Backblast! Last black diamond of 2024!

DATE: 2024-12-31
AO#ao_tar_pit
Q@Tortuga
PAX@T-bone @Panhandle @Banks @DQ @T.B. @Tortuga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6

WOR: 3+ min SSH to the beat of “March of the Swivelheads”.

The Thang:
The sandball(115 lbs) and med ball(20 lbs) got carried to the top of the spa.  Teams bid a number of burpees to be completed at the top of the spa.  Losing bid carried the sandball with no burpees.  Winning bid carried med ball and did burpees.  The Respect team won the bid with 11 burpees.  Disrespect got the sandball to the top before all burpees were completed.

EMOM timer starts.
Run to the bottom of the ramp and back up.  Do three reps.  Add a rep each minute.  If PAX fails to complete reps on a round, the run shortens to the level section of the ramp (less than ⅓ of the way down).  Reps continue to increase so everyone is always on the same number of reps.  The second failure results in eliminating the run.  The first PAX to fail a third time (with no run) carries the sandball down and back up.  Second to fail carries the med ball.  Once the sandball reaches the top, the round ends for everyone.

Round one: burpees.
Round two: Mike Tysons.  Feet against the wall, knees bent so butt is close to the wall, straighten legs to a merkin then return to starting position.
Round three: star jumps.  Once we got to 16, we skipped to 18, then 20, 25, 30, 35.

Back to the flag with roles switched from earlier move: team respect took the sandball, while team disrespect took the med ball and did 11 burpees.  Again the sandball won.

Moleskine:
George Bernard Shaw, “You don’t stop playing because you get old, you get old because you stop playing.”  A Yale study showed that those with a positive view on aging lived an average of 7.5 years longer than those with a negative view.  Keep playing, Boys!

COT: Prayers for a safe New Year’s celebration, DQ’s friend’s mom passed away, TB and M have a busy January, so does DQ.