F3 Knoxville

Tee It Up & Swing Away!

THE SCENE: 65, humid but great!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 & Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backward X 10 & Michael Phelps
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT
  • Side Straddle Hops (IC) 4 CT
  • Squats (IC) 4 CT
  • Hand release Merkins
  • Mosey

THA-THANG:

AO Parking Lot – Dora & Hills – one partner runs up the hill while the other partner works on

  • 50 Burpees
  • 100 Merkins
  • 150 Squats

AO Parking Lot – Descending Ladder

  • 5 diamond Merkins, big boy sit-ups & Chris Loftons at each corner
  • 4, 3, 2 & 1

Clayton Performing Arts Center Overhang – 12 stations – HIMS went to each 1-2 times

  • 15 dips
  • 15 Carolina Dri-Docks
  • 40 calf raises
  • 10 lunges per leg
  • 10 shoulder taps (4 count)
  • 10 mountain climbers (4 count)
  • 10 box cutters (4 count)
  • 25 lil baby crunches
  • 15 flutter kicks (4 count)
  • 10 superman swim (4 count)
  • 15 curls each side (I brought my 25 lb dumbbells)
  • 20 bent over rows

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs & 1 Dog – Barnacle, Hawkeye, Neutron, Onesie, Pink Eye, Snaggletooth, Toto, Trolley & Booster
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

How many of you have hit golf balls at a driving range? When you have all or most of the balls, typically, we just let it rip. However, when the bucket is nearly empty, we start to focus.

We need to be like a soldier, an athlete and a farmer.  A solder is focused and purposeful.  An athlete is disciplined, committed and dedicated. A farmer has faith/hope because they are planting seeds to produce & sustain life.

God didn’t promise us an easy life but a meaningful one if we live through Him

If our life were like a clock and we were born at 7:00 a.m. and died at 11:00 p.m., on average, if you are:

20 years old, it’s 11:43 a.m. in your life

30 years old, it’s 1:17 p.m. in your life

45 years old, it’s 5:00 p.m. in your life

I turned 47 not long ago which means it’s after 5:00 p.m. in my life.

In life, we don’t know which day will be our last so we need to focus today and every day on what is important…make the call to a loved one, teach our kids lessons right away, be the person we want and need to be NOW.

We need to tee up that golf ball that we call life and focus every day or shot like it could be the last of our life!

TEE IT UP & SWING AWAY!!!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • No workout at JUCO on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28 – We will go to the Asylum for a 21 Gun Salute workout that will end at the Veterans Cemetery.  Lakeshore Park is on Orchard Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919
  • Next Friday’s Q, May 26, is open as is the entire month of June – sign up today!

 

The Importance of Battle Buddies

THE SCENE: 60s…warm

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Merkins IC x10
  • Tempo Squats IC x10
  • SSH IC x 20
  • This/that/these/those/Michael Phelps

THA-THANG:

  1. Grab a battle buddy & mosey to the tennis court
    • DORA:  100 Burpee, 100 Iron Mike, 100 Big Boy Situps
    • Running partner bear crawl forward across the court & crawl bear back
  2. Mosey to hockey rink – keep your battle buddy
    • DORA:  100 Merkin, 100 Squats, 100 Little Baby Crunches
    • Running partner runs to the other side of the rink & back, stopping for 2 burpees each time they cross the center line
  3. Mosey to Pee Rocks – same battle buddy
    • DORA:  100 Curls, 100 Overhead Press, 100 Tricep Press
    • Running partner runs to the grass & back

MARY:

  • Box cutters x 25
  • Freddie Mercury x 25

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 total:  Ratchet, Onesie, Respect, Frosty, La-Z-Boy, Shooter, Tweet-E, Bowflex, I-Beam, High Heels, Sparky, Squirt, Flute Loop, Toto, Abacus, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Proverbs 13:20 – Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

Who are you walking with?  Who are you spending time with?  The proverb isn’t saying you always have to be with people who are smarter than you….it says to associate with those who are wise.  These are people who are seeking Christ in their life.  These are people who lift you up and edify you, rather than tear you down.  These are people who are honest enough to tell you when you’re wrong.  So….who are you surrounding yourself with?

