Author: backblasts

Date: 2025-09-13
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: DQ
PAX: The wet burrito, Homie, Katniss, Mr Roboto, Cheese, Portage, Big Mac FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR:
– SSH
– Arm circles in a shallow lunge position

The Thang:
Mr Roboto lead IPC Week 1.

The rest of us went to the field behind the track to hang out and move our blocks around

• Murder Bunny out 10 yards
• 5 reps of exercise 1
• Leave coupon. Run back to start
• 10 reps of exercise 2
• Run to coupon

Repeat out to 40 yards, increasing exercise 1 reps by 5 every round and exercise 2 reps by 10 every round. This means at the 40 yard line, we did 20 reps of exercise 1. After 20 reps at the 40, reverse murder bunny back to the start, finish your 40 reps of exercise 2, and then work on a 200 rep spittoon of curls while waiting for the six.

Set 1
• Blockees
• star jumps

Set 2
• Thrusters
• merkins

Set 3
• WWI situps
• Bonnie Blair

Ran out of time, but some PAX stayed during coffeeteria to do some Mary exercises from DQ’s Physical Therapy Plan

Moleskine:
While I was making dinner one night, Emilia was dancing to some music in the kitchen. Our Wi-Fi was spotty at the time, so it kept cutting out the music for a few seconds before playing again. It made me frustrated, but Emilia’s response the second or third time it happened was “Freeze dance!”.

Make the best of what you got! When life starts skipping your music, freeze dance!

COT:
– Praise for healthy 20 week ultrasound for Portage and M’s baby. – Prayers for healing and restoration after more recent shootings.

Tags: ao_tar_pit, The wet burrito, Homie, Katniss, Mr Roboto, Cheese, Portage, Big Mac

Date: 2025-09-13
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: T.B.
PAX: Jolly, Bloomer, Fiona, Krampus, Panda Express, Shiplap, Spielberg, T.B., Tortuga, Wagyu, White Noise, Has Been, Oompa, Frozone FNGs: 1 Frozone
COUNT: 14
WOR: SSH x20, down & back stretching

Teams split up by age. Experience vs. Youth. Youth won two games.

Moleskine:
God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason. Listen more than you speak.

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Jolly, Bloomer, Fiona, Krampus, Panda Express, Shiplap, Spielberg, T.B., Tortuga, Wagyu, White Noise, Has Been, Oompa, Frozone

Date: 2025-09-12
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Manhole
PAX: Sparty, Tortuga, Jack, Cheese, Oompa, Jolly, Shiplap, Wagyu, Samsonite, Fiona, Candyland, Bloomer, Panda Express, Silencio, White Noise, Manhole, Buc-ee, Pine Tar FNGs: 1 Pine Tar
COUNT: 18
WOR: yup

The Thang: ultimate

Moleskine: be a part of the solution, not the problem

COT: Jolly brother diagnosed with prostate cancer

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Sparty, Tortuga, Jack, Cheese, Oompa, Jolly, Shiplap, Wagyu, Samsonite, Fiona, Candyland, Bloomer, Panda Express, Silencio, White Noise, Manhole, Buc-ee, Pine Tar

Date: 2025-08-30
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Da Vinci, LeMond, Portage
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: SSHs, arm circles, Abe vigodas

The Thang:

Rotating Dora. Three exercises with rep counts. Three people start the exercises and one person runs a loop around the hamster wheel. When he comes back, pax rotate with one person running.

Moleskine: yes

COT: yes

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, LeMond, Portage

Date: 2025-09-09
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Beaker
PAX: Toto, Flower Boy, T-bone, LeMond, Crack, Beaker, Manhole FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: SSHs, windmills, 5 T-bone burpees, mosey to the Broga Mat

The Thang:
We set a timer for 50 minutes.
Perform 2 coupon thrusters
Run 2×100 m sprints
Perform 4 coupon thrusters
Run 4×100 m sprints
Perform 6 coupon thrusters
Run 6×100 m sprints

Continue in this pattern until the 50 minute timer goes off. Record total sprints completed.

Moleskine: Push the brother next to you. Lift him up and make him better.

COT: Yup.

Tags: ao_dark_room, Toto, Flower Boy, T-bone, LeMond, Crack, Beaker, Manhole

Date: 2025-08-30
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: Banks, Jolly, Shiplap, Panda Express, Wagyu, Cheese, T.B., DQ, White Noise, Tortuga, BigBlue, Pitch Pipe, Mr Roboto, Candyland, Fiona, Bucky, Da Count FNGs: None
COUNT: 17
WOR: SSH, down and back

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Banks, Jolly, Shiplap, Panda Express, Wagyu, Cheese, T.B., DQ, White Noise, Tortuga, BigBlue, Pitch Pipe, Mr Roboto, Candyland, Fiona, Bucky, Da Count

Date: 2025-09-11
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Sparrow
PAX: Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Panhandle, TBTF, Sparrow, Katniss, Audible, DeadDrop FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: SSH, Twinkletoes, Bluey, Stretching

The Thang: Stair climb in honor of the firefighters who died on 9/11. Firefighters in the south tower climbed 500-700 steps. In the north tower they climbed 400-1200. We each did 1000 up and down while sharing memories of 9/11, then continued to climb the hill during the rest of the workout.

