Backblasts

Date: 2025-10-28
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Lakers
PAX: Framed, Tortuga, Toto, Manhole, Crack, Beaker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
Run lap around the parking lot

1. Arm Circles
2. Chinooks – 10 IC
Arms straight out, small controlled circles forward, then backward. 1. Seal Claps
2. Overhead Claps
3. Side-Straddle Hops
4. Inchworm Walkouts
5. Shoulder Taps

The Thang:
Mosey to Hacksaw Ridge

Setup:
PAX start at the top of the hill with one sandbag and a rope attached.

How it Works:
1. One PAX throws the sandbag down the hill.
2. All PAX run down and back up the hill together.
3. When the sandbag reaches the bottom, the designated PAX uses the rope to pull it back to the top.
4. While the bag is being pulled up, the rest of the PAX alternate between American Hammers and Big Boy Sit-Ups. 5. Everyone stops once the sandbag makes it back to the top. 6. Rotate the puller and repeat until all PAX have had a turn.

Block & Roll Circuit
1. Block Curls
2. Block Overhead Press
3. Block Merkins
4. Block Deadlifts
5. Block Swings
6. Block Sit-Ups
7. Block Pass-Through Plank
8. Block Front Raise Hold

Moleskine:
Question: Where have you been pulling away from people who matter?

COT: IYKYK

Tags: ao_dark_room, Framed, Tortuga, Toto, Manhole, Crack, Beaker

Date: 2025-10-28
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Sparrow, Falsetto, Panhandle, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Da Vinci, Ankles, LeMond, Samsonite FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
Abe Vigodas, good mornings, toy soldiers, Michael Phelps

The Thang:
Traveling along the path, we targeted 10 reps of an exercise for 5 lampposts, but when the first PAX finished, he yelled ‘done’ and everyone stopped and moved to the next lamppost; the PAX who finished first had to add 5 reps (cumulative) to his next sets. Exercises were: 1. Blockees (walking curls between lampposts)
2. Nutcrackers (rifle carry between lampposts)
3. Thrusters (walking curls between lamposts)
4. Derkins (rifle carry between lampposts)

Bonus: we did goblet squats at the flag, and ran laps around the lot between sets.

We finished with some Mary.

Moleskine:
Patience with loved ones; act the way you want to feel, not the way you feel.

COT:
Jobs for PAX and 2.0s

Tags: ao_mastodon, Sparrow, Falsetto, Panhandle, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Da Vinci, Ankles, LeMond, Samsonite

Date: 2025-10-27
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Big Mac, Da Vinci, Jolly
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: SSHs, abe vigodas, tappy-taps, arm circles

The Thang:
Five-alive with the following exercises: goblet squats, uneven block merkins, blockees, nutcrackers, and coupon swings.

Twist (to slow Big Mac down) is that at the 5s, you do 15 reps of all the exercises to that point. Sorta worked.

Moleskine: Don’t be the pharisee in Luke 8, telling God how amazing you are and how you’re not like the tax collector. But also don’t be the fellow telling God how good it is you’re not the pharisee. We all need mercy.

COT: Big Mac adjusting to M’s full-time job

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Big Mac, Da Vinci, Jolly

Date: 2025-10-24
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Mr. Bean
PAX: Mr Roboto, Sparrow, Stock boy, LeMond, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Toto, Ankles, Flower Boy, Dumpster, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Brainfog FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR: 13 side straddle hops 8 pagodas flower picking stretch on your own

The Thang: Run / Ruck East

Moleskine: Identity is not found by being better than someone or even worse than someone. Human nature is to find meaning in being better than, smarter than, richer than, holier than, timelier than someone else based on our norm etc. Our ego is built on feeling better than. Until we can learn to judge no one ever, which is likely not in this lifetime. Grace alone sets us free, we are all dead to sin. Christ saves.
//Segue – grateful to find another LDP – I enjoyed boy scouts as a child but have not found another since.

COT: not sure what this means

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Mr Roboto, Sparrow, Stock boy, LeMond, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Toto, Ankles, Flower Boy, Dumpster, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Brainfog

Date: 2025-10-25
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: DQ, Panhandle, The wet burrito, Homie, Portage, LeMond, Da Vinci FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Warmorama to Rocky Horror.

The Thang:

Perfectly paired exercises to songs with occasional springs (and PAX can gong a song and skip it once)

Derkens and Freddy Mercuries
Dips and Flutters
Thumb Curls & LBCs
Overhead Press & Outlaws
Skullcrushers & Scissor Kick
Through Curls and Leg Lifts
Tight Merkens and Obliques
One arm Rows (exhaust both arms) & American Hammers
Wide Merkens & Bonnie Blairs
Side Curls & Bicycles
Dips and Flutters
Overhead Press & Outlaws

Moleskin:

All Saints is coming… Brother Lawrence (1614-1691), a former soldier and monastery cook, on the easiest of all forms of prayer, the “methodless method.”