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hardship Hill is 2 days away.  Pray for safety for the teams and for a good time to be had by all.

What is Your Favorite Flavor of Merkin?

  • THE SCENE: Muggy Morning
    F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
    WARM-O-RAMA:

    Side straddle hop, A little this and that, balancing act, cherry pickers
    THA-THANG:
  • 70X Torque Twisters
  • Merkin walk across Powell High parking lot.
  • 10 flavors of merkin (regular, dry-dock, plank, close, knuckle, diamond, tempo, plyometric, reach, dive bomber) 10X
  • zig zag from cone Bernie style, then at each cone pick the flavor of merkin (10X, 20 minutes)
  • During zig zag  everyone got on the podium to workout with the CMU and kettle bells.  The podium should always be busy!
  • Ring of fire with big boy sit-ups

COUNT OFF AND NAME-0-RAMA

12 guys with stronger lifting ability.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Faith in action.
Like Father Abraham: left family and friends, start a new a career, move to unknown land, waited on a promised son, believed in promises by a God who is creator of the universe

Greatest Act- called to sacrifice his promised son on faith that he waited a lifetime for.

Don’t give up hope on your faith.  The promises and dreams we realize for our loved ones and friends is nearer than you think.  If not please know the process is making your faith stronger.  (Just ask the boys who can merkin walk.)

MOLESKIN:
Everybody got on the podium. No losers here. All champs.

Tenzies

THE SCENE: Warm about 70 degrees. Pollen is everywhere.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH X20, 10 odd count merkins, 5 Cherry Pickers

THA-THANG:
Do 10 of each exercise at each cone along the big loop.

  • Inch worms
  • Smurf jacks
  • One arm up planks
  • diamond mericans
  • 10 sec one legged stands
  • Run to top of hill at restaurant
  • Burpees
  • Squats
  • Reg mericans
  • squat jumps
  • wide mericans
  • bobby hurleys
  • iron mikes
  • shoulder tap mericans
  • lunges

Flutter kicks x 30 till 6 joins then Mosey to AO
MARY:
Ring of fire-leg lifts x3
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 in attendance
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about example of doing a mud race with my wife and being too self centered and wanting to run it and do it fast. My wife is not in the shape I’m in and really struggled. I got irritated and she could sense it and along with the fact we got there late and she hates the shape that she is in, ended up having a small panic attack. It litterly took that for my dumb ass to figure out that the day was not about me running a race but about spending time with my wife and the mother of my children.

so…..when you spend time with your family, BE THERE for them mentally as well.
MOLESKIN:
Good chatter this morning and some new guys are adding some good energy to the PAX
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, prayers for Tanks wife

“Egg”- Frank Reynolds

THE SCENE: Polleny, 60s, humid

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x 20

Merkins IC x 15

Mikael Felps

Kraken Burpees x 10

Imperial Walkers IC x 20

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey around campus, found us a great “wall” according to Snorkel, did 1/2 Aiken Legs on it yessir
  • Moseyed on over to the hill next to sophomore hill (do we have a name for that one?)
  • While one person in the group ran up and back, one person lead cadence calls for an exercise of their choosing
  • Snorkel chose tempo merkins… Idk how many that man (ghoul) did.
  • Moseyed to a lil spot with some great benches and rails, did us some step ups and seated pullups (20)
  • Moseyed back to parking lot where we got us some sprints in, then we was done and at the AO
  • Kraken burpees and Superman swims were sprankled in there.

MARY:

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 (Ocho)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I recently gave a friend a call who I knew was having a tough stretch. I found out that his life is more difficult and complex than I thought. It turns out he really (his own words) needed someone to reach out to him. So, be active. Reach out to friends, if they’re fine they will let you know. If not, then listen as much as you can. I encourage you all to make a phone call on your 30 min commute, or maybe while running to the store.
MOLESKIN:
Good work today guys. I am really glad I signed up to Q. If I had not I prolly woulda fartsacked. I am grateful for you all.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, get yur beverages sorted out