BACKBLASTS
Saturday, August 15, 2026
F3 Platte (New World AO)
“The First 40”
Memorial Stadium, Pawnee Park
75°F, 10mph wind, rain
12 PAX: DDR, Rancid, Stent, Cross Check, Coleman, Yoda (FNG), Backdraft, Slammer, Cactus, Cash (FNG), Sonic, Axe
QIC: Axe
0700 – WELCOME, BROTHERS!
F3 – Fitness, Fellowship and Faith
- The Opening Statements
- F3: Fitness, Fellowship and Faith
- Mission Statement: It is the mission of F3 to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership
- Five Core Principles: F3 is free, open to all men, held outdoors, led in rotation, ends with circle of trust
- Welcoming the FNGs
- Disclaimer: I am not a professional.
- Modify as necessary
- Picking up the Six (F3 Credo)
- Leave no man behind, but leave
no man where you find him.
WARM-A-RAMA
10 IC - SSH
10 IC - Imperial Walkers
10 IC - Tappy Taps
10 IC - Sun Gods, 10 forward and 10 backward
Mosey to track by 50 yd line.
PRE-PRE-THANG
THE 40-YEAR MORTGAGE
Complete at your own pace.
1. 40 Coupon Squats - coupon held at chest.
2. 40 Coupon Curls.
3. 40 Coupon Chest Presses - on your six.
4. 40 Coupon Bent-Over Rows.
After each exercise, run 40 yards out and 40 yards back.
Early finishers: pick up the six or hold coupon overhead.
PRE-THANG
MIDLIFE CRISIS
Because apparently turning 40 means buying things you do not need and doing exercises you definitely do not want.
Sideline 1 = 10 Coupon Thrusters
Carry coupon to Sideline 2 using a different carry each round.
• Round 1: Farmer Carry. At Cone 2: 10 Merkins.
• Round 2: [unclear] Carry. At Cone 2: 10 Coupon Ground-to-Overheads.
• Round 3: Rifle Carry [unclear]. At Cone 2: 10 Bonnie Blairs (jumping lunges - each leg = 1).
• Round 4: Coupon Shoulder Carry. At Cone 2: 10 Burpees.
THE THANG
40th BIRTHDAY PARTY
Partner up.
One PAX works while the other partner performs the designated coupon exercise.
Together complete:
• 40 Burpees
• 40 Coupon Man Makers
While Partner A completes reps, Partner B holds:
1. Coupon Squat Hold
2. Coupon Wall Sit / Al Gore
Switch whenever needed.
Mosey to the Shovel Flag
MARY (aka Core Exercises)
All PAX IC – American Hammer (Rancid-style)
COT (aka Circle of Trust)
Name-O-Rama.
Announcements.
Prayer Requests.
MOLESKINE
“The First 40 Were the Forge”
Forty has an interesting significance in Scripture.
Forty often appears around periods of testing, preparation and transition.
Moses spent 40 years in Midian before God called him back to Egypt. Israel spent 40 years in the wilderness. Jesus spent 40 days fasting in the wilderness before beginning His public ministry.
Forty was not necessarily the destination.
Often, 40 was preparation for what came next.
James 1:2-4 reminds us that testing produces steadfastness and that steadfastness is doing something in us.
At 20, you might think life is about proving yourself.
At 30, you start figuring out who you actually are.
And maybe at 40 you begin realizing:
God was not wasting any of it.
• The victories shaped you.
• The failures shaped you.
• The hard seasons shaped you.
• The people beside you shaped you.
• God has used all of it.
So I am not looking at 40 as: "Man, I am getting old."
I am looking at it as: "I have spent 40 years in the forge."
And steel is not forged just so somebody can admire it.
It is forged to be used.
So here is to the next 40:
• More faith.
• More leadership.
• More service.
• More brothers beside us.
• More impact on the men coming behind us.
The first 40 were the forge.
Now let us see what God does with the steel.
Be a light in the area where you live, work, and play.
Ball of Man.
End in Prayer.
Coffeeteria at The Broken Mug.
SYITG,
Axe
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