Category: Backblast (Page 273 of 904)

Once in a lifetime are you given a opportunity to showcase your AO as the site Q for a convergence.  Sargento being the mighty leader that he is gave me about 8 days’ notice that “Hey Convergence is at Folsom, can you get some guys to Q it?” yeah man I got this…hold my Beer…actually never mind ill just carry it!

As I Roll into Folsom around 6 to get stuff set up and do a little EC , I find cones blocking the bottom parking lot and a bunch of no fishing signs. good thing we aren’t here to Fish…so threw the cones in the grass and carried on. Little did I know Gaston County Park & Rec was hosting a kid’s fishing tournament at 8am.🤦‍♂️

7Am Time to get to work! Sargento welcomes everyone, list the core principle, and disclaimer. (we had 6 FNGs!) Sargento hands me the controls…quick pledge and I hand it off to 1st of the Folsom Hammers GearWrench. This Dude has more post them Alen Tate does and he has only been with us for 8 months.. Rookie of the Year in the bag..IMO.

GearWrench warm up:
SSH-20
Gravel Pickers- 20
Burpees-10
Bruce Lee Abs: 20 of each : Hammers, Leg rasies, Lbc, Penguins, Crunchy Frogs, Flutters
then 30 of each…all the while we are dodgeing cars trying to park for the fishing tournament…we even had two ladys from Park &Rec come see what “a bunch of kids” were doing in the middle of the parking lot…we are workin thats what! Lets get out of here..hand off to Wichita and he takes us to the tennis courts…less traffic there.

Wichita 1st Hammer station:
5 burpees in a minute..if you get done before the minute is up plank until minute is up then rinse and repeat for 4 minutes. well this didn’t go as planned…there was a verbal exchange between Freight and Wichita and it was decided to make it 10 burpees a minute after the first round. After 4 mins of that nonsense, the exercise switched to 20 merkins a min for 4 minutes, then 20 Mike Tysons a minute for 4 minutes. come to think of it that whole thing was nonsense….well just wait to see what Sister Act has for us.

Sister Ast 2nd Hammer station:
Have yall ever heard of the HighTower? 9 reps 5 rounds of burpees:
9 regular burpees
9 Eight count Body Builders(plank jack Burpee)
9 Krackin Burpees (3 hand release merkins Burpee)
9 Triple Jump Squat Burpees (3 jump squats after burpee)
9 Bodybuilder/Krackin/Triple Jump Squat Burpee
Thank you SA that was Dumb

BallJoint 3rd Hammer station:
Mosey down to Soccer field…Grab a Partner and a Block! P1 does the work P2 runs the width of the field and up the hill to the tennis court fence and back.
100 reps of Curls, Trisepts, Squats, Block Swings, Rows, and Chest Press.
After all that, cool down with a rifle carrys block down and back while the other relaxs with some SSH. Time!

We named 6 FNGs! Welcome Jazzy Jeff, BFF, Genius, Helmet, Swisher Sweet, and Chin Strap!!

Announcements: Tubing on the 30th

Prayers:
Turtleman
Tiger SIL
Nutria Family
People Traveling
Termites Brother
Growruck
Huck
Purple Haze SIL/Family
Goudelock Family

We had Country Kitchen Breakfast after! it was awesome…lots of carbs Wichitas favorite.

Thanks for coming to Folsom.

SYITG

Balljoint

On this hot and humid morning, I felt it best to keep us moving so we could feel the wind blowing through our hair.
Well 20 years ago maybe so lets just say that we will keep it moving so the sweat doesn’t hang around all day. I decided we mosey around and explore some different places this morning and one that has become possibly a staple in the world of Old School.

Warm up: the normal stuff.

Mosey to behind Sammy’s for some 11’s Merkins and Seal Jacks!

To the Bank to Deposit some Sweat Equity. I chose to use the horse shoe shaped lot and we did shoulder taps and mountain climbers.
25 shoulder taps mosey to the exit and 25 mountain climbers. Decrease by 5 down to completion.

I failed to mention that we did a ton of squats at many, many many, stop signs.

While moseying around Dallas we went down a street that I have seen other Pax go back in the day. But where did it lead us to.
Some say that a mythical creature who can run 4 minute miles and box jump over a car resided once in this area. Others say he was built by a scientist and one day he got loose and is hiding in plain site. Oddly enough this street had no street sign just a pole in the ground as if it was waiting to be named. I heard a name mentioned in past couple of weeks of this place and I guess some how with the sweat coming down our face and blurring our vision we accidentally stumbled across…

KOTTERS KORNER!
Triple Nickel Hand Release Merkins. All the way to the stop sign and back!

Back to the flag for some ssh,lbc, buttkickers, then we karoked, and Nured until Time!

Prayer Request:
Several

Announcements: WE going tubing fellas 7/30 check slack for the details.

The Bed Pan is Full!!!

Four total for Member’s Only, three rucking one solo runner.  Numbers really down over last few weeks, let’s get them back up men!  Start with the pledge and the mission of F3.

Reconvene for at 0715.

