Author: wstark

  • The Pit (Kingsbury Park) – Nigel Hogan

    F3 Black Swamp – Defiance
    Backblast
    Men Present: Bob Ross, Southie
    Workout: Shelter Pyramid

    Warm-Up: 100 Side Straddle Hops

    The Thang: Coupon Pyramid (up to 20, then back down)
    – Coupon Thrusters, Coupon Bent Rows, Push-Ups, Air Squats, Coupon Curls, Burpees;
    Reps climbed 5 → 10 → 15 → 20 then back down 15 → 10 → 5
    COT

  • Pump Station (Hood Park) – Geppetto

    Backblast –March 29, 2026
    AO: The Pump Station – Hood Park – Perrysburg, OH
    PAX:
    Tarnished
    Ukelele
    Echo
    Lyman
    Jersey
    Gold Star
    Geppetto – Q

    Workout: This Ain’t Happenin’ Again

    No FNG’s so right into Mission and Principles:
    F3 – Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
    Mission – Plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
    The core principles of F3 are that it must:
    Be free of charge
    Be open to all men
    Be held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
    Be 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.
    End with a Circle of Trust
    Credo: Leave no man behind but leave no man where you find him.
    Warmup:

    The ”Thang”:

    Intro / Warm-Up
    Cadence:
    SSH x 25
    Imperial Walkers x 15
    Moroccan Nightclubs x 10

    Walk down hill to river

    Round one
    10 Merkins
    15 Squats
    20 Mountain Climbers (4=1)
    Bear Crawl to 1st Light Post, mosey back
    Repeato

    Round two
    Partner A: Carry block (PAX Choice) – 1st Lightpost and back
    Partner B:
    5 Burpees
    10 Bonnie Blair’s / Lunges (2=1
    Switch when Partner A gets back to start.

    Round three
    15 Burpees
    20 Big Boys
    25 Squats

    Round four
    10 Coupon Thrusters
    15 Bent Over Rows
    20 Coupon Swings
    Repeato

    Finish
    All PAX plank
    One at a time: Bear crawl lap around circle

    Count-O-Rama – Seven
    Name-O-Rama
    Circle of Trust
    Sharing of the six – Lyman – EH’d by Stalker. Made excuses early on but took the advice of his M and posted to a ruck/run and got his name because he restores boats for a living. Grateful for the group.

    Announcements: Playhouse build needs fundraising dollars and additional volunteers. Whiskey/beer swap coming up.

    Ball of Man with Prayer: Prayers for Echo and his family. Prayers for Alissa. Prayers for us as we reflect on Palm Sunday, the coming of Good Friday and the hope in the Resurrection.

    Spreadsheets from the Gloom: Low to mid 30’s. It was an honor to lead. Nice to see everyone and to enjoy a little Coffeteria after.

    Playlist:
    Grace is Gone – Dave Matthews Band. Don’t @ me. This is as country as DMB gets. And its my beatdown and my playlist so I make the rules
    You Never Even Called Me By My Name – David Allan Coe
    Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn
    Folsom Prison Blues (Live) – Johnny Cash
    Whiskey Girl – Toby Keith
    Gary – Stephen Wilson Jr
    Hello Again – Dave Matthews Band. See above.
    Year To Be Young 1994 – Stephen Wilson Jr
    Fast Car – Luke Combs
    The Church on Cumberland Road – Shenandoah
    Stand By Me (Live at The Print Shop) – Stephen Wilson Jr

  • Leadership Ruck – Fitness of the Body, Mind, and Soul – Geppetto

    Backblast –March 28, 2026
    AO: The Fortress – Grace Church – Perrysburg, OH
    PAX:
    Tarnished
    Coconut
    BInford
    Photon
    Geppetto – Q

    Workout: Leadership Ruck

    No FNG’s so right into Mission and Principles:
    F3 – Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
    Mission – Plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
    The core principles of F3 are that it must:
    Be free of charge
    Be open to all men
    Be held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
    Be 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.
    End with a Circle of Trust
    Credo: Leave no man behind but leave no man where you find him.

