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Tag: Lizzy

Birthday thang

AO: brickyard
Q: Lizzy
PAX: Gmail, Appleseed (Jon Smith), Biohazard (Jay Shepherd), Gordie (Steve Wheaton), Herbie (Kortney Jarman), Lizzy, Natty, Switchgrass (Stacy Clark), Z-Pack (Brian Brockman), 2 Fngs
FNGs: 1 2 Fngs
COUNT: 15
WARMUP: baby arm circles, michael phelps, cherry pickers, ssh, stretches
THE THANG: went on the field and did a ton of sprints and exercises. Last part we did a cmu workout
MARY: tunnel of love
ANNOUNCEMENTS: marine corps mudrun coming up in two weeks
COT: I told my story of how when I first started in Knoxville 15ish years ago I had a circle of guys that all we did was go out and party. I was surrounded by people nonstop Thursday through Saturday but Sunday was always alone and it was the hardest day of the week. Don’t let one day of bad habits turn into a multi year cycle.

Feb/Aug You vs. You Part 2

AO: asylum-pm
Q: Steam
PAX: Guardrail (Brandon Brown), High Heels (Henry Ritchie), CRISPR (David Smelser), Rooney (Carl Whipple), Swimmies (Nathan Chesney), Butterknife, Brick (Chris Tittle), Median (Luke Brown), Honeydew (Jason Childers), Windex, Blindside (Davis Bodie), Glamper, Lilydipper (John Neece), Pusher, Booster (Les Fout), Drum Major (Mike Johnston), Curveball P (Dave Purcell), Trash Panda, Jeevan Kypa, Welch’s, Lizzy, Ghost Flag (F3Knoxville), Switch hitter, Cheetah Boy, 24
FNGs: 1 24
COUNT: 26
WARMUP:
– 15×4 SSH

THE THANG:
– Mosey to behind the admin building
– Go over the Feb/Aug You vs. You workout
– 1.5 mile (2,400 meter) run for time
– Max BBS in 1 minute
– Partner up. Partner can hold your feet, if desired. Arms crossed at your chest or hands behind your head. Elbows touch your knees on “up”. Shoulders touch the ground on “down”.
– Max merkins in 1 minute
– Partner up. Partner puts his fist on the ground while other does merkins. Chest must touch his fist to count as a rep.
– Max pull-ups
– Max that can be performed before letting go of the bar. No time limit. Modify as necessary if AO lacks a good bar.
– Max burpees in 5 minutes
– Standard “full” burpee with a merkin and a jump. Clap or don’t clap…your choice.

– Mosey to the bottom of the long curve
– BTTW/jail breaker to the flag

MARY:
– SWS for the last 3 minutes

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Forg3: 9/22-9/24. Checkout the #forg3 channel for more info – 4 spots left!

COT:
“3 Strikes And You’re Not Out. There is always one more thing you can do.” – Col. Hal Moore
– From his book On Leadership, and the movie We Were Soldiers
– A lot of times, it can feel very much like “3 strikes and your out.” Maybe it’s “that mistake” or thing that keeps happening, or shortcomings or missed expectations. So what are we to do when we feel like we’ve struck out 3x?
– Take a look at what Jesus says in 2 Corinthians 12:9 — ““But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
– Maybe the “there’s always one more thing you can do” when you feel like you’ve struck out is turn to Christ – who knows and sees you and your weaknesses – and chooses to love you still. The beauty of this is that it’s not on you to do one more thing, it’s about the love Christ has for you and how much he wants you to come to Him when you feel like you’ve stuck out. Walk in His grace, truth, mercy, and love brothers!

Ghost Flag Ruck

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper (Patrick Core)
PAX: Lizzy, Gmail, fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Z-Pack (Brian Brockman), Geppetto (Christopher Bennett), Drive-thru (Mikel Towe), Appleseed (Jon Smith), Glamper, Doubtfire (Nick Bond), Spellcheck, Swanson (Eli Cockrum), Brick (Chris Tittle), Postman (Scott Colby), FixerUpper (Patrick Core), Crash from Louisville
FNGs: None
COUNT: 15

WARMUP: some stretching, some mumblechatter about which PAX goes with which AO

THE THANG:
ruck to Central HS, option to do ruck PT or continue on track. Ruck back. 3 sandies came along.
Ruck PT – 15 min AMRAP
10 burpees (slick, ruck, or sandbag option)
20 HR Merkins
30 Thrusters
40 Ruck swings
50 Squats
1 trip up and back the bleachers

YHC caught some grief since the stadium lights were not turned on, a gate was locked, and the track did not have stripes. Even though these difficulties were overcome, any further complaints should be directed in writing to Knox Co Schools.

