Author: wstark

  • The Necropolis (Fort Meigs – Run) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: April 22nd, 2025

    AO: Necropolis Run

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego (Q)
    Norm
    Mile High
    Coconut
    Gulliver
    Fossil
    Capitol

    Workout: Fartleks
    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: jog to the parking lot across the street. Butt kickers, high knees, karaokes, Dion Sanders, backward stretch walks, wiggly arms

    The Thang:
    Ran to the wall. Lights were setup throughout. Red meant 3 burpees, green meant sprint, blue meant jog and white meant walk. I would change the colors varying the speeds. Towards the end, anyone could change them. Ran back to the flags. Stretched with Willie Mayes Hayes and Piano Keys.

    Count-O-Rama – 7
    Name-O-Rama
    The Six – Carmen Sandiego

    LDP3
    Ball of Man

  • Coronado (Keener Park) – Steve Mohr

    4/22/25

    PAX
    Footloose -Q
    Mercy

    Pre/post Murph ruck

  • The Foundry (Gateway Middle School) – Jason Nofziger

    Foundry 4/21/25 IPC Light
    PAX:
    Rudy
    Landslide
    Coconut
    Viper
    Meatloaf
    Norm
    Gulliver
    Fat Amy (Q)

    Warm-up: SSH, Willie Mays Hayes, Back stretches

    The Thang:
    Throwback to 2021 Week 1: Revenge of the Bunnies
    IPC Light = complete with a partner

    4 Rounds, Each Round:
    800M run
    25 yard Murder Bunny
    10 HR Merkins
    25 yard reverse Murder Bunny
    20 of "Round Specific Exercise"
    25 yard Murder Bunny
    10 HR Merkins
    25 yard reverse Murder Bunny

    Rounds 1 & 3: 20 blockees with a thruster
    Rounds 2 & 4: 20 burpee block jump overs

    Each round, one partner runs 800M, while other partner starts work. When partner returns from run, they can share the work by tagging in/out until round is complete. Then start the next round

    COT: Viper 6

  • The Nest (Fassett Jr High) – Chris Cufr – Pinto

    Pax:
    Armstrong
    Deliverance
    Fallout Boy
    Raven
    Pinto (Q)

    April 21st – 21 reps of each.
    Arm circles forward
    Arm Circles backward
    Chain Breakers
    Block Goblin Squats
    Block Curls
    Block Rows
    SSH
    Mericans
    Sit-ups
    Block Twists
    Block Curl
    Thrusters (squat into overhead press)
    Mountain Climbers
    Elephant Walk
    Flutter Kick

    Repeated circuit 3 times.

    Announcements / Prayer Requests / COT

  • The Battlefied Ruck (The Shops At Fallen Timbers) – Jay Meents

    We rucked and ran
    Q- wipers
    Runt
    Norm
    Bulldog
    Echo
    Lancelot
    Crawdad
    Footloose
    Huckleberry
    Doogie
    Djibouti
    Lonzo
    Full pull

  • Camelot (Generals Ice Cream) – Lee “Purdy” Kramer

    Purdy #12 – 04/21/25 – Camelot –
    Let’s Work off That Easter Candy

    WARM UP: Willy Mays Hays’, Calf Stretches, Potato Pickers, in cadence.
    WORKOUT:
    – Mosey over to the path around the pond.
    – 1 Lap around the pond
    – 50 Side Straddle Hops
    – 1 Lap around the pond
    – 50 Squats
    – 1 Lap around the pond
    – 50 Mountain Climbers
    – 1 Lap around the pond
    – 1 Minute Plank
    – 1 Lap around the pond
    – 30 Merkins
    – Repeat

    Q – Purdy – 6
    Guardian
    Doubtfire
    Hannibal
    Lyman
    Mercy

  • The Pit (Kingsbury Park) – Zach “Colson” Kreischer

    F3 Easter Beatdown
    PreThang:
    25 Don Quixote
    1-mile run

    Thang:
    25 Dying Cockroach (4-count ab exercise done lying down that involves touching hand to opposite leg, back down, then other hand to opposite leg. Form can vary wildly)

