Author: backblasts

Backblast: Let that be your beatdown

Date: 10/3/2024

AO: #ao_dark_room

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

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 5

• Warmorama:

  • Motivators from 7

  • Tappy Taps

  • Mountain Man Poopers

  • Mountain Climbers

  • Bat wings

• Pre-thang at Hacksaw Ridge

  • 7s with Bobby Hurleys and side lunges over hill

    • 2 is one for both exercises

  • Bernie up hill, bear crawl down

  • Run back over.

• Coupon partner workout

  • Merkins & Farmer Carry

  • Curls & Rifle Carry

  • Reverse Dips on 2 coupons & Lunges

  • Monkey Humpers & Farmer Carry

  • Squat with Coupon w/ Curl in squat & Rifle Carry

  • BBSs with coupon & Lunges

• Mary:

  • Flutter kicks

  • American Hammers

  • 20 reachups OYO.

• Moleskin: Spreading Positivity

  • A simple “hello” can have a ripple effect, spreading positivity beyond the initial interaction. When we greet someone, we not only make them feel acknowledged and valued but also boost our own mood. This positive exchange can lead to a more optimistic outlook on life and increase overall happiness.

Backblast: No thrusters, no nonsense

Date: 9/26/2024

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @Ankles, @Stock boy, @Tortuga, @Linc, @Panhandle, @Jolly, @Big Mac, @T-bone, @TBTF, @Jailbreak, @Sparrow, @LeMond

Total: 12

• Warmorama:

  • Motivators from 7

  • Tappy Taps

  • Mountain Climbers

  • Monkey Humpers

  • Arm circles, both directions

• Pre-thang:

  • 20 Bobby Hurleys run and down Hoffa

  • Repeat

• 5-Alive with coupons using 5 stations marked with cones.

  • Merkins off coupons

  • Curls

  • Salt Shakers

  • Coupons Swings

  • American Hammers with Coupon

  • Murder Bunnies from 5th station back to 1st.

• Mary:

  • Box cutters

  • Freddie Mercuries

  • Australian Snow Angels

• Moleskin:

  • While doing IronPax week 3 at #ao_dark_room, I could really smell the earth and the grass and I wondered if being outdoors, getting dirty literally helps one cope better with irritants and reduce seasonal allergies. Well, there is evidence that exposure to dirt can improve one’s health. From the New York Times: Go on, grab a handful of soil or hike a muddy trail: It can benefit everything from your mood to your microbiome.

Backblast: A balancing act

Date: 9/19/24

AO: #ao_dark_room

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

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 4

• Warmorama:

  • Motivators from 7

  • Tappy Taps

  • Side leg raises

  • Monkey Humpers

  • Arm circles, both directions

• Agility:

  • Rocky Balboa

  • Ziz-zag side-to-side hops; 3 burpees and then back.

  • Single leg hop straight line; 3 burpees and then back

  • Feet together zig-zag hops; 3 burpees and then back

  • Zig zag single-leg hops on R, back on L; 3 burpees end then back

  • Bent-over reaches: 10 on each leg, slow.

• Only what you carry

  • Travel around Hacksaw

  • 50 thrusters

  • 100 uneven merkins

  • 50 BBS with the block

  • Pick up the 6.

• Extra: 20 plank jacks off the coupon

• Balance

  • 1 min blind-folded leg hold, each leg

  • 1 min blind-folded line hold, each leg

• Moleskin: children are always watching us and will imitate us.

  • How much my daughter mimics my actions.

  • Putting her hands together for prayer before meals, though no one taught her.

Backblast: A Tale of Three Blowouts
Date: 09/16/24
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Jolly @8-Track @Velveeta @T.B. @Pitch Pipe @Hershey @Tortuga @Crack @Jack (FNG) @Shiplap @Banks @DQ
FNGs: 1
Q: @DQ
Total: 12

WOR

• SSH
• Back and forth across the field however PAX desire

Thang 1
6-1 blowout game of Ultimate

Thang 2
Traded a couple players to make things more even. 5-0 blowout game of Ultimate.

