F3 Knoxville

Juco IronPax 2021 Week 1

THE SCENE: Surprisingly pleasant

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

THA-THANG:
Iron Pax Challenge #1

Revenge of the Bunnies – IPC 2021 Week 1

MARY:
None

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

— Eph 6:12

This life is full of conflict, war, disease, this workout, and many many terrible things. Let’s not get confused about who the enemy is. Not humans or even this broken world but against spiritual forces of evil who seek to do eternal damage.

Jesus reminds us that in this world we will have trouble. But take heart; he has overcome the world. (John 16:33) Look to Jesus for our peace and heaven for our rest.

Matterhorn-again

THE SCENE: 62 and cool
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – yep
WARM-O-RAMA:

5 cherry pickers

25 SSH

15 Grady corns

15 baby arm circles forward.

15 baby arm circles backwards

Mosey to the bottom of Matterhorn
THA-THANG:
Partner up

  • Dora exercise – pair up doing 100 Merkins, 200 BBS, 300 Boby Hurlie’s

Mosey to around the hill

Route 66 with Alligator merkins at each light

mosey back to the AO with some Fellowship mosey sprinkled in.

MARY:
20 Pickle pounders

25 hello dollies

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Pet 3:7
Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
MOLESKIN:
live in understanding so your prayers are not hinders.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
you know

Regular Old Workout @ The Equalizer – 9/8/21

THE SCENE: Balmy 74 degrees with a gentle breeze at the waters edge
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers, Side Straddle Hops, Rifle Carry CMU to the Flag Pole (approx 120 yards)
THA-THANG:
Cardboard slabs labeled with the following exercises were laid out around the flagpole.  5 of the 6 performed the exercise called for on the slab while the 6th performed a suitcase carry of a 35lb kettle bell to the gate and back, switching hands at the gate (approx 200 yards).  Once the 6th man returned, he fell to the back of the rotation, and everyone else move up 1 spot.  Exercises included:

  • Squat Thrusters
  • Left side Lawn Mower
  • Right side Lawn Mower
  • Hernias
  • Split Squats
  • Flutter Kicks
  • Overhead press
  • Curls
  • Derkins
  • American Hammers
  • Shoulder Tap / Alt Leg Raises
  • Chest Press
  • Body Builders (w/CMU)
  • Right Leg Flamingos
  • Left Leg Flamingos

MARY:
returned to the AO 2 minutes past time
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Quote from “The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone” by John Filson (1784)

“Thus situated, many hundred miles from our families in the howling wilderness, I believe few would have equally enjoyed the happiness we experienced.  I often observed to my brother, you see now how little nature requires to be satisfied.  Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and I firmly believe it requires but a little philosophy to make a man happy in whatsoever state he is.  This consists in full resignation to the will of Providence; and a resigned soul finds pleasure in a path stewed with briars and thorns.”
MOLESKIN:
Boone’s first foray into Kentucky included the discovery of beautiful land and bountiful hunting, his and his parties capture by Natives, his escape, the murder of the other party members, and his chance meeting with / rescue by his brother in the wilderness.  All of that happened in the span of about 6-9 months, and even after all of that – his memory of the events centered around the quote above.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Equalizer shirt pre-order deadline is approaching and we need a few more orders

Hardship Hill

More Back and Forth

THE SCENE: Quite pleasant… I wouldn’t actually say there was a chill in the air, but it was certainly cool.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x25 IC
Cobra Burpees x5 IC
Imperial Walkers x15 IC
Tempo Squats x10 IC
LBAC x15 IC each way

THA-THANG:

Repeat of a Q I did at the Asylum a couple weeks ago. Except these light poles are spaced considerably further out!
Mosey around the south field to about the midpoint…
There are 20 cards, one at each light pole.
Start at the middle (pole #10), do the exercise on the card, then go to pole #11, then pole #9, then pole #12 etc.
Exercises (probably not in the right order…)
20 4ct Mtn Climbers
15 Merkins
15 4ct Monkey Humpers
10 Squat Jumps
15 CDD
20 BBS
10 Burpees
10 Iron Mike each leg
20 Flutter Kicks IC
(R&R)

Running short on time, so we skipped the last few cards. But we got 4.5 miles!

MARY:
30x 4ct LBCs IC
10 Merkins OYO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
More miles than men this morning… Just 4 came out on this holiday weekend!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
James 3:1-12 — Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.

How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

MOLESKIN:
I hate running. Still.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Harship Hill Oct 2!

The grass is not greener

THE SCENE: Perfect weather at the Equilizer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

warmup stuff
THA-THANG:
In honor of Bartman, who has to work mornings, I give you the Drapen Kracken.
Giant oval with exercises listed at the 8 cones. Do the exercise and qty and then run a lap around the circle (extended to Stonehenge) then moving on to next exercise. The exercises are;

  • 30 Merkins
  • 30 dry docks
  • 10 burpees
  • 10 curls,10 tris, 10 squat and press w/CMU
  • 3 round-the clock Merkins
  • 20 squat jumps
  • 15 Superman’s and 15 cobra Kais  Merkins
  • Bear crawl to center and back

about 3/4 of the way done we stopped for some sprints to break up the breathing pattern and then went back to work. Eventually stopping for everyone to do 3 round the clock Merkins and 10 burpees. Add on a few more sprints then mosey back to the AO by way of the Snake to use our tax dollar investment…

MARY:
Snitch led us in some flutters and we added on some side crunches and LBCs.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
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CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The grass is not always greener on the other side. The phrase actually originated over 2000 years ago as a poetic proverb by Publius Ovidius Naso, better known as Ovid, regarding agriculture and the harvest always looking more fruitful in another man’s field. With social media today. It’s very easy to look into other lives and think they have everything together. That their lives are perfect and ours is crap. Nothing could be further from the truth. I talked about how I literally thought my neighbors grass was greener and prettier than my lawn. But it wasn’t until I walked over to talk to him that I could see all the imperfections and bare spots in his yard once standing in it. Looking back at my yard from his, I noticed mine didn’t look that bad from his angle. In fact it looks better than his yard. So, the point of all this is that we should not look at others and try and base our lives on them. But we should look to God for guidance and try to better ourselves every day.
MOLESKIN:
It was great being back at the equalizer today. I missed the crew there very much. Last night I had a pretty good wreck on my mountain bike and it was pretty tough for me to get going this morning. Once getting in the groove and seeing everyone working hard my injuries loosened up and didn’t bother me as bad.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill, Wesley House