Backblasts

Date: 4/20/2023
AO: #ao_dark_room
PAX: @Captain Crunch, @Crack, @Noodles, @Toto, @Tarzan, @Beaker, @LeMond
FNGs: 0
Q: @LeMond
Total: 7

* Warmorama: 5 mins
o SSHs
o Imperial Squat Walkers
o Windmills
o Arm circles, overhead claps
o Mountain climbers
* Coupon movement on a mile-long route through the park.
o Stop every 3 minutes for coupon work.
o First stop:
* Ferris wheels, 10 in each direction
* Elf on a shelf, 10 on each side
o Second stop:
* Coupon pass between partners
o Third stop:
* Coupon press up and pass behind back, 10 in each direction
o Fourth stop:
* BJO: Burpee block jump overs
* Leg raises holding coupon over chest.
o Fifth stop:
* Ferris wheels, 10 in each direction
* Elf on a shelf, 10 on each side.
* Moleskin
Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
* Q read this passage because he had been feeling weak recently and needed the rely on the Lord for strength.
* Prayers for @Crack, his M, and his sister in their transition stage.
* Thank you to @Captain Crunch for calling out the Q for not keeping to the 3 minute timer.

Date: 4/21/2023

AO: #ao_ground_zero
PAX: @Hershey, @Toto, @Da Vinci, @Topham, @Bloomer, @Shiplap, @Jolly, @Tortuga, @Cheese, @TBTF, @Banks, @LeMond, @Stock boy, @Panhandle, @Sally, @Blackout, @Beaker, @DQ, @Pool Boy, @SAGA, @Hancock
FNGs: 0
Q: @Hancock
Total: 21

WoR: SSH without the Q. Q showed up late and led more SSH. Stretch OYO.

The thang: we ran south, then came back.

Moleskin:

I knew I wanted to share a moleskin on brotherhood in response to @Sparrow’s moleskin challenge, but just could not find the words. My M suggested I think back on what the F3 brothers have done for me. This is what came to mind:

That @Sparrow welcomed me in and made sure that someone included me on the conversation.

That @Da Vinci captured my imagination with the Northwest Passage workout and made me want to learn.

That my kids wouldn’t talk to me, through my own actions, but @Panhandle prayed for me. They love me and talk to me today. All of them.

That @SAGA prayed and cared for my family during that same rough season.

That @Captain Crunch didn’t leave me alone as the 6 when I was slow.

That @Archive took over reps for me when I was weak and not strong enough yet.

That @Beaker remembered me from our history together and never let me feel like a newbie.

That @Crack inspired me to reach for being more, not being less.

That @Shiplap challenged me and made me feel stronger. Or really, really sore. Or both.

That I love seeing @Maniac come out with us.

Brotherhood is not just the things we actively do, but it’s also the environment we build. I didn’t learn to have the confidence to say “you should hire me” to the boss’s face in an interview because I was taught to say that. I didn’t learn great leadership skills outright, properly, from a brother. But, seeing you all every week, and having our brotherhood together, encouraged that to come out in me. Don’t take for granted what we have.

CoT: Prayer’s for @Crack’s sister-in-law and sister, for @Blackout’s friend having heart surgery soon, and for @Majorette’s obnoxiously long bike ride journey.

Date: 4.22.23
AO: ao_tar_pit
PAX: Panhandle, T-bone, Pool Boy, Archive, LeMond, Spokes, Shiplap, Banks, Tortuga, Gummi Bear, Hershey, Jolly, Gold Bond, DQ, Noodles
FNGs: 0
Q: Noodles
Total: 15

After a night of confusion and Jolly hijacking my Q, we met at Tarpit for our warmup before peeling off to Ackerman for our beatdown and frisbee. #MakeAckermanItsOwnAO

WoR: Motivators x7, Goofballs x15, Ballerina Toe Squats x15, Picking Daisies OYO

Thang 1: Frisbee for the majority

Thang 2: Dan Taylors x8 – Group of 3 remained to put in coupon work

Thang 3: Greta

Planted flags at about 30 yards out.

