F3 Knoxville

2/6 AMRAP

AO: bigball
Q: Drive-thru (Mikel Towe)
PAX: Wedding Singer, vanilla, Postman (Scott Colby), G-6 (Rick Kuhlman), Leg warmer, Hops (Philly), Escobar, Tinkerbell, Step-up, Hoodless
FNGs: 1 Hoodless
COUNT: 13
WARMUP:
THE THANG:

mosey to lot beside church street.
AMRAP – 25 minutes
– Bear crawl to midpoint in parking lot
– Lunge back
– 15 reps of the
– hand release merks
– American hammers
– LBCs
– Leg lifts
– Wide arm merks
– Run up top of hill
– 3 burpees
REPEAT

MARY: AB CIRCLE

Suicides at Student Union

AO: bigball
Q: Magic Mic (Jarrett Woodall)
PAX: Butterfly (Duncan Johnson), vanilla, Duggar
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4

WARMUP:
SSH, This and That. Arm Circles, Squat and Reach, Static Stretches

THE THANG:
Bernie up hill and 20 rows at amphitheatre
25 BBS at Bridge
Burpee Broad Jumps across bridge to campus
Dora at Mordor: one round of BBS and one round of stairs with 10 merkins at top
Ring of fire to 5 merkins
Suicides on bridge by student union: 5, 10, 15, 20 reps of an exercise at each of 4 cones, hitting each cone on way back, 3 reps of an exercise at start
Squats and burpees, merkins and squats, BBS and merkins

MARY:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
none

COT:
Psalm 24 says the earth is the Lord’s and everything in it and Matthew 6 shows Jesus telling His disciples they can’t serve two masters. We ought to view ourselves as stewards, rather than owners, of what we have and actively avoid serving money or something else as opposed to using those things to serve God

L&N AMRAPs

AO: bigball
Q: Magic Mic (Jarrett Woodall)
PAX: Postman (Scott Colby), G-6 (Rick Kuhlman), vanilla, Secret Shower (Alex DeRusha), Air Gretzky (Kenton Gullion), Tinker Bell, Cowabunga, Implant
FNGs: None
COUNT: 9

WARMUP:
SSH, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, Rockettes, lap around the field

THE THANG:
went to coupon pile at L&N

AMRAPS of 5 minutes with 20 reps of 2 exercises with runs in between

Curls and Merkins, OH Press and Squats, Tricep Extensions and BBS, KB Swings and Dry Docks, Front Raises and Lunges, Thrusters and LBCs

Finished with 10 reps of all the weighted exercises and sprints

MARY:
none

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Convergence on the 20th

COT:
in all settings the goal is first and foremost Christlikeness

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

Escalator by the sun

AO: bigball
Q: Wedding Singer
PAX: Postman (Scott Colby), Swanson, vanilla, G-6 (Rick Kuhlman), PDA (Joe Mynatt)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6

WARMUP: (All in cadence)
15 SSH
10 Baby Arm Circles
10 Rockettes
10 Hillbillies
10 Seal Claps
Michael Phelps OYO

THE THANG:
@Sunsphere Stairs
Do the following exercises OYO with a run up the stairs in between:
10 pull ups
20 Burpees
30 MTN Climbers 4 ct
40 Flutter Kicks
50 T Merkins
60 Big Boys
70 Squats
80 SSH

MARY:
Each Pax led favorite ab exercise:
Pickle pounders
LBCs
Hello Dollies
Flutter Kicks
Right Center Left Center LBCs
Static stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
G6 is going with a group from the cross to Pikeville KY Fri- Monday and asked for prayer

COT:
Wedding Singer has toe surgery next week and will greatly miss being able to exercise for the next 6- 10 weeks.