F3 Knoxville

12 Days of Christmas

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Prairie Dog, Z-Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP:
Cherry Pickers
Windmills
OH Claps
Michael Phelps
Merkins
Hill billies

THE THANG:
A popular beatdown this time of year – 12 Days (exercises) of Christmas. You do the workout like you sing the song. Please sing along, “On the twelfth day of Christmas my AO Q made me do…”
12 Side Straddle Hops – 4 count
11 Merkins
10 Jungle Boys
9 Plank Shoulder taps – 2 count
8 Lunges – each leg
7 Carolina Dry Docks
6 Plank Toe Touches – 4 count
5 Burpees
4 Plank Jacks
3 Mucho Leggos
2 Times Bernie
1 Tres Merkin

MARY:
no time
We completed the 12 Days, but we went over by a few minutes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Checkout the Nantan’s weekly email mailto:[email protected] . Let the SLT know you want to be on the distribution list.

1/1/2025 – Polar Plunge at the Wye in Townsend

1/4/2025 – F3 Smokies Convergence

1/11/2025 – Hot Toddy Triple Q at Asylum Daybreak

COT:
Life is brief, number your days – Psalm 90

Here am I …. send somebody else

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Prairie Dog
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
Warmup stuff

THE THANG:
PD went for a run, ZP and yours truly went to the pavilion for some coupon / sandbag roulette with the exercise list and the random number generator. Exercises included:
Coupon squats
Shouldering
Rotational lunge
Overhead press
Deadlifts
Thrusters

MARY:
Side Hip raise
Leg Raise

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Reflection on Exodus 4. Moses says “Please send somebody else.” I admit that this attitude is in my heart, and I am more like Moses than Isaiah who said “Send me!”
This shows up in little ways like the household chores of taking out trash, taking out recycling, taking out compost, folding laundry, driving kids to school, getting firewood in the house, taking ashes out, unloading the dishwasher. Especially if it is cold, dark, and rainy. “Send somebody else (like my wife, for an example). I want to hide in the bathroom and look at my phone.”

F3 is about invigorating male community leadership, so I committed to serving my family better by engaging in these tasks and to not take my phone into the bathroom to hide. No deadline or timeframe on that, just starting now and continuing indefinitely. I asked ZP and PD to hold me accountable. :toilet::no_mobile_phones:

Black Friday Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Manilow (Brent Hunter)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP:
Ruck around the park
THE THANG:
Ruck some more
MARY:
Ruck back to the AO
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Happy Thanksgiving!
COT:
Name-o-rama and Prayer

Gibbs Drive Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Z-Pack, DoorKicker (Jud), Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
1 Lap at park

THE THANG:
About 2.6 miles on the neighborhood streets in and around Gibbs Drive.

MARY:
No

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gobbler Challenge sometime next week at the Quacken

COT:
“Outdo one another showing honor.”
I’m going back to the respect and gratitude well. Here’s encouragement to express respect and gratitude and love to your M. Maybe take time and write a note telling specifically about how you are grateful for them.

52 Card Beatdown

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Tiny Dancer, Wedding Singer, FixerUpper, DoorKicker (Jud), Prairie Dog, Z-Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
SSH
Windmills
Squat and Reach
OH Claps
Baby Arm Circles
Seal Claps
Ring of Fire Squats
Ring of Fire Merkins

THE THANG:
52 Card Beatdown
:heart: = Burpees
:diamonds: = Decline Merkins
:spades: = Squats
:clubs: = Lunges
The card number is the number of reps. Jacks are 11 reps, Queen 12, and King 13.
Ace = 25 SSH, 4 count

We were 5 cards short of completing the deck. We took a few short breaks to tell dad jokes.

MARY:
No, ran out of time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Gobbler Challenge at the Quacken one day next week, stay tuned.

COT:
Proverbs 17:22 – “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
Ecclesiastes 3:4 – “A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.”
Life is hard. We walk through various trials and things get very serious. Sometimes we need to take a break and lighten up. So tell some jokes, find something funny to read or watch and just laugh. Its good for your soul.

Dad Joke – My friend was showing me his tool shed and pointed to a ladder. “That’s my stepladder,” he said, “I never knew my real ladder.”