Backblasts

Backblast: Face off
Date: Thursday, 6/23/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Big Mac @Jolly (Respect) @SAGA @Da Vinci @Guilligan @Tortuga (respect) @Bigblue@LouGee @LeMond @Sparrow @Giggles @Noodles @Bo-Peep @T-bone (respect) @Katniss @Beaker @8-Track @Archive @maniac (FNG)
FNGs: 1
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 19

WOR: SSH, Abe Vigoda, arm circles, Micheal Phelps, T-bone burpees.

Thang one: race to the island. Team One went clockwise, Team Two went counter clockwise. Each team had to complete 90 pull ups and 90 squats before reaching the island by Dan Taylor Alley.

Thang two: KUBB
Each team had a king. The goal was to move your king to the other team’s bridge. You move it by standing broad jump. You earned a broad jump by traversing your own bridge on your hands with feet on the rail. You could also earn a jump by knocking down the opponent’s KUBB blocks with a toss of a baton. You earned a toss by completing 10 Apollo Onos or 20 American Hammers.

Thang Three: KUBB round two
Two bridge traverses + one jump. Ten hand release merkins or 20 squat jumps = one toss.

Mosey back to Hoffa.
Planks, high and low. Al Gore, Nolan Ryans.

COT: Archive’s M is pregnant and due in December. Continued prayers for the war in Ukraine.

Moleskin: Philippians 4:6+7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and petition with thanksgiving present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

Date: Monday, 06/20/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Archive @Panda Express @TBTF @Jailbreak @Big Mac @Crash @Crack @Sparrow @Jolly @Tortuga @Panhandle @T-bone @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 13

Conditions: bright and beautiful
Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops / Mountain Climbers / Tappy Taps / Stretch legs OYO

The Thang:
Some ran / some rucked / some Murphed – all had a blast

Moleskin:
We live uneven lives – level things out with patience (“it’s all going to be leveled anyway.” @Sparrow)

Prayers @Tortuga & @Panhandle 2.0s + the newly acquired 2.0 for @Jailbreak, happy birthday @Crash

Date: 6/18/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Crack, @Double Beef ‘n Cheddar, @TBTF, @Sparrow, @LeMond, @Captain Crunch (AJ), @Noodles FNGs: 0
Q: @Noodles
Total: 7

Conditions: Bright & Sunny, Blue Skies
Warm-o-Rama: Side Straddle Hop x30 – straight count, Right Leg/Left Leg/Center stretch. Mosey around parking lot alternating between: Wrestling Stance, Level Changes, Side to Side, Al Gores. Bat Wings x15

Thang 1: Dan Taylor Alley w/ Burpees & Single Legs

Thang 2: The Hotroom – previously the volleyball courts. Pax performed the following:

Merkin Pyramid – Inchworm to Merkin position and doing 9 merkins. Inchworm back to start position and inchworm back down to Merkin position now performing 8 merkins. Rinse and repeat for a total of 45 merkins. Jump straight into 45 squats. Entire routine is ONE Merkin Pyramid.

Ring of Fire – Bear Crawl – PAX circled up. Q called each Pax to bear crawl across to the PAX in front of them or diagonally. Each PAX went 3 times.

Wheel-barrels – PAX paired up and formed a square. One PAX held their partner’s legs while the PAX on bottom walked on their hands across to another team. The next team then did the same routine. Rinse and repeat. Each PAX went 3 times on bottom.

Prisoner Bonnies x45 – hard count. With hands interlocked behind their heads, PAX performed Bonnie Blairs.

Thang 3: Hoffa
PAX moseyed ver to Hoffa where we finished with laps up and down Hoffa.

Mary: LBCs x60, Gas Pumps x25, Plank for time

COT: Prayers for all the PAX who are fathers on this Father’s Day.

Date: Thursday, 06/16/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Halfman @LouGee @Jolly @Panda Express @Aloha @Hancock @Big Mac @Captain Crunch (AJ) @8-Track @LeMond @TBTF Double Dip (welcome) @Crash @Beaker
FNGs: 1 – Double Dip
Q: @Beaker
Total: 14

@Beaker drew the joker. Frisbees were put away. @Jolly whined.

