BACKBLASTS

The Sheldon Cooper

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-06-06
Weather: Perfect

Q: Lincoln Log
PAX: 10 – Lincoln Log, Oshag, Muck, Snowflake, LeBron, Sous Vide, Axeman, Weird Science, Lansbury, Incognito

Warm-O-Rama
Grass Grabbers – 12 IC
Michael Phelps, Chest Pulls, Ankle Pulls – OYO
Abe Vigodas – 12 IC
Copperhead Squats – 15 IC
Mosey along road to the lower tennis courts.

Tha Thang
The Sheldon Cooper
10 Burpees, Squats, BBS, Merkins
Run 1 lap around all courts
9 …
Run 1 lap

2 …
Run
1 …
Run 1 final lap

Thor’s Hammer up to round of 7 BBS

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Ruck 750

Location: Birds Nest
Date: 2023-06-05
Weather: 67

Q: Bootlegger
PAX: 6 – Johnny Utah, Bootlegger, Sour Mash, Manchild, Doc Holiday, Beethoven

Warm-O-Rama
None

Tha Thang
Pax Rucked for approximately one mile with six stops. During each stop, Pax did a total of 125 reps…merkins, lunges, squats, curls, and various an exercises.

Script Kiddie was downrange from GA.

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Murph Prep Monday

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-06-05
Weather:

Q: Zebra
PAX: 6 – Oshag, Santa’s Little Helper, Sous Vide, Muck, Weird Science, Zebra

Warm-O-Rama
Stretch oyo

Tha Thang
Rucking with some double time jogging/running to the pull up shelter

We did a series of exercises to help prep for next year’s Murph.
30 second hangs
Bent over rows
Flutter kicks with ruck overhead
Weighted bench squats
Mercans

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Time for Summer Camp

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-06-03
Weather: Beautiful and in the mid 60’s

Q: Radio
PAX: 19 – No Mas, Santa’s Little Helper, Oshag, Baby Driver, Red Cross, Chewbacca, Buffet, TLC, El Fed, Sous Vide, Swift, Lansbury, Matlock, LeBron, Armstrong, Muck, Radio, Marshall, Boxcar

Warm-O-Rama
We did a little Michael Phelps; then stretches in cadence: 6 merkins, 8 grass grabbers, 10 hillbillies, and 12 SSH; then we did some dynamic stretches: high shuffle, butt kickers, high knees, Frankensteins, and pigeon pulls.

Tha Thang
Off to All Sports Camp we went moseying to the FB field scoreboard doing an Indian run while tossing FB and Basketball as we traveled. We did 4 burpees then bear crawled up the hill to the scoreboard. Next, we each grabbed a coupon and a golf ball. We chipped four rounds of golf seeing who could get closest to the tractor tire (our hole). Furthest away had 8 tire flips, the second furthest away had coupon farmer’s carry. The closest to the hole selected a coupon activity and the second closest gave us the number of reps (ex. 10 overhead presses). After golfing we moseyed to the VB court and divided into three teams; every team played two games (first team to 5 points was the winner). While two teams were playing the other team had 20 step ups, 15 bench squats, 10 dips and 5 pull-ups (if time allowed) in the shelter. Team #1 finished first, team # 2 finished runner-up, and team #3 took the bronze medal of VB camp. We then moseyed to the basketball court. Everyone had a chance to attempt to make 3 free throws in a row. Once you missed you were done. Other F3 guys were doing agilities and ab exercises (ex. Line jumps, defensive slides, LBC, American Hammers, etc.). Only Matlock made three in a row—he was our basketball outstanding camper! Next game was FB where we attempted a throw into the basket from halfcourt showing arm strength, accuracy and touch. We had no true FB mvp (mine was close, but no cigar). We moseyed back to the flag and did low planks, then plank jacks while we did our initial name-o-rama. We had two FNG’s (both 2.0’s—welcome Marshall with Lansbury and Matlock and Boxcar with Swift).

Our COT was based on a Bear Grylls devotional about CONTROL: 1) control what you think about (Prov 4:23); 2) control what you say (is it true, is it kind, is it necessary); 3) control what you look at (Matthew 6:22); 4) control where you go—shortcuts exist, but “easy” rarely means the right path.

Prayed reminding everyone to try some new sports and leisure activities with the family this summer. Don’t be afraid to fail. Yet, demonstrate control spiritually allowing the Holy Spirit to lead.

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We ❤️ hill runs

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-05-31
Weather: Perfecto

Q: Wally World
PAX: 6 – Wally World, Sparrow, Slim Jim, Sous Vide, Snowflake, Showcase Showdown

Warm-O-Rama
Group stretching routine

Tha Thang
At base of hill, one partner runs to top of hill and moseys back. While one partner runs, the other will do exercises. After each partner has ran, group will do an exercise together.

