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Initiation Not Procrastination

THE SCENE: Feeling a bit fall-ish, temps in the 60’s.  Great morning at the Asylum
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Break the circle and line up on the curb…20 SSH on 4ct then jog down back

Windmills x12 on 4ct jog down and back

Tempo Merkin x10 jog down and back

Tempo Squat x12 jog down and back

THA-THANG:

Mosey to base of little hill…Bear Crawl up to gate.  Perform Flutters on 4ct x20 Back on Mosey

Mosey to Rock Pile at Asylum. Perform 11’s with rock curl at pile and jump squat at stop sign. Recover back at top Perform Tempo Squats x10 and SSH x20 Mosey…

Mosey to Pavilion Perform 20 Table Row/ 20 Dip/ 30 Second wall sits Rinse and Repeat x3

Recover back to A/O

Hello Dolly on 4ct x40 and Finish with American Hammers x15 on 4ct

 

MARY:
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COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 HIM’s at Asylum this am counting myself.  Shout out to Snitch, Archie, Full House, Gibbler, Flopper, Assfault, Kentucky, Crab Legs, Waffle House, and QVC
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talking about the “Sin of Passivity” and taking initiative.  Being a leader.  That often times we know how to lead at work or lead a home improvement project, but we don’t take initiative to lead at home.  Initiate in conversations, in our finances, initiate with our children and wives, and most importantly initiate a conversation with our Creator.

Challenge to think of 4 ways to Initiate This week…

 

Earn the Stargazers!

THE SCENE: Started out clear and bright, but clouds and fog moved in to keep us cool.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC
Cherry Pickers x8 IC
SSH x5 more just for Crawdad, who rolled up late…
Crabettes (Like Rockettes, but from crab position) x20 IC
Cossack Squats x20 IC
Mountain Climbers x10 IC
Walk toes forward as far as possible toward planche position for 10 more IC
Walk toes backward until abs are fully engaged, 10 more IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey toward the base of Everest, stopping about halfway for 15 Inchworm Merkins OYO

At the base of Everest, 10x Travoltas each side

Promised everyone 30s of Stargazers after an AYG charge up Everest. If you can breathe when you get there, you didn’t push hard enough…
30s count is OYO, then flutters until everyone has had their 30s.

Everyone grab a CMU-equivalent coupon (1 per person) and partner up.
Coupons go in a line about 10 yards away. Entire group goal is to move all coupons to a line about 70 yards away.
One partner runs to the nearest coupon, does 3 Burpee Broad Jumps with coupon to advance, then mosey back to switch with partner.
Stationary partner alternates between squats and crabettes after each trip.

Once all coupons are across the line, everyone grab one and mosey partway down Everest, line up across the hill for Tombstone Toss.
Everyone toss coupon as far up the hill as possible. Bunny hop to your coupon, pick it up, and continue hopping until you reach the furthest one. Once everyone has arrived at the furthest one, toss again.

When everyone has reached the top of the hill, put away coupons and 10 Hand Release Merkins OYO.

Mosey back toward the AO, stopping at the corner for a 30/30/30 of merkins, big boys, and squats.

Q noticed the big ol’ stone block monument thing just sitting there, so 10 Derkins on the block

MARY:
Mary started out with 10ct Stargazers, just because I’m nice…
30x flutter kicks IC (with a small rest as Crawdad attempted to avoid being run over…)
15x slutter kicks IC
15x side crunch IC (each side)
4x Row Your Boat (caused a bit of a scene since traffic is kinda picking up in the park by this point)
Everyone had to hop up and allow a vehicle to exit the parking lot. This presented a great opportunity for some Monkey Humpers (x15 4ct IC)
10x Shoulder Tap Merkins
About 30s of OYO SSH to finish out the hour.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 strong this morning, including one FNG – Snoopy (Terry Hill)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Ephesians tells us to love our wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for her. The thing that first comes to mind when you hear this is how He died for us. As men, we like to think, “Yeah, I’d die for my wife.” However, Christ gave himself fully, not just on the cross, but daily as he lived on earth. He walked dusty, excrement filled roads, lived day and night with 12 of the most annoying, bad listening, etc. guys you can imagine. Did everything that sucks with no thought for himself, poured his life into them. Through each day, look for opportunities to give yourself in those kinds of ways.
MOLESKIN:
I forgot about the Saturday relocation to the upper parking lot… Much appreciation for Hawk running down and getting me before time to start the beatdown! I had a great time working out with the Asylum PAX this morning. F3 Knoxville is full of HIMs – I would encourage everyone to be promis-Q-ous and make your way around to as many AOs as you can. Don’t worry, you don’t have to do them all in a single week!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sendoff this morning for Soot (Daniel Anders) at the Overlook. Heading off to be stationed in Colorado Springs.

