The BackBlast:

AO:

wartowne

Pax Names:

RugBurn, Geek Squad, Dizzy, Eistein, Fleetwood, Brad Pitt, Ice T, PopUp, PieBar, LawDog

Number of Pax:

10

FNG Names:

Brad Pitt

Number of FNGs:

1

Intro:

In the car at 5:07 heading down to Woodstock, oh man, YHC realized Woodstockruck starts at 5:00am not 5:30 because those guys are insane. Oh well, what to do? I know, head over to Rope Mill for a black ops run. Told Homeboy, I need to be out by 6:40 to get over to War-Towne to Q. No problem says Homeboy You got your Q planned out. YHC responds, of course. Who wouldn’t plan it out on a weinke. Arrive at War-Towne with plenty of time to spare. Pax “Are we doing Merkins today?” Why yes, yes we are! Inspiration for the well planned beatdown found.

Warm-o-Rama:

Mosey down to the lower lot by the Tennis Courts for some Imperial Walkers, Weed Pickers, Michael Phelps, and a little catch me if you can. Instead of Burpees, 10 merkins were performed by one partner as the other partner ran backwards. Did not want anyone to not get merkins today and there is some uncertainty whether the merkin in a burpee will count for the merkin challenge. Too Each his own, but YHC wanted to make sure all merkins counted. Total of 2 laps around the parking lot 40 merkins.

The Thang:

Mosey down to the amphitheater. While YHC was counting levels, Fleetwood kept talking so instead of coming up with a brilliant plan, lets just do suicides running up to the top level for ten derkins (they count) and back to the bottom. Shorten the run by one level each time but always 10 derkins. Total of 8 levels for 80 merkins.

Mosey to the turf field, oh wait, this is a nice hill, lets do a triple nickel. 5 reps of The Worst merkin ever at the top and the worst lunge ever at the bottom. Total of three trips. That's 45 total merkins and a grand total of 185 merkins.

On to the turf field. Cool, this thing is marked for a soccer field too. Time for 4 corner escalator always facing that way. 10 merkins, 20 Squats, 30 lbcs and 40 calf raises were worked around the entire field. Second lap same thing but cut across at mid field. 3rd time around we shortened it to the penalty box. That makes 120 more merkins.

Did someone say May the 4th be with you. So, In honor of Peter Mayhew you remember that time Chewbacca carried C3P0 on his back, partner carry across the field switching at the 50.

Just enough time to mosey back to the Flag. In honor of Riley Howell who sacrificed his life at 21 years old saving his class mates, the Pax stopped for 7 burpees 3 times on the way back to the flag of a total of 21.

YHC's watch still had 2 minutes so American Hammers and my girl J-Lo.

COT:

Prayers to the community of UNC Charlotte. Prayers for the family of Riley Howell and Ellis Parlier who were killed. We did the 21 burpees based on a request from F3 Waynesville NC where Mr. Howell was from to honor him and his sacrifice. F3 shrinks our community and is a powerful way to reach men. Our communities are better for it. Look for ways to do the small things to get better each day, because they add up to big things over time.

Naked Man Moleskin:

Brad Pitt was our FNG. He is Exile's Father in Law. More importantly he is a beast. FNGs usually don't come in a lead from the front, but Brad Pitt did. Did I mention he is double Respect. 63 Years Young. He must be getting younger like Benjiman Button who was played by Brad Pitt. I can't wait to run into him out and about and yell hey Brad Pitt…. Its going to be fun.

PieBar kept the shirt on for all of 19 minutes. Has anyone else cut the sleeves of the F3 Cherokee Spartan CSAUP Shirt?

Geek Squad come rolling in on two wheels. He was the Q at Woodstockrucks. Then he crushed the beatdown. Did you know those guys start at 5AM on a Saturday. That is insane. Somehow YHC knew the beatdown was an 1 hour and half and ended at 6:30, but still could not register that they started at 5:00AM. Made me feel week and ashamed to have missed a killer Ruck beatdown so when I got home I scarfed a chicken biscuit and hashrounds from Chick-fil-a and cut my grass with my Ruck Sack on. I got to step up my game if I am going to make it with these guys.

PopUp about half way through the workout says "You just make this up as you go, don't you." Man I thought I was hiding it very well.

By my calculations (they must be correct, I am an Attorney) the Pax perfomed 305 merkins today. Cut the Check.