Backblasts

DATE: 2022-01-29
AO: Farm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Pete – Louis, Matthew – Running Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WarmUp: Imperial Walkers, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Grady Corns, and 10-1 Motivators.

The Thang: Challenger Disaster by the Numbers

7 Bonnie Blairs IC
7 Crew members perished

53 SSHs IC
53 degrees: the coldest space shuttle flight before Challenger, in which Thiokol engineers identified failure of the primary O-rings in the booster rockets.

18 CDDs
18F:Low temperature overnight

25 Reverse Lunges IC
25F:Temperature measured on the left SRB

8 Burpees
8F: Temperature measured on the right SRB

36 OH Claps IC
36F: Ambient air temperature at time of launch

11 Derkins
39 Squats
11:39 EST: Time at which the Challenger started its final launched.

73sec Wall Sit
73 seconds: time after takeoff when the Challenger Space Shuttle broke apart off the coast of Cape Canaveral

Did some more exercises to stay warm:
7 Bonnie Blairs IC
20 Mountain Climbers IC
18 CDDs
8 Burpees
20 Reverse Lunges IC
20 Seal Claps IC
20 Derkins
20 Copperhead Squats
15 Stair Jumps

Mary: Flutter Kicks, Penguin Crunches, Sweat Angels, American Hammers, and Plank Pose.

CoT: Throughout the workout YHC reflected on some of the engineering and management lessons learned from the Challenger disaster. It is imperative on all who work with information that affects other peoples’ lives to adhere to strict standards of excellence—to not give in when management pressure becomes intense, but to stand by our principles.

“The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave. The Challenger crew was pulling us into the future, and we’ll continue to follow them. The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of earth’ to ‘touch the face of God.’” – Ronald Reagan

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.