Backblast: Feel the Heat Date: 1/5/2022 AO: #ao_tar_pit PAX: @Shiplap @Panhandle @T-bone @Giggles @Jolly @Tortuga @TBTF @Katniss FNGs: 0 Q: @Tortuga Total: 9 Conditions: cold (single digits) and windy WOR: SSH, arm circles, copperhead merkins and squats
Thang: the Millennium At the top of the heated ramp we started with 100 burpees. Once one HIM finished, we all stopped, moseyed down the ramp, and sprinted back up, trying to pass the man in front of you on the way up. Repeato with: shoulder taps (2=1), four level squats (weak, medium, deep, and jump), flutter kicks (2=1), and merkins. At the halfway point we took a 60 second Jolly on the heated surface. We felt the heat. The second five exercises were X-toe touches, lbcs, ssh, crunchy frogs, and side squats. Got back to the flag for NOR at 6:15. Boom.
COT: prayers for Banks who has been MIA, and for Katniss’s 2.0, Charlotte, celebrating her 4th birthday today.
Moleskin: Prayer – make it a habit. I am pumped to see so many guys join the January prayer circle. Praying once a day for the same guy all month is such a great habit to get into. I encouraged the PAX with Philippians 4:6+7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything with prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Backblast: Monday Run/Ruck club Date: Monday, 1/03/22 AO:#ao_mastodon PAX: @Jolly@Tortuga@8Track@Panhandle@Sparrow@Archive@Shiplap@Cheese@Ranger Rick@TBTF@Da Vinci FNGs: 0 Q: @Da Vinci Total: 12 Conditions: 7 degrees Warm-Up: Burpees to Cold as Ice. The Thang: We ran, we rucked. And we had enough PAX (exceeding the 7 degrees) to count as a CLUSTERFREEZE.Moleskin: “Does a tall man deserve to be tall? Does Prince Steren deserve to be the son of a king? A bird might think he deserves to swim as well as a fish, but if he sits moping on the riverbank instead of using the wings God gave him, the fox is going to eat him. “Your brother would rather have his own way than be happy. He’s thrown away the grace he was given because it’s not the grace he had in mind.” The Truthspeaker paused to reflect on that. “There’s not much hope for a person who won’t live in the grace he’s given.” ― Jonathan Rogers, The Secret of the Swamp King (edited)
Backblast! Old School Noodles Ruck
Date: 12/27/2021
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive @8-Track @Tortuga @Jailbreak @Noodles
FNGs: 0
Q: @Noodles
Conditions: Dark and Gloomy. Smell of rain from last night.
Warm-Up: Motivators x5, Abe Vigodas x15, Tappy Taps x15
The Thang: Old School Noodles Ruck
Tortuga and 8-track hit the pavement running while the rest of us headed over to the pool parking lot. PAX performed the following exercises at opposite ends while shuffling in between exercises:
Mary:
Plank until Q calls time, Slow count flutter kicks w/ ruck …
Announcements:
Announcement 1 – Prayer circle to begin in January. HC in 3rd F channel. …
Moleskin: As we begin the last week of 2021 in preparation for 2022, let us reflect on all of the challenges and praise reports experienced by the PAX. Those challenges and praise reports are put in our path according to God’s plan. Remind us to give praise in the good and in the bad.
Backblast: First Saturday Football "Triple Header" Date: 12/18/2021 AO: #ao_tarpit PAX: @Shiplap@Panhandle@Tortuga@Ralphy@wet burrito@pillow mint@Noodles@8-Track@Cheese@TBTF@T-bone@Banks@Katniss FNGs: 0 Q: @Shiplap Total: 13 Conditions: Misty and chillyWOR: OYO StretchTHANG: We mosied to Ackerman – played ultimate football – mosied backMoleskin: Enjoy all the moments with your family, especially the embarrassing ones!COT: Prayers for safe travels, injured PAX, and give us the wisdom to know when our bodies need rest in 2022 to help with injuries.