150 Kettlebell Swings
250 Overhead Presses
350 Goblet Squats

2 PAX began with Kettlebells on one count. No combined reps. The other PAX began with Bears and Blocks out to the flag. Pistol carry back to starting point. Switch, PAX picks up count until Kettlebells are done. Other 2 PAX do Bears and Blocks. Jump into Overhead Presses and then on to Goblet Squats.

CoT: Prayers for the Whetherington family in this difficult season. Give them peace and grant them strength as they mourn the passing of Baby Taylor.

Moleskin: One definition of nest – a person’s snug or secluded retreat or shelter. Find your nest and spend time with God.

Date: 4/15/2023
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @T-bone (respect) @Tortuga (respect) @Doublemint (respect) @Hancock@Blackout@Captain Crunch@Jailbreak@The wet burrito@Short Circuit@Stock boy@Wide Right@TBTF (QIC)
FNGs: 0
Q: @TBTF
Total: 12Warm-O-Rama:
– SSH x50 IC
– TBone burpees x10 OYO
– Copperhead Merkins x10IC
– Good mornings x10 OYO
– Abe Vegodas x10 IC (nice and slow)
– Stretch as needed/Michael Phelps it out OYOThang 1 – Using Hoffa – 5 rounds
– 25 coupon curls at bottom
– Bear Crawl/Bunny Hop/Broad Jump/Lunge/Sprint to top – switch mode of travel for each round
– 10 burpees at the top each time
– mosey down for next round
– when your done Murder Bunny for the six
– recovery jog around the baseball diamondThang 2 – Coupon Work
– Shoulder Press x25; hold in rifle carry for the six
– Chest Press x25 + Decline Merkin x25, hold plank for the six
– BBSU x25, hold boat for the six
– Squats x25, hold Al Gore for the six
– recovery jog around the baseball diamondRace to the top of Hoffa6MOM – top of Hoffa – Ring of fire styleMoleskin – Keep perspective and don’t sweat the small stuff (easier said than done)CoT – Crack’s sister and her recovery, Jailbreak’s Dad working through a medical issue, be with SAGA as he remembers his Mom on the anniversary of her passing

Backblast: Technoball
Date: 04/18/23
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX:  @saga @tortuga @Lemond @stockboy @poolboy @hancock @sparrow @DQ @davinci
FNGs: 0
Q: @DaVinci
Total: 9
WoR: Follow the Leader to Techno

The Thang: PAX get to lay up, foul shot or three pointer

Based on hit or miss.

Air ball automatic 20 burpees

Swish pass on to next player (no exercise required)

If you miss, all do exercise in the miss file

If you make it, all do exercise in the make file

MISS FILE Sprint to poolhouse, 70% back 50 merkens Flutters to 60 (2 is 1) 70 curls 30 hand release merkens Knee touch lunge 20 90 degree minimum Squat 20 Shoulder press 30 30 BBSU

MAKE FILE 70%  to poolhouse, mozy back 40 merkens Flutters to 40 (2 is 1) 50 curls 20 hand release merkens Knee touch lunge 30 90 degree minimum Squat 30 Shoulder press 60 20 BBSU with block

Lightning round:  

Swish, no  Make, five burpees Miss, 10 burpeess

Swish, no  Make, 15 merkens Miss, 30 merkens

Swish, no Make, 30 curls Miss, 60 curls

Moleskin: The desert is back! From Henri Nouwen’s In the Name of Jesus Do you want to be relevant, spectacular, powerful? These are the classic temptations. Antidotes are prayer (mystic), community (two by two), and love. Why is it so difficult to give up power? “Maybe it is that power offer an easy substitute for the hard task of love. It seems easier to be God than to love God, easier to control people than to love people, easier to own life than to love life.”