Exercises:
– Mountain climbers
– Group exercise: dead bugs IC
– Chest press
– Group exercise: bird dogs IC (hold a bear position and alternate extending opposite hand opposite foot)
– Curls
– Group exercise: 1 minute tension toad
– Around the worlds
– Group exercise: seated single leg lifts IC
– Side straddle hops
– Group exercise: single leg heel touches (off the curb)
– Standing march
– Group exercise: 30 second (each side) seated pretzel hold

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F3Lex Memorial Day Murph

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-29
Weather: Oh beautiful, for spacious skies…

Q: Muck
PAX: 16 – Radio, Splitter, Lansbury, Matlock, Oshag, Santa’s Little Helper, Zebra, Baby Driver, Flu Shot, Morpheus, Geordi, Sous Vide, Count Chocula, Wally World, Swift, Muck

Warm-O-Rama
OYO. Ready to roll at 7am.

Tha Thang
The Murph
1 mile run to the pull-up shelter
100 Pull-ups.
200 Mercans
300 Squats
1 mile run back to base

Some pax did it weighted. Some did it incrementally or “Cindy”. All faithfully completed The Murph.

May we never forget those who gave and sacrificed on our behalf… All Gave Some, Some Gave All.

Welcome Geordi!

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Chipping away at Murph

Location: Easy Day
Date: 2023-05-29
Weather: 53 and beautiful

Q: Snow White
PAX: 3 – Snow White, Manny P, Golden Shower

Warm-O-Rama
OYO stretching

Tha Thang
Cincy Murph/Survival Murph

Rotation 1- Run big loop around AO

Rotation 2-
Pull ups on Playground equipment
Mericans
Air Squats
Add a chip to assist in keeping count

Exercise 3- run big loop opposite direction around AO

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Motivating music

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-27
Weather: Fair 56

Q: Sparky
PAX: 8 – Sparky, Flu Shot, Morpheus, Baby Driver, Showcase Showdown, Count Chocula, Muck, Ollie

Warm-O-Rama
Run in place, stretch the body, SSH, Ab-Vigodas, mosey to basketball court (sprints, Frankensteins, hip flexors

Tha Thang
Tennis court shuttle runs odd numbered courts, even number courts air squats, SSH, burpees, squat jumps, frog hops, plank jacks, mountain climbers,

Coupon work – each person completes 100 curls, 100 overhead press, 100 kettle swings, 100 bench press while partner runs 50 yards and compete burpees, SSH, plank jacks, squat jumps

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Tubthumping

Location: MoCo
Date: 2023-05-27
Weather: Perfect

Q: Zebra
PAX: 11 – Sous Vide, Gwazi , Golden Shower, Splitter, Deflator, Spock, Snow White, Cockroach, Radio, Oshag, Zebra

Warm-O-Rama
15 burpee punishment to start since several MoCo pax showed up without their homework.

Arm circles
Grass grabbers
Abe Vigodas
SSH
Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies

Tha Thang
Today’s beatdown was all about introducing various beatdown types and activities that the MoCo crew can implement as they begin to take the lead.

Evolution 1: Tubthumper by Chumbawumba
SSH throughout the song, drop down for a burpee when they say “down.” **they say the word a lot!

Evolution 2: You go, I go partner work
Partner 1 held Al Gore while partner 2 worked
3 Man Makers, 10 jump lunges, 15 LBC
2x thru each, then run suicides
Repeat the whole cycle

Evolution 3: 11’s
Squat thrusters then Bernie’s to 2nd cone Mericans and mosey back

Evolution 4: Deck of Death
Pax flipped cards and completed the assigned work until time ran out

Thanks to Splitter for providing MoCo with their very own coupons and thanks to Sous Vide for providing the stencil and paint!

Welcome Spock!

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Plyo & Merkins

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-25
Weather: Cool for this time of year, but good for a WO

Q: Incognito
PAX: 10 – Sous Vide, Muck, Axeman, Swift, Sparrow, Splitter, Baby Driver, Incognito, Lincoln Log, Count Chocula

Warm-O-Rama
A few stretches
Super Slo Merkins (standard width and wide grip)

Tha Thang
Did 4 rounds of Plyometrics
30 seconds on with 15 seconds break
4th exercise of each round was 60 seconds
We repeated each round for a total of 2 times through
1 minute beak between rounds

Round 1
Light Jump Squats
Run-stance Squat
Airborne Heisman
Circle Run

Round 2
Squat Reach Jump
Run-Stance Squat Switch Pick-up
Lateral Leapfrog Squat
Twist Combo

Round 3
Jump Knee Tuck
Bonnie Blairs
Leapfrog Squats (front to back)
Hot Foot

Round 4
Run Stance 180 Jump
Gap Jump
Monster Truck Tires
Single-leg Burpees

Closed with some calf raises and Merkins IC

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Welsh Dragons are FUN!!!