“Ultimately we can offer God no greater evidence of our faithfulness that by frequently detaching and turning from all tings created so we can enjoy their Creator for a single moment. I don’t mean to give the impression though that you should stop working and abandon your duties. That would be impossible. Wisdom, the mother of all our spiritual strengths, will be your guide. I am saying, however, that it is a common oversight among spiritually minded people not to turn from outside engagements from time to time and worship God within ourselves and enjoy in peace some small moments of… divine presence.” (https://www.google.com/books/edition/Practice_of_the_Presence/EQ03EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover)

Prayers for Portage’s mom, injured during travel, praise she’s okay. Silent sunrise.

Tags: ao_tar_pit, DQ, Panhandle, The wet burrito, Homie, Portage, LeMond, Da Vinci

Date: 2025-10-25
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto
PAX: Jailbreak, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Short Circuit, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Audible, Brainfog FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
Abe Vigodas x10
Batwings x10
Michael Phelps OYO
Imperial Walkers x10

The Thang:
Mosey to base of Hoffa
PAX complete five 4-minute AMRAP sets of:
– Squats x30
– BBSUs x20
– Merkins x10
– Needle Threads x5, each side
After each 4-minute set, bear crawl to the next wooden plank and back.

After 5 sets, switch to a new set of exercises:
– Calf raises x30
– Shoulder taps x20 (1 is 1)
– Side crunches x10, each side
– Leg lifts x5
Repeat bear crawl pattern in between.

Mosey back to flag for 5 MoM.

Moleskine:
Sometimes things don’t go the way you plan. Flush it and learn from your mistakes for the next time.

COT:
50-milers, Audible ‘s Uncle, Falsetto’s students, jobs

Tags: ao_mastodon, Jailbreak, Stock boy, Cheap Shot, Short Circuit, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Falsetto, Audible, Brainfog

Date: 2025-10-25
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Cheese
PAX: Jolly, Banks, Gummi Bear, Jack, White Noise, Shiplap, T.B., Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Panda Express, Sparty, Hypotenuse, Samsonite, Wagyu, Bucky FNGs: None
COUNT: 15
WOR: SSH and Down & Back

The Thang: Ultimate Frisbee

Moleskine: Reminders for our AO: Be on time & HC

COT: For our 50 mile runners & Sparty’s diving competition

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Jolly, Banks, Gummi Bear, Jack, White Noise, Shiplap, T.B., Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Panda Express, Sparty, Hypotenuse, Samsonite, Wagyu, Bucky

Date: 2025-10-24
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: DQ
PAX: Dewey, Banks, Shiplap, Jolly, Candyland, Cheese, Hershey, White Noise, Oompa, T.B., Wagyu, Gummi Bear, Has Been, Bucky, Fiona, Panda Express, Manhole, tree beer, malware FNGs: None
COUNT: 20
WOR:
– SSH
– Down and back

The Thang:
Two games of frisbee

Moleskine:
My family celebrated my grandpa’s 100th birthday a couple weeks ago. It was a really special time, and we heard stories of my grandpa’s impact from my dad, aunt, uncles, members of my grandma and grandpas old church, and members of their current assisted living community.

No accolades or accomplishments were mentioned. Instead, everyone talked about my grandpa’s love for others and his consistency.

– He’s been married for 70 years
– Helped raise 4 kids
– Served faithfully at the same church for 60 years
– Is beloved by his current community he’s been with for the past 4 years

We’re going to be remembered most by our love and steadfastness. Commit to loving and serving others in your life over the long haul. Be a steady and consistent rock for them.

COT:
– Hershey’s brother-in-law’s surgery
– All the PAX running in the 50 miler this weekend

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Dewey, Banks, Shiplap, Jolly, Candyland, Cheese, Hershey, White Noise, Oompa, T.B., Wagyu, Gummi Bear, Has Been, Bucky, Fiona, Panda Express, Manhole, tree beer, malware

Date: 2025-10-22
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Panhandle
PAX: Da Vinci, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR: goofballs, abe vigodas, tappy-taps, arm stretches

The Thang:
Spittoon-style reps with a lap around the track in between:

burpees, 120 reps
overhead presses, 300 reps
BBSs, 300 reps
goblet squats, 300 reps
merkins, 300 reps
Bent over rows, 400 reps
LBCs, 400 reps

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Da Vinci, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Stock boy

Date: 2025-10-23
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Too Big To Fail (TBTF)
PAX: Stock boy, DQ, Samsonite, Da Vinci, Panhandle, Too Big To Fail (TBTF) FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WOR: SSH, Goofballs, Abe Vegodas, Tappy Taps, Arm Circles

The Thang: Hoffa’s 4 Corners routine
We stopped at all 4 corners of Hoffa to do various movements and either Bernie’d or Bear Crawled between corners. We did a round of 10 reps per corner, then 9 reps, and reduced 1 rep per round completed. In between rounds we did a lap around Hoffa.

Corner 1 – Tuck Jumps
Corner 2 – Blockees
Corner 3 – Thee times Merkins
Corner 4 – Frog Jumps

Modes of travel – Bernie (up and down Hoffa), and Bear Crawl (across base and top of hill)

Moleskine: Be comfortable getting uncomfortable and encourage those you have influence over (2.0s, work staff, etc) to also embrace these opportunities

COT: Jobs, Health

Tags: ao_mastodon, Stock boy, DQ, Samsonite, Da Vinci, Panhandle, Too Big To Fail (TBTF)