WOR:
Motivators (ic, x7)
Tappy taps (ic, x7)
Michael Phelps
5 T-Bone burpees

The Thang:
-Mosey to Hoffa
-3 manrises after the 3rd manrise, return to the middle of the hill.
-Make a circle and face uphill. Perform 10 ic merkins in facing uphill (West). Perform 10 more ic merkins in each of the remaining cardinal directions: N, W, and S.
-1 more manrise, stay on the top of Hoffa.
-20 batwings a the top of Hoffa
-20 Moroccan night clubs
-Mosey to Cooties and split into groups of "4". We set up 3 stations and exercises to perform at each station.
Cooties = pullups
Swings = atomic merkins
Picnic tables = picnic table presses
One team member starts at each station. The fourth member starts at cooties. The first three members start performing reps as the last runs to the swings to relieve the PAX that is working out. The relieved PAX runs to the picnic tables they switch again. This PAX returns to Cooties to complete the cycle. Each team is responsible for 200 reps at each station.
-1 more manrise.

COT: @Crash‘s trip, @Halfman‘s father-in-law’s health

Backblast: YDY Monday
Date: Monday, 06/13/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Big Mac @Cheese (Respect) @Jolly (Respect) @Panda Express @Jailbreak @TBTF @SAGA @Da Vinci @Shiplap @Panhandle (respect) @Tortuga (respect)
FNGs: 0
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 11

Conditions: perfect

Warm-Up: Michael Phelps, arm circles, legs

The Thang: Some ran, some Murphed, some rucked, one walked with a beverage and a built in ruck.

Moleskin: If a doctor’s prescription could bring you:

• Longer life
• Better health
• More energy and resilience
• Less burnout, depression and anxiety
• More happiness, fulfillment and well-being
• More personal and professional success (including higher income)
• And, no harmful side effects

Would you take it?

Wonder Drug: 7 Scientifically Proven Ways That Serving Others Is the Best Medicine for Yourself – new book showing the above.

From Matthew 20: “But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,”

Scan your orbit for the people around you in need of help, and go fill that need, as often as you can.

COT: @Jailbreak’s M is getting induced Tuesday! @Panhandle’s 2.0 is going to England for 7 weeks. @mucho leggo and @squirt are going to the Dominican Republic on Tuesday for a missions trip.

Date: 6/11/22
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Tortuga, @Panhandle, @Da Vinci, @Bloomer, @pillow mint, @Double Beef ‘n Cheddar, @wet burrito, @Spokes, @Jolly, @Gummi Bear, @LeMond, @Noodles FNGs: 0
Q: @Noodles
Total: 12

Conditions: Partly cloudy, cool breeze
Warm-o-Rama: Motivators, Tappy Taps, R Leg/L Leg/Center Stretch, Yoga Squat, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps

Thang1: PAX began with a .5 mile run around the school. Upon returning to the lot, PAX completed the following exercises:

Bonnie Hurleys x25
.5 mile
Goblet Squats x25
.5 mile
Burpees x25
.5 mile
Squats x25
.5 mile
HODORS x25
.5 mile
LBCs x50
.5 mile
Overhead Press x25
.5 mile
Monkey Humpers x25
.5 mile
Curls x25
.5 mile
BBS x25
.5 mile
Lunges x25

Mary: Supermans, Penguins, Plank

Moleskin: Being home with my 2.0 full time for the summer is no easy thing to do. It has allowed me to be more appreciative of my M and my mother in law and what they do for my son and I. Take time to appreciate everything that our Ms and other strong women do for us and our children.

COT: Prayers for Tortuga’s nephew and his journey in finding his identity and sense of direction in his life. Prayers for Bloomer’s brother in law as he recovers from a broken pelvis. Prayers for Wet Burrito’s father and recovery from quadruple triple bypass heart surgery. Prayers for LeMond’s marriage that he may find joy in all of the ups and downs and to see every challenge as an opportunity to learn and grow.