Thang 3
Traded a couple more players to make things more even. 6-1 blowout game of Ultimate.

Moleskin
Sometimes when God lets you go through hard things, it’s so that he can show you impossible things. When you’re going through a hard season, keep an eye out for what God’s doing with it. Seeing good come out of my difficult times has been my biggest faith builder.

CoT

• @Jack’s son getting active and taking care of his physical health
• @Pitch Pipe direction and focus at work
• @Hershey and M’s baby coming soon
• @Crack celebrating an anniversary

Date: Saturday , 8/17/24, 07:00am
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Audible @Linc @Stock boy @TBTF
Q: @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Total: 4
WOR: SSH, Abe Vegodas, Copperhead Squats, and various stretchesThang 1: Light post based workout doing a "SAMMY" workout of varying rep counts. Like the real SAMMY (@Samsonite) tis one required some improve as it was surprisingly impossible as originally planned.
S – Squats
A – Awful Burpee (2 merkins at the bottom)
M – Merkins
M – Mountain Climbers
Y – Yule BrennersCOT: Health and safety, spoken and unspoken challenges

Date: Saturday , 8/31/24, 07:00am
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Sparrow DeadDrop @Audible @Operation (F3 The 618) (downrange) @McStuffins @BoStaff @Maniac @Jailbreak @pele (downrange) @TBTF
Q: @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Total: 10
WOR:
SSH, Abe Vegodas, Copperhead Squats, and various stretchesThang 1: Pearls On A String – Classic TBTF
– mosey outter-most perimeter
– picnic table thrusters/lifts
– side shuffle suicides in pool parking lot
– southeast corner squats as a group and each PAX takes, followed by a birthday celebration style routine introduced to us from down range to celebrate @Maniac’s 50th b-day (RESPECT!)
– lunge to bridge
– Lt Dan’s (to 4/16)mosey back to flag and play pickleball for final 10 minutes.Moleskine – Supporting others relentlessly even when they don’t knowCOT: Health and safety, spoken and unspoken challenges

Date: Saturday , 9/7/2024, 07:00am
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Bloomer @Stock boy @Jailbreak @TBTF
Q: @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Total: 4
WOR:
SSHx25, Copperhead Squats x10, Good mornings x10, Abe Vegodas x10, Tappy Taps x10, Leg stretch, Runners stretchThang 1:
Mosey to pool parking lot for some side shuffle suicides
Lt Dans to 8/32, Al Gore for the 6
SSH in cadence x50
broad jump to parking lot, Al Gore for the 6
casual mosey to base of HoffaThang 2:
Hoffa Circuit –
R1 (2 sets, hold Al Gore for six):
– Base – squats x10-15
– Ascend – Bernie mosey
– Top – squats x10-15
– Descend – lunge/mosey
R2 (2 sets, old Al Gore for six):
– base – star squats x10-15
– Ascend – Bernie or mosey
– Top – star jumps x10-15
– Descend – Bernie or mosey or any mode of travel you wish
R3
– Man Rise/Sprint x1Moleskine – Shared a story about my 2.1 telling me a story about how her and her stunt group (cheer team) tried to do a stunt many many times and failed time after time and then they nailed it. She told me that they really needed to fail to succeed. She basically gave me the moleskine in the car ride home from the cheer gym. <— Proud Dad momentCOT: Health and safety, spoken and unspoken challenges

Date: Thursday, 08/29/24
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Cheese (respect) @TBTF @Spokes @Linc @Jolly (respect) @Panhandle (respect) @Ankles @Da Vinci @Stock boy @Sparrow @Big Mac @Samsonite (respect) @Tortuga (respect) @SAGA
FNGs: 3 @Maxi @Puddles @CPR
Q: @SAGA
Total: 17

Conditions: A lamplit 70-degree morning.

