Author: backblasts

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

Date: 12/25/23

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @Tortuga, @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 2

• Warmorama: @LeMond cycled to the AO.

• Two Pax met in the Christmas morning gloom to run 5 miles through downtown Wheaton and on the Prairie Path.

• The pax discussed Christmas traditions.

Moleskin:

Merry Christmas

Date: Wednesday, 12/27/23

AO: #ao_tar_pit

PAX: @Katniss @T-bone @Pool Boy @DQ @Tortuga @Search Party (F3Naperville) @Manhole @Jolly @Spit Valve

FNGs: 0

Q: @Jolly

Total: 9

Conditions: very pleasant for a late December morning.

Warm-Up: Abe Vigodas, picking daisies, quad stretch, 10 Burpees, 20 flutter kicks (4 count)

The Thang: We did EMOM for five different exercises with a run to a specific cone and back run – 7 rounds per exercise. We added one rep and about ten yards of distance to each round.

Set 1: Merkins – started with 12 merkins ran ~ 20 yards out and back, then 13 merkins 30 yards….up to 18 merkins 80 yards
Set 2: Jump Squats – started with 11 reps to make it easier to keep track of the number of cones to run to…11/1 cone, 12/2 cones….17/7 cones
Set 3: Burpees – started with 5 reps
Set 4: Big Boy Situps – started with 11 reps
Set 5: Dips – did three rounds: 15reps/5 cones, 17 reps/7 cones and 20 reps/10 cones

MOLESKIN: Don’t focus on the negative in people. Look for the positive.

COT: prayers for the family staying with T-Bone and dealing with a lot of life struggles.

Date: 12/26/2023
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @TBTF @Crack @LeMond @SAGA @Tortuga @Katniss @Mr Roboto @Framed @Ankles @T-bone @LouGee @Hancock
FNGs: 0
Q: @Hancock
Total: 12

WOR: SSH, Tappy-taps, stretch OYO

The Thang: pearls on a string, including 10 burpees for the 12 days of Paxmas

Moleskin: Persistence. Most successful people credit their success to persistence. Not money. Not talent. Persistence. And it’s something anyone can do, but it’s so rare it might as well be a superpower.

CoT: Praise for a good Christmas; prayers for travelers; prayers for the family of the victim at Rosie’s

Backblast: wonderful sound of picnic tables crashing

Date: 12/21/23

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @Stock boy, @Linc, @Tortuga, @Ankles, @Falsetto, @T-bone, @8-Track, @Katniss, @Jailbreak, @LeMond

Total: 10

• Warmorama: 5 mins

  • Goofballs

  • Arm circles forward and backward.

  • Imperial Walkers

  • Mountain climbers, bring leg up to side.

• Pre-Thang

  • Lunge bucket brigade towards the shed.

  • Scout Run where Pax lunge with coupon; last Pax does 5 merkins, runs to front.

• First Thang

  • 11s with blockies and table lifts

  • 1 blockie, 10 table lift, etc.

• Third: Smurf Jacks, man-rise

  • Murder Bunnies to base of Hoffa.

  • 20 4-ct regular smurf jacks

  • 20 4-ct smurf jacks with coupons.

  • Run up and down Hoffa.

• Core and Shoulders

  • Same partner

  • 100 salt shakers between Pax; on Pax holds plank; switch as needed.

• Core exercises:

  • 20 4-ct flutter kicks

  • Supermans

Moleskin:

1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Rejoice Always. Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks, for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.

-Most people in my life haven’t done anything like this.

-Give it a try.

Date: Wednesday, 12/20/23

AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Sparrow @Shiplap @Samsonite (respect) @Da Vinci @LeMond @Tortuga (respect) @Panhandle (respect) @Falsetto @Bloomer @Hotbox @DQ @Big Mac @Banks @Bo-Peep @Hancock @8-Track @Jolly (respect) @The wet burrito (respect) @T-bone (respect) @T.B. @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 21

Conditions: A cool and cheerful w/some Elvis “Blue Christmas” album.

Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops / Mtn Man Poopers / Mtn Climbers / Merkins / OYO stretch

The Thang: pushed SAGA’s Sleigh over near the spa while other PAX farmer carried coupons // 5 burpees at bottom & rifle carry coupon to spa & 10 coupon curls // mosey down the hill for a white elephant grad from the sleigh: 5 burpees + mosey up hill + 10 of self-selected coupon workout + mosey back to the sleigh for a gift (rinse & repeat)

Announcements: #2nd-F event this evening

MOLESKIN: “I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” ~ Jesus (Jn 16:33)

Backblast: Meatloaf’s Massacre
Date: 12/19/23
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Panhandle @SAGA @Da Vinci @T-bone @Banks @8-Track @Jolly @Tortuga @Hotbox (Welcome back!!) @Cheese @Bo-Peep
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 11

Conditions: high 17’s and calm

WOR:
7x Motivators
10x Windmills IC
10x Mountain Man Poopers IC
15x Merkins IC
Stretch OYO

Thang 1: Meatloaf’s Massacre

4 Rounds of the following exercises followed by a decreasing number of laps around the track. We started with 4 laps and finished with 1

Exercises:
10x Blockees
20x Kettle Bell Swings
30x Overhead Press
40x Coupon Squats
50x Merkins on your Coupon

Lots of grumbling on this one after @T-bone destroyed the PAX this weekend. Most people finished.

Moleskin: Do the work in all areas of your life to be successful. We only improve in the areas we focus and work on.

COT: Prayers for Bo-peep and crew as they get ready to leave Jan 11th.

Date: 12/16/23
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Bloomer@Jailbreak@Maniac@Stock boy@Falsetto@Mr Roboto@The wet burrito@TBTF (QIC)
FNGs: 0
Q: @TBTF
Total: 8WoR

• SSH x25
• copperhead merkins x10
• copperhead squats x10
• Abe vegods x10
• arm circles x10 forward/backwards
• Micheal Phelps/stretch OYO – 30 seconds

The Thang
Part 1: "15s" – pike press/SSH (we ended up going through the sets 2x on the path we took)
Part 2: Dora at Hoffa (partner up)

• Blockies x50
• Coupon Swings x75
• Coupon Press x100

Part 3: Derkins (10 at bottom w coupon; 10 at top of Hoffa is 1 round) – 4 rounds

• R1: diamond merkins
• R2: ranger merkins
• R3: standard merkins
• R4: wide merkins

Mosey back to the flagMoleskine –
Discussed why I don’t like the phrase "It’s not my job" (the collective effort/result will be bigger than you own efforts). Challenged the group to find an opportunity to help someone even if it "is not your job"CoT

• Prayers for @Stock boy’s neighbor recovering from neck surgery
• Prayers for @Jailbreak’s childhood friend’s family due to his passing

Date: 12/12/23

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Beaker, @Crack, @Framed, @Manhole, @LeMond

FNGs: 1

Q: @LeMond

Total: 5

• Warmorama: 5 mins

  • Windmills

  • Side leg raises

  • Imperial Walkers

  • Mountain climbers, bring leg up to side.

• Pre-Thang: Jacked Up

  • SSH x 20 4-ct IC

  • Seal Jacks x 20 4-ct IC

  • Plank Jacks x 20 4-ct IC

  • Crossover Squat Jacks (aka Deny Terio) x 20 IC <- Pax did 10

  • Smurf Jacks x 20 IC

• Pre-Thang 2: blockies

  • Mosey–really mosey–to swingsets.

  • Partner 1 does 10 blockies.

  • Partner 2 hangs from the bar or chain.

  • Switch, one round only.

• 1st Hill Thang

  • Murder bunnies up gentle side of hill; resurrection bunnies steep side.

• 2nd Hill Thang: Partner up. Partner 1 does goblet squats while Partner 2 does Bernie Sanders up the hill, does 3 burpees at top.

  • At the top: 3 burpees

  • At bottom: Partner does 20 goblet squats, then holds Al Gore.

  • 4 rounds per Pax.

• 3rd Hill Thang

  • Partner rifle holds block.

  • Other Partner runs around hill. Switch.

• Extra Thang:

  • Lunges with coupons moving forward in a line of Pax

  • Last Pax does 5 merkins off the block and then moves to front of line

• Mary:

  • Flutter kicks, holding coupon up

  • Leg lifts up and over block

  • American Hammers.

• Moleskin:

  • My M has made me go to bed by 9pm, even when remained only 20 minutes of a movie we were watching.

  • I’m grateful for the sleep; I’m grateful for the nudge.

  • We need to sleep, we need to be nudged.

  • “Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep…” – Thomas Aquinas

• Notes:

  • Manhole brought out an FNG today and we named him Framed!

Backblast: The Ultimate Monday
Date: 12/11/2023
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @DQ @Jolly @Hershey @Shiplap @Velveeta @Tortuga @8-Track @Bean @Big Mac @Krampus
FNGs: 0
Q: @Shiplap
Total: 10WOR: get there early and run aroundThe Thang: Full field ultimate 5 v 5. The teams weren’t close