backblasts
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514 backblasts mention “Shield”
JAN 23, 2019
Pantheon - A little bit of everything
6 Pax braved a possible deluge of 40% chance of rain. YHC was duped to take the Q by an unnamed #HIM that was on a mission to get YHC to post this week. Mission was successful. YHC took the bait, set the alarm and made…
SNAKE PIT · NOV 14, 2018
Tomahawk - Metal that Beavis and Butthead would be proud of!!
We had 6 PAC and YHC at Tomahawk for a gloomy morning but we did not let it dampen our mood. We cranked the Viking Metal (look it up, it exists) and kicked the day off right! Slow mosey around parking lot - Shuffles …
NOV 1, 2018
Footloose and Free thanks to All The Saints!!
Today is November 1 and in some denominations they recognize All Saints day today. See below for more on that, but 3 runners took off early and 13 other PAX came to the dance floor for a litle two step with YHC - Cake…
SEP 3, 2018
Suffering in Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn-iheFdLgI 18 assembled this morning for some bells (6) and #Beyond (12). YHC decided to change things up slightly. We did the Name-a-Rama first. Read on to see why. NMM You’ll also note…
AUG 29, 2018
Live Right through your Concentrica
My goodness it was humid again. The day started at 74 degrees and just being outside for 1 minute you started to sweat. It was going to be a tough morning! 17 men gathered before the 5:15 start, I was happy to meet…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 15, 2018
Shaolin inspired gear at The Tomahawk
Last Tuesday YHC's phone made a strange noise, which I found was created by Polaroid, who wrote, "Are you ready and willing to Q The Tomahawk this Wednesday?" Well, I'd been wondering for a while when I'd step up for my…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 25, 2018
Audible! Dora 1-1-1, Concentrica and Impact
5 gathered just as the lights came on at DBES for a KB workout to start the week off right. After choosing our tunes (Southern Rock at the Q's request), we were off. Mosey around the parking lot (without Bells) and back…
JUN 22, 2018
Beyond Adversity
Adversity: A state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune through showing COURAGE in the face of adversity. The Beyond workouts have been influential in pushing us all beyond our normal tendencies…
MAY 21, 2018
Round and Round at Beyond
Sweatbox of a Monday. I was honored to be given the opportunity to Q a BEYOND workout. BEYOND, the brainchild of Maximus acting on the very definition of reverse flow incubator. See a problem/opportunity- create the…
COLOSSEUM · MAR 12, 2018
Shieldlock at Quagmire
The few Mondays I have not been DR lately most could find me logging a few miles for the impending P200 destruction. Pushups have been in shortsupply and even few posts to Quagmire or being a Q. GLOOM: The murky…
MAR 9, 2018
CSPAN in Relief at a Ruck Swamp
So this is a really late backblast...we did some ruck stuff trying to focus on teamwork but it was an afterthought to this topic The subject matter has sparked a bunch of side conversations, and hopefully, men realize…
JAN 10, 2018
If in Tega Cay you utilize hills and RUN
YHC took the message from Maxims at Tuesday's Beyond WO to heart. We all find reasons to not push through difficult times; if thats a workout, raising kids, marriage, we tend to find a reason to give up or divert what…
SLOW BURN · AUG 18, 2017
Overflow of Pax at Slow Burn
28 men battled the humidity this morning and welcomed FNG "Ace" to the Pax who was head locked by Wheels! Nice job by all moderating up or down depending on your need. Message: Discipline: - We all have struggles with…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 18, 2017
Coliseum Shift Change
18 Gladiators showed up to the #sweathole known as The Colloseum. It had been rumored there would be changing of the guard. Most folks were in the dark on who the new Q would be until we started. Seacrest had the Q and…
SLOW BURN · MAR 3, 2017
Ruck isn't just a walk in the parking lot
As I started to think about what I wanted to do for the workout this morning I quickly realized that some things such as wheelbarrow and the Bonsai Tree are out of the question (Yes, I am quite fond of the Bonsai Tree…
JAN 13, 2017
5 Core Principles at The Swamp
I'm not always right, but I'm always sure. It may not have been the "right" thing to do, but I was sure it was right to look at ways to apply the 5 Core F3 Principles into our daily lives. It is my belief that those…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 15, 2016
Presidents, the Margin and the Bullseye
16 dusted off their dancing shoes, made their way through the fog and came out for a Presidential morning. Pre-launch talk about breakfast pizza and the weather. With the disclaimer read, we moseyed. The Thang Mosey to…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 8, 2016
Election Day - do you know your 44 presidents?
By an act of Congress in 1845, the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November was designated Election Day for future presidential elections. The first such election took place on November 7, 1848. So, as it is…
AUG 18, 2016
Laces In 8/18/16
Perfect morning humid and 77 degrees Disclaimer witnessed by Celebrity Legal Counsel "The Chaser" Mosey up to gun lot #HIM Clark Kent lead warmup-O-rama in cadence (I believe Clark thought there would be the normal 5…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 15, 2016
CSPAN Return to @F3Tomahawk
Perfect High Humidity Morning and 77 degrees Disclaimer - Legal Counsel not present (scared?) Really dark out there... And we were off at a good mosey pace, carrying your kettlebell, around back of the school Warm Up…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 9, 2016
Suicides and Mumblechatter
Started 2 minutes early by giving a ridiculous and poorly executed disclaimer witnessed by "The" Legal Counsel Few more cars and expensive pickup trucks showed up And we were off at a nice running pace to a COP with a…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 5, 2016
premature 44
I was asked to Q a moderate AO - The Ballroom - this past weekend since I wasn't in Raleigh. So I jumped on the opportunity and immediately started to brainstorm on what to do and should there be a theme? Coming back…
SLOW BURN · JUL 1, 2016
At 52, everything moderate, (well maybe not)
27 #HIM joined in for an old fashioned moderate beatdown. Seldom does YHC get to do 2 Q's in the same week and Maximus asked if I was going to re-hash Tuesday's Golden Corral. Negative, no wheel barrows for this…
THE BALLROOM · JUN 14, 2016
Merkins and Bear Crawls
The dirty dozen arrived for some moderation and received a great dose of it. The Thang: Mosey to parking lot....butt kickers, high knees, keroake (both directions), 1/2 speed sprint, 3/4 speed sprint, full sprint x2…