F3 Knoxville

Shut Up Legs!

THE SCENE
70 and Clear

Welcome and Disclaimer

 

THE THANG
SSH x 25 IC 4 CT
Toe Touches x 10 each leg IC 4 CT
Squats x 20 IC 4 CT
8X run across the parking lot, intensity pyramid.
After each length, 10 Merkins OYO.  (Yes Archie, this is still the warmup)

Mosey to benches at the top of Cardiac

DIG DEEPER
4 stations on the hill (#1 at the top, #4 at the bottom)
Order of operations:
1
2 1
3 2 1
4 3 2 1
All reps OYO

Station instructions:
1: 25 SSH then run down
2: 30 squats then sprint up to 1 (station 2 is halfway between hairpins)
3: 10 lunges each leg and backpedal up to 2 (station 3 is at the false bottom we’ve been using lately)
4: 30 high knees each leg and high skip up to 3 (station 4 closer to the actual bottom of the hill)

Flutters, Bicycle kicks, and leg lifts until we regroup.

DIG DEEPER – PART II
Round 2, let’s do it again.
“It never gets easier, you just go faster” – Greg LeMond
Al Gore, Plank, and bicycle kicks until we regroup.

Mosey down and up cardiac to fetch all the cones and instructions.  Mosey back to the AO

2 hill sprints to the gate, split up by Merkins OYO until we regroup

2 minutes of Boat-Canoe from Proton

COT
Count off, Name-o-rama (11 PAX)

BOM
And now some good news:
Behold the Man upon a cross, my sin upon His shoulders;
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice call out among the scoffers.
It was my sin that held Him there until it was accomplished;
His dying breath has brought me life, I know that it is finished.
Isaiah 53:5

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.

MOLESKIN
They call me Frenchie and its July, when the best cyclists in the world flog themselves in the mountains of France. Today we paid them tribute.  Fitting for the day, Code Brown came flying down the hill on his bike in impressive fashion just before we kicked things off.  11 strong for a Tuesday at the Asylum. It was an honor and a privilege to lead such a strong group of men.

Muggy Friday

THE SCENE
Low 70s & muggy

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

THE THANG
COP
Imperial Walkers IC x 10
Tempo Squat IC x 10
This/that/these/those stretches

Indian run toward the Asylum building

Cone course of 5 cones + steep hill.  3 laps around the course performing exercises at each cone.
Everything on a single count x 20 reps.
Rd1:  Hello Dolly , Diamond Merkins, Squats, Downhill bear crawl, Dive Bombers
Rd2:  Squat Jumps, American Hammers, Dry Docks, Burpees, Smurfjacks
Rd3:  Starjacks, Iron Mikes, Plankjacks, Box Cutters, Wide Merkins

Mosey back to hill beside AO

Battle buddy up & grab 1 CMU per pair.  Buddy A runs to top of hill and performs 10 Windmill Merkins while Buddy B does the following.
Rd1:  Curls
Rd2:  Overhead Press
Rd3:  Upright Rows

Pyramids.   10 reps of each exercise with a 10 pace bear crawl out & back between rounds.
Rd1:  Merkins
Rd2:  Merkins, Squats
Rd3:  Merkins, Squats, Big Boy Situps
Rd4:  Merkins, Squats, Big Boy Situps, Lunges

Final minute:  1 minute of Merkins

COT
Number Off and Name-O-Rama

BOM
Does your marriage serve as a witness for Christ?  How do you treat your wife…do you treat her as a daughter of God, just like you want to be treated as a son of God?  When other people look at your relationship with your wife do they see a picture of the gospel?

I recently watched a video series that revolved around these questions and it really impacted me.  The take home point was that I do indeed need to be looking at my marriage in light of eternity.  Instead of focusing on the benefits or frustrations I personally receive from my marriage, I need to put the focus on Christ.  Once I do that I become stronger and more purposeful in everything I do.  I no longer focus on how my wife has frustrated me, or made me mad, or how she doesn’t live up to stereotypical expectations.  Rather, I begin to view her as my partner for sharing the gospel.  Marriage is a perfect union that is a picture of how Christ loved the church and we should be using our marriages to bring glory to Him.

Keep’on Truckin’

The Scene: 66 and crisp!

