F3 Knoxville

Downright Warm

THE SCENE: 41F, no wind, the warm weather drew a crowd today!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 30 IC 4 CT
Imperial Squat Walkers x 15 IC 4 CT
Merkins x 15 IC 4 CT
4X run across the parking lot, building intensity (Merkins and Squats between sets)

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the playground, find a bench
11s: Dips and BBS
11s: Box Jumps and Derkins

Back to the AO

Mini Grinder, 4 stations + the hill:
20 reps, after each lap drop 2 reps (20, 18, 16…)
1: Squat Jumps
2: Merkins
3: Iron Mikes
4: Gas Pumpers
+
2 Burpees at the top of the hill
Every other time up the hill, Bernie Sanders

Called it during the lap of 8, props to Plunger for pushing it with me.

MARY:
Boat Canoe (with some American Hammers thrown in for fun)
ATMs from Cap’n (thank you, sir!)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
38 PAX, no FNGs

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Someone who cares about you, sweats with you, and corrects you when you need to be corrected is one of the most precious things in life; a true friend.” -Eric Greitens
I feel lucky to have several true friends in the COT this morning.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
That Alcoa CSAUP event coming up looks wicked awesome.

Living an abundant life (with lots of coupons)

THE SCENE: asylum, clear and cold (14F).
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

2 loops around the parking lot, then pick up “coupons” (firewood blocks from the back of a truck) to be carried the whole workout.

SSH 30 reps with coupons

Slow merkins 5 rep with star pose both sides

big arm circles both arms with coupons

mogul jumps over coupons 10 reps 4 ct

TIE Bombers (lunge position with baby arm circles with coupons 15 forward and 15 backward)

Skaters (4ct) 15 reps with coupons optional

Wide merkins and narrow merkins 10 ct over coupons

5 more slow merkins

 

THA-THANG:

Buddy up with Battle Buddy then Cadet salute holding coupons with pax bear-block crawling thru the tunnel

mosey to the playground:

11’s pistol squats(alternating both legs/11’s Star jacks (coupons) and CDD’s

mosey to pavillion

11’s rows and dips/11’s flutter kicks(4ct)BBS

mosey to far parking lot.

yonder in the distance lay 3 logs with musher harnesses attached…

8 volunteers drag the logs around the lot while the other pax does Burpee Merkin ladders until all the logs are back,

rinse and repeat with new volunteers x1

mosey back to the AO

MARY:
plenty of abs in the 11’s of flutter kick and BBS earlier
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

21 PAX strong

Charmin, Frenchie, Mogul, Ribbed, Coolio, Gardener, Woozy, Cheatsheet, Catgut, Fabio, Gibbler, Denied, Fur Coat, Tollbridge, Pusher, Bowflex, Doubtfire, Beans, Rainbow, Code Brown

 

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Abundance. It is hard to beat the true fellowship at 5:30 AM experienced in the PAX, Though no one can afford their salvation, abundance comes through application of discipline in each area of the heart, soul, strength and mind.  “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” John 10:10

Barkley Returns!

THE SCENE: 48 Degrees with a slight breeze. Very Nice!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

1. Cherry Pickers IC x 10

2. Baby Arm Circles IC 10 front and 10 back

3. SSH (aka Jumping Jacks LOL) IC x 10

4 Imperial Squat Walkers IC x 10

5. Lap around the AO x 1
THA-THANG:
Mosey towards gate to start Barkley.

Stopped half way to start of Barkley and did 10 burpees OYO

We did three loops of the Barkley. Each lap had 4 stations.

Round 1: Station 1 – 20 merkins, Station 2 – 20 curls with rock and 20 rows with rock, Station 3 – 20 Carolina Dry Docks, Station 4 – 20 Dips

Round 2: Station 1 – 30 Starjacks, Station 2 – 30 rock squats, Station 3 – Reverse lunges x 15 each leg, Station 4 – 30 Monkey Humpers

Round 3: Station 1 – 40 LBCs, Station 2 – 40 Hello Dolly’s, Station 3 – 40 American Hammers SC, Station 4 – 40 Flutter Kicks 4 count

Finishers rotated through 15 shoulder taps, 15 squats and 15 big boys until pax finished.

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
Coolio led the group in American Hammers to finish out the workout.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
34 PAX today including 2 FNGs. Nicholas Generaux (Ponder) and Anderson Olds (Tinder)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Share today about working in faith. It is easy to think about achieving in terms of oneself. I did this or I did that and this happened or that will happen. But just like the farmer who plants we cannot control the out come…only God can. We must work in faith for God!
MOLESKIN:
None today
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tank and Tinder shared about an F2 event for inner city kids on December 3rd. Tank has details.

