Skip to content
F3 THE FORT
From the gloom

backblasts

Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.

8,795 backblasts

SEABISCUIT · TUE MAY 26 Waterside Q: Grout · 7 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Dominion Bridge to Whites Rd. - into Waterside, right on Bryson Gap, Right on Sparkling Brook. Turned around at the ball fields. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE ARMORY · MON MAY 25 Then there were 2 Q: Ruby Slippers · 2 PAX WARMUP: We kept warm THE THANG: Locked shields and supported one another MARY: N/A ANNOUNCEMENTS: Following Murph COT: STK THE YARD · SAT MAY 23 Saturday at the yard Q: Float Bridge · 12 PAX WARMUP: - Moroccan Nightclub - Imperial Walker - Cherry pickers THE THANG: 4 Stations - Station 1 - Merkins, Overhead Clap, Mike Tysons, Wide Arm Merkins -> MOT Lunge Walk - Station 2 - Side Staddle Hop, Mountain… SLOW BURN · SAT MAY 23 What Rain!! Q: Fogerty · 15 PAX WARMUP: Merks, SSH, Nightclubs, Stretch, Mosey, PlankJax, Imperial Walker, OH Claps THE THANG: 4 Corners w accumulator adding an exercise. 1st Corner 10 Merks, 2nd Corner 10 Merks,10 Squats, 3rd corner 10 Merks, 10… THE FORT · SAT MAY 23 AI Gone Wild Q: Fishstix · 7 PAX The talk of the morning was about the AI videos created by JWOW had gone off the rails. The conversation would take our minds off the wet and rainy weather. We began with a trip around the park stopping at each swing… ALCATRAZ · SAT MAY 23 Trestle Camp Q: Band Camp · 11 PAX Tressel: 1. Disclaimer/mosey around Windward Dr, back to parking lot. 2. COP- mix upper and lower body. 3. Down the hill at Mariana Dr. for quadzilla. 4. Mosey to pull up station for 7’s (pull ups/ burpees). Band Camp… THE FORGE · FRI MAY 22 Honor, Courage, Integrity Q: Brawny - The Fort · 13 PAX WARMUP: - Side-straddle hop, - Strawberry pickers, - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: Honor, Courage, Integrity 3 Corners x 20 rounds - Honor - 10 Merkins (200) - Courage - 20 Squats (400) … THE HIVE · FRI MAY 22 Dora the Sore-a Q: Pocahontas · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Moroccan Nightclub Cherry Picker Hamstring Stetch Quad Stretch THE THANG: Dora style: 100 swings 100 curls 100 merkins with a hill run, 150 bent over rows 150 kb squats 150… MINNOW POND · THU MAY 21 Tour de Fort Mill Q: Spectre · 20 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to Pharmacy Parking Lot SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Windmills THE THANG: Reverse Alabama Stops along the way... 20 Reverse Lunges 7 Burpees 15 Big Boys Down to Harris St Park. Indian Run up… SOUL TO SOLE · THU MAY 21 Miles and Smiles Q: Boogie Nights · 7 PAX WARMUP: mumblechatter THE THANG: miles and smiles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: HAPPY BDAY Barkley COT: DAWN PATROL · THU MAY 21 Blast the burpees Q: Spike · 10 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Squats, hillbilly walker,Peter Parker, Up Dog, Down Dog, Walk the Dogs THE THANG: Run to pond side (lpl fin) towards speed limit(25) symbol Do 10 reps of first exercise, run down hill (Lpl… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 21 Shout out to your mom Q: Hominy · 6 PAX Playlist: Amazon Playlist, “F3 30/30 Tribute to Mothers” Warmup: Imperial Walkers Windmills Merkins Big Boy Situps Low Slow Squat Plank Go get cindies. DORA: 60 Merkins 120 Squats 180 LBC Partner farmer carries a cinder… LAZARUS · THU MAY 21 Simple yet effective Q: Liberty Bibberty · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imp Walkers Hillbilly Walkers Squat Mosey THE THANG: Stair run - exercise called out while 1 pax runs the stairs 2 rounds Bag drag plank 2 rounds Round 1: Run 1 loop (or to opposite side and back). Then at… CLYDESDALES · WED MAY 20 Fashionably Late Q: Bass · 11 PAX 3 runners went Munn, Harris to Jackson and back. Ruckers got lost in Kingsley don’t know how that happened but they were late. COT: Cspan style lots going on RING OF FIRE · WED MAY 20 Playing Games with Cindy… Q: Pollo Hermano · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, LBAC forward and backward. Full arm circles F&B. Merkins. Quick mosey to pump the blood and retrieve Cindy then to the games: THE THANG: GAME 1- ROF: each man holds (squat, Al Gore, plank) while the… THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 19 Barry said no moderate Q: Shady · 14 PAX WARMUP: light jog to bball court, SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, low slow squat, tempo merkins THE THANG: old school Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs. Wrapped up the Dora and jogged over to the track. At the… BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 19 Murph prep Q: Band Camp · 5 PAX WARMUP: yes THE THANG: lots in cadence as we slowly made our way to the Print Shop. Tibialis raises were there, Bulgarian split squats happened, some questionable run routes 5 pull ups 10 merkins 15 squats At the Print… SEABISCUIT · TUE MAY 19 7 Runners and a Rucker Q: Goose · 8 PAX THE THANG: I gave a route, Neff to Dudley across Dobys Bridge to circle around Monteray Oaks a coupe times and back to COT. Announcements were made. COT: we shared and prayed THE BALLROOM · TUE MAY 19 Post CSAUP FOMO Q: Shady · 15 PAX 15 showed up for ao-the-ballroom for a not moderate (thanks to Barry Manilow for the motivation) as there were a handful of csaup-may-2026 participants this morning. - Honky Tonk is living in the current shadow of his… CURRAHEE · TUE MAY 19 Active Recovery Q: Pollo Hermano · 3 PAX WARMUP: Yes THE THANG: Active Recovery Ruck n Stretch MARY: Nahhhh ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes COLOSSEUM · TUE MAY 19 Polka-Competition Q: Autobahn · 7 PAX WARMUP: 15 Moroccan night club 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 10 imperial walker 15 cherry pickers THE THANG: Mosey around the school CBear crawl along the parking lot with 5 shoulder taps every second line, lunge… DAWN PATROL · TUE MAY 19 5 - 25 - 250 8 PAX Slow mosey around the perimeter of the parking lot, then circle up near COT for the following WARMUP: - 20 SSH - 10 Windmills - 20 MNC - 15 Strawberry Pickers - 20 OH clamps Then mosey over to the start of the WEP loop… SNAKE PIT · TUE MAY 19 Single/double Bell pyramids Q: Suplex · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, WM, IW, Merkins all IC THE THANG: Buy-in/Cash-out = 20 Swings Pyramid #1 (1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1) DOUBLE BELLS - Clean - Press - Squat - Renegade Rows Finish your pyramid & join partner until all partners are… THE ARMORY · MON MAY 18 AMRAP @ The Armory Q: Grassy Knoll · 7 PAX WARMUP: Intro and disclaimer. 1 runner and 6 of us took a mosey across Carolina Pl to the back of the supply company building. By the large antenna, we did 15 MNC, 15 Imp Walkers and 15 Hillbilly Walkers. Then mosey…