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-23
Weather: 60 and PERFECT!!!!

Q: Sous Vide
PAX: 6 – Sous Vide, Baby Driver, Incognito, Muck, Sparrow, Splitter

Warm-O-Rama
Started at the flag and traveled across the parking lot doing SSH’s, lunges, walk outs with mercans, Frankensteins, high skipping, ankle raises, side shuffles and 10 Superman’s.

Tha Thang
In the parking lot on the far left side, we divided into two teams of three. From the bottom of the hill, the first person sprinted to the top where the coupons are and grabbed one and ran back with it while the second person was in a plank and the third person was doing LBC’s. We continued this until each team had 6 coupons in a relay race fashion. Then we returned the coupons to the top of the hill while the second person did no surrenders and the third person did squats.
Then, each person farmer carried two coupons to the shelter and we each held one coupon while completing Bulgarian split squats 10 each leg. We did three sets of ten with a 60 second rest. We then went back into the parking lot and completed a Welsh dragon to give our legs a rest. We then finished with 3 hill sprints.

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We’ll Stop Right Here…

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-22
Weather: Low 50’s – Clear

Q: Incognito
PAX: 7 – Radio, Oshag, Muck, Sous Vide, Flu Shot, Incognito, Santa’s Little Helper

Warm-O-Rama
Frankenstein’s IC
Some leg stretches
Michael Phelps

Tha Thang
We rucked around the southern half of the loop, heading back to the flag along the walkway that skirts past the football field.
We stopped just a few times doing one of the following at each stop:
Squats
Lunges
Merkins
Incline Merkins
Overhead Press & Curls
Step-ups
Calf Raises

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Let’s Get It Started

Location: MoCo
Date: 2023-05-20
Weather: Wet

Q: Oshag
PAX: 14 – Zebra, Wally World, Sous Vide, Axeman, Snow White, Con-Air, Deflator, The Janitor, Golden Shower, Buc-ee, Cockroach, Mr Pringle, Muck, Oshag

Warm-O-Rama
Dynos under the shelter, Ab Bagotas, Frankenstein

Tha Thang
Modified Dora
PAX partnered up with one PAX working with a Ruck under the shelter the other PAX ran a set of cones with an exercise at each cone

Round 1 – Curls and SSH – 3 at each cone
Round 2 – Squats and Merkins – 5 at each cone
Ran a lap
Round 3 – Overhead press – Half Squats (bottom half) 3 at each cone
Round 4 – Mike Tyson’s and Bonnie Blairs – 2 at each cone
Round 5 – Windshield Wipers and T-Jacks – 3 at each cone

Finished with a round of Mary

8 PAX from MoCo present, 3 FNG’s – Welcome Buc-ee, Deflator, and Mr. Pringle. Great first day in MoCo!!

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My Cards Are All Wet

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-20
Weather: Just fine in the shelter.

Q: Lincoln Log
PAX: 3 – Lincoln Log, Flu Shot, El Fed

Warm-O-Rama
PAX gathered by the flag in the upper shelter. Each grabbed a coupon and circled up.
Grass Grabbers – 12 IC
Copperhead Squats – 12 IC
Abe Vigodas – 12 IC
5 Celebrations of Life
SSH – 20 IC

Tha Thang
Weighted Deck of Death
Cards 2-10:
Heart – Burpees
Spade – Merkins
Diamond – BBSs
Club – Squats

Face Cards:
Heart – Man-Makers – 5 OYO
Spade – OH Press – 19 OYO
Diamond – Am Hams 2/ Coupon – 10 OYO
Club – Coupon Squats – 10 OYO

Ace: (5 in the deck)
Step Ups – 20 singles
Mountain Climbers – 20 doubles

Joker: (3 in the deck)
10 Celebrations – down and back is one, in shelter

followed by

Thor’s Hammer
1 to 4 reps of BBS to Am Hams:
1 BBS – 4 Am Hams
2 BBS – 8 Am Hams

10 BBS – 40 Am Hams

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Give 110%

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-18
Weather: Spring is like a first round draft pick with potential. It’s not quite as good as summer, but you like the way it’s coming around.

Q: Muck
PAX: 9 – Lincoln Log, Yard Sale (DR), Sonic Boom, Axeman, Incognito, Gutterball (DR), Sous Vide, 49er, Muck

Warm-O-Rama
– Michael Phelps
– THE Runner’s Stretch (switch)
– Cross feet, bend and hang (switch)
– Quad pulls (OYO)
– Grass grabbers (15, IC)

Tha Thang
Started with four rounds of 76ers in the lower parking lot. Starting point near the flag. Cones at 25 yards, 50 yards, 75 yards, and 100 yards. Sprint to the first cone and do 7 reps of an exercise. Repeat at the 2nd and 3rd cones. Sprint to the last cone, then come back and repeat 7 reps at each cone (7 reps at 6 stations).

