F3 Knoxville

Tag: Tweet-E

Small, medium or large

THE SCENE: Steady light rain, nice actually
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Regular stuff
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the marina clubhouse.
Small: CMU and burpees, Medium: 2.5’ pole and squat jumps, Large: 3+’ log and Merkins

split up into groups of 3. One person from each group carries their item to the con while their team runs ahead. The team does the exercise associated with the item until their item reaches the con. Then you switch with a teammate and continue down the trail of cones to the Matterhorn and the pull up bars. Do five pull-ups and then repeat heading back to start. Once at start, teams switch items and repeat until all three teams have carried all three items. Once complete, all teams run to cones and do 10 Merkin (3 times) and Cobra Kais (3 times). All hang from bars until 6 catches. Then 10 knee ups. Mosey back to start stopping at each cone for 20 LBCs.
Everyone take turns carrying items back to AO

 

  • Sometimes
  • bulleted
  • lists
  • are
  • handy.
  • in this case they were not.

MARY:
Marge Simpsons led by Tweet-E since the Q didn’t know what the correct form of a Marge Simpson was. Some other stuff and then something else. Maybe something else too but not sure.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prayer and worship. Spoke to the packs about prayer not being some grand rehearsed spectacular thing, but rather a communication with our father. It’s not for others but for him. Same with worship, we don’t need to worry about how good our voice sounds or who hears us and what they may think. We just need to worship our father.
MOLESKIN:
So last night was one of the worst nights of sleep I’ve had in a while. Not showing up was not going to be an option. Glad I did. I need to make it out more often, but the bed feels so good in the morning. I have this memory foam pillow and it’s so nice. I probably should give it a name. We have a memory foam mattress pad to. It’s pretty awesome. I don’t think I should give it a name. Our blankets are regular type blankets but are very comfortable. Although last night none of this helped me. It was a bit hot in my room last night because we forgot to turn the air down. That sucks. I went out and slept in the living room and it was too cold because there’s two vents in that room. I felt like Goldilocks I was looking for baby bears bed, but sadly there was no baby bear bed, so I went back to the big bears bed in my room and it was cooler then so I might have slept 15 to 20 minutes. I was thirsty so I got something to drink, not beer. I did fall asleep for a little bit after that and remember dreaming about beating people up that were bullies. I mean like really beating them up. One of them I remember throwing over a fence when I was done with him. They kept coming back with more of their friends to try and beat me to no avail. I kind of felt bad when I woke up. Do you have  dreams like that? I like dreams. Dreams are fun. I like to have fun. Do you like to have fun? You know what’s funny? Monkeys are funny. They throw their poop sometimes. I hope those of you that are reading this are wondering what the heck is he talking about, did he come off his meds or something? Then again I don’t think anybody reads this. If you are reading this, I’m not off my meds, I don’t even take meds…well sometimes ibuprofen. Anyway, if you are still reading this then put a monkey emoji under the post on slack. Then you will be in the secret society of people that read Tank’s backblasts and I will send you a decoder pin in the mail telling you to drink more Ovaltine. Till then, have a wonderful day my brothers
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP, forgot to mention snack drive.

You Can Pack A Pretty Picnic – Monday 8/16/21 @ The Equalizer

THE SCENE: Drizzle fo’ shizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Gradycorns, LBAC front/back, right over left stretch, left over right stretch, mosey to the Flagpole
THA-THANG:
– PAX completed the following runs, each followed by a 100yd recovery walk.  Run, not jog.  Focus on emptying the tank on each section and utilizing the recovery time.  Everyone held plank at the next starting line until the 6 was up.

  • 400yd
  • 300yd
  • 200yd
  • 100yd
  • 100yd
  • 200yd
  • 300yd
  • 400yd

– Mosey to the Pavilon to complete a 1 circuit “tabata-like” (40/15) workout consisting of:

  • Shoulder tap / alt leg raises (I need a name for these – DM’s are open)
  • Side straddle hop
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Monkey Humpers
  • Burpees
  • Abs – choice of WW1, LBC, or Freddie Mercurys

MARY:
50 Merkins on your own
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
2 Chronicles 7:14 – If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive them their sin and will heal their land.
MOLESKIN:
In a society and an era that feels very far apart from God, he promises us that if HIS people will turn from THEIR wicked ways, he will heal the land.  As men and leaders it’s important that we look inwardly in these uncertain times.  God will use our humility and dedication to him to spread his kingdom here on earth.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP this weekend – still time to sign up

Food donations for Wesley House

Hardship Hill on the horizon

Friday Morning @ The Equalizer 8/6/21 – Earn The Weekend

THE SCENE: Magnificent
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Twisters, Side Straddle Hops, Touch your Toes (20 count), Baby Arm Circles front/back, Rockettes, Mosey to the Pavilon where a surprise awaited
THA-THANG:
Tomato Tabata – 40 work, 20 rest, 1:30 travel and recover

  • Complete 2 rounds of “A” and then 2 rounds of “B”
  • 1:30 travel and recovery – after each round travel to Stonehenge to complete 1 Body-Builder before returning to your CMU
  • A
    • Goblet Squats
    • Rocky Balboas
    • Blockees
    • Rows
    • Over the Top Merkins
    • Starfish Plank
  • B
    • Iron Mikes
    • Curls (21s)
    • Chest Press
    • Lateral Hops (over CMU)
    • Big Baby Crunches (LBC’s with CMU raised over chest)
    • Starfish Plank