But there are more. Stay tuned 8 deadly thoughts.
Gluttony, Lust, Greed, Sadness, Anger, Listlessness, Vainglory, Pride

Backblast: Black Diamond take on the Dora
Date: 04/18/23
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Panhandle @Jolly @8-Track @Shiplap
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 4WoR
Neck rolls, arm circles, squats ic x 10, merkins, picking daiseys , mosey around the PLThang 1: Dora on Hoffa w/ a twist
PAX 1 bernied up and down hoffa – PAX2 completed 5 burpees then sprinted up hoffa, once PAX 2 caught PAX 1 they swapped. Rinse and repeat got 100 burpees. After the burpees the same thing happened but with 200 accumulated merkins completing 10 reps each change, then 300 squats completeing 15 reps each changeThang 2: COOTIES E2MOM for 15 minutes
Pull ups, Burpees, Merkins, Dips
started with 5 reps R1, then 6 R2, jumped to 10 R3 an worked up to 13.6MOM:
Q bicycles x 25 – switch on the Q
Hand over crunches x 25
Leg lifts on Q – 25 reps

1. Moleskin

CoT

• @Da Vinci handled it

Date: 04/17/23
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Sparrow @Blackout @Pool Boy @LouGee @Jolly @Stock boy @Panhandle @SAGA @Da Vinci @Big Mac @Hershey @Tortuga @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 13

WoR

• SSH
• Runners stretch w/ side reach

The Thang
Some ran, some rucked, some murphed.

Moleskine
God gives us a peace that surpasses all understanding. In this world we’re faced with the realities of disease, injustice, heartache, loss, death. After the Nashville shootings, I really internalized and understood this peace reflecting on two truths:

1. We live for Him. Nothing in our lives are ours. We are stewards of all these gifts God has given us. Our families, wives, children, houses, jobs… nothing is ours. Everything is His. We are stewards for His glory. We live not for ourselves and our own ambitions, but for Him.
2. We live in a broken world, but this is not the way God meant for us to live. He is restoring, and one day his kingdom will be fully restored. In the end, Jesus is on the throne. One day “He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away” (Rev 21:4)

CoT

• Prayers for healing for @Pool Boy’s 2.0 and @Crack’s sister

Backblast: New Testament Bible Workout
Date: Thursday, 4/13/2023
AO: #ao_mastodon
Pax: @Sparrow @Maniac @Bloomer @Jolly @Tortuga @SAGA @Da Vinci @Spokes @DQ @8-Track @TBTF @Hancock @T-bone @Dogear @Big Mac @Blackout @Pool Boy FNGs: 0
Q: @Sparrow
Total: 17

New Testament Q
WOR 50 SSH, mountain man poopers, BBSups, Panhandle SSHs, goofballs.

Matthew’s Genealogy of Jesus:
3 sets of 14 merkins because that’s how Matthew arranged his genealogy

Cesar’s census: Count off

Going to Bethlehem:
Donkey kicks
Partner carry to Bethlehem

Dora for the shepherds and angels
Sheepdog squats and star jumps

Birthby for pour la sainte mère

Wise men: nothing at all

Flight to Egypt: Run

12 years old Jesús in the temple. Parents loose track of him. They find him Answering and asking Bible questions. Now for us Jeopardy style trivia for 12 or two burpees.
What happened on Sinai/Horeb?
Answer: the 12 commandments? (Wrong, it was 10 commandments) What constellations are mentioned in the Bible. Orion, Pleiades, bear Name the only woman in the Bible who has leprosy (Miriam, Moses’s sister)

Mark 1:9-11

In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Partnered sit-up, fitness test style. 2 min

Fasting 40 days in the wilderness.
Partner planks while you do
40 merkins
40 squats

If he breaks plank position, you both do 10 penalty burpees

Ran out of time before this one: If you are the son of God, throw yourself off this temple for it is written Trust fall on the playground.

Why the April challenge. We are close enough to really know each other. Religion is not going to divide us. Don’t be afraid to let people into your inner world.

Moleskin:
Knowing facts about Jesus doesn’t make me a Christian , it makes me a fanboy or a stalker. What makes me a Christian is knowing Jesus personally.
I’ve talked with him, heard him speak to me through the Bible and sometimes in my heart or mind. I have a relationship with him. If you want a relationship with him, just ask him to come into your life.

