F3 Knoxville

Tag: Wilson

2/8/23 Quackblast

THE SCENE: Pretty nice, dry and 50ish
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

Delivered

PAX took note that YHC mentioned “modifying” twice, presuming that the beatdown would be extra horrible. It was no such thing.


WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH IC

Michael Phelps

Hamstring

Quads

Some back stretching stuff

THA-THANG:
A couple trips across the FUMCFC parking lot

Travel halfway across, jog back, travel all the way across, jog back.

Methods of travel

  • Duck Walk
  • Crab Walk
  • Bear Crawl

EMOM for 10 mins

Q called out the exercise and the number of reps to be completed in 1 min. If PAX finished before 1 min, they could rest.

Exercises included :

  • 10 burpees
  • 20 OHP
  • 25 side bends with CMU
  • 25 plank jacks (single count)
  • 25 curls
  • 25 merkins
  • And some others

Because he saw it on TikTok, Lizzy took the opportunity to lead in some Joker merkins, which was a plank, crawl, pushup sorta deal.

Because he saw it on Slack, YHC took the opportunity to lead in some “Bunny Humpers.” This consists of our old friend the Murder Bunny, with a Monkey Humper added after every block movement.

Because the You v. You workout is coming up on 2/22, the PAX practiced max pullups and a .66 mile run for time.

MARY:
Ran out of time (literally running as fast as possible during this time)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
FixerUpper, Lizzy, Wilson
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I was reminded at Q101 on Saturday that the workout is the means, not the end.

“The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.”

The goal of the workout is that our leadership is invigorated. How?

By practicing leadership both in the gloom and during the day.

By not fartsacking physically, spiritually, emotionally, or professionally.

By having authentic relationships with our families and each other.

MOLESKIN:
Prayer for Z-Pack and his family.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

You v. You Challenge on 2/22

VQ week, next week

Teamwork Revisited

THE SCENE: Thick and Humid, 75ish, clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20, Arm Circles x 15, This and That, Imperial Walkers x 10, Tempo Squats x 10, Cherry Pickers x 6
THA-THANG:
Walked over to the parking lot

  • In pairs, one pair would do an exercise in cadence with each other while the other pair bear crawled together at the same pace across the parking lot. We did 4 rounds with 4 different exercises: Squats, Big Boys, Box Cutters and American Hammers
  • As a large group, we did these 4 exercises again back to back in cadence, then bear crawled across the parking lot all together. We did 10 reps each of Squats, Big Boys, Box Cutters and American Hammers, then bear crawled. We did 3 rounds of this.
  • On our own, we did 5 x Burpees, 10 x Squats and 15 x LBCs followed by a sprint across the parking lot. We did 3 rounds of this.

MARY:
Circle of Fire with merkins, from 1 to 5 reps, and American Hammers, from 1 to 5 reps.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Talked about the importance of teamwork. Recently read a book called the 5 Dysfunctions of a Team which opened with the author saying something along the lines of, “It is not technology. It is not finances. It is not talent. It is teamwork that time and again proves to be the ultimate competitive edge, both because of how powerful it is and how rare it is”. We often quote Proverbs when talking about this by saying “Iron sharpens iron”, but Ecclesiastes is even more straight forward in saying that 2 are more valuable than 1 because they yield better returns, that a man who falls down alone can’t get up as easily as a man who travels with a friend, and that the cord of 3 strands is not easily broken. So I encouraged us to consider where in our lives we find ourselves on “teams” (out here, marriages and families, co-workers, etc.) to think through how we can be encouraging each other and rowing in the same direction or striving for a common goal.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CSAUP tomorrow, link to meal train for Filter in Slack

Back to Reality

THE SCENE:  Just about perfect weather at the Quacken. Felt great outside.

WARM-O-RAMA:
Imperial Walker 10 IC
Arm Circles – 10 each direction IC
Cherry Pickers – 15 IC

THA-THANG:
Minute Drills + Running Drills

Superset:
Squats 30sec
Side Straddle Hops 30sec
Repeat 3x for a total of 3 minutes
Run 2 laps around park

Superset:
Burpees 30sec
Mountain Climbers 30sec
Repeat 3x for a total of 3 minutes
Run 2 hill sprints, to top and back

Superset:
Murkans 30sec
Bonnie Blairs 30sec
Repeat 3x for a total of 3 minutes
Run 2 laps around park

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Using Google Trends data on internet searches for 75 countries, we can see that search intensity for the word ‘prayer’ doubles for every 80,000 new registered cases of COVID-19. – https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-usa/2020/04/googling-prayer-has-skyrocketed-with-coronavirus-spread-expert-says/

“This isn’t the time to divide. (Nor is it necessarily the time to conquer)” – F3 Weekly Email

Weird number circuit in the snow

THE SCENE: Cold as snot around 32-37. Snowing somewhat. Wet ground.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25

BAC x10 ea

This / That

Cherry Pickers x10
THA-THANG:
Indian Run around park with 40#, 30#, and 20#. Front three guys have the babies. Last guy does 5 merkins and runs to catch up. 1 lap.

Mosey to church lot.

  • Lunge halfway across lot. Bearcrawl back.

Circuit time! I used a 6-station circuit around the lot that was arranged in a weird pattern to keep people on their toes. 20 reps at each station. Do 2ct if it requires. The three babies were also involved. If you get to a station that has one, do 10 reps of anything you want with that particular baby. If someone else is using it, feel free to move on or wait til they’re done.

  • station 1 – LBC
  • station 2 – kobra kais (bear crawl to 3)
  • station 3 – mountain climbers
  • station 4 – jump squats (bear crawl to 5)
  • station 5 – imperial walkers
  • station 6 – HR merkins

MARY:
Flutters x20 for time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Wilson, Swanson, Herbie, Abort, Filter
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Be good to one another. Take care of one another. Mental illness sucks. You never know what someone is going through. Have compassion and take folks out to do things – you can make a positive impact.

Jane

THE SCENE: a little chill in the air, but just right once moving.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Check!
WARM-O-RAMA:

Ssh – 25
Merks – 10 4 count
Squats – 20

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Jane Allen  all PAX take turn carrying sandbag PAX not carrying sandbag will do 5 merkins and then run to catch the PAX carrying the sandbag, PAX switch when the group catches the Sandbag.

Bottom of Jane Allen – Sandbag will be carried to the top by each PAX. In the mean time, the other pax will be rotating between the following exercises.

As many as you:
Burpee
Hurpee (burpee with 5 pickle pounders at the bottom)
8 count BB
Wolverines (burpee with a merkin and then a peter parker (both sides))
Merkins 4 count
Simpson’s (start with legs 6inches of ground (Homer). left legs straight up (marge). twist side to side (Mr. Burns)
Inchworms

R & R but only half way up Jane Allen

Return mosey the same way we came carrying the sandbag, group doing 5 merkins, run to catch up.

MARY:
no time left
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
look for those to be in community with
MOLESKIN:
first time out using my new sandbag. I think I will call here Jane!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none