F3 Knoxville

Category: Quacken

GTE fitness test

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Evan Wilson, Z-Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: warmup stuff

THE THANG:
WHAT:
2 mile run
2 min max reps hand release merkins
2 min max reps butterfly situps

Min standards
Run – 18:18
Merkins – 34
Situps – 38

I think we all hit the minimums. Way to go fellas!

MARY: cloud gazers OYO

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GTE is 24 days away

COT:
Read 1 Cor 15, remembered that the resurrection of Jesus is vital. Paul said it was “of first importance.” If this is not true, then we are pitiful, our efforts are in vain, and we should eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die! However, there are eyewitness accounts of his death, burial, and resurrection, many of whom were his first skeptics.

Circle of Gain

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: Z-Pack
FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
WARMUP:
SSH IC
Abe Vigoda
Cherry Picker IC
Flamingo Stretch
Tricep and Shoulder Stretch
Michael Phelps
Tempo Merkins IC
Tempo Squats IC
Mountain Climbers IC
Run Panda Express

THE THANG:
Six Exercises in a circle
1 Blockees
2 Dumbell Curls
3 Dumbell Rows
4 Lunges with CMU
5 Mucho Chesto
6 Overhead Squat Thrusters with CMU

Using Tabata Timer, Exercise for 45 sec. 10 sec. rest.
After completing a trip around the circle – I rucked a lap at Ftn City Park and stop at monkey bars to do 10 pull ups. Rinse and Repeat. I got 2 times around the circle and 2 laps.

MARY:
Flutter Kicks IC
Dead Bugs IC
Bruce Lee IC
High Plank – 60 sec
Low Plank – 60 sec

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none

COT:
seize the gloom

No Child Left Behind

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Lizzy, Gmail, Gordie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Ruck a lap around the park

THE THANG:
Ruck up some hills and back down them. fast-n-easy (Nate Votta) brought a child to carry. Just in general, its best to check with the Q for the day before bringing children. Also, the child was female? (ok, actually, it was an awkward 50# bag of sand).

We carried her around until Gmail dumped her into the AO parking lot.

About a 2.8 mile loop.

MARY: nah

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Smokies Convergence tomorrow at SoKno (South Doyle HS)

COT:
There are some uncomfortable parts to the Psalms. However, we shouldn’t avoid thinking about them or trying to understand them.
Remembering these are important
the context of when and why Psalms were written
the “whole counsel of scripture” (i.e. Jesus’ teaching)
we should not attempt to edit the Psalms

Fun with Friends

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Evan Wilson, Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Warmup stuff

THE THANG:
Moseyed up Panda Express to the base of the Gresham Middle School stairs. Noted that we need a name for the stairs. The Jade Palace, maybe.

1 PAX ran up steps to top of hill and did 10 merkins, while 3 remaining PAX did AMRAP exercises with coupons. Once running PAX returned, we rotated through the exercises / run.

Round 1
60# sandbag – clean and squat
40# sandbag – overhead press
CMU – curls

Round 2
60# sandbag – rows
40# sandbag – squats
CMU – side bends*

Round 1
60# sandbag – lying down press
40# sandbag – sandbag burpees
CMU – WW3 situps

*Spellcheck noted that we should not lose our butts at this point

MARY:
Actually did this today!
High plank position – 20 plank jacks, four count in cadence
Low plank position – 20 plank jacks, four count in cadence
High plank position – 20 plank jacks, four count in cadence

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Check Slack and F3 Newsletter

COT:
In Psalm 18 David went through a trial. He wrote of how God helped him and delivered him from death. Also, David had kept his hands clean as he went through the trial. He “kept himself from sin” in verse 23. I reflected on a recent difficult situation and this part of PS 18 came to mind. I know that I am not perfect, but I didn’t have anything that I needed to reconcile, make up for, apologize for, etc. It doesn’t always happen like that for me, but in this case, I was glad that I could say that.

Still in need of sharpening – YHC, FixerUpper

Coffee Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Frizzles, Herbie, Gmail
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
Rucked a lap at Fountain City Park

THE THANG:
Rucked from the AO on Broadway to Dunkin for coffee. Then we crossed Broadway and rucked through the neighborhood back to the AO.

MARY:
no

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GTE-46 is coming up on April 26-28. Ruck PT tomorrow at Bluegrass Elementary, 7-8 am.

COT:
Roll with the Punches, Get on the Lord’s Script

2 Samuel 7 –
David desires to build a temple for the Lord, but is told no through Nathan the prophet. God tells David that David’s son will build a temple dedicated to God’s name.

“After the king had settled down in his palace and the Lord had given him respite from all of his surrounding enemies, 2 he[a] told the prophet Nathan, “Look now, I’m living in a cedar palace, but the Ark of God resides behind[b] a tent[c] curtain.”

3 Nathan replied to the king, “Go do everything you have in mind,[d] because the Lord is with you.”

4 But later that same night, this message came to Nathan from the Lord:

5 “Go tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘“Are you going to build a house[e] for me to inhabit? 6 After all, I haven’t lived in a house since the day I brought up the Israelis from Egypt until now.

God is saying no to David, but then blesses him and tells David how The Lord will bless his house.

25 “And now, Lord God, let what you have spoken concerning your servant and his household be done—and let it be done just as you’ve promised.”

David was a sinner and committed horrible sins in his life, but he did not lose his faith. In this moment David responded well and humbly to God’s “no” in response to David’s desire to build the temple. He praised God for working in and through David. He thanked God for his blessings and the prophesy about David’s house. He did not get down about God not allowing him to build the temple, but rather he gathered supplies to prepare his son to build the temple. In this instance he got on the same page with the Lord.

1 Chronicles 22 – David gathers supplies and makes preparations for his son Solomon to build a temple for God.

5 David thought, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced. The temple that will be built for the Lord is to be magnificent, well known, and internationally honored, so I will complete preparations for it.” So before his death, David finished providing a great quantity of materials for it.”

I think David’s example is a good model for us to respond when God says no. We may have Godly desires like David did, but God sometimes says no. God’s plan is always best. David responded by getting on the same page with God and prepared his son for the job David wanted. David didn’t get down and discouraged but rather changed his plans to get in sync with the Lord. He was content to serve another who would build God’s temple.