Conditions: A cool calm mid-December morning.WoR: SSH, IC, Arm Circles and Michael Phelps, OYO, copperhead merkins and squats
Thang 1: Moseyed to the base of Hoffa then paced off about 50 yards from it, almost to the path.On the first Day of Cindy, Tortuga sang to me, “A quick jaunt up Hoffa.” Day 2: Two Jack Webbs, and a quick jaunt up Hoffa.
Day three: Santa Squats
4 -Peppermint Plank Jacks
5 – Golden Blockees
6 – Christmas Light Lunges
7 – Snow Presses (Shoulder Press)
8 – Festive Kicks (Flutter Kicks)
9 – Candy Cane Curls
All of this was done IC as much as possible. Runs up Hoffa included carrying your coupon to the base of Hoffa, leaving it there, moseying up Hoffa and retrieving the coupon on the way back. We ran out of time at day nine, so we finished by doing the final three days without the rest of the reps.
10 Meter Crawls – Bear Out / Crab Back
Sleigh Bell Sit Ups holding Cindy overhead
Reindeer Complexes (Bear Complex)
Cindy starts on ground with each rep and each cadence is treated as an isolated movement.
Power Clean
Front Squat
Push Press Cindy to Shoulders
Back Squat
Push Press
Ground Cindy
COT: Prayers for our marriages, praise for bodies that work and friends to work out with, Praise that Hotbox was able to find a month by month rental near his new job. Also, through God’s providence, his parents were able be with his grandpa as grandpa was hospitalized and is in his final days.
Moleskin: Two things: 1. Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry. In fact, silence is better than putting your foot in your mouth. 2. Compliment your wife. An old neighbor, out of the blue, commented to my M, “You look so pretty!” She absolutely lit up. Remind your wife that she is gorgeous.
Backblast: Mega Dora Date: 12/09/2021 AO: #ao_mastodon PAX: @Shiplap@Captain Crunch (AJ)@Da Vinci@Archive@Hotbox@Spokes@Hancock@Beaker@Bloomer@Tortuga@Panda Express@Aloha@SAGA@Sparrow@8-Track@Giggles@T-bone@Big Mac@Katniss@Gummi Bear@Crack FNGs: 0 Q: @Shiplap Total: 21 Conditions: Rather MildWOR: Mosey, Merkins IC x 15, Mosey, Squats IC x 15, Mosey, SSH IC x 25, Mosey, Picking Daisey, OYO stretchThe Thang: Partner up – P1 runs hills/Holds while P2 Completes exercise. This was two dora’s with one being a Lazy Dora (no running) unless the PAX couldn’t hold the hold exercise any longerDora 1: Partner running the hill alternated between a regular sprint and a Bernie each time he ran Exercises: 100 Merkins – 200 BBSU – 300 CurlsLazy Dora – Partner would hold a position while the other partner complete a number of reps then switch. If the holding PAX couldn’t hold any longer they both ran the hill 300 High Pulls – 30 reps at a time – partner held coupon out in front 200 Squats – 20 reps at a time – partner held a squat 100 Thrusters – 10 at a time – Partner held a rifle CarryCOT: Prayers for health PAX – guidance as we navigate through being dads, husbands, sibling etc
Moleskin: "Sometimes I’ll start a sentence and I don’t even know where it’s going. I just home I find it along the way." – Michael ScottThis is how life is. We never feel comfortable about the difference stages in life – we just need to pray and do our best, we will find it along the way.