MARY:
– Jogging tour of the Southwest side of the park

– 5 burpees at the Flagpole

– Indian run back to the AO
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
You don’t have to travel or gain to earn rest in God

1 Timothy 1:15-16: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I [Paul] am the worst.  But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.
MOLESKIN:
Paul was a really bad dude.  He hated Christians and and enjoyed killing them / watching them be killed for sport.  In the very midst of that, on a trip to Damascus to participate in more persecution, God met him.  God doesn’t need for us to achieve a certain status or clean up our act before he’ll meet us.  He seeks after us constantly and desires to meet us exactly where we are so that his grace and mercy can be put on display, and so our faith in him can grow more abundant.  You can’t earn it, so don’t allow your ego let you think that you need to put forth more effort before you call on him.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Congrats to Sprinkles on the announcement of his wife’s pregnancy!

Big shout out to the servant leaders among this group for their support of Blindside and his teachers at Kelly Academy

Last day to sign up and secure your customized swag for CSAUP

Last day to sign up for Dad Camp

Wax Job has another 2nd F opportunity August 13-15.  Message him for details’

Be on the lookout for forthcoming info about this year’s Hardship Hill being held on October 2

Lifetime Brotherhood

THE SCENE: Sunny with a weather of 85F and a little breeze.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Welcome to F3, Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. F3 is a free workout program designed to improve fitness, share some camaraderie, and foster male leadership in the community. I’m Jetlag and I will be your Q today.  I am not a professional, and I do not know your fitness level or injury history.  Please push yourself, but modify the workout as necessary to avoid making any existing injuries worse.  The goal is to get better together!

WARM-O-RAMA

  1. Brady corns
  2. Windmill
  3. Plank jacks 4ct
  4. Mountain climbers 4ct
  5. CMU – Increment: 5x squat – curl – overhead – tricep

THA-THANG:

Workout 1: CMU
Murder Bunny or bear crawl

Each cone: 10 merkins x 10 frog jumps
Then run to playground: 10 box jumps x 10 tricep dips

Workout 2: CMU 2x

Per corner:
Back: 20rows x 20deadlifts
Chest: 20merkins x 20shoulder taps
Shoulder: 20shoulder press x 20sumo squats (wide squats)
Arms: 20biceps x 20triceps

Mosey to Picketts Charge

Workout 3: 1st hill 4
1. Mountain climbers 4ct in cadence
2. Shoulder tapos 4ct on top

2nd hill 4x bearcrawl up
1. Prisoner getups 4ct
2. Toe taps 4ct

Workout 4: Colosseum 3 base

1st base: 10 side straddle hops – run around. 2nd base: 10 side straddle hops – run around 3rd base: 10 ssh – run around

Mosey back to AO.

MARY:
Wagon wheel the six

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
26 HIMs in attendance. Mickey not tagged.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As may not all of you know, Me and my family are only visiting the US, supposedly for a few weeks for the holiday last year until Philippines declared another hard lockdown in January. Ever since then, we thought of staying here for a bit longer until we get the vaccine, and until the covid cases subside – which did not up until now. The past 8 months has been nothing short of amazing not just for me, but for my family as well. I get to spend a lot of time with parents again, them spending time with their grandchild and it feels so great to be home again with them.

Back tracking, when we first got here, my wife and I were really paranoid because of the pandemic, because of how bad the situation is where we came from. We’re scared for our child of getting sick so we always had our guards up against the virus. I met a bunch of guys working out at 5:30am under a drizzling, 35F weather. It was dark, winter, cold and awfully at the peak of the pandemic. It was my second day here in Knoxville and rest assured still jet-lag from our 27-hour flight (thus, the name, Jetlag). We worked out and it felt horrible, I’m not going to lie. But it amazes me how everyone stays for a while after the workout to say a few words, to say a little prayer for the others and for the community. Every workout is different, and I get to learn more about the community, more about what F3 means and how they make their impact in the society. And of course, these men became my brothers. These men lift each other up; cheer and pray for each other when one is down.

I have never seen anything like it. They welcomed me, a visitor, from a foreign country, in the middle of the pandemic, like I’m one of their own.

I absolutely love them, my brothers for life. And I will be forever grateful to them, for making me a better man, better partner, better son, better father – a HIM. And I’m truly honored to be part of this lifetime brotherhood.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Drum Major’s daughter, Hunter, who tore her acl; for Lily’s recovery from the hip surgery; Doubtfire’s grandmother-in-law’s recovery, who recently suffered a heart attack;

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP at Dog Pound is moved to August 21.

Fast mosey

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

run to shed, SSH, Merkin, cherry picker

THA-THANG:

workout as a group, first one finished frees everybody to fast mosey to next exercise. Everyone worked as hard as they could but we all stayed together.

100 dips

90 merkins

80 LBC

70 squat

60 dry docks

50 imperial walkers

40 iron Mike

30 pull or chin ups

20 reverse crunches toes downhill

10 burpees

Then reversed and added 10 reps

MARY:
Some running and some core work

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
12 strong
CIRCLE OF TRUST:

Christians should be defined by our faith and our actions, not politics party. I’d recommend reading the Bill Haslam book about faith and politics.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Blindside’s school, Ribbed’s wife, and Michelle’s husband in ICU