F3 Knoxville

April ruck workout 7

THE SCENE: 70, breezy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Insert information about the warmup.
THA-THANG:
Ruck 1 mile

10 sets of

  • Ruck deadlift x 10
  • Ruck lunges x 10
  • Ruck merkins x 10

Time was 38:16

Ruck some more

MARY:
Insert information about any additional post-THANG work (if applicable).
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Insert the WORD here.
MOLESKIN:
Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

College Graduation – Saved by Grace

THE SCENE: 61 and clear…  Here comes summer
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

This is the best job every, since I’m neither a professional or paid, yall can’t fire me. As much as you might want to after you do this workout.  In celebration of my VQ 1 year anniversary, we’re enrolling in college again, so we can progress through the years and Graduate!  A year of F3 has had me feeling like I’ve graduated .. in a sense..

WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry Pickers, Empiracle Walkers. While moseying  to the “Freshman Wall”, do alternations of forwards and back crab walks, bear crawls and Gorilla shuffles (and a bernie or two).

THA-THANG: College

  • 25 Merkins + Freshman HILL
  • 50 Squats + Sophomore Hill
  • 75 Freddy Mercuries + Junior Stairs
  • 100 Burpees + Senior Stadium

TLDR;

At the CMU (aka Freshman) wall,  harken back to when you were a freshman.  Just doing a pushup or finding a class was a challenge.  So for freshman we keep it simple.

25 Merkins and run around wall.

Recollect that when certain people would for the first time, spend a full year at the dorms, eating potatoes and carbs for three meals a day, their thighs ended up being a bit large..  So we did a larger (from bottom to top) hill and

50 Squats + Sophmore Hill

Then, as a junior you were more refined, you were getting the hang of classes, and getting through the “CORE” classes as well as some of your major classes.. so:

Run the Junior Hill Stairs and do 75 (four count) Freddy Mercuries

Then, in preparation for the real world your major courses were kicking your tail, it was and is a long grind, you did what you had to, to reach the graduation finish line.. so

Run the Senior Stadium hill and follow it up with 100 Burpees.   Break-em up into sets of 15, then 10, and find a battle buddy to do whatever you can to graduate.

MARY:

In the spirit a of leave no man behind, we helped two HIM’s push through the last 20~30 burpess and made sure that everyone graduated.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

As you drop balls today whilst you try to do everything that is on your plate, think about how it’s ok.  Lay that todo list at the feet of Jesus and plead that he helps you prioritize them. You can not do everything, and it’s ok.  There are not enough hours in the day and it’s impossible to please everyone.  Step by step is how you do it.  No matter if it’s a 100 burpees, progressing through the tough college years, or a mount Everest of todo items.

Congratulations to all HIMS who graduated today!

MOLESKIN:
Ouch, I can’t move my arms.

Does your Abacus go to 50?

THE SCENE: Warmish cool. Or coolish warm. Like 50 or something.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x50 IC (4ct)
TN Rocking Chair x15 IC
Squats x50 (single count)
Mountain Parkers x15 IC
Crabettes x15 IC (I think it was 15… Lost count watching everyone flail about like a pack of drunken baby giraffes…

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the upper soccer field. Man, it looks too dark. Keep going to Watt Rd field.
50yd forward roll burpees
50yd crawl bear back

Mosey to concrete bleachers
20x Giant Step-ups (3 steps up, 3 steps down = 1 rep)

Charge up the hill to the upper field. Guess it’s not that dark after all.
50yd Broken Wheelbarrow (switch w/ partner as needed)
Burpee Backward Broad Jump back (shortened it up a little on audible)
50yd regular wheelbarrow – Each partner completes 50yd before switch

Mosey around to the base of the hill
5 rounds:
Sprint up to the top
Mosey back down
10 merkins
Flutter kicks 4 the six

Mosey back toward where it looks like Frosty and Tank are unloading.
Oops, NVM they’re leaving.
Well, we made it to the bleachers so knock out six more Giant Step-ups

Mosey back to the AO. Grab tents and tables from Frosty and Tank, scatter distribute to the fields.

