Author: backblasts

Backblast: The Voluntold Beat Down
Date: Monday, 10/21/21
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive @Panda Express @Jolly @Tortuga @Hotbox @Bloomer @TackleBox @Big Mac @SAGA @Spokes
FNGs: 0
Q: @8-Track
Total: 11Conditions: Easy Breezy for a easy beat down at the AO.Warm-Up: SSH -20 | Mountain Man Poopers | Arm Circles | Merkins (regular/wide/diamond) | Mike Phelps | Quad stretch | Little Man in the Forest| Curls The Thang: Fearless PAX moseyed over to Hoffa for a
partner Beat downIteration #1- 1) Squat Thrust & 2) Rifle Carry & 5x Blockees
Iteration #2- 1) Kettlebell swing & 2) Sprint Hoffa and 25 BB sit-ups
Iteration #3- 1) 1 arm Rows & 2) Sprint Hoffa x2
Iteration #4- 1) Over-head Press & 2) murder bunnyExtra- 20 x Little Man in the Forest | 20ish BlockeesAnnouncements: #2nd-f event at @Banks‘ house tonightCOT: prayers for @Jolly & @Tortuga for physical recovery and healing, Lift up minds and spirts and growth as Men, Husbands, Fathers, Brothers, and SonsMoleskin: BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORDSpeak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love

Backblast: The Answers to All Your Burning Questions
Date: Wednesday, 10/20/21
AO: #ao_tar_pit)
PAX: @Panhandle, @Zoro, @Sparrow, @8-Track, @wet burrito, @Da Vinci, @SAGA, @TBTF, @Aloha, @Spokes, @Tortuga
FNGs: 0
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 11

Date: Monday, 10/18/21
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Maj Crunch @8-Track @Jolly @Sparrow @Babe @Crack @TBTF @Big Mac @TackleBox @Jailbreak @Archive @Da Vinci @Tortuga @Panhandle @Banks @SAGA
FNGs: 0

Q: @SAGA
Total: 16

Conditions: Bringing a bit of warmth to a cool morning at the AO. A bit of ruck/run in the name of love.

Warm-Up: 15 tappy taps, 15 mountain man poopers, OYO leg stretches, 15 mountain climbers

The Thang: Heartless runners moseyed into the gloom while the ruckers rucked. Past fires were fanned as our stories of love were shared.

Announcements: #2nd-f event at @Banks’ house on Thursday evening

COT: prayers for @Crack’s friend with a swollen lymph node, @Da Vinci’s cousin who was taken off of life support and his pregnant wife and family, @Captain Crunch (AJ) 2.0s and family in quarantine

Moleskin: Choose gratitude. We can choose to not be discontent. Give away your “mine” in the name of love and serve those near you.

Backblast: Thursday October 14th, 2021 – Super Dora
Date: Thursday, 10/14/2021
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Sparrow, @Jolly, @Beaker, @T-bone, @Tortuga, @SAGA, @TBTF, @Banks, @Aloha, @Archive, @Big Mac, @Shiplap
FNGs: 0
Q: @Banks
Total: 12Conditions: Warm and Rainy October Morning!Warm-o-Rama: 7x Motivators, 15x Tin Soldier IC, Leg Stretch, 5 Slow Burpees (aka "The @T-bone)The Thang: Super Dora
We teamed up in groups of 3 and completed the following Dora Style:1 PAX would run to the top of Hoffa, then head to the pullup station, the PAX at the pullup station would move to the S.H.O.P, and the PAX at the S.H.O.P. would run.

• 100 Pullups
• 200 Overhead Table Presses
• 300 Merkins
• 400 Dips
• 500 4 Count Flutter Kicks
• 600 Squats touching your butt to the bench each time

3 MOM:
We circled up and completed a round of GeronimoCOR/NOR/COT:
Thankful for a beautiful October morning and being able to be outside enjoying each other’s company. Prayers for @SAGA as he prepares and travels to a conference, Thankful to have @Shiplap back with us and continued prayers for his family to settle in with the new addition, and prayers for @Big Mac’s friend who is struggling after a rough divorce.Moleskin:
Be thankful for what you have and there is no better place than home. @SAGA shared a great metaphor about how our walk through life can be painful at times, but each step that causes pain is followed by another to give thanks for

