Backblasts

Date: 2025-11-17
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Tortuga
PAX: Da Vinci, Big Mac, Jolly, DQ, Ankles, Tortuga
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: ssh, copperhead squats, batwings, merkins, tappy taps, picking daisies

The Thang: At the Spa: overhead press, curls, squats, burpees, bbsu. All IC. Mosey to front of school. Calf raises, slow down, IC.
Circle drive: mini Dora. 25 burpees, 50 merkins, 75 squats. Two min plank. Blockees and gerbil wheel.

Mary: bbsu, flutter kicks (turbo fast), American hammer with coupon

Moleskine: If there is nothing about God that makes you uncomfortable, you have probably created a god in your own image.

COT: thanks for bodies that work and men to work out with

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, Big Mac, Jolly, DQ, Ankles, Tortuga

Date: 2025-11-18
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Samsonite, LeMond, Ankles, Lakers, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Audible, Dumpster, Glowstick FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WOR:
Goofballs x10
Tappy Claps x10
Batwings x10 (Forward arm circles, backward arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps, Moroccan night clubs, pretzel twists)

The Thang:
Tabata timed exercises – 30 sec work, 10 sec rest
First round
– Dips
– Squats
– Jane Fondas, each side
– Merkins
Second round
– Bulgarian squats, each side
– Clamshells, each side
– Elevated Merkins

5 MoM

Moleskine:
It’s okay to have complicated feelings around happy celebrations.

COT:
Job searches

Coffeeteria:
Stan’s Donuts and coffee, courtesy of UHC and Lakers

Tags: ao_mastodon, Samsonite, LeMond, Ankles, Lakers, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Audible, Dumpster, Glowstick

Date: 2025-11-17
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Manhole
PAX: Crack, Stock boy, Short Circuit, Jayhawk, Sparrow, Dr. Phil, Mr Roboto, Mr. Bean, Pool Boy, Samsonite, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Pacecar, Cheap Shot, Manhole, @Reboot FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR: yep

The Thang: run, ruck, coffee walk

Moleskine: be careful when comparing yourself to others as this may breed self doubt. F3 is you vs you

COT: ITKYK

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Crack, Stock boy, Short Circuit, Jayhawk, Sparrow, Dr. Phil, Mr Roboto, Mr. Bean, Pool Boy, Samsonite, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Pacecar, Cheap Shot, Manhole, @Reboot

Date: 2025-11-15
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Bloomer, Samsonite, Jailbreak, Mr Roboto, Cheap Shot, Treebeard FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
SSHs, Abe Vigodas, toy soldiers, trunk twists, stretch OYO

The Thang:
We did reps in cadence, followed by a cool-down lap around the lot between each exercise. All cadence counts were 1-2-3-n, and we did two reps per count. The exercises were: 1. 100 curls
2. 100 goblet squats
3. 100 nut crackers
4. 100 coupon presses
5. 100 coupon calf raises
6. 50 right arm rows
7. 50 left arm rows
8. 50 right split squats
9. 50 left split squats
10. 50 right side bends
11. 50 left side bends
12. 50 right arm coupon presses
13. 50 left arm coupon presses
14. 50 right calf coupon raises
15. 50 left calf coupon raises

Moleskine:
Perseverance in dealing with duties and extending grace to loved ones.

COT:
Wisdom for Mr Roboto in job decision, clarity for Falsetto’s 2.0 regarding school

Tags: ao_mastodon, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Bloomer, Samsonite, Jailbreak, Mr Roboto, Cheap Shot, Treebeard

Date: 2025-11-15
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Beaker
PAX: Panhandle, T-bone, Homie, LeMond, Da Vinci, Portage, Toto, Beaker FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: Motivators from 7, Bat wings + Moroccan night clubs to 20, picking daisies, runner’s stretch

The Thang:
Sandbag tag
PAX split into two teams, a 200# sandbag is put in the middle of the field with two cones set up 30 yds from the bag in opposite directions. Each team runs to their cone and completes the exercise and reps that were assigned. The team that completes the reps first runs to the sandbag. All but one member plank while one team member drags the sandbag towards their opponents cone. When the second team finishes, they run to the sandbag and plank. As soon as all the second team members are planking, the sandbag is dropped and the round ends. A different PAX must drag the sandbag each round. The team with the sandbag on their side at the end of five rounds loses.

Exercises:
300 merkins
400 air thrusters
400 lunges the easy way
400 bbsus
200 burpees

The teams tied after 5 rounds!

Medicine ball bounce
Teams line up in single file lines facing each other, about 10 feet apart. One of the PAX in front of a line squat thrusts a 30# bouncy medicine ball and slams it on the ground towards the other line. They move to the back of the line and the line moves up one person. The receiving PAX catches the medicine ball, squat thrusts and slams it, and returns to the back of their line.

