Backblast: August 18th, 2024

AO: Pump Station – Hood Park – Perrysburg OH

PAX:
Carmen Sandiego – VQ
Capitol
Waldo
Geppetto
Photon
Phat Thor
Coconut
Guardian
Irish Hoss
Doubtfire
Callahan
Crawdad
Tarnished
Radio
Bourbon
Coal
Shawshank

Workout: Climbing Kilimanjaro

FNG’s: N/A

Mission and Principles
F3: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Mission: To plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
The core principles of F3 are that it is always:
-Open to all men
-Always free
-Always outdoors
-Led in a rotating fashion by a member of the PAX. You are the only one that knows your medical history so modify if needed.
-Ends with a Circle of Trust

Credo: Leave no man behind but leave no man where you found him.

Warmup: Willie Mays Hayes, pretzels (in cadence), grass grabbers (in cadence).

The “Thang”

We ran a hill to determine who our partner was by how we finished. This exercise was meant for a partner to help with adversity since we can’t climb a mountain alone (same in life).

Ladder circuit of core workouts at the base of the mountain (at the bottom of the hill by the docks). After each round, we ran up the hill by first bear crawling in the grass, running up the stairs and rolled a cube of destiny which showed which workout you have to do at the top. The 5th time up was 100 jump ropes.

Rounds included with blocks
1 – 10 WW3SU
2 – 10 WW3SU, 25 flutter kicks
3 – 10 WW3SU, 25 flutter kicks, 25 merkens
4 – 10 WW3SU, 25 flutter kicks, 25 merkens, 25 Gob Squats
5 – 10 WW3SU, 25 flutter kicks, 25 merkens, 25 Gob Squats, 50 American Hammers

Past the 5th round, we did the rounds in reverse 4, 3, 2, 1 to come back down the mountain.

We had a couple of teams get to the top but nobody was able to get all the way down in time.

Ended with:
Count-O-Rama: 16
Name-O-Rama

The Six – Capitol

LDP3

Prayer

We climb mountains everyday of different variations in life. Whether it be at work, family, friends but we all need someone to help us on the way to make us better. Examples could constructive criticism, different perspective or even a compliment. I am so appreciative of all the team members that showed up for my VQ.

Playlist included-
Africa – Toto
Cochise – Audioslave
Believe – The Bravery
Every little thing counts – Janus Stark
Top of the world – Van Halen
The Distance – Cake
So Alive – Goo Goo Dolls