Author: backblasts

Date: 2026-02-28
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Portage ,
PAX: Da Vinci, Portage, LeMond, T-bone, Panhandle, Endo, Archive FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Particle Physics Party — We delved into the tiny quantum realm and discovered what the universe is made from.

WOR:
– 20 Eccentric Merkins
– 20 Eccentric Squats
– 20 Side to side lunges
– 20 Abe Vigodas
– Runners Stretch x2
Mosey over to the front hill drive for the sunrise.

The Thang:
Tabatta Sets 30/15s, 2 alternating exercises for 5 rounds each = 1 round ;; 4 different rounds with baby carrying your coupon up and down the stairs as the rest in between rounds.

Round 1: Merkins & V-up Roll ups
Round 2: Rows & Lunges
Round 3: Dips & Oblique crunches (replace with fifer scissors next time) Round 4: Curls & Squats (should have been thrusters)
Moleskine:
God made you from start dust. You are a star, live like one today and this week. When you feel otherwise, don’t believe it, that’s not how God made you.

COT:
Iran and World Peace.
Coworker with Spinal Tumor surgery.

Tags: Tar Pit, Da Vinci, Portage, LeMond, T-bone, Panhandle, Endo, Archive

Date: 2026-02-28
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Oompa , Gummi Bear
PAX: Has Been, Banks, Hypotenuse, Gummi Bear, Oompa, Hershey, Jolly, White Noise, Cheese FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: side straddle hops + down and back

The Thang: ultimate full and partial field

Moleskine: Colossians 3:14

COT: injuries to several PAX. Hypotenuse wife

Tags: Flat Earth, Has Been, Banks, Hypotenuse, Gummi Bear, Oompa, Hershey, Jolly, White Noise, Cheese

Date: 2026-02-27
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Samsonite ,
PAX: LeMond, Dumpster, Panhandle, Samsonite, Endo, Stock boy, Dr. Phil, Beaker, Short Circuit, Short Cut FNGs: 1 Short Cut
COUNT: 10
WOR: ssh, goofballs, stretch

The Thang: ruck/run

Moleskine: resilience. Work it.

COT: mom, grandma, friend

Tags: Ground Zero, LeMond, Dumpster, Panhandle, Samsonite, Endo, Stock boy, Dr. Phil, Beaker, Short Circuit, Short Cut

Date: 2026-02-27
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Banks ,
PAX: DQ, Banks, Sparty, Tortuga, Gummi Bear, Jolly, White Noise, Cheese, Manhole, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Shiplap, Candyland FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR: the usual

The Thang:frisbee

Moleskine:to judge to early, sometimes things work out

COT:iykyk

Tags: Flat Earth, DQ, Banks, Sparty, Tortuga, Gummi Bear, Jolly, White Noise, Cheese, Manhole, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Shiplap, Candyland

Date: 2026-02-25
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Big Mac ,
PAX: Da Vinci, DQ, Tortuga, Panhandle, Big Mac, Jolly
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: Motivators, Pick Daisies, Calf Stretch, Arm circles.
The Thang: BOMBS around the lake, stop at each bench:
BBSU, OHP, Merkins, Blockees, Sqauts (Goblet)
Mode of transport:
Rifle Carry, LH Farmer Carry, RH Farmer Carry

Mary during remaining time

Moleskine:
Seneca Quotes;
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
“They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.” “While we wait for life, life passes”
“It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.” “As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”

COT: 4 years since Ukraine War started, 2.0 with Pneumonia.

Tags: Tar Pit, Da Vinci, DQ, Tortuga, Panhandle, Big Mac, Jolly

Date: 2026-02-26
AO: Mastodon
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: Dumpster, Samsonite, Endo, Stock boy, Cheese, Jailbreak FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
Toy Soldiers
Arm circles
Mountain Climbers
Butterfly stretch
Other leg stretches

The Thang:
(Songs-music soundtrack with the word STRONGER in the lyrics)

Scout Run with ball around curb loop
Curb Merkins
Side shuffle around curb loop
Reverse shuffle around loop
Skip around loop
Squats

Mosey to Cooties and do built in workout stations – 55 seconds each with 15 seconds break/switch time

Man rise up Hoffa

Mosey to The Hamptons and do other stations with objects – 55 seconds each with 15 seconds break/switch time

Big Ball Squats
Small coupon curls
Blue ball sit-ups
Tower of Power
Brick bangers
Big coupon squats or salt shaker

Moleskine:

Just 2 jokes

Muhammad, Jesus and Buddha walks into a bar…
The bartender asks each of them what they want.
Muhammad orders a glass of cranberry juice.
Jesus orders a glass of water, and promptly turns it into wine. Then the bartender asks Buddha, “what do you want?”
Buddha replies, “Make me one with everything.”

——————-
Jesus and Buddha walk into a bar. The bartender says, “What will it be fellas?” Jesus says, “Give us two Whiskey Highballs.” “Coming up,” the bartender says. He brings the drinks and says, “That will be $20.85.” The Buddha pulls out a $20 and hands it to him. The bartender says, “What about the change?” Jesus and Buddha look at each other and say, “Change comes from within.”

