Month: April 2025

  • The Wall (Riverside Park) – Mike “Gold Star” Niese

    4.17.2025 – The Wall – Shazam Music

    Q: Gold Star
    Pax List:
    Geppetto
    Guardian
    Doubtfire
    Photon
    Golden Gate
    Finkle #6
    Oil Change
    Flo

    Warmup – SPMICE
    Willy Mays Hayes – in cadence
    Arm Circles

    The Playlist!
    Played the first few seconds of the song to see who could name it first. Photon took the crown!

    >Baba O’Riley – The Who (5:01)
    Imperial Walkers, increasing tempo final 30 sec

    >Tubthumping – Chumbawamba (3:34)
    SSH during song
    “I get knocked down” = burpee (27x)

    >Roxanne – The Police (3:13)
    Plank during song
    “Roxanne” = Merkin (26ish)
    “Red light” = Plank jack (25ish)

    >Mosey to first pole and back

    >Movin’ Out – Billy Joel (3:33)
    Steps ups during song
    “If that’s movin’ up, then I’m moving out” 10 x U-Haul w block

    >Proud Mary – CCR (3:10)
    BBSU until “Rolling”, then
    Gas Pumps for each “Rolling”, then switch to
    Flutter Kicks until “Rolling”, then back to
    Gas Pumps for each “Rolling”. Switch back to BBSU, repeato.

    >Two Princes (Two Biceps) – Spin Doctors (4:20)
    Block curls during song
    “now” = Squat (34x)
    Step ups during guitar solo (1:40 – 2:12)

    >Mosey to first pole and back

    >Thunderstruck – AC/DC (4:53)
    Plank during song
    “Thunder / thunderstruck” = Merkin (33x)

  • Wakanda (Maumee High School) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: April 17th, 2025

    AO: Wakanda

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego (Q)
    Van Wilder
    Gulliver
    Stalker
    Ukulele
    Brickyard
    Chubbs

    Workout: All Roads Lead to Rome
    FNG’s: No

    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 five core principles of F3 are:
    Always free
    Open to all men
    Always outdoors
    Led in a rotating fashion by a member of the PAX. Only you know your medical history so modify as needed.
    Ends in a Circle of Trust

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

    Warmup: 7 count man maker motivators

    Thang: The layout of the beatdown resembled the farthest reaching countries of the Roman Empire during 117 AD.

    Britannia (England)
    Lusitania (Portugal)
    Armenia
    Aegyptus (Egypt)
    Roma (Rome)

    All the roads lead to Roma. Didn’t matter where you came from. Each country had its list of workouts depending on which direction you wanted to travel.

    In the middle (grass), there was Rome. We had a sled set up with weights to go around the light and back.

    The bottom right location was Aegyptus. This was the block station.

    From Aegyptus:

    To travel to Lusitania, you had to do 20 block squats, 20 dips, 20 flutter kicks w/block and MOT of Lizard crawls to get there

    To travel to Roma, you had to do 10 man makers, 20 curls, 20 block swings and MOT was bear crawls.

    To Travel Armenia, you had to do 20 offset merkins, 20 American hammers, 20 block hops and MOT Lunges.

    To top right location was Armenia where we had the ruck sacks.

    From Armenia:

    To travel to Britannia, you had to do 20 monkey humpers, 20 merkins, 20 swings w/sack and MOT lizard crawls

    To travel to Roma, you had to do 20 overhead presses, 20 bent over presses, 20 front squats and MOT bear crawls.

    To travel to Aegyptus, you had to do 20 squats, 20 plank jacks, 20 calf raises and MOT lizard crawls.

    Top left location was Britannia, which was the brick station.

    From Britannia:

    To travel to Lusitania, you had to do 20 front raises, 20 tricep extensions, 20 side raises and MOT lunges.

    To travel to Roma, you had to do 20 SSH’s, 20 curls, 20 arm circles and MOT frog jumps.

    To travel to Armenia, you had to do 20 brick jumps, 20 seal claps, 20 overhead presses and MOT lizard crawls.

