F3 Knoxville

Mental Toughness

TTHE SCENE: Mid 60’s. Humid.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25 IC
OH Claps 4-ct x 25 IC
Squat x 25 IC
Dips x 25 IC
Alt Deadlift Squat x 25 IC
Calf raise x 25 out/fwd/in IC
Little this/that
Michael Phelps
THA-THANG:
Each man grab a station. AMRAP 1 minute at each station. Hit each station 4 times.
1. Shrug the twins/buckets of rocks
2. Weighted squat ruck or sandbag front load
3. Weighted dips ruck or sandbag
4. Sandbag deadlift
5. Lawnmowers with plates alt each 10
6. Weighted calf raise alt each 20 in/straight/out
MARY:
30 seconds of LBCs
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 brothers
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
6 exercises to improve mental toughness:
1. Get rid of extrinsic motivators – no music, no training partner. Suffer in silence alone
2. Develop good habits – Mentally tough people are more consistent than you. They create habits and relentlessly stick to them
3. Learn to ignore things you cannot control – Stoicism is the ability to endure pain and hardship without display of fellings and without complaint
4. Ruck – put a heavy pack on and go walk for hours.
5. Farmer carry – pick up some heavy shit and go for a mile walk.
6. Hang – grab and pullup bar, a tree branch or some playground equipment and start a timer. Work up to 60 seconds.
MOLESKIN:
No cardio but still worked up a great sweat and burned a lot of calories.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
OEW night at Abridged May 9 at 6pm.

KISS

THE SCENE: Mid 60s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH x 25
Jog grinder down and back
Merkin 4-ct x 15 IC
Jog grinder down and back
Squat 4-ct x 15 IC
Jog grinder down and back
BBS 4-ct x 15 IC
THA-THANG:
ROUTE 66 by Crumpet:
Merkins
Squats
BBS
Alternate for the 6:
10 4-ct flutters
4 10-count Superman

10 rounds of sprints up Mt. Butterbilly together
Starting at 10 Burpees at the top with decreasing reps each round. We got in 3 rounds.
MARY:
CMU Thrusters x 20
CMU Flutter kicks 4-ct x 20
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 men got better.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
KISS – Keep it Simple, Stupid
Sometimes we overcomplicate our lives unneccesarily. I find when things feel out of control complicated, I just need to take it back to basics. Merkins, Squats, Big Boys. When life feels too overcomplicated and I’m stressed out, I go downstairs and hit the pull-up bar, do some merkins or big boys. All of a sudden I can see a little more clearly. Exercise sharpens the mind as well as the body.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:OEW night at Abridged Brewery on May 9 at 6 pm. Some profits are donated. We had a good turnout last year so let’s do it again!

He’s Not Heavy, He’s My Brother

THE SCENE: 60s and awesome.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Tennessee Rocking Chair – IC x11
  • Tempo Squat – IC x10
  • Monkey Humpers – IC x10
  • 30 Second Plank
  • Merkins – IC x10
  • 30 Second Plank
  • High Knees / Butt Kickers
  • Jog Down / Bernie Back

THA-THANG:

    • Jump Squats – x25
    • Carry a mix of Buckets, Sandbags, Water Jugs, or CMUs to the V in the Trail. 160yd
      • Penalty for Stopping – x5 Burpees
    • Walking Lunge to next Cone in Trail and Back. 100yd
    • Carry the Buckets, Sandbags, Water Jugs, or CMUs back to the Start. 160yd
      • Penalty for Stopping – x5 Burpees

AMRAP (10 Min or Less) – Bench Jump Overs, Burpees, Leg Rises

  • 10 Box Jump Overs
  • 10 Burpees
  • 20 Leg Rises

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 Pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
I gave a part of my testimonial and spoke to how thankful I am for quality friends and how F3 and the Pax have filled that void in my life.
MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Volition

THE SCENE: Clear skies, 51 degrees F, 90% humidity
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH, Glute marches, Baby arm circles (forward/backward), Imperial squat walkers.

Length of grinder jog, Bernie, skip, and karaoke.
THA-THANG:
Partner up.  #1 overhead CMU carry toward Mt. Crumpit by way of the fountain.  #2 does 5, WWII sit-ups, runs to catch #2 and overhead carries CMU while #1 does 5, WWII sit-ups.  Continue to alternate until reaching the base of Mt. Crumpit.

At Mt. Crumpit #1 run up to back side of tree, performs 3 burpees, and runs down to pick up where #2 left off on the following exercise reps.

100 CMU Squat thrusts

200 Derkins

300 OH CMU Flutter kicks (single count)

200 One arm dead lifts (alternate arms after 10x)

150 Curls

200 Bent rows

200 Dips

When time requires, return to AO with OH CMU carry/WWII sit-ups described above.

MARY:
Glute marches, Box cutters, LBCs.

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
8 HIMs.

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Today we spent time on “voliltion.”  What got me thinking about it was a photo on social media that I saved a few years ago.  It was a picture of the football field with Army and Navy playing.  The caption said something about it being the only game that day where every player on that field was willing to die for me and my freedom.  I also thought of my son-in-law, Travis.  During one of his 8 tours of duty he received the Bronze Star for Valor because he chose to live by the Ranger creed to leave no man behind, put himself in harms way, and drag his wounded teammate to safety.  Sua Sponte!  I mentioned one of the last scenes of the movie, Saving Private Ryan, when Captain John Miller (a Ranger) tells Private Ryan to “earn this.”  This disappointed many Army Rangers because they believe that a Ranger would not say something like that.  Rangers don’t expect their service to be “earned”, there service is their own volition.  Sua Sponte!

We celebrated Christ this past week.  He chose to obey his Father on His own volition.  Yes, in His prayer in the garden He did ask if there was some other way to accomplish His mission but he always came back to say that He would do the will of His Father.  Jesus didn’t ask us to earn it.  He did it by choice so that our sins would be forgiven, we would be declared justified in God’s eyes, and redemption could be ours.  We don’t have to earn it.  We only need to repent, profess Christ, obey, and follow.  Not easy, but at least we know the way to everlasting joy and peace.

MOLESKIN:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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Columbian neck tie mission complete

THE SCENE: 45, windy and crisp w a slight drizzle
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Tempo squats x10

tempo merkins x10

proton Parker’s x10

jog the grinder a few times

imperial squat walkers x 23 ic
THA-THANG:
Mosey to the base of kiddie slope for Columbian neck tie

  • Run to the first cone run back to base and do 1 neck tie
  • Run to cone 2, run back to base for 2 neck ties
  • Continue until up to 20th cone , run back for 20 neck ties
  • Total of 220 Columbian neck ties and close to 4 miles of distance covered

MARY:
None
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

14 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
God will give you more than you can handle but he will be there to help you get through it.
MOLESKIN:
At the halfway point during the workout, I  hit a wall, I went dark and thought to myself , this is too hard , I don’t know that I can complete all 20 cones… I knew that we had 20 cones but a few only saw 17-18 cones, which created some mumble chatter once they saw that there was more to do ! Seeing ALL THOSE cones lined up the hill really puts your mind in a place you don’t want to be. Knowing what we went through today , suffering through the workout, we or let’s say I found a way to get through and complete the planned workout. Last time we tried , we fell short of time. We fell short on official F3 time but were so close to completing the mission ! I really appreciate everyone staying a few minutes past so we could complete the workout! Everyone persevered through the workout ! Thank you and rest assure, we won’t need to do it again now that we finished what we started!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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