Backblasts

Date: 2026-08-18
AO: Dark Room
Q: Manhole ,
PAX: Lakers, Framed, perculator, Body Double, Toto, Manhole, Flower Boy, Brainfog, Crack FNGs:
COUNT: 9
Conditions: Nice!

WOR: You bet

The Thang: 5 blockies, rifle carry 1/4 track, 10 curls, leave coupon, 1/4 track mosey, 15 hand release merkins, 1/4 track mosey, 20 jump squats, 1/4 track mosey, 25 Freddie Mercury IC, 5/4 track mosey, rinse and repeat

Moleskine: Be curious, not judgemental, attributed to Walt Whitman who mer said these words

Tags: Dark Room, Lakers, Framed, perculator, Body Double, Toto, Manhole, Flower Boy, Brainfog, Crack

Date: 2026-08-18
AO: Mastodon
Q: Stock boy ,
PAX: Stock boy, Sparrow, Spit Valve, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Endo, DQ, Tenderfoot, LeMond FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Conditions:
Mid 60s, dry.

WOR:
Toy soldiers, bat wings, Abe Vigodas

The Thang:
3 rounds of ladders
1. 12 to 1 pull-ups to derkins
2. 12 to 1 bridge marches (2 is 1) to squats
3. 4 to 1 hanging knee raises to 3 legged dogs (2 is 1)

Playlist:
1. The Blues Brothers – Peter Gunn Theme
2. The Beatles – Lady Madonna
3. Muse – Unnatural Selection
4. Led Zeppelin – Misty Mountain Hop
5. Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel
6. System of a Down – Hypnotize
7. Jethro Tull – Hymn 43
8. The Guess Who – No Sugar Tonight / New Mother Nature
9. Foo Fighters – This Is a Call

Moleskine:
Have patience

Tags: Mastodon, Stock boy, Sparrow, Spit Valve, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Endo, DQ, Tenderfoot, LeMond

Date: 2026-08-18
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Bloomer ,
PAX: Knuckleball, Shiplap, Jolly, BigBlue, Oompa, Pine tar, Krampus, Panda Express, MaiTai, Homie, Tortuga, Spokes, Has Been, Bloomer, Cheese, White Noise, Swish, waffles, headtop, chopsticks, dewy, frogger, Y2K, Homie, yo-yo, Angel hair FNGs: 1 Angel hair
COUNT: 26
Conditions: getting darker and slightly cooler

WOR: side straddle hops, across the field and back

The Thang: frisbee

Moleskine: see a need and fill a need – pick up a piece of trash today

Tags: Flat Earth, Knuckleball, Shiplap, Jolly, BigBlue, Oompa, Pine tar, Krampus, Panda Express, MaiTai, Homie, Tortuga, Spokes, Has Been, Bloomer, Cheese, White Noise, Swish, waffles, headtop, chopsticks, dewy, frogger, Y2K, Homie, yo-yo, Angel hair

Date: 2026-08-17
AO: North Beach
Q: Stock boy ,
PAX: Lakers, Dumpster, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, DQ, Noodles, Brainfog, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Conditions:
Mid 60s°, overcast, wet grass.

WOR:
Side straddle hops, good mornings.

The Thang:
We did a bag toss race to seed teams, and then
…
SANDEEBALLZZ!!!!

Teams blue and red tied on a controversial last second goal by Too Big To Fail (TBTF) of team red that may have been an illegal crease violation.

Moleskine:
Have compassion for those less fortunate, and remind yourselves that we should endeavor to do the right thing by them even if it is hard to do.

Tags: North Beach, Lakers, Dumpster, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, DQ, Noodles, Brainfog, Stock boy

Date: 2026-08-17
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: Jolly, T-bone, Tortuga, Panhandle, Chuck
FNGs:
COUNT: 5
Conditions: perfect

WOR: ssh, Tbone burpees, good mornings

The Thang: 2 min merkins, 2 min bbsu, 2 mile run

Moleskine: write your wife a note, remind her that you love her.

Results
Merkins, bbsu, 2 mile time, score
Chuck 51, 51, 15.32, 225
Jolly 60, 97, 19.09, 265
Panhandle 68, 67, 17.39, 276
T-bone 72, 67, 15.56, 290
Tortuga 90, 74, 14.09, 300

Tags: Tar Pit, Jolly, T-bone, Tortuga, Panhandle, Chuck

Date: 2026-08-17
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Samsonite, Flower Boy, Endo, Mr. Bean
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
Conditions: cooler temps!