Announcements:  blood drive 8/10, tubing 7/30

Prayer requests:  Nutria brother-in-law having surgery for cancer, Nutria sister mother-in-law with health issues, friend of Sprinkler family in Mississippi with tragic death, Tiger sister-in-law with health problems

YHC took us out

Always an honor

Tiger

We decided to part ways with the Bootcamp 2.0 party for no other reason than to just use weights. I am sure that they had a fun time, cause we could hear them on the back field at Grier.

Set 1: 50/10 work/rest R&R

crunches, baby makers, heels to heaven, rev. crunches, American hammers, boat hold

Moseyed to the tail, bear crawled up the hill, incline pushups, step-ups, moseyed back to base.

Set 2: 50/10 work/rest R&R

Burpees, curls, o/h press, o/h triceps ext., squat shadow boxing, cdd’s, isolated curls

Moseyed around the parking lot to the benches. Triceps dips, incline pushups, mosey back to base for more work.

Meet back at the circle of trust.

Prayers for those said and unsaid, prayers for those traveling.

What a beautiful morning for an F3 Dads 2.0 Workout! What are the odds we have a downrange show up? Welcome “Rook” from Ohio!! Unfortunately he didnt have a 2.0 present so thank goodness we have PainLab to accommodate his stay here in Gastonia!

On to the show!

0700

Circle up for Disclaimer, Pledge, 5 core principles for the FNG, and warmup

Warmup

50 SSH IC

The Thang (Part 1)

HIPAA’s morning school routine. Let’s get these kids conditioned for early rising!! No more sleeping in!!!

A-L-A-R-M

Arm – 25 Shoulder Taps

Leg – 25 Jump Squats

Abs – 25 LBCs

“R” – Run a lap around the parking lot

“M” – 25 Merkins

Phew, we didn’t hit the snooze button this morning so no need to repeat this cycle. While we continued to get ready for school,  I issued a challenge to all the kids this morning:

2.0 challenge – During the school year, make an effort to make a new friend. Seek out the ones that need someone. Kids have a lot going on too and need a shoulder to lean on. They may not have that opportunity at home for someone to listen. They battle just as much, if not more, than we do. Be the change!

OK, we finished getting ready for school. Now its time to get on the school bus. Line up, two lines behind the bus driver for:

Beep, Beep, I’m a Bus! Duck walk from parking lot to sidewalk at Garrison. When Bus driver says “Beep, Beep” PAX say “I’m a Bus!”. Good times and we got the kids safely to school where the teacher Mr. Roscoe took over.

After we “road the bus”, I had the PAX head to the front of Grier. First Exercise, Karaoke left and back and then a quick lesson on leadership. A leader must be work hard! Second exercise, Karaoke right and back “A leader must LISTEN” (extra credit to Mayor for getting it right!). Next exercise, skip across the lot and back. “A leader must be encouraging to others”. Next exercise, high knees across and back. “A leader must be positive!” Next exercise, bear crawl across and back. “A leader must take responsibility for the outcome!” Next, we did 5 merkins, ran halfway across the parking lot, did 5 merkins and 5 squats, ran across the rest of the lot for 5 merkins, 5 squats, and 5 flutters. Mosey back to start for 5 merkins, 5 squats, 5 flutters, and 5 burpees. Great push by all the 2.0’s. Though the ages varied widely (I think 4 to 20), lots of effort from these young emerging leaders. Instructions were given to head to the ball field for some kickball.

The condition of the field left something to be desired. It was probably the worst state it has beenin the last seven years. Don’t be surprised if we hit up Stroganoff to lead an effort of community engagement to redo the mound and take all the high grass and weeds out of the infield. You couldn’t see the bases unless you were standing on them. Anyway, teams were divided and we got after it with a competitive spirit. Big Pappy’s bonus 2.0 was the pitcher for the first inning and lots of joy was had by the PAX holding hands, directing, and carrying these precious kids. Lots of action, foul balls, pitchers rolling junk and skipping the ball to the plate. One particular outfielder actually took a ball to the face! (remember to catch with your hands, not your body!). Big Pappy made an unbelievable catch from a young sweet girl,  the crowd reacted with a heavy “AWWWW”, he felt terrible. Captain Stubing with an amazing play at first. He nailed Gavels 2.1 with a 2ft throw at 90mph to the face, it was a force out. HIPAA had to relieve Mayor at the hot corner as there were sooooo many “E5” lit up on the score board. 1P2A showed Mayor his skillz snapping off a game ending line drive. We played about three innings and each team went around the order. It was a lot of fun as kickball is a blast at any age!

We went a little over time but made it back to the AO about ten minutes after 8. The Mayor had his own Painlab on the way back by carrying a 2.0 (does this count as a double post?)

I recommend attending F3 Dad’s whether you have 2.0’s or not. Interacting and influencing the younger generations are a blessing. As I posted this week on Slack, our very own Goose has graduated from the US Merchant Marine Academy. He is almost considered a Gashouse OG as he came out early and often through his high school years.

Virtuous leaders are what is going to change the world and we need more of them. Thanks to the PAX of F3 for inspiring YHC to be better and thanks to HIPAA for leading!

Roscoe