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Imperial Walkers x 15 IC
Windmills x 15 IC
Cherry Pickers x 15 IC
SSH x 15 IC
Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
Plank Jacks x 15 IC
Hand Release Merkins x 15 IC
Squat x 15 IC

Tha-Thang
JAILBREAK to lower field for
Wham-o-Lunges 12x

Mosey to upper field
Plank Hops
Plank Weave
Tunnel-o-Love

Mosey to Upper Parking Lot
Dora-cides (3x 4 lengths) 2 Burpees each end

Mosey to Hill
Partner Up!
11s as a team
Burpees & Squats

Mosey back to AO

MARY
Boat Canoe

Peter Parkers

1x Shoulder Blaster = ….
10x Forward Arm Raise, thumbs up
10x Forward Arm Raise, thumbs down
10x Forward Arm Raise, thumbs up on the way up, thumb down on the way down
10x Lateral Arm Raise, thumbs up
10x Lateral Arm Raise, thumbs down
10x Lateral Arm Raise, thumbs up on the way up, thumb down on the way down
10x Lateral Arm Raise to cross overhead, thumbs up
10x Shoulder Press

Joy Trumps Happiness – DREDD excerpt
The culture often uses Joy and Happiness interchangeably, but they are actually very different things. Happiness is a mere transitory positive feeling governed by fleeting external circumstance. Happiness is a full belly—it goes away when you get hungry again.

In contrast, Joy is not ephemeral. It is a permanent state of deep contentment that is unaffected by quotidian happenstance. Joy cares not whether a man’s belly is full or empty. It requires a long view, well past the toils and triumphs of any given day. The Q is a Joyful man under any and all circumstances because his vision is cast at beyond the day before him. His focus is on the end and beyond.

If Junk was an Indian

The scene : MUGGY MAYBE!

F3 Welcome and Disclaimer

The Theme: If Junk was an Indian…….man he is fast!

Tha-Thang
COP
Monkey Humpers x20 oyo
Squats x10
Smurf Jacks x10
SSH x 20
LBC x15
RBC x15
Burpo x10

Indian Run to the PAVALON. ALL PAX stay together and we made 3 stops for LBC, squats, and merkins on the way

PAVALON.
3 sets of
Leg ups x20 each leg IC
LBC x20
squats x20
Pull ups x5 plus one more set to make 20 reps total

Working on Form NOT reps!

Ran out of time so we Indian ran back to the AO. On the way, double Indian run race! Back 2 guys race to the front and so on.

Gotta cash out, right?
Burpicides on the Tennis court, 5 burps, 4,3,2,1……until time ran out.

WORD:
Plain and simple, Find time, REAL/QUALITY time with your M. With our busy lives, we need to find quality time with our Ms to grow our relationships with each other and if you have kids, it spills over into fatherhood and sets examples for your kids.

The Importance of Fatherhood

The Scene: 68 and gloomy!

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama
– Side Straddle Hop x 25
– Imperial Squat Walkers X 20
– Arm Circles x 16 each way
– Merkins x 10

Mosey Lower Parking Lot – Partner up in 3’s

Blockee Burp and Merk up to 10 – 1 Burpee with CMU increasing the push-ups every time up to 10. In cadence

Parking Lot Sprints – 5 Sets each
– Partner 1 – Rows
– Partner 2 – Curls
– Partner 3 – Running

Blockee Burp and Merk up to 10 – Burpee with CMU increasing the push-ups every time up to 10. In cadence

4 Corner Escalator – 10 burpees, 20 Squat Jumps, 30 merkins, 40 squats
– 10 reps, run to next corner, 10 reps+20 reps next exercise, run, 10, 20, 30 reps, run, 10, 20, 30, 40 reps, run to start. Back down escalator: 40, 30, 20, 10, run, 30, 20, 10, run, 20, 10, run, 10.

Aiken Legs – CMU on side for box jumps
– Done in succession with no rest — 20 Squats, 20 Box Jumps, 20 Mary Catherine Lunges (10 each leg), 20 Reverse Lunges (10 each leg forward).

MARY
– Flutter kicks x 25
– Sun dial x 20

COT
Communicate
With Father’s day this past week what comes to mind when you think of the word father?

Whether the answers are positive or not, one thing was clear: fathers have a tremendous impact on their children.

It has been said that children grow up with the desire to either be like, or be nothing like, their father.

With so much at stake, how can we ensure that we become good fathers?

The Bible has a lot to say on the matter. God calls himself father. Some of our best lessons on how to be a good father come from observing God interact with His children throughout Scripture.

The Genesis account of creation begins with God speaking the universe into existence. It then goes on to chronicle His conversations with mankind, starting with Adam and continuing on through angels, dreams, and prophets. In later Scriptures we learn that God also spoke through his Son, Jesus, and through the Holy Spirit.

If we are to father like the Father, then we must learn to communicate—frequently.

This can be difficult for us as men. The pressures of work and our various responsibilities often leave us drained. By the time we get home we often don’t want to talk. We may say little to our wives and even less to our children. We just want to find a quiet place to unwind.

While this is understandable, we dare not stay silent too long. Our children need our input. A father’s words are powerful and can often define the course of a child’s entire life. A lack of words can leave our children lost and without direction. We must take care not to give our best words to our employers and leave our wives and children with our leftovers.

What was the last thing that you said to your children? Was it a command, an expression of disapproval, or a proclamation of your love and admiration? What if those words were the last that they ever heard you speak?

Pray that God gives you the wisdom to know which words your child needs to hear from you, and the courage to speak them.