BHAG at the Hive

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YHC was making up for a missed Q two weeks ago due to sickness. As I was reviewing previous backblasts, I came up with a Big Hairy Audacious Goal for the workout to circle the entire FMHS while carrying the KB with pain stations along the way. I hadn’t seen it done so that was the plan.

Weather was perfect. Felt like an early Fall and time for college football.

WARMUP:

SSH x 10
Windmills x 10
Merkins x 10
Arm Circles x 10

THE THANG:

With the BHAG of circling the school, which is approximately 1.5 miles, we moseyed stopping (4) times for the following:

21 KB swings
18 Upright rows
15 Goblet squats
12 Curls
9 Tricep extensions
6 Manmakers

MARY:

Finished at the end with a circuit of the following:

LBCs
Flutters

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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Calm in the Crazy

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WARMUP:
Moroccan nightclubs
Windmills
Cherry pickers
Hillbilly walkers

Mosey to pull up bars, 20 inclined merkins on curb
Every man grab a block and overhead mosey down to back parking lot for 4 corners
Every time you make it to the middle, it’s 5 man makers, and you bring your block to each corner. 20 thrusters, 20 upright rows, 15 goblet squats, 15 Cindy swings. After one time around, finish with man makers, then mosey back up to put your block away
THE THANG:
Official F3 deck of cards. Each card has an exercise and a number on it. Number cards are the number on the card plus 10, face cards are 25 reps, Aces are 100 reps. Circle up and each pax takes a turn pulling a card and everyone completes the exercise on the card
MARY: none needed
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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10 for 9 rounds and three stoic lessons

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WARMUP: quick jog to the fire hydrant and back to the bells for warm up – all exercises I/C
Windmills
Cherry Pickers
Imperial walkers
Hillbilly walkers
Moroccan night clubs
Low slow squats
Hold people’s chair w/ MNC’s

Bells to the corner of the lot for Main event

THE THANG: 9 rounds
3 exercises per round with a run across the lot and back after each round.

Station 1 – 5-10-15 (4 rounds)
5 – manmakers
10 – goblet squats
15 – swings

Station 2 – 10-15-20 (3 rounds)
10 – merkins on the bell
15 – swings
20 – hammer curls

Station 3 – 15-20-25 (2 rounds)
15 – tricep extensions
20 – flutters w/press
25 – swings

Three stoic lessons were shared from Seneca and Marcus Aurelius – one at each station.

MARY: enough time for protractors with the bell held high as well as rosalitas – took us to 0600

ANNOUNCEMENTS: you bet – all of them

COT: 5th core principle

Thanks 63 Bravo for the call. :eye:

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Bro-workout with Ruck

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WARMUP: None
THE THANG:
1 Mile Loop Around Kingsley, Each pax had a partner and rucked or shuffled in the opposite directions, meeting around the halfway point where they did 5 merkins, and they continued on to walk or shuffle and meet again around the starting point and did 5 squats. Continue this sequence until the time is up. The mileage range was 3 to 4 miles.
MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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Chance of Rain

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WARMUP: IW, HW, Merkins, MC, MNC,
THE THANG:
Thing #1
400M Run
21 Burpees
21 Heels to Heaven
21 Squats

400M Run
15 Burpees
15 Heels to Heaven
15 Squats

400M Run
9 Burpees
9 Heels to Heaven
9 Squats

Thing #2

15 Burpees
15 LBCs
15 Squats
Run 200 meters
15 Burpees
15 LBCs
15 Squats
Run 200 meters

10 Burpees
10 LBCs
10 Squats
Run 200 meters
10 Burpees
10 LBCs
10 Squats
Run 200 meters

5 Burpees
5 LBCs
5 Squats
Run 200 meters
5 Burpees
5 LBCs
5 Squats
Run 200 meters
MARY: No Time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter
COT: Closed in prayer

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Riding the Storm Out

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WARMUP: none, we just got after it
THE THANG: We had a rowing machine and 6 stations. One pax was always rowing while others worked at their own station. One minute cycles then rotate. Stations included SSH w/bricks, man makers, OH press w/Cindy, OH clap w/bricks, Monkey humpers, goblet squat
MARY: yep — flutter, penguin, Superman, shoulder taps