Backblast: A Wednesday the 13th Not-So-Frightful-Fest
Date: Wednesday, 10/13/21
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Tortuga, @Panhandle, @SAGA, @Da Vinci, @Big Mac, @T-bone @TBTF @Milk Duds @Hotbox @Banks
FNGs:
Q: @Panhandle
Total: 10

Date: Thursday, 10/7/2021

17 PAX started out on a humid morning with a short WAR of motivators (7, ic) and merkins (11, ic). We divided up into 4 teams to hear the rules for the beatdown. After chiding YHC for threatening to take away fun and games if there were not enough HCs, the game was explained according to the rules below. In the end teams 3 and 4 were victorious with 4 points each (though team 3 took poetic license in their definition of a redrum). While teams 1 and 2 scored 3 points each. A good time was had by most and coffeteria discussion focused on possible rules changes in the game to close loopholes (ahem, @Banks), optimize the workout, and prevent @Captain Crunch (AJ) and @Archive from cheating.

Rules:

1. You get a point by:

1. bringing a coupon to a bridge, and completing the assigned exercises.

2. completing sets of redrums as a team (no modifications or picking up the six.)

1. You can only advance your coupon to a site (bridge or Hoffa) via rifle carry.

2. You must return to the flag between sites; (your whole team must be present at the flag before advancing to the next site–forgot to mention)

3. You may do as many redrums as you would like. For your first point, your whole team must complete 1 redrum each. Your second point costs your two redrums each. Your third costs you four redrums each. Your fourth costs your eight redrums each. (2^(n-1) redrums gets you your nth point.)

4. If you are the first team to complete the exercises at a bridge, leave your coupon in a horizontal position near the listed exercise.

5. If you arrive at a bridge and there is a horizontal coupon, you must complete 2x the stated reps to earn your point. After completing these reps, carry both coupons back to the flag.

6. As you remove coupons from a bridge, cross out the exercise (not reps) and replace it with an exercise of your choice.

7. Your team does not need to travel together. However, you must all be at the bridge together before a point is awarded. All reps must be completed within 10 feet of the bridge.

8. Only one team may bring their coupon to a bridge at a time. If two teams have men doing reps at a bridge, the team that brings their coupon first gets to continue. The other team loses all their reps and must go to another bridge. Keep your coupon vertical as you are doing your reps so that approaching teams know that the coupon that is there is yours.

9. You may not complete the same bridge 2x in a row.–forgot to mention

10. Any team that is not at the flag by 6:15:00 by my watch surrenders all of their points. Anyone who arrives at the flag early holds plank or canoe under penalty of losing points (some or all) for your team.

11. Carry all coupons at your final station back to the flag, and pick up any at any station you pass on the way.

AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Jolly @Archive @Banks @Sparrow @Ralphy @SAGA @Hotbox @Cookies @8-Track @Katniss @Big Mac @Yankee @Bloomer@T-bone @Captain Crunch (AJ) @FN3 @Beaker
FNGs:1, FN3
Q: @Beaker
Total: 17

Backblast: Coupon Hop
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Jolly, @Tortuga, @Banks, @8-Track, @SAGA, @Panhandle, @Sparrow, @Panda Express, @Aloha, @Bloomer, @Beaker, @Zoro, @Captain Crunch (AJ), @Hotbox FNGs: 0
Q: @Bloomer
Total: 15
Conditions: Dark warmish morn.
Warm-Up: Imperial walkers, squats, windmills, sumo squat walks, side straddle hops. The Thang:
1. Partner up. One partner farmer carries two coupons to the light pole while the other partner runs ahead and does squats until their partner arrives. At light pole partners switch tasks and move to the next light pole, all the way to the soccer field/parking lot by Dan Taylor alley. 2. Upon arrival partners alternate burpees for 3 minutes.
3. We completed 25 murder bunnies, 20 goblet squats, 25 murder bunnies
4. We ran a circuit around the soccer field. We started with 20 sit-ups, back pedal the length of the soccer field, 20 push ups and completed the round by bunny hopping 15 coupons. 5. We completed 15 murder bunnies, 10 goblet squats, 15 murder bunnies
6. PAX carried coupon back to flag and does 7 curls at every light pole in the way back.

COT: Prayers for the full life of captain Crunch, Afghanistan, Haiti, hurricane repair, shooting and senseless violence in America.