Date: 12/15/2021 AO: #ao_tarpit PAX: @Panhandle@T-bone@Tortuga@Spokes@Shiplap@Big Mac@Katniss@TBTF FNGs: 0 Q: @TBTF Total: 8 Conditions: mid 50s (beautiful for mid-December) and a little wetWOR: T – The Side Shuffle Hop x25 B – Burpees x5 <slow> T – Toe touches/picking daisies F – Frankensteins x10THANG 1:
Mosey half way around the school building. T – The Donetello (all 4 staircases) O – One leg burpees – 5/leg O – Obamas x10Mosey the remaining distance around school ending at the ramp. B – Bear crawl up ramp I – Indian Crab Walk down ramp G – Grizzcalator – 1 merkin per stepMosey into the park. T -Tony Hawk burpees (360 on the jump) x10 O – OPP – 1/2 PAX OH clap in peoples chair while other 1/2 mosey 2 light posts and complete 30 plank jacksMosey to the circle by the boathouse. F – Flying Nuns around the sidewalk circle A – American Hammer x25 I – Imperial Walkers x15 L – Lunges x10Mosey back to the flag.Moleskin: I believe I actually forgot to present this but this is what I had planned. "Fail Fast". I first heard this early in my career and felt like it went against everything I was told up to that point (ie don’t fail, do everything right the first time, etc). The reality is everyone fails in some ways all the time whether it is family, relationships, faith, work, or anything else. Failing is why we succeed. "Failing fast" seeks to take the stigma out of the word "failure" by emphasizing that the knowledge gained from a failed attempt actually increases the probability of an eventual success. Don’t be afraid to fail..don’t even feel bad about it.COT:@Crack and @Tortuga friends who recently got COVID. I can not recall if there was another prayer but rest assured that God is all knowing and he heard us.
Conditions: An oddly warm yet windy mid-December morning wherein the PAX where invited to see the dangers within F3 when modifying when necessary is neglected.
A musical beatdown to the tune of…
WoR:“I’ve Had The Time Of My Life” (from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack)
mountain man poopers + arm circles + mountain climbers + birthbees
Thang 1: “You’re The Best” (from the Karate Kid soundtrack)
Every time the word “best” was sung, drop for blockees
In-between: overhead press + curls + stand on coupon and hop with your good meniscus + plank
Thang 2: “Fun, Fun, Fun” (Beach Boys)
Carry coupons to cooties and form triads on the way
Thang 3: “The Power Of Love” (Huey Lewis and the News)
Rotate through pull-ups + squats + plank
Thang 4: “500 Miles” (The Proclaimers)
In your triad try to hit a combined 500 count rotating back and forth between good form merkins & LBCs
Thang 5: “Down Under” (Men At Work)
Head to base of Hoffa with coupons and find a pair
While one PAX farmer carries to the path and back the other does mucho legos – switch
Thang 6: “Tommy The Cat” (Primus) + “Sad But True” (Metallica) + “Freedom” (Rage Against The Machine) = x3 REDRUM!
Thang 7: “Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These” (Eurythmics)
Circled up and PAX rotated through calling out coupon exercises in 20 rep counts: kettlebell swings + curls + bent over rows + derkins + overhead press
Mary: “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” (R.E.M.)
continued in the circle: plank + flutter kicks + oblique crunches + American hammers
Bonus Track: “Jump” (Van Halen) as we headed back to the flags and there engaged an extra 20 burpees for two flags down
Announcements:
2nd-F Christmas Party tomorrow evening (12/17) @ 6pm
Get your F3 Swag by 12/21
Moleskin: You are never alone…what a gift to have the PAX and our Triune God as the best Q ever!
A Murder game where you perform exercises to reveal clues and hope no one stabs you in the back.
-Sparrow
Simple Rules
Your team of three visits each clue station around the AO. After completing the required exercise, one person on your team may read the clue to the rest of your team. The clue will give you the names of one or two PAX who are not the killer. Cross them off your list (provided).
When one name remains on your list, that’s the killer. Run back to the flag and write your guess on the paper attached to the flag. Each pax has one guess per game. If you are the first team to correctly guess the killer, you win.
If you know for sure that someone is a killer and you feel threatened by them, you may kill them in self defense.
