F3 Knoxville

Category: Quacken

52 Card Beatdown

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: FixerUpper, Lizzy, Gmail
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4

WARMUP:
SSH IC
Flamingo Stretch
Abe Vigoda
Cherry Pickers IC
Michael Phelps
Baby Arm Circles IC
Tempo Merkins IC
Tempo Squats IC
Mountain Climbers IC
Run Panda Express

THE THANG:
♥️ – Burpees
♦️- Decline Merkins
♣️ – Lunges, single leg
♠️ – Step Ups, single leg
Ace – run a lap around park
Jokers are wild.

The number on the card drawn equals the number of reps. Jack is 11 reps, Queen is 12 reps, King is 13 reps.
We made it through most of the deck including 3 laps around the park, which is about 1 mile, total.

MARY:
no, ran out of time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence at big ball on January 20. Quacken guys need to plan the pre-ruck

COT:
Examine your life.
We talked about roles, goals, planning and the brevity of this life. This was encouragement for us all to be intentional in the spheres of our lives. We can do this by planning and and examining our priorities. What is God calling you to? Let’s keep pushing and continue to grow as HIM in 2024.

Walkup that road there

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: walk a lap round the park, waiting for Q
THE THANG: Walkup some roads. Then walkdown ’em. Walked up Walkup Drive for a nice view of Broadway traffic
MARY: nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Big Ball convergence on 1/20, preruck discussion.
Quacken PM – plan to restart in May
COT: I appreciate you all

Build A Bear Beatdown

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Herbie, Landslide
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
SSH x 25
Hammy stretch
Quad stretch
Michael Phelps
Hip Flexor Stretch
THE THANG:
Carry CMU to pavilion. Observe artifacts left by previous occupants? (Q-Tips, Skittles, extension cords)

Build A Bear
Participants have the opportunity to create their own “bear.” PAX must complete 20 minimum reps of each exercise and one lap.

1 lap around park = 50 reps
Merkins
Burpees
CMU squats
CMU curls
CMU lunges
CMU overhead press
CMU situps

Stargazers were suggested as an exercise for reps. They were out of stock though.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergence at Big Ball – Jan 20
Make America Burpee Again – Jan 1
Ruck to Adair Park – this Friday, Gloom o’clock

COT:
Change is inevitable, growth is intentional. Quote by Steam, quoting Cap’n Crunch.

What is your plan for growth in 2024? I shared how keeping a journal in a visible place on my desk at work helped me stay on track with goals.

After we decide that we want growth, the next step is to determine how we accomplish that!

The Quacken Year in Review, 2023

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Herbie, Z-Pack, Postman (Scott Colby), vanilla
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Yeah, some stretchings
THE THANG:
Lap around the park
No man left behind – on Friday rucks, we do a lap first so that if someone arrives late, they can catch up.

Tree biscuit
Touch a tree, do a burpee. We made it to 20 on the lap around the park.
Stop at paver in path
Discover that there are two F3 pavers! I thought there was only one! Its usually dark though.

Iron PAX at church lawn, cones about 30 yards out
Dora, relay style
Round 1
Jillian Michaels and Murder Bunnies
Round 2
Merkins and Bunny Murders
Verbal threats were directed at the Q’s Health, Safety and Welfare at this point.

Gobbler Challenge
Carry CMU right >>> Overhead Press
Carry CMU left >>> Squats
1 round at 10
1 round at 20

GORUCK BFF
2 min hand release merkins
Sandbag burpees (no sandbag, so we just talked about these…which was enough)

The Difficult Mile
Ball-pees plus lunges 100M or so. Encountered a steep hill, which was interesting.
Indian Run up to stop sign with medicine balls, 3 burpees, back to AO

MARY:
Pretzels – 2 sets x 5 in cadence

COT:
Besides fulfilling the mission of plant, grow, serve, my personal goals for The Quacken were:
To make it a consistent AO
To partner with Big Ball and Brickyard
Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans (Prov 16:3)