1st round: Mercans
2nd round: Big Boy Situps
3rd round: Bobby Hurleys
4th round: American Hammers

Then, it was a mosey to the coupons in the upper parking lot. Everyone grabbed a coupon and lined up. It was time for “Benjamins”, where everything equals 100. But because the Q asked the pax to give 110%, we added 10 reps to the end.

1st round
25 Curls
25 Lunge steps (with or without coupon)
25 SSH’s
25 Lunge steps back
10 Curls

2nd round
25 Overhead presses
25 Rifle carry steps
25 Big Boy situps
25 Rifle carry steps back
10 Overhead presses

3rd round
25 Bentover rows
25 Side shuffles
25 Mercans
25 Side shuffles back
10 Bentover rows

4th round
25 Man makers (or Burpees)
25 Butt kickers
25 Squats
25 Butt kickers back
10 Man makers (or Burpees)

5th Round
25 Bicycles (Freddie Mercurys)
25 Bernie steps
25 Imperial walkers
25 Bernie steps back
10 Bicycles (Freddie Mercurys)

Mosey back to the flag for five minutes of Pax choice Mary.
– Linc chose 15 box cutters, IC
– Yard Sale chose four rounds of motivators.

Great to have Ysrd Sale from Huntsville, Alabama (DR). And Gutterball (DR) brought an FNG… welcome Sonic Boom!

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5th Year Anniversary – Elf’s with Hanz

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-13
Weather: Low to mid 60’s – Overcast but clear

Q: Incognito
PAX: 21 – Zebra, Wally World, Santa’s Little Helper, Oshag, Splitter, The Janitor, Subject Matter, Hanz&Franz, Flu Shot, No Mas, Bootlegger, Armstrong, Axeman, Radio, Buffet, TLC, Dub-K, Count Chocula, Chewbacca, Muck, Incognito

Warm-O-Rama
SSHs IC – Squats IC – Frankensteins IC – Hillbillies IC
Side stretch Left – Side stretch Right – Side lunge left – Side lunge right
Iron Mikes or Bonnie Blairs IC

Tha Thang
Mosey to Upper Tennis Courts – coupons for everybody

We did different elf’s (commonly called Eleven’s in English)
Elf I
Merkins with each hand on a different coupon (greater range of motion)
Hand Release Merkins

Elf II
Mountain Climbers with each hand on a different coupon
Oblique Roll Crunch

Elf III
Carolina Dry Dock with each hand on a different coupon
Hand Release Merkins

Elf IV
Couching Cohen Curls with the Coupon
Hand Release Merkins

Took the coupons back and finished at the flag
Happy Five Year Anniversary F3Lexington!

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Hermione Potter, Padfoot, Mrs. Weasley and Voldemort take Sherwood

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-05-12
Weather: Highly Desirable

Q: Steve-O
PAX: 7 – Swift, Flu Shot, Muck, Oshag, Lincoln Log, Splitter, Steve-O

Warm-O-Rama
Whatever you wanted before 5:30

Tha Thang
Rucked the regular loop and then an inner loop lap, ended with ruck press + flutter kicks at one time in cadence x 15

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Cuba Gooding Jr. is in Snowdogs not 8 Below #Uncultured

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-11
Weather: So nice I woulda Qd twice

Q: Steve-O
PAX: 11 – Ollie, Slim Jim, LeBron, Muck, Incognito, Axeman, Oshag, Splitter, Steve-O, Santa’s Little Helper, Phantom Menace

Warm-O-Rama
Bend and Hang, Willy Mays Haze, Twisty Magoos, various and sundry arm and chest stretches

Tha Thang
Ring of Fire – Pax air squatting until all members bear crawl a lap around the rest of the group.
Partner up, Jog to coupons
Dora 1, 2, 3, 4 but instead of a run, we bear crawled to and from 2nd station, always on GRIZZLY watch
1) 50 Man makers 10 Big Boys
2) 100 Squats 10 SSH
3) 200 Curls 10 Freddy Mercurys
4) Low Plank until partner returns, 10 shoulder taps 2 is 1

Put up coupons, finish with side leg raises, cockroaches, copperhead merkins, and bropees

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1004 Reps and Run

Location: Birds Nest
Date: 2023-05-11
Weather: 60 and clear

Q: Bootlegger
PAX: 7 – Bootlegger, Big E, Doc Holiday, Beethoven , Quick Match, Manchild, Sour Mash

Warm-O-Rama
None

Tha Thang
Pax formed two-man teams. While one pax ran the other worked on the 1004 rep total.
2 wall-sits
50 man-makers
100 big boys
200 merkins
300 squats
200 coupon rows
100 overhead press
50 thrusters
2 planks

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Mr. Wildcat

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-05-10
Weather: 63wonderful

Q: Sous Vide
PAX: 7 – Sous Vide, Slim Jim, Flu Shot, Showcase Showdown, Lincoln Log, Steve-O, Wally World

Warm-O-Rama
A few dynamic things and short mosie to the football stadium.

