Backblasts

Date: 2026-04-17
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Tortuga , Tortuga
PAX: Bloomer, Candyland, White Noise, Cheese, Spokes, Samsonite, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, Shiplap, Tortuga, Sparty, Kazoo FNGs: 1 Kazoo
COUNT: 13
WOR: yes

The Thang: 6v7

Moleskine: Do hard things.

COT: jobs, ailments, mastectomies

Tags: Flat Earth, Bloomer, Candyland, White Noise, Cheese, Spokes, Samsonite, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, Shiplap, Tortuga, Sparty, Kazoo

Date: 2026-04-16
AO: Mastodon
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite, Da Vinci, Endo FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: 7 motivators, goofballs, arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps, michael phelps, xc skiers

Some parking lot plyos – skips with arm circles, skips with michael phelps, lunges, backward lunges, karioke, backward skips

The Thang:
Mosey to Cooties
Stationary Dan Taylors to 8 (exicon Lt Dans)
Cindy AMRAP to at least 5 reps of 5 pullups, 10 merkins, 15 squats

Animal parade around the Cooties circle
Bear crawls
Jumping Frogs
Started raining, so we moseyed to the SHOP

SHOP
2 reps of
20 table calf raises
20 table press
40 step ups
40 wing nuts
20 table merkins
40 tablespoons mtn climbers
20 dips
40 russian kicks

Exicon discovery zone at the playground turf
The wolverine
Tony hawk burpee
The ATM

Moleskine: I forgot my planned topic, so I talked about why I’m doing a marathon this spring. I can race a half marathon just fine, but a marathon seems to be beyond my ability, and sometimes it’s a neat challenge in itself to learn how to tackle something that’s just outside our ability.

COT: giggles son, job seeking pax

Tags: Mastodon, Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite, Da Vinci, Endo

Date: 2026-04-16
AO: Dark Room
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Beaker, Manhole, Jolly, LeMond, Tortuga, Dumpster, Lakers, Toto, Framed FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
SSH
Arm circles
Karaoke
Butt kickers
Toy soldiers

The Thang:
Long Scout Run out around the Library

Stop at the practice Cricket Pitches

Three Rounds of FUN! (This is the fun part, Jolly. Emphasis on the F-U-n)

With each round, travel to the concrete pitch do 10 reps of an exercise, run back to the start, then travel to the next pitch, do 20 reps, run back, travel to the third pitch and do 30 reps, run back.

Mode of travel and exercise change each round. Don’t worry about finding the puddles, they’ll find you!

Round 1:
Army Crawl / V-Ups

Round 2:
Broad Jump / Hand Release Merkins

Round 3:
Zombie Crawl (no use of legs) / Burpees

Mosey back to flags

Moleskine:
Always learn about yourself. Discover new aspects of who you are. This learning often comes through failure, input from others, or personal reflection. Lean into it!

COT: Injuries and Jobs!

Tags: Dark Room, Beaker, Manhole, Jolly, LeMond, Tortuga, Dumpster, Lakers, Toto, Framed

Date: 2026-04-15
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: The wet burrito, Tortuga, DQ, Panhandle, Falsetto, Bloomer FNGs:
COUNT: 6
WOR: Abe Vigodas, silent motivators

The Thang: 5 Min EMOM, 35ssh and 7 burpees, increasing the burpees by one each min, ending with 11

Mosey a lap while mentally calculating the number of jumps a PAX completes when doing motivators from 7. Our counts varied greatly. 112 was wrong.

Parner work: one ssh while the other does one leg, switch. Both PAX do all legs. Three legs:
1. murder bunny out, 5 thrusters, ynnub redrum back
2. Lunge out, 5 merkins, reverse lunge back
3. Mosey out, 5 groiners, Bernie back
Repeat with 10 reps, then 15.

Mosey a lap

Again we tried to determine the number of jumps when completing motivators from 7. Again we failed to reach consensus.
So we did MOTIVATORS from 7. PAX were encouraged to count the jumps. We failed. Again.

Bring Sally up.

More partner work. Same modes of transportation with grave diggers, Bobby Hurleys, and Carolina dry docks.

7MOM: Imperial walkers, block sit squats, planks.

Moleskine: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.

COT: Wesley (Giggle’s son), Bloomer’s brother looking for work.

Tags: Tar Pit, The wet burrito, Tortuga, DQ, Panhandle, Falsetto, Bloomer

Date: 2026-04-15
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Audible ,
PAX: Manhole, Stock boy, Audible, Cheap Shot, Buns, Samsonite, Endo FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
1. Side Straddle Hops
2. Abe Vigodas
3. Stretch OYO

The Thang:
Endo ran and everyone else went to the south garage and rucked up and down the stairs, etc.

Moleskine:
“Leave a little in the tank” for tomorrow.

COT:
Cookies and M, PAX seeking job(s), Buns is currently dealing with dizzy spells, other unspoken requests of the PAX.