    The bottom right station was Lusitania which was body weight lifting.

    From Lusitania,

    To travel to Britannia, you had to do 20 tricep extensions, 20 donkey kicks, 20 never surrenders and MOT lunges

    To travel to Roma, you had to do 20 absolutions, 20 jump squats, 20 merkins and MOT frog jumps

    To travel to Aegyptus, you had to do 20 BBSU, 20 box cutter, 20 shoulder taps and MOT lizard crawls.

    Count-O-Rama – 7
    Name-O-Rama
    The Six – Van Wilder

    LDP3
    Ball of Man

    We have different paths in life, but all roads lead back to God.

  • The Armory (Waterville Library) – Thor

    4/17/25
    Armory Murph
    Pax:
    Thor – q
    Huckleberry
    Viper
    Fat Amy
    Wax On
    Crawdad
    Mile High
    Rudy
    Stark
    Piggly Wiggly
    Vespa
    Spaulding
    Tarnished

    It was a great murph. Loved the location!

    Playlist: Best of Canada(This was a large list I made with shuffle on…)
    Wake Up – Arcade Fire
    Working for the Weekend – Loverboy
    Taking Care of Business – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
    Blinding Lights – The Weeknd
    How you remind me -Nickleback
    Say it right – Nelly Furtado
    Because you loved me – Celine Dion
    Life is a highway – Tom Cochrane
    Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
    Informer – Snow
    Tom Sawyer – Rush
    Sweet City Woman – Stampeders
    Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf
    One Week – BNL
    Hand in my Pocket – Alanis Morissette
    Fat Lip – Sum 41
    I'm just a kid – Simple Plan
    Baby – Justin Beiber
    Hotline Bling – Drake
    Sunglasses at night – Corey Hart

  • Leadership Study – Sean Sickler

    4/16– Black Ops Track Intervals

    Q – Full Pull
    PAX:
GMO
    Pooh Bear
    Echo
    Yoshi

    The Thang:


    Warm-up – Round of dynamic stretching

    Warm up lap around the track
    200m run
    200m recover
    Repeat until exhaustion
    X7 this week

    Cool down lap
    COT

  • Grantland (Rotary Park) – Thor

    4/16/25
    Grantland
    It was Hump Day for Murph Week:
    Pax:
    Thor – Q
    Huckelberry
    Wax On
    Crawdad
    Mile High
    Baretta
    Irish Hoss
    Bourbon
    Stark
    Capitol
    Photon
    Lonzo
    Purdy
    Callahan
    Iscololes
    Guardian

    Playlist: Cracking the Code(The Human Genome was finished being mapped on this day in history in 2003)
    Playlist:
    Human: Rag n Bone
    DNA: Kendrick Lamar
    She blinded me with science: Thomas Dolby
    Human: the killers
    Secrets: One Republic
    The Scientist: Coldplay
    What a wonderful world: Sam Cooke
    Big Bang Theory: They might be giants
    Electric Feel: MGMT
    Human Beings: Van Halen

  • The Mud Hole (Ruck at Pearson Park) – Raven

    Wednesday Ruck
    Mudhole
    4/16/25

    PAX:
    Armstrong
    Fallout Boy
    Pinto
    Raven ~ Q

    Intro
    5 Core Principles
    Credo

    Rucked to the to south side of the park for a stroll and then to the observation deck. Got to observe the moon bright in the sky whit the sun was almost starting to peak out of the horizon. Did some merkins and squats then back to the lot.

    NoR
    Announcements
    CoT
    BoM

    As always and honor to lead!

