Author: backblasts

Date: Saturday, 2/3/2024
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Bloomer@Jailbreak@Stock boy@Samsonite @McStuffins (FNG) @Noodles@TBTF (QIC)
FNGs: 0
Q: @TBTF
Total: 7WOR:
– SSH x25
– Toy Soldiers x10
– Good Mornings x10
– Abe Vegodas x10
– Picking Daisies x10
– Tappy Taps x10Thangs:
Thang 1 –
– Merkins mosey (4 stops – standard merkins x15)Thang 2 – the Sheldon Cooper (modified)
– typically – burpees, squats, merkins, BSU, run a lap x10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (55 total of each exercise)
– *modified – diamond merkins, squats, wide merkins, BBSUs, run half way up Hoffa
– we added 5 additional diamond and wide merkins to get our totals to 60 eachThang 3 –
– small merkin mosey (4 sets of fingers-in merkins x15/squats x10/BBSU x10)
– small merkin mosey (4 sets of fingers-out merkins x15/squats x10/BBSU x10)
– quick round of 10 pull-ups, 20 dips, bear crawl up Hoffa for the final 5 minutesMoleskin: Challenge to reflect on where you are and are not being present enough.COT: Prayers for @Stock boy ‘s neighbor Mike’s recovery from surgery, Jeff Hubbard at @Jailbreak church back home, @Noodles and his co-workers as they navigate uncertainty in the workplace, @TBTF friend Suzy who just lost her sister to ALS

Backblast: Tenth Day of PAXmas

Date: 01/04/2024

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: 2/1/24

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Framed @Manhole @Gummi Bear @Captain Crunch @LeMond @Toto @Frank @Beaker

FNGs: 0

Q: @Beaker

Count: 8

WOR:

Goofballs, x25, ic

Mountain man poopers, x20, ic

Monkey humpers, x15, ic

Abe Vigodas, x10, ic

Michael Phelps, oyo

5 T-Bone burpees

15 Merkins

Thang: Pearls on a string

Mosey along the 1 mile path, north to the road

Diamond Merkins, x15, ic

Hold Al Gore for the 6

Bear crawl along the road to the turn south

Side lunges, x25, ic

Raggedy Andys, x15, ic

Hold Al Gore for the 6

Mosey along the path to the gazebo

Fingers out merkins, oyo, x15

Sitting down

Peoples chair with Wonder Bras, x20, ic, 1:30

Lying down

Low plank, 1:00

Boat/Canoe, 1:30

Sitting down

Peoples chair with Moroccan night clubs, x15, ic, 1:00

Fingers in merkins, oyo, x15

Dan Taylors along the road (President) to the path

Go to 8, then mosey the rest of the way

Low plank for the 6

Mosey back to the flag

Wide-arm merkins, oyo, x15

Moleskine: Go in peace, serve the Lord

COT: @Frank and his family situation, @LeMond’s M

Date: Thursday, 2/1/24

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @Ankles, @Bloomer, @Jailbreak, @Spokes, @Mad Cow, @Tortuga

FNGs:

Q: @Stock boy

Total: 7

WoR: Motivators, Abe Vigodas, arm circles forward/backward, seal claps, overhead claps, Moroccan night clubs, stretch on your own

Thang 1: Run path starting west of parking lot, staying on the path until we get back to the parking lot, stopping at each lamppost, repeating these exercises:

1. 15 merkins, hands normal

2. 15 squats

3. 15 merkins, hands in diamond

4. 15 squats

5. 15 merkins, fingers out

6. 15 squats

7. 15 merkins, fingers in

8. 15 squats

9. 15 merkins, hands wide

10. 15 squats

Those who did full sets at each stop completed 4 sets of the February challenge.

Thang 2: Minnie Mary Murph at cooties: do as many sets of the following exercises as possible.

1. 5 double leg lifts hanging from the pull-up bar, touching toes to the bar for extra credit.

2. 10 BBSUs

3. 15 flutter kicks (2 is 1)

Moleskin: Sometimes I ask myself, how many times have I done this? How many sit ups, how many push ups, how many times running early in the morning? Why am I doing all this? Is it really worth it? And how many more times will I have to do this to stay in shape and maintain my lifestyle? But then I know that having the strength to work out gives me more strength. Strength to find what I’m looking for in life: in life, which is still a struggle. And like anything worth having in life, if you want to stay in shape, you have to work for it. – Dolph Lundgren

Prayers: Prayers for the @Jailbreak’s former church and their pastor, Jeffrey Hubbard, for my neighbor Mike’s recovery from surgery.