Tha Thang
I’m honor of Mr. Wildcat, AKA Showcase Showdown, we started at one corner of the stadium by completing 20 mercans. Ran to the next corner and did 19 mercans, 18 at the next corner and so on until reaching zero mercans. In total it was about 3 total miles and 210 mercans. Fun was had by all!!!

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Reps and Run

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-09
Weather: 60

Q: Bootlegger
PAX: 15 – Bootlegger, Sous Vide, Baby Driver, Muck, Bettis, 49er, Oshag, Axeman, Incognito, Steve-O, Phantom Menace, Santa’s Little Helper, Slim Jim, LeBron, Splitter

Warm-O-Rama
Side straddle hops
Arm circles
Grass grabbers
Knee grabs

Tha Thang
Pax placed in two-man teams to complete the reps. While one worked on the reps, the other ran 400m.

2 wall sits
50 man-makers
100 big boys
200 merkins
300 squats
200 coupon rows
100 overhead press
50 coupon thrusters
2 planks

Pax made it somewhere between rows and overheads when the time expired. Each pax ran approx two miles.

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Steps and more

Location: Birds Nest
Date: 2023-05-08
Weather: A perfect 58

Q: Quick Match
PAX: 6 – Sour Mash, Beethoven , Manchild, Quick Match, Bootlegger, Doc Holiday

Warm-O-Rama
OYO

Tha Thang
PAX ran stadium steps with workouts mixed in. The small workouts consisted of 5, 10, 15, and 20 reps.
First stop
Merkins
Air squats
Russian twists
SSH
Second stop
Alternating merkins over coupon
Bent rows with coupon
Overhead press with coupon
Big Boys
Third stop
Overhead triceps extension with coupon
Tricep dips on coupon
Coupon goblet squats
Coupon swings
PAX continued this pattern of running steps and three stops but in reverse order for a total of six stops.
Ended with a marry of ab exercises and also named a FNG. Welcome Sour Gut.

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Minor Training

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-08
Weather: Just right.

Q: Lincoln Log
PAX: 8 – Lincoln Log, Zebra, Muck, Sous Vide, Splitter, Sparrow, Bettis, Flu Shot

Warm-O-Rama
YHC gave the PAX a choice of cake or ice cream. The unanimous choice was Ice Cream. The flavor turned out to be Rocky Road. Next time we will eat cake.

Tha Thang
Ruck to parking lot above tennis courts. YHC instructed PAX to drop into a plank.

Merkins – 10 IC with slow DOWN, UP count. Brief plank holds were sprinkled in.
Squats – 10 IC with slow DOWN, UP count. Brief squat holds were sprinkled in.
Flutters – 15 IC

We recovered, then rucked down the steps all the way to the lower courts, over to the adjacent set of steps, and back up. We did this loops twice before returning to the parking lot.

Repeato several times and returned to Startex. Bernie’d up the right side of the lot and back down to finish out the time.

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Seis de Mayo

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-06
Weather: 51 and about perfect!

Q: Axeman
PAX: 21 – Axeman, Muck, Oshag, No Mas, 49er, Hertz, Incognito, Baby Driver, Sous Vide, Zebra, Lincoln Log, Flu Shot, Morpheus, Buffet, Chewbacca, Wiki, Dub-K, LeBron, TLC, TStark, Santa’s Little Helper

Warm-O-Rama
Mosey to basketball courts then SSH’s, Frankensteins, butt-kickers, high knees and swoops. Then 1/2 of group headed to grab coupons while the other half moseyed to the far end of the tennis courts.

Tha Thang
All 8 courts were used to get the day’s work in. Pax paired up and one pax performed work with the coupon while the other did work on the court(s), then switched. We moved as a group to the next court.Work consisted of:
1- Bear crawl around court 1/ Man-makers
2-Lunge walk around court 2/ LBC’s
3- Karaoke around court 3/ Decline Mercans
4- Bernie Sanders/ Curls
5- High skip/ coupon rows
6- Mosey/ coupon squats
7- Mosey/ overhead press
8- Mosey/ plank
6- Mosey/ coupon squats
4- Bernie Sanders/ curls
2- Lunge walk/ LBC’s

Coupons were returned to their home and we ended at the flag for announcements and COT.