    Discussion questions:

    “Where in your life are you kind of running solo right now… and if you’re honest, how’s that actually going?”
    “How do you decide if a guy is someone you can actually rely on—not just a good dude, but someone you’d link up with in leadership?”
    “When have you seen someone’s true colors show up under pressure—good or bad?”
    “What’s something hard you’ve gone through with other guys that actually brought you closer?”
    Count-O-Rama – Five
    Name-O-Rama
    Circle of Trust
    Sharing of the six – Binford

    Announcements: Playhouse build needs fundraising dollars and additional volunteers. Whiskey/beer swap coming up.

    Ball of Man with Prayer
    Spreadsheets from the Gloom: High 20s, some breeze.

    It was an honor to lead.

  • Run @ the Pump Station (Hood Park) – Randy “Echo” Pelc

    Echo-Q
    Ukulele
    Opening and we warmed up walking to bottom of hill.
    Beatdown we ran down to the wall and did 5 times up and down the stairs. Ran back to the hill and ran that up and down 5 times. Ran back to wall and stairs 5 times. Got back to the hill and we walked up and down 6-7 times due to my side hurting. GREAT conversation with Ukulele. He is wise beyond his years!!!!

  • The Fortress (Grace Church) – Afonso Cardoso

    Backblast: March 28th, 2026

    AO: The Fortress

    PAX:
    Photon – Q
    Ukulele – Q
    Tarnished
    Binford

    Workout: SSHOP ‘Til You Drop

    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: none, we went straight into SSH

    The “Thang”:

    54 min AMRAP of SSH divided in 3 18min phases.
    Each Phase is broken into 6 minute segments where you can start doing SSH again if you had dropped. The 6 minute segments were divided in 2 for 3 minutes of alternative exercises when you stop doing SSH.
    Phase 1 Exercises: Step Ups in the first 3 minutes of the 6, and flutter kicks in the second.
    Phase 2 Exercises: Crab Cakes and then Never Surrenders
    Phase 3 Exercises: Flying Squirrels and then Cactus Squats
    All exercises in cadence with the tempo of the song playing.

    Ended with:
    Count-O-Rama: 4
    Name-O-Rama

    The Six – Binford

    LDP3

    Ball of Man

    Playlist:
    Danny And The Juniors – At The Top
    The Rollings Stones – Start Me Up(2009 Remaster)
    House Of Pain – Jump Around
    Van Halen – Jump
    The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
    Junior Senior – Move Your Feet
    The Bar-Kays – More And More
    Help – Jamiroquai- Canned Hear(Live at Ahoy)
    SWG / Single White Glove – DON’T STOP ‘TIL YOU GET ENOUGH(Extended Mix)
    Commodores – Hold On
    King’s Trust Music – Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
    The Dirty Dozen Brass Band – My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now
    Linking Park – Numb
    Jane’s Addiction – Stop

  • The Battlefied Ruck (The Shops At Fallen Timbers) – mike place sr Arcy

    Battlefield Ruck/run 3/28
    Q Arcy
    Runt
    Zimba
    Crawdad
    Echo
    Full Pull
    Fat Amy

  • Rabbit Hole (Whitehouse Library) – Jason Nofziger

    3/27/26 Spring Break Eve at Rabbit Hole

    PAX:
    Gold Wing
    Doubtfire
    Rudy
    Cinnamons
    Waldo
    Vespa
    Fat Amy (Q)

    Warm-up:
    Armivators: 6 count (arm circles, circle arms, seal claps, OH claps)
    SSH: 30 count
    Squativators: 6 count

    Mosey with block to North Quarry

    100 curl buy-in (first 2 PAX done, all go)
    Move as a pack
    Run to Shelter – 25 pull ups
    Run to Basketball court – 50 merkins
    Back to Block = repeat loop 4x

    COT

  • Nightmare (Perrysburg Municipal Park) – Steve “Footloose” Mohr

    3.27.26

    PAX
    Footloose -Q
    Oil change
    Meatloaf
    Guardian
    Spaulding

    With and Without You

    Some took the title to mean that their presence wasn’t requested. The “you” in the title was in reference to an inanimate object. For those who decided not to show up, I guess they will just have to read this backblast to figure that out.

