F3 Knoxville

Tag: Waxjob

Prancercise

THE SCENE: 40ish… and moist. Felt like 60 after the last couple of weeks!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
FSH x20 IC
SSH x20 IC
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
AGTJ x10 IC (gettin’ easier!)
Crabwalk Toe Touches x15 IC
Hindurkins x15 IC
Tempo Cossack Squat x20 IC

Line up on the curb link arms, 10x 4ct calf raise IC
25% across the parking lot
20x single count calf raise OYO (too hard maintaining balance)
50% across the lot
20x calf raise
75% across the lot
20x calf raise
AYG across the lot

THA-THANG:
Mosey up to the rock pile by the Asylum building, one stop along the way for some Al Gore and 20x BBS

Line up in the grass about 50yd from the rocks and pair up.
One man does exercise (Merkins|Curls|Rows) AMRAP while waiting
Other runs to pile, gets a rock, 10x squat-OHP and returns with rock. Switch up.
3 trips each. Should finish with a 6-pack per team.

Regroup at the pile, leaving 6-packs at the grass

Merge into 4-man teams

2 men run to grass, 20 leg-pushdowns, and return with one rock each.
Meanwhile, other 2 men are doing kegstand squats
Switch up, R&R until all rocks are returned to the pile.

Time’s running out! Bear crawl down Everest halfway or so, then mosey back to the AO, one stop for Tempo Squats with Crawdad.

MARY:
Q did a bad job of time management today… Crawdad led the cheetahs in some Hello Dolly.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
30 strong today, including one FNG: Welcome Beans! (Clay Daniel)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Will you “Go out” without knowing?
“He (Abraham) went out, not knowing where he was going” (Hebrews 11:8)
See My Utmost for His Highest, Jan. 2
When God tells you to go, he usually doesn’t tell you His end game. Have faith that He knows what He’s doing and obey!
MOLESKIN:
Thanks, Crawdad for taking care of all the cheetahs in the group and making sure they didn’t get bored waiting for the rest of us… My apologies on running over. I really need to get over there sometime during the day to get a good mental map of the place. Doesn’t help planning that the satellite images are all outdated!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alcoa CSAUP coming up 2/24… Be on the lookout for shirts on Mudgear

Day 1 – List of 10

THE SCENE: 35 and really warm!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers 15x
Burpees 10x
Ice Skaters 15x
Hand Release Merkins 15x
ISO Squats 20x
Burpees 10x
Ice Skaters 15x
Hand Release Merkins 15x

THA-THANG:

In partners – One partner runs 400m while other exercises. Then swap until all reps are completed for that exercise. Begin and end each round together, so Al Gore or plank until all in.
200 total reps of each per team= 2,000  (we made it through about 1500 reps, and over 2 miles)
Round 1 – ‘Merkins
Round 2 – Alternating Lunges (1 leg=1)
Round 3 – Mountain Climbers (2-count)
Round 4 – Big Boy Sit-ups
Round 5 – Carolina Drydocks (1=1)
Round 6 – Squats
Round 7 – Overhead Press
Round 8 – Bobby Hurleys
Round 9 – AbClaps
Round 10 – Burpees

MARY:
AbClaps aren’t that great of an exercise

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The mission of F3 is to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups to invigorate male community leadership. We need to be constantly reminded of our mission so we know who we are and why we’re here. The same is true in your life. What is your mission? Can you articulate your mission clearly?  Probably worth spending some time to craft it, so it rolls off your tongue..

All Fun and Games

THE SCENE: Let’s say 10 degrees. Nice and clear!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x30 IC
Burpees x5 OYO
Tempo Cossack Squats x20 IC (10 each leg)
Burpees x5 OYO
Imperial Walkers x20 IC
Burpees x5 OYO
LBAC x20 each way IC
Al Gore Tucks x10 IC (finally made it to 10! I might have counted faster though…)

THA-THANG:
Time to play with Sandy! PAX split to 2 groups 60yd apart. Sandy has list of exercises.
All PAX start with top exercise. One carries bucket to other line and stays there. That line switches to next exercise, and one PAX carries bucket back. R&R for a few rounds:
Crunches
Merkins
Mtn Climbers
Flutter Kicks
SSH

Mosey down to Coffeeteria just to make sure it’s still there. Looks like coffee’s brewing, so head back toward AO.

