F3 Knoxville

Category: Quacken

Welsh Dragon crossings at The Quacken

THE SCENE: 40 degrees, sleeting a wee bit.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – x20 IC 4CT

Little bit of this, little bit of that

Cherry Pickers – x10 IC

Indian run (half of the loop) around the park once. Stop at pavilion to do 15 decline merkins OYO. Run another lap (half as indian run) and stop at pavilion for 25 dips OYO. Run another lap (half as indian run) and head toward church parking lot.

THA-THANG:
Welsh Dragon halfway across parking lot.

  • Bear crawl forward 4CT, 1 merkin, 1 plank jack, 1 set of back-of-shoulder taps, repeat until you’ve crossed half the lot. Mosey to Duck Pond.

Duck Pond Doras –

  • 1 partner does the exercise while the other partner runs a lap around the pond. (50 burpee penalty for everyone if you fall in)
  • 150 LBC
  • 150 Kobra Kais
  • 150 Mountain Climbers 2CT
  • 150 Squat Jumps
  • plank until final runner finishes his lap

Mosey back to church lot. Welsh Dragon across the entire lot this time (but hey it’s downhill this direction!)

20ct rest. Mosey back to AO

MARY:
Flutter Kicks 20x 4ct

Box Cutters 10x

Edward Scissorlegs 15x

Flutter Kicks 15x 4ct
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Duggar, Clinger, Frasier, Ghost, Half Caff, Filte
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

MOLESKIN:
Frasier led us in a quick devotional: Rest, Respect, Reliance. Isaiah 40: 28-31 “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not grow faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”

Lots of prayers around for our families and our fellow PAX. Continue to lift one another up.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is May 18!! Let’s see how many PAX we can get to sign up. If we don’t have enough for a full 5-hour team, we can merge with Brickyard or Big Ball as needed.

The Quacken AO Launch!

THE SCENE: 50 degrees. Cloudy. Little rain toward the end.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

WARM-O-RAMA:

Warmed up in an adjacent pavilion b/c we couldn’t all fit in the normal one!

SSH X20 4ct IC

Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Annie’s – x8 each forward and backward each.

Little bit of this, little bit of that…

Imperial Walkers x10 4CT
THA-THANG:
Relay run with the 20lb baby around the Fountain City Park loop 1 time. Turn around and run up to the Gresham Hill continuing the relay run with the 20lb baby.

Welsh Dragons (Happy St. David’s Day!)

  • Bear crawl position the whole time. Move forward 4 steps.
  • Do 1 merkin
  • Do 1 plank jack
  • Do 1 pair of back of shoulder taps
  • Bear crawl forward another 4 steps.
  • Rinse and repeat for ~30ft adding 1 rep to each move every time.
  • Rest and then turn around and go halfway back-ish toward where we started starting over at 1 rep each.

Relay run with 20lb baby back down Gresham Hill around the side to the Duck Pond.

The Quacken Circuit

  • 8 station circuit around the Duck Pond. 20 reps of listed exercise at each station, except the last station which is 10 Kraken Burpees (regular burpee with 3 hand-release merkins at the bottom). Repeat the loop 2x or until time.
  • #1 – 20 Squats
  • #2 – 20 Merkins
  • #3 – 20 Overhead Claps 2CT
  • #4 – 20 LBCs
  • #5 – 20 American Hammers 2CT
  • #6 – 20 Mountain Climbers 2CT
  • #7 – 20 SSH 2CT
  • #8 – 10 Kraken Burpees (3 hand-release merkins at the bottom)
  • Ran out of time, but almost finished 2nd loop

Relay run back to the AO with 20lb baby.

MARY:
Out of time! We had too much fun.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
18 HIMs made it out for the launch! Herbie, Abort, Half caff, Mr. Wedgie, SiPad, Bowflex, Chaucer, Hamm, Belding, Fast-n-Easy, Swanson, Quagmire, Detention, Ghost, Tank, Doubtfire, Erector, Filter
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
MOLESKIN:
4 takeaways for today:

  1. Accountability – Hold one another accountable to make it out here. Encourage one another to get better and be better. Hold one another accountable in our regular lives outside our workout times as well.
  2. Q! Sign up to Q! Everyone has the ability, wherewithal and capacity to do it. We can help. You can do it.
  3. Mend House – Come out and post with these guys on Wednesdays at 6pm. They’re a great group of guys to workout with and we all benefit from being around one another.
  4. Give Back – Give back to the AOs where you post. Volunteer for a cleanup day or help do things around the park / school / etc. I know we can definitely help the Lions Club keep FC Park clean and running well for everyone to use.
    ANNOUNCEMENTS:
    Chili cook-off tonight 6-8pm at Fort Loudoun Yacht Club. Reach out to Rusty or Doubtfire for more info.

