Backblast: June 6th, 2025
AO: Nightmare – Municipal Park – Perrysburg, OH
PAX:
Photon – Q
Bourbon
Capitol
Carmen Sandiego
Huckleberry
Meatloaf
Tackleberry
Ukulele
Waldo
Workout: BURPwEEk Day 6 – The Party
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:
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
Warm-up: Can’t remember. Too many burpees. Probably piano keys and some arm circles.
The “Thang”:
PAX lined up and then paired up by weight.
Two rows of cones were spread 50 yards apart from one another. 6 cones in the starting row and 5 in the far row, each containing a MOT for the PAX to follow. Each pair started off with 10 burpees each. Then each pair of PAX chose a starting cone and followed the MOT across the 50 yard burping lot to the next cone, at which point they did 10 burpees each before traveling back across the 50 yard burping lot to the starting line of cones. PAX continued this, using a different cone to direct the MOT each time, until all 11 cones of MOT and 110 burpees were complete, or until time expired. MOTs called out on the cones were the following:
Burpee Broad Jump
Bear Crawl
Crab Walk
Lunge Walk
Sprint
Partner Carry (P1)
Partner Carry (P2)
Wheelbarrow (P1)
Wheelbarrow (P2)
Burpee Broad Jump (Again)
Repeat Previous MOT
Ended with:
Count-O-Rama: 9
Name-O-Rama
The Six – Bourbon
LDP3
Ball of Man
Spreadsheets from the Gloom: 60F and wet. Perfect weather for burpees. I will always love this beatdown. It’s actually fun, while also incorporating a sneaky number of burpees. I would consider it the reprieve of the week. No one finished this time around, but a couple teams were quite close, so it’s definitely achievable when the Alligator Crawl cone is omitted. That said, it should probably be inserted back into the mix because of how terrible it is. An early roll of that MOT can wreak havoc on the rest of the beatdown due to the muscle fatigue it creates, and sometimes you just need a little chaos.
Playlist was on-theme, but left a lot to be desired. LMFAO, Miley, and DMX should never make any playlist as a general rule. All three during the same beatdown and a man’s Q-card should be revoked.
“Fight For Your Right” – Beastie Boys
“The Party Song” – Slave
“Party Rock Anthem” – LMFAO
“Let’s Make This Party Jumpin” – Funky Destination
“Party Up” – DMX
“Don’t You Wanna Party?” – Basement Freaks
“Party In The U.S.A.” – Miley Cyrus
“Ain’t Nothin’ But A Party” – A Taste Of Honey
“Get The Party Started” – P!nk
As always, it was a pleasure to lead.