PAX: @Jolly, @Tortuga, @Cheese, @Da Vinci, @Banks @Archive, @8-Track, @SAGA, @Panhandle, @Ranger Rick, @Jailbreak, @Panda Express, @Big Mac
FNGs: 0
Q: @Jolly
Total: 13
Conditions: It was a humid fall morning.
Warm-Up: OYO stretching needed to run or ruck.
The Thang:
Runners ran over to Wheaton College and did some sprints at Franklin Middle School on the way back.
Ruckers rucked.
Announcements:
Lot’s of open Q spots in October. Sign up today or be assigned.
New channel coming…Get to Know your PAX.
COT: Prayers for Tortuga’s upcoming surgery this Thursday.

Backblast: Frolf

Date: Saturday, 10/2/2021

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @TBTF, @Bad Debt, @Captain Crunch, @Jäzz Händz, @Crack, @Jailbreak, @Tortuga (respect) Q

FNGs: 0

Q: @Tortuga

Total: 7

Seven PAX showed up for an afternoon beatdown (7am). They were greeted by six gallon jugs of water and two frisbees.

WOR: Seven count motivators, arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps, copperhead squats and merkins, a slow jog down the parking lot and a skip back.

Thang 1: Arms. Four stations, two rounds. 10 pull ups, 20 reverse flys with gallon jugs, 20 side pull ups, and 20 inverted rows.

Thang 2: Frolf (frisbee golf) round 1. Two teams. To earn a throw you had to complete five reps. Choose between merkins, squats, lunges (2=1), or reverse flys. As a team, get the frisbee to the next lamp post. Advance to the frisbee after completing the reps and throw from its landing spot. As soon as the post is hit, the entire team advances to the post and restarts their reps. Played from Cooties past the pool parking lot.

Thang 3: Frolf round 2. Same teams. Six trees were designated as targets in the far east end of the park. Teams had to complete 10 reps per person before advancing to the frisbee. While advancing, the jugs had to be held out at shoulder height. Reps rotated through squats, tuck jumps, and hinge jumps.

Thang 4: Frolf round 3. Soccer goals were the targets. Instead of reps, teams had to travel to throws. For the first target, after the first throw the team had to broad jump burpee to the disc. Once one team member arrived, the rest could mosey to the disc. Lunges, bear crawl, and team’s choice finished out the round.

Thang 5: Scout mosey back to the flag. The first three HIM carried two milk jugs rifle carry style. The last man ran to the front, snagging the milk jugs from the third guy in line on his way there. Repeato. Shifted to jugs at shoulder height out to the side, then out to the front, and back to rifle carry. We arrived at the flag at 8:01, but I decided to add one last lap of the parking lot to our scout walk for good measure (since Jäzz Händz thought we were done).

COT: We praised God for bodies that work and friends to work out with. Bad Debt’s 2.0, Ben, does not have a torn ACL, as was suspected, but just a bone bruise. His recovery will be much quicker. We lifted up Jäzz Händz’s friend Brian and his wife as he is still in a coma, Crack and his family as he is travelling a lot for work, K-pop as he adjusts to the workload at college, Tortuga’s 2.0, Gulliver, as she is flying to Costa Rica today and will be there two weeks followed by Peru for four weeks, and Jailbreak’s old co-worker who passed away. Prayers for his family.

Coffeteria returned to the Wheaton Public Library after a significant hiatus!!! Saga joined us there. Jailbreak and Bad Debt had family obligations.

15 PAX (8-Track, Aloha, Banks, Beaker, Big Mac, Giggles, Gummi Bear, Jolly, Panhandle, Ralphie, Saga, Sparrow, T-Bone, Tortuga, Zoro) came out on a beautiful fall morning for a Jolly good beatdown.

WOR:

Tappy Taps – in cadence

Arm Circles – in cadence

Side Straddle Hops – in cadence

Michael Phelps – OYO

Leg Stretches – OYO

THANG 1:

We split up into teams of three and set off to work our way around the small loop stopping at each lamp post to complete a couple exercises. Two members of the team would complete the exercises while the third team member ran the half mile loop until he caught back up to his team.

Exercises: started with 10 Merkins and 10 BBSU per person not running. (n-1) x 10. After the first set was complete the Pax lunged to the next lamp post and repeated the exercises doing 20 this time. The exercises remained the same for the entire beat down increasing by 10 each lamp post up to 50 and then decreasing back down to 10.

MOLESKINE:

No quote in particular. Just a reminder to be the best husbands and fathers we can. Your kids really do grow up fast so enjoy each day with them and be present.

COT:

Prayers for Saga’s M and her upcoming MRIs. Prayers for Shiplap’s family and their new addition!