    So, we did exercises (such as a man maker) with a coupon and then a similar exercise (burpee) without a coupon.

    In between each round we did suicide shuffles, sprints, runs and runs backwards.

    A good time was had by all who HC’ed.

  • The Gauntlet (Rivercrest Park) – Mike “Photon” Bauer

    Backblast: March 16th, 2026

    AO: The Gauntlet – Rivercrest Park – Perrysburg, OH

    PAX:
    Photon – Q
    Big Spoon
    Mile High
    Rumor
    Sprocket

    Workout: The Impossible AniMile

    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: Unknown

    This BB is being written 10 days after the beatdown, so I can’t remember the warmup. Probably SSHs.

    The “Thang”:

    Two lines of cones were spread apart 50m apart. PAX traveled to and from the far set of cones by animal MOT before switching to a new animal MOT. Full completion equaled to a half-mile of animal movements. The MOTs were the following, in order:

    Inch Worm Crawl
    Frog Jump
    Crab Walk
    Murder Bunny
    Duck Walk
    Ape hop
    Alligator Crawl
    Bear Crawl

    Ended with:
    Count-O-Rama: 5
    Name-O-Rama

    The Six – Sprocket

    LDP3

    Ball of Man

    Spreadsheets from the Gloom: It was like the impossible mile, at the zoo. And it sucked. 100m of some of those movements was awful, but somehow Big Spoon still managed to finish just in time. And for as challenging as it was, it was not nearly as brutal as the impossible mile. Doubling the distance and cutting the number of MOTs in half might make it a solid comparison, as long as the alligator crawl is not involved. That exercise is awful.

    Beastly tracks made up the playlist for this one:

    “Animal” – Pearl Jam
    “Rooster” – Alice In Chains
    “Man Or Animal” – Audioslave
    “Monkey Wrench” – Foo Fighters
    “Animal I Have Become” – Three Days Grace
    “Guerilla Radio” – Rage Against The Machine
    “Animals” – Nickelback
    “Apache Rose Peacock” – Red Hot Chili Peppers
    “Possum Kingdom” – Toadies
    “Rats” – Pearl Jam
    “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” – The Smashing Pumpkins

    As always, appreciate the opportunity to lead this one.

  • The Armory (Waterville Library) – Bourbon

    03/26/2026 – Huckleberry 11’s:

    Date: 03/26/2026
    Time: 5:30 – 6:15 AM
    Location: The Armory – Waterville Library
    Q: Bourbon

    PAX Count: 11 Total

    PAX Names:
    Yoshi
    Brickyard
    Viper
    Manchester
    Lullaby
    Vespa
    Rudy
    Bulldog
    Footloose
    The Count (FNG, EH’d by Footloose)
    Bourbon

    F3 Mission: Fitness, Fellowship, Faith; To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership

    Principles of F3:
    It must be free of charge
    It must be open to all men
    It must be held outdoor, rain or shine, hot or cold
    It must be peer led in a rotating fashion by men who participate in the workout, with no training or certification necessary
    It must end with a Circle of Trust (COT)

    Disclaimer Statement

    Warmup:
    Motivator’s – 10 to 1

    Beatdown:
    Huckleberry 11’s:
    First end = Lt. Dan’s
    Middle = Lunges (2 is 1)
    Second end = Mountain Climbers (4-count)
    Middle = Imperial Squat Walkers (4-count)
    Start at the first end and complete 1 rep, move to middle and complete 11 reps, move to second end and complete 10 reps, move to middle and complete 11 reps.
    First end increases in number of reps by one and second end decreases in number of reps by one for each round. For example, 1 and 10, 2 and 9, 3 and 8, etc.

    Count-O-Rama and Name-O-Rama
    Learn about the 6: Vespa.
    Announcements
    LDP3
    COT / Prayers and Intentions