Author: backblasts

13 PAX gathered at AO Mastodon on a warm and beautiful July morning for a leg themed beatdown. QIC Beaker.
WAR

Motivators (x7, ic)
Tappy taps (x8 ic)
Quad stretch (oyo)
Derricks (x5 each leg, ic)
Tie fighters (20, ic)

Thang 1
do-ah-diddy to Dan Taylor alley for ultimate frisbee. The front runner did two mucho leg-os while the PAX passed them.

Thang 2
Couldn’t find the frisbee, so we Dan Taylor-ed to the baseball diamond. Not sure how many Dan Taylor it was for everyone, but YHC finished an 8 count.

Thang 3
Still in search of the frisbee, we did a Dora. Partner 1 travelled via bear crawl from fence to fence on the grass just outside of the baseball diamond (to protect Jolly’s soft hands) while partner one performed an exercise. Then partners switched. Rinse, lather, repeat until all exercises were completed. Total reps: 100 Bonnie Blairs, 200 dips, 300 spiced rum squats.

Mosey back to the flags.

NOR: Babe, Babysitter, Banks, Beaker (QIC), Cheese, Crack, Heist, Jolly, Katniss, Panda Express, Sparrow, T-Bone, Tortuga

Moleskin: Being a gracious father is one way for use to be little Christs in this world. In the midst of all of the other roles of a father, remember to be gracious and love your kids with the freedom you have been granted through Christ’s love for you.

15 Pax gathered to start the July Arms Race and then play some Ultimate Frisbee to recover from @Katniss’s Wednesday beatdown

WOR: Motivators (4), Goofballs (20), Tappy Taps (10), Quad Stretch

Thang 1: 4 rounds of 25 coupon curls

Thang 2: Split into teams and scout run to Dan Taylor alley – first team fully there receives to start the game.

Thang 3: Ultimate Frisbee – 6 on 7 (@hotbox and @saga did some non-running work). No injuries (except maybe to the pride of the larger team that lost 4-2). Mosey back to flags and coupon curl for the 6.

NOR: @achtung, @shiplap, @tbtf, @beaker, @crack, @cap’n crunch, @pandaexpress, @noodles, @saga, @jolly, @hotbox, @aloha, @katniss, @banks, @t-bone (Q)

Moleskin: Build little memories with your kids and spouse – it isn’t always about the big trips and big dollars – do little things together – they can still be meaningful – a little one on one time with a 2.0 or your M goes a long ways towards building great memories and having a healthy home life.

COT: Crack and T-bone have 2 newly minted 20yo 2.0’s, Travel blessings on Saga and Cap’n Crunch (and everyone else), Whittler job interview, House changes for Banks and a lot of job changes coming up for a number of pax.

WOR- In cadence- Batwings, stretch, split into two groups, give each group a volleyball and see how many volleys each group can do without the ball touching the ground. After each hit do some burpees (1, 2 or 3). This did not work well.

Mosey via Indian run to Ackerman Park Volleyball Court.

With the two teams from earlier play volleyball, but after each time touching the ball do a burpee and if your team loses a point do two.

Mosey back to the flag, do some Mary.

Moleskin – So much glory in the mundane, don’t miss it.

Prayer

14 PAX came out – @Sparrow @Beaker @Panhandle @Draper(respect) @Hotbox @Tortuga(respect) @Heist @SAGA @Shiplap (Happy Birthday) @Cheese(respect) @Cookies @Jolly @Katniss @Big Mac

23 PAX came out on a warm, humid Tuesday morning. @Shiplap took 8 of our newer PAX (Aloha, Babe, Binford, BOGO, Cheese, Getaway, Heist, Panda Express) along with @ Sparrow for some VQ training. I took the remaining 13 PAX (Banks, Beaker, Big Mac, Bloomer, Crack, Hotbox, Jolly, Katniss, Panandle, Tbone, TBTF, Tortuga, Whittler) for a regular Tuesday beat down.

WOR:

Motivators (first time I’ve made it through without screwing them up!)

Arm Circles – in cadence

Michael Phelps – OYO

Tappy Taps – in cadence

THANG 1:

Indian Run to far baseball field

THANG 2:

11s – Burpees/Merkins. Started along the right field foul line with 1 Burpee and ran about 100 feet for 10 Merkins. Repeat increasing Burpees and decreasing Merkins until 10 burpees/1 Merkin.