WOR: ssh, goofs, stretch oyo

The Thang: went north

Moleskine: During my Saturday Q, I played some music from a 1990s album The Fatherless and the Widow by a band called Sixpence None the Richer. I ran across a video clip of them on David Letterman. The lead singer Leigh Nash was explaining the band’s name. It comes from a story in Mere Christianity about a father giving his son six pence, then the son bought his father a gift with it, whereupon the father declared he was none the richer. Leigh went on to say that should humble us in how we think of our abilities, as only giving back the gifts we have been given by God.

Tags: Ground Zero, Samsonite, Flower Boy, Endo, Mr. Bean

Date: 2026-08-13
AO: Dark Room
Q: Panhandle ,
PAX: Framed, Lakers, Jolly, Beaker, Ankles, perculator, Panhandle, Tortuga, Endo, Manhole, Body Double, DQ, Flower Boy, LouGee, Brainfog, Crack FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
Conditions: warm and humid

WOR: goofballs, abe vigodas, arm circles, picking daisies

The Thang:

– Thang 1: PAX pair up with one farmer-carrying coupons and the other doing a set of BOMBS (3 burpees, 4 outlaws, 5 merkens, 6 BBSs, and 7 air squats). Chases down partner and switch. Go around half-mile loop.

– Thang 2: BOMBS at every light-post around the loop (3 blockees, 4 overhead presses, 5 block merkens, 6 WWI sit-ups, 7 goblet squats)

Moleskine: take delight in the world (even in times of trouble).

Tags: Dark Room, Framed, Lakers, Jolly, Beaker, Ankles, perculator, Panhandle, Tortuga, Endo, Manhole, Body Double, DQ, Flower Boy, LouGee, Brainfog, Crack

Date: 2026-08-15
AO: Mastodon
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Endo, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Conditions: muggy but no rain!

WOR: SSH, goofs, apolo ohno, shaun whites, xc skiers, parking lot plyos (arms and skipping)

The Thang: Endo brought some old dumbbells from home (one pair from 1950s at least). A couple of the dumbbells stop nuts came undone, so thanks to Stockboy for bringing extras.

Did blocks of single side focus exercises.
BLOCK 1 each arm/side and repeat until time
6x snatch
6x low bent row
6x offset goblet squat (1 foot up on coupon)
6x lateral lunge to single leg hop
(Music – Cranberries “Linger” and Sixpence None the Richer “Spotlight” and “Field of Flowers” from their original album “The Fatherless and the Widow”)

BLOCK 2 – each arm and repeat until time
6x overhead press
6x chest fly (laying down)
6x single leg bridge (like a pickle pusher – leg up on coupon) 6x single leg squat jump (other leg behind propped on coupon for stability)
(Music – 1974 live Petra concert at Sterling College “Backslidin’ Blues” and “Holy Ghost Power”)

BLOCK 3 – each arm and repeat
6x single arm bench press (laying)
12x situps with the dumbbell
6x kneeling curl
6x upright row

Final challenge – 1 min of either the single leg squat jumps or the lateral lunge to single leg hop

MARY – flutter kicks, LBCs and side plank leg raises each side

Moleskins: Flip flopped with moleskin i meant to do Monday … had conversation with my son while run hiking in PA on the appalachian trail. Talking about marathon running and fueling and how if you don’t fuel during the race eventually you hit the wall real hard late in the race, so it ends up being ideal to intake regular amounts of fuel along the way. I kind of see church attendance the same way as a regular intake of fuel that can help me go the long haul in my walk with God. On the flip side, you wouldn’t want to be fueling and not using it, so let’s use the rest of the week to “run hard for God” and interact like a Christian and be a light to others and our families.
The other moleskin was about Leigh Nash, lead singer of Sixpence None the Richer, so come to Ground Zero monday to hear more.

Tags: Mastodon, Cheap Shot, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Endo, Stock boy

Date: 2026-08-12
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Cheap Shot ,
PAX: Audible, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Pool Boy, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Crack FNGs:
COUNT: 7
Conditions:

WOR: SSH, Abe Vigodas

The Thang: Ruck East

Moleskine: Nose to the grindstone

Tags: Ground Zero, Audible, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Pool Boy, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Crack

Date: 2026-08-15
AO: Flat Earth
Q: White Noise ,
PAX: Knuckleball, Banks, Oompa, Cookies, Y2K, Krampus, Panda Express, Tortuga, T.B., Bloomer, Cheese, Swish, White Noise FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Conditions: hot and humid

WOR: SSH D&B

The Thang: 7v7 and 7v6 frisbee

Moleskine: back to school; step up and q; drink water

Tags: Flat Earth, Knuckleball, Banks, Oompa, Cookies, Y2K, Krampus, Panda Express, Tortuga, T.B., Bloomer, Cheese, Swish, White Noise