F3 Knoxville

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A Hill Worth Dying For

THE SCENE: Comfy mid-30’s and extra gloomy

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH (IC) x 20; Tai Fighters (IC) x 10 per side; Hand Release Merkins (OYO) x 10; Temp Squat Jumps (IC) x 10

THA-THANG:

Mosey to hill below track; pick battle buddies (COVID-safe); HIM1 sprints to top of hill for hand release merkins (increase amount on each rep to 11); HIM2 does SSH while waiting; flapjack until 11 reached.

Mosey to lot beside baseball field (lunges at first then mosey); Karaoke to far end of lot and return; High knees half way and butt-kicks the rest; line up at hill for next session of fun.

HIM1 runs through trench and over hill to sidewalk along Fox Lonas for monkey humpers (increase amount on each rep to 8); HIM2 does big boy situps while waiting; flapjack until 8 reached.

Mosey to street corner near Weigel’s (lunges in middle of section); Jailbreak sprint to the top of hill at Park Village Rd; SSH at top while waiting for 6 to arrive; mosey back to bottom of hill.

Move into retention area behind baseball outfield fence; HIM1 sprints to top of hill for tree taps (like shoulder taps but tap trees along fence); HIM2 does squat jumps while waiting; flapjack until 8 reached.

Mosey back to lot beside baseball field; High knees half way and butt-kicks the rest; mosey to hill in front of high school drop off area.

Speed round… HIM1 precariously heads to bottom of steep hill and bear crawls back up hill; HIM2 does Rocky Balboas while waiting; flapjack one time.  Mosey back to AO.

@Pom Pom led the group in motivators starting at 10.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA:

19 HIMs plus 1 FNG (Patsy)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

COVID, masks, election, school decisions, sports, time with family, and holiday traditions… all relevant topics that can lead to disagreement and arguments.  We need to discern and determine which “hill is worth dying for” when it comes to disagreements.  Romans 12:18 encourages us to live peaceably as much as possible.

Isaiah 9 spoke of a people in darkness who were brought into the light.  A special child was promised to usher in peace and hope.  John 8:12 speaks of this Light of the world – Jesus.

Jesus came to die on a hill for us.  John 3:17  He came to reconcile God and man.  See Hark the Herald Angels carol… “God and sinners reconciled”.

Pair Crawl

THE SCENE: About 30. Cold-ish, but not so much that you notice after warming up.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Shuffle one lap around the parking lot.
10 Burpees w/ruck
20 Ruck swings
30 Snatches (15/arm)
40 BBS (20 w/ruck, 20 w/o)
50 Squats w/ruck
60 Calf Raises (30 each leg)

THA-THANG:
Suspend 60lb sandbag in the middle of a 2×4 and shoulder carry between two PAX the long way around to the Watt Road field.
Get on the sideline with the 2×4 and sandbag between, and bear crawl across the field, dragging the sandbag/2×4 in tandem.
At the far side of the field, turn around and head back, this time dragging with the other arm.

Shoulder carry to the bar by the bathrooms.
Fail dumb bar pushup exercise that YHC wondered if it would work. It didn’t.
So do 15 ruck-on easy-ups and merkins.

Continue on to the upper field. Stand on either side of the midfield line and toss sandbag back and forth diagonally across the line while progressing across the field. Repeat for return.
Repeat the 10-60 rep warmup progression

Head the third field and repeat the alternating sandbag toss, this time with a backward, over the head toss. On the way back, toss forward from rack position.

Return to the parking lot, last 100yd rifle-carry.

Cooldown ruck-only lap around the park

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
2
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.
MOLESKIN:
Good work, good fellowship.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Christmas Ruck coming up whenever we can plan it.

Hide-and-Seek

THE SCENE: Low 40s and raining. Perfect weather to embrace the suck!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x20 IC
Swerkins x10 IC
Mosey to the nearest cover
LBAC x20 each way
Overhead claps x15 IC
BBS x20 OYO

THA-THANG:
Head over to the main quad and pair up in threes. One man under cover at each side, third runs between with two burpees before relieving.
Apparently we headed out too quickly, because Archie found us here after making a lap around campus….
Exercises:
Swerkins / Carolina Dry Docks
Squat Jumps / Iron Mikes
Box Cutters / LBCs
Superman Swims / Flamingos

Move over one shelter for random dice roll tabata. Four cycles of 20s work/10s rest.
Merkins
MORE Iron Mikes
Crabettes
Star Jacks
Freddie Mercurys
Jump-ropes

MARY:
Mosey back to the first cover for Flutter Kicks x51 IC. Arrived back at the AO exactly 0615.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
The Stalwart 7 showed up for this cold and rainy beatdown.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Joshua 1:9 – Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.

