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54 backblasts mention “Fusion”

COLOSSEUM · MAR 4, 2025 Backblast! Gloom 3: Return of Fusion Q: darkhelmet · 8 PAX WARMUP: We did THE THANG: We ran to the back of the school and got rocks and carried them around, and then we jumped over walls and stuff. MARY: No chicks. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter. COT: The 5th Core… SLOW BURN · JAN 17, 2025 Backblast! Galaxies and Manhole Covers Q: Old Bay · 12 PAX WARMUP: Standard stuff. SSH, IW, Hillbilly Walkers, Merkins, butt-kickers, high-knees THE THANG: Ran to side of Lowes, Partnered up (size not matter) and worked through 8 sets of 80-counts, split between partners. Every… NOV 1, 2024 Backblast! Too much candy Q: 38 Special · 10 PAX WARMUP: Quick Mosey around HT parking lot to pick up Cubbie who came in hot THE THANG: Mosey to the bottom of Grant Farm Drive by the fountain. 11s called where PAX will do 1 squat at the bottom and 10 BBSU at the top… LAZARUS · SEP 19, 2024 Backblast! East side continues to GET stronger Q: Tiller · 10 PAX · +1 FNG We had 10 at ao-lazarus for an East Side continuous to get stronger, with accusations FNG had splashed Merlot!!! pre explanation of Tillers F3 name (Tiller company, a fire apparatus) Followed by Yoga stretching and… SLOW BURN · JUN 28, 2024 Backblast! The Greatest Workout of All Time? Yes. Q: darkhelmet · 29 PAX WARMUP: Probably. No one remembers. THE THANG: A few rounds of 11s, 7s, and other nonsense. The REAL nonsense, though, came in the form of setting things right in the naming department. Sadly, in only 45 minutes, I… FEB 13, 2024 7s, 10s, 20s, oh my… Q: Half Shell · 6 PAX Slackblast: 7s, 10s, 20s, oh my… DATE: 2024-02-13 AO: ao-golden-corral Q: Half Shell PAX: Grassy Knoll Slow Jams Senator Tressel Skipper Mark Nestel FNGs: 0 COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Imperial walkers, mountain climbers, low slow… THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 14, 2023 100 yards of fun Q: Half Shell · 7 PAX Slackblast: 100 yards of fun DATE: 2023-09-14 AO: ao-the-coachs-box Q: Half Shell PAX: Cubbie Bobber Skipper SouptoNuts Slow Jams, Sugar daddy FNGs: 0 COUNT: 7 WARMUP: Quick mozy around the perimeter of the band… THE COACH'S BOX · MAY 11, 2023 Slackblast: Q: Spider · 8 PAX Slackblast: Coach says Don’t Quit! DATE: 2023-05-11 AO: ao-the-coachs-box Q: Spider-Man PAX: Cyclops Bobber Fire Marshall Bill Kermit Short Sale Cheddah Tinsel FNGs: 0 COUNT: 8 The inevitable confusion of a new AO… CURRAHEE · JAN 17, 2023 Currahee - Sapper Style Q: Divac · 5 PAX Slackblast: Currahee - Sapper Style DATE: 2023-01-17 AO: ao-currahee Q: Divac PAX: Olaf Mainframe Tsunami, Blanca FNGs: 0 COUNT: 5 YHC's brother in law (F3 Blanca) recently graduated Sapper school for US Army and is… THE RANCH · MAR 31, 2022 Using a Sandbag Timer at The Ranch 11 PAX IT was a warm windy morning (but dry) as we all gathered at The Ranch. We began with a quick warm-up of SSH, Monkey Humpers (for Bobber as he drove in), Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Windmills and Moroccan Night… FEB 26, 2022 Coast to Coast Qs Q: Kermit · 10 PAX A mid-week substi-Q request left YHC a bit concerned on how to fill an hour of pain. Fortunately, the request was picked up by an old friend of The Fort that now resides on the other coast, 88. 88 and YHC met early to… JUN 21, 2019 On the Fly Tour of The Swamp 12 PAX 12 Pax made it out to The Swamp and Chupacabra in the Gloom of the Morning. 7 bootcampers, 3 Ruckers, and 2 runners that started super early. Beautiful low humidity morning was a welcome surprise from the rest of the… MAY 22, 2019 Snowman Celebrates America Q: Cadre Olaf · 15 PAX 22 Mericans joined YHC at #Abyss for some stars and stripes work. Disclaimer was disclaimed very well and everyone was clear on my style of "fun" so to get the party started we counted off by twos but since nobody… APR 10, 2019 Pantheon Pain Q: Lutefisk · 6 PAX When Bear Grylls calls for a Q, Lutefisk answers. Except I forgot until the night before with no Worship Planning reminder. Good thing I led a workout in February that was a coin flip. If the coin was heads, we did X… APR 1, 2019 No Pity on the Fools at Quagmire 9 PAX Jedi here, stepping in for Mr. T to get his backblast from April 1 posted… Vinny was the scheduled Q, and even mentioned this to Mr. T Sunday morning. Much to Mr. T’s surprise, Vinny called him up late Sunday night… JAN 9, 2019 Capture the Dodgeball Bear Crab Crawl Q: Dr. Jedi · 10 PAX Not feeling well and with three Qs in four days, YHC almost requested a substi-Q, but decided against it. Knowing I would need to be up and moving for the Wednesday Q Source launch, what better way to guarantee my… SLOW BURN · DEC 28, 2018 Soggy Slow Burn 4 PAX Today started out like any other typical slow burn, rainy and cold (or so it seems)! That didn't deter four HIM from braving the elements and getting better in three aspects of life (physically, mentally, and… NOV 8, 2018 Can we just get along? Q: trucker · 14 PAX Life is not always how we thought nor visioned it would be. There are a lot of personal experiences YHC could pull from, but as I reflect back to our COT, who would have thought that we would have another mass shooting… SLOW BURN · SEP 14, 2018 Pre-Florence Burn at Slow Burn 2 PAX 12 Pax braved the "windy" conditions for a great workout before Hurricane Florence made it's way into Fort Mill. We started with a slow mosey down to the Lowe's parking lot. On the way we did butt kickers and high knee… THE RANCH · FEB 1, 2018 Running the Lights with Classic Rock 9 PAX I haven't Q'd at the Ranch in quite a while so I thought it would be fun to use the field and light poles in a circuit training of sorts. It is always a decent change in pace when I can carry around a phone and speaker… JUL 13, 2017 Squat'in on the dock of the lake... Q: vinnief3 · 9 PAX Fifteen souls on deck this warm humid morning including the FNG who would later become... Nutshell. I enjoy the look of confusion in peoples' eyes when they show up to a workout and I'm already there- a flash of panic… JUN 8, 2017 Q101 @ F3Footloose 1 PAX Conditions were perfect Q101 (disclosure- this doc is plagiarized with all credit going to others): PHILOSOPHY Q – Pax Relationship: The unspoken social contract between the Pax and a Q: “We will follow until you give… MAY 25, 2017 Q by Committee, Partner 400s, Confusion, Pain, Double-down COT 8 PAX 11 PAX posted to Laces Out where confusion had set it. Who was on the Q? Nomad corresponded with Sir Topham Hat where both he and CSPAN were travelling for work. Blades thought it may have been hhis Q. Funhouse alerted… MAY 16, 2017 4-Corner BLIMPS Accumulators Q: Old Bay · 21 PAX 27 Pax showed out for some work at Golden Corral, and to enjoy perfect F3 weather (low 60's, clear, and not too humid). After the disclaimer was issued, half a dozen or so ruckers split off with Bonsai at the helm. The…