F3 Knoxville

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#seadangacide

THE SCENE: T-Shirt Weather
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Squat IC x 15ish
  • Merkin IC x 10
  • SSH IC x 20

THA-THANG:
#seadangacide

Mosey to the speed bump at the base of Matterhorn and Partner Up

Run to the marked location, perform the chalked number of Star Jack Burpees and then return to the base of Matterhorn and perform number of Star Jack Burpees. Rinse and Repeat-o in suicide format. Burpees increase by 1 at each location.

MARY:
Star co-q’s Waxjob and Bartman handled as we gathered PAX! Thanks Men
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
24 HIM’s showed up to take on the challenge.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I tend to Q on days that have meaning. On Friday my oldest daughter turns 10. It’s big day for me because it’s a reminder of the first time I met her and really experienced unconditional love. I was told I may love a lot of things, but nothing will compare with how much you love and care for your children.

MOLESKIN:

After scaring the doo out of Flanders and Frosty in the morning, I learned how sketchy running on the backside of Matterhorn is by yourself. Sparky said it best, “Every sound back there is a Godzilla”. Seadangacide was inspired from Shooter’s Seadangus (also a bag of suck). If I were to do it again, I would call the PAX together sooner so we could all come back to the AO together.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Announcements Page

This seemed easier in my head

THE SCENE: Clear skies and mid 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • SSH x 20
  • Cherry Pickers x 10
  • LBC Forwards x 15
  • LBC Backwards x 15
  • Tempo Squats x 10

THA-THANG:
Mosey over to Rainchecks car to get him then mosey over to The Educator for some Sevens

  • At  bottom  Merkins
  • At top Bobby Hurleys

Mosey to the football field for a circuit

  • At goal line: Burpees x 5
  • Bear crawl to the 20
  • At 20: Dry Docks x 10
  • Broad Jump to 40
  • At 40: Merkins x 15
  • Bear crawl to opposite 40
  • At opposite 40: Jump Squats x 20
  • Broad jump to opposite 20
  • At Opposite 20: BBS x 25
  • Bear Crawl to opposite goal line
  • At opposite goal line: Mountain Climbers x 30
  • Bernie back to first goal line
  • Rinse and repeat for time

Mosey back to Church parking lot for Thunderstuck

  • AL Gore while the song plays
  • Everytime Thunder is said do a burpee
  • Everytime Thunderstruck is said do a tuck jump
  • Everytime Q says Thunder or Thunderstruck do that associated move

MARY:
Lead by Wax Job

  • LBC 4ct IC x 20
  • Gas Pump 4ct IC x 15
  • Pickle Pounders 4ct x 15
  • Monkey Humpers 4ct x 20
  • 2 rounds of Row your Boat
  • Side Crunch 4ct each side x 15
  • Ring Of Fire Leg Lifts
  • Side Plank Raise each side x 10
  • Cash Out Flutter Kicks
    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
    12 PAX
    CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
    Starting F3 I was the stereotypical Sad Clown, I had hit a rut in life and was in desperate need of a way out. I had been asked to come to an Knoxville AO but I used the excuse that it was to far and to early. Once I was told the AO in Alcoa was opening up I really had no excuse anymore so I figured I should try. I was very worried about where I was physically and not being able to keep up or accepted into the group. While I was right about not being able to keep up completely this great group of guys that formed here never left me behind and always pushed me to do the best I could do. I can’t imagine doing this with any better of a group of guys. I appreciate each and every one of you and look forward to continue getting better together.
    MOLESKIN:ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    Hardship Hill coming up in a little over a month. If you haven’t joined a team yet then I encourage you to, should be a great time

Climbing the ladders

THE SCENE: 40 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey around the outhouse

3 rounds of Tababta

  • Jumping lunges
  • Lizard hops
  • Squat tuck jumps
  • Handstand kicks

THA-THANG:
Agility ladders on the tennis courts, 5 rounds of each exercise

  • 1 foot per square
  • 1 hand per square
  • 2 feet per square
  • 2 hands per square
  • Icky shuffle
  • Hand icky shuffl
  • Lateral 1 foot per square
  • Lateral 1 hand per square
  • Lateral 2 foot hops
  • Lateral 2 hands per square
  • Lateral Merkins each square
  • 2 hops forward 1 hop back
  • Merkins inside outside

MARY:

We were gonna repeat the Warm-o-rama but had to settle for one round of John Travoltas

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

16 total. Welcome FNG Wagon Wheel
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Intensity – the quality of being intense.  Synonyms for intensity – strength, power, potency, force.

We can talk all day long about what level on intensity we bring to an F3 workout and how someone should step it up or step it down.  However, what level of intensity are we taking when it comes to:

  • Work?
  • Family?
  • Friends?
  • Kids?
  • Faith?

We need to increase our level of intensity in all these and stop being selfish.  We need to put God first, everyone else second, and ourselves third.

