Backblasts

Date: 2025-12-11
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Crack ,
PAX: Lakers, Beaker, Manhole, Banks, LeMond, Tortuga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: SSH, Bat Wings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Abe Vigodas, Merkins

The Thang:
Mosey to Hacksaw Ridge

Dora 123: merkins, BBSU, squats. Partner up, 50/100/150 reps per PAX in group. One PAX does reps, the other runs up Hacksaw. Slide back down the hill.

Mosey (the long way) to the shelter
Mike Tysons OYO
1min wall sit

Mosey to parking lot
10min of Mary – ring of fire, each PAX calls an exercise. Made it 1.5 times around the circle before time was called.

Moleskine:
“Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

COT:
Prayer for healing and recovery for those dealing with surgery/injury

Tags: ao_dark_room, Lakers, Beaker, Manhole, Banks, LeMond, Tortuga

Date: 2025-12-11
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Sparrow, Hypotenuse, Da Vinci, SAGA, T-bone, Panhandle, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Katniss FNGs:
COUNT: 10
WOR:
1. Concerning Hobbits — 20 SSHs / 10 Imperial Walkers / 10 good mornings / 10 squats

The Thang:
2. Many Meetings — Mosey to the Shop
3. Bridge of Khazad Dum — 3–4 rounds: short sprint + 5 burpees + 10 squats → PLANK 3:37–4:21 → “Fly you fools” hard run back to the Shop.
4. Taming of Smeagol — Pairs: Alternate carry 2 coupons to the lightpole / 10 merkins + 10 squats. 5. Treebeard — Same as 4.
6. Helm’s Deep — Same as 4-5 but rifle carry 1 coupon / 10 dips + 10 flutters (2=1). 7. Forth Eorlingas — Same as 6.
8. Hope and Memory — Mosey to base of Hoffa
9. Shelob’s Lair — Pairs: One does 5 burpees while the other does squats, then switch when burpees are done
10. End of All Things — Walk up Hoffa w/ coupons → Cast the ring into the darkness ~2:14 → Sets of 10 merkins / 10 BBSUs / 5 blockees → carry down. 11. Return of the King — Back to flag

Moleskine:
There are many ways to form a habit: start small, or just dive in headfirst. I chose the latter 2 years ago and am all the better for it. Thanks for the accountability and fellowship!

COT:
Wheaton professor’s health; friend of Jolly’s M who needs help

Tags: ao_mastodon, Sparrow, Hypotenuse, Da Vinci, SAGA, T-bone, Panhandle, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Katniss

Date: 2025-12-10
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Banks ,
PAX: Tortuga, Beaker, Manhole, Da Vinci, Panhandle, T-bone, Framed, Samsonite, Kumbayah – F3 MKT (Katy, TX), Banks FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR: the usual
– 7x Motivators
– 10x Mountain Man poopers IC
– 10x Windmills IC
– 10x Merkins IC
– Stretch OYO

The Thang: 12 days of Christmas
We headed to the spa where we completed 10 reps of the first exercise, ran the ramp and then completed 10 reps of the first and second exercise and so on until all 12 days were done, no one finished. The exercises were: – Curls
– Overhead Press
– Merkins
– Goblet Squats
– Lunges (2 is 1)
– Burpees
– Thrusters
– Dips
– Big Boy Situps
– One Arm Rows
– Kettle Bell Swings
– Blockees

Moleskine:
“One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day” – Dalai Lama

COT: iykyk

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Tortuga, Beaker, Manhole, Da Vinci, Panhandle, T-bone, Framed, Samsonite, Kumbayah – F3 MKT (Katy, TX), Banks

Date: 2025-12-09
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Panhandle, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, The wet burrito, Too Big To Fail (TBTF) FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
– Warmorama:
– Side Straddle Hops
– Tappy Taps
– Copperhead merkins
– Copperhead squats
– Batwings
– Thang 1: 11s at field by the Shed
– 1 Crunchy Frog, 10 Picnic Table presses…
– Thang 2: Four corners at Baseball field
– 5 Burpees
– 10 Side Lunges (1 is 1)
– 15 Squat Jumps
– 20 Mountain Climbers (2 is 1)
– Increase by 2 reps each time; 3 round total
– Side shuffle between 1 and 2, 2 and 3
– Mary
– Box Cutters
– Freddie Mercuries
– Reachups
– American Hammers
– Little Orphan Annies
– Imperial Walkers
– Groiners
– 2-min plank hold
– Moleskin: Mimetic Desires
– Book The Preparation: How to become Competent, Confident, and Dangerous – A friend of mine travels overseas, attends operas and concerts. – Another acquaintance of mine talks about how much money his wife makes.
– Choose your own goals, making sure they align with what God has in store for you.

