F3 Knoxville

The Mexican Wave

THE SCENE

55 degrees and cloudy

Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-up:

Butt kickers, high knees, lunges front and side, kangaroo hops

THE THANG

  • Group big boy sit-ups in unison x 50 which turned into the Mexican wave. Enough said
  • Hill chase – 1 with block running up hill, other sprint to catch him. Rinse and repeat x2 each way
  • Mose to flag pole – 2 sets of ATM 15,10,10
  • Mose to baseball field – leap frog over under relay challenge.
  • Mose back to AO – block workout in pairs – big boy sit-ups, overhead press, side press, flutter kicks, hello dolly’s.
  • Suicide sprints in parking lot with 20 merkins x2
  • Finish with a game of sharks and minnows.

COT – 35

BOM

Choices, Choices.

“Life is a matter of choices…..and every choice you make, makes you” John Maxwell.

Audible

The Scene: 59 degrees, light wind…

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Pickers x 10

Merkins x 10

The Thang:

Attempted CMU group thang that blew up on me so we audibled to the below

11’s- up cardiac hill

Star Jacks/Burpees

Ab-O-Rama

Captain thor AKA Woodshack and Merkins

The Share (BOM):

Leadership

Set Direction

Provide Protection

Made Provision

To be a courageous leader, every man must master one significant obstacle: Feelings

Have a plan and a purpose

Workout + Q101

THE SCENE
55 and cloudy

Welcome, disclaimer and explanation of day (workout + Q101)

THE THANG
COP
– SSH 4ct 30x (IC)
– Squats 4ct x20 (IC)
– Dive Bombers 15x (IC)
– Reverse Lunges x10 (IC)
– Arm Circles Forward 15x (IC)
– Arm Circles Backward 15x (IC)

Partner up with Battle Buddy and line up along the curb

Grinders
1st Battle Buddy lunges to the first cone, then sprints to second cone, does 5 reps of the exercise while Battle Buddy 2 is jumping air rope.  Switch.

Each round increase by 5 reps until each man does a total of 20 reps.  Three rounds:
– Rd 1 = Ranger Merkins (hands at should width, elbows in)
– Rd 2 = BBS
– Rd 3 = Froggy Squats

Mosey to field opposite the soccer fields

Nickel and Dime Hill Runs
Battle Buddies alternate between…
– 1st Battle Buddy raccoon crawl to the base of the hill, run up the hill, back down the hill, then run backwards up the hill and do 10 fairy jumps, run around back to the start (2nd Battle Buddy alternates flutter kicks and superman swims x15 each)
– Switch

Rinse and Repeat 4x (each man 4 trips)

Pyramid of Pain
Circle up.  We are going to do the following exercises together adding an exercise each round (ending with doing all 5 together).

Exercises (x20 of each):

  1. Narrow Squats
  2. Diamond Merkins

Run up hill!

  1. BBS
  2. Reverse Lunges (each leg counts as 1)

Run up hill

  1. Dry Docks

Mosey to SP

ABS
Dealers Choice…
Woodshack – Jay Lo & Pickle Pounders in honor of Hooker’s wedding!
Zygote – Boat Canoe

COT
Number off & Name-O-Rama (37 PAX, 3 FNGs)

BOM
As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend (Proverb 27:17 NLV)

Notes from Q101
Most important thing: It’s Not About You!
– Your #1 job as Q is the safety of the PAX.
– Men have shown up early and are trusting you to challenge them and keep them reasonably safe.

PLANNING
Not just the exercise, but the explanations, transitions and your BOM
– Explanations and transitions can make or break a workout!

Think through the following when planning your exercises:
– Weather (not just the day of, but the days before)
– Amount of day light
– Size of the PAX (make thing scalable)
– Fitness levels in the PAX

Equipment needs
– Cones, light sticks, CMUs, etc.

ELEMENTS
Strength
– Push, pull, core and leg
– Goal: tax each of the four major muscle groups

Cardio
– Sprints and distance
– Goal: elevate the heart rate and maintain it

PRACTICE
Make sure YOU can do the exercises properly

PRACTICE, OUT LOUD, THE CADENCE!

