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[lostpearls] St. Patrick’s Foul Poles

March 17, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: lostpearls
Q: flyball
PAX: Bail Bonds, Mathlete, Biohack, Matt Slone, Gmail, Natty, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Borg, flyball, 30 second warning, Double-Dip
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
SSH x 21
Ti fighters forward/reverse x 15
Cherry pickers x 10
Tempo squats x 10

THE THANG:
17’s in honor of St. Patrick (3/17) on the big softball field foul pole to foul pole. Burpees on one side and curb tricep dips on the other

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Escape from Haw Ridge

COT:
St. Patrick was a British saint who was enslaved by the Irish at a young age. God gave him a vision one day of how and when to escape so he did fleeing back to Britain and devoting his life to the Lord.

You might ask why St. Patrick is revered in Irish folklore, well he got another vision to go back to Ireland and evangelize the Pagans that lived there. He is considered the reason Christianity was brought to Ireland in the first place.

What stands out to me about St. Patrick was his willingness to obey the calling God placed on his life.

While we’re not all called to convert thousands by preaching the gospel, God has a calling for each one of us. Maybe our calling is to be a good dad, husband, brother, son, etc. or maybe God is calling you to get outside of your comfort zone. Maybe you’re living your calling or maybe we need to make some sort of adjustment to be in better alignment with His calling. One thing is clear, we’ve each been given today as a gift.

Let’s all take one step further down the path of obedience today, just like St. Patrick did with his captors. He loved others and loved God so much that he was willing to go back to those who imprisoned him to save them. Let’s choose obedience this day.

[lostpearls-otb] AO LAUNCH!

March 7, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: lostpearls-otb
Q: Bail Bonds
PAX: Mermaid, Gmail, Spellcheck, Natty, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Appleseed, Biohack, Mathlete, Tom Tom, flyball, Double-Dip, Matt Slone, Bail Bonds, Strings, Jake Carpenter (Elbow Deep)
FNGs: 1 Jake Carpenter (Elbow Deep)
COUNT: 15
WARMUP:
Tempo Squats and Tempo Merkins

THE THANG:
Ruck Around and Find Out
Headed down the greenway into downtown to the gravel hill for a burnee. Squat hold for the 6.
Meandered our way through town to the 1st Baptist Church hill for Squats at the top and Merkins at the bottom, starting with 7 reps each working down to 1. With a run down the hill and burnee up.
Head back to the AO.

MARY:
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3/28 Escape Haw Ridge
5/17 Hardship Hill, volunteers are highly needed for setup and tear down, discounts re available to those who can help.

COT:
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
– Ariastotle

*Additional COT info in attached image from the Order of Man.

[lostpearls-otb] Teamwork

March 3, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: lostpearls-otb
Q: Bail Bonds
PAX: flyball, 30 second warning, Biohack, Mathlete, Colonel (Alex Wallace), Bail Bonds, Matt Slone (Onesie), Ben Neal (Double Dip)
FNGs: 2 Matt Slone (Onesie), Ben Neal (Double Dip)
COUNT: 8
WARMUP:
SSH, Windmills, OH Claps, Seal Claps, Tie Fighters, Tempo Carolina Dry Docks, X-Factor

THE THANG:
Cumulatively count to 200 reps per team. One does reps, while the other runs a lap.
Mtn Climbers
Sumo squats
Merkins
BBs
Lateral lunges

MARY:
Plank hold
A little this and that
Cherry Pickers
Leg stretch

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
3/7 Lost Pearls Launch with a Ruck
3/28 Escape from Haw Ridge

COT:
Matthew 22:36-40 NKJV
[36] “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” [37] Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ [38] This is the first and great commandment. [39] And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ [40] On these two commandments hang all the Law and the prophets.”

God has commanded us to love one another. Including those we may be uncomfortable around. That are broken down to their lowest point. That we have no connection with. The challenge is to see others through the ense of Christ and love in a way that glorifies God and not ourselves.

Dutch Royal- Team Biohack vs Team Mathlete

February 25, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: the-project
Q: Flying Dutchman
PAX: Biohack, Erector, Mathlete, Munge, Ocho, slappy, Baby Face, flyball, Flying Dutchman, Patch Adams, Tom Tom, None
FNGs: 1 None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
LBC’s forward and reverse, arm stretches, SSH, tempo squats, Willie Mays Hays, Cherry picker
THE THANG:
Mosey to back of library, Biohack and Mathlete picked teams. We had 2 decks of F3 exercise cards, and a paper to track points. Team with most exercises (points) wins. There were three stages. Stage 1, 4 different places around the Project had to be visited with an excercise to be completed before returning. Stage 2, each member of the teams flips cards and does that excercise until the team flips 30 cards total. Stage 3, each member of the team continues to flip cards and go that excercise, but now adding running up stairs and the doing 2 burpees in between each one. Team Biohack did 82 different excercises and Team Mathlete did 80. To be fair, Team Mathlete had one less person.
MARY:
No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
We discussed how we continue to encourage, train up and support each other at F3. The Q today demonstrated that as we worked as individuals, but also teams. II Timothy 1:5. I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and I am persuaded, now lives in you also. Timothy was trained up by his family first, and the Paul. Lets us continue to train up and support our kids, family, friends, colleagues and anyone we come into contact with.

The Project February Metric

February 18, 2025 BackBlasts

AO: the-project
Q: Erector
PAX: Mathlete, Munge, Flying Dutchman, Tom Tom, Ocho, Erector
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
Mosey to the playground, high knees, butt kickers, 15 Moroccan night club, 10 tempo merkins, SSH, little baby arm circles.
THE THANG:
February/August You vs. You
(1) 1.5 mile (2,400 meter) run for time
Distance does NOT have to be precise. Should be approximately 1.5 miles – and the same AO-specific route should be run each time this workout is performed (February / August).
(2) Max BBS in 1 minute
Partner up. Partner can hold your feet, if desired. Arms crossed at your chest or hands behind your head. Elbows touch your knees on “up.” Shoulders touch the ground on “down”.
(3) Max merkins in 1 minute
Partner up. Partner puts his fist on the ground while other does merkins. Chest must touch his fist to count as a rep.
(4) Max pull-ups
Max that can be performed before letting go of the bar. No time limit. Modify as necessary but remember modifications for next time for comparison.
(5) Max burpees in 5 minutes
Standard “full” burpee with a merkin and a jump. Clap or don’t clap….your choice.
MARY:
No time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill is a go!
COT:
This morning, I want to talk about our second F, fellowship. Fellowship is an important act that is necessary. It helps us to develop relationships. With those relationships, we can build each other up.
Hebrews 10:24-25 NASB1995
[24] and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, [25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
We can do more together. We are warned about trying to do things all by ourselves.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 NASB1995
[9] Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. [10] For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. [11] Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? [12] And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart.
I encourage each of you to find ways to fellowship with others, build relationships, and stand stronger together.