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Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
499 backblasts mention “Esso”
JAN 31, 2025
Backblast! Under the wire…damn you end of the mont
WARMUP: It’s Friday and warmer. Those are 2 plus signs. Guys showed up, another plus. I remembered the disclaimer and mission of F3, green light. We took off for a mosey in the parking lot and stopped after maybe 1/4…
JAN 30, 2025
Backblast! Mostly run and 150 plus Merkins
WARMUP: nope THE THANG: 1.7 mile loop (main street-Tom Hall-Banks-Academy) 3 stops 20 merkins each stop. MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D COT: a lot
SEABISCUIT · JAN 28, 2025
Backblast! Forest Hills
Run to the Forest and have fun on their hills
JAN 28, 2025
Backblast! Blimps at the GC
Short disclaimer then jog around back of center for warm-ups. Normal stuff: SSHs, imperial Walker's, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parkers, Parker Peter's, and MNCs. Mosey to back hill for accumulating BLIMPS. 5…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 27, 2025
Backblast! Moderate or Not?!? American Jackal
Wet morning, decent amount of time under the walkways. Decent warmup after a weekend full of F3 events. Pairs of lower body exercises, in cadence, then sprint to end of walkway. New pair of exercises. 5 combos. Plus a…
TRAINING GROUND · JAN 26, 2025
Backblast! Church Stairs, Harris Street path to WE
Tour downtown churches to find their stairs and the Harris Street’s dark path to WEP. A couple of pain stations sprinkled in.
6@6 · JAN 25, 2025
Backblast! Enter a workout title .... Blue53
WARMUP: no, it was cold THE THANG: mostly running MARY: Pusher .... coffee .... Freed To Lead ANNOUNCEMENTS: follow with D2DB COT: pre
THE RANCH · JAN 23, 2025
Backblast! Testimony at The Ranch
Upper body, lower body, Mary with testimony mixed in.
THE BALLROOM · JAN 21, 2025
Backblast! Weighed Down
WARMUP: yea, this is important. did SSH for a while because Esso was late. He apparently "went to block party" and then remembered we were going to ballroom today. THE THANG: ran around exploring Found a 15 space…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 20, 2025
Backblast! Cold day at American Jackal
WARMUP: 25 Side Straddle Hops 20 windmills THE THANG: 8 exercise from the bucket + 50 lb sandbag carry x 2 40 Burpees 60 Merkins 80 squats 100 LBCs 120 Side Straddle Hop MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE HIVE · JAN 17, 2025
Backblast! DORAs at The Hive
DORA 1: partner run - Man makers 50 - Goblet Squats 100 - Swings 150 DORA 2: farmers carry - Burpees 50 - Squats 100 - Overhead clap 150 DORA 3: Bear crawl - Bent row right 50 - Bent row left 50 - Curls 50 DORA 4…
KITCHEN SINK · JAN 15, 2025
Backblast! Carry the heavy stuff, makes carrying t
Buy-In: 10 Man-Makers, 20 weighted squats, 30 SSH + Mosey around parking lot Lunge Walk the back of the school, ~200 yds: - 20 merkins in cadence - Lunge walk 20 paces with sandbag racked on back - 10 low slow merkins…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 13, 2025
Backblast! Trump!
Did a workout. Did I do this correctly, Justin?
ALCATRAZ · JAN 11, 2025
Backblast! Iditarod Training
WARMUP: ground work, non ground work THE THANG: line drills, pull-ups, wall work, dog sledding using Esso’s hotel routine, broyoga MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE HIVE · JAN 10, 2025
Backblast! Ring around the Rosie
WARMUP: Broke the rules by adding a mosey to a kettlebell workout. THE THANG: 7 minutes of 15 thrusters EMOM 2 Rounds of : single leg Romanian Dead lifts Flutters Merkins Curls for the girls Lunges Bent rows each arm |…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 6, 2025
Backblast! Bounty Hunter return to the gloom
Bounty Hunter (Slackless) had far too few coupons and led us through a "pass the weights around" board of pain. When we had enough, we moseied around the Site choosing our own exercises in cadence. My man Bounty was a…
THE ARMORY · JAN 6, 2025
Backblast! No rain, no pain
WARMUP: Some of the usual windmill, IWs, etc THE THANG: The rain was light but steady throughout and it didn't scare off any of the pax. 36 degrees and wet -- I'm grateful anyone showed up but I was especially grateful…
THE YARD · JAN 4, 2025
Backblast! New Year’s Lessons and a triumphant ret
WARMUP: Mosey up the back road and circle up at the light pole of YHC’s choosing. Exercises in cadence were windmills, hillbilly & imperial walkers, low slow squats, holding people’s chairs with Moroccan night clubs…
JAN 2, 2025
Backblast! Crazy 21s
WARMUP: it’s minnow pond. So, no THE THANG: Fast pace 3.75ish miles stopping to do Super 21s. That’s 1 merkin, 1 squat, 2 merkins, 2 squats, etc. up to 21 merkins, 21 squats. 231 total reps: n(n-1)/2 is the formula if…
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 30, 2024
Backblast! Kicking our asses in between the holida
WARMUP: THE THANG: 3.5 miles ran 1st loop 15 burpees From Brayden Clubhouse, run to 160 15 merkins Run back to Clubhouse 2nd loop 15 leg lifts Run to Emory and Helton 15 box cutters Run back to Clubhouse Repeat 2x MARY…
DEC 30, 2024
Backblast! Black Diamonds in Cadence (Honey Badger
25 Burpee in cadence + NUR hill 15 Merkins IC + NUR 25 squats IC + NUR 25 Bomb Jack Single ct IC + NUR 20 CDD’s IC + NUR 15 Monkey Humpers IC + NUR 5 pull ups/25 SSHs 10 pull ups/50 SSH 15/75 10/50 5/25 Mary
THE RANCH · DEC 26, 2024
Backblast! Burn off the Christmas sweets
WARMUP: SSH 50 Cherry picker 15 THE THANG: 2 laps around school Burpees L1 25 L2 15 Squats L1 & L2 =25 Big boy sit-up L1 25 L2 15 Mike Tyson’s L1 & L2 = 15 Chin ups L1 & L2 = 10 Dips L1 & L2 = 20 Mosey to soccer field…
DEC 24, 2024
Backblast! Christmas Eve Convergence at The Yard
WARMUP: (cake boss): 5 Burpees, SSH, 4 B., Imp.Walk, 3B., HillWalk, 2B, something else, 1B... Count off 1 & 2; Group 1 w/ Farmers Only, Group 2 w/ Suplex Switch Q's at 1/2 mark THE THANG: Group 1 (Farmers only): Group 2…
THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 19, 2024
Backblast! 3 lessons - 3 stations
WARMUP: Nope - only 30 minutes to get right to it THE THANG: Lesson 1 - He who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than necessary - Seneca Station 1 - burpees and Diamond merkins on the hill - 7’s Mosey to…