Author: backblasts

Date: 01/9/2024

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Framed @TBTF @Toto @Banks @Tortuga @Beaker

FNGs: 0

Q: @Beaker

Total: 6

WOR

Motivators, x7

Windmills, ic, x20

Arm circles, both directions, x10

Thang 1: Stations

Six stations:

Drag sled with 200# sandbag ~50 yds on a track around a light and up a small hill.

Bonnie Blairs (1 is 1)

Mountain Climbers (2 is 1)

Battle ropes

Step-ups

Dips

After completing the sled drag, replace the person below you. Keep this patter until everyone has switched. Complete 600 reps of Bonnie Blairs, mountain climbers, step-ups, and dips as a group.

Thang 2: Suffering on the Ridge

Mosey to Hacksaw ridge with :sled:s. 10 minutes of hill sprints. Sprint up the hill. Get back to the bottom in any manner :sled: you see fit.

Thang 3: Snowball fight

Partner up. As a pair, make the largest snowball that you can. Largest snowball after 4 minutes wins. @Framed and @Banks won.

Moleskin: About age 40 my father went through an internal crisis of sorts. He had a life-changing moment at a silent retreat. Many changes followed, but one of them was a commitment from him to learn something new every month. Two months after this retreat is when we took family snowboard lessons. I realize now that the cost of learning to snow board that is paid by your knees and your butt is greater for a 40ish yr old man than for an 11 yr. old, yet he did it and it was life giving. I find learning new things to be life-giving for myself as well.

Learn new things. Learn things that have a cost and put you in the embarrassing position of being incompetent at first.

COT: @Tortuga back in school. @Tortuga’s 2.0 on the way back to college. @Manhole and this long-lasting virus.

Date: 01/08/23
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Crack @Banks @Tortuga @Hershey @Jolly @K-pop @8-Track @TBTF @Shiplap @Gummi Bear @Panda Express @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 12

WoR:
High knees and butt kickers while we waited for @Tortuga

The Thang
YHC pre-selected teams in the hopes of an even, competitive game. One team executed on the fundamentals and put together some highlight reel plays. The other team, lead by YHC, showed up and sometimes that’s all that really matters.

Moleskin
Be aware of those around you and opportunities to show the love of Jesus. I passed up on an opportunity last night at church to say hi to a guy sitting by himself. Thankfully, an older wiser member of our church started talking to him and the three of us later ended up chatting. I learned he’s a refugee from Ukraine who has only been in the US for two months. I was grateful I was given a second chance to provide a warm welcome.

CoT

• Safe travels at the end of break for @K-pop and @Tortuga’s daughter Anna.
• Safe travels and peace for @Gummi Bear’s family as they travel to Minnesota for a funeral for his wife’s grandmother.

Date: 01/12/2024

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Beaker, @Noodles, @Framed, @Captain Crunch, @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 5

• Warmorama: 5 mins

  • 45 SSHs

  • Mountain Man Pooper: 10

  • Side lunges: 15

  • Bat wings

• Pre-thang 1:

  • 30 coupon curls

  • Balls to the walls: 1 minute hold

  • Wall sit: 1 minute hold

  • Wall sit: 10 alternating leg lifts

  • 80-sec plank

  • 30 coupon curls

• Dan Taylors across field

  • Up to 6 squats, 24

  • 20 4-ct groiners, just for fun

• Walking squat thrusters:

  • 1 to 12 squat thrusters on yellow lines of path north of parking lot.

• Main Thang: 7s of BBS and T-Merkins on field north of parking lot.

  • Coupons in a line in the middle of the field.

  • In the middle do 3 burpee block jump overs.

  • Wrap up with 9 T-Merkins, 19 BBS OYO.

• Mary:

  • 20 4-ct flutter kicks

  • 50 shoulder taps, 25 4ct

  • 15 4-ct American Hammers.

• Moleskin:

  • No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count on what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.

  • —Charles Lamb

  • To me, January 1st seems to be an arbitrary day to start the new year. Why not September 1 or the start of spring?

  • I take inspiration from this quote and tell everyone to plan big for 2024!

Date: Saturday, 01/06/23
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Lemond @The Wet Burrito (respect) @DaVinci @TBTF @Falsetto @Katniss @Mr Roboto @Sparrow @T-Bone (respect) @T-Bone (respect) @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 11

Conditions: A slushy fallen snow kind of morning.

Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops / Tappy Taps / Mtn. Climbers / leg stretch OYO / Arm Circles

The Thang: The last day of the 12 Days of PAXmas and all that came before it!

12/26 DAY 1: 10 Burpees – @T-bone
12/27 DAY 2: 20 4-count Flutter Kicks – @Panhandle
12/28 DAY 3: 30 T-Merkins – @Pool Boy
12/29 DAY 4: 40 BBSUs – @Stock boy
12/30 DAY 5: 50 Shoulder taps – @LouGee
12/31 DAY 6: 60 Curls for the gurls – @Beaker
1/1 DAY 7: 70 Air thrusters/squats – @Katniss
1/2 DAY 8: 80 second plank – @Archive
1/3 DAY 9: 90 Side Straddle Hops – @Da Vinci
1/4 DAY 10: 100 lunges (1 is 1) – @Big Mac
1/5 DAY 11: 110 lbcs – @Sparrow

1/6 DAY 12: 120 BLOCKEES – @SAGA

COT: college decision happening for @Falsetto’s 2.0 & @T-bone’s 2.0’s travel through the storm prayers & praise for F3 friendships

MOLESKIN: You can do more than you think! Serve yourself by serving someone else.