Simple but Brutal

THE SCENE:  Cloudy, Breezy, around 72 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Start with 30 SSH on 4ct

Jog from curb to other end of lot…Michael Phelps with some of this and that jog back

Perform 10 Windmill in cadence jog back to other end of lot perform 10x Rockette jog back

Finish warm-o-rama with 10x Cherry Pickers
THA-THANG:
Had 2 different sets of Exercises

Set 1 Legs/Abs

20 Squat, 20 lunge, 20 BB’s, 20 flutters

Set 2 Chest/Back/Shoulders

20 merkin, 20 CDD’s, 20 Superman, 20 overhead clap

 

Ran a circuit loop with 5 stops from AO around up dragons tail and back.  Perform Set 1 at all 5 stops then loop back and perform Set 2 at all 5 stops.  Goal of getting in 100 reps of each exercise.  Mission Accomplished.

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 PAX  Hands, Jail Bait, Pac Man, Waffle House, Husker, Crab-legs, Waffle- House, Kentucky, Full House
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We talk all the time about getting better.  We get better physically and we push ourselves on the first “F”.  I wanted to challenge all of us to focus on a few more “F’s” this week…

Fellowship: Contact a brother you haven’t seen.  Reach out.  Be a friend.  Pursue.  Friendships aren’t easy.  We have to work at them.  Do that this week.

Faith: Prayer is something so simple, but we lose focus often.  Challenge to have meaningful prayer in the morning, in the middle part of your day, and in the evening.  Do that this week.

Added F is Friendship:  Focus on our spouses and the friendship we have with them.  Pursue them.  Court them.  Send them flowers.  Do that this week.

Added and last F is Fatherhood:  Be engaged with your kids.  Put the phone down when you’re at home.  No social media.  No fantasy football.  Say “yes” and don’t be so quick to find a reason for a “no”.  Do that this week.

 

MOLESKIN:
Shout out prayers to Hands son Grant as he heads to Austria for a semester abroad.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

3 Parking Lot Circus

THE SCENE
70 and light rain

 

Welcome & Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
COP
– SSH x30 (IC)
– Tempo Squats x15 (IC)
– Windmill Merkins x10 (IC)
– Diagonal Lunges x10 each leg (IC)
– Arm Circles Forward x15 (IC)
– Arm Circles Backward x15 (IC)

 

Hill Runs + Tabata
Two Rounds of Tabata (8 sets of exercise, 20 sec on 10 sec off):

  • Rd 1: Jump Squat Jumps
  • Rd 2: Wide Merkins

After each round, run to the top of the hill and do 3 burpees.

Mosey to the new parking lot.  Once there, partner up.

 

Countdown
One person performs the routine while the other jump ropes, then switch.

Routine:
Run to far cone, perform x20 reps.  Run back to first cone, perform x15 reps.  Run to the second farthest cone and perform x10 reps.  Run back to first cone perform x5 reps.

Perform 2 rounds of each of the following exercises:

  • Dry Docks
  • Frog Squats

Flutter Kick until all PAX finish.

Mosey to parking lot at bottom of the hill.

 

Grinders
Partner up with new Battle Buddy.

1st Battle Buddy lunges to the first cone, then sprints to second cone, does 2 reps of the exercise while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope.  Switch. Each round increase by 2 reps until each man does a total of 10 reps.  Two rounds:

  • Rd 1 = Diamond Merkins
  • Rd 2 = Tuck Jumps

 

MARY
American Hammers (4ct) – x20 IC
4ct Flutter Kicks – 20x IC
Rinse and repeat

Mosey back to the SP, run hard up the hill!

 

COT
Number off and Name-O-Rama (18 PAX)

 

BOM
Proverbs 11:25 – Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.

This Proverb is a simple reminder that joy and sense of significance comes from giving, not taking.  The world around us pushes us to live as consumers.  Always taking, looking for the next thing that is going to bring happiness.  The problem is that is not how life is meant to be lived.  True joy comes from living with a sense of purpose, and the highest purpose is the welfare of others.  HIMs seek inject purpose in all they do, wherever they go.  Today, keep your heart and mind open for those places where you can bring life.

 

Submitted by Cap’n Crunch

Everest Circuit

THE SCENE: Extra Gloomy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Warm up with……..SSH, Cherry Pickers, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, Quick stretch
THA-THANG:
Jogged to the base of Everest, stopping at every stop sign to do 5 Burpees.

  • Summit Everest and make way to Rock Pile
  • Grab a rock and do:
    • 15 Bicep curls, 15 shoulder press, 15 Tricep ext, 15 squats
  • Mosey to first intersection on way back to base camp and do 20 LBCs and 10 Tempo Merkins
  • Repeat the Everest Circuit (x3 total) performing 12 reps then 10 Reps
  • Mosey back to AO stopping at stop signs for burpees and squats
  • Circle up a do a couple minutes of Boat/Canoe

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Music City, Rainbow, Charmin, Brick, Waffle House, Mogul, Kentucky, Full House, Crablegs, Mr Jinxy, Assfault
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Keep Moving!” Many sharks have to keep swimming or they’ll drown. Encouraged PAX to keep moving. Don’t stagnate. Don’t become complacent. Keep pursuing the Lord, keep pursing and romancing your wives, keep talking to your kids. Keep working hard at your jobs etc. Don’t drown!
MOLESKIN:
NADA
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kickball Tourney