A Freight Knot

AO: pain-train
Q: Sooie
PAX: G-string, Siri, Sooie, Timber, Wolfpack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: 65 and humid. Not too shabby for Spring in Middle TN.

WARMUP:
Imperial walkers 10x
Good Morning’s OYO
Keep ’em Ups 10x of each
Shoulder taps
Side shoulder taps
Front shoulder taps
Horizontal scissors
Scissor chops
BAC
BBAC
Don Quixote’s 10x

THE THANG:
12 lbs weighted vest was worn by a PAX at all times throughout the workout. Handoff had to be initiated by one of the un-weighted PAX. Each PAX wore the weight once.

Exploratory Mosey to 9 square court. PAX were rewarded with 15 sets of 1 pull-ups EMOM. Squats in between sets.

Mosey back to the caboose.
Conductor/Cargo/Caboose around the inside track in which PAX carried a picnic table around the playground in a rotating fashion. 1 PAX was at the front (Conductor), 1 PAX held a plank on the table (Cargo) 1 PAX was at the back (Caboose). Other 2 PAX followed with lunges. Rotated every 30 seconds.

Mosey to the stage. Performed 10ish Wallkout Merkins. Feet low on the wall, merkin. Feet walk up the wall, merkin. Walk a little higher, merkin…and back down.

Mosey to the turf. 2:48 plank while reviewing F3 mission/core values/credo. Collapse.

MOLESKINE:
Starting out as young men, we learn to carry our own burdens. As we get older, we learn to look out for others who need help carrying their burdens. And sometimes we have to carry each other. Ultimately we have someone who is strong enough to carry all of our burdens.

“Cast your burden on the LORD, and he will sustain you”
Psalm 55:22

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Plankril continues
Knolliversary 5/2 BYOK
Pain train launch 5/10 spread the word!

COT:
Prayers offered.
Coffeeteria and mumblechatter at #pain-train is par excellence! Siri realized his life long dream of becoming a standup comedian. Rarely have I laughed so hard that I couldn’t laugh anymore…the humor was the Mary!

Vulnerability Line Dance

AO: the-knoll
Q: Ex-Pat
PAX: Pebbles, Siri, Lunch Lady, morning star, Timber, Sparrow, Ex-Pat, Wolfpack, Sooie, G-string, Link (2.0)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
CONDITIONS: wonderful, cool and breezy

WARMUP: Downward Dog to Plank to Upward Dog on Command, BACS, Back-BACS in Cadence, Willie Mays Hays on own, Motivators starting with 5

THE THANG:
There is a line of cones in the grass, each cone has 2 people. 5 minute exercise where one partner does the exercise and the other answers a question and has a conversation. 2.5 minutes for each and switch. After the 5 minutes you rotate to the next cone on your right to have a new parter. Q calls out the exercise and question for each round

Exercise 1 – Plankril – 2min 42 seconds or Side Plank to Plank to Other Side Plank 10 seconds each.
Question 1 – what are you most grateful for in your life? Why?

Exercise 2 – Lunge & Squat – lunge left, lunge right, 5 second slow squat and repeat
Question 2 – what is something you are afraid of? Why?

Exercise 3 – Shoulder press & London Bridges – shoulder press x 20 then London Bridge x 10 and repeat
Question 3 – what do you value most in a friendship and why?

Exercise 4 – Butt Kicks x20 then High Knees x20 then Mountain Climbers x20 and repeat
Question 4 – what is something you would change about how you were raised? How did affect you as a kid and how does it affect you now?

Exercise 5 – Merkins – Either do merkins the entire 2.5 minutes, do side plank to merkin to other side plank repeat, or do 10 merkins then 5 burpees and repeat
Question 5 – what is something you need to or can do to deepen a friendship or your involvement in community?

Mary – 1 minute choose you own adventure – choose your own Mary

MOLESKINE:
I’ve been thinking about wealth lately. We tend to only think of monetary wealth. But what happens if that doesn’t exist? What if money was useless? What is going to be the most important resource? It is social wealth. Our species survived because it could think and the first thing we thought to do is to group together and work together. We need to get back to that and think about our social wealth and how we build that. And we need to think about how busy we are and does that add or subtract to our social wealth. We never do nothing – and we need to do more of nothing, and do nothing with others – so the challenge is to grab someone and go do nothing with them – go take a walk, sit and watch a sunset, etc.

Prayed a Scottish Celtic Blessing and took prayer requests

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pain Train on Fridays
New locations are starting

COT: morning star brought the cold ginger tea and it was amazing! Thank you all again for honoring me by allowing me to lead you. Thank you for your vulnerability and having conversations that blessed me.

Running Through the Wet Grass

AO: the-knoll
Q: Sooie
PAX: Ex-Pat, G-string, Malibu, Pebbles, The Merchant, Sooie, Lunch Lady, Josh Stevenson (Sparrow)
FNGs: 1 Josh Stevenson (Sparrow)
COUNT: 8
CONDITIONS: Perfect temperature. A bit damp.

WARMUP:
Motivators from 5
Imperial Walkers
“Keep em Up!”:
Shoulder taps
Side shoulder taps
Front shoulder taps
Scissor chops
Horizontal scissors
BAC
BBAC
Don Quixotes
OYO stretch/shakeout

Might as well knock out today’s 2 minute plank

THE THANG:
5 cones between the road and the tree line across the knoll. Began at the road. Exercise and MOT to each cone was different.
Sprint to cone 1: 20 burpees
Crab crawl to cone 2: 20 Lt. Dans
Crawl crab to cone 3: 10 breakdancer merkins
Mosey to cone 4: 30 Spicolli’s
Bear crawl to cone 5: 10 plank rotations
Mosey to tree line: 2 minute active recovery.

COMPETE FOR CONES:
first PAX to pick up the cone got a point. Sprint to cone 1 then tree line, cone 2 then tree line, cone 3 then tree line…you get the idea.

Mosey to the playground. Split into 2 groups. Group 1 dead hangs. Group 2 lunges to the road and mosey’s back. Swap.

Close out with some recovery breath work. Pebbles contributed to the air quality during this phase. :dash:

MOLESKINE:
Proverbs 24:5-6
A wise man is full of strength,
and a man of knowledge enhances his might,
for by wise guidance you can wage your war,
and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

These verses have meant a lot to me and have grown more as I have spent more time in F3. Thank you men for the encouragement, support, and camaraderie!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Plankril continues
G-string will be conductor at pain-train tomorrow. Be sure to punch your ticket!
The knolliversary is coming up 5/2. More on that later

COT:
The Merchant was the 6 and shared what F3 meant to him.
Prayers requested and lifted.