After 30 min BD, pax shared adversities we’ve experienced — death, sickness, high risk pregnancies, addictions, marriage challenges, job losses, relocations, mental health struggles. Only 4 pax and yet we’ve seen a lot of adversity!!! Hope in these chapters came through other people, seeing the unexpected good things that emerged, holding onto faith, caring counselors, F3 brothers, staying present each day, counting the wins and not looking too far ahead.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: HIM Camp, Invergence, grass cutting at FMCC

COT: as always, 5th core principle

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Cards at WEP

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WARMUP: Stretchy things
THE THANG: Lap around park stopping at swings alternating between 20 merkins and 20 squats. Mosey over to lot in front of old springs building. 17 bombjacks, 17 plankjacks,and 17 v-ups. Take a lap. Repeat with 15s then again with 13s. One additional round of 17 dips, 17 calf raises, and 17 flutters them mosey back to amphitheater. Simple in between card game. Start with a pot of exercises (laps, burpees, merkins, squats, lbcs). Flip 2 cards and PAX wager if next card is between the values. If next card is inbetween, then group does wagered exercises and pot is reduced. If card is outside, group does wager but pot grows. Intention was to do everything left in the pot when cards were done but I overestimated both number of reps and basic card math of PAX. I’ll try this again but I learned I need to make some adjustments.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Switcheroo at Block Party

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WARMUP: Quick lap of the parking lot then windmills, squats, light stretching
THE THANG: As the newly appointed (and very temporary Site Q) we did a mozy out of the parking lot and hung multiple rights to get to the parking lot behind Hobos for some four corners.
Pax to complete all exercises at each corner then do a full lap around the parking lot before getting to the next corner. Corners broken out as:
– Upper body (20 reps each) Merkins, CDDs, Dips, Shoulder taps
– Lower body (20 reps) Calf raises, Bomb jacks, Squats, Monkey humpers
– Abs (20 reps) Big boy sit-ups, American hammers, Flutter circles, Box cutters
– Full body (20 reps) Burpees, SSH, Mike Tyson’s, Single-leg merkins

Mozy to the parking lot across from what used to be the Hardee’s. (Kimbrell’s) Pax planked up for 4 plank-jacks, Mountain climbers, Shoulder taps, Superman’s. Rinse and repeat for reps at 4, 8, 16, 32.

Since we were in downtown Fort Mill, we did a quick history lesson on why the town has its name. (We are located half way between a British fort built to protect the Catawba Indians and Webb’s Mill). In honor of the town’s founding in 1873, we did 18 Merkins then ran down to the bottom of Main Street for 73 SSH.

We had about 5 minutes left at that point, so we did a mozy back to COT.
MARY: About 2 minutes worth
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Grow Ruck, H.I.M. Camp
COT: Family, Health, Marriages

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Mixed bag of mixed bag.

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WARMUP: We shared a 40 lb. Sandbag for our travels.

Did some short loops with stops for SSH, Hillbillies, and Mtn Climber (with pause).

THE THANG: 5 Derkin/5 Dip rounds with a plank while 1 pax runs a short amphitheater loop.

Did a “Charge” run, where all pax do exercises and first one finishes runs a half loop. 10 total exercises. Burpees were most popular among the group.

Snuck in a Cindy partner ladder.
Almost made it through 2 rounds.

Hustled back to COT.
MARY: Nah.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: invergence and all others.
COT: We all need COT. All shared something.

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Whats the point of this

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Sometimes I wonder if a ‘backblast’ is important. Yes, I can here the admins now screaming their doctoral rhetoric at their phone screens. ‘Its for new guys to get ideas’, ‘Its to share with people that weren’t there’, ‘Its to get our name plugged into the all powerful algorithm and track our stats.’

I kinda think its BS. When F3 started we didn’t have any of this crap. Not to say change is bad (or good), but to say are we missing the point. F3 isn’t about any of the things we are told to use a backblast for. That’s one of the things I always loved about Indian Land, the fact you wont find any record of it anywhere. But we, and you know who we are, what we were about, and the legend was born.

I suggest this. If you are gonna right a backblast, tell me something I cant find on YouTube. If I need a workout, that’s easy to find. I want the meat. What was your challenge, mentally. Who did you push. Did the PAX overcome. Did you grow as a leader.

Are you forging your legacy?

If you want to know what we do at my workouts, then show up. Otherwise just know we will be there sharpening our steel. Ill call impossible tasks not for the physical work, but to test your mind and fortitude. And just know I WILL be right there with you. Good or Bad, BC is here to stay.

I’m sure Ill get kicked out of F3 for these statements

#MILGA rising

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