Backblasts

Date: 2026-07-13
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: Big Mac, Tortuga, Jolly, Panhandle, Krampus
FNGs:
COUNT: 5
Conditions: perfect

WOR: Davinci style: follow the leader
Ssh, arm circles, imperial walkers, hillbillies, copperhead merkins

The Thang: Four spokes with a center hub
Spoke one: 5 hand release tuck jump burpees
Spoke two: 10 Mike Tysons
Spoke three: 15 nutcrackers
Spoke four: 20 air thrusters
After each spoke do donkey kicks at the hub, starting with one and adding a rep after each spoke. After a full round, take a recovery lap around the wheel.
Repeato. Spokes stay the same, Donkey kicks continue to increase. Took a mosey and calf raise break in the middle.

7MOM: American hammers, boat canoe, stretching

Moleskine: https://open.spotify.com/track/6S5BFmq9ypnHBY0kNm1lQ2?si=MbuBgXGyQtKZWy12Q5LMRg&utm_source=copy-link I’m not loved because I’m worthy, I’m loved because you’re good.
We cannot earn God’s love by being good. We can never be good enough. The good news is that God loves us because He is good. God’s grace is undeserved favor lavished upon you.

Tags: Tar Pit, Big Mac, Tortuga, Jolly, Panhandle, Krampus

Date: 2026-07-13
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Flower Boy, Mr. Bean, Mr Roboto, Endo, Falsetto, Bear Spray FNGs:
COUNT: 6
Conditions:
A cool 65° with clear skies. Very humid, though.

WOR:
Abe Vigodas x10
Tappy Taps x10
SSHs x10

The Thang:
3 ran north and reported back that the mosquitoes could not catch them.
The other 3 rucked east—making it just past the Chase Street pedestrian tunnel—and back.

Moleskine:
Longtime SC Senator Lindsey Graham died unexpectedly yesterday. He was a Republican, and one that I feel was more polarizing because of his position of power within the party. Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from NJ, called Graham his “perhaps most unexpected friend” in the Senate. This all leads me to believe that any of us, were we to sit down and talk with those different from us—like Graham and Booker had to at times—would be able to find some common ground.

Tags: Ground Zero, Flower Boy, Mr. Bean, Mr Roboto, Endo, Falsetto, Bear Spray

Date: 2026-07-11
AO: Mastodon
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: The wet burrito, Starch, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, Endo, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Dumpster, Lakers, Pool Boy, Falsetto, Fun Dip, 2.0s : Chipshot, Floatie, T-Rex, Pom Pomeranian, Rainbow Sprinkles, Sub2, Domo, Arigato, , Hands FNGs: 1 Hands
COUNT: 20
Conditions: Warm and humid = perfect

WOR:
Counting in cadence

Arm circles forward
Arm circles backwards

To Music – Daft Punk’s Around the World
SSHs
Single Straddle Hops (for Endo :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:) Raggedy Andys
Toy Soldiers
Stretch

The Thang:

USA – starting at curb circle
This Land is your land
Overhead Brick lifts on verse
Step ups on Chorus

To the Border (Tennis Courts)
La Bamba
10 sit ups
Run to other side of Tennis courts
Repeat

Mexico (Hamptons)
La Cucaracha

1. Wheel Barrow with parent & back
2. Skip
3. Lunge
4. Crab walk

Ecuador (PoopHouse)
El Condor Pasa – (the flight of the condor). Song is originally from Peru but the musician Leo Rojas from Ecuador

Wall sit and pass the ball
Squats and pass the ball
Feet against wall – sit ups and pass ball
(Repeat)

Colombia (Hoffa)
Zoo
Distribute tails for adults
Climb up to top and if kids pull a tail then that adult does five burpees Hold a squat at the top
Gather at Top
Gorilla into a Star Fish exercises

Walk Back down
Same thing back up (Climb up & pull tail)
Hold a squat at the top
Elephants & Frogs x4

Brazil (by SHOP)

Samba do Brazil
Dance Party
Circle, take turns showing dance moves, and everyone follows the leader

Ireland (Playground)
Song from Riverdance

Kids do step ups
Dads run around playground on turf
Switch
(Repeat)

Australia (next to upper Cooties)
Down Under
Toy Soldiers
Flutter Kicks
Plank Jacks
Sit ups

Moleskine:
Try to be more Curious rather than Judgemental

Short open prayer & Amen

Breakfast Potluck!

Tags: Mastodon, The wet burrito, Starch, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, Endo, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Dumpster, Lakers, Pool Boy, Falsetto, Fun Dip, 2.0s : Chipshot, Floatie, T-Rex, Pom Pomeranian, Rainbow Sprinkles, Sub2, Domo, Arigato, , Hands

Date: 2026-07-11
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Homie ,
PAX: Big Mac, Tortuga, Homie, Da Vinci, LeMond, Sparrow, Stock boy, Panhandle, Archive FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: 50 SSH, arm circles, abe vigodas, stretch

The Thang:
1: Mosy around Lake Ellyn and enjoy the lovely smell
2: DORA style partner exercises – down and up the steps on the south side of the school while working on 100 reps of: – block rows
– BBSU
– skull crushers
– Box cutters
– Chest press
– Box squat
– Merkins
– Lunges
– merkins (some people actually did it twice!)
– Tricep dips
– blockees to finish.
Mary: Tortuga killed us with 100 flutter kicks; portage and Carmen San Diego mercifully just led stretches

Moleskine: show up!