COT: Silence & gratitude for F3 and all the F’s & Amen

Tags: Mastodon, Dumpster, Samsonite, Endo, Stock boy, Cheese, Jailbreak

Date: 2026-02-26
AO: Dark Room
Q: Jolly ,
PAX: Portage, LeMond, Toto, Framed, Tortuga, Jolly, Manhole, Flower Boy, Lakers, Beaker, Chico (Downranger) FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
5 min EMOM- 35 SSH/8 burpees
Abe Vigodas
Arm Circles

The Thang:
Split into two teams for the spinner game. Spin the wheel to select the next exercise.

One team starts doing the exercise while the other team runs the short loop (~0.19miles). When the runners get back they tap out one of the PAX on the other team and they start doing the reps while the others now run the loop. The team that completes the most reps wins the round.

We did the following exercises:
WW3 Sit-ups
Rows
Thrusters
Skull crushers
Blockees (Portage wild card selection)
Big boy sit-ups
Merkins

Moleskine:
Listen.

COT: IYKYK

Tags: Dark Room, Portage, LeMond, Toto, Framed, Tortuga, Jolly, Manhole, Flower Boy, Lakers, Beaker, Chico (Downranger)

Date: 2026-02-23
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Big Mac ,
PAX: Krampus, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jolly, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Big Mac FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: Motivators, good mornings, OYO calf stretch and arm stretch. Mosey to the Spa

The Thang: My notes didn’t load on the cloud so this is just the plan which fairly closely resembles the real deal.

40 seconds on 20 second rest until Coupon exercises at which point we switch to 1 minute on 30 second rest 1 Prisoner Squats & Knee to Elbow
2 Forward Lunges
3 Push up & Toe Tap
4 Shoulder Taps
5Low plank climbers
6 Front to back lunges R
7Front to back lunges L
8 Butt Kicks
9 Side Stratal Hops
10 Bycicles
11 Flutter kicks
12 Crunchy Frogs
13 Plank Spider Climbers
14 10x Mountain climbers + Burpee (full minute)
14.5 30 second rest
15.5 Thrusters (Full Mintues)
16 30 second rest
17 Goblet Squats (Full Minute)
18 30 second rest
19.5 Coupon Swing
20.5 30 second rest
21 High knees
22 Step back knee drive L
23 Step back knee drive R
24 Commandos
25 Plank Jacks
26 Reverse Plank knee Drivers
27 Pop Squats
28 Staggard Squat walk
29 Standing Oblique Squat L
30 Standing Oblique Squat R
31 Squat front kicks
32 Switch Climbers
33 Wall Sit
34 1 minute skull crushers
35 30 second rest
35.5 1 minute OHP
36.5 30 second rest
37 1 minute burpees
38 30 second rest
38.5 1 minute thrusters
39.5 30 seconds rest

Moleskine: If you have some big scary things on your to-do list break them up into much smaller, manageable pieces.

COT: Tortuga , he’s in town and missing so something must be up. Sick 2.0s.

Tags: Tar Pit, Krampus, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jolly, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Big Mac

Date: 2026-02-24
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Cheese ,
PAX: Shiplap, Jolly, Candyland, Tortuga, Gummi Bear, Cheese, White Noise, Krampus, Banks FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: SSH & ABE’s & Down n Back

The Thang: Ultimate Frisbee

Moleskine: Modeling consistency influences others

COT: Health issues

Tags: Flat Earth, Shiplap, Jolly, Candyland, Tortuga, Gummi Bear, Cheese, White Noise, Krampus, Banks

Date: 2026-02-24
AO: Mastodon
Q: DQ ,
PAX: Panhandle, Endo, DQ, LeMond, Stock boy, Big Mac, Samsonite FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
– SSH
– Goofballs
– Arm circles
– Abe Vigodas
– Arm circles

Thang 1
Hoffa 11s. Start with 10 burpees / 1 star jump

Thang 2
Reps of 5 / 10 / 15. 5 sets. Alternate 20 penguin toe taps / 20 freddie mercuries when done. Exercises were: • Pullups / pike press / squat jumps
• Pullups / hello merkins / bonnie blairs

DQ Physical Therapy
• Marches
• clam shells
• canoe flappers
• bird dogs
• dead bugs
• toe tap planks

Moleskine:
My grandma passed away yesterday at the age of 93. She lived an amazing life. Married to her husband for 70 years. Mother of 4 children. Served in the same church for 60 years. Led the children’s choir.

My grandpa told me a story about how he was doing church finances one day, and the pastor came by and said “George, starting today, Marianne is officially on the payroll. She’s responsible for bringing more people to this church than myself”. He told another story about how a new family visited the church, and the daughters of the family said they wanted to be a part of this church and sing in that choir.

I have no doubt my Grandma will be told “well done, my good and faithful servant”. Let this be an encouragement to all of us as we go through the grind of serving! Keep going!

COT:
– Stock Boy’s grandma passing away
– Big Mac’s sick kids, and all the sickness in the homes of the PAX

Tags: Mastodon, Panhandle, Endo, DQ, LeMond, Stock boy, Big Mac, Samsonite