Date: 1/29/2024
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @LouGee @TBTF @Samsonite @Jailbreak @Panhandle @LeMond @Dr. Phil @SAGA @Crack
FNGs: 0
Q: @Stock boy
Total: 10

Backblast: Black Diamond Leg Day
Date: 01/30/24
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Panhandle @Jolly @Banks @DQ @8-Track @Bones @Spokes @Tortuga
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 8

Conditions: Unseasonably Warm

WoR:
7x Motivators
10x Windmills IC
10x Mountain Man Poopers IC
10x Merkins IC
25x Squats IC
25x Good Mornings IC
Bataan Death March around the lake stopping for 5 burpees and then running to the front

The Thang: Frenemies
We partnered up with someone of like ability. We took turns running the big hill and at the end compared reps to see who won the round. We completed 4 rounds:
Jump Squats
BBS
Burpees
Lateral Lunges

1 MOM: 20x each side Inner Thigh Raises IC

Moleskin: Be hard on yourself. "Take the cold bath bravely and make yourself do unpleasant things so as to gain the upper hand of your soul" W. E. B. Dubois

Prayers for DQ’s Aunt, Spokes and family as they make a major life decision, and for peace around the world with the many wars that are occurring simultaneously.

Date: 01/29/24
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Shiplap @Gummi Bear @Krampus @Tortuga @8-Track @Hershey @Banks @Spit Valve @Velveeta @Jolly @Panda Express @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 12

WOR

• SSH

The thang
6 v 6 Ultimate on an almost entirely snow-free field with only a couple little icebergs left.

Moleskin
Seek out guidance from people ahead of you in life. Our young family group enjoyed a conversation with a panel of grandparents who shared their parenting experiences and wisdom. It was really awesome getting to know them more and to soak up what they had to share. Books and podcasts are great sources of learning, but don’t underestimate the value of learning from people in your own community who have gone before you. Because you have relationships with these people, it’s more personal and you keep learning over time.

Backblast: Our patience is at an end

Date: 1/25/24

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Noodles, @Framed, @Toto, @Manhole, @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 5

• Warmorama:

  • Goofballs

  • Imperial Walkers

  • Mountain climbers.

  • Tappy taps

  • Mountain man poopers

• Pre-Thang at Hoffa, by the hill.

  • 20 SSHs, 10 groiners at top

  • 20 seal SSHs, 10 groiners at top

  • 20 mountain climbers, 10 groiners at top

• No Mercy Mile with variations: lamppost to lamppost on trail.

  • jog, 20 merkins

  • bear crawl

  • jog, 40 squats

  • lunge walk

  • Repeat step 1

  • Should do four rounds.

  • Merkin variations: regular, diamond, wide, one-legged.

  • Squat variations: Chinook, sumo, jump squats, side lunges

• Mary

  • Outlaws

  • Zombie crunches

• Moleskin:

“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.”

—Dale Carnegie

Backblast: Black Diamond Dora
Date: 01/23/24
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Panhandle@Shiplap@Jolly@Banks@DQ@8-Track@LeMond
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 7Conditions: ICEYWoR: at the SPA

• SSH x 20
• Tins Soldiers x 15
• Picking Daiseys
• Arm Circles
• Deep Squats OYO

Thang 1: DORA with a BD twist

• PAX 1 Complete rep count, PAX 2 ran down the ramp comepleted 10 THRUSTERS and ran back up – rinse and repeat
• Exercises – 100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 BBSU, 400 Skull Crushers, 500 Curls –
• Once we got to BBS we switch from Thrusters to 10 Bonnie Blairs – 2 is 1

Moleskin: If something isn’t working, change it up

Backblast: Slushy mess

Date: Thursday, 1/25/24

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @Samsonite, @Pool Boy, @Beaker, @Jolly, @Panhandle, @Bloomer, @Jailbreak, @TBTF, @Banks, @Mad Cow, @Da Vinci, @SAGA, @Sparrow, @Tortuga

FNGs:

Q: @Stock boy

Total: 15

WoR: Motivators, Abe Vigodas, arm circles forward/backward, seal claps, overhead claps, Moroccan night clubs, stretch on your own

Thang 1: Run/ruck laps around Hoffa, staying on the gravel path where possible stopping for 4 exercise stations:

1. 50 Merkins just north of the circle of trust.

2. 25 table presses at the SHOP

3. 25 table shrugs near baseball field

4. 10 pull-ups/chin-ups at COOTIES

After one super slushy, regrettable lap, I realized that was a mistake, so we modified to…

Thang 2: Run/ruck laps around the parking lot down to the pool house, stopping for 3 exercise stations:

1. 50 Merkins just north of the circle of trust.

2. 10 pull-ups/chin-ups at COOTIES both coming from and going to the pool house

3. 50 dips at the pool house

Moleskin: Sometimes your M, 2.0s, and other family just want to be heard. Try not to get frustrated, be supportive, and try to react in a way you would be proud of later..

Prayers: Prayers for the John Weck’s family as they mourn his passing, for my neighbor Mike’s recovery from surgery, and for all our family relationships