F3 Knoxville

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Run … from … the Bear Attack

THE SCENE: 72 degrees; 100% muggy; 1000% perfect
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Yes.
WARM-O-RAMA:
Single leg swings (first, right; then, left).  Lots of tipsy men.

Touch the toes (or more accurately, touch the air above the toes, or perhaps the shins)

Behind the back standing ankle pulls (first, right; then, left)

Grab a CMU and mosey to the dark side.

THA-THANG:
Modified Sea Biscuit (again)

  • Round 1: 1 Lap, Exercise 1
  • Round 2: 2 Laps, Exercise 2
  • Round 3: 3 Laps, Exercise 1
  • Round 4: 2 Laps, Exercise 2

Exercise 1: (a) Burkins 5×5 (or whatever you call them) – Burpee down to 5 merkins and up for one rep.; (b) Bear attacks x5 – Cling and press CMU overhead and down; down squat and up to a push press; finish down with CMU on the cement for one rep.

Exercise 2: (a) merkins to exhaustion; (b) Lunging curls x10 each leg –  With CMU in hands, lunge out while bringing CMU to down curl position; lunge back up, curling CMU to up position for one rep.

CMU mosey back to AO.

Total distance:3.5, with a few carrying on to 4 total.

MARY:
None.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I encourage you brothers to go!  Find an adventure!  Do big what you don’t know or haven’t done before.

Don’t be like me – stuck in the familiar; losing my sense of adventure; forgetting the joy and power adventure brings to life.

Be “Wild at Heart” as John Eldredge describes it.

….and share it (the adventure and your wildness) with your loved ones and kids.

….so they won’t forget – your adventures together and how to be wild at heart themselves.
MOLESKIN:
Be in prayer for @Slide Rule and his family, as the Lord called his mother home this week.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Knoxville Carl Cowen AO staring this Saturday.  Show some love; check out some new terrain.

F3 Dad’s Camp coming up Friday, August 10 – to Sunday, August 12.  A number of F3 Knoxville will be there, including your’s truly.

The Pavalon Strikes Back

THE SCENE: 72 & nice

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Tempo Merkins x 10
  • This/that stretch
  • Tempo Squat x 10

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to base of Matterhorn
    • Climb Matterhorn by running forward to 1st light pole, then do 30 squats.  Mosey back down to the speed bump, do 30 squats.  Bernie Sanders all the way to the top, do 30 squats.   Abs until the 6 catches up.
  • Mosey to Pavalon
    • DORA 400.   Pick an battle buddy and do 100 DORA reps of the following exercises while partner runs to the gate and back.
      1. Pull-ups
      2. Iron Mikes
      3. Knee-ups
      4. Burpees
  • Mosey back down the Matterhorn.  Go down to the 2nd light pole, stop and Bernie Sanders back up to the first light pole, then run all the way down.  Wagon wheel at the speed bump to pick up the 6.

MARY:

  • Gas pumps x 20
  • Side crunch x 10 each side

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 total:  Tweet-E, La-Z-Boy, Rainfly, Trap Door, Bueller, Landline, Ribbed, Wagon Wheel, Bartman

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Talked about keeping good habits in place.  The past 3 weeks have been chaotic for me:  vacation, family in town, etc.  It’s all led to bad food choices, bad sleep choices, less workouts than usual, and just general laziness.   It always surprises me just how little it takes for life to get in the way of my healthy habits.  I always think I won’t be affected, but I always am to some degree.  Be cognizant of the good habits you’ve developed in your life and work to keep them a priority:  time with your family, your diet, your daily quiet time, your exercise routine, your sleep.