Date: 6/9/2022
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Panhandle @Sparrow @Noodles @TBTF (QIC) @Jolly @Beaker @Aloha @TreeHugger (FNG) @Crack @SAGA @Captain Crunch (AJ) @Jailbreak @Hancock @Panda Express @Spokes
FNGs: 1
Q: @TBTF
Total: 15WOR: SSH (IC), Mountain Man Poopers (IC), Abe Vigodas (IC), Tappy Taps (IC), Michael Phelps and Arm Circles (OYO)Thang 1: 100 reps using the coupon (50 curls, 25 overhead press, 25 curls)Thang 2: We did a combination of BOMBS (Burpees, Overhead Claps, Merkins, BBS, Squats) and the 4 corners workout. In this case the 4 corners were the corners of the AO. We did 25 reps of each BOMBS movement at each corner. As we moved from corner to corner we moseyed if we were going East/West and we side shuffled if we were going North/South.We would have ended with more coupon work but ran out of time.COT: prayers for @Noodles son who is undergoing adenoid surgery tomorrow, health and well-being of the PAX and larger community around us

Date: Monday, 06/06/22
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Zoro @Big Mac @Cheese (Respect) @PromKing @Dr. Phil @Jolly (Respect) @Archive @Sparrow @Panda Express @Jailbreak @TBTF @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 12

Conditions: bright and beautiful
Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops / Mountain Climbers / Stretch legs OYO

The Thang:
Celebrating the convergence of the anniversary of D-Day (78 years ago) and my wedding (24 years ago) the PAX gathered to run/ruck around the A.O. Ran from base of Hoffa to cooties and did 24 burpees. Circled back the way we came and met up with the ruckers and circled up for 78 Squats. Continued on back to Hoffa and a manrise and ran the mile back to cooties again accomplishing three miles of running. At cooties we celebrated love and did two rounds of 10 merkins + 10 squats + 4 burpee pull-ups. Completed some Marry with rep counts celebrating D-Day and my anniversary years. Full sprint to flag to finish, but wait, we sprinted one more time to end of lot and back because love never quits.

Mary: 24 Flutters in cadence / 78 LBCs OYO

Moleskin:
Love is war – stay next to your companion and fight the good fight.

Prayers for our relationships and @Zoro’s move & @Archive’s upcoming week

Date: 6/4/2022
AO: #ao_mastodon
Pax: @Bloomer @Crack @WATER WINGS @Jailbreak @Sparrow @Pink Drink @bumble @Hancock FNGs: 0
Q: @Bloomer
Total: 8

WOR: The first challenge was getting to a.o. Mastodon by navigating around all the barricades in place for the Cosley zoo run. Many guys had to carry their coupon from a couple blocks away. We started with squats (ic) x 15 then jog around, arm circles then jog, merkins x 20 then jog, Mt climbers x 15 jog. Stretch on own

Thing: Completed a lunge and squat challenge to Will Smith’s Switch song which was painful.

Went to the Cootie for a modified Cindy AMRAP. 15 min of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 sit-ups.

Finished up with a partner exercise. One part Durwood Farmer carry two coupons around the island in the parking lot back to the starting point, well the other partner did an exercise. They would both complete the farmer carry and the exercise before switching to a new one. Exercises were step ups, burpees, calf raises, hand release push ups, planks.

We finished up with 5 min of Mary as we got pushed out of the parking lot by the 10k Cosley race runners.

COT: @Jailbreak’s M is being induced in a little over a week, @Pink Drink has a student who just had serious back surgery, @WATER WINGS’s gma just finished chemo treatment, Ukraine, all the families grieving loss in the recent shootings in America.

Date: 5/31/2022
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Nate Thom (Pit stop), @Panhandle @Jolly @Banks @Tortuga @WATER WINGS @Beaker
FNGs: 0
Q: @Beaker
Total: 7

WOR: Motivators (x7, ic), Batwings (x25), Michael Phelps (oyo), Tappy taps (x10, ic)

Thang 1a: Burpee mile (first half).

Run to the baseball diamond next to Dan Taylor Alley. Complete 15 burpees about 1/2 way there. Complete 15 burpees by the baseball diamond. Ignore @Banks who decided that 15 burpees is too many and that he knew better than the Q.

Thang 2: Seven of diamonds.Advance through the bases on a baseball diamond, complete a multiple of 7 reps at each base and home plate.

Round 1 – Bear crawl and 7 diamond merkins
Round 2 – Bernie and 14 shoulder taps (2 is 1)
Round 3 – Karaoke and 21 air thrusters (advance as a group, picking up the 6 on the way)

Thang 1 b: Complete the Burpee mile

COT: @Banks has a big day, Uvaldi survivors and families of victims, Ukraine, PAX injuries and praise for bodies that work.