fast-n-easy (Nate Votta)

Rucking With Gravestone

March 13, 2026 BackBlasts

AO: thequacken
Q: Rep Sleepy
PAX: CrossPuke, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Z-Pack, Natty, Recoil (Blake Conley), Mr.May, Mountain Ice, Gravestone
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP:
Start rucking
THE THANG:
Go up the never ending hill
MARY:
Come back down
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sign up for Escape From Haw Ridge
COT:
Commitment is a steadfast dedication or pledge to a specific goal, person, or course of action, often involving unwavering resolve and emotional investment despite challenges. It signifies being bound to something through a promise or obligation, demonstrating loyalty, and choosing to do the right thing even when moods or circumstances change.

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.”
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬-‭24‬

[cv-brickyard] IPC Week 4, the last of 2025!

October 4, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Bail Bonds
PAX: fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Gmail, Roxbury, Natty, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Recoil (Blake Conley), Spellcheck, Otis, Floppy Disc, Hosed, Bail Bonds
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
SSH, Tie Fighters, Lateral Lunges

THE THANG:
START THE CLOCK
• 50 burpees
• 5-yard murder bunny, mosey 95 yards and back 95 yards to your block, reverse murder bunny for 5 yards back to start
• 100 merkins
• 10-yard murder bunny, mosey 90 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 10 yards back to start
• 150 lunges (easy way)
• 15-yard murder bunny, mosey 85 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 15 yards back to start
• 200 air squats
• 20-yard murder bunny, mosey 80 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 20 yards
• 150 lunges (easy way)
• 15-yard murder bunny, mosey 85 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 15 yards back to start
• 100 merkins
• 10-yard murder bunny, mosey 90 yards and back to your block, reverse murder bunny for 10 yards back to start
• 50 burpees
STOP YOUR CLOCK

MARY:
No

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Knoxville 10 year Anniversary Convergence 11/8 at Asylum
Street Hope TN kickoff at Haw Ridge Sunday 10/5 at 4pm

COT:
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Please take a few minutes to read this from All Pro Dad’s. They put out a lot of good stuff and you can sign up for emails if you’d like.

We had a great COT. Thanks to the men that opened up and shared! That’s what this is all about, and it’s awesome to find a sense of vulnerability.

In the end, God the ultimate Father loves us, and Jesus paid the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. Regardless of how you were raised by your dad, or hw you’re doing or did, as a father, we can look to God’s Word for direction.

[cv-brickyard] If you build it, they will come…

August 23, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Spellcheck
PAX: A-Rod (Nate Peterson), Otis, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Simmons, Appleseed, Gmail, Mountain Ice, Recoil (Blake Conley), Spellcheck, Jim Norris, Hamm (Jamie Suarez), Gmail’s 2.0’s Spladle & Hatchet
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
Yes, we did.

THE THANG:
The Rock Pile…
4 rounds of 25 to 100
Run up a & back down
Curls
Triceps
Thrusters

Bleachers…
5 rounds / 10 Cactus Jump Squats 10 Dips

The Field…
After each set run from the 25 to the goal line & do 25 more to get 100
Bear Crawl-25-20-15-10-5-Merkins
Lunge-25-20-15-10-5-Bobby Hurleys
Crab walk-25-20-15-10-5-Flutter Kicks
Broad Jumps-25-20-15-10-5-Shoulder Taps

16 man makers led by my co-Q Spladle

MARY:
American hammers, heels to Heaven

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
10 year convergence

COT:
If you build it, they will come!
Brief history…
F3 began in 2011, in North Carolina, when two friends (David Redding and Tim Whitmire) in Charlotte, North Carolina started a boot camp style workout for men.
F3 10 years
The Brickyard 8yrs
The Quacken & Lost Pearls growth out of brickyard.

I’m grateful for all of my F3 brothers that have lead in the past to get us where we are today!

Lifestyle choices, what you choose to do with your body and how you spend your time matters
Doing the things you do not want to do, because you know you need to do them, will change the lives of those around you for the better, and they are worth it!