If anyone touches you and says bang, you are dead.
If you don’t like complicated games, you can stop reading. With those 4 rules you can play the game, and maybe win.
Detailed rules
for those who want to be killers
The Killer
If you submit an application to be a killer the night before the game, you will provide the clue maker with private details about yourself, true anecdotes that only you will recognize. The clue maker will sprinkle your anecdotes in with the other clues. At the beginning of the game you will not know you are the killer. The killer will realize his secret identity as he recognizes the self describing anecdotes he provided before the game.
Example Clue:The Killer is not Cookies or Jazz Hands. The killer wet his pants in the third grade, but managed to play it off as a spilled drink.
When you become fully aware that you are the killer, you must whisper “I am the killer” under your breath. You will then need to make a choice regarding your teammates: lie to them, kill them, recruit them (or all three but not in that order.)
Lying
After you whisper “I am the killer”, you will at first have no bullets, so you should lie. You might volunteer to read the clue after your team completes the next exercise. Whatever is written on the paper, you might choose to say “It says the killer is not Body Pillow or Me, and that the killer drinks Michelob ultra and grew up on a farm.” Only one pax per team is allowed to see each clue, so they will have to take your word for it.
Killing
If you are the killer, you earn bullets (or credits if you prefer that word) by completing the exercises at the clue stations. After you whisper “I am the killer”, you begin earning 1 bullet for each future pain station you complete. If you have two civilian teammates, you must complete two pain stations before you have enough credits to dispatch them both at the same time (preferable, if you ask me). To kill a PAX, touch them and say “BANG”. They are dead.
Recruiting
The killer can recruit people to his killer team, where they can earn bullets together and make kills. One recruiting method is a finger between the shoulder blades and a whispered “Freeze, join my team or I’ll kill you”.
Winning
At any point during the game, any living pax may run to the flagpole and make an accusation by writing the killer’s name on the flagpole paper.
Ways to identify a killer: 1. Complete the pain stations to reveal clues that eliminate all suspects except the killer. You will be provided with a list of Pax who could be the killer. Pax who show up without HCing the will still be allowed to play, but their name will not be on the list. 2. Witnessing a murder. If you are witness to a murder, but have not been killed yourself, make a run for the flag pole and write down your accusation. You cannot be killed while touching the flagpole, so hold the pole and write carefully. 3. A hunch. If someone on your team of three starts acting funny, maybe he has realized he’s the killer and is saving up credits to kill you. Now is your chance to peel off and win the game.
After you have guessed
Each pax can make only one accusation per game, So a team with 3 Pax will have a total of 3 guesses and if one guess is correct the whole team wins. After guessing, you may continue completing stations to reveal clues as long as one team member still has a guess remaining. The first team of three that has a member make the correct written accusation wins right to display the justice emoticon: :scales:
Losing
If, without breaking any rules, the killer can prevent his name from being written on the flagpole paper by a live pax within the time frame allotted, he wins, gaining freedom, respect, and the right to display the killer emoticon. The killer does not have to be alive to win.
End of Game
When multiple teams have written their accusations and have stopped pursuing clues because the killer’s cover is blown, that’s when the cluemaker will declare the end of the first game. There may be time for a quick reset and a second game with a second set of clues.
Game Play
Guns
Weapons are allowed. See 2nd Amendment.
Amendment 1 – The Killer’s Team
When the killer first becomes aware of his role (by reading clues), he has zero bullets and must earn them one at a time by completing new pain stations. If the killer successfully recruits both of his teammates to become killers, their new team of 3 killers immediately receives one bullet per each clue station previously completed by that team. If they revealed 6 clues before becoming a team of killers, then that team has 6 bullets. Moving forward, your team earns one bullet for each killer pax who completes each pain station. A team of 3 killers earns 3 credits per pain station. A team of 6 killers earns 6 credits at each pain station. The team of killers (or Mafia) can grow as large as they choose, but their success is only measured by their ability to protect the one original killer from accusation. The killer’s team must stay together as a tight group and should therefore be easily identifiable as such. No two members of a killer’s team may be more than 12 feet from each other. Killer teams may not dispatch a runner, or spread out in any way. Killers may be killed.
