F3 Knoxville

Flag Hand Off

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack , FixerUpper
PAX: Magic Mic (Jarrett Woodall), Herbie, Evan Wilson, Ribbed, Half-Caff (Patick Teasdale)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Warmup:
Z- Pack:
SSH IC
Abe Vigodas
Cherry Pickers IC
Flamingos
Little This, That, These, Those – Shoulder Stretching
Michael Phelps
Baby Arm Circles IC
Tempo Merkins IC
Mountain Climbers IC
Run Panda Express

The Thang: Burner Ring
Four Stations of Two Exercises Around the Park track. Alternate between the two exercises for 2 min 30 sec. then mosey to the next station on the track.
1. 10 burpees and 10 Step Ups (10 each leg)
2. 10 pull-ups and 10 Bruce Lees
3. 10 Lunges and 5 Tres Merkins
4. 10 Decline Merkins and 10 Flutter Kicks on 4 count

Fixer takes over the Q for run drag carry. It’s a timed fitness test.
• Run from sidewalk to cone and back – 50 yards total
• Drag two sandbags (100 lbs total) from sidewalk to cone and back
• Farmer’s carry two CMUs, sidewalk to cone and back
• Run from sidewalk to cone and back again

Mary:
No

Announcements:
• Summertime Quacken PM workouts start tonight at 1800, and Monday morning workouts will cease until Autumn. Lizzy is the Monday PM Q.
• Flag hand off at Big Ball this Thursday, Drive-thru to Postman.
• Convergence and GTE this weekend at Asylum. F-3 Knoxville is doing a canned food drive in conjunction with the convergence. Z-Pack will collect the canned food donations at the Quacken, and he will turn it in at the convergence.
• Also this Saturday as part of the convergence there will be a Nant’an transition from KickFlip to Mermaid.

COT:
I am thankful for FixerUpper and the PAX.
Fixer EH’d me in December 2022.
I’ve made friends – guys like Fixer, Lizzy, Wedding Singer, and others and we’ve carried each other’s burdens here at the Quacken through prayer.
My fitness has greatly improved and I feel more equipped in leadership.
At the least I want to maintain what Fixer and the PAX have built over the last year and a half. My goal is to grow this AO and do more fun fitness, fellowship and faith stuff together. We will do these things at the Quacken as we pursue the mission of invigorating male community leadership.

A scripture to encourage us in F3,
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
New International Version
9 Two are better than one,
because they have a good return for their labor:
10 If either of them falls down,
one can help the other up.
But pity anyone who falls
and has no one to help them up.
11 Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm.
But how can one keep warm alone?
12 Though one may be overpowered,
two can defend themselves.
A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.

Prayer time.

First pm of the year

AO: thequacken
Q: Lizzy
PAX: Z-Pack, Tenderfoot, Wedding Singer, Choo choo
FNGs: 1 Choo choo
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:

THE THANG: go to the track and at the start do 5 burpees, then lunge quarter lap, 5 more burpees, then sprint, 5 more burpees all the way around then repeat one more time. Frontwards bear crawl, then 5 burpees, backwards burpees, then 5 joker pushups. Indian run the track one lap

MARY: none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:gte this weekend with convergence

COT: talked about the 60/40 rule

To The Top of Fountain City

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack
PAX: fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP:
Rucked one lap at the Park

THE THANG:
We rucked about three miles in the neighborhood with a good elevation gain. When we got back to the AO, Fast said we were about a tenth short of 3 miles. So, we rucked couple laps in the parking lot to get three officially. We had some light rain on the ruck.

MARY:
No

ANNOUNCEMENTS
– Flag handoff from Fixer to Z-Pack at the Quacken on Monday 4/22.
– PM workouts also start on Monday 4/22. Monday morning workouts will cease until the Fall. Lizzy is the Monday PM Q.
– Convergence and GTE next Saturday 4/27 at Asylum. F3 Knoxville is doing a canned food drive in conjunction with the Convergence. Z-Pack will collect canned food donations at Quacken, and he will deliver them at the Convergence.

COT:
“Two are better than one… a cord of three strands is not quickly broken.”

I am thankful for our AOs and the PAX. We build each other up in this thing called F3. I appreciate Fast n Easy and Spellcheck for making me a little stronger today.
Prayer Time
Have a great weekend!

Ruck Roulette

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Spellcheck
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
Ruck a lap around the park

THE THANG:
Ruck up to Gresham MS track, a fan fave
Ruck roulette – 1 exercise and rep count per PAX’s choice + 1 loop on the track
1. Fast – 10) 8 count man-makers IC with ruck
2. Spellcheck – 10) hand release merks IC
3. Z-Pack – 10) thrusters with ruck IC
4. FixerUpper – 3) bearcrawls up a hill, gingerly walk back down it

MARY:
Flutter kicks with ruck overhead – 4 count x 50
30 quick cadence, 20 slow cadence

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Haw Ridge tonight, GTE in 22 days

COT:
1 Cor 15 again. Is Jesus really alive? It makes all the difference in the world. If not, I have spent a lot of time talking to no one in particular and should be pitied like someone who is unstable.

I’ve also lost out on chances to get the last word in, make myself look better than I really am, and denied my cravings for no reason. But if he is, then I know someone who has (or is) resurrection power, says he’ll be with me, and that all things will work for my good.

If so, then…

Vanity >>> purpose
Death >>> life
Despair >>> hope
Fleeting time >>> eternity
Sin >>> forgiveness
Brokenness >>> redemption
Failure >>> victory
Bondage >>> freedom
Darkness >>> light

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.