F3 Knoxville

Puppies need their sleep too

THE SCENE: 33 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

yep, Mr Rogers did that
WARM-O-RAMA:

MR Rogers got us going with

Ssh x 20 ic

dancing bear merkins x 10

tennessee rocking chair
THA-THANG:
Our Q was a no show so we all stepped up a led the workout . Mr Rogers did the warmup, I did the thang and snorkel finished us off

  • We did a count down with removing the bottom exercise after completing all exercises , after completion of all exercises, we ran to the end of the parking lot and back . We did the following ;
  • 11 cmu rows, 10 burpees, 9 sundial big boy sit ups, 8 hand release werkins, 7 bench squats, 6 pull ups / rows , 5 Bulgarian split squats , 4 mtn climber 4ct, 3 clock merkin revolutions (12 merkins), 2 jump squats, one me spectacular
  • We got in about 4-5 rounds
  • snorkel took over for a full round of captain thors,

MARY:
Fins led us in , what it seemed , never ending box cutters and snorkel finished off with 10 body builders and 1.5 minutes of LBC
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Snorkel talked about giving thanks and just enjoying thanksgiving wit our loved ones
MOLESKIN:
The best plan is to have a back plan to the 1st plan. Pup missed his Q this morning. Good thing ? Not for him but it turned out great for us because it brought us closer together as a pax  . I had a back up workout on my phone but EVERYONE came together and we got in a decent workout. More importantly, I think it brought our pax together, knowing that we have each others backs and ALL were willing to lead when their name was called. It was kind of fun to spread the leadership role of a Q around the pax. We all worked hard , stayed together and got better together today. It was a true community effort. That’s what F3 is about right? The mission:

mission to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership

happy thanksgiving BRO Hams!
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99 problems plus one

THE SCENE: 40s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

One Rep of each exercise

Star jack, merkin, squat, bbs, cmu curl , cmu press
THA-THANG:
99 Problems

  • Perform 99 reps of each exercise. After completion of exercise, run a lap before starting the next . Exercises were
  • Star jacks, merkins, squats, big boy sit ups, cmu curls , cmu presses.
  • If you finished early , Lunge half way down the grinder , jog to end , 10 HR merkins , 15 rows, Jog back , rinse and repeat till everyone is done

MARY:
Hello dolly x 12 ic
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 pax
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Give thanks of course but if your in a leadership role, give thanks to the men and women that work for you. Yes, they do what they are supposed to but you can still give thanks and appreciate their efforts even if it’s part of their job. Giving thanks can go a long way if you just recognize and thank the efforts of your employee or anyone for that matter MOLESKIN:
We  have 99 problems but don’t let giving thanks be one of them . Give thanks this week but through out the year
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Drifter’s Bday Party

THE SCENE: A brisk 32° morning
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Soccer warm-up!

Jog across the parking lot, high knees, lunges, butt kicks, open/close the gate, high kicks, 75%, 100%

THA-THANG:
Arm pong

  • 6cups per team
  • 10 upright rows to throw
  • 5 body builders if you make it
  • Clear all the cups
  • Teams throw at the same time
  • People on deck hold Al Gore

Drifter’s steal the CMU

  • Three lanes: 4ct Mtn Climbers, HR Mercins, Gob Squats
  • 10x to move CMU from other team’s base to the middle, 10x to move CMU from middle to your teamst base
  • Teams go at the same time

Took a break lap to reset the CMU game

Mini sea biscuit

  • 15 Big boys
  • 10 tricep dips
  • 5 pull ups

Run lap
MARY:

ABCs with legs together, alternating arm/leg lifts while on stomach, bear crawl

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Use the TAGS on right-side to record PAX (BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOURSELF) in attendance. Be sure to select the AO in CATEGORY above TAGS and then delete these notes!
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Playing team sports can get us really competitive and make us feel like we need to beat the other team down. But out here the harder we work the more the other team benefits themselves by keeping up and working hard.

