Backblasts

DATE: 2021-09-28
AO: Freestate
Q: Horshack
PAX: CashOnly, Deagle, Winston, ShowMe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
• SSH x 25 IC
• Mountain Climbers x 15 IC
• Windmills x 15 IC
• Two Laps w/ Karaoke on the sides
• Arm Circles x 10 each way IC
• Michael Phelps x 15 IC
• Cherry Pickers x 15 IC

THE THANG:
• Get on the clock – at least 2 hours apart from each other! • CouponFest AMRAP with travel in between each station
• Always carry your coupon and take that rock around the clock
• 45 Seconds Max Reps, then Q calls out a different travel exercise for all to move clockwise around the clock to the next hour.

Exercises at each cone on the clock face:
12. Upright press
1. Grave Diggers
2. Curls
3. Bench Press
4. Alternating “combo” Merkins
5. Blockies
6. Reverse grip lifts
7. Kettle bell swings to eye level
8. Decline Merkins
9. Side to side twists
10. Overhead arm extensions
11. Rocky Balboas (toe tips touch coupon)

Transports – Take Your Rock Around The Clock!
12. Farmer carry one arm switch halfway around
1. Side lunges right – facing outside the circle
2. Yoke walk
3. High knees
4. Lunge walk
5. Murder bunnies
6. Rifle carry
7. Squat to broad jumps
8. Reverse lunge walk
9. Side lunges left – facing inside the circle
10. Reverse murder bunnies
11. Gorilla shuffle switch sides halfway around

MARY:
Hold Coupons Up Above Your Chest During These Exercises:
• Leg Lift Rosalitas x 15 IC
• Dollies x 10 IC
• Rodeo Flutters x 10 IC
• Coupon Plank-o-Rama x 10 each way on the coupon
• Reverse Crunches x 15 IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
* Leadership call this Thursday
* Iron Pax final week also on Thursday
* 3rd F: Adopt a Road on 1st Saturday – bring the 2.0s
* F3 10th Anniversary Oct 8th in Cape Fear, NC
* F3 Hooky and Rafting at the Upper Yough on Friday October 15th * The Grunt on November 13th on the National Mall

COT:
Today’s theme is “It’s about time!” – and a reflection of the 12 months we’ve just experienced in this crazy year gone by.
• Time has been kind to this AO. They say that takes about 21 days or more to make a habit. And to paraphrase Winston, 365 days is just stupid.
• Over I’ve lost about 20 lbs but gained several more friendships through F3 at the regional and national levels.
• This is our 157th consecutive beatdown – no matter the rain, the snow, the sleet, the heat, the humidity, and the freeze-dried winter winds all during a global pandemic. Somehow we survived the 2020 election, the Insurrection, and two billion dollar breakups with Bill and Melinda and Jeff and Mackenzie. But we here at FreeState never broke up!
• During that time, no one who ever posted at FreeState had to work out alone – no matter the weather, the work trips, the vacations and international visits to our various homelands, the sniffles, the occasional chaffing, and yes, even the music festivals.

The FNGs – In addition to the five of us, we welcomed 12+ additional FNGs (who did I miss?) 1. Black Diamond
2. Barrel Roll
3. Slither (Isabelle)
4. Nala (Alex)
5. Flipper (Emma)
6. Salmon Roll (Ace)
7. Supreme (Celeste)
8. Greenback (Leo)
9. BMX (Logan)
10. Thanksgiving
11. Unnamed Art Frye from the 9/11 Stair Climb
12. Unnamed Owen (the Lurker)

The Down Range Pax (at least 17 – who did I miss?)
• Early Bird
• Miller Time
• Magoo
• Old Bay
• Major Payne
• Jenner
• Deflator
• Hightower
• Riot
• Forest
• Costello
• Nano
• Singlet & LaForge from Chapel Hill NC
• McFly and his capital bike share (from Cape Fear, NC)
• Churchill (from Asheville, NC)
• Patchouli (from Naperville, IL)

The CSAUPs
• The Grunt
• The Murph
• The Capital Region Summer Convergence
• The 9/11 Stair Climb
• The Iron Pax (can I get an F Greenwood?!)

The other Fs
• Fellowship (52 consecutive weeks of coffeeteria)
• Thirsty 3rd (4th) Thursdays
* And what we hope will be a new annual tradition . . . F3 Hooky (this year – Rafting at the Upper Yough on Friday October 15th)

Thank You’s
• Thank you to Winston for the scouting locations over a year ago and making this happen
• Thank you to Deagle for answering the call for that first workout a year ago – and to both of them for taking on the weekly Q responsibilities.
• Also thanks to Deagle for taking on the role of site Q so I could answer F3’s call for new Truebadors and spread my country love.
• Thank you to CashOnly for doing what your wife tells you, and to ShowMe for doing what CashOnly tells you.
• It’s been an amazing year – and I’m looking forward to the next 157 beatdowns as we continue to grow our Pax at FreeState.

