Backblast! High Tempo Bootcamp

AO: Max Bandwidth
Q: Tube Top (Matt Boretti)
PAX: Money Pit (Blake Anderson), Green Thumb (Ray Perry), Dumbledore (Dave Monaco), Tube Top (Matt Boretti), Rio (Andrew DiGiovanni), Change Order (Jim), Pawnee, Dowry (Derrick Wolfe), Squeaks (Neal), Curves (Aaron Stork), Spitvalve, Deductable, Isuzu, Turnover, Jayzee, BTS, Goose, Contra
FNGs: 1 Contra
Count: 19

Welcome to Max Bandwidth!
On this fine morning, we gathered for a high-tempo, bootcamp-style beatdown that promised to push everyone to their limits. For those who couldn’t handle the intensity, an IR workout with Pawnee was available, but all chose to meet the challenge.

The Mission was reinforced for our late arriving FNG – to plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. We also shared that F3 is a national network of free, peer-led workouts, and we meet rain or shine, ending in a COT. Greenthumb chimed sharing “we do not own the property, so treat it with respect.” Pawnee was mumbling a bunch of other stuff, which frankly no one paid any attention to.

Disclaimer:
If it gets too tough, just hang with Pawnee.

Warm-Up:
7 Good Mornings
20 Side-Straddle Hops (IC) – last 3 silent
8 Willie Mays Hayes
20 Imperial Walkers
20 Sir Fazios (10 forward/10 back)
Variety of leg stretches

The Thang:
We divided into teams by counting off in 4’s, then embarked on a team challenge across 4 stations. Each team had to complete the assigned exercises at their station before sprinting to the next one. The first team to return to Station 1 after completing all exercises was crowned the winner.

Station 1:
50 Burpees
100 Squats
200 Merkins
300 American Hammers (L/R = 1)

Station 2:
Wall Sits
High Plank
Balls to the Wall

Station 3:
Low Slow Flutters (LSF)
Little Baby Crunches (LBC)
CBLs (Reverse LBC)

Station 4:
20 Side-Straddle Hops (IC)
20 Star Jumps
20 Bobby Hurleys

All PAX “Rinsed and Repeated” as needed at each station. Team 4 won the event, sprinting to gather their members after completing each station and was the first team back to Station 1. We finished off with the winning team leading us in Mary before COT.

COT: We circled up for the Circle of Trust, reflecting on the morning’s work and the bond we continue to build through F3. As always, we’re here to get stronger – both in body and in spirit – but it’s up to each of us to push ourselves to new limits, even when we have PAX like Pawnee weighing us down.

Moleskin: Shoutout to all the PAX who brought the intensity today (which were 18 of the 19). Max Bandwidth lived up to its name, and everyone left stronger (more or less). Special kudos to the winning team for their speed and teamwork (@Spitvalve, Dowry (Derrick Wolfe), Rio (Andrew DiGiovanni). Let’s carry this momentum into the rest of the week and beyond.

Announcements:
8/23 Luncheon, Perry’s Steakhouse – RSVP if coming
Deacon training runs launching every Sunday, 7am from Agoge

Prayer Requests:
Curve’s boss – Open Heart Surgery
Goose’s dad – surgery
Tube tops daughter
And all kids and teachers returning to school

Thanks for coming out and pushing yourselves. See you in the gloom!
SYITG,

TubeTop