’t let a wishbone grow where a backbone should be.
  12. If you need music on the beach, you’re missing the point.
  13. Carry two handkerchiefs. The one in your back pocket is for you. The one in your breast pocket is for her.
  14. You marry the girl, you marry her family.
  15. Be like a duck. Remain calm on the surface and paddle like crazy underneath.
  16. Experience the serenity of traveling alone.
  17. Never be afraid to ask out the best looking girl in the room.
  18. Never turn down a breath mint.
  19. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.
  20. Try writing your own eulogy. Never stop revising.
  21. Thank a veteran. Then make it up to him.
  22. Eat lunch with the new kid.
  23. After writing an angry email, read it carefully. Then delete it.
  24. Ask your mom to play. She won’t let you win.
  25. Manners maketh the man.
  26. Give credit. Take the blame.
  27. Stand up to Bullies. Protect those bullied.
  28. Write down your dreams.
  29. Take time to snuggle your pets, they love you so much and are always happy to see you.
  30. Be confident and humble at the same time.
  31. If ever in doubt, remember whose son you are and REFUSE to just be ordinary!
  32. In all things, give glory to God!

MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

HBDTM

THE SCENE: Slightly tolerable. Mid to upper 70’s and plenty humid.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
40x SSH IC
40x Squats IC
40x LBAC (20 each way)
40x Calf Raises OYO
20x Asphalt Kissers IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the near field.
4x suicide of 40ft, 40 cubits, 40yd, and 40m. 10x squat jumps between each suicide.
Mosey down the hill to beside the baseball field
40x 4-ct LBCs IC
Trot onto the field, run 40 bases, do 40 8-count body builders. Any order.
(Most everyone did 4 body builders after each lap)
Mosey to the Watt Rd field
Bear crawl 40yd, 5x 4-ct Asphalt Kissers
Crab walk 40yd, 5x 4-ct Asphalt Kissers
Crawl bear 40yd, 5x 4-ct Asphalt Kissers
Walk crab 40yd, 5x 4-ct Asphalt Kissers

Mosey back to the concrete bleachers
Pick up flying EH along the way!
40x Box Jumps OYO

40’s on the hill beside the bleachers… Start with 5 BBS at the bottom, 35 Merkins at the top. Then 10/30, etc.

Ran outta time about halfway through… Wanted to make sure to get in some Mary:

MARY:
40x 4ct Flutter Kicks
40x 4ct Side Crunch (20 each side)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX this morning, including flying EH Swayze
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today is my 40th birthday, and there’s no way I’d want to start it other than out getting better with some like-minded HIMs. Looking at the number 40, though, it’s a number that represents testing, trial, or refinement. Jesus spent 40 days and nights in the desert. The Israelites wandered for 40 years in the desert. The flood was 40 days and nights of rain. Most of us are somewhere in the neighborhood of that 40 year mark… If today were the end of your 40 years in the wilderness, would you be found ready to enter the Promised Land?
MOLESKIN:
Great to have Lillydipper and Pele clown car their way over here. And it’s always fun when a flying EH actually lands. Makes for some great mumblechatter between the huffing and puffing!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence next weekend! Everyone at Big Ball 7am sharp! Also, save the date 9/14 for Truckin’ to the Pound. Be on the lookout for more info…