Large park with running paths, soccer fields, playground, and parking lot for what can be an epic boot camp style beatdown! You might get introduced to Swampball if you show up. What is Swampball? A game created by PAX of the BlackSwamp, here are the rules.
Backblast – Sept 17, 2025
AO: Field of Dreams – Rolf Park – Maumee, OH
PAX:
Rudy
Geppetto – Q
Lyman
Sven
Rocketman
Jimmy Hart
Workout: American Top 40 – 1984
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.
The Thang:
Warmup – Jump, Van Halen Peaked at #1 Feb 25th. Spent ten weeks in the top ten, five at #1
Five Count Motivators
1st Half of workout: Chart Position
1 v 3, 2 v 4, 5 v 7, 9 v 11
Correct: AMRAP Cycle of : BBSU’s, Lunges, Imperial Walkers
Incorrect: AMRAP Cycle of Burpees, LBC’s, Prisoner Squats
2nd Half of workout: Weeks in the Top Ten
1 v 2, 6 v 9, 8 v 12, 10 v 7
Correct: AMRAP Cycle of: Merkins, SSH, Monkey Humpers
Incorrect: AMRAP Cycle of: Squats, Plank Jacks, InchWorms
Songs
1. Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes (4:27) – Peaked at #1, 10 weeks
2. Out of Touch – Hall & Oates (4:12) Peaked at #1, 9 weeks
3. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell (3:57) Peak at #2, 8 weeks
4. Talking in Your Sleep – The Romantics (3:55) Peak #3, 7 weeks
5. Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins (4:44) Peak #3, 7 weeks
6. Sister Christian – Night Ranger (4:58) Peak #5, 4 weeks
7. I Want a New Drug – Huey Lewis & The News (4:45) Peak #6, 5 weeks
8. I Can Dream About You – Dan Hartman (4:07) Peak #6, 4 weeks
9. Sunglasses at Night – Corey Hart (3:58) Peak #7, 5 weeks
10. The Warrior – Scandal (4:05) Peak #7, 5 weeks
11. Wrapped Around Your Finger – The Police (5:12) Peak #8, 2 weeks
12. Cruel Summer – Bananarama (3:35) Peak #9, 2 weeks
Cool Down – Drive (The Cars, 3:54) Peaked at #3 on Sept 27th. 7 weeks in top ten
Count-O-Rama – Six
Name-O-Rama
Circle of Trust
Sharing of the six: Jimmy Hart—He got his name from Doubtfire because he is a wrestling coach. He has been dealing with some health issues that hinder his ability to post more often, but he knows this group is good for him, and he plans to get back to posting more frequently.
Announcements: F3 Toledo Capture the Flag Ruck – Details in GroupMe. Rouch de Bouf festival is coming up.
Ball of Man with Prayer – Prayers for those running in the Garmin race, for our community and for our world. We ask God to help all of us be more Christ like in the way that we treat others.
Spreadsheets from the Gloom: Mid 50s, calm, humid. Thanks to the HIM who joined me today. It was uplifting to see both Jimmy Hart and Rocketman at the workout today!
It was an honor to lead.
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