Backblast: Tron’s Oneish year anniversary Q at The Carpenter

Q: Tron PAX: Shiplap, Flo Jo (tanked), Trump (custom hand made tank), Captain Insane-O (tanked) Conditions: 70 degrees. 800% humidity. If there’s one exercise I hate, it’s Burpees.  If there’s two exercises I hate, it’s Burpees and Running.  So that’s what we did. Run for about a minute.  Stop, and do 5-10 burpees.  Sometimes in cadence (6 countContinueContinue reading “Backblast: Tron’s Oneish year anniversary Q at The Carpenter”

Back Blast LOCO 6/26/18

17 HIM made it out this morning. PAX – Double Down (R), Little Jerry (R), Boozer, Battier, Abacus, Cochran, Nino, Matlock, Meter Maid, Yogi, Launch Pad (FNG), Valdez, Airplane, Ashley, Big Bird, Huggies(Q), Uncle Rico. COP 40 SSH 20 Abe Vigodas 25 Grass Grabbers Arm Circles Calf Stretches Imperial Walkers Thang 1 Native American RunsContinueContinue reading “Back Blast LOCO 6/26/18”

Team #1 Capture the Flag BB: Risk and (no) Reward (6/22)

I had the distinguished honor of captaining Team #1 or shall I say the A-Team! Gypsy aka Faceman, always looked good, start to finish. Old Bay aka Hannibal, not the captain, but a true leader within this crew.  He brought a speaker-genius! Newman aka B.A. Baracus, the man can carry 10 times his body weightContinueContinue reading “Team #1 Capture the Flag BB: Risk and (no) Reward (6/22)”

Loco Pre-Blast 6/26/2018

Get ready for some modified Native American runs around St. Als.  Coupons will be used so wear gloves.  It may rain which shouldn’t be a problem. I’d like to take this opportunity to quote an excerpt from the book “Discipline Equals Freedom – Field Manual” by Jocko Willink a retired Navy Seal.  Highly recommended. ThisContinueContinue reading “Loco Pre-Blast 6/26/2018”

06.26.18 Bag O’ Wrenches Pre-Blast – Old Bay at the Helm.

Ahhhhh….the O.  This is where my F3 journey began last summer.  I don’t get here enough.  The forecast looks eerily similar to what I experienced that fateful morning in June of 2017. There are lots of good choices for you to post at tomorrow.  The only bad decision you can make is to not post.ContinueContinue reading “06.26.18 Bag O’ Wrenches Pre-Blast – Old Bay at the Helm.”

#TeamVince Raffle BackBlast #inVINCEable #IronSharpensIron

Ill preface this BB by saying it will be hard to put into words what F3Louisville did between Friday 6/15 – Friday 6/22.  So I may as well start from the beginning. F3 Axe of Good A common theme we’ve all heard at a workout or read in a Backblast is the one written aboveContinueContinue reading “#TeamVince Raffle BackBlast #inVINCEable #IronSharpensIron”

Star Child’s Bday Pre Blast

What does Indiana Jones, Pamela Anderson, Porky Pig, and Canada have in common?? THEY ARE ALL BLESSED TO SHARE MY BIRTHDAY Yep, Star Child will become STAR MAN on Monday, turning 40 on July 1st, this Sunday. But we will celebrate Monday (7/2) at the Poshland! And yeah, this pre-blast is way early, but IContinueContinue reading “Star Child’s Bday Pre Blast”

Pre-Blast – 6/26 – The Rooster

Can you hear it?  Is that the sound of the Rooster crowing or is it the sound of my joints still crack-a-doodle-dooing from Friday’s ruck?  Regardless of what you hear or how you feel, I promise a trip to the Rooster at the Mutt tomorrow morning will set all things right.  Come get better withContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast – 6/26 – The Rooster”

6.16.18 B.B. 1year anniversary -1 week late

F3 is great for a lot of reasons. One of those reasons is the accountability we all share to help each other get better. I’m not good at these Saturday back blasts. I’m even more worser when I type half of it, and lose it cuz I’m not real good at WordPress, or really anythingContinueContinue reading “6.16.18 B.B. 1year anniversary -1 week late”

Preblast: Tron’s f3-versary(ish)/hundredth post(ish)/post memorial day/pre labor day/almost 4th of July Carpenter workout spectacular

tuesday! TUESDAY! TUESDAY!  For one morning only. No Purchase Necessary Prices and participation may vary See store for details Any questions? “Yes, I have a question, will there be running?” “Followup question, will I have to do any burpees?” “Final question, will I, quote, ‘get better’, unquote?”   SYITG Tron out