Sandbag throw tug of war
PAX were divided into pairs Two pairs were arranged 25 yds from a 60# sandbag, on opposite sides of the sandbag. The PAX completed 3 burpees, ran to the sand bag, and threw it forward. The goal is to get the sandbag past the cones that are set up ~ 15 yds from the center. Two games were going at once

3MOM: Panhandle flutters, 10 American hammers, 10 American hammers

Moleskine: Address issues an conflict directly (and kindly) with the person whom you have issue with. Don’t let if fester.

COT: Panhandle’s FIL, Portage’s M’s (welcome) medical condition, Portage’s mother’s recovery

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Panhandle, T-bone, Homie, LeMond, Da Vinci, Portage, Toto, Beaker

Date: 2025-11-15
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Panda Express
PAX: Gummi Bear, Wagyu, White Noise, Jack, Hypotenuse, Spielberg, Jolly, Cheese, T.B., DQ, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Lakers, Has Been, Banks, BigBlue, Shiplap, Panda Express, Tortuga, yak FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WOR:
ssh, there and back

The Thang:
ultimate

Moleskine:
have fun

COT:
priest chemo and T.B. M in Boston

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Gummi Bear, Wagyu, White Noise, Jack, Hypotenuse, Spielberg, Jolly, Cheese, T.B., DQ, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Lakers, Has Been, Banks, BigBlue, Shiplap, Panda Express, Tortuga, yak

Date: 2025-11-14
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Dumpster
PAX: Toto, Mr Roboto, T-bone, Panhandle, Dumpster, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Crack, Stock boy, Dr. Phil, Pacecar, LeMond, Beaker, Endo, Reboot FNGs: 1 Reboot
COUNT: 14
WOR:
Tappy taps
SSH’s
Michael Phelps
OYO Stretching for one minute

The Thang:
Run or Ruck North

FNG = Reboot

Moleskine: Just because something is a good deal, doesn’t mean you should do it, or buy it.

COT: Pax prayed aloud and ended with this prayer:

My Creator,
I am now willing that you should have all of me, good & bad. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character Which stands in the way of my usefulness to you & my fellows. Grant me strength, as I go out from here to do your bidding.

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Toto, Mr Roboto, T-bone, Panhandle, Dumpster, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Crack, Stock boy, Dr. Phil, Pacecar, LeMond, Beaker, Endo, Reboot

Date: 2025-11-14
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Spielberg
PAX: Tortuga, Wagyu, Hershey, Gummi Bear, Panda Express, DQ, Manhole, Candyland, Oompa, BigBlue, Banks, Samsonite, Bloomer, Krampus, Cheese, Shiplap, White Noise, Jolly, Spielberg FNGs: None
COUNT: 19
WOR: SSH, Reverse Lunges, Lateral Squats, Drinking Birds

The Thang: some catching practice then a game

Moleskine: Say thank you to practise gratitude

COT: Lifting up the sick, Wagyu’s Aunt Sue and Jaxon (Wheaton student)

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, Wagyu, Hershey, Gummi Bear, Panda Express, DQ, Manhole, Candyland, Oompa, BigBlue, Banks, Samsonite, Bloomer, Krampus, Cheese, Shiplap, White Noise, Jolly, Spielberg

Date: 2025-11-08
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak, Mr Roboto, Cheap Shot, Bloomer FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR:
Some warm-up-y stuff

The Thang:
We did loops around Hoffa, stopping at certain points to reps of exercises. We started with 10 reps for the first loop, then 9, then 8, etc. The loop was: 1. Curls at the base of Hoffa, followed by murder bunnies to the top 2. Goblet squats at the top of Hoffa, followed by rifle carry down 3. Table presses at the shop
4. Pull-ups at COOTEES
5. Derkins at the Warming Shelter, followed by Lt. Dans to the base of Hoffa

No one finished 10 loops

Moleskine:
Strive for perfection, knowing that you cannot achieve it; it’s the journey that counts and makes us better men.

COT:
Jobs for PAX and 2.0s

Tags: ao_mastodon, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak, Mr Roboto, Cheap Shot, Bloomer

Date: 2025-11-13
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Dumpster, Falsetto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Jailbreak
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR:
SSH, Abe Vigodas, tappy taps, arm circles, trunk twists, Michael Phelps

The Thang:
10 blockees at the lot, 50 goblet squats at the Hamptons, 50 curls at the Warming Shelter, 50 coupon swings at the Mt. Hoffa foothills, man-rise up Mt. Hoffa, 1 minute plank at the summit of Mt. Hoffa, 20 table presses at the shop, 15 pull-ups at COOTEES, 1 minute wall sit at the pickleball courts, bear crawl across the northmost bridge. Lt. Dan (6 rounds) across Dan Taylor alley, 20 diamond merkins at the north baseball field, take turns at the monkey bars THE MONKEY BARS ARE GONE!!, 20 derkins on the rocks where the monkey bars used to be, no feet crossing the north bridge to the island, crab walk across the south bridge at the island, 50 dips at the stone circle in the playground, and some Mary back at the flag.

Moleskine:
Persevere with patience for the ones you love.

COT:
Jobs for PAX and 2.0s who need it

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