Backblasts

When: 7/14/2018

Where: Fairfax / Lake Braddock Secondary School

QIC: Hightower

PAX: HorsePunch, Prenup, Dr Dandelion, SubPrime, MajorPayne, Speedo, Jenner,
FNG’s Pepper, Chief, Stubing

Warmup: SSH, HillBillies,
Fellowship jog around campus, karaoke straddle, followed by high knees

The Thang:
PAX wondered across parking area with traffic cones, and split into 2 groups. Group A knocked down cones, while Group B stood up cones. Timer set for 1 1/2 minutes, to determine which group wins. Group A won Round 1, so groups switched for Round 2. Group B won, figured out easier to knock down cones! Future we’ll call this competition ‘Defensive Driving’.

Then the PAX moseyed to rear of campus for broad jump parking spaces, followed by walking lunches. Came upon rear entrance for school, with small barriers. PAX lined up to bear crawl barriers one at a time, then at end hold plank against wall until everyone came through. Then the group beat crawled through barriers, then at end held Balls to Wall until everyone came through.

PAX then moseyed over to Football field, however before entering PAX performed 7-Count Jacobs Ladder on stairs. Started with 1 burpee on bottom and 6 air squats on top. Top of stairs felt like entrance to Mount Olympus, hence name for AO!

Group then lined up for Death March, Rickie Bobby style around track. Rear person does burpee, then sprints to front. Rinse & repeat around the track we went.

Mary:
Group circled up as each member of the PAX called out their favorite core exercise.

COT:
Ragnar runner, looking to fill 3 more slots. Scheduled for last weekend if Sept.
Official launch for new AO, Sat July 21 at 0700. Will schedule drinks with guest Q for Fri night, who will be coming up from Carpex.

Welcome FNG’s Pepper, Chief and Stubing!!

When: 7/16/2018

Q: Speedo

The PAX: Maj Payne, Hightower, Prenup, Jenner, Sub Prime, 90210, Bone

Warmup: Side straddle hops, slow moving cherry pickers, arm circles.

Continue with some quick wind sprints – forward sprint down and backwards run back as follows: 10 yards (30 mtn climbers), 20 yards (20 squats), 30 yards (10 burpees).

The Thang: Mosey to light post gauntlet and alternate roughly 10 yards of frog jumps and lunge walks for 20 rounds each (~40 yards)

Mosey to back woods log (bog) area.

3x through “Frog Fitness Camp:”

First log squat jump diagonal over length of log 1. Then frog jump over high log 2(more of a stump). Move to log 3 and diagonal jump up the length of the log. Once at the top of the hill, split into two groups. Pax 1 planks with feet on the swings for 30 knees-to-chest crunches. Pax 2 knocks out Merkins to strengthen core and chest – very important yet under-trained muscles in every frog.

Once 3 rounds complete, Mosey to the  light posts long gauntlet and alternate roughly 10 yards of frog jumps and lunge walks for 20 rounds each (~40 yards).

Finally, mosey to the arena to complete the beatdown. Two rounds (should have been 4 rounds – mumblechatter was rampant and YHC took pity this time, plus time was running short).
— 40 x high knee runners (count 40 right knees only)
— 30 x plank jacks
— 30 x over mountain climbers
— plank until the Q gets tired and repeato!!

Round of Mary.

COT: Go out and do amazing things. Be strong – mentally and physically! Life is good!!

When: 7/13/2018

Q: Deflator

The Pax: Major Payne; Horsepunch; Dr. Dandelion; Hightower; Leprechaun; NAFTA; FlutieFlakes (DR); Shamrock; Subprime

10 PAX converged at #Yorktown to partake in the opportunity to get better together.  YHC on the Q prepared a taste of F3 Hampton Roads.

Warm-o-rama
SSHops x33, 1 Burpee, Don Quixote x15, 2 Burpee, Merkin 1.5 x10, 3 Burpee, Copperhead Squat x15, 4 Burpee, Ski Jump x15, 5 Burpees

Mosey around the track and perform the F3 Jody (Hampton Roads original):

WELCOME TO THE GLOOM, THIS IS F3!

SING THE PRINCIPLES ALONG WITH ME

THE FIRST ONE IS: WORKOUTS ARE FREE

I DON’T PAY YOU, AND YOU DON’T PAY ME.

THE SECOND ONE IS: OPEN TO ALL MEN

BRING AN FNG EVERY NOW AND THEN.

THE THIRD ONE IS: WE’RE RAIN OR SHINE

HOT OR COLD – FARTSACK? DECLINE!