EXECUTION
Talk up the morning on GroupMe. Let the PAX know you are excited to lead them.
Show up early!
Be energetic (you don’t have to be Richard Simmons, but
Always wear a watch
USE PROPER CADENCE
This seems small…it isn’t. The cadence creates a very real synergy for the group.
Proper cadence is:
– “The Next Exercise is ______________________”
– Clear and concise command
– PAX repeat exercise name to demonstrate understanding
– “Starting Position … Move”
– “Starting Position” is the information
– “Move” is the command
– Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
– “In Cadence … Exercise”
– “In cadence” is the information
– Not all exercises are in cadence
– PAX repeat back “in cadence” to demonstrate understanding
– “Exercise” is the command
– Signals PAX it is time to begin
– Pause between info and command, to assist with understanding
– “1, 2, 3” then PAX calls rep
– Your cadence MUST match the called exercise
– Not all exercises are performed at the same cadence
– Your count matches the body movement
– PAX call the rep number in place of “4”
– Change your voice inflexion on last rep
– Signals to the PAX that we are ending
– Important to keeping morale and order
– “Recover”
– At the end of the called exercise you call “Recover”
– Important command to let everyone know we are finished
– During the workout, engage the PAX
– Have PAX count off for rest times
– Use men’s F3 names
– Laugh, remember…this is supposed to be hard, but it’s also supposed to be fun.
– If you can’t do it, don’t Q it.
– This doesn’t mean you have to be the strongest and fastest, just that you can execute the exercise properly

– NEVER leave a man behind
– This is important when moving around the AO. If the PAX gets stretched out we loose cohesion.
– If you feel the group stretching out, circle back (i.e. wagon wheel) or stop and do a few reps of an exercise (i.e. merkins, squats, etc.)

With vs. For

The Scene: 41 Degrees, crisp and cool

F3 Intro and Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama

Cherry Picker, Baby Arm Circles, 10 Burpees, High Knees (short and sweet)

The Thang:

Mosey to tennis court:

DORAS-
100 Burpees
200 LBC
300 Merkins

50 “fence jumps”/bear crawls across pone tennis court/spring to end/50 “fence jumps” x2

Mosey to “pee rocks”:

50 curls/2 overhead runs in 2 lines

Mosey to Lake Trail:

30 Merkins OYO
Group Mosey on Lake Trail
30 BBSU

Mosey back to AO

Finished with 10 Merkins

Ab-O-Rama

Name-o-Rama

The Share (BOM):

Love with vs Love for. Too often we want to do FOR our family/friends/co-workers instead of doing things WITH them. “WITH” love encourages, models, walks beside, and holds people accountable. In F3 we have a model of what it looks like when others love us, hold us accountable, and encourage us through the tough times.

It was a great morning and the 25 strong pushed it and got better!

That took some planning

The Scene: 39 degrees, moist like a nice bunt cake

F3 Welcome & Disclaimer

Warm-O-Rama:
SSH x20, 10 merkins
Baby arm circles x 10 F&B, 10 merkins
Inchworm-burpees 10
Little of this and little of that

Tha-Thang:
Mosey to bottom of hill at entrance to tavern parking lot w/CMU
(8’s)
7 burpees on bottom
1 Ratchet squat w/CMU
Take CMU w/you up hill and down
Plank/merkins when finished

F3 Logo
Follow Q and Mosey in single file line w/CMU thru cones, change carry position on command. (Overhead, curls, presses)… repeat but faster.

Mosey to TOP of Matterhorn w/o CMU
mosey to Pavalon.
10 pull ups, 10 dips, 10 Squats x 3
Mosey to CMU presses and curls till 6 catches then to AO

Mary:
Circle of pain!
Each pax says exercise and #

BOM:
“Planning”
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29:11‬

Our plans usually don’t work out exactly the way we want them to.  How many of us have had a grand idea of something and had it all planned out in our head or even on paper only to see it change completely when we try to execute it. …But what we don’t realize is that God’s plan is not always our plans. It may seem frustrating and even painful but Gods plan is so much greater than we can even grasp.  e.g. Relationships, work etc.  …So next time that we have something bust up our plans, we need to know what plan IS solid. HIS plan for us.