backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
499 backblasts mention “Esso”
VARSITY · OCT 7, 2022
Butterflies 🦋 & bidets 🚽
Slackblast: Butterflies :butterfly: & bidets :toilet: DATE: 2022-10-07 AO: ao-varsity Q: Shady PAX: Band Camp Esso Splinter Headspin HarryCarry backdraft bodywash Ruby Slippers Grout Barkley FNGs: 0 COUNT: 11…
SEP 13, 2022
Bring Home the Bacon
COP SSH - Low Slow Squats - Merkins - Southern Gentleman - Northern Aggressor 11’s on Backside Hill (Grant Farms Dr) CDD’s/Lunges 1.5 Miles and 240ft of Elevation Gain later… Mosey to wall behind express oil change DORA…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 31, 2022
Mercy and Grace
Lead with disclaimer, five core principles. COP 30 SSH IC 10 Merkins IC Southern Gentleman, Northern Aggressor Side Planks Upward/Downward Dog WEINKE Mosey to pull up bars 5 Rounds Chelsea to kick off - 5 Pull Ups, 10…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 30, 2022
Begin with the end in mind
WARMUP: Goofballs at variable cadence Low slow squat merkins GTFO - we have work to do THE THANG: sprint up the big hill Mozey on the trail to Harris Street Park w/pain stations: 20 high knees 20 flutters 20 diamond…
SOUL TO SOLE · AUG 25, 2022
Graceful sandbag
WARMUP: while we waited for the site Q, who had given a heads up he was “coming in hot”, we did a few SSH, cherry pickers, low slow squats, and merkins with hands on our rucks. THE THANG: Started out by getting in a…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 9, 2022
Weasel Shaker Fails
YHC (Band Camp) failed to persuade Esso to submit his own backblast. Sad day....sad sad day (took me 7 minutes to submit two backblasts and review the name-o-rama videos from the workouts....3.5 minutes per backblast)
THE ARMORY · AUG 8, 2022
Ancient History
Who knows? This is Band Camp submitting a backblast for Esso (because 4 minutes was too much time for the man to spend....?)
SNAKE PIT · JUL 6, 2022
Tomahawk Test is a lesson in Engineering
WARMUP: Short Jog, variety of warmup exercises and stretches THE THANG: This was made by Polaroid when this AO was The Tomahawk to track our fitness improvements. It’s a series of exercises AMRAP in X time. Left Arm…
SLOW BURN · JUL 1, 2022
A Call to the Bullpen
Wegmans was tapped to Q but due to 2.0 issues, a call to the bullpen was made at around 0415. YHC was happy to lead in his absence. Fun group this morning! I about splashed merlot after all those lunges. Nice Weinke…
SLOW BURN · JUN 24, 2022
Not Naked, Not Afraid, Just a VQ with a Crew
Slow Burn was smoldering this morning with 23 strong men choosing the gloom over the 'sack & supporting YHC for my VQ! Some special guests were among the group: 2 PAX made the trek from Metro, and we welcomed our newest…
ALCATRAZ · JUN 18, 2022
Soggy bottom brothers at Runde Park
WARMUP: SSH, windmills, imperial walker, m nightclubs, merkins, plank, cobra, down dog, plank, Peter Parker, Parker Peter. Mosey to Runde field. THE THANG: Eight stations with six yard gaps between each station. Round…
VARSITY · JUN 10, 2022
Kotter Q + Broga
WARMUP: 15 minutes of Broga led by Sasquatch **THE THANG:** 3 (or 4) laps of Quadzilla by the pull up bars. Grab a spot at the bars for 10 rounds EMOM of: 5 Pull Ups 10 Merkins 15 Squats The minutes got shorter with…
MAY 23, 2022
The Murph with PSA
Today we learned a lot. Today was our prep for next week’s Memorial Day Murph. Started with a strategy discussion to complete it in a respectable time using a timer to do 5/10/15 Pull-ups/Merkins/Squats every minute…
SWEEP THE LEG · MAY 16, 2022
Stay Focused - Q-school edition
11 Pax this morning with more seasoned vets and less newer members than expected. A good thing for me as a newer F3 PAX, I knew I could delegate some of the portions of the Q school lessons for the day! Fishstix brought…
THE RANCH · MAR 10, 2022
Monkey Humper Missionary Burpee Beatdown
Raining on and off through the night and into the morning left us with a saturated soccer field as I pulled up to scope out the conditions. Time to pivot from original plan and keep us out of the muck. 4 PAX at 0515…
BLOCK PARTY · MAR 1, 2022
3-1-22: 3 lessons, 3 stations
YHC took a call up on the schedule to kick off March. 20 decided to converge east of the peach stand. Three lessons were shared from Seneca and a few exercises were called. COP - After the pledge, a mosey to Kimbrell's…
FEB 23, 2022
Q vs Q 2022 Edition - JOC
The Joint Operations Command (JOC) is proud to announce the 2022 edition of Q vs Q. In March of 2021 we had a blast doing Q vs Q. The camaraderie and competition was strong. There were solid showings of PAX from both…
DEC 17, 2021
51st Hive of 2021 - Cultural Credit
15 PAX gathered in the gloom. We started with one or two less, but by 0505 we were at 15 and nobody fell out....so I'm calling it a win. Warm-up/Tuning Mosey further than PAX were expecting Some Yoga SSH IW 1 Burpee HW…
BUSHWOOD · NOV 24, 2021
Bushwood....where we never slice and gambling is fully acceptable!!
We had 6 for Running with push-ups at Bushwood 👏🏻💥💪🏻 We took off from launch through the gorgeous campus of Catawba Ridge High School. Did a little dynamic warm up. Then hit the CakeBoss Pain Train with 4 Pain Stations…
SNAKE PIT · NOV 10, 2021
Q School - Snake Pit (kettlebell/gear edition)
9 PAX for some Q school Esso hit on the 5 core principles that every F3 workout shares. Then YHC took over Warm-up We reviewed counting in cadence - Next exercise is: - Starting positions MOVE - In cadence: - EXERCISE…
BUSHWOOD · NOV 10, 2021
4 Corner Dora @ Bushwood
Started with the PAX from Snake Pit on a cool and beautiful morning. Disclaimed the group no FNGs but a 2nd timer @dictator, welcome! Mosey over towards the band field. About halfway we warmed up with the following…
RING OF FIRE · OCT 6, 2021
How Much Time Will We Waste?
Last week a dear brother of ours passed unexpectedly. He was one of the good ones - and he taught me a most valuable lesson about time spent and time wasted. He fought his demons and let them reign supreme for far too…
AUG 26, 2021
Roll The Dice
https://youtu.be/zG2aheA7Z2M I had the opportunity to be joined by 13 other men this morning at Minnow Pond. It was hot and humid, but we covered 3 miles with dicey pain along the way. Here’s what we did: Warm Up - 10…
APR 16, 2021
RPG - Road to Perdition 1
9 PAX for 15 min of Broga Sequence starting with some yoga core work on the ground and finishing with a vinyasa flow --Cake Boss felt YHC was tricking everyone into doing burpees (maybe....?) 5 split off for work in…