    Murder Bunny 30 yards and repeat 25 dying cockroach

    25 Grave Diggers (Coupon exercise. Start standing with feet shoulder width apart and straddling a coupon. Bend over and grab coupon and lift it up and over the right shoulder until the coupon is by your right ear. Then return the coupon between your feet. Repeat on left side. This is easily completed as a 4-count exercise)

    Reverse Murder Bunny 30 yards and repeat 25 grave diggers

    Resurrection cockroach (4-count ab exercise done lying down on your six and pulling your knees and arms to your chest, then rapidly extending arms and legs back out, then back in. Preferably done directly after the Dying Cockroach and with at least one extra rep.)

    Murder Bunny 30 yards and repeat 25 resurrection cockroach

    Wave of Merkins(count up to 10)

    COT & LDP3
    PAX: Southie & Colson

  • The Gaunlet (Rivercrest Park) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: April 21st, 2025

    AO: Gauntlet

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego (Q)
    Mile High

    Workout: Pre-workout ruck (black ops)
    FNG’s: No

    The Thang:

    Rucked around Rivercrest Park for 3.2 miles.

  • Pump Station (Hood Park) – Derek Emery

    Backblast: April 20th, 2025

    AO: Pump Station

    PAX:
    Carmen Sandiego (Q)
    Ukulele
    Huckleberry
    Guardian
    Irish Haus
    Tarnished
    Meatloaf
    Gold Star
    Coal

    Workout: Easter 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: tiger position during the open statements then went into cobra and downward dog stretch. After that we did the greatest stretch in the world. Once finished stretching, we did man maker motivators 5-count.

    The Thang:

    Workouts were hid throughout the AO. Each had 4 workouts with different colors. Once one exercise was done, you pushed the button changing the color and you moved to the next one.

    Bottom parking lot:
    white – 25 plank jacks
    red – 25 BBSU’s
    green – 20 box cutters
    blue – 100 second plank

    Hill:
    White – 3 sprints up
    Red- lunge to the top
    Green – backwards to the top
    Blue – bear crawl to the top

    Stairs:
    White – 3 every step
    Red – 1 sidestep stair run
    Green – 3 skip step stair run
    Blue – bear crawl up the stairs w/10 merkins at the top

    By the flag:
    White – 25 jump squats
    Red – 30 American Hammers (2 is 1)
    Green – 25 merkins
    Blue – 25 mountain climbers

    By the statue:
    White – 20 burpees
    Red – 25 LBC’s
    Green – 25 monkey humpers
    Blue – 30 Nolan Ryan’s

    Midway up the hill on the far side:
    White – 20 overhead presses
    Red – 25 bent over rows
    Green – 25 goblet squats
    Blue – 15 WW3 SU’s

    In between the 2 statues:
    White – 25 SSH’s
    Red – 25 flying squirrels
    Green – 25 flutter kicks
    Blue – 25 hillbilly walkers

    In the grass beside the monument with bricks:
    White – 25 seal claps
    Red – 25 overhead claps
    Green – 25 arm circles
    Blue – 25 SSH’s

    Back monument:
    White – 20 dips
    Red – 25 decline merkins
    Green – 20 step ups
    Blue – 50 jump ropes

    Path that leads to the wall:
    White: frog jump
    Red: burpee broad jumps
    Green: 5 sprints
    Blue: crawl bear

    Finished with Push Block Twists, CPR’s, block flutter kicks and plank hold for Phil Collin’s in the air tonight.

    Count-O-Rama – 9
    Name-O-Rama
    The Six – Irish Haus

    LDP3
    Ball of Man

    Pax did the workout very quickly. Need to make a higher number of reps for each one and also maybe add two more locations.

  • Leadership Ruck – Fitness of the Body, Mind, and Soul – Mike “Photon” Bauer

    4/19/25

    Fortress Pre Run (at 4:30am before the ruck)

    Pax:
    Photon – Q
    Callahan
    Carmen Sandiego
    Viper

    PAX ran to The Pump Station for some loops around that and The Wall. Headed back and managed 6 miles total.