Kraken’s Revenge

THE SCENE
32 and Clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA
SSH x25 IC
Tempo Merkins x15 IC
SSH x15 IC
Tempo Squats x15 IC
2 Laps around the parking lot and line up on the curb

THA-THANG
Warm-Up Sprints
Start on the curb at one side of the parking lot.  Lunge to the cones (approximately 1/3 of the lo) and do 2 buprees at the cone.  Then sprint to end of parking lot and do 2 hand-release mekins.  Sprint back and do 2 BBS.  Rinse and repeat the merkins and BBS each trip until you get to 10 each.

Mosey to new parking lot

The Kraken!
Spread out to 8 cones.  Complete exercise at that cone and run around the cones counter-clockwise to the next cone (make the whole loop + one cone). Rinse and repeat until you complete the whole loop or until tie is up.

  • Cone 1 – Dry Docks x15 or x20
  • Cone 2 – Narrow Squats x15 or 20
  • Cone 3 – 4ct Flutter Kicks x15 or 20
  • Cone 4 – Star Jumps x15 or 20
  • Cone 5 – 4ct Shoulder Taps x10 or 15
  • Cone 6 – Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1) x10 or x15
  • Cone 7 – 4ct Hello Dollys x15 or x20
  • Cone 8 – Smurf Jacks x15 or x20

Mosey back to SP.

MARY
American Hammers x20 IC
Hand-Release Merkings x10 IC
4ct Flutter Kicsks x20 IC
Diamond Merkins x15 IC
Hello Dolly x20 IC
Wide Merkins x15 IC
Side Crunches, Rt x20 IC
Side Crunches, Lf x20 IC
Ranger Merkins 15 IC
American Hammers x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
29 PAX

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM
Often we measure our sense of security and significance by our external circumstances…where we “are.”  A stronger, truer expression is to look at the direction we are heading in.  Our circumstances may be tough, but if keep our eyes fixed on God, and seek to live with honor and integrity we will find a strength and resilience we didn’t know we had access to.  Conversely, we may be in a “good place” circumstantially, but if we don’t guard our heart and mind we will soon find life looses it’s joy and wonder.  Bottom Line: Life is a pursuit, not a destination!  What are your eyes fixed on?  How can you help someone in your life shift perspectives?

MOLESKIN
Cold weather is creeping into to K-Town, but the PAX greeted it head on and did strong work this morning!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • 2 Year Anniversary THIS SATURDAY! Workout in the AM and party in the afternoon.
  • Online Q-Sign Up is live.  Go to www.f3knoxville.com to sign up for November!

Descending Ladder

THE SCENE: Low 40s & clear

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 30
  • Tempo Squat x 10
  • 4ct Merkins x 10
  • Cherry Pickers x 5
  • this/that stretch

THA-THANG:

  1. Descending ladder.

Each man OYO work your way down the ladder from top to bottom.  After each round run across the parking lot & down the hill to the ball field fence.  Rinse & Repeat eliminating the lowest remaining exercise each round.  Alternate bernie sanders each trip up the hill when coming back from the ball field fence.

  • 10 Thrust Merkins
  • 9 Reverse Lunges
  • 8 Box Cutters
  • 7 Burpees
  • 6 Squatjacks
  • 5 Superman Swims
  • 4 Dry Docks
  • 3 Iron Mikes (4 ct)
  • 2 Flutter Kicks
  • 1 Ultimate Merkin

 

2.  Bear Square Crawl.

Four cones set up in a square.  Crawl the square while always facing the same direction.  Stop at each corner & perform the following:

  • Round 1:  10 Merkins
  • Round 2:  10 Pickle Pounders
  • Round 3:  out of time!  One long crawl to the end of the parking lot & Crawl Bear back.

MARY:
No Mary today….plenty of abs in the workout.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
20 PAX:  Rainbow, Booster, Snitch, Abacus, Pusher, Cat Gut, Smalls, Fabio, Rusty, Bunny, QVC, Walkabout, Code Brown, Charmin, Toll Bridge, Passport, Gibbler, Cheatsheet, Ribbed, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Repeat BOM from my last Q….it has still been on my mind.   Don’t let the cold weather make you a fartsacker!   Champions are made in the cold weather.  Keep setting the alarm, keep pushing….you’ll be glad you did once the spring arrives.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Truckin to the Pound – tomorrow 6am at the Truck Stop.