2nd F and 3rd F first.

2nd F and 3rd F first.

Is the back blast a recap to the workout only?

Is it an homage to the sweat and pain we suffered through together?

Or is it a written reminder to the men of F3 as to our bound.  I am guilty of what I am about to type, therefore I cast no stones… but I challenge each of you that read this to spread the word and decide if you to have become a little to focused on the F1.

When I review the Back Blasts of my peer Qs, I note the new creative and interesting ways that the members find to deliver a quality beat down…   but far to often I do not make it the true meat of the Back Blast…The COT, the announcements, the mole skin, the prayers.  I mean… it is allllll the way at the bottom.  As such, going forward, YHC will be writing my Back Blast in reverse order from the norm.  F3 is way more than just a dedication to the 1st F that tends to get the majority of the focus and I will do my best to highlight the 2nd and 3rd before you reach the TLDR; state.

Announcements:

• F3 Come to the Table Luncheon:  Thursday December 20th noon to 1PM, Charlotte Country Club:  2465 Mecklenburg Ave, Charlotte , NC 28205

A mens luncheon to celebrate F3’s investment in Caring for Our Community

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/f3-come-to-the-table-luncheon-tickets-53361868786

• Speed for Need is putting together the 2019 race schedule.  Reach out to Gypsy in Slack if you are interested in helping with a race, recommending a race, or wanting to push in a race
• Happy Holidays.  Keep all the PAX members and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers.  The F3 parties may be done… but I am sure many of you also noticed a few pax members that have not been in the gloom or at the F2 events recently.  Free to lead brothers.. Take it upon yourselves to reach out to one or two and just say hello.

Thank you Snow Flake for taking us out in prayer this morning.  Honored to have the A51 3rd Q at Stonehenge to take us out in prayer and I look forward to seeing you in Church soon.

Moleskin:

Saturday AOs are by far my favorite.  Not only the extra 15 mins, but also the Coffeeteria.  Sure it is great to get a post beatdown meal and coffee.  But honestly, over the 16 various Saturday AOs in 2018, I have to say getting to know the back stories for so many guys is simply amazing..Today at Stonehenge we had 8 pax for the beatdown and all 8 at the F2 Coffeeteria.

You learn things like:

Happy Meal seriously thinks it funny to give your F3 name for your order to make them call it out when it’s ready.  When he told us to do it he smiled so big i had to laugh myself.  Ok.. it was funny watching the faces of the workers calling out orders for Happy meal and Christmas. 🙂

Gruden had a paper route when he was a teen and killed a Ford Ranger driving 200+ miles in the Northeast winters with all the extra weight he would have to put in the back to keep it from being a giant sled.

Wild Turkey worked at Denny’s for 5 years until he was 21.  Working his way up from dishwasher to server.  I am sure this did not come up when he was being named as an FNG.  I vote on a renaming:  Moons over MyHammy or GrandSlam

Fire Hazard seems to know a bunch about the French and Canada.. Not sure why.. More to that story I’m sure… and I will have to ask next time I see him at Gumby

Cul-de-sac….  A little inside joke on this one… anyone want to sit down and watch a PROGRAM

Snow Flake As mentioned above, did you know he is the A51 3rd F Q?  If not or don’t know what that seat on the board does, I encourage to reach out to him in SLACK or come meet us at Waypoint Church on Sundays at 10AM.

Christmas is my neighbor and once again I appreciate him holding me accountable to get my butt out of bed on time to make it to post.  Little known item is he is the one that talked me into this little thing called F3.  So if you loved the beatdown today, you can thank him for it.

Great core group of guys today as 8 men decided to leave the warmth and comfort of home to join YHC for a perfect fall morning to push ourselves and sharpen our edge.

The Thang: Ole’ Glory

Ole’ Glory is a WIB that is supposed to be a bootcamp beat down book ended by a 1 mile F2 pace run carrying the shovel flag.  No one out runs the flag and for an added bonus, we introduced a 2nd flag today that was carried by the last member leaving all pax members running between Ole’ Glory.

Last night I spent a good amount of time on Plot-a-route trying to find exactly 1 mile of route to lead us into a parking lot close-ish to the launch site.  Well.. seeing it on Google Maps and running it in the dark are two different things…soooooo.. the 1 mile run ended up being 1.5.  But as indicated at the beginning.. I am not a professional.

We eventually ended in the parking lot behind the Einstein Bagels and the mubblechatter began immediately when a 25ft fire hose was pulled out of the back of my truck that just so happened to be parked in this specific parking lot.  Hummmmm…coincidence.  I think not

Thang 1

Pax lines up side by side and all members select an index card that has an exercise on it (except the pax closest to the fire hose.  That pax unknowingly volunteered to be the 1st timer.)

As the timer drags the fire hose to the far side of the lot and back, the pax performs the exercise on the card.  The timer goes to the end of the line and everyone shift down to perform the exercise the person on the right was performing until all pax have had 2 turns as the timer.

Exercise: Wide Arm Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Jump Squats, Flutters, Bomb Jacks, Plank Jacks, and American Hammer

Thang 2

Hampton Roads Dora

Partner up.  Pax 1 runs to designated spot and performs 2 burpees and back while Pax 2 performs exercise until Pax 1 returns.  Swap so Pax 2 now runs to the designated spot while Pax 1 continues the exercise. (repeat until set number is completed)

100 Scorpion Merkins

200 Peg Leg Squats

300 Crab Cakes.

Grab the flags for second half of Ole’ Glory run back to the AO launch site.

Arrival back at launch site and we had 3 mins of Mary available.

Mary: LBC, Heels to Heaven, Box Cutters

F2: Great fellowship in this PAX as all members attended Coffeeteria.

F3: Excellent take out Prayer by out 3rd F Q.

F1: Solid performance by all as we pushed our bodies over 3+ mile

v/r

Gypsy