Is this about making me follow religious rules? No.
If you think the point of marriage is rules, you’re missing out big time. The point is a relationship, and rules are one a way to protect the intimacy of it.

The gospel according to Sparrow:
If you believe that Jesus is the son of God who died in your place on the cross and rose again from the dead, then you should ask him to forgive you for your sins and dedicate your life to doing whatever he wants. He forgives your sin, leads you in your life, and invites you to the party. God is real, and knowing Jesus is the way to a real relationship with God.

As I read what I’ve written in this backblast, I know it’s not perfect, but I’d rather try to say the most important thing in the world and fail at it than to not try to say it at all.

“Dear God,
I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness.
I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life.
I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.”

Date: Wednesday, 04/12/23
AO: #tar_pit
PAX: @Jolly @Da Vinci @DQ @T-Bone @Bo-Peep @Tortuga @Panhandle @Manhole @8Track @Wet Burrito @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 11

Conditions: A delightful waning gibbous and rising temps

WOR: motivators / t-bone burpees / tappy-taps / oyo stretch

THANG 1: mosey to top of hill & 41 flutter kicks and mosey over to benches around lake

THANG 2: 2 burpees at each bench around the lake = 41 burpees sand mosey to the track

THANG 3: 1 lap sprint w/@Tortuga as the rabbit to catch and SAGA pushing the six

THANG 4: 1 minute plank

THANG 5: 1 lap with 21 burpees, 41 squats, 21 merkins, & 41 LBCs at the corners (x3)

THANG 6: HIM sprint – went all out around last corner of track

MOLESKIN: For decades my muse has been the half moon – a sign of the light and darkness we experience in life. In our desolate state, a revelation. As @Sparrow had challenged us to share what matters most – The light of the moon comes from a greater source and is not from us: "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world." Christ is the light that highlights desolation yet offers a sign of hope. Pray attention to the beauty that comes from Christ’s light.

Date: 4.8.23

AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Blackout, @Tortuga, @Doublemint, @Captain Crunch, @T-bone, @Hancock, @Sparrow, @Deaddrop, @TBTF, @Wide Right (FNG), @Short Circuit, @The wet burrito, @Crack, @Noodles
FNGs: 1
Q: @Noodles
Total: 14

WoR: Motivators x7, Goof Balls x15, Ballerina Toe Squats x15, Rocky Balboas to the Rocky Theme Song (2:45)

Carried our coupons over to the Baseball field for the beatdown.

Thang 1: Painkillers x55 – Start w/ a Man-Maker then add a double plank jack and double merkin to it.

Thang 2: Vicious Circle – PAX travel single file around the bases of the baseball field. Formed 2 lines. Last 2 PAX sprint to the pitcher mound and perform 5 of an exercise, then rejoin PAX at the front. Repeat for all PAX. Mode of travel and exercises change according to round:

Round 1: Karaokee/Squats x5
Round 2: Bear Crawl/Jump Squats x5
Round 3: Lunge Walks/Tuck Jumps x5

Thang 3: Murder Hornets – PAX line up at the field where dirt meets grass. PAX performed 2 rounds of the following: Murder Bunny x10 then 10 Blockees, Another Murder Bunny x10 then 10 Lunges (2:1 count), Another Murder Bunny x10 then 10 BBS w/ coupon. About 30 yards out. Mosey back to starting line and repeat.

Mosey back to the flag. No Mary.

CoT: Prayers for @Crack’s sister as she prepares for discharge and transitions to @Crack’s home. Provide @Crack’s family with patience. Remind them to take care of themselves in this process of rehabilitation and caregiving. Continued health and mental health.

Moleskin: I found myself struggling with anxiety, depression, lack of motivation and excessive fatigue due to a recent change in ADHD medication. Do not fear vulnerability. Find a way to be more aware when we are not feeling ourselves. Whether it be stress, temper, anxiety, depression. Allow us to find comfort and support with our loved ones and amongst the group. Continued reminder that F3 is a safe space to surround ourselves with other men that may be facing similar struggles.