F3 Knoxville

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Special 7s

THE SCENE: A little (not much) warmer. Like 36 or so. Had just a little bit too much clothing on.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
20 SSH, 10 IC Merkins, 10 IC Squats, 5 Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Special 7s are like normal 7s, but after completing the final 6+1, there is an additional round with 7 reps on each end of the run/hill/what-have-you.

Round 1 on the Grinder. Sideways step ups on one end (1 leg up counts as a half rep, so 2 count?), Pull-ups on the other end. Just run the grinder.

Round 2 on Waxjob hill. Hand release merkins at the top, Donkey Kicks at the bottom. Just run the hill.

Round 3 on a tiny hill next coming up to the grinder. Burpees at the bottom, Big Boy Sit-ups at the top. But here’s the kicker. Crab walk feet first up the hill. Bear Crawl down the hill.

Round 4: Pax Roulette for 15 minutes. One PAX calls out a movement for all others while they complete 5 pull-ups and run back.
MARY:
I guess the Pas Roulette was kind of like a long Mary….
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 PAX! Good work getting out guys!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Been reading in Genesis lately and there is a repeated patterning of 7s. In Genesis, God Shabbat (rested) from all His work on the 7th day. That pattern moves into there being a command to keep the sabbath and make it holy. Then fast forward to Jesus’s day and He is healing a man on the sabbath and it really seems like He could have done it on a different day if He had just waited even a few hours potentially. So, what is He doing? It seems He’s making an even bigger point about being the Lord of the Sabbath than I noticed on readings I’ve done in the past.
Anyway, the point is that I set aside some time to read and really got a lot out of it after doing some work to really slow down and think about it. I encourage you all to read something slowly and carefully this week. There really is no substitute to meditating on something that is well written. It seems like people back in the day made time for it. I don’t know that we today have that much more going on of importance to have an excuse not to slow down every once in a while and read. We just choose to do other frivolous things instead.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Don’t forget about Hot Squat’s camping trip!

Rolling the Dice part 2

THE SCENE: Crisp 28 degrees this morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry pickers X5

Little Baby Arm Circles X10

Tempo Squats X10

Mosey around the park back to the pavilion
THA-THANG:
10 blockees then roll the dice

1 Run Mosey
2 50 hop Kicks
3 50 rows
4 30 overhead presses
5 50 box jumps
6 50 curls

MARY:
Thunder Burpees
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
A quote from Nirmal Purja, the man who beat the record for summitting the 14 highest peaks in the world.

“Sometimes when you think you’re f@%*ked, you’re only 45% f!%*ked”
MOLESKIN:
I wanted to mary today with thunderburpees because it puts you in a mindset of “I can’t do this” yet we did it anyways. One of the best things about F3 is it pushes us to not only become physically stronger, but mentally as well
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check the events page for details about the upcoming backpacking trip on Jan 22nd

A frozen ladder

THE SCENE: Cold 28 degrees felt like 20 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, cherry pickers, and a little of this and a little of that.
THANG

Simple. Just 4 exercise: Merkins, BigBoy sit-ups, CMU curls, and CMU OH press.  Start off with 5 a piece and run a lap.  Add 5 more and an extra lap up to 25 reps and 5 laps and then work your way down.  That’s it, nice and simple.

 

MARY:
Last 5 minutes did dealer’s choice
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMS got the work in.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Leave your problems at work and don’t bring them home.  The problem will be there when you get there in the morning.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Broken Ladder

THE SCENE: 23 degrees and a little snow left on the ground

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER


WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20; Tempo Squats x10; Cherry Pickers x5

THA-THANG:
Was going to do a ladder workout but somebody broke my ladder and spread it around the AO so we went location to location to do the work.

  • Stop 1: Grinder for Burpees x10
  • Stop 2: Troll Bridge for Imperial Squat Walkers (4-ct) x20
  • Stop 3: Pavilion for Dips x30
  • Stop 4: Tennis Courts for Bobby Hurleys x40
  • Stop 5: Centerfield of Baseball Field for WW2 Situps x50

Rinse and repeat until recover was called, everyone was somewhere in the third round

MARY:
Boxcutters x20; Flutter Kicks x10; Big Boy Situps x10; LBCs for time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 HIMs this morning

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 3:13-14

“Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

These verses talk about how we are to grow in our faith. What are we each doing to grow? It is not enough to just grow our physical strength. We must work at being better fathers, husbands, and men as hard as we work to improve physically. We must work at our faith by reading God’s Word, praying, and spending time with fellow believers.

MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

12 Daze Too

THE SCENE: Clear skies, calm wind, 27 degrees F.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Windmills, Little baby arm circles
THA-THANG:

Mosey with a CMU to the trailhead by the pavilion.  At each of the upcoming light poles is a piece of paper.  Run to the first pole with the CME and do the first exercise.  Leave the CMU behind, return to start, and do 12 reps of exercise 1.  Run back to the first pole, pick up your CMU, carry it to pole #2 and do the second exercise and the first exercise.  Leave the CMU behind, return to start, and do 12 reps of exercise 2.  Continue the pattern until all 12 exercises are performed at light pole #12.  Finally return to the Grinder for a time of Mary.

12 Daze

1x Roll Over Merkin (all sides)

2x Blockies

3x OH Squat Press

4x On the Shelf (2/side)

5x CMU Swings

6x Upright Rows

7x Goblet Squats

8x Triceps Extensions

9x Curls

10x Lawn Mowers (per arm)

11x Bent Rows

12x Dips

Home Base Exercises

(12x Each)

  1. Dry Docks
  2. Iron Mike Squats
  3. Body Builders
  4. WWII Situps
  5. Shoulder Taps (4 ct)
  6. Squat Jumps
  7. SSH (4 ct)
  8. Plank Jacks (4 ct)
  9. Box Cutters
  10. Merkins
  11. Flutter Kicks (4 ct)
  12. Mountain Climbers (4 ct)

Unfortunately we ran out of time.  No one completed the 12 Daze.  Better suited for an hour long Saturday beatdown.

MARY:
No time for Mary today
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs including FNG Grouch (Danny Lupisella) plus 2.0 Webelo
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Julie has always made comments that the best gift is to have her family around her on special occasions like her birthday.  I was able to experience how much she meant that recently as she celebrated her 70th birthday last week.

My daughter, who lives in Northern Virginia with her family, organized a birthday party with her two brothers for Julie last Thursday, two days before her birthday on Saturday, December 18th.  We met at a nice local restaurant with our children, spouses, and 7 grandkids.  There were a total of 15 of us.  It was a total surprise to Julie as she walked into the room and, in an instant, I could tell that it meant the world to her.  As Julie has always said, it was the best present she could have received.

There were many great things about the evening but perhaps one of the more noteworthy is that I never saw anyone looking at or playing with their phones.  Everyone focused on Julie and each other.  Everyone was tuned in and enjoying each others company.

Most of us will have some sort of family gathering over the coming days.  Too often, and I’m a guilty party, phones and other electronic devices distract us and keep us from really connecting.  As HIMs lets not let that happen in our own behavior and as leaders lets see if we can make a difference in others around us.

Merry Christmas!  May the Lord bless you and keep you, may His face look down on you and give you peace.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Drifter as he travels over Christmas.  Prayers for 3 year Hunter recently diagnosed with cancer.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.