Warm-Up: Motivators / Tappy-Taps / calf stretch into runners stretch / T-Bone burpees / Arm Circles / lap around parking lot

Thang 1: partners start at lamppost at end of parking lot: one PAX farmer carries to next lamppost while other PAX does push-ups / coupons are set down and partner runs back to pick up other partner and they both run to coupons and continue from lamppost to lamppost around the loop to Hoffa

Thang 2: repeat Thang 1 rotation but farmer carry past one lamppost and drop coupons at the second lamppost while partner is doing burpees until partner comes back and they run back to the coupons to continue rotation

Thang 3: Redrum up Hoffa (murder bunny up / 10 blockees / rifle carry down)

Thang 4: Manrise

Announcements: #2nd-f events: 1) Westside Improv w/ @Linc & @Samsonite on 8/30, 2) Taco Truck Party on the 9/14 @T-bone’s || + last calls for #rim-to-rim-october-2024 adventure

COT: @Sparrow’s personal FNG-drive today with 3 namings – thanks for the PAX!

MOLESKIN: Life is practice, which is a form of play, which is a form of worship.

Date: 08/27/24
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @T-bone @Panhandle @NATTY @Big Mac @Spokes @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 6

WOR

• SSH
• Goofballs
• Copperhead squats
• Copperhead merkins
• Arm circles

The thang
PAX met at the base of the spa and split into two groups. One group navigated the small wheel like so:

• Farmer carry two coupons up ramp
• 15 back flys with two coupons at top of ramp
• Farmer carry two coupons across to the top of the stairs
• Set two coupons about 2-3 feet apart. Lateral hops or tires across coupons 15 times.
• Rifle carry one coupon down to the base, run back up, rifle carry second coupon down

While the first group did the small wheel, the second group rotated through the following spittoons:

• 100 no cheat merkins
• 100 oblique v-ups (1 is 1)
• 100 dive bombers
• 100 4ct flutters

When the first group returned, that group performed the spittoon rotation while the second group did the small wheel. Each group was able to do the small wheel once until we relocated to another staircase because another workout group "was there first".

At the second staircase, the PAX performed the above routine one more time. We had time for one more similar routine:

• Rifle carry coupon up, run back down, rifle carry second coupon up
• 15 block squat thrusters
• 15 double block derkins
• Farmer carry back down

Spittoons:

• 50 burpees
• 100 2ct plank jacks
• 100 4ct mountain climbers
• 100 2ct american hammers

PAX ended with a 150 rep burpee spittoon all together.

Moleskin
Numbers 9:15-23
In this story, Israel is following God as the cloud as they navigate the wilderness. When the cloud moves, they moved. When the cloud stayed, they stayed. When Israel was waiting, God was with them. When we wait, we can know that we are not waiting for God to show up, as if he is not with us, but rather that God’s manifest presence is always with us. He is with us even in our waiting.

CoT

• @Panhandle’s friend entering chemo treatment
• @Spokes and all teachers back to school, that they’re able to engage with parents and influence them through tough times
• @Big Mac’s friends having lost their baby in the second trimester

Date: Tuesday, 8/27/24, 05:30 am

AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Sparrow, @Samsonite, @Linc, @Dead drop, @Lib , @LeMond, @TBTF, @Jailbreak, @Mr Roboto, @Rosetta, @Bo Staff, @Maniac
Q: @Stock boy

FNGs: 0

Total: 13

WOR: Copperhead squats, copperhead merkins, Abe Vigodas, arm circles.

Thang: Parking lot 11s – 10 reps of exercise A and 1 rep of B, a lap around the lot, then 9 of A and 2 of B, another lap etc. We did three rounds:
1. Goblet toasts and 4 count American hammers
2. Derkins and 4 count side-straddle-hops
3. Lunge squats (2 is 1) and 4 count flutter kicks

Moleskine: Realize that there are probably many people in this world going through a lot more trials and tribulations than you, so keep a level headed perspective, try not to complain about trivial things, and be grateful for what you have.

COT: @Lib’s marriage, @Stock boy’s friend Tyler and family going through medical issues, @Stock boy’s friend Rich looking for work since February.