Living a discipline and healthy life allows you the opportunity to LOVE & BLEED for others in these ways…
Giving Blood, Organ donation, Platelets, Bone marrow transplant.
Not live in a discipline and healthy lifestyle disqualifies you from being able to LOVE/BLEED in these ways.

“This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you. There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭NLT‬‬

[cv-brickyard] Feb/Aug You vs You

August 9, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Otis
PAX: Spellcheck, Otis, Herbie, Natty, Gordie, Recoil (Blake Conley), Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Floppy Disc, Hamm (the real Jamie Suarez)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20
Cherry pickers in cadence x 5 #4R #5L
Thai Fighters in cadence x 10 per side
Little This and That
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20 Downward Dog 30 sec
Cobra 30 sec
Hand release merkins x 5 oyo
Deep squat hold 10 sec
Squats in cadence x 5
Shoulder taps in cadence, 2 count x 20

THE THANG:
1.5 mile run for time
# BBs in 1 min
# merkins in 1 min
# pull ups to failure, (let go or 90 sec)
# Burpees in “5” min

MARY: Ultimate Frisbee
10 shoulder taps per turnover to 100
1 burpee after that

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See newsletter

COT: Contentment
“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?””
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭13‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

[cv-brickyard] Drifting

July 26, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: cv-brickyard
Q: Simmons
PAX: Spellcheck, Hamm (Jamie Suarez), A-Rod (Nate Peterson), Herbie, Mountain Ice, Appleseed, Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Otis, Floppy Disc, Simmons, Recoil (Blake Conley)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: SSH, toy soldiers, tempo squats, ohc, chinooks

THE THANG: Run. Every 1/4 mile do 5 burpee, 10 merkins, 15 BBs, 20 squats.

MARY: Hello Dollies, Box cutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: Most people don’t RUN from God, thy just drift.
But as for me, how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do.” – Psalm 73:28 (NLT)

“Don’t Drift!”

A few years ago, a family from Ohio had one of those experiences that parents have nightmares about. It was their first trip to the ocean, and they were enjoying the sun, the beach, and the waves. Their 8-year-old son Declan was playing in his cute little inflatable unicorn pool in the sand at the water’s edge. They were having the time of their lives. They turned their heads for just a moment, and when they turned back around, they saw that Declan and his pool had been pulled into the water by a strong wave. Before they could get to him to pull him back, the current had pulled him out past the breakers, where they couldn’t reach him.

Frantically, they began to yell for help. Water Rescue was quick to the scene and got a boat out to Declan to bring him back. By the time they reached him, he was a half mile from shore! He was terribly frightened, but otherwise fine. And two greatly relieved parents hugged him like they were never going to let go.

It doesn’t take long to drift away. Not from shore, and not from God. The Psalmist reminds us that we need to stay CLOSE. With a thousand things pulling at our hearts, it’s easy to get caught up in stuff and never even realize we’re drifting away from Him. We don’t mean to. We just get careless. We get busy and stop spending time with Him. We get caught up in our jobs, our hobbies, our friends, even our church “activities.” All GOOD things. But we lose touch with God. We stop leaning into Him, learning from Him, holding onto Him. Before long, we start doing things out of our own strength, out of our own wisdom, and out of our own purposes. Then, we have that startling moment when we suddenly realize we’ve lost touch with Him. Now we’re in trouble, and we have no idea how we got so far away. The answer? We drifted. We simply took our eyes off Him, and the waves of life carried us away. Now we’re crying out for help.

Don’t flirt with disaster. Don’t be careless with your life. There’s a BIG ocean out there that can hurt you in a thousand different ways. Stay close to God. Keep your eyes on Him and keep your life, your job, and all you do tethered to His Presence. You need Him more than you know. If you have drifted away, cry out to Him. God loves you like those parents loved their child. He will come to you, wherever you are, and bring you safely back to shore. So be careful out there today. Enjoy your life and all the good things God has laid at your feet. But stay close to Him. Most of us don’t run from God. We drift. That’s God’s Word for you today.