BackBlast GrowRuck22 Training Session #1

GrowRuck22 Training Session #1

Conditions – COLD COLD COLD  26 with real feel of 23.  PERFECT MORNING FOR RUCKING!!! Headgear has worked very hard behind the scenes to get a GrowRuck here in MB.  This is a huge deal and we are very proud of his efforts/bribes.  If he is your financial planner – check your accounts right around …

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Region News 2021 GrowRuck SC

2021 GrowRuck SC

GrowRuck 22 – South Carolina  **Updates as of 4/24 *Schedule w/ location information. Updates in Bold / Italics   Below is the current packing list for the event. Note the new hydration requirements. A separate Nalgene-style bottle is no longer required, but it’s on you to figure out how to carry 6L from the start. …

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ElevationMonday F3 GRANDSTRAND GROWRUCK SC 2021 TRAINING GUIDE

F3 GRANDSTRAND GROWRUCK SC 2021 TRAINING GUIDE

F3 GRANDSTRAND GROWRUCK SC 2021 TRAINING GUIDE   GENERAL NOTES Start soon (1 Jan. 2021), start small (20# then 30# load), start developing a DFQ mindset (as Bling says…”get used to being uncomfortable…”)! Talk to the “veterans” (ex. Valvano EM-AOQ, Hoser WR-AOQ, OneCall, Bling, 50-50, Lombardi, Headgear, Weedeater, Boxcar, others I’m probably missing) for additional …

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BackBlast Honoring Jacob “Hightower” Hancher

Honoring Jacob “Hightower” Hancher

This will be simple, and not a normal backblast.  We came together as a community.  F3.  FiA.  Friends.  Family.  Young and old.  From near and far.  Various backgrounds and hometowns.  Veterans, rookies, and newcomers.  We came together as ONE group to honor Jacob.  Work was done.  The specifics are unimportant.  We honored Jacob.  His age.  …

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BackBlast Safehouse Remembers MBPD PFC Jacob “Hightower” Hancher – EOW 10-3-2020

Safehouse Remembers MBPD PFC Jacob “Hightower” Hancher – EOW 10-3-2020

Conditions and Background: Workout was “Qd” via Virtual AO “The Safehouse” (#SH).  #SH was launched as a workout alternative due to a strict COVID19 prevention posture at YHC’s workplace as well as other veteran Pax in similar situations (professionally or personally).  The crew is small, but we have had visits from Pax from other regions…C-Span …

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BackBlast “Hightower” Jacob Hancher – Badge # 374; EOW 10/03/20

“Hightower” Jacob Hancher – Badge # 374; EOW 10/03/20

Conditions Nice.  Cool.  Mid 60’s F3Nation is a BROTHERHOOD.  When one is lost, we ALL grieve.  This past weekend, we lost one of our local PAX who was serving the community he loved as a Myrtle Beach Police Officer.  Private First Class Jacob Hancher.  Hightower.  So young.  We all grieve and the Nation grieves over …

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BackBlast 19 years later – 9/11 – #NeverForget

19 years later – 9/11 – #NeverForget

YHC always tries to take the Q for 9/11 to honor those that lost their lives and those that sacrificed everything, as well as to make sure that we all #NeverForget this incident.  And my basic Backblast information is the same, but with new PAX and all, it needs to be said!  And it never …

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BackBlast Deck of Death

Deck of Death

Welcome to the Safehouse!  No Corona here… Hopefully!   It was YHC turn to Q and I have been playing lots of card game with the 2.0s since the quarantine started.  YHC has been to lots of Deck of Death workouts but never as Q.   Conditions: 80 and stale humid air in the dirty …

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