DATE: 2021-09-28
AO: Delphi
Q: I-Beam
PAX: Zeus, Pop Fly, Rambler, Glee, Switch, Hoolihan, Joint Chief, Dunder, Nano, Gadget, Lightyear, Bluegrass FNGs: Tony Hawke
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Willie Mays Hayes, Cherry Pickers, Michael Phelps, Arm Circles

THE THANG:
Round One:
1. Jump Squats(30 sec)
20 Merkins
2. Run-Stance Squat (30 sec)
25 Curls
3. Airborne Heisman (30 sec)
10 Squat Press
4. Swing Kick (1 min)
20 yard murder bunnies, 10 burpee hopovers, 20 yard reverse murder bunnies 1. Jump Squats(30 sec)
20 Merkins
2. Run-Stance Squat (30 sec)
25 Curls
3. Airborne Heisman (30 sec)
10 Squat Press
4. Swing Kick (1 min)
Round Two:
1. Squat Reach Jump (30 sec)
Crossover Merkins
2. Circle Run (1 min; 30 seconds clockwise, 30 seconds CCW)
MARY: Glees, LBCs, Bonnie Blairs, Flutter Kicks, Divebomber Merkins, American Hammers, In & Outs (not the burgers)

Lightyear and Bluegrass completed Iron Pax Week 4 on the other end of the field.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Turkey Trot, Iron Pax Week 4 at Olympus, check the 2ndf channel for events

COT: Commitment takes a combination of surrender and self-sacrifice

DATE: 2021-09-28
AO: General
Q: citrus
PAX: Booking, Maj. Payne, 2 percent, Maguire, Trolley, Toolbox, petro, Traveler, citrus FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, WMH, Cherry pickers, windmills, hillbillies, IW, Rockettes, merkins, downward dog, cobra kai

THE THANG:
Rings of Fire (1 PAX does primary exercise, the rest do the secondary exercise):

* 10 Pull-ups per PAX, everyone else planks
* 10 Step-ups per PAX, everyone else holds Al Gore
* 20 Dips per PAX, alternate every time the PAX changes between 1x merkin and 1x squat
* Each PAX bear crawls around the circle, everyone else repeats 10x reverse lunges and 10x mountain climbers
* Each PAX crawl bears around the circle, everyone else repeats 10x squats and 10x air press
* Each PAX crab walks around the circle, everyone else repeats 10x calf raises and 10x monkey humpers

MARY: flutter kick, WW I, LBC, Freddie Mercury

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Welcome @2 percent as the new site AO for #thegeneral! Thanks for holding it down until now, @Traveler!

COT: Let your loved ones know what they mean to you. Don’t live with regret.

DATE: 2021-09-27
AO: Patriot
Q: Big Short
PAX: 2 percent, CableGuy, Lazlo, Lucius, My Space, Obadiah, Shake and Bake, Spokes, Undertow, Wedding Singer FNGs: Ice Tea
COUNT: 12
WARMUP: Started with the standard warm up of side straddle hops, etc. Then, ran 100 yards, stopping every 10 yards to do 2 merkans and 2 body weight squats (alternating). On the return run, we stopped every 10 yards for 5 merkans and 5 burpees (alternating).
THE THANG: PAX started on the goal line for rounds of exercises involving the coupon.

After each round, the PAX rifle carried the coupon for 10 yards. The exercises were cumulative; we did one 10-count exercise the first round, and 12 10-count exercises in the 12th and final round. The PAX began at one end of the football field and ended up on the other end.

The first round was curls with the coupon.

The 12th round was curls (2 sets), dips, shoulder press, jump overs, leg lifts, atlas shrugs, magellans, squats, mercans (2 sets), and kettlebell swings; all using the coupon.

The PAX returned to the start point on the far side of the field by alternating murder bunnies (10 yards) and carrying the coupon (20 yards).

MARY: nope – we ran short of time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: none
COT: thanks for coming !

DATE: 2021-09-23
AO: Olympus
Q: Hightower
PAX: Ashe, swish, Monk, Switch, Rambler, Jenner, Popeyes, Zeus, Nano, Traveler, Joint Chief FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WARMUP:
Run back under canopy due to thunder & lightning
Yes warm ups done

THE THANG:
Set group into 4 groups of 3 for station work
HT ran first 2 rounds
Nano ram second 2 rounds
Rambler ran last 2 rounds

MARY:
Jenner ran 4 stations of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Turkey Trot
IPC Wk 3, Friday at Sparta

COT:
Be prepared for change! Original plan was to take on IPC Wk3, had to adapt and adjust due to thunder and lightning. Yet we still got an excellent beatdown.