Northeast Tennessee

Episode #146- Copy Machine’s 12th Birthday Slam Dunk: First Q Hoops & Heart! πŸ€πŸŽ‰β„οΈ

Northeast Tennessee

Date: December 16, 2025

AO: Arrowhead (or wherever we froze our dribbles off!)

Weather: Clear skies but a frosty 21 degrees – cold enough to make the basketball bounce funny, or was that just our frozen fingers? ❄️πŸ₯ΆπŸ˜‚

PAX: Jobs, Jester, Woz, Jake, Treble Maker, Copy Machine (6 total – a tight squad for some birthday ballin’! πŸ‘Š)

QIC: Copy Machine (First Q ever… and on his 12th birthday? Talk about stepping up to the free-throw line! πŸŽ‚πŸ€)

Disclaimer: Free, volunteer-led beatdown. Not pros – modify if needed, but let’s make this 12-year-old Q proud! No FNGs, but shoutout to our youngest HIM leading the charge. πŸ™Œ

Warm-Up (COP) πŸ”₯

In true Copy Machine style, we jumped right in – no frills, just like copying that first workout he attended. But hey, the cold had us warmed up from shivering already! πŸ˜… (No specific COP detailed, but we were ready to roll.)

The Thang πŸˆπŸ€πŸ’₯

Copy Machine, true to his name, Xeroxed his very first F3 workout and tweaked it to all 12s for his big 1-2 birthday! πŸŽ‰ We hit the “field” (yard markers) with exercises at each stop, but Treble Maker mixed up the order like a bad playlist – who knows where we actually did what? πŸ˜‚ Movement between? Step slides with ground touches – sneaky way to work those legs while pretending it’s football drills. Rinse and repeat 2.5 times (half for mercy on the cold?). Then, the real fun: Basketball game tying into his hoop dreams! πŸ€ Partners shooting from 5+ feet, first to 24 points (2 pts per basket). Losers subtract their score from 24 and squat that many. Played 3 rounds – Treble Maker & Copy Machine dominated with 2 wins, Jobs & Woz snagged one. (Pro tip: Don’t bet against the birthday boy!) πŸ˜†

  • Goal Line: 12 Curls πŸ‹οΈβ€β™‚οΈ
  • 10: 12 Squats 🦡
  • 20: 12 Freddy Mercury (2 count) πŸš€
  • 30: 12 Monkey Humpers πŸ™‰
  • 40: 12 Shoulder Taps (count) 🀝
  • 50: 12 J-Lo (2 count) πŸ’ƒ
  • 40: 12 Merkins πŸ’ͺ
  • 30: 12 Heels to Heaven ☁️
  • 20: 12 Mountain Climbers (2 count) πŸ”οΈ
  • 10: 12 Bobby Hurleys πŸ€ (Fitting for the theme!)
  • 5: 12 Rocky Balboas πŸ₯Š (Assumed 12s to keep the vibe)
  • Goal Line: 12 LBCs πŸ›‹οΈ

Game Time: Partners hoop it up – Treble/Copy duo crushed it twice, Jobs/Woz got one W. Squats for the losers? Just enough to feel the burn without stealing the birthday thunder. πŸ˜‚πŸ†

Mary (Cool-Down) πŸ§˜β€β™‚οΈ

No dedicated Mary – those 12s had our cores copying the pain already! 😴

Circle of Trust (COT) / Moleskin πŸ“–πŸ™

Count-off, name-o-rama – 6 strong in the sub-freezing gloom. Moleskin: Jake’s super blessed to have his kids (like Copy Machine) joining the workouts. Even if he won’t admit it to the PAX, he digs the men speaking into their lives regularly. (Okay, only part of the time does he have to pull a “Don’t do/say what that guy just did!” πŸ˜‚) Closed with prayer for warmth, growth, and more birthday Qs like this slam dunk debut!

Announcements πŸ“’

Jester’s charging toward his 200th Q – culminating in an extravaganza on December 30th! Mark your calendars, bring the energy, and let’s celebrate that milestone. 🎊 SYITG, and happy birthday again to our baller QIC! πŸ€πŸŽ‚

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