F3 Knoxville

Tour of Downtown Powell

THE SCENE: A balmy 36 degrees.  Clear skies.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hop
  • Baby Arm Circle
  • This Right Here
  • That Over There
  • Susan Somers

THA-THANG:
Tour Of Downtown Powell – Three Laps around the circuit below

  1. Powell High School – Curls for the Girls with CMU
  2. Frontier Phone Company – Mountain Climber Merkins
  3. First Tennessee Bank – ATMs
  4. Steamboat Subs – Monkey Humpers
  5. Half Time Pizza / Cajun Cookhouse – WMDs
  6. Splash Pad – Squat Jumps

Walls of Jericho – 7 reps of 7 exercises followed by 7 laps around a building to tear it down

  1. BBSU
  2. Merkins
  3. Squats
  4. Flutter Kicks
  5. Carolina Dry Docks
  6. Iron Mike
  7. LBC

Train Tracks – after a mosey to the Powell High football field – modified Indian Run starting on the goal line – first man runs to 5 yard line then lays down, next man run over him and lays on the 10 yard line, next man runs over both and lays on the 15.  When last PAX has run over the 5 yard line, first man gets up and runs over all PAX members and lays down on the next yard markers.  Down to one endzone and back to starting point

Return to AO
MARY:
No time here…
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 total including one FNG – we christened him “Zamboni” for busting his tail while reffing his first Ice Bears game
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Psalm 46:10 – “Be Still and Know that I am God” – Encouragement today to trust that God has you and takes care of you.  As the chaos of life can overwhelm us take comfort in the fact that God is in control.  Don’t panic…relax and Be Still.

MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Logan (a teenager) as he battles cancer in Madisonville.  Continued recovery for the Brickyard PAX as we fight off the flu.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Lifehouse Coffee was on point this AM

A Naturally Light Leg Adventure

THE SCENE: FRICKIN COLD
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Tempo Squat x 10 IC, High Knees x 20 IC 4 CT, Arm Circles x 10 IC 4 CT (ED), SSH x 25 IC 4 CT, Hand Release Merkins x 10 OYO
THA-THANG:

  • Butkus- Rapid Curb Step Ups 3 x 1 Min
  • Aiken Legs (No Rest)  20 Squat, 20 Box Jump, 20 Lunges each leg.  Rinse n Repeat x 4
  • MOSEY to back parking lot in Black Snake Formation
  • BOMBS (Partner Up):  Burpees x 50, Outlaws x 100, MKNS x 150, BBS x 200, SQUATS x 250
  • MOSEY to Front Lot
  • Leg Blasters:  20 Squat, 20 Lunge, 20 Bobby Hurley’s x 2 rounds
    MARY
  • Bicycles
  • Flutters
  • Crab Humpers

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX count 9: Fast & Easy, Mr. Wedgie, Natty, A-Rod, Tractor, Herbie, Crossroads, Whammy
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Don’t take for granted the relationships you have.  Marriage is sacred and it isn’t easy.  Encourage those when you can that find themselves in relationship trouble, whether a spouse or a friend.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Fast n Easy’s sister and A-Rod’s friend whose son is in some trouble
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Thanks to all who put up with me today…unless you left early, each participant received a present in the form of a can of Natty Light!

Nattorious B.I.G. say No to Negativity

THE SCENE: 43 degrees and Windy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Goofballs x 20 IC, Baby Arm Circles x 11 each way, Hillbillies x 20 IC, Happy Jacks IC x 4 sets
THA-THANG:

  • Spartan- Sprints 20 x 100 yds / 10x 20 Merkins
  • MOSEY 200 yds
  • BLIMPS (5 Burpee /10 Lunge / 15 IMP WLKR / 25 PLK JKS / 30 SQUATS
  • Backwards RUN to Planter Box
  • Step Ups x 20, DIPS x 15, Box Jumps x 10, Crawl Bears x 5
    MARY
  • Outlaws x 10 IC each way
  • Good Morning Abby x 10
  • Reverse Crunch x 15
  • BBS x 10
  • Box Cutters x 25
  • SSH x 40

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
PAX count 3: Fast & Easy, Mr. Wedgie, Natty
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
There is a difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference.  The little difference is attitude.  The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.  You are the sum of the people you are surrounded by most.  Stay positive my friends!
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for healing for Herbie and Tractor.  Prayers for Mr. Wedgie’s friend Seth whose facing time in the Pen and that he receive the Lord’s message in guiding him back on the right path to salvation
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Do I Need to bring the new Natty Rush next time to get more of you to show up?  Let’s grow The Brickyard and spread the Good News!

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!

Scruffy Little Mosey on the river

Stretch:

  • Side Straddle Hops IC to 25
  • Slow Tempo Squats IC to 20
  • Merkins IC to 10 (4 – count)
  • Mountain Climbers 20 each leg OYO
  • Burpees 10 OYO

The Thang

  • 11’s – Dips/Box Jumps
  • Mosey to Henley St and Cumberland Ave: 10 Merkins OYO
  • Mosey to Pedestrian Bridge over Neyland Drive: Lunges across bridge
  • 7’s – Inclined/Declined Merkin
  • Mary:
    • Flutter Kicks IC to 20
    • Hello Dolly’s IC to 20
    • Big Boy Sit-Ups 20 OYO
    • American Hammers IC to 20
    • Leg Lifts IC to 20
  • 20 Carolina Dry Docks OYO
  • Mosey to AO – Stop twice on way for 10 merkins
  • Count-Off
  • Name-O-Rama

BOM:

  • “The most secure prisons are those we construct for ourselves.”
  • Rarely do we think about the constraints we place on our own lives. Everything we are afraid to try is a limitation to what we can become. Fear and anxiety keep us from trying new things. Looking back throughout our lives we can see many broken promises to ourselves. Often, we use excuses (not smart enough/not strong enough/ not enough time/etc.) to justify these broken promises. We pay too much attention to words – others and our own – and not enough to the action that defines us.