This should be the same in the rest of life. “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Says Paul in Ephesians 6:12 ESV. So whether it’s an apposing political party, or someone at work who seems to have it out for us, or a crazy family member, we need to fight for their benefit. The harder we work at making ourselves better, the more people around us will benefit.

We are all one body and need to work together to help one another

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
1 Corinthians 12:21‭-‬26 ESV

MOLESKIN:
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Body builders anyone ?

THE SCENE: Drizzle my nizzle and 42
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM UP

BURPS BETWEEN EACH EXERCISE , starting w one burp then 2 up to 5 then back down

SSHx20

squats x20

imperial walkers x20

imperial squat walkers x 20

Dry docks

mtn climbers

cmu triceps

cmu curls

 

 

THA-THANG:
Deck of cards

  • Hearts =bodybuilders
  • Diamond =flutters
  • Spades = cmu overhead squats
  • Clubs = cmu swings
  • Face cards 10 reps ic
  • lower cards do the number given
  • jokers, run a lap for each one

MARY:
Nunya
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
6 hims
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Go to your dark place and see how you react or better yet reflect. Find an event that pushes you to those places. It’s therapudic to say the least .  Not saying to go to your dark place or isolate your self all the time but going to dark place can have a positive outcome. Spending brief moments alone in peace and quite can do wonders as well….go camping by yourself and reflect !
MOLESKIN:
Something about doing physical events that seem extreme to me is scary. I love diving into those black holes and seeing where it leads me. Doing the Heavy over a month ago, I went to my dark place several times but found ways to push through and be positive. The 5o mile Star course I did this last weekend, not so much any dark moments but it did push me more than I thought it would and enjoyed the suffering , if that makes sense !

Go find another event that sounds on the verge of impossible and make it possible

Looking forward to the next black hole!
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Hungry Hungry HIMs

THE SCENE: Perfect weather, dry and cool
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SSH x20
LB Arm Circles x12
LB Arm Circles Reverse x12
Little of this, little of that
Squats x15
Go to baseline and job across parking lot
Butt kicks back to second sign then jog rest of way
75% run to far side
100% run back
THA-THANG:
Thanks to Woodshack for the idea and providing all necessary equipment for this Q!

We played some modified hungry hungry hippo. There were four teams of 3 people (one team of 4) spread equidistant from the center.  Everyone did a wheelbarrow to the center and grabbed 4 tennis balls to throw back to their cone, then completed the wheelbarrow back. The whole team did 20 reps of each exercise on the tennis balls (15 reps if you got the orange tennis ball) and then returned the tennis balls to the center and repeated. While doing the wheelbarrow, the other member of the teams would hold Al Gore or a plank.

There were 21 tennis balls with different exercises on them and two orange tennis balls that were 15 bodybuilders. Each team got the orange balls at least twice.

MARY:
Boxcutters x20 before time was up
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 men crushed it this morning with no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Catholics have mass every day of the year and therefore have specific Bible readings every day of the year. Here is the Gospel for this morning:

Luke 15:1-10

The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.’ So Jesus addressed this parable to them. ‘What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it? And when he does find it, he sets it on his shoulders with great joy and, upon his arrival home, he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance.

Or what woman having ten coins and losing one would not light a lamp and sweep the house, searching carefully until she finds it? And when she does find it, she calls together her friends and neighbors and says to them, ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’ In just the same way, I tell you, there will be rejoicing among the angels of God over one sinner who repents.

These passages also remind me of the prodigal son. You see, we all want recognition and it makes us feel good when we are celebrated and told that we are doing a good job. But if we are not careful, we start to get jealous, just as the son who stayed with his father. If we think of the sheep in the passage above as humans, do you think that none of the 99 would be jealous? They did what they were supposed to do, but this other sheep that went off and got lost is getting a party because it came back.

The Bible also tells us that the man who puts money in the collection basket when everyone is watching him and making sure that they know he is contributing has his reward. That feeling he gets from the admiration of others is his reward. We must remember that our reward is in Heaven, and we must rejoice when one of our lost brothers or sisters comes back into communion with us. We should be the ones organizing the party, not the ones getting jealous because someone who was lost is getting that recognition.

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