Tags: ao_mastodon, Panhandle, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, The wet burrito, Too Big To Fail (TBTF)

Date: 2025-12-09
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Cheese , Hypotenuse
PAX: Bloomer, Gummi Bear, Jolly, Hypotenuse, Oompa, Banks, Candyland, Tortuga, Shiplap, Pine tar, BigBlue, Katniss, Cheese FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR:

The Thang:

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Bloomer, Gummi Bear, Jolly, Hypotenuse, Oompa, Banks, Candyland, Tortuga, Shiplap, Pine tar, BigBlue, Katniss, Cheese

Date: 2025-12-09
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Manhole, Dumpster, Framed, Crack, Beaker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
– SSH
– Copper Head Squats
– Arm Circles
– Mosey around parking lot

The Thang:
In the shelter they thought they would find respite from the bone-chilling wind.

They were all wrong.

So very wrong…

– 20 x Burpees on Q
– 60 sec Wall Sit
– 20 x Merkins on Q
– 20 x Wall-facing Squats on Q
– 20 x Shoulder Taps IC
– 20 x Monkey Humpers

Mosey around Short loop

Repeat above circuit

15 sweet minutes of Mary, Q-arama style

Moleskine:
What’s an area you’re succeeding in?

COT: IYKYK

Tags: ao_dark_room, Manhole, Dumpster, Framed, Crack, Beaker

Date: 2025-12-04
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Framed, Brainfog, Flower Boy, Toto, Manhole, Lakers, Beaker, Sparrow, LeMond FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
– Warmorama:
– Motivators from 7
– Tappy Taps
– Monkey Humpers
– Hillbilly Squats
– Arm circles forwards and backwards.
– Thang 1: 11s along the 0.8 mile track
– 10 No-cheat merkins, 1 Oil Derrick (2 is one)
– Four corners of Basketball court
– Corner 1: 5 Burpees
– Corner 2: 10 Side Lunges (1 is 1)
– Corner 3: 15 Squat Jumps
– Corner 4: 20 Mountain Climbers (2 is 1)
– Side shuffle between 2 and 3, 3 and 4
– Increase by 2 reps each time; 3 round total
– Mary
– Flutter Kicks
– American Hammers
– Moleskin: Pat yourself on the back sometimes
– Coming out in the dark to work out when the temperature is 1 degree is something most people won’t do. – This has you stronger

Tags: ao_dark_room, Framed, Brainfog, Flower Boy, Toto, Manhole, Lakers, Beaker, Sparrow, LeMond

Date: 2025-12-08
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Samsonite, Ankles, Crack, Krampus, LouGee, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Mr. Bean, Audible, Flower Boy, Moonshine FNGs:
COUNT: 11
WOR:
Goofballs x10
Runner’s Stretch
Michael Phelps

The Thang:
4 runners, 7 ruckers; all went southwestish

Moleskine:
Put people and their well-being before things and criticism, even constructive.

COT:
Jobs, health

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Samsonite, Ankles, Crack, Krampus, LouGee, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Mr. Bean, Audible, Flower Boy, Moonshine

Date: 2025-12-08
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Jolly ,
PAX: Tortuga, Panhandle, T-bone, DQ, Katniss
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
SSH
Abe Vigoda
Arm circles
Seal claps
Overhead claps
The Thang:
Mosey around the school before heading to the spa for some circuit work.

We had five stations with a pacer. The pacer ran down the ramp did five burpees and then ran back up.

Circuit 1:
Thrusters
Low plank
Merkins
Goblet Squats
Rows (two coupons/one in each hand)

Circuit 2:
Lunges w/coupon
Blockees
Curls
Skull crushers
Calf raises with coupon in each hand

Did each circuit two times

Finished with some Mary:
Crunchy frogs
Leg lifts
Oblique crunches
BBSU
Flutters
Low plank

Moleskine:
Work hard, have fun, be kind to your Ms, kids grow up fast or any other standard Jolly moleskine.

COT: yes

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Tortuga, Panhandle, T-bone, DQ, Katniss

Date: 2025-12-06
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Bloomer ,
PAX: Falsetto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak, Bloomer
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: side straddle hop, copperhead merkins, toy soldiers, stretch on own

The Thang: 11s heading to pool. 10 merkins and 1 squat and so on at every light pole.

11 min of EMOM exercises. High Knees, Plank Jacks, Side Straddle Hops, Merkins, Squat Jumps, Mountain Climbers, Squats, Plank, Flutter kicks, Merkins, BBS.

11s again around the lake. For every remaining light pole back to the shop we alternated one and three Burpee’s.

12 min EMOM in shop. 2 rounds of Derkins, Step Ups, Dips, Irkins, squats, Plank

Ran up Hoffa for 10 merkins and back to the flag for some stretching.

Moleskine: Finish. Don’t cheat yourself or go halfway. Finish the job.

COT: Falsetto kiddo, marriages to flourish

Tags: ao_mastodon, Falsetto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak, Bloomer