F3 Knoxville

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

Relay Bombs

AO: thequacken
Q: Herbie
PAX: FixerUpper, Z-Pack, Gmail
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
20x SSH
15x LBAC forward and reverse
15x Overhead Claps
Little of This Little of That
10x Tempo Squats

THE THANG:
Mosey to the bottom of Panda Express

Lunge to Gresham

Relay BOMBS: One PAX runs to the stop sign, does 3x Man Makers
All other PAX do exercises until all have run to stop sign, then move to next exercise
Burpees, Overhead Claps, Merkins, BBS, Squats

Lt. Dan’s to Cone (1 Burpee – 4 Lunges, 2 Burpees – 4 lunges, etc)

Mosey back to the AO

Bear crawl across parking lot, Duck walk back across

MARY:
20x Flutter Kicks
10x Australian Snow Angels
15x LBC
15x Bruce Lees
Dealers Choice:
Fixer upper – 10x Pretzels (Both knees)
Z-Pack – Hello Dollies

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: Dictator Game – In the classic dictator game, a “dictator” has complete autocratic control over how to divide some amount of money between herself and a “receiver.”
Intermediation Game – inserts an intermediary between the dictator and the recipient.

It can be tempting to delegate the distasteful details to those lower in the hierarchy, but wise leaders will anticipate potentially unethical consequences of goal pursuit.

Moore, Don A.; Bazerman, Max H.. Decision Leadership: Empowering Others to Make Better Choices (p. 175). Yale University Press. Kindle Edition.

Be careful when you pass blame or those tasks that you don’t want to do. As leaders we need to step up and choose to do the hard things and not pass the blame onto others.

The Holidays and Stuff

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Secret Garden
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, of course
Hammy Stretch
Quad Stretch
Butterfly Stretch
Hip Flexor Stretch
THE THANG: Used the F3 Beatdown in a Box Card Set (get yours at the F3 gear store! Or borrow mine!).

4 stations located on the park loop
1 card per station
Various exercises and jogging between stations ensued for 40 mins
MARY: Included in the activities above
ANNOUNCEMENTS: GTE prep event on Saturday
COT:
“At the root of all ingratitude is the love of one’s own greatness.”
www.desiringgod.org/articles/the-root-of-ingratitude
Time of prayer

Gobbler Challenge at The Quacken

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Herbie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: lap around the track, 1 of each exercise at each station

THE THANG: https://youtu.be/nAFBSG1c9mc?feature=shared

MARY: nope

ANNOUNCEMENTS: GTE prep 12/2 at Asylum

COT: fight anxiety with God’s promises

Prayer for 3 families affected by divorce

Earned the Frosty Badge!

AO: thequacken
Q: FixerUpper
PAX: Z-Pack, Gmail
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: ruck a lap around the park
THE THANG: ruck some mo’
MARY: not today
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Brolympics tomorrow 11/4
2.0 workout at Brickyard 11/18
Growruck training event prep at Asylum 12/2
COT: prayer and a great start to the day