Backblast: Ultimate Frisbee
Date: 01/05/24
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Hershey@Jolly@Bones @Hank (FNG) @Gummi Bear@T.B.@8-Track@DQ@Tortuga@Krampus@Dewey@Bean@LeMond@Cheese@Panda Express@Shiplap
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 16WoR:

• OYO Stretching

The Thang
Ultimate 8v8Moleskin:
Don’t be so hard on yourself

Backblast: Friday Run Club
Date: 1/5/2024
AO: #ao_ground_zero
PAX: @Toto@Ankles@Topham@Hancock@TBTF@Dr. Phil@Panhandle@Beaker@T-bone@SAGA@Da Vinci@Frank @Caboose(FNG Welcome!) @Blackout@Samsonite@Banks
FNGs: 1
Total: 16
Q: @BanksWOR: SSHs Windmills, and stretch OYOThe Thang: We ran south on the prairie pathMoleskine – Be ruthless with your time, prioritize the things that matter the most.COT: Prayers for Dr Phils Mom and Blackouts cousins baby

BACKBLAST! 4 Yr Maniversary
Date: 1/4/2024
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Jolly @Banks @Tortuga @T.B. @T-bone @TBTF @Sparrow @Panhandle @Maniac @Jailbreak @Shiplap @LouGee @Bones @Da Vinci
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 14

Date: 01/03/24
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Gummi Bear @8-Track @Panhandle @Bones @Tortuga @Banks @Katniss @TBTF @Jolly @Spit Valve @T-bone @Samsonite @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 13

WoR:

• 90 SSH
• Runners stretch
• Calf stretch
• Picking daisies

The Thang
PAX put worked towards both the paxmas challenge and the January brawn of the month. We did one exercise of paxmas, ran a lap, did another exercise of paxmas, ran a lap, and so on… until we completed all exercises for Day 9 of paxmas (SSH were completed in the warmup).

• 80 second planks
• 70 air squats
• 60 curls
• 50 shoulder taps
• 40 BBSUs
• 30 T-merkins
• 20 4ct flutter kicks
• 10 burpees

Those that finished their exercises and 2 miles of running early took extra laps around the track. Once everyone finished, the PAX gathered for some Mary:

• Penguin taps
• Dead bugs
• American hammers

Moleskin
YHC recalled two related learnings over the past couple years:

• Churches often overestimate what can be done in 1 year, and underestimate what can be done in 10 years
• A guest on a podcast described his family’s sabbath experience as something rich, inclusive of extended family, and an event they eagerly look forward to every week. He noted though that his efforts to glorify God more with his honoring of the sabbath started with just getting his immediate family together over some pizza every Friday. It took 10 years to get to the experience it is today.

The theme here for the PAX to be reminded of is start small, keep building.

CoT

• @Bo-Peep, @Big Mac, @Binford as they go on their latest journeys

Backblast: Welcome to 2024! Date: 1/2/24
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Panhandle @T-bone @Banks @8-Track @Jolly @Shiplap @Katniss @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 8

Conditions: 26 with a breeze, surprisingly chilly to start

WOR:
7x Motivators
10x Windmills IC
10x Mountain Man Poopers IC
10x Merkins IC
Stretch OYO

The Thang: Welcome to 2024

We moseyed around the lake and then circled up and completed 2024 burpees as a group (253 was the average, but some PAX did way more than that!!). We moseyed around the lake again and then circled up at the flag to complete 2024 LBCs. This was a stupid idea and the PAX mumblechatter made sure to let YHC know about it, but I think everyone left feeling good!

Moleskin: It takes 66 days to form a habit. Take advantage of the New Year and commit to something for 66 days!

COT: Prayers for all PAX as we resume work, school, etc over the next week. Hope for a better, more peaceful 2024 for the world!

Date: 12/28/23
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @The wet burrito @SAGA @8-Track @Bo-Peep @Jolly @T-bone @Tortuga @Katniss @TBTF @Jailbreak @Ankles @Big Mac @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 13

WoR:

• SSH
• Arm circles
• Picking daisies

The Thang
PAX spent the morning at cooties. Each PAX would cycle through the following exercises:

• 10 pullups
• 20 curls
• 30 one arm rows (1 is 1)
• 40 skull crushers
• 50 penguin taps (1 is 1)

Throughout this morning’s playlist were the original Dancing Queen and two covers of Dancing Queen (this one and this one, if Dancing Queen covers are your thing). When a Dancing Queen song came on, the PAX took a dance break with some tabata plyo work. We went through the following exercises 20s work / 10s rest:

• Jump squat switch
• Star jump
• Speed skaters – left leg
• Speed skaters – right leg
• Lunge-Squat-Lunge
• Side to side goofballs
• Side to side hops
• Front to back hops

Also included in the playlist was a 12 Days of Christmas cover by Relient K. When that song came on, PAX also took a break from the above work to do Day 3 of Paxmas:

• 10 burpees
• 20 4-count flutter kicks
• 30 T merkins

Moleskin
Stay connected with truths. When life gets busy and you’re feeling overwhelmed, it’s easy to get swept up in all of it. Stay grounded in truths to avoid lies that can creep in during this time.

CoT

• @Bo-Peep as he prepares himself and his family for Iraq
• @Big Mac as he prepares himself and his family for Mexico