MOLESKIN:

Small group today for a Tuesday….we’ll give the Superocho guys a pass for missing!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Curling and jumping

THE SCENE: Fantastic

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey around the outhouse, grab a good sized pee rock, disclaimer along the way

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the tennis courts

  • Hand stand Merkins
  • 20 curls
  • x3

Mosey to the soccer field for the following

  • High knees
  • Side to side
  • Bear Crawl
  • Lunges
  • Bernie Sanders
  • Broad jumps
  • Gorilla Walk
  • Sprint
  •  x 20 Merkins on one end
  • x 20 CMU curls on the other end

Mosey back to the rock pile

  • Wheel barrow
  • Leap frog
  • Partner carry
  • Partner drag

Mosey to the AO for the final beatdown

  • Tabata of the following exercises
  • Iron mikes
  • Lizard hops
  • Tuck jumps
  • Donkey kicks
  • x 30, 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest

MARY:
We didn’t have time for Mary

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I spent 5 days on a road trip with my 8 year old son, and while I thought I would teach him a lot of things, he is the one that taught me some stuff.  I wish we could all see the world through an 8 year old’s eyes.  The things we see everyday and ignore or take for granted, or don’t give God credit for are amazing.  I know I don’t always say the right things, do the right things, or take the time to just let God work in me and let me see His creation as He intended.  But seeing it through my sons eyes I do get to see it.  I encourage each of you to go out and see the world better, treat the world better, and make the world better.

MOLESKIN:
Our man Steam ventured into the Dog Pound for the first time and brought an FNG Dinger along with him.  Glad to have you both in the gloom.

500 Club + 100

THE SCENE: 80 degrees and Humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • BA Circ IC x 10
  • Toy Soldiers IC x 15
  • Dry Run Through Tha-Thang OYO x 10

THA-THANG:

10 Workouts x 50 Reps (2 Count)

  • Hand Release Merkins
  • Bobby Hurley
  • V-UP
  • Bear Crawl Merkin
  • Prisoner Squat
  • Heel Tap Mountain Climber
  • Shoulder Tap
  • Lunges
  • American Hammers
  • Star Jack

MARY:

Dealer’s Choice

  • Sparky – LBC’s
  • Wagon Wheel – Superman Swims
  • WaxJob – Side Crunch
  • 10 more Star Jacks to round out the +100

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIM’s Got Better today!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“The Master in the Art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly know which is which. He simply pursues his vision of EXCELLENCE at whatever he does. Leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To H.I.M. he is always doing both.”

Aspects of our life can sometimes feel like drudgery. Going to work, coming home, working out, etc. If we are truly PURSUING EXCELLENCE in all that we do, we  should never experience this drudgery.

MOLESKIN:
These kids were quiet today. Our main mumblechattee’s were missing from the circle this morning. However, the men pushed hard today and many finished with a cherry on top of Matterhorn.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Keep ya’head up!

THE SCENE: “It’s hot. Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest things is my shorts. I could cook things in it!”
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial Walkers x15
Windmills x15
Cherry Pickers x15
Plank Jacks x15
‘Merkins x15 OYO
Squats x10
Warm-up run around the #outhouse

THA-THANG:
Round 1: ELEVENS!
Burpees at the AO
Box Jumps at the #outhouse (mosey in-between!)

Mosey to Tennis Courts

Round 2: Baseline Workout
21 Squats –> Run across court to the far baseline –> 42 Speed Skaters (single count)
15 Squats –> 30 Speed Skaters
9 Squats –> 18 Speed Skaters
Plank-it-up!

Mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Side crunch x10 each side
LBCs – x21 4-count
Ratchet-Blasters!
Squats x10

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
All I had to share this morning with the PAX was a quick reminder that as men, people look to us to set the tone, and we need to remember that and set a positive one.  A smile helps spread more smiles.
MOLESKIN:
It was that kind of morning.  As the PAX assembled, Abacus hit the lights and it was apparent that Shooter was still in the #fartsack.   I dug up an oldie-but-a-goodie and then had to tell @Tank #whatsup as he tried to jump in my ‘Q takeover.  😉  He’s on-Q tomorrow anyway…  The PAX didn’t know what to expect, and as @Mayberry pointed out I had to blow the dust off….but we got the work done and I think the PAX missed some of the exercises I brought back out.  #bottomline we kept moving and broke a solid sweat.  Thanks men!