F3 Knoxville

What a Difference a Year Makes

THE SCENE: Lovely.  No breeze, but not overly hot.  Probably high-60s and clear.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC (OK, we really did 9)
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x 15 IC
ISO Squat x 15 IC
THA-THANG:
Mosey to JUCOmanjaro
Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives
Loop-d-loop up the hill
Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives
Loop-d-loop down the hill
Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives

Mosey to the Strip (little strip mall parking lot)
Quarter Pounder….with cheese please!  Today, it’s Cake and Ice Cream!
25 yard sprint, 25 merkins, back shuttle to the start, 10 burpees (the cheese  Ice Cream)

50 yard sprint, 50 squats, back shuttle to start, 10 burpees

75 yard sprint, 75 MTN Climbers, back peddle to start, 10 burpees

100 yard sprint, 100 BBS, back shuttle to start, 10 burpees

Mosey back to AO Hey, we got done a little early! Once more up JUCOmanjaro to collect the cones.  At the top, you guessed it.  Monkey Humpers ’til 6 arrives.

Now mosey back to the AO

MARY:
Slutter kicks x15, Hello Dollys x15, Side Crunches x10 each side.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Nothing profound today, just a “Thank You” to those here today and by extension to all my brothers in F3. This workout was a copy of the first one I attended at the Dog Pound a year ago today (thanks, Ratchet!). At that time, I believe I skipped about half the loops and didn’t even make it to the Big Boys on the tennis court. Since then, I’ve had an amazing experience of all three F’s over this past year.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Just Keep Pressin

THE SCENE: In the 60’s and felt great!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x20 IC
LB Arm Circles x12 front and back IC
Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Mosey to brick wall for 11s with derkins and BBS, then mosey back to AO.

THA-THANG:

We did four corners with CMUs. 20 reps of each exercise except the sand bag clean and press (only 10 of those). On the short sides of the rectangle, we did bears and blocks. On the long sides we did a mosey with the CMU. After completing the merkins, run up to the guard rail and do 20 dips, then run back down and continue on.

Exercises:

  • CMU Merkins
  • CMU Burpees
  • Sand Bag Clean and Press (60lb bag, modify with CMU if needed)
  • Curl, press, tri (changed to just curls after the first round)

MARY:

Our Mary was led by Snorkel.

Captain Thor 5×20
Franklin Flutters x20
Superman Banana xa lot

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 PAX strong with two men joining us from out of town! Speedo and Quami!

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Kinda reused a Bomb Shelter BOM here:

Don’t be scared to live your life. Growth and true happiness occurs outside of your comfort zone. We have to push ourselves in every aspect of our lives to step out and do something different. Don’t shy away from something just because it is scary or unknown. Just do it. It’s better to try and fail than to never know what could have been.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Ring of Fire

THE SCENE: 67 F and Partly Cloudy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

-Side straddle hop (IC*15)
-Baby arm circle fwd (IC*10)
-Michael Phelps
-Back (10)
-Cherry picker (IC*10
-Imperial Walker (IC*10)
THA-THANG:
-Football Sprint in place with random timer. Each beep, burpee, continue Sprint. For 1 minute. 10 countdown

-Ring of Fire:
Seen at Asylum once, wanted to bring it back. PAX will circle up in plank position. Q will start with 10 merkins while PAX holds plank. Next HIM will do 10 merkins while PAX holds plank. Go around circle till finished.
Repeat Ring of Fire with Carolina Dry Docks, holding with arms at 90° instead of plank to engage triceps.

-Indian Run with 5 burpees to maintenance building.

-Behind Maintenance Building
Ring of Fire with goblet squats (use coupons). Use parking lot if needed for space
Ring of Fire with wide merkins

Mosey to Bagwell Building for step ups and dips at 1 minute intervals, 10 second cool down (*2)

-Mosey to AO.
Tubthumping Burpees
Seen at Dog# once and doing it here at JUCO. Will play Chumbawamba Tubthumping song. During song, doing side straddle hop. When the phrase ‘Get knocked down’ is said in chorus, do a burpee, get up and continue side straddle hop.

MARY:
-Flutter Kicks (IC*15)
-American Hammer (IC*15)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
– What it means to be a Romans 12 Christian. Romans 12:2 read and PAX challenged to watch actions throughout the week and make sure it’s glorifying to God, even the small things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
JUCO will NOT meet on Memorial Day. We will be joining Asylum for a Memorial Day Workout

JUCO – Interlaken

THE SCENE: Beautiful sky and temp..  Humidity was cause for a quick sweat.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

Praise the Lord for a great event this weekend.
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, Lunges, Side-straddle-hops, Side toe touches, 4-count merkins

THA-THANG:  Interlaken
Using a FIFO Sprint Train,  inter link (connect) the three lakes on campus.

While one person sprints to the next exercise station, the rest of the group does the current exercise in place.  When one person finishes the sprint he calls out “Go” to the next in line person, who then stops doing the exercise and sprints to the next station.  Upon reaching the next exercise station, begin doing the next exercise until the whole group has reached the current station.  It works best if we all stay in the same order.   Sprints are designed to be mostly on the straight aways and about 100 yards.  Exercises are:

  1. Plank hold.
  2. Leg lift hold.
  3. Squat Hold.
  4. Side Plank Star Hold.
  5. Elbows to Plank.
  6. In place Lunges
  7. Rainbow Drops
  8. Windmills
  9. Burpees
  10. Side-Raises
  11. Sizzor Kicks
  12. Flutter Kicks
  13. Windshield Wipers
  14. Imperial Walkers
  15. Bicycles
  16. Toe Touches
  17. Merkins
  18. Hello Dollys
  19. Squats
  20. Big Boy Situps
  21. Jumping Jacks
  22. Cross Toe Touches

MARY:

We made it to the third big lake about half way around and ran out of time on #13 Windshield wipers.  Sprint race back to the AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Archie, Bartman, Booster, Pink Eye, Snaggletooth, Crotch Rocket, Trolley,
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Humility over Pride. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+18:12&version=NIV

Humility https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=humility&version=NASB&resultspp=25

Pride:

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!