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45’s and sandbags

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-05-05
Weather:

Q: Zebra
PAX: 10 – Oshag, Muck, Wally World, Santa’s Little Helper, Flu Shot, Sonic, Splitter, Bettis, Lansbury, Zebra

Warm-O-Rama
Stretch OYO

Tha Thang
Rucking with a couple sandbags. 1.9 miles covered, despite what Oshag says.

Stops for some 45’s throughout. 15 reps each of top half, bottom half and full reps of exercise. Sucks for those hauling 45lb plates 😉
Colt 45 – Curls
Bolt 45 – Squats with rucks on front
Holt? 45 – Hand release mercans

We learned that running suicides with rucks is really fun

Mary finisher
LBC’s, American Hammers and Big Boy Sit ups all with Rucks

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May the Fourth Be with You

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-04
Weather: Not Warm, but Not Hoth

Q: Sparrow
PAX: 12 – Sous Vide, Ollie, Axeman, Muck, LeBron, Bettis, Zebra, Sparrow, Steve-O, Splitter, 49er, Incognito

Warm-O-Rama
•1 big lap around the parking lot
•20 SSH (in cadence) , squats, side-to-side jumps, ice skaters, lateral butt kickers

Tha Thang
Moseyed up to the top of the parking lot to grab a coupon.
• 3 sets [Complete x10: Overhead press, burpees, big boy sit-ups, curls & incline merkin with coupon.] After the exercises were completed, run one lap around the parking lot, once pax got back to the top (middle portion) finished the lap with Imperial Walkers or lunges.

Moseyed up to the field of pain (Soccer or football field, depending on what continent you hail from) Pax paired up with a partner.
• 2 sets [One person jogged down the length of the field and back, bear crawling at least 1/4 of the way. While one partner ran down the field, the other partner attempted to complete 30 squats, 30 leg lifts, and 10 hand-release merkins.

Returned to AO

Q-Shared a word of encouragement from 1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”

One great thing about F3 is the encouragement we get to give and receive from our brothers. Q challenged PAXs to take intentional steps to be an encouragement to those in their sphere of influence.

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Backblast Title

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-05-03
Weather: Coldest 45°

Q: Wally World
PAX: 4 – Wally World, Sous Vide, Flu Shot, 49er

Warm-O-Rama
Various stretches

Tha Thang
Started with the below exercises, each PAX using some form of weight:
Overhead hold squat IC
Bear position donkey kicks IC
Bent over rows IC
Straight leg dead lifts IC
Standing marches IC
Chest press IC
Split squat IC
Dead bugs IC
Curls IC

Made our way over to the big hill and paired up for hill runs. While one partner ran the hill, the other held plank or boat position until they got back (can alternate between positions).

Moseyed back for COT.

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Resurrection of Crazy Frog

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-02
Weather:

Q: Zebra
PAX: 9 – Splitter, Lincoln Log, Sous Vide, Muck, Steve-O, Axeman, Phantom Menace, Incognito, Zebra

Warm-O-Rama
Deep squats, plank, runners stretch
Abe Vigodas IC
SSH IC

Tha Thang
4 minute AMRAP:
12 coupon squats
10 mericans
8 lunges
6 overhead press

Run the large loop

Mary between rounds: flutter kicks, big boys, American hammers, plank, toe taps

Welcome Daniel (FNG) our naming game was off but we’ll solidify on your second post

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1stF, 2ndF, & 3rdF Ruck

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-05-01
Weather: Overcast. Better than being undercast.

Q: Muck
PAX: 8 – Bettis, Sous Vide, Sparrow, Lansbury, Axeman, Oshag, Santa’s Little Helper, Muck

Warm-O-Rama
That would be a no.

Tha Thang
2.4 miles, carrying weight

140 squats, 140 mercans (divided amongst seven stations)

Mumblechatter aplenty.

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Crazy Frog Memorial Service

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-29
Weather: Perfectissimo

Q: Jello Shot
PAX: 20 – Bam, Zebra, Muck, Wally World, Hertz, No Mas, Subject Matter, Sous Vide, Oshag, Santa’s Little Helper, Lansbury, Incognito, Radio, TLC, Bettis, 49er, Flu Shot, Baby Driver, Morpheus, Jello Shot

Warm-O-Rama
Full-body stretching

Tha Thang
Moseyed to the pool pavilion for an AMRAP:
400 meter run
40 squats
30 big boys
20 mercans
10 pull-ups
Repeat

After AMRAP, did 11s with burpees and mountain climbers. Due to the Q’s PLS (perpetual lateness syndrome, a congenital condition which inhibits one’s ability to keep track of time), 11s had to be cut short to make time for naming an FNG. Welcome Morpheus!

Before CoT, the Q gave a brief exhortation from Romans 12.