Amendment 2 – The right to bear arms
Small nerf Guns, rubber chickens, small squirt guns, or other non-painful items may be used as weapons. All weapons must be declared and demonstrated during warm-o-rama or else they may not be used. To kill with a weapon, shoot or touch someone and then say “BANG” loud enough for them to hear you. They are not dead until they hear you say bang. Laser pointers and flashlights may be used as weapons, but must include shouting the PAX’s name between each kill, and may only be used within 20 feet of the victim. Examples: If you were well hidden, you could shoot nerf bullets at 3 people in quick succession and then say “bang, bang, bang”, and all three would be dead. If you had a laser pointer, you must say the pax’s name and “bang” while the light is touching them, so you wouldn’t be able to “sweep” your light across three people and then say bang bang bang.
Freezing
Instead of “bang” a killer may say “freeze”, and you are then held at gunpoint for up to 30 seconds. This gives you a chance to talk. He can still kill you during the 30 seconds. Calling a freeze does not cost the killer any credits. Each killer can freeze one person at a time (so a team of three killers could freeze a regular team if they were quick enough.) If the killer walks away without killing you, you are no longer frozen. Whenever the freeze is over (30 seconds or the killer leaves), you are free to kill the killer.
Self Defense
Civilians (i.e. non-killers) can kill in self defense. They do not need to earn credits. They must, however, be absolutely sure that the person they kill is indeed a killer. If a civilian kills someone who is not “the killer” or “on the killer’s team”, they become guilty of manslaughter and are out of the game, must do 20 penalty burpees, and face a firestorm of media criticism. Self defense will be defined very loosely for the purposes of our game. If a killer and civilian kill each other at the exact same time, then the tie goes to the unarmed-or-less-heavily-armed person.
Dead PAX
If you get killed, that is unfortunate. You cannot reveal who killed you or make other helpful comments to those still in the game. You can however continue exercising at each station as though exercise were your only real reason for coming today and who cares about a silly old game anyway.
Strategies
Unlike the killer’s team, civilian teams are not required to stay close to each other. If desired, they could run to three different pain stations and try to acquire three clues. At each station one PAX would have to do 3X the reps to cover the reps of the missing teammates. If 3 pax are together and one peels off to record a guess at the flag, the two remaining pax should cover his reps if they want to keep advancing through the clues without him. If a team loses one pax to death or the dark side, they do not have to cover his reps as they advance through clue stations.
Fine print for Archive and people who think like him.
Touching the flag pole grants immunity. Pax cannot be shot or killed while touching the flag pole.
Killers must stay 12 feet away from the flag pole.
The Flag pole, flag-pole-accusation-paper,clip board, and pen cannot be touched or moved by killers.
Clues may not be moved, hidden, stolen, obstructed, forged, burned, or obscured in any way.
There is no limit to the size of the team that a killer can recruit, but the killer’s team must stay in a tight group and will therefore be more easily identified as it grows.
If “the killer” gets killed, but no one writes his name on the accusation paper before the time limit, then the killer wins. The killer’s associates may continue to defend his interests and honor after he is killed.
We will start the game with a mosey around the AO to identify the 12ish clue stations. Clue envelopes will be visible at our standard workout spots (Hoffa, Cooties, Dan Taylor Alley, etc.)
If the first game ends quickly, we will play a second round. The entire game ends at 6:10, so please help the Q clean up the clues starting at 6:08am.
Winner Round 1: Team Panhandle, for correctly accusing Saga of mass murder.
Winner Round 2: Big Mac, for silently killing a number of PAX without being accused before the round ended. (lightning round)
