Bob Villa
BACKBLAST: Friday, 06/30/26 Fun and Games @ Troy
Date: 06/30/26
PAX: Bob Villa, Clif Bar, Kato, Muck, Nut House, Optimus, PacRat, and Roadshow (QIC)
Warm Up:
- 10x IC Bean pickers
- 10x IC Windmills
- 10x IC Seal claps
- 10x IC Skull claps
- 10x IC Michael Phelps
- 10x IC Toy Soldiers
- 10x IC Perfect Squats
- 10x IC Perfect Merkins
The Thang:
Badminton:
- Count off into teams 1 and 2
- 2 players from each team play 2 on 2
- Cones set up for court (and net)
- Other PAX run a lap
- When PAX finished the lap, they swapped out with one of the active players after a volley
- First to 21 (must win by 2) wins
- Prizes:
- Winning team does the losing team’s number of points in burpees
- Losing team does the winning team’s number of points in burpees
- Scores:
- Game one: 23/21
- Game two: 17/9
Moleskin:
This turned out be fun. I wasn’t prepared to try to use blocked to hold the net up, and I didn’t arrive in time to try. So I put out cones in the lot to lay out the court. I didn’t tell anyone what the prize was until after we finished the first game. It took a little while to get everyone on the same page with the format, but we eventually started moving. By the second game, where everyone realized what was at stake, skills seemed to improve. I’d definitely want to do this again. It was a nice break away from the standard beatdown, and good for a hot summer morning. Good seeing Bob Villa up here!
Great job everyone and see you all soon.
#SYITG
BACKBLAST – 6/29/2026 – That’s the Way the Coupon Crumbles
Patmos A.O.
10 (!) PAX assembled in the first official hot week of NWI summer. We had a false start heat wave ~2 weeks ago, but I’m afraid summer is here. And that means hot, steamy mornings.
We had 2 Florida men in our presence this AM. One was an FNG and one was a FOG. Good seeing you ‘Villa.
The FNG is a young, spry soccer star in the Tampa area. No way I’m gonna run this young man into the ground. But, there must be a way to increase by 1%. Since soccer guys can’t use their hands for anything other than complaining, I found an opening – Coupons and chin-ups…
PAX: Bob Villa, Buttah (FNG), Dr. Scholl’s, Federali, Fennec, Gummy Bear, Little Minion, Mr. Incredible, Optimus
Q: PacRat
0530
Arm Circles Forward/Reverse OYO
* F3 Mission Statement
* F3 5-core principles
* F3 Credo
Warm-Up
Bean Pickers x10 IC
SSH x30 IC
Arm Warmup Complex
– ACC Forward (small) x10
– ACC Reverse (small) x10
– Skull Claps x10 IC
– Seal Claps x10 IC
– MNCs x10 IC
– 10-count hold
Toy Soldiers x10 IC
Abe Vigoda x10 IC
Perfect Squats FTH x10
Shuffle Merkins x5 (8-count)
Grab coupons, bring to the base of the Amp
The Thang
Gettin’ those coupon reps in…
Set1 – Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
Grab coupons, all x10 IC:
– Skull Crushers (head)
– Shoulder Presses (shoulders)
– Squats (knees)
– Romanian Deadlifts (toes)
Set2 – Back Complex
Block Back Complex, all x10 IC
– Coupon Rows
– Pull-overs
– Rat Rows
– Rat ‘rovers
– Row of Fire
Mosey to the pull/chins
PAX to form 2 lines of 5 and perform 5 sets of 5 pull/chins:
25 reps total
Run up the path to the top of the Amp, and mosey back down
Set 3 – H/S/K/T
Grab coupons, all x10 IC:
– Skull Crushers (head)
– Shoulder Presses (shoulders)
– Squats (knees)
– Romanian Deadlifts (toes)
5 Shuffle Merkins
Set 4 – Back Complex
Block Back Complex, all x10 IC
– Coupon Rows
– Pull-overs
– Rat Rows
– Rat ‘rovers
– Row of Fire
Amp Lap, return to the base
Thang2 – Rock / Paper / Scissors
2-man teams – you know the rules by now:
- Winner does 1 merkin
- Loser does 1 burpee
- If PAX tie, 1 do-over. If they tie the 2nd time, burpees for both
- Go all the way to 10 reps
Bring coupons up, mosey to the Flag
Mary
3 min of Broga
0615
Moleskin
Well, FNG didn’t get buried, but everyone had an awesome time. It’s remarkable how much fun PAX can have performing their share of 55 burpees in a 7–8-minute timeframe. It’s a paradox but I’ve seen it too many times.
Welcome Buttah! You made it look easy my man and it was great having you. You made me and all of Land O Lakes, FL proud
And Dr. Scholl’s with another crazy pre-run from the Muster McDonalds to Patmos. Can you imagine starting your pre-run at 4:00 a.m. and rolling up to a warm, summer beatdown at 5:30?! It’s a good thing that we didn’t run very much.
Villa it warmed my heart to see you and Fed’i this morning. It was a gangsta party before we even got started. I love seeing BV’s Florida and DR posts. F3 is truly an amazing phenomenon.
Mr. Incredible and co. – Getting the lads out there at 5:30a during the week requires you being the right kind of dad to lead those young men into battle.
Speaking of running very much – Sign up for the Fair Haven 5k soon. Last day of the $25 race fee is July 11th. It bumps up to $35 after that
F3 5K 4 Fair Haven Rape Crisis Center
73’s
PacRat
KD9GNS
Down Range
Date: 08/19/2025
PAX: OCB, Bob Villa
It was such a nice treat to be able to pull up to a work out far from home and have a familiar face to greet me. Thanks for the beatdown and the southern hospitality Villa!