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YGIG

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-04-28
Weather: 57° & moist

Q: Lansbury
PAX: 9 – Lansbury, Steve-O, Bootlegger, Oshag, Muck, Zebra, Sonic, Santa’s Little Helper, Phantom Menace

Warm-O-Rama
7 Minute stretch and warm-up.

Tha Thang
You Go I Go:
30 Rounds (15 pp):
5 Dry docks
10 Merkins
15 Air Squats

DORA on hill:
100 – Sit ups
200 – Lateral Hops
[Didn’t reach]
300 – Mt. Climbers
400 – OHC

2 Minutes of Mary

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Please sir, can we do more SSH’s?

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-27
Weather: Nice and clear-ready for warmer however

Q: Axeman
PAX: 17 – Baby Driver, Lincoln Log, Wally World, Slim Jim, Count Chocula, Muck, 49er, LeBron, Sous Vide, Flu Shot, Incognito, Zebra, Lansbury, Ollie, Bettis, Wood rider (DR), Axeman

Warm-O-Rama
Pax moseyed to the top tier and were led through SSH’s, grass grabbers, Frankensteins, high knees, butt-kickers, and pigeon pulls.

Tha Thang
Today’s workout was sponsored by Sesame Street. PAX were in a circle and performed the exercise that corresponded to the letters in their name. We moved around the circle using everyone’s first letter, then second, etc. Many SSH’s and wall sits were done as apparently Gridlock names everyone using the same letters. 490 SSH’s were done along with 10 minutes of wall sits.

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Help Wally get back in shape

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-25
Weather: High 30s

Q: Wally World
PAX: 12 – Wally World, Bettis, Wood rider (DR), Muck, Sous Vide, Axeman, Snowflake, Steve-O, Splitter, Phantom Menace, Incognito, 49er

Warm-O-Rama
Various stretches focused on hips, hamstrings and upper body

Tha Thang
Interval runs – 1 minute of all you got running followed by 1 minute of SLOW mosey (focusing on recovering your breathing). We did 5 of these intervals, then took a quick stretching and exercise break.
Exercises:
– seated leg lifts IC
– donkey kicks IC
– cockroaches IC
We then completed another 5 interval runs. Finished with cooldown stretching at the flag.

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Ruck, push, pull, dip, jump, sit, squat, crawl

Location: Birds Nest
Date: 2023-04-24
Weather: 33

Q: Bootlegger
PAX: 5 – Bootlegger, Quick Match, Manchild, Sour Mash, Doc Holiday

Warm-O-Rama
None

Tha Thang
1/4 mile ruck
100 merkins
25 pull-ups
100 dips
25 burpees

1/4 mike ruck
1 min wall sits
12 lunges
20 squats
12 reverse lunges
(Repeat three times)

1/4 mike ruck
25 yard bear crawl with ruck
25 yard side crawl with ruck
25 yard other side crawl with ruck
25 yard crawl bear with ruck

Finish with abs!

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Heating up

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-24
Weather: Almost freezing 😔

Q: Zebra
PAX: 9 – Bettis, Sous Vide, Oshag, Muck, Flu Shot, Sparrow, Splitter, Santa’s Little Helper, Zebra

Warm-O-Rama
Stretch oyo

Tha Thang
Just a ruck for a mile and half to the scoreboard hill.

2x
Jump over ruck hurpees
Ruck up the hill
Squat thrusters
Overhead carry down the hill

Finished with rucking the parking lot including: Backwards rucking, double time, lunge walk and flutter kicks

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25×25

Location: Birds Nest
Date: 2023-04-20
Weather: Clear and cool

Q: Doc Holiday
PAX: 6 – Doc Holiday, Sour Mash, Quick Match, Linguine, Beethoven , Bootlegger

Warm-O-Rama
5 min dynamic stretching

Tha Thang
200 curls with coupon
175 air squats
150 overhead presses with coupon
125 kettle bell swings
100 Merkins
75 thrusters with coupon
50 Bonnie Blair’s
25 big boys

After each set of 25 run 25 yards and do 3 burpees.
200 yard run buy in

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Earth Day BOMBS’M

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-22
Weather: 40’s – was sunny, clear, and quite beautiful by the end of the workout

Q: Incognito
PAX: 17 – Zebra, Baby Driver, No Mas, Radio, Count Chocula, Axeman, Armstrong, TLC, Kat Scan (DR), Chewbacca, Buffet, Red Cross, 49er, Flu Shot, Moonlight, Oxy, Incognito

Warm-O-Rama
SSH IC
Frankensteins IC
Hillbillies IC
Abe Vgoda IC
Grass Grabbers IC
Copperhead Squat IC
Merkins IC
Stretches in plank position
Run in place
High Knees
Knees out
Butt-kickers
Light Jacks
Run Lunges
Supemans IC

Tha Thang
Lunge walk to first set of stairs
Mosey to coupons; every other person grab a coupon
Partner up with someone you don’t like; my partner was the only one who actually followed this instruction.