MARY:
Ring of Fire – Leg pushdown style
LBCs x20 IC
Row your Boat
Side Crunch x15 IC each side
Flutter Kicks x20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs for the full beatdown. Special guest appearances by Tank and Frosty
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talking to my daughter the other day… I forget what it was we were even referring to, but I playfully told her she was being lazy. She said, “No, I was being tired!” I told her, “Tired is a feeling, lazy is a choice.” There’s often a poor choice that goes along easily with what we’re feeling at any time. As guys, we have a tendency to suppress feelings and try to ignore them as we make choices. However, some time ago I took a class on “Emotional Intelligence”. At the time, I thought it was kind of stupid because we took a lot of time looking at emotions, then at the end we went into how making decisions based on emotions was a bad thing. I thought, “Hey, of course. Why did we spend all that time on emotions when we’re supposed to just ignore them like I was already trying to do.” It wasn’t until later that I realized the subtle difference between trying to ignore emotions and recognizing those emotions and realizing in the moment how they are trying to affect your decision making. As Eph. 4:26 puts it, you can be angry (and recognize that you are), but choose to sin not.
MOLESKIN:
Happy birthday to Abacus – Thanks for sharing part of your 50th birthday with us!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for Cornhole as he defends his thesis choice this week! (He wouldn’t tell us where this was going to be happening for some reason…)

Ring of Fire – Take 2

THE SCENE: a little chilly…around 32
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

-Side straddle hop (IC*15)

-Cherry picker (IC*10

-Imperial Walker (IC*10)

THA-THANG:

-Ring of Fire:

  • PAX circled up in plank position. Q will start with 10 merkins while PAX holds plank. Next HIM will do 10 merkins while PAX holds plank. Go around circle till finished.
  • Repeat Ring of Fire with Carolina Dry Docks.
  • Mosey  to maintenance building.

-Behind Maintenance Building

  • Ring of Fire with goblet squats (use coupons).
  • Ring of Fire with wide merkins
  • Mosey to Bagwell Building
  • Step ups and dips at 1 minute intervals, 10 second cool down (*3)

MARY:

  • Flutter Kicks (IC*15)
  • American Hammer (IC*15)
  • PAX contributed to last free exercises.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Archie, Booster, Chaco, Erector, Guano, Judge Judy, Kenjo, Spotter, Snaggletooth, Sweeper, Waxjob, & Onesie

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Lead by example; be a Christian; act like a Christian

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Hardship Hill – May 18, register and join the JUCO 5 hour team
  • 4th of July Parade – F3 & FIA will participate; kids will ride in trailers while we walk and pass our fliers about F3

Burn the Wet Wood

THE SCENE: 48 and dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH IC x20

Cherry Pickers IC x5

‘Mericans IC X10

Mountain climbers IC x10

THA-THANG:

CMU Exercises
Ratchet Squrls = Ratchet squat curls
French Military Squats
Stocky Balboas = weighted Rocky’s
Lunging Tricep Extensions
Blocky Hurley’s
BURN OUTS
250 of each
Start wherever you want, finish wherever you want – but once you start an exercise you have to finish it!
When you burn out either arms or legs, run to the tennis courts and grab a ball. Do what it says x 10. Run back and start where you left off.
Dodgeball – we have balls, if you get hit you do the exercise x10. If you catch it they do it x20.. Once the exercise is done you join again

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Junk, Mayberry, Sparky, I-beam, Hot Tub, Scooter, Snitch, Abacus, Waxjob
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

– Recapped the story of Elijah
1 Kings 18
God is the igniter of wet wood. Sometimes the wood is wet because of our circumstances, or our environment. Sometimes it’s wet because of relational issues, or our internal crapola. Sometimes it’s wet because we have been pouring buckets of water over ourselves with our own decisions. Whatever the reason, He is the igniter of wet wood. Sometimes He even wants the wood wet for His Glory, just to show that it’s only Him who could have done it. So even if you feel like you’re dealing with wet wood, ask for the fire!

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MOLESKIN:
We spent time praying for Wallball’s dad who is getting a consultation for a heart transplant today..
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
None.