Circle up for some Roll Your Own:
Gather around large foam D12 with exercises and reps printed on it. Everyone gets a turn to roll, everyone does rolled exercises.
2 times around the circle… It’s been far too long to remember the order, but among those done were:
Merkins
Jump Squats
Crab Walks
Butt Kickers
Calf Raises
Burpees
Jump Ropes
Star Jacks
etc…

Mosey over to the game board for some mini-Dora:
50 Merkins
100 BBS
150 Monkey Humpers

Impromptu dips x20, then head back to the AO

MARY:
Decent time remaining for some core work:
Reverse Crunch x20 IC
Side Crunch x20 IC each side
Row your Boat x4
Finished out with leg-pushdown ring of fire.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
7 came to play today! No FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Everybody looks just a few years older today – all white-bearded from the frost!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Alcoa CSAUP coming up at the end of February!

Blasters and BOMBS

THE SCENE: 22* which would have felt like summer compared to the last few days if not for the WIND
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Quick lap around the world’s fair lawn to get everyone moving.
SSH x 20 IC
Merkins x10 (on 4 count) IC
Imperial Walkers x11 IC
THA-THANG:
PAX mosey out behind amphitheater, and pause at the first pedestrian bridge for a round of leg blasters.  All exercises done in cadence with no breaks.  Squats x20, lunges x20 (10 each leg), jump squats x10.  Recover and continue mosey to parking lot behind Min Kao building on campus.  PAX partner up for BOMBS routine.  Dora style, partner one runs up and back down ramp while the other partner performs exercises.  Once the partner running makes it back to the parking lot, they pick up in exercises and partner two runs.  Each pair of partners performs:

  • Burpees x50
  • Outlaws x100
  • Merkins x150
  • BBS x200
  • Squats x250

PAX who finish early begin planks, pushups, and Mary.  Once most of the PAX completes BOMBS, we do another round of leg blasters waiting for the last pair to complete.  10 count to recover.  Mosey back to AO.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 PAX total: G6, Gretzky (FNG), Petey, Swanson, Waxjob, Careless, Operation (FNG), Filter, Steam, Abort
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
“Putting things off is the biggest waste of life: it snatches away each day as it comes, and denies us the present by promising the future. The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today… The whole future lies in uncertainty: live immediately.”

Make today count, and leave no doubt.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Saturday beatdowns at Big Ball resume in two Saturdays.

Bucket List

THE SCENE: Clear and, what, maybe 8°? 9°?  Who’s counting?.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Let’s get warm quick!
5 Burpees OYO
15 Imperial Squat Walkers IC
5 Burpees OYO
15 Hindurkins IC
5 Burpees OYO
1 Windbreaker (solo exercise by Q)
15 Firecrackers IC (similar to Smurf Jacks)

Mosey to Waxjob’s Hill
(Q alerts PAX to the presence of speed bump by tripping and falling flat)
5x down hill and immediately back up, 5x 4ct Merkins IC at the top each time.
First trip up sprint, next 3 Bernie, final trip sprint
(3rd was planned as reverse bear crawl, but frosty grass deemed too dangerous for digits)

THA-THANG:
Mosey on around outside of the park to the Scrapyard stairs.
Hop up stairs on one leg. Turn around and mosey back to the street, then back and hop stairs on other leg.

Mosey across grinder to meet Sandy: a bright orange 5 gallon bucket filled with 60lb of sand.
Bucket contains a list of exercises:
Merkins
Mtn Climbers
LBCs
Flutter Kicks
SSH
PAX split into 2 groups of 5. One group sets up at cones 60yd away.
Both groups start doing top exercise.
One man carries bucket to other line and stays there. Another man carries the bucket back to original line. R&R
Whenever bucket arrives at line, PAX switch to next exercise.
Continue until all PAX have made 2 trips

Cooldown: Mosey one lap around the park, pause halfway for 2 sets of 20 dips and 20 squats

MARY:
Circle up for:
20 Reverse Crunch IC
15 Side Crunch IC each side
4 rounds of Row Your Boat
Merkin ring of fire – 5 to 1
16 Tempo Cossack Squat

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Largest gathering of HIMs in the Knoxville area this morning: 10 strong!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Not so wordy this morning to avoid becoming a sweatcicle.  As we start this year, remember Paul’s words in Philippians 3:13: “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.”  We all want to forget the bad parts of the past, but Paul here is not talking about that.  He just got done listing all of his own accomplishments done in the flesh, and how they are not of worth.  Don’t rest on things you’ve done.  Forget that past as well, and press forward for His calling!
MOLESKIN:
Coldest day of the year was no problem for these guys.  Killed it hard.  Icicles were forming on beards from breath condensation, but everyone was sweating by the end.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: