F3 Knoxville

Ducks Don’t Care

THE SCENE: Mid 70s, mostly cloudy.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers x10 IC
SSH x20 IC
TN Rocking Chairs x15 IC
LBAC x20 each way IC
Crab Kicks x15 IC
Cossack Squats x20 IC
Calf Killer (20 curb calf-raises, 5 sets punctuated by 25%, 50%, 75%, and AYG runs)

THA-THANG:
Pondbiscuit:
20/20/20 Merkins/BBS/Squats
1 lap around the ducks and frogs in the pond
20/20/20
2 laps
etc… You know, same as a Seabiscuit.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x20 IC
Left-Right-Middle Crunch x15 IC
Protractors for a bit
AMRAP merkins for the last 30s or so

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 strong this morning, including Speedo who continues to be on loan from F3 Tallahassee.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
BOM cribbed from 2RC message this weekend…
Psalm 19 (NIV):
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they reveal knowledge.
3 They have no speech, they use no words;
no sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is deprived of its warmth.

7 The law of the Lord is perfect,
refreshing the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The decrees of the Lord are firm,
and all of them are righteous.

10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the honeycomb.
11 By them your servant is warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
12 But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.

14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

This psalm seems to have an abrupt and significant change in subject matter right in the middle. It starts out reveling in the glory of God shown through creation, but shifts to praise of the laws and decrees of the Lord. This has led some to think that at some point it was actually two different psalms that somehow got stuck together. But this contrast is really a “therefore”. If God is the one who created the heavens and the earth, shouldn’t He be the one who knows best how we should live in them?

MOLESKIN:
I tweaked my back this weekend and I wasn’t sure if I was going to have to significantly modify this morning so I didn’t plan anything too crazy. The ducks and frogs really didn’t seem to pay much attention to our running around their hangout.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Insert information about upcoming events, 2nd or 3rd F opportunities, and any other announcements.

Curling and jumping

THE SCENE: Fantastic

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:
Mosey around the outhouse, grab a good sized pee rock, disclaimer along the way

THA-THANG:

Mosey to the tennis courts

  • Hand stand Merkins
  • 20 curls
  • x3

Mosey to the soccer field for the following

  • High knees
  • Side to side
  • Bear Crawl
  • Lunges
  • Bernie Sanders
  • Broad jumps
  • Gorilla Walk
  • Sprint
  •  x 20 Merkins on one end
  • x 20 CMU curls on the other end

Mosey back to the rock pile

  • Wheel barrow
  • Leap frog
  • Partner carry
  • Partner drag

Mosey to the AO for the final beatdown

  • Tabata of the following exercises
  • Iron mikes
  • Lizard hops
  • Tuck jumps
  • Donkey kicks
  • x 30, 20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest

MARY:
We didn’t have time for Mary

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I spent 5 days on a road trip with my 8 year old son, and while I thought I would teach him a lot of things, he is the one that taught me some stuff.  I wish we could all see the world through an 8 year old’s eyes.  The things we see everyday and ignore or take for granted, or don’t give God credit for are amazing.  I know I don’t always say the right things, do the right things, or take the time to just let God work in me and let me see His creation as He intended.  But seeing it through my sons eyes I do get to see it.  I encourage each of you to go out and see the world better, treat the world better, and make the world better.

MOLESKIN:
Our man Steam ventured into the Dog Pound for the first time and brought an FNG Dinger along with him.  Glad to have you both in the gloom.

Gorbechev, tear down that wall

THE SCENE: Georgeous breezy 78  5:30 degrees.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER 

No new FNGs (Welcome Bueler)
WARM-O-RAMA:

5 reps of Side straddle hops, merkins, burpies, side-to-side, forward lunges.

Mosey to Wall while warming up.  During mosey 10 baby arm circles, 10 merkins, 10 burpies, 10 side-straddle hops, 10 forward lunges.

Gorbechev, TEAR DOWN THAT WALL!:

Summary: Loop around the big wall (with hill), building 4 small walls of cmus along the way with exercises to move the cmus.   Each HIM starts with 7 cmus – stack them into a wall at starting gate.  (We had 9 HIMS so 63 cmus)

For each wall move there is a digger and stacker to help feed the brick moving chain gang – so they can stay in position.  The digger feeds the train/conveyor exercise belt with bricks.  The stacker takes the bricks that come out the other side and stacks them at the next exercise starting point 40 feet away.

First Exercise to move the cmus 40 feet by doing the Plank Shuffle lined up in a train (side by side).

Second Exercise: Big Boy Chain gang (pull over block, sit-up, drop block at your feet for next guy).

Third Exercise: Lunge the blocks to the end of the big wall – No digger or stacker.  Can take more than one cmu with you.

Fourth Exercise: Bernie walk ALL the cmus up to the top of the hill.

Five Exercise: 2 block burpies at top of hill.

Sixth Exercise: Carry blocks forward walk back to original location.

Seventh Exercise: Speed dis-assemble wall back to it’s original spot.

Mosey back to beginning with 5 intermittent 50 yard sprints and merkins, and burpies.

MARY:
10 Box cutters
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
9 HIMS, Booster, Bueler, Pink Eye, Rocket, Snaggletooth, Trolley, Waxjob, Stye, Speedo

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Galations 6 Message:  1-3 Live creatively, friends. If someone falls into sin, forgivingly restore him, saving your critical comments for yourself. You might be needing forgiveness before the day’s out. Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law. If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy Belated Fathers day!

 

500 Club + 100

THE SCENE: 80 degrees and Humid
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • BA Circ IC x 10
  • Toy Soldiers IC x 15
  • Dry Run Through Tha-Thang OYO x 10

THA-THANG:

10 Workouts x 50 Reps (2 Count)

  • Hand Release Merkins
  • Bobby Hurley
  • V-UP
  • Bear Crawl Merkin
  • Prisoner Squat
  • Heel Tap Mountain Climber
  • Shoulder Tap
  • Lunges
  • American Hammers
  • Star Jack

MARY:

Dealer’s Choice

  • Sparky – LBC’s
  • Wagon Wheel – Superman Swims
  • WaxJob – Side Crunch
  • 10 more Star Jacks to round out the +100

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
15 HIM’s Got Better today!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

“The Master in the Art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly know which is which. He simply pursues his vision of EXCELLENCE at whatever he does. Leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To H.I.M. he is always doing both.”

Aspects of our life can sometimes feel like drudgery. Going to work, coming home, working out, etc. If we are truly PURSUING EXCELLENCE in all that we do, we  should never experience this drudgery.

MOLESKIN:
These kids were quiet today. Our main mumblechattee’s were missing from the circle this morning. However, the men pushed hard today and many finished with a cherry on top of Matterhorn.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Lost the Handle!

THE SCENE: Probably 75 or 90 or so.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Cherry Pickers x10 IC
SSH x25 IC
Hindurkins x10 IC
Rockettes x15 IC
Cossack Squats x16 IC (8 each leg)
Inchworm (walk hands out past head as far as possible, hold, walk back up) x5 or so
.
THA-THANG:
Head up to the Grinder and pair up for Broken Wheelbarrow.
6 cones set up about 7yd apart.
Broken wheelbarrow is missing a handle – partner holds just one leg, the other one just flops around…
5 merkins (still broken wheelbarrow) at each cone, swap legs at third cone.
After 6 cones, swap position with partner and head back.

At the pavalon:
20 Box Jumps
10 Hand Release Derkins

Split into 5 groups for 4 rotating stations, running group bumps to next station.
Stations alternate exercises until bumped:
10 Dips/Chest-Ups at the Scrapyard
15 Monkey Humpers/Pickle Pounders at Crowd Pleasers Corner
20 Merkins/Squat Jumps halfway up the hill
25 Mtn Climbers/BBS
Finished 2 rounds plus a mosey recovery lap.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks x15 IC, hot swap on-the-fly to Slutter Kicks x15.
Left-Right-Middle LBCs x15 IC
Shoulder Taps for the last 20s or so.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 PAX today! Looks like everybody but Woodshack came out…
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
It was touch-and-go whether I would make it this morning with my wonky eye from yesterday. A song kept going through my head, so we had a singing word today:

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best Thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

Be Thou my Wisdom, and Thou my true Word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one

MOLESKIN:
Broken Wheelbarrow is a tough one but a keeper. Takes so much more core!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Let’s help Drifter move next week – Right after Coffeeteria!.