Tags: Ground Zero, Manhole, Stock boy, Audible, Cheap Shot, Buns, Samsonite, Endo

Date: 2026-04-11
AO: Tar Pit
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Portage, LeMond, Homie, T-bone, Panhandle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
– Warmorama
– SSHs
– Imperial Walkers
– Toy Soldiers
– TIE fighters
– Grady Corns
– Pre-Thang around the school.
– 20 hand slap merkins, Q calls cadence.
– 20 merkins, Pax take turns providing resistance.
– Leg throw downs (20 each Pax)
– At the track:
– Coupon passes
– Pax does one coupon press, then passes the coupon
– 15 presses for each Pax
– Coupon passes back-to-back
– 15 in each direction
– Partner hamstring curls
– One Pax holds the ankles of the other Pax who goes to the ground in a controlled manner. – Bunny vs Bear
– One Pax does 5 standing long jumps and holds squat.
– At the same time, his partner bear crawls to him.
– Switch roles and alternate back and forth for a predetermined distance. – Thang 2: Flat tire
– Partner 1 gets into wheelbarrow, does 1 derkin and then 4 hand steps 4 steps then does 1 derkin, takes 8 steps and does 2 derkins. – Continue to 6 derkins, 24 (8 is too many!)
– Three-man Dora 1-2-3
– Round One: 100 blockees and 200 merkins
– Round Two: 100 coupon swings 200 BBSs
– Round Three: 100 chest presses and 200 4-ct flutter kicks
– Note: we didn’t finish the flutter kicks.
– Mary
– Crunchy Frogs
– Australian Snow Angels
– Moleskin:
– Resentment
– “Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.” — Friedrich Nietzsche – First step: acknowledge it when you notice it in yourself..

Tags: Tar Pit, Portage, LeMond, Homie, T-bone, Panhandle

Date: 2026-04-14
AO: Mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Audible, Stock boy, Ankles, LeMond, Dumpster, Sparrow, Mr. Bean, DQ, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak FNGs:
COUNT: 10
WOR:
The Q alighted from his van, and admonished everyone to mosey over to the Shop for SSHs, Abe Vigodas, and copperhead squats.

The Thang:
In partners, 1 person farmer carries both coupons from the Shop to the gravel path and back while the other completes exercises. Switch. Do two sets of each. – BBSUs
– Freddie Mercurys
Scout run around baseball field. Then, switch to rifle carry and do… – Flutter kicks
– LBCs
Scout run around baseball field.

The Q explained this next thang very poorly, but everyone eventually got it. Each pair carries their coupons around the Shop while the other 8 perform coupon curls. Keep going until everyone has gone around the Shop. Do two cycles of this.

Ended with a thruster spittoon to 80 and Mary while the Q ran to get hot water for Coffeeteria from his car.

Moleskine:
We all have rough days, weeks, periods of time. Those don’t last forever. Remind yourself that there is an end to every trouble, in one way or another. We’re here to help.

COT:
Jobs, health, a friend who was detained by ICE

Tags: Mastodon, Audible, Stock boy, Ankles, LeMond, Dumpster, Sparrow, Mr. Bean, DQ, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak

Date: 2026-04-13
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Manhole ,
PAX: Audible, Manhole, Stock boy, Flower Boy, Beaker, Cheese, Dr. Phil, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Endo FNGs:
COUNT: 10
WOR: sure

The Thang: run/ruck

Moleskine: we are here walking each other home

COT: IYKYK

Tags: Ground Zero, Audible, Manhole, Stock boy, Flower Boy, Beaker, Cheese, Dr. Phil, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Endo

Date: 2026-04-14
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Shiplap ,
PAX: Shiplap, Bloomer, Wagyu, Tortuga, Homie, Hypotenuse, Cheese, Gummi Bear, Jolly, Banks, Has Been, Panda Express, Da Count FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR: SSH, down and back

The Thang: 5v6 ultimate

Moleskine: have compassion

COT: lift up Giggles and his son

Tags: Flat Earth, Shiplap, Bloomer, Wagyu, Tortuga, Homie, Hypotenuse, Cheese, Gummi Bear, Jolly, Banks, Has Been, Panda Express, Da Count

Date: 2026-04-14
AO: Dark Room
Q: Jayhawk ,
PAX: Manhole, Flower Boy, Beaker, Toto, Jayhawk, Lakers
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
The Thang: S.A.N.D.B.A.G ~
S – Shouldered Squats
Hold the sandbag on one shoulder. Perform squats, then switch shoulders halfway. A – Alternating Lunges
Hold the sandbag in a front carry or on your back. Step forward into lunges, alternating legs. N – Neutral Grip Deadlifts
Grab the sandbag handles (or hug it) and perform controlled deadlifts. D – Drag (Bear Crawl Drag)
Get into a bear crawl position and drag the sandbag across the ground side-to-side. B – Bent-Over Rows
Hinge at the hips and row the sandbag toward your torso.
A – Around-the-Worlds
Circle the sandbag around your head or waist, switching directions halfway. G – Ground-to-Shoulder
Explosively lift the sandbag from the ground to one shoulder, alternating sides • 45 seconds per movement
• 3 rounds total

Moleskine: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. Remember you can’t do this without the Lord helping you love Him. Ask Him to help you love Him better, and He will answer you.

COT: jobs, injuries, family illness, sick kids, death, and long-term illness. PAX all have something that they are going through. Thankful to have a community that listens to our struggles and cares.

Tags: Dark Room, Manhole, Flower Boy, Beaker, Toto, Jayhawk, Lakers