Backblasts

DATE: 2022-01-28
AO: Sparta
Q: Bluegrass
PAX: Zeus, Hightower, Ashe, Pop Fly, Lightyear, Rambler
FNGs: None
COUNT: Seven
WARMUP: Arm circles, Cherry pickers, Hip flexors, SSH, Ankle stretches
THE THANG: Ten sets of ten exercises w/ coupon. Between each set run the field creating a number from 1 to 10. Your number should be in the form of the electronic scoreboard. Exercises consist of Blockies, Goblet squats, Thrusters, Squat Thrusters, Windshield wipers, Curls, Plank coupon pulls, Decline Merkins, Coupon dips and American Hamers w/coupon MARY: Mary was incorporated in The Thang.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Ark February 19th
COT: Jeremiah 29:11 This thought encourages us to find peace in our circumstances, regardless of our plans.

DATE: 2022-01-28
AO: Atlantis
Q: Riot
PAX: Infinity, Rogue, Hammerhead
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
20 SSHs
10 Cherry Pickers
10 Michael Phelps
10 Willy Mays Hayes

THE THANG:
2 dice and 11 different exercises.

First roll is the exercise.
Second roll is the number of reps.

2 = Burpee
3 = SSH
4 = Squat
5 = Copperhead Squat
6 = Carolina Dry Dock
7 = Merkin
8 = Bear Crawls
9 = Shoulder Taps
10 = Toy Soldiers
11 = Mountain Climbers
12 = Diamond Merkins

Many 8s and 10s were rolled, not so many 2s and 12s.

Small amount of moseying between rolls.

MARY:
25 American Hammers
25 LBCs
25 Freddy Mercurys
Plank
Downward dog into Cobra

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Abominable Ruck is coming up soon. Practice rucks are also available. Talk to Infinity.

Rogue is taking over as the Atlantis site Q.

COT:
Quote from boxing trainer Teddy Atlas: “A fighter had to learn the difference between truth and a lie. The lie is thinking that submission is the acceptable option. The truth is that those punches and rough moments are just moments. Enduring them is not nearly as hard as having to deal with the next day, week, month or year, knowing that you quit.”

Thank you for coming out and living in the truth.

DATE: 2022-01-28
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: Disco
PAX: 3 mile, Magoo, Old Bay, Poe, sticks
FNGs: Mr. Hand
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: M Phelps, Hilbilly Walker, WMH, CPs, Down Dog, Cobra
THE THANG: WMS Wall: Inverted Merkin, Shoulder Taps, Hand Release Merkin, Seal Claps, Air Squats 37th Hill: 2 x Hill Run/T stabilizers, Curb Dips, Curb Merkins Couponteria: 2 x Murder Bunnies, Man Makers, Pull throughs, Curls, Lunge Walk
MARY: Each One Bring One: Alphabet, Body Saw, Mule Kicks, Dirty Dogs, F. Mercury, Hip Dips
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Polar Plunge 2/26. Breakfast Club 2/1, ARC 2/19. Tri-State Ruck March (12?) COT: Take a moment and reflect. Sometimes the best advice comes from within.

DATE: 2022-01-27
AO: Mountvernon
Q: Winklevoss
PAX: Ole Ball Coach, Fonda, Speedo (Brad Luring)
FNGs: Miller Time, Woodshop, Bus Stop, Natty Boh, Azimuth
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: Standard #mountvernon warmup – 800m run, 20IC SSH, IW, Don Quixote, Russian Soldier, 10 Hindu squats, 10 Turkish get ups

THE THING: brought 25 lb ruck and two 8 lb dumbbells. Split squad, group 1 do merkins (1 person do burpees holding dumbbells and press at top), group 2 run to other sideline and back. Switch, passing weights down the line. Lunges across football field, one person curl weights for 10 lunges, pass to next, run to end and get back in line. 400m run around the track, wall sit against snack bar, PAX take turns doing 10 overhead press and 10 fly curls with weights, back on the wall, mix in balls-to-the-wall as break. Split squad, same routine as before – group 1 do LBC (1 person squat with ruck), group 2 gasser. Pass the bag down the line.

MARY: Still had 2 minutes left for this. Plank-o-Rama (5th set always bows and toes). 10 IC pickle pumper and hips side-to-side.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: We we’re grateful for a first-time, out-of-town visit from Speedo from Toledo, the man responsible for convincing Azimuth to join us. Not to get too sentimental on you, but this is the beauty of F3 – your friend tells your wife you should do something that sounds painful and silly, but secretly it’s excellent for your health and fitness and you make new friends. But then Speedo had to leave early but only like 2 minutes from the end so now he’s dead to us.

COT: Lots of talk about Fairfax County Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck for some reason. A man who I feel is at least capable public servant but who others can’t stand the sight of. Also a former Abraham Lincoln impersonator.

DATE: 2022-01-26
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: sticks
PAX: Kodiak, 3 mile, Brown Bag, Mr. Hand, Old Bay, Disco
FNGs: kombucha
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: SSH, CP, DQ, LBAM
THE THANG:
Merkin-O-Rama (10 each)
1) Merkins
2) Wide Arm Pushups
3) Diamond Pushups
4) Stagger Pushups (Right and Left the “stagger” hand is planted 18 inches forward of the other hand, which goes in the normal Merkin position, producing an out of balance, more challenging pushup position);
5) Peter Parker Pushups (as you lower yourself for a Merkin, bend one knee and bring your foot forward in a Spiderman climbing movement; alternate which knee you bring forward with each Merkin);
6) Hand release Pushups (lower your chest all the way to the ground and bring your hands up slightly off the ground – discourages cheating); 7) Fingertip Pushups
8) Carolina Dry Docks
9) Sphinx Push-Up (low plank to high plank)
10) Typewriters Push-Up

2 Laps around parking lot

Leg-O-Rama (10 each)
1) Air Squats 10 sets of 10
2) Jump Squats
3) Lunges
4) Bonnie Blairs
5) Sumo Squat
6) Mountain Climbers
7) Apollo Ohno
8) Calf Raises
9) Al Gore
10) Step Ups

2 Laps around parking lot

Suck-O-Rama (10 each)
1) Burpees
2) Dips
3) Monkey Humpers
4) Dirty Dog
5) Seal Claps
6) Australian Pushups
7) Mountain Climbers
8) Crab Toe Touch
9) Mule Kicks
10) Burpees
MARY: LBC’s, American Hammers, Flutter Kicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ARC, upcoming breakfast club
COT: Daughter turns 10 today!!