THE FOURTH ONE IS:  ROTATE THE Q

ONLY Q WHAT YOU CAN DO.

THE FIFTH ONE IS: END WITH CIRCLE OF TRUST

HOLD YOUR NOSE IF YOU MUST.

THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPLES OF F3

GO BE THE BEST MAN YOU CAN BE!

ONE MORE THING BEFORE I GO

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, DON’T BE TOO SLOW

3-2-1 SPRINT!!!

And we sprinted.

Mosey to 50-yard line of Patriot Stadium.  Partner up and perform exercise combinations as follows (4 Sets of 5, 10, 15, and 20 Reps for each combo)

Handclap Merkins – Squats (first exercise done with partner in the middle; each PAX then runs to the end zone on their side and performs the second exercise; meet again in the middle)

Partner Situps – Jump Squats

American Hammers – Overhead Claps

Plank Jacks – Jumping Jacks

Flutter Kicks –  Ski Jumps

Partners switched between combinations.

Having integrated enough “Mary” into the workout, Q decided it was Bear Crawl Ring of Fire time.  PAX lined up in a circle in Bear Crawl position, and began crawling in said circle. Each PAX took a turn calling “STOP”, leading the group in 3 Merkins, and then calling “GO” again.  Its a slow but guaranteed smoker.

Count-o-rama and Name-o-rama performed successfully amid some huffs and puffs (YHC included)

COT:  Main exercise routine exemplified how we can be split up but we eventually pull back together as a brotherhood –  we started to organize in the end zones and in the middle and performed exercises together, despite my efforts to keep shaking things up. Well done.  You passed!

NMM – it was a pleasure being on the Q for my first time in the region.  Looking forward to more and working to expand the region into Maryland.  Stay tuned!

When: 7/11/2018

QIC:Dr. Dandelion

The PAX: Jenner, Gavel, Maj. Payne, Subprime, Speedo, Prenup, Dodgeball, Hightower, Leprechaun

Warm Up:
SSH
Imperial walkers
Arm Circles
Plank walk out
Merkins

The Thang:
Group run to Discovery Elementary. Two stops on the way for two set of merkins.

Two Partner exercises:

Round 1: Partner 1: Toe touches on wall
Partner 2: 10 Merkins. Each partner switched exercises every 10 Merkins until 100 merkins total were complete.

Round 2: Partner 1: dips on wall.
Partner 2: 6 burpees. Switched exercises every 6 burpees until 60 burpees total were complete.

Round 3: Each person completed 7 pull-ups while others held L-sit.

Ran back to Y-town and made one stop for another round of 10 merkins.

Mary: Flutters, LBC’s, Bicycles, and American twists.

COT/Special Announcement: Soft Launch this Saturday @7:00am at Lake Braddock Secondary School.

When: 7/9/2018

Q’s: Dr. D and SubPrime

The PAX: Major Payne, Gavel, Leprechaun, Shamrock, Dodgeball, Hightower, Jenner, Speedo

Warm-Up: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Inchworm out to DownDog X 2, 15 merkins at plank

10 PAX made it out for an unseasonably pleasant morning. The PAX, all gentlemen, relinquished Patriot Field to support the (allegedly) newly named “Arlington Bad Ass Mommas” FiA-like workout – including the M’s of Major Payne, Dr. D and Prenup.

The PAX mosey’d over to the basketball court along with 5 sledges for warm-up and friendly banter. 4 of the PAX broke off to go wake up Samara and bring her out to play.

The Thang:

Round 1:

P1. Alternating Chicken Peckers (it’s cool, all dudes) and People’s Chair against wall of Yorktown HS.

P2. Tire: Made music with 4 PAX alternating arms taking Sledge Hammers to Samara in a show of love for approximately 2 minutes. These 4 then switched to flipping the tire across the basketball court and back.

P3. (Timer) Run around school – taking a sledge (representing the burden of leadership a la Hightower) stopping for dips in the “Arena” and Australian push ups at ramp.

Round 2:

P1. Alternating lunges and big boy sit ups

P2. Tire: Alternating box jumps (10) and derkins (10) until runners returned

P3. (Timer) Run around school – same as before.

Closeout: Walking Samara home: 5 PAX walking like egyptians while remaining 5 flip tire. The front Egyptian hops over to the tire and PAX cycle through until Samara was back to her home in the woods.

Mary: ‘Merican Twists, Bicycles, Flutter Kicks, Box Cutters

Announcements: Convergence at Lake Braddock HS this weekend at 7am for the inaugural F3 Fairfax.

COT: Congratulations to Hightower and lets support each other.