F3 Knoxville

A Visit from St. Nicholas

THE SCENE: Approx 40°
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

High Steps 20 sec

High Knees 20 sec

Butt Kicks 20 sec

SSH X 20

THA-THANG:

10-1

Do 1 set then run to the pavalon and back. 1 exercise at a time.

Burpee box jumps

Pull-ups

Lt Dans (1 per leg/2squats)

MARY:
10 BBS IC

10 Flutterkicks IC

Repeated twice.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 defied the fart sack
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

A Visit from St. Nicholas

BY CLEMENT CLARKE MOORE

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

The children were nestled all snug in their beds;

While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;

And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,

Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap,

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,

I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,

Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow,

Gave a lustre of midday to objects below,

When what to my wondering eyes did appear,

But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny rein-deer,

With a little old driver so lively and quick,

I knew in a moment he must be St. Nick.

More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name:

“Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now Prancer and Vixen!

On, Comet! on, Cupid! on, Donner and Blitzen!

To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!

Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!”

As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky;

So up to the housetop the coursers they flew

With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too—

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof

The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

As I drew in my head, and was turning around,

Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,

And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;

A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,

And he looked like a pedler just opening his pack.

His eyes—how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry!

His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!

His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,

And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow;

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,

And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath;

He had a broad face and a little round belly

That shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly.

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,

And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;

A wink of his eye and a twist of his head

Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,

And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,

And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—

“Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

MOLESKIN:
Got me 3 miles.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at Drifters on Saturday.

12 Daze

THE SCENE: 46 degrees F, 90% humidity,
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

One SSH
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Mt. Crumpit with CMU gift in hand. From the base of Mt. Crumpit run to the first Daze and do the exercise with CMU.  Run back to base and do the first Home Base exercise.  Run to second Daze and do that exercise plus the first one.  Run back to base and perform second exercise. Continue till all 12 Daze are completed (all 12 are performed at the last Daze) and all Home Base is complete.

12 Daze

1x Roll Over Merkin (all sides)

2x Blockies

3x OH Squat Press

4x On the Shelf (4/side)

5x CMU Swings

6x Goblet Squats

7x Upright Rows

8x Triceps Extensions

9x Curls

10x Lawn Mowers (per arm)

11x Bent Rows

12x Dips

 

Home Base Exercises  (12x Each)

  1. Dry Docks
  2. Iron Mike Squats
  3. Body Builders
  4. WWII Situps
  5. Shoulder Taps (4 ct)
  6. Squat Jumps
  7. SSH (4 ct)
  8. Plank Jacks (4 ct)
  9. Box Cutters
  10. Merkins
  11. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  12. Mountain Climbers (4 ct)

(Note:  Most completed the first 10 or 11.  All were gathered together at the 12 Daze and completed the exercises in cadence before heading back to the AO.)
MARY:
No time for Mary today.  Actually ran 4 minutes over time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs bearing CMU gifts
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
What does this time of year bring to your mind?  Past gatherings with family and friends? Reminders of favorite gifts received when you were young?  The excitement you had when you saw your wife or children open a special gift you gave them?  I certainly have those memories.

There is another memory I have and it comes to me every time I hear or sing Silent Night.  Back in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Bob Hope would take a USO show to the soldiers in Vietnam.  It was his way of bringing joy to a desperate place; his way of giving back to those who were giving so much for us back home. It was about two hours of comedy, song and dance, and beautiful women for the GIs to enjoy.  And did they ever enjoy the time.  The looks on their faces told it all.

As tradition had it, Bob Hope ended each show with clips from the several locations they visited.  That clip was a montage of the singing of Silent Night.  It was hard to keep the tears from flowing – from me or from the military personnel in the audiences.  It is a scene I will never forget.

All of this reminds me of the verse in Luke that captures the feelings of Mary on that first night of Jesus as a baby.  The shepherds had appeared at the manger and told Mary and Joseph all that the angels had told them about the child.  Luke 2:19 “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”

We need to do the same. We need to ponder the beauty of God’s gift of His Son.  The gift that is our only way to everlasting life with God.  And if we haven’t done a good enough job of it, we need to provide those experiences with the ones we love so they can treasure up and ponder for years to come.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Breakfast at Drifter’s on Saturday, December 28th.