Tags: Tar Pit, Big Mac, Tortuga, Homie, Da Vinci, LeMond, Sparrow, Stock boy, Panhandle, Archive

Date: 2026-07-08
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Panhandle ,
PAX: Too Big To Fail (TBTF), C.Clark (Indy), Beaker, Portage, Panhandle, Chuck FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Conditions: warm

WOR: goofballs, abe vigodas, arm circles

The Thang:

Set of 5 exercises with designated reps. Pax do the cycle of exercises and then run a lap around the track. Reps decrease differentially (except the blockees).

Curls: 50/42/34/26/18/10
Merkins: 40/34/28/22/16/10
BBSs: 30/26/22/18/14/10
Lunges: 20/18/16/14/12/10
Blockees: 10/10/10/10/10/10

Moleskine: always play the long game in parenting

Tags: Tar Pit, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), C.Clark (Indy), Beaker, Portage, Panhandle, Chuck

Date: 2026-07-11
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Bloomer ,
PAX: LouGee, White Noise, Cheese, Cookies, Bloomer, Has Been, Hypotenuse, Arnold, knuckleball, Lugee’s older boy, the count, swish FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Conditions: pink sky this morning

WOR: side straddle hops, across the field and back

The Thang: frisbee

Moleskine: leave no man behind believe no man where you find him.

Tags: Flat Earth, LouGee, White Noise, Cheese, Cookies, Bloomer, Has Been, Hypotenuse, Arnold, knuckleball, Lugee’s older boy, the count, swish

Date: 2026-07-10
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Cottontail ,
PAX: Stock boy, T-bone, LeMond, Endo, Noodles, Samsonite, Cottontail, Panhandle, Toto, Tortuga, Shamwow, Hypotenuse, Durty Nelly (Atlanta), Comp, Ricketts FNGs: 2 Comp, Ricketts
COUNT: 15
Conditions: nice

WOR: goofballs, SOYO

The Thang: 4 rucked North and got eaten by mosquitoes, the rest ran North

Moleskine: longevity is nice but when you have a quality life: who are you impacting, what is the legacy you are leaving?

Tags: Ground Zero, Stock boy, T-bone, LeMond, Endo, Noodles, Samsonite, Cottontail, Panhandle, Toto, Tortuga, Shamwow, Hypotenuse, Durty Nelly (Atlanta), Comp, Ricketts

Date: 2026-07-10
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Cheese ,
PAX: Swish, Krampus, LouGee, Pine tar, White Noise, Oompa, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jolly, Y2K, Big Mac, Cheese, Panda Express, Bloomer, Has Been, Cookies, chopsticks, knuckleball, waffles, headtop FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
Conditions: Warm and Humid

WOR: SSH & Down and Back

The Thang: Ultimate Frisbee

Moleskine: What are you reading?

Tags: Flat Earth, Swish, Krampus, LouGee, Pine tar, White Noise, Oompa, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jolly, Y2K, Big Mac, Cheese, Panda Express, Bloomer, Has Been, Cookies, chopsticks, knuckleball, waffles, headtop

Date: 2026-07-09
AO: Mastodon
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Stock boy, Ankles, Endo, Archive, Tortuga, Falsetto, Dumpster, Cookies, Knuckleball FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Conditions: muggy

WOR: motivators to music that didnt work.
Parking lot plyos.

The Thang: one pax did a parking lot lap riding the “chopper” bike and towing 110 lbs of coupons. Other pax did various exercises. Rotated so each pax got to ride the chopper once. The chopper was acquired by Endo when Semi-pro’s son ended up with it after a bigger and better hunt. Semi-pro said “no way are we keeping this” …

Coupon carry to the SHOP

Played the game Flip 7, F3 style… each number card had an exercise associated which all pax had to do. I learned some ways to streamline for the future. Starting card requires no exercise.
Banking points requires all pax do 20 of the current card exercise.
Busting requires all pax do 20 of the previous card exercise (not the bust card).
(We did 5 burpee penalty for busting, but i’m thinking no penalty as the team already loses all points and dont want to discourage going for it!) Flip 3 card – only the last card determines the exercise (unless any card busts)
Losers do a bearcrawl manrise and winners do a regular manrise, but we ran out of time for that. Congrats to stock boy, dumpster and archive(?) for the come from behind win!

– see picture on reply section for the exercises we used in the game. Next time, we’ll use coupons!

Moleskine: mentioned 4 tenets of leadership development that i heard at honeyrock camp on pickup day. I talked about grounded identity.

Tags: Mastodon, Stock boy, Ankles, Endo, Archive, Tortuga, Falsetto, Dumpster, Cookies, Knuckleball

Date: 2026-07-08
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Audible ,
PAX: Stock boy, Crack, Cheap Shot, Samsonite, Audible
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Conditions:
Warm and clear

WOR:
SSH
Abe V.
Stretch OYO

The Thang
All Rucked

Moleskine:
You can always say more…later

Tags: Ground Zero, Stock boy, Crack, Cheap Shot, Samsonite, Audible