    F3 Knoxville, The Quacken
    Launch of The Quacken AO in Fountain City on March 1, 2019.

B.O.M.B.S. at the FC OTB with O.T.C.!

THE SCENE: Low 40s, partly cloudy, still wet from last night.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

I’m not a professional! 🙂 1 FNG! So many letters in the title of this post.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH – x27 IC (I got distracted and we did too many, sorry!)

Cherry Pickers – x10 IC

Annie’s – x7 each arm front and back, then switch. IC

Imperial Walkers – x10 4CT
THA-THANG:
B.O.M.B.S.

Mosey to church parking lot. Partner up. 1 Partner runs to the top of Hotel Drive while the other does the exercises at the bottom. Keep switching out until all exercises are done.

  • 50 – Body Builder Burpees
  • 100 – Overhead Claps 2CT
  • 150 – Merkins
  • 200 – BBS
  • 250 – Squats

Recover

MARY:
Bearpees in the parking lot from one end to the other.

Bearcrawl 4 “steps” and then do 1 burpee.

Recover
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
4 HIMs – one of those an FNG! Welcome, O.T.C.! Herbie, Frasier, and Filter round out the count.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Pat Summitt’s Definite Dozen – Take Full Responsibility

Take ownership of your actions. Admit when you screw up. Be accountable. Hold one another accountable.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers for Herbie’s kid w/ strep, Frasier’s travels, Filter’s mom, MIL, and Aunt-in-law.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
March 1 is the official AO launch! This location is officially up on the F3 Knoxville website, too, if you’d like to share with an FNG. It’s starting to feel official! https://f3knoxville.com/the-quacken/

 

Mend House – Burpees and Bear Crawls

THE SCENE: Clear and 48
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Mosey from the Mend House to the Gresham Parking Lot

  • Burpees 0
  • SSH 10x 4ct IC
  • Burpees 2
  • LBAC 10x 4ct IC Forward & Backward
  • Burpees 4
  • Cherry Pickers 10 4ct IC
  • Burpees 6
  • Air Squats 10x IC
  • Burpees 8
  • Overhead claps 10 4ct IC
  • Burpees 10

THA-THANG:

  • Ascending Bear Crawls
    • 1 Merkin, Bear crawl across the lot, 2 Merkins, Bear crawl, …. to 10 Merkins
  • 21s
    • BBS – Start with 1 (increase by 1 each time)
    • Run to end of the lot
    • Leg Lifts – Start with 20 (reduce by 1 by each time)
    • Continue until numbers are flip-flopped.

MARY:

  • Circle of Pain – Merkins (start with 5 down to 1)

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 Hims, 9 from Mend House (2 FNGs)

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
As a group of men we need to hold one another up, strengthen and encourage each other. Just as a body has different aspects to build it up, we each have unique strengths that can apply to the group.

Ephesians 4:16

16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

MOLESKIN:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The Quaken will launch on March 1st. Mark your calendars.

Thunderstruck Annie OTB

THE SCENE: PERFECT – Low 50s. Cloudy. Dry.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

I, sirs, am not a professional.
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x25 IC 4CT

Cherry Pickers x10 IC

Annie IC – 7 each arm forward and back IC

  • Plank position. Extend one arm out to do a BAC 7x forward. Switch arms and repeat. Switch arms and reverse rotation. Bonus points for doing them at the same time…

Air Squared –

  • People’s chair with 20 overhead claps OYO

THA-THANG:
Mosey to parking lot across the street.

4 stations, 30 reps each lap, 5 laps total.

  • 150 merkins
  • 150 imperial walkers 2CT
  • 150 overhead claps 1CT
  • 150 curb jumps

BBS when done.

Time left –

  • Sprint one end of the lot to the other. Do 1 burpee. Sprint back. Repeat 3x.

MARY:
Mosey back to AO.

PAX selected 20 reps of their favorite exercise for the group to do:

Flutter kicks 4CT IC, BBS OYO, American Hammers 4CT IC, Squats IC

Thunderstruck – do one pushup every time they say “Thunder” or “Thunderstruck” and plank otherwise for the duration of the song.

Tempo Squats until time. 20 IC

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
Mr. Wedgie, Frasier, Abort, Clinger, Herbie, Filter
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Prayers for Wedgie’s mom, Filters mom, MIL, and aunt-in-law, Frasier’s big decisions,
MOLESKIN:
Philippians 2:3-4 – “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
AO launch on Friday, March 1 at 5:30am!