A team sand bag toss for distance competition between Big Ball and Asylum PM was the Ghost Flag tiebreaker.

MARY: no time

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Welcome Crash DR from Louisville.
Ruck from Asylum to Big Ball tomorrow AM. Check #ruck channel for details.
Ghost Flag returns to Asylum PM.
Ruck from The Quacken to Big Ball next Saturday 8/26

COT:
Proverbs 16:1-3 are my theme verses for The Quacken this year.

The LORD knows my motivation and how I can either be on the campaign trail to get guys to come to the Quacken and not really care about them and be more concerned with my own agenda OR I can be discouraged and think this is not worth doing, too hard, etc.

Scripture is a way to correct both of these harmful ways of thinking. It says to me “Continue to work hard! Remember that it is not all about you!”

Prov 16:3 Commit your work to the LORD, and your plans will be established.

Put in the work

AO: brickyard
Q: fast-n-easy (Nate Votta)
PAX: Natty, A-Rod (Nate Peterson), Spladle, Z-Pack (Brian Brockman), Switchgrass (Stacy Clark), Lizzy, Appleseed (Jon Smith), FixerUpper (Patrick Core), Slabs, Swamp Thing (Jared Selph), Herbie (Kortney Jarman), Gordie (Steve Wheaton), Spellcheck, Simmons (Justin Creasey), fast-n-easy (Nate Votta), Trip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP:
-windmills, cherry (grape) pickers, a-little of this a-little of that, with the whiffle ball bat
THE THANG:
Football field time
– 1 merkin on each 5yrd line (just 1)
– 1 Moutain climber on each 5yrd line (just 1)
4 teams on the sidelines
– bear crawl to the hash/run to the hash/bear crawl
All on the sideline
-50%to the hash, 75% to the hash, jailbreak to the end. Wash/Rinse/Repeat

Back at the A/O
– teams of 4
Deck of cards. All draw/all exercises
8 do the exercises/ 8 do the loop

MARY:
Bruce Lee/Hello Dolly/Freddie Mercury/Flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Brickyard had the Ghost flag for 1 workout

COT:

Jesus Is The Only Way To Salvation. Acts 4:12, ESV And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

16 men came out today to get better. Reach out to 1 person today and make a difference.

CMUs and Stairs

AO: thequacken
Q: Z-Pack (Brian Brockman)
PAX: Lizzy, Secret Garden, Trip, Dr. Seuss
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5

WARMUP:
SSH IC
Abe Vigodas
Flamingos
Baby Arm Circles and Backards
Michael Phelps
Tricep, Shoulder Stretch
Tempo Merkins IC
Armadillos
Mountain Climbers IC
Lap around church

THE THANG:
1st Parking Lot
1 CMU OH Press 45 sec
2 CMU Curls 30 sec
3 Decline Merkins 30 sec
4 Flutter Kicks while pressing CMU 45 sec
5 CMU Squats 30 sec

Fast walk to stairs with CMU.
Go up stairs while carrying CMU 3 times.

2nd Parking lot – repeat 5 CMU exercises.

Fast walk with CMU to other set of stairs. Go up with CMU 3 times again.

3rd Parking lot – repeat 5 CMU exercises.

Return to AO meeting spot.

MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruck to Big Ball on Aug 26
COT: Show Up
There’s an old quote that I think has some truth, “80% of life is just showing up.” At F3 we talk about being high impact men. So we gotta show up to do that. I want to encourage you that you did show up today. I’ve heard it many times during a work out, “At least you got out of the bed and came out to the workout.” Its hard sometimes to show up and we have to balance the different spheres of our lives. We have jobs, families, church responsibilities, etc. Sometimes we spread ourselves too thin, bite off more than we can chew, and we have to step back and adjust our schedule. But, I think its better to bite off more than we can chew and fail at something rather than not show up to whatever in our lives. This is how we grow l. Like here and now each workout we show up for, if we are regular, then we grow. When we show up opportunities will present themselves. So, be intentional and show up and see what happens. This word is probably more for me than anyone else here.