BS Thanksgiving Beatdown

THE SCENE: About 38 degrees but beautiful
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 SSHs IC
8 Cherry Pickers IC
Run to the end of the grinder, do 5 Merkins
Run back, do 5 squats
Run back again, do 5 Dry Docks
Run back one last time, do 5 Lunges

THA-THANG:

Starting at the first light pole, do 5 reps of each of the first two exercises below. Do 5 reps of those exercises at each light pole around the loop, then bear crawl from the last path back to the starting point. Go to the next set of exercises and do 5 of each around again. I called an audible when we got the bridge and decided to do exercises at every other light pole since there are about 33 of them around the loop.

  • Merkins and BBS
  • Squats and Flutter Kicks (4 count)
  • Dry Docks and Side Crunches
  • Lunges and SSHs (4 count) (nobody made it to this lap)

Towards the end we ran the loop in reverse to pick everyone up and get back to the grinder.

MARY:
20 boxcutters IC before it was time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 men for the turkey day beatdown
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Thessalonians 5:18 says “In every thing give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” I catch myself wanting to move up at work, wanting to make more money, wanting to be in better shape, etc. Not only today, but year round we need to take the time to be thankful for the things that we have. I am thankful that I have a job, I’m thankful that I am able to get up and be in the gloom with you men, I am thankful for my F3 brothers. While we can always strive to be better, we should never stop being thankful for our blessings.
MOLESKIN:
Happy Thanksgiving!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Neuralyzer

THE SCENE: Clear and low 30’s. Our hair was freezing at the end.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 20 4-ct IC

Lunge down grinder

Bear crawl back

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Suckmore the long way around the backside of the park

DRIFTERS COMPOUND

Do one rep of each compound exercise then run up the hill for increasing reps of burpees. Increase reps by one after each run.

HR Merkin/Merkin/Clap Merkin

Lunge each leg/Squat/Jump Squat

OH Clap 4-ct/Shoulder Tap 4-ct/Dry Dock

LBC 4-count/BBS/WWII sit-up

Go up to 10 reps

MARY:
Broga
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about needing to use this time of year to reconcile with family and friends. We only get one shot at life. Forget what’s in the past and move forward toward a better relationship.
MOLESKIN:
Mt. Suckmore combined with Drifter’s Compound erased all our brains. We got upwards of 8 rounds and 2.5+ miles.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

I’m Not Woodshack

THE SCENE:  55 degrees, 88% humidity with cloudy skies.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Overhead/Out Front Claps, Imperial Squat Walkers, Plank Walk Out, Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:

Run to Wax Job Hill

Wax Job 7’s

Merkins @ Base

Bear Crawl Up

WWII Sit Ups @ Summit

Run Down

Indian Run to 1st Baptist Parking Lot

Church Times

Dry Docks x20, Burpees x5, Rock Balboas x100

Indian Run to Alcoa Elementary

I Go – You Go (Partner Up)

100 Toes to Bar/Bear Crawl 20 Yards

100 Box Jumps/Run Across Soccer Field

150 Flutter Kicks (4 Count)/Bernie 40 Yards

200 Squats/Ascend Mt. Suckmore

Indian Run to 1st Baptist Parking Lot

Church Times

Dry Docks x20, Burpees x5, Rock Balboas x100

Indian Run to AO Scrap Yard

Scrap Yard Push/Pull (5 Rounds)

Pull Ups x10

Merkins x10

MARY:

Box Cutters, Protractors, LBC’s

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs including 2 honored guests that usually post in Knoxville.  Welcome Abscess and High-Heels

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Science says that we need at least 4 basic elements to survive.

    1. Water
    2. Air
    3. Food
    4. Light

And look what the Bible tells us about Jesus.

    1. I am the Living Water
    2. I am the Breath of Life
    3. I am the Bread of Life
    4. I am the Light of the World

Science was right, we need Jesus to Live

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MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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