Monthly highlights / milestones
January : MABA – Fall Down, Get Back Up Again, Together, with OnStar
End of January – Z-Pack’s father passed away
January 20 – 1st unofficial Friday Ruck led by Herbie
Mid-February – Lizzy completed a GORUCK Tough
April – F3 Open House in my front yard, Tenderfoot & John Deere – FNGs
March 1 – 4 yr anniversary of the Quacken
April – I had a hernia, surgery in June, recovery until July
May – The Quacken PM launched with Lizzy as AOQ – 3 workouts per week now MWF
June, July– hot workouts in the PM
August – Ruck to Big Ball
Accelerate your king – it was clear that Z-Pack had really improved
July – Wedding Singer respect Q
September – Iron PAX. Z-Pack said “what’s that? … OK, lets do it.” Love that attitude.
November – Gobbler Challenge, end of the PM workouts, begin of official Monday rucks, the MURPH, Biggest Loser
December – look back on year

Lowest attendance
Solo Qs – 9
No Qs – 3

Highest attendance
15 – Big Ball, Brickyard, Asylum PM came to claim Ghost Flag, epic sandbag toss by Doubtfire
13 – Wedding Singer Respect Q
13 – Asylum PM claims Ghost Flag in October
11 – Tenderfoot VQ, Roadblock VQ, flag handoff to me in January

5 FNGS : Trip, KFC, Dr Seuss, Dune Buggy, Malpractice, Boots
5 VQs : Z-Pack, Roadblock, Tenderfoot, Secret Garden, Trip
6 Downrange PAX : PBR – Spring Hill, Crash – Louisville, Hermes – Carpex, Quiet Place – Nashville, 2 of Duggar’s family
I posted in Charleston, SC, St. Louis, MO, and Whitefish, MT

Babies
OnStar, Magic Mic, Frizzles, Half Caff (due in January), Gmail (due mid-2024)

556 posts for the year
Avg – 4 PAX per workout
MWF consistent schedule

Mission accomplished, mission continues

Skatepark Beatdown Part Deux

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: FixerUpper, Lizzy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3

WARMUP:
SSH IC
Abe Vigodas
Cherry Pickers IC
Flamingos
Baby Arm Circles IC
Michael Phelps
Tempo Merkins IC
Tempo Squats IC
Mosey to Skatepark

THE THANG:
AMRAP- 7 stations, then Bear crawl and Crab Walk
1. Blockees x 12
2. Corner Wall – climb over and do a merkin, climb back over and do merkin, 12 total merkins
3. Box jumps down length of low curved wall.
4. Flutter Kicks x 12, 4 ct.
5. Dips x 24 reps
6. Decline Merkins x 12 reps
7. Squat Thrusters x 12 reps with cmu
Bear Crawl length of park then Crab Walk length of park.
Start over at Station #1

MARY:
LBCs
Bruce Lee
Hello Dollies
Big Boys

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Big Ball convergence in January
Training Ruck in February

COT:
The Blessing of Forgetfulness
“Learn from the past, past hurts and disappointments but move on from them. I heard a message by Jon Courson of Calvary Chapel on this topic and it has stuck with me. It came to mind yesterday when I was thinking about what to share today.

Philippians 3:12-14 – Paul says
Not that I have already attained,[a] or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have [b]apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

We all have things in our past that can be hangups for us. People that have hurt us in the past, times of bitter trials, times of disappointment. I think we need to forget about the wrongs we have suffered. We actually deserve much worse than has happened to us. We deserve God’s wrath for our wrongs against him, but as Christians we receive his mercy instead. Be determined to forget about things that will cause you to develop a grudge. Also, the Bilble tells us that for the Christian, God remembers our sins and iniquities no more. Don’t let your past sin bring down your future. Yes, repent and learn but you are forgiven and free in Christ, let that truth bring you joy. Satan is the accuser that temps us to despair in our past sins. Reject Satan and trust in your salvation through Christ. Be a forgetter and leave the past behind.