BOMBS’M
Brickpees – 50
Overhead Press – 100
Merkins – 150
Bicep Curl – 200
Squats w/coupon – 250
(Mary) LBC w/coupon – 300
One partner did the exercise while the other partner ran to 2nd crosswalk and did 5 BBS or Gas Pumpers

Upon completion we put the coupons back and moseyed to the flag

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A little ruck

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-04-21
Weather: Nice nice

Q: The Janitor
PAX: 6 – Lansbury, Zebra, Flu Shot, Steve-O, Muck, The Janitor

Warm-O-Rama
Stretchies

Tha Thang
We rucked a cool figure 8 kind of route up past the basebal stadium, by Nutter, then around commonwealth and then back around the softball fields. We bear crawled up the baseball stadium drive and stopped for some merkins along the way

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Let’s do this

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-20
Weather: Not to hot not to cold

Q: LeBron
PAX: 15 – Wally World, Lansbury, Bam, Sous Vide, Steve-O, Ollie, Baby Driver, Axeman, Muck, Incognito, Count Chocula, 49er, Lincoln Log, Zebra, LeBron

Warm-O-Rama
Side straddle hops
High knees
Butt kicks
Karaoke
Over the fence under the fence
Mosey

Tha Thang
Buy in 15 man-makers in 1 min rest remaining
15 min AMRAP
200 meter run
5 ground to overhead
10 curls
10 tricep extensions
15 big boy sit-ups
Rest 2 min
2 4 min AMRAP with min rest in between
2 up down manmakers
4 overhead press
6 lunges

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Wind Sprint Wednesday

Location: Sherwood
Date: 2023-04-19
Weather: Delectable

Q: Steve-O
PAX: 7 – Splitter, Sous Vide, Showcase Showdown, Brown Note, Flu Shot, Lansbury, Steve-O

Warm-O-Rama
Static stretches as we went through the 5 core principles of F3 and everyone’s name.

Tha Thang
Mosey to baseball park entrance
Top of hill exercise
Mosey down
Ab / core exercise
Jailbreak up hill to entrance
Exercise
Mosey Down
Ab / core exercise
Jailbreak up hill to entrance
Repeat 10(ish)x
Mosey back to start, burpees, cockroaches, Al gore to end.

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Q Cover – Deck O Death

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-18
Weather: Chilly – go away, bring on the heat

Q: Oshag
PAX: 10 – Phantom Menace, Santa’s Little Helper, Oshag, Incognito, 49er, Muck, Axeman, Steve-O, Sous Vide, Zebra

Warm-O-Rama
Zebra led warm-up

Tha Thang
Deck O Death – thanks to Incognito for being my seeing eye dog and reading the cards.

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Take that Hill

Location: Birds Nest
Date: 2023-04-17
Weather: A cool breezy 37

Q: Quick Match
PAX: 5 – Bootlegger, Sour Mash, Linguine, Beethoven , Quick Match

Warm-O-Rama
A little stretching OYO.

Tha Thang
PAX started with a 1/2 mile relay run with the last PAX in the line sprinting to the front of the line and replacing the first PAX.

Next, the PAX stopped to do uphill sprints followed by an exercise once PAX walked back down the hill.

40 yard uphill sprint- 15 Merkins
40 yard uphill sprint- 30 walking lunges
40 yard uphill sprint- 15 tricep dips
40 yard uphill sprint- 15 burpees
40 yard uphill sprint- 15 squats
40 yard uphill sprint- 1 min. Plank

PAX jogged 1/4 mile and happened to find another hill to sprint up.

40 yard uphill sprint- 15 squat jumps
40 yard uphill sprint- 25 calf raises
40 yard uphill sprint- 15 plyo merkins (2 sec. hold at the bottom of the merkin)
40 yard uphill sprint- 30 lunge hops
40 yard uphill sprint- 15 reach down SSH’s
40 yard uphill sprint- 40 yard uphill bear crawl

PAX cooled down will walking to the parking lot for COT.

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Substitute Q

Location: Gridlock
Date: 2023-04-17
Weather: 40s and breezy

Q: Wally World
PAX: 10 – Wally World, Chewbacca, Steve-O, Muck, Flu Shot, Dub-K, Sparrow, Sous Vide, Phantom Menace, Splitter

Warm-O-Rama
None

Tha Thang
Rucked the parking lot loop.
Up the hill: backwards walk
Across the upper lot: rifle carry ruck/suitcase carry
Down the hill: normal ruck
Across the lower lot: normal ruck
After each lap, stopped to do one exercise:
– good mornings
– seated leg lifts
– curb step downs
– cross sit-ups

Finished with 5 BDE burpees, 5 kraken burpees, dead bugs IC & 10 mericans.

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