  • Field Of Dreams (Rolf Park) – Steve Mohr

    4/16/2025

    Pre run

    PAX
    Footloose -Q
    Piggly Wiggly
    Sven
    Lyman

  • Field Of Dreams (Rolf Park) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: April 16th, 2025

    AO: Field of Dreams

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego (Q)
    Piggly Wiggly
    Lyman
    Footloose
    Sven

    Workout: Baseball Beatdown
    FNG’s: No

    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 five core principles of F3 are:
    Always free
    Open to all men
    Always outdoors
    Led in a rotating fashion by a member of the PAX. Only you know your medical history so modify as needed.
    Ends in a Circle of Trust

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

    Warmup: over exaggerated baseball throw, coupon beer chug, catcher’s squat

    The Thang:

    Spring Training

    10 chest presses w/coupon then run to cone 1 and do 10 LBCs, then run back

    20 curls w/coupon then run to cone 2 and do 10 LBCs, then run back

    30 chest presses w/coupon then run to cone 3 and do 10 LBCs, then run back

    40 curls w/coupon then run to cone 4 and do 10 LBCs, then run back

    50 chest presses w/coupon then run to cone 5 and do 10 LBCs, then run back

    Work your way back down to 10.

    Head to the baseball field for a Dora. Bases were lit up. Broke into teams.

    Bear crawl to 1st, 10 merkins, run back

     BC to 1st again, Lunge to 2nd, 20 merkins, run back
     
    BC to 1st, lunge to 2nd again, then run to 3rd, 30 merkins, run back
     
    4.     Do one full lap around the bases running like you hit a home run.

    While one pax was running the field, the others did: AMRAP 1. Burpees 2. SSH. 3. Squats 4. Planks.

    Rotate with partner each after each run.

    Finished with Willie Mayes Hayes

    Count-O-Rama – 5
    Name-O-Rama
    The Six – Lyman

    LDP3
    Ball of Man

    Beatdown idea was from Naperville

  • The Commons (Levis Commons) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: April 15th, 2025

    AO: the Commons

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego (Q)
    Gold Star
    Wario
    Everest
    Ponzi

    Workout: Pump Fiction
    FNG’s: No

    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 five core principles of F3 are:
    Always free
    Open to all men
    Always outdoors
    Led in a rotating fashion by a member of the PAX. Only you know your medical history so modify as needed.
    Ends in a Circle of Trust

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

    Warmup: arm circles, Phelps, man maker motivators

    The Thang:

    Run a lap after each round

    1st circuit. Full body
    Round 1: 10 Merkins—15 Squats—20 plank jacks—6 Burpees

    Round 2: 15 Merkins—20 Squats—25 plank jacks—8 Burpees

    Round 3: 20 Merkins—25 Squats—30 plank jacks—10 Burpees

    2nd circuit. Block work
    Round 1: 10 Overhead Presses—15 Curls—20 Block Swings—6 Absolutions

    Round 2: 15 Overhead Presses—20 Curls—25 Block Swings—8 Absolutions

    Round 3: 20 Overhead Presses—25 Curls—30 Block Swings—10 Absolutions

    3rd circuit. Mary
    Round 1: 10 AH —15 Flutter Kicks—20 LBC’s—6 Bay City Scissors

    Round 2: 15 AH —20 Flutter Kicks—25 LBC’s—8 Bay City Scissors

    Round 3: 20 AH —25 Flutter Kicks— 30 LBC’s—10 Bay City Scissors

    Count-O-Rama – 5
    Name-O-Rama
    The Six – Gold Star

    LDP3
    Ball of Man

  • The Necropolis (Fort Meigs – Run) – Capitol

    F3 BB
    Backblast: April 15th, 2025
    AO: Necropolis
    Workout: Maple Street Run

    PAX:
    Capitol – Q
    Fossil
    Norm
    Ukulele
    Wario
    Gulliver
    Purdy

    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:
    1. Free of charge
    2. Open to all men
    3. Held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
    4. Led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary. You versus you. Modify or stop an exercise if you need to. The most important thing is that nobody gets hurt.
    5. Ends with a Circle of Trust
    Credo: Leave no man behind but leave no man where you find him

    The “Thang”:
    Run up toward W. Boundary, turn left on 2nd street, turn right on Maple street, turn back at 5:55am, follow same path back.

    Ended with COT:

    Count-O-Rama
    Name-O-Rama
    The Six – Van Wilder
    Announcements
    LDP
    Ball of Man