BackBlast – Capture the Flag Ruck, TEAM #3

When it comes to describing Friday night’s event, there are numerous options that can be used.  The word I like best is Success!   I think we hit all 3 F’s right on the head.  3 hours of rucking (first F), mumble chatter with individuals you may not have known very well while rucking andContinueContinue reading “BackBlast – Capture the Flag Ruck, TEAM #3”

Q: What’s that smell? A: Hot wood. Sojourn BO Backblast 6/25/2018

Q:  Captain Insaneo Pax (11):  Face, Zartan, Snowman, Cowbell, Fridge, Diablo, McAfee, Big Bird, Piggy, Tool Time, CI Gearlander: Tri-blend F3/GORUCK Tshirt (with sleeves); Nike shorts; Swiftwick socks; New Balance trail shoes (which were handy because of the tread); Navy Buff with red, pink and white accents; can do attitude. 100lb Sandbag – Big ValContinueContinue reading “Q: What’s that smell? A: Hot wood. Sojourn BO Backblast 6/25/2018”

Back Blast Cardinal Q at the Ruiner 6/23

8 Strong men came out on Saturday for a quest to perfect walking Lunges. Trump, Tron, Sully, Loco, Who Day, Swifty, and Red Hawk (FNG) Cardinal (Q) After a quick disclaimer we ran the short way to the field hockey field.  It was ideal conditions.  An amazing 70 degrees and cloudy with little humidity.  IContinueContinue reading “Back Blast Cardinal Q at the Ruiner 6/23”

The Incubator – 6/25 – Pre-Blast

Super excited for my VQ tomorrow at the Incubator! I’ve experienced some great workouts since my first post a few months ago and I plan to take a little piece from a few my favorites and add some of my own creations. This will be a hard, total body workout. Looking forward to getting theContinueContinue reading “The Incubator – 6/25 – Pre-Blast”

Sojourn 6/25 Black Op Preblast – Heavy Heavy

I’m gonna bring some heavy stuff (some shown below) and some other stuff with me to Sojourn tomorrow. You’ll have lots of choices, but you’re going to work so bring that can do attitude. Meet in the back lot. The AO is at Sojourn Church East 2501 Rudy Ln, Louisville, KY 40207, USA. SYITG Love,ContinueContinue reading “Sojourn 6/25 Black Op Preblast – Heavy Heavy”

Back blast – The Mutt – 06-23-18 – Aiken Legs

So I must admit, walking out of Molly Malone’s after the Ruck party last night and hearing a snicker here, a laugh over there, and endless “Are you really Qing tomorrow” questions, I was more than a little concerned. My hips and calves were aching and my shoulders & chest hurt so much that itContinueContinue reading “Back blast – The Mutt – 06-23-18 – Aiken Legs”

Backblast – 6/21 – The Extender

It was great coming home to the Mutt to lead this workout.  I can’t think of anywhere else I would have rather celebrated my Native American heritage than here with the 10 PAX in attendance: Fergie, Old Bay, Deuce, Fridge, Zima, Wham-O, Geppetto, Tiger, Steerage, Grinder (Q).  Surprisingly, Site Q Zoolander was not in attendance. ContinueContinue reading “Backblast – 6/21 – The Extender”

BackBlast #theFOG Abacus Q 6/23/18 @poshlands

Fear slows me down from time to time. Driving home from today’s post I saw a small bird attacking a large predator bird. Do birds experience fear? I have no idea. I know that small bird was running the big bird and having a good go of it. The small bird appeared to be actingContinueContinue reading “BackBlast #theFOG Abacus Q 6/23/18 @poshlands”

Pre Blast – The Mutt – 06-23-18 – I AM SO STUPID!

When I originally signed up to Q tomorrow morning I had no idea I would be doing the Capture the Flag Ruck the night before! After Gepetto pointed this out to me the other day all I could think was “You’re so f%&$ing stupid!” None to worry gentlemen, I will be ready to roll inContinueContinue reading “Pre Blast – The Mutt – 06-23-18 – I AM SO STUPID!”

Back Blast #BlackOps #NortonCommons

Where there is two or more….Good thing we had three.  Harry Carry @F3TheFort and Fridge join YHC Zima for a Friday fun run through NC.  I guess everyone is resting up for tonight, but no matter, with a few modifications we’re ready to go. First to the warm up: Slow Grass Grabbers IC x 10ContinueContinue reading “Back Blast #BlackOps #NortonCommons”

6/22 BlackOps The Tank BackBlast

Brotherhood was very evident in the gloom this morning.  WeedWacker and I rolled up to the Tank not really knowing what to expect from a numbers standpoint.  Once again this group shouldn’t surprise me but it continues to happen.  Airplane HL 5 PAX from St. Als for their Tank VPost.  MumbleChatter was running rampant allContinueContinue reading “6/22 BlackOps The Tank BackBlast”