F3 Knoxville

Category: Quacken

VDay at Quacken

THE SCENE: Dark, dry after post rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
25x SSH, 15x little baby circles
THA-THANG:
5:00, 4:00, 3:00, 3:00 step ups, 1:00 rest in between

5 sets of 10x side lunges, 15x bbs, 15x 4cut flutter kicks, 60m lunge

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
2 HIMS
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Honoring former Navy Seal Chad Wilkerson with WOD from Goruck.

Tree Biscuit – The Quacken

THE SCENE: Warm 83
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Covid-19 as well as welcome
WARM-O-RAMA: SSH, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Phelps, Big Arm Circles

The Tree Biscuit

As a group, Run to an un-slapped tree, slap it, everyone call out the running burpee total,  do A single burpee, repeat.

Suggestions/Notes/Guidelines:

  • A tree only gets tagged once
  • Scaling/Modification: Skip a burpee if you need to but stay with the pack always.
  • Taggers: Be sure to take turns tagging/slapping a tree
  • In Cadence: The group also calls out the running total, not just the tagger. The tagger calls it out first though. the louder the better.
  • What’s a Tree: Don’t waste time & energy on shrubs – skip the shrubs – tag the trees
  • No Poison Ivy: Pass trees that are surrounded by shrubs, ivy, waist high grass.
  • Terrain:  Be careful when running not to twist and ankle – trees have lots of bumpy roots around them.  And don’t hit your face on a rock or root when doing a burpee in the dirt.
  • Milestones: At 50, 100, 150, 200 make sure the group catches up and circles around the tree, wait a few seconds. Do the burpee.  Celebrating these milestones adds to the encouragement factor.

It’s not about the numbers but in the spirit of healthy competition here they are:

Previous Tree biscuits from other AO’s

In the interest of more burpees, “the Mary” is skipped.

Circle of Men

1 Corinthians 9:24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

Announcements :

IronPAX Week 1 at the Quacken

THE SCENE: Damp from a night of storms, lower 70’s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Arm Circles, Tempo Squats, static stretching
THA-THANG:
IronPAX Challenge Week 1 Workout

EMOM (called by app)- 3 burpees

3 Burpees (Begins Rd & EMOM timer)
50 Hand Release Release Merkins
100 Leg Raises
150 Jungle Boi Squats “2Spoonz Style”
200 Big Boy Sit-ups
250 Stationary Lunge Steps (ct ea leg as 1 rep)

MARY:
yeah right
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
We’ve seen yet again another black man shot and protests rage, leading to a counter-protester being shot and killed. When I see these things happen my gut reaction is anger, and to want to drag people into the street and demand justice and accountability. Last week I read through James, which has a lot of things to say, apologetically, about those that are rich or in power and abuse their power. But what it says to believers isn’t to rage against them, but to be humble, mourn, and be unbiased and pray for those that need it. It reminded me of Matthew 9 that says when Jesus saw the masses He had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So my encouragement to the guys, especially myself, this morning was to consider compassion when reacting to these situations we seem to constantly be seeing in the news

Iron PAX Week 0 at the Quacken

THE SCENE: Upper 60’s, damp but not raining
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Light static stretching while praying and giving Word (went in reverse today since I had to bail right at 6:15)
THA-THANG:
IronPAX Week 0 baby!

  • 4 rounds of the following for time: 50 squats, 40 Big Boys, 30 Merkins, 20 Bonnie Blairs, 10 Burpees, 400 meter run

MARY:
More static stretching to cool down
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The return of the IronPAX Challenge had me reflecting on how difficult those workouts were. It also caused me to remember how much I struggled in workouts in general and how the challenge, as well as being more consistant, helped me become more comfortable with harder exercises. This also reminded me of something we talked about with my students last year. The Hebrew word Zakar as a verb means to remember, but as a noun it means man. So when Genesis explains that man is made in God’s image, there is a correlation between our identity as “zakar” (man) and our call to “zakar” (remember) God. I encouraged us to remember and reflect on where we’ve been and who we are, to remember God, and also to consider the IronPAX challenge because it will inevitably kick all our butts

Dynamic Duo Part Two-o

THE SCENE: Clear, Humid, Lower to Mid 70s
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Arm Circles, This and That, Tempo Squats, Rockettes, Cherrypickers
THA-THANG:
Moseyed over to Jane Allen for 11’s: American Hammers at the bottom on a 4 count, burpees at the top. Called it for time on the 4:7 round

Moseyed back over to the playground for 7’s: Assisted pull ups on the monkey bars and step ups

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Shared how recently on campus trying to recruit new students to our ministry I caught myself feeling anxious and timid when initiating with new faces. I found myself worrying about whether or not they would like me, if I was interrupting them, or if they felt annoyed by me. This reminded me of one of my favorite verses, 2 Timothy 1:7, which says that God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline. So I’ve been reminding myself that the Spirit that lives inside me is one that loves the students I’m engaging with, and when that isn’t enough to motivate me forward, the Spirit gives me the self-discipline I need to move forward anyways. I encouraged us to take that same attitude into anywhere else we might be feeling anxious or a tendency to remain inactive or passive