Interlude: Pax Choice

Thing 2: toss tennis balls up the hill. Each ball represents 20 merkins. Run to a ball, throw it at a pax. If he’s hit, he does 20 Merkins. If you miss, you do 20 merkins. Everyone continues up the hill. Variation 2: Teams: Bears vs Crabs.
Variation 3: Bear crawl or crab walk up the hill. Crab walking is “shields up” where you can’t be hit, but bear crawling is faster to the top.

Moleskine: Leadership, like commercial real estate, is seeing potential where nobody else sees it, then doing work to make that potential a reality, or at least visible enough that others can follow.
Running up and down a hill for exercise is valuable, but doing it in partners while sharing memories is even more valuable. Look for ways you can create or increase value. Leadership also involves being willing to confess your struggles, because other people probably struggle with the same issue. When you bring it out into the light, others will follow.

COT: A DEMONIC PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES. I have never been bit by so many mosquitos in such a short time. It was like a plague of Biblical proportions. I prayed something about leadership and then we ran for our cars.

Tags: ao_mastodon, Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Panhandle, TBTF, Sparrow, Katniss, Audible, DeadDrop

Date: 2025-09-10
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Jolly
PAX: Da Vinci, Panhandle, Stock boy, TBTF, DQ, Katniss, Samsonite, Mater(Downranger), Pearl (Downranger) FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: 5min EMOM 35 SSH/8 burpees

The Thang: Dora
One partner murder bunnies 25 yards out and reverse murder bunny back while the other partner does the exercises:

100 Blockees
200 BBSU
300 Curls
400 Squats

Moleskine: Push through hard things rather than looking to modify.

COT: 1-800-JOBS-4KIDZ

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, Panhandle, Stock boy, TBTF, DQ, Katniss, Samsonite, Mater(Downranger), Pearl (Downranger)

Date: 2025-09-09
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Stock boy, Big Mac, Audible, Falsetto, Da Vinci, Samsonite, Panhandle, DQ, Sparrow, Jailbreak, Katniss FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR:
A reading of William Carlos Williams, a biographical poem in the style of WCW, written by YHC with the assistance of AI. Batwings x10
SSHs x10
Imperial Walkers x10
Stretch OYO

Thang 1:
A reading of The Red Wheelbarrow followed by spittoons in two groups. Groups split up by number of Overhead Presses completed in 1 minute. Each group of 6 is responsible for 300 of each of the following: – Goblet Squats
– Merkins
– Overhead Presses
– BBSUs
– Dips
– Flutter Kicks (2 is 1)
After each spittoon, 1 PAX wheels 3 coupons to the top of Hoffa while the rest of the group runs up. After every other spittoon, all PAX carry (or wheel) a coupon down.

Thang 2:
A reading of This is Just to Say followed by a Scout Lunge. In the same two groups, but in parallel lines, the first two PAX each hold a handle of a cooler containing 40 lb of ice. PAX behind complete lunges. Those at the rear complete 5 burpees, then run up to the front to carry the cooler while everyone else shifts 1 spot back. Repeat.

Thang 3:
A reading of Approach of Winter followed by 4 minutes of Mary.

Moleskine:
Appreciate the simple things in life, like a poem or the sounds of geese on a cool morning or your 2.0s getting along.

COT:
Lee, jobs, Penny’s move

Tags: ao_mastodon, Stock boy, Big Mac, Audible, Falsetto, Da Vinci, Samsonite, Panhandle, DQ, Sparrow, Jailbreak, Katniss

Date: 2025-09-09
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: DQ, Da Vinci, Homie, Ankles, Portage, Big Mac, LeMond
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: SSHs, abe vigodas, copperhead squats,

The Thang:

TABATA work. With each exercise, start off with 1 minute of work to set a number. Then we did 6 rounds of 1-minute exercises where PAX were to do 60% of that number. Exercises were:

– blockees
– deep swimmer’s press (curl to an overhead press)
– nutcracker sit-ups
– goblet squats

Moleskine: be open to doing new things

COT:

Tags: ao_tar_pit, DQ, Da Vinci, Homie, Ankles, Portage, Big Mac, LeMond