THANG 3:

Catch Me if You Can – PAX partnered up. One PAX started running backwards while the other did 5 Bobby Hurley’s. After completing the Bobby Hurleys you sprint to catch your partner and switch. We did this back to the base of Hoffa

THANG 4:

More 11s – American Hammers/BBSU. American Hammers at the base of Hoffa – BBSU at the top. Finished off a humid sweaty morning with a man rise up Hoffa.

COT:

Praise for Tortuga and his M and the progress that has been made along with prayers for continued progress. Prayers for Babe and his M and the 2.0 on the way tomorrow! Prayers for Noodles and his job search.

QIC: Beaker
21 faithful PAX gathered on this beautiful morning for a beatdown.

WAR: We started with a 1/2 mile jog around the short loop to warm up our legs. We followed up with tappy taps (x5), hamstring stretching on each leg, Morrocan night clubs (x17 ic) , a shirtless Sparrow, Michael Phelps, and arm across chest stretches.

Thang 1: Dirty MacDeuce
4 sets of 3 exercises, each done in cadence to a four count. In between each set the PAX went up Hoffa AYG, back down as recovery and then held low plank for the 6.
Set 1: Merkins, American hammers, goblet squats
Set 2: Derkins, mountain climbers, Bonnie Blairs
Set 3: Overhead presses, shoulder taps, monkey humpers
Set 4: Standing skull crushers, flutter kicks, Blarts

Thang 2: Animal walks
YHC defined a quadrangle in the field at the base of Hoffa. The PAX travelled from corner to corner on the perimeter of the quadrangle in four animal walks. At each corner, 10 mucho leg-os were performed. The animal walks were: 1) resurrection bunnies, 2) duck walk, 3) crab walk, 4) bear crawl.

NOR: Aloha, Katniss, Sparrow, Bloomer, Whittler, Heist, Archive, Panda Express, Babe, Ralphy, Yankee, Jolly, BOGO, Hotbox, T-bone (respect), Banks, SAGA, Da Vinci, Gummi Bear, Beaker, Tortuga (respect)

COT: We prayed for injuries and illnesses and praise for a beautiful morning.

Gummi Bear was awarded a trophy and beverages for winning the FNG/Kotter drive.

13 PAX in attendance: @Panhandle @Banks @Rainman @Noodles @Shiplap @Big Mac @Da Vinci @Whiddler @Jolly @Katniss @Milk Duds @T-bone @Tortuga

WOR: 20 count side-straddle-hop in cadence/ Abe Vigodas (OYO) / butt kickers and high knees / Stretch quads and calves

Mosey to field, burpee broad-jump across and lunge back

Thang: Futfall – Split into two teams, play soccer but every time you kick the ball you need to do 1 burpee, 2 pushups or 3 sit-ups. Every time your team scores increment number of burpees by 1, pushups by 2 or sit-ups by 3. If the ball touches the track the responsible team all does 5 burpees.

Valient effort all around but the bad-guys win 4 to 3.

Moleskin: Joy is a manifestation of the fruit of the spirit. This group cultivates that for me.

Prayer: A year ago @Milk Duds came out of surgery for cancer. Couldn’t walk, now is in better shape than prior to the surgery. Praise God! @Noodles, thankful for interview opportunities.

WOR: OYO warmup and jogging start

8 Pax gathered in the 40 degree rain to run. Rain stopped midway through. Near perfect running weather.

Stayed on the pavement – 3 laps in the parking garage and then out Childs street to the culdesac and home.

NOR: @panhandle, @tortuga, , @hotbox, @aloha, @shamu, @katniss, @banks, @t-bone (Q)

Last minute weather un-HC (rhymes with fartsac): @jolly and @davinci

Moleskin : 1) I’m super thankful for the OCR crew welcoming my 2.0 to take my place tomorrow – those acts of kindness mean a lot – both to me and my family – that is I think a huge part of what being the F3 nation is all about. You all rock!

2) Francis of Assisi did not say “Preach the Gospel always, use words as necessary”. It’s a great quote but he didn’t say it.

Be wise. Be slow to share things via FB, Instagram, retweets or out of your own mouth that you don’t know to be true or reliable. There are plenty of factually great things to share. Don’t dilute your message and be “that guy” that needs everything to be fact checked.

Be the guy that everyone knows has “checked their sources” – then when you have something to say – people will listen.

COT: Prayers for @aloha and @noodles job searches, @saga and @jazz hands physical injuries and recoveries and for safe travel this holiday weekend – including the Frontline OCR crew.