Backblasts

Date: 2024-11-12
AO: softballs
Q: SAAS
PAX: Jenner, Sparky, Ghosted, Old Bay, Big Short, Checkers, Defiance, Bone, 2 percent, Poe FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: nope, in the 40s :cold_face:

THE THANG: :softball:

MARY: your mom said she’d buy us ice cream after the game :icecream:

COT: another winless season, but maybe the real wins were the friends we made along the way :smiling_face_with_3_hearts:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: It’s been a real joy running this team for two seasons. Maybe it didn’t work out entirely like I hoped, but every game had some great moments, and I’ll remember it fondly.

I’m looking for a new Site Q to run the team, if y’all want to keep this going. I’m happy to share all my Google templates, etc, the team pretty much runs itself at this point.

Competition-wise, we’re obviously outclassed, and there’s not a lot of options; there’s no “beginner league”. BUT, on the website I see they’re trying to organize a 35+ “low intensity” league in the spring. So my opinion, if there’s interest, is we submit a roster for that league, and if there’s enough teams, great, and if not, we just hang up our gloves and invade balls-of-fury

F3 PAX 4EVER!!!!

Tags: softballs, Jenner, Sparky, Ghosted, Old Bay, Big Short, Checkers, Defiance, Bone, 2 percent, Poe

Date: 2024-11-12
AO: delphi
Q: Peanuts
PAX: Toolbox, Rocket, NOAA, Sunny, Rambler, K-Pop
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH; WMH; MP; CP; DD; WGS
THE THANG: Team up. DORA one pax runs down trail and back while other pax performs exercise, rotate and repeat. 100x OH press; 125x calf raises; 150x single arm rows; 175x incline merkins; 200x chest press; 12 laps of lunges.
MARY: finished up with some ring of fire – 10 FKs around and 10x side leg lifts around ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruthie’s F2; Turkey Trot
COT: thanks for inspiring me. Inspire others.

Tags: delphi, Toolbox, Rocket, NOAA, Sunny, Rambler, K-Pop

Date: 2024-11-12
AO: atlantis
Q: Infinity
PAX: Hammer, Forceps, Deflator, Hammerhead, SAAS, True North, Bratwurst, Windtalker, Doogie Howser FNGs: 1 Doogie Howser
COUNT: 10
WarmUp: Imperial Walkers, Beet Pickers, Copperhead Squats, Rockettes, Mountain Climbers, Chinooks, and Mosey

The Thang: The following rep schemes match the percent each of the total 19 million veterans alive today served in each conflict. • 1 Balls to Wall for WWII
• 5 Burpees for Korea
• 31 T-Claps, IC, for Vietnam
• 41 Squats for Gulf Wars
• 22 Merkins for Peacetime

Mosey to the Nationals Stadium stairs for Dora variations:
– 100 Merkins, two teams competerively
– 200 Squats, two teams cooperating
– 300 T-Claps, pairs working cooperatively

Mosey back to start

Mary: Alternate btw WWI (knees bent) and WWII (knees straight) sit-ups, 10 at a time until we reach 100.

Announcements: Deflator has Q next week. Turkey Trot 5k at Olympus Thanksgiving Day. 0600 workout at Atlantis on Black Friday.
CoT: Only 6.2% of Americans are veterans. This percentage is dwindling as those generations under conscription pass away. Further, Americans’ willingness to sign up for the military has been decreasing, requiring better incentives from the Government. As a result, veterans are becoming more scarce in our society. My challenge to you is to reach out to a veteran, and rather than simply thanking them for their service, ask them about their service. That way, you will learn something and provide an actual meaningful experience for the veteran.

Tags: atlantis, Hammer, Forceps, Deflator, Hammerhead, SAAS, True North, Bratwurst, Windtalker, Doogie Howser

Date: 2024-11-12
AO: thegeneral
Q: bogey
PAX: citrus, Flat Tire, Hobbyhorse, Ice Tea, Jenner, Spud, Summit, Coxswain, Robo, Roadhouse FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: SSH, HBs, MNCs, MPs, CPs, WMH, DownDog, Kobra Kai

THE THANG:
4 rounds of 3 exercises at 12-reps IC each, run and/or bearcrawl between each round.

Round 1
12 Merkins IC
12 Copperhead coupon squats IC
12 Blockees
Run a lap

Round 2
12 Merkin Jacks IC
12 Imperial Squat Walkers IC
12 Blockees
Mosey to 50, hold
Bearcrawl from 48-yd line to opposite endzone
Return mosey

Round 3
12 Knerkins/Chuck Norris IC
12 Monkey humpers IC
12 Blockees
Backpedal to opposite end zone
Mosey return

Round 4
12 T-Merkins IC
12 Copperhead coupon squats IC
12 Blockees

Lt. Get-ups (mashup of Lt. Dans and Prisoner Get-Ups) – Perform two leg lunges forward followed by a prisoner get up – to 48-yd line Bearcrawl back to start

MARY: Batwings – hold arms up until Recover
20x LBACs IC forward, 1x 10ct
20x LBACs IC reverse, 1x 10ct
20x Seal Claps IC, 1x 10ct
20x Overhead Claps IC, 1x 10ct
Recover

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Grunt 2025

COT: YHC was away from F3 for a month. It was a tough month. YHCs middle child had a setback which took a toll on the family. This is not the first setback, but it wrecked YHC. For a month YHC had many sleepless nights and was missing all the components of F3. We all face struggles, and for those who pray, the tendency (including YHC’s) is to pray for the struggle to be taken away. YHC was reminded of the saying “Pray not for a lighter load, but for a stronger back.” In the gloom of F3 we are strengthening our backs physically, mentally, and emotionally. We are doing this so when we leave the field we can become better men for our families and our communities. The next time you face a struggle consider praying not for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. YHC thanked the men for coming out in the gloom. Great work men!

Tags: thegeneral, citrus, Flat Tire, Hobbyhorse, Ice Tea, Jenner, Spud, Summit, Coxswain, Robo, Roadhouse

Date: 2024-11-11
AO: mondaynightruckers
Q: Trifecta
PAX: Tron, Rocketman, Stewie, Jetstream
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5

WARMUP: None
THE THANG:
Started Harris Teeter parking lot. Nice trail walking into the neighborhoods. Experience alien contact or some great bright green meteorite. Followed by a blip in the matrix by getting stuck in an infinite walk loop. Lots of unexplained temperature changes but started strong and finished stronger. Called a few audibles and hit 5.6 miles MARY: none
ANNOUNCEMENTS: thanksgiving Ruck coming up on the 25th
COT: Tough times never last . We will get through this and will be stronger because we went through it and made it to the other side

Tags: mondaynightruckers, Tron, Rocketman, Stewie, Jetstream