F3 Knoxville

Ode to Bagger/Copyright Infringement

THE SCENE: 43 degrees. Perfect weather!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

10x Cherry Pickers, 20xLBAC Forward/Backward, 10xTempo Merkins, 10xTempo Squats

Chumbaburpee! – Performed to the song “Tubthumping” by Chumbawampa. Perform SSH for the entirety of the song and perform a burpee every time the song says “I get knocked down”. There’s no doubt we were all warm after this!

THA-THANG:

Paying homage to Bagger at the first Q since he left, I copied my favorite workout that he Q’ed

Mosey to JUCO Lake.  Do a Burpee Mile (12 Burpees followed by 1 Lap around the lake x 4) JUCO Lake is close to a half mile so it ended up being the Burpee Double Mile.

Mosey to large West side parking lot.

4 Corners of Fun

At each corner of the parking lot do:

  • 20 Merkins
  • 20 Big Boys
  • 40 Mountain Climbers
  • 5 Burpees

Mosey back towards AO

MARY:
No time today
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMs got better today

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

What’s your legacy?  Today marked one year since my grandmother passed away. She was an amazing Christian woman who was always looking to help others. When I think of the legacy that she left behind, I think of being a humble servant. My grandma was 80 years old when she passed away, still push mowed her one-acre yard, made meals every Tuesday for the shut-ins at church, went on mission trips to Honduras every year, and much more. She never let her age, and sometimes her health, get in the way of serving others. She was a remarkable woman and example to our family.

MOLESKIN:
Shoutout to the PreRuck crew Jude Judy and Spotter and Erector for the PreRun.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Wesley House workout tonight. Launch of the Quaken AO on Friday AM.

Discovering the Project

THE SCENE: Just above freezing and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 10 imperial walkers, 10 windmill, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the playground and note the dip bars along the way.  We have got to use these!  Perform 3 rounds of the following:

  • 10 pull-ups
  • Run to the dip bars and do 10 dips
  • Run to the amphitheater and do 10 box jumps
  • stay at the dip bars on round 3 and do squats until the 6 gets in.

Long mosey over to the high school main entrance.  These are nice walls with a varying height for PAX of all sizes!  We have got use this!

  • 10 quasi-muscle-ups on the wall
  • 10 donkey kicks
  • 10 merkins
  • lap around circle in front of the school
  • repeat exercises and hold plank until the 6 finishes.

Mosey to the track for one more round of fun.  After a little detour to find an open gate, we assembled one the track for “Catch me if you can”.  One PAX Bernies while a partner does the called exercise.  When the partner completes the exercise, sprint to catch the other PAX.  Once caught, the partner that was running drops and does the exercise.  One full lap of doing 10 diamond merkins and one doing 5 burpees.  Mosey back to the shovel flag.
MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
5 representing The Project today.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Isaiah 40:25-31  Be humbled by the awesome power of God.  We may “grow weary and tired” in this life and “stumble badly”, but “yet those who wait for the Lord will gain new strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles, they will run and not get tired, they will walk and not become weary”.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3rd F opportunity coming up.  Sign up for Hardship hill in May.

A JUCO Farewell

THE SCENE: 31 degrees but no precipitation! A beautiful morning!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20, Tempo Merkins (IC) x 10, Moroccan Night Club (IC) x 10, Cherry Pickers (IC) x 8, Tempo Squats (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Sophomore Hill Bataan Death March Style (Indian run with PAX in back doing 3 burpees before running to the front).  Dora Style Workout with 100 Body Builders, 200 Merkins, and 300 Squats.  PAX not performing exercise will Bernie up the hill and do 5 Big Boys.  When your group is finished do Body Builders until 6 is finished.

Mosey back towards AO

MARY:
Cash out with a game of 11’s starting with 10 Calf Raises and 1 Burpee

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

12 HIMs crushed it today!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1 John 4:18 – There is no fear in love.  But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment.  The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Today will most likely be the final time I Q in F3 Knoxville.  This week, my wife and I will be moving to the Atlanta Metro area to start a new chapter in our lives.  As the verse says above, we do not fear this change and are looking forward to it because everything has worked out how it was meant to.  The process for us to get to this point our lives has been very frustrating and stressful at times.  However, if things hadn’t worked out the way they did, I would have never been exposed to F3 and had the opportunity to meet and get better with all of you over the last few months.  For that, I am extremely grateful and consider myself lucky to have had that opportunity.

MOLESKIN:

Bonus points to Judge Judy and Spotter for joining me on the preruck!  I encourage some new people to give the preruck a shot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A little ARMY TRAINING SIR

THE SCENE: Balmy 51 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
All In Cadence

SSH
Windmill
Tempo Merkins
Mt Climbers
Tempo Squats
Moroccan Night Clubs
Imperial Walkers

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THA-THANG:

Line up in formation – the F3 JUCO flight
Jody over to Heartbreak ridge (C-130 Rolling Down the Strip)
  • Low Crawl up the Hill (on elbows)
  • Freddy Mercury (25, IC)
  • Jog down the Hill
  • Flutter Kicks (25, IC)
Repeat 4x

 

Mosey to Brick Wall, Pair Up for Dora 1-2-3
  • 100 Derkins
  • 200 Dips
  • 300 Irkins (didn’t quite finish due to time constraints)

Jody back to the AO (Momma, Momma Can’t You See…)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 23

MOLESKIN:
Unit Cohesion – importance of F3, and a quick message about The LORD being our Shepherd.

The 7 of Diamonds

THE SCENE: breezy mid 40’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Given
WARM-O-RAMA:

20 SSH, 15 mountain climbers, 10 tempo merkins, 15 imperial walkers, 10 windmills, 15 Moroccan night club
THA-THANG:
We played the 7 of diamonds this morning and won big! We started with a mosey and formed a line for an Indian run and found a nice “diamond-shaped” parking lot. Here’s the 7 of diamonds.  Do each exercise at each corner of the diamond.  All exercises are in increments of 7.

  • 7 burpees
  • 14 merkins
  • 21 squats
  • 28 SSH
  • 21 flutter kicks IC
  • 14 wide-arm merkins
  • 7 burpees

I had 2 rounds planned, but I didn’t think that we would get to the 2nd.  We got 7 diamond merkins at the corners and started on our way back.

  • 14 walking lunges at the beginning followed by a mosey for a little bit.
  • 21 mountain climbers and mosey to the F3 parking lot
  • 28 hello Dolly (single count)
  • jail break to the shovel flag
  • 21 crabets to finish off.

MARY:
I guess you could call the crabets our Mary.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 at JUCO this morning.  Great Friday crowd!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be a servant leader.  John 13:13-16.  Jesus had just washed the disciples’ feet showing a great example of being a servant leader.  He humbled himself and became a servant to accomplish God’s will on this earth.  Look to His example and remember that being a leader is about serving others.  So, step up and take those leadership opportunities in front of you and serve!
MOLESKIN:
Pre-ruck with Doubtfire, Judge Judy, and Spotter was a great way to start the day!  Thanks men.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP tomorrow!  If you have never done an event like this, I highly recommend it!  It is definitely an experience you will enjoy and not forget.

The monthly challenge is burpees OYO!  Get ’em done boys!