MOLESKIN:
We tried something new that I have never done at an F3 workout.  Internally you worry that it won’t be good enough, or that it won’t work out like you have planned.  But in the end the PAX had fun, got a little sweaty, and did some really good work.  That is all that matters.  #ISI

PS there were a lot of other drills for the agility ladders but we ran out of time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill OCR May 19

What’s Tabata With You?

THE SCENE: 42 and raining… Basically the very definition of gloom.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Q accidentally locked his keys in the car while attempting to unload equipment, causing slight delay in getting started. Therefore disclaimer was given during the first exercise…

SSH xDisclaimer
Windmills x15 IC
AGT x6 IC
LBAC x20 each way IC
Calfkiller (20 calf raise OYO, 25% run to other curb, 20 calf, 50% run, 20, 75%, 20, AYG, 20)

Mosey to a dry spot to continue warmup:
5x SuperWorm (Inchworm all the way out to full extension flat on the ground, 5 Supermans, Merkin and inchworm up)
10x 4ct Travoltas IC each side

THA-THANG:
Mosey on to the courtyard for Roll Your Own tabata.
Roll the exercise die and do 4 sets of 20s with 10s rest in between.
Best of my recollection, we had:
-Bicycles
-Star Jacks
-Crab Toe Touches
-Merkins
-Squat Jumps
-Bicycles again!
-Butt Kickers
-Burpees
-Star Jacks again! (time up after 2 sets though)

MARY:
None today, although the Bicycles hit the abs pretty well.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Only 3 PAX braved the gloom this morning.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Nobody got up this morning at 5:00 and decided to get out in the gloom and get better. That decision was made yesterday (or earlier!), long before the required time of action. That principle holds true in most areas of life. Make your decision ahead of time, and follow-through is that much easier when it comes time for action.
MOLESKIN:
Piece of advice for anyone who leaves keys in your car during a beatdown: Get a magnetic key holder for about tree fiddy and keep a spare somewhere in the undercarriage.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill OCR May 19th! Pray for Booster’s friend JJ (lingering surgery complications) and three of Snaggletooth’s friends to strengthen marriages.

Tabata Together

THE SCENE: Low 40s, drizzle

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
10 reps each exercise, cadence count

    • Horizontal Gators
    • 4 Corners jump around CMU
    • Hip Hop shoulders
    • Squat Jacks

THA-THANG:

Tabata (20 seconds on, 10 sec rest, repeat) 2 minute duration for each exercise

  • Toe taps on CMU
  • Plank Hand Walk over CMU
  • Jump Squat High Knees
  • Crab Hip Thrusts
  • Lizard Hops
  • Plank walk feet over CMU
  • Mosey (jog quarter mile)
  • Crab Kicks
  • Inch worm
  • Plank, elbow to hands
  • Down Dog, alternating hand to foot
  • Sit, shoulder press CMU
  • Mosey (jog quarter mile)
  • Frog Burpees
  • Plank Jacks
  • Supermans
  • V-sits left, middle, right, knee to chest
  • Run in Place, alternating hands to knees and toes
  • CMU Clean & Jerk
  • Could have done 2 to 3 more exercises

MARY:

    • Face down, extend legs and arms hold core off ground
    • Supermans
    • Crab Hip Thrusts
    • Side plank Hip Thrusts
    • On back, ball up to extension
    • Hollow Rocks
    • Hello Dollys

    COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA: 12 PAX and Laettner, Doug Carswell, forgive me for not starting off correctly. Dont hold it against me and good to meet you.

  • CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

The Falling Man, Esquire article:
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a48031/the-falling-man-tom-junod/
The Falling Man, Documentary: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810746/

The Falling Man is one of the several people who purposefully jumped from the WTC towers on 9/11.

The story of the jumpers vanished from the 9/11 coverage and narrative. There was an aggressive resistance to acknowledging people jumped. When a family was approached about identifying the falling man, a family member’s response was “That piece of shit is not my father.”

The thought that a person was in such despair, suffering, beyond hope that he would, in a sense, give up was buried, dismissed, and denied. Instead the 9/11 coverage and narrative focused on bravery, courage, generosity and bringing enemies to justice.

Understandably, the preferred flavors of Christianity tend to be that of courage, hope, bravery and will power. We gravitate to these flavors so much that we deny, bury, dismiss the reality of despair and hopelessness. When we do this, we unintentionally alienate those who are deeply hurting.

When Jesus was on the cross, he didn’t hear “the Lord has a plan for you” or “this is God’s will.” As a matter of fact, he cried, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” Ultimate despair, alienation, hopelessness, just like The Falling Man and all the others who jumped from the towers. Jesus didn’t bury or deny despair, he endured it.

During our times of real despair, hopelessness and alienation, the cross is God crying “I know how bad it hurts and you are not alone, together we will endure this, I AM with you.” We too are the falling man and at the same time living reminders to each other “you are never alone. We will endure the suffering together. I am here with you.”

MOLESKIN:

The cross is the place where we find the freedom to accept ourselves without being proud and challenge ourselves without being crushed. Tim Keller

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