In our day to day life we have a whole lot fewer things that would make a person terrified than they did in Joshua’s day. However, there are definitely a whole lot of things that can add up to bring a world of discouragement. I had a few things happen this week at home that really piled on that discouragement side, so this verse coming up in the message yesterday at church was quite timely, and I hope it can encourage you as well.

MOLESKIN:
It’s a good thing I had signed up to Q today, or I might have ended up in the fartsack… Good to work with you guys today!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Cold-weather CSAUP hosted by Asylum AM/PM coming up, check Slack for details.

Shake ‘n Bake

THE SCENE: 40s, Rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER💪
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Windmills, TN Rock’n Chair, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, SSH
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Soccer Field 1: Jelly Chest/Arms, Jelly Leg

Mosey to Soccer Field 2: 5 Burpees at every corner

Mosey to Soccer Field Bathroom Rail Bars, Split into two groups: Group 1: 25 pull-ups, Mosey to bottom of adjacent hill; Group 2: Bernie up hill to bars, 25 pull-ups – Rinse and Repeat, decreasing 5 every set of pull-ups.

Mosey to Playground: 25 Merkins, 25 Dips – 20 Merkins, 20 Dips, 15 Merkins, 15 Dips, 10 Merkins, 10 Dips

Mosey to Soccer Field 3: Bear Crawl across the field.

Route 66 at Poles back to AO Flag: Diamond Merkins and Jump Squats

MARY:
Battle-Buddy up.  One P does ab exercise, while other P runs a lap around parking lot.  Switch and Repeat until time.  We did Flutters, Box Cutters, Hello Dolly, LBCs, Calve Raises
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 Strong, WELCOME Shake ‘n Bake!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Luke 9: 12-17: Use your gifts with excellence and trust God to handle the results.
MOLESKIN:
N/A
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
N/A

Brickyard Year 3

THE SCENE: Partly Cloudy, 38°F, Feels like 37°F, Humidity 96%, Wind 4mph from WSW
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • LBAC x10 Each Direction IC
  • Little of This, Little of that
  • Tempo Merkins x10
  • Tempo Squat x10
  • Imperial Squat walker x15

THA-THANG:

  • Mosey to the front curb
    • Brickyard Bear Crawl (ascending bear crawl 1 to 13 merkins)
  • Mosey to back lot
  • Kraken
    • After completing an exercise at the station, full lap to next cone
    • Station 1: Squat, Jump squat, smurf jack x 15
    • Station 2: BBS, LBC, Flutter (4ct), x 15
    • Station 3: Merkin, CDD, Shoulder taps x15
    • Station 4: Mtn Climbers, Peter Parker, Hello Dolly x15 (all 4ct)
  • Ascending Lt. Dan from near cone to far cone (1 squat 2 lunges forward, 2 squats 2 lunges, etc.)
  • Mosey back to AO

MARY:

  • Hurricane Hoedown:
    • Flutter kick with arms up x20 IC
    • Flutter kick incline position x20 IC
    • Flutter kick & BBS, 1 BBS to 4x 4ct Flutter, 2BBS 8x 4ct flutter to 5 BBS and 20x 4ct flutter

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Three years ago Dec. 2, 2017 A-Rod took a chance to start a new AO for F3Knoxville in Powell, TN. In that COT, he stated that as men we were not designed to operate alone. We need a community and to work together. Three years later, the Brickyard AO is still here and we have come together. We have added and lost men over the years, but we are not the same as we were the first day we stepped out. Part of the ideal of F3 is Iron sharpening iron. At the Brickyard, we may not speak in the most politically correct ways but we push and help one another to be better. I know that I am a better man for coming in the gloom and being shoulder to shoulder with these PAX. A-Rod had a prior commitment today (rucking long distance with 60lbs) so he asked if I would share his words as well:

Three years ago I started this AO and knew only one FNG was going to show up. I knew other F3 men were coming from other AOs to support me, but didn’t know if there would be any turnout. I was pleasantly surprised! Not all who helped start Brickyard are still participants, but we have a very strong group that show up and that encourage each other. Thank you for making F3 Brickyard the fun and challenging AO that it has become. Thank you for supporting me and now Herbie as we lead you. Continue to make this AO great by volunteering to lead and bring others out with you.
Brickyard was made by a normal (barely athletic) guy so that other men could find friendship and better themselves physically. It has worked but only because of your involvement. I look forward to steering our way through 2021 as a group and supporting each other through the coming challenges of the year.
Thanks again for your commitment!
Strength and Honor
A-Rod

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Jan. CSAUP at the Asylum more info to come.