Backblasts

Date: 2026-07-03
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, T-bone, Cottontail, LeMond, Stock boy, Endo, Sub2 FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Conditions: flooded

WOR: abe vagodas and vigorous stretching to “Chariots of Fire” theme from Vangelis

The Thang: Ran the backdoor way to 7 gables and encountered a park under water. Took a backdoor to the backdoor and still had to leap over a stream. Exited via the “suburban jungle”. 3 of us had time for IHAB. Started the workout with namorama and moleskin.

Moleskine: where did we in America come from? All over, but i gave a bit of history about the brownists and puritans and some of my own welsh, scottish and german immigrant history.

Tags: Ground Zero, Mr Roboto, T-bone, Cottontail, LeMond, Stock boy, Endo, Sub2

Date: 2026-07-02
AO: Mastodon
Q: Sparrow ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Cookies, Hancock, Homie, Stock boy, Sparrow, What, Big Mac, Endo, Archive, Knuckleball, Sub-2 FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Conditions:

WOR: warmups. 50 SSH. MMP’rs etc.

Thing 1: Duck jousting, 3 rounds.
MVD: stockboy

Thing 2: AngryBirds
Team A runs up the hill and stacks boxes.
Team B does a Pax Carry and drops the carried Pax near the boxes. Wherever the carried pax lands, he anchors one foot and swats boxes with a flat hand (no opposable thumbs.) Throwing is allowed if the box isn’t gripped. Box Stacking stops when the first box is swatted.
Points awarded to team A if any box is still stacked at the end.

Several rounds of pax carry, and two of bearcrawl.

Recovery burpee interlude.

(Notes on the game: it wasn’t as grueling as I thought, if you weren’t carrying a pax)

Cooldown: “Africa” by Toto. Burpee every time he says “I get knocked down”

Moleskin:
Mitch hedberg: I used to use drugs. I still use drugs, but I also used to.

Getting preached at doesn’t work as well as I’d like, but discovery learning sinks in deep.

You may have a million questions in your head, but focus on the few things you know for sure.

Tags: Mastodon, Mr Roboto, Samsonite, Cookies, Hancock, Homie, Stock boy, Sparrow, What, Big Mac, Endo, Archive, Knuckleball, Sub-2

Date: 2026-07-02
AO: Dark Room
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Jolly, Noodles, Manhole, Banks, Brainfog, Beaker, Da Vinci, Framed, LeMond, Toto, Lakers FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
Conditions: 78 degrees with a strong chance of gnats

WOR:
Mosey around parking lot

5 George Washington Wobbles (w/coupon R lunge, L lunge, Squat, Blockee)

Head to playground

The Thang:
Single Leg Thangs
12 Coupon 1-Leg Squats – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Squats – L (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Calf Raise – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Calf Raise – L (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Box Squats – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Box Squats – L (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Pickle Pointer – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Pickle Pointer – L (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Side Lunge – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Leg Side Lunge – L (On Q)

Broad Jumps – 30 Yards (OYO)
10 Burpees (OYO)
Toy Soldiers – 30 Yards back (OYO)

Single Arm Thangs
15 Coupon 1-Arm Chest Press – R (On Q)
15 Coupon 1-Arm Chest Press – L (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Arm OH Press – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Arm OH Press – L (On Q)
12 Coupon Offset Merkins – R on Coupon (On Q)
12 Coupon Offset Merkins – L on Coupon (On Q)
15 Coupon 1-Arm Shrug – R (On Q)
15 Coupon 1-Arm Shrug – L (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Arm Bent-over Row – R (On Q)
12 Coupon 1-Arm Bent-over Row – L (On Q)

Crawl Bear 30 Yards (OYO)
10 Burpees (OYO)
Bear Crawl30 Yards (OYO)

Copperhead Thangs
20 Coupon CH Chest Press (IC)
12 Coupon CH Squats (IC)
12 Coupon CH Shrugs (IC)

MARY

Short Scout Run to cool off

Moleskine:
Reject the labels and boxes other place upon you. Right vs left is a false dichotomy, be you.

One of our greatest freedoms is the right to vote, and everyday our choices are a vote for the person we want to become.

Become the person you want to be, not who others tell you you are.

Tags: Dark Room, Jolly, Noodles, Manhole, Banks, Brainfog, Beaker, Da Vinci, Framed, LeMond, Toto, Lakers

Date: 2026-07-01
AO: Tar Pit
Q: T-bone ,
PAX: Jolly, Portage, T-bone, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Big Mac FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Conditions: hot and humid

WOR: motivators, AVs, arm circles, tricep and shoulder stretch, runners stretch

The Thang: EMOMs with some running in between.
8x blockees & Leg raises
6x thrusters and sit-ups
4x KBS and pushups
End with 50 4 count flutters and some old man stretching

Moleskine: “Friendship that insists upon agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.” ― Mahatma Gandhi.

Tags: Tar Pit, Jolly, Portage, T-bone, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Big Mac

Date: 2026-06-30
AO: Dark Room
Q: Noodles ,
PAX: Noodles, Manhole, Brainfog, Framed, Toto, LouGee, Lakers, Flower Boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
Conditions:
Hot and muggy

WOR:
SSH x30
Batwings x15
Moroccan Night Clubs x15
Rocky Balboas
Bring Sally Up

The Thang:
Version of Flora 1,2,3 at the Brogamat. Partner routine. The following exercises were done at Midfield by one PAX while the other PAX ran to the end of the field and back. Cumulative reps done for each exercise.

100 – HODORs
200 – Coupon Swings
300 – Goblet Squats

MoM:
Flutter Kicks
Grasscutters

Moleskine: Left the PAX with a few words regarding conflict, prayer, forgiveness and healing. Pay attention to any conflict with others impacting you directly or indirectly. Remember the importance of prayer focusing on forgiveness. Allowing God to heal those that are hurt in due time.

Tags: Dark Room, Noodles, Manhole, Brainfog, Framed, Toto, LouGee, Lakers, Flower Boy

Date: 2026-07-01
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Cottontail ,
PAX: Mr Roboto, Cottontail, Audible, Cheap Shot, Mr. Bean, Stock boy, Hypotenuse FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
Conditions: a bit warm, but nice breeze

WOR: SSH, SOYO

The Thang: 2 ran East, 5 rucked east

Moleskine: what you starve, dies. What you feed, grows. Starve the bad thoughts, feed the good ones, for the battle of what you do is determined in the mind.

Tags: Ground Zero, Mr Roboto, Cottontail, Audible, Cheap Shot, Mr. Bean, Stock boy, Hypotenuse

Date: 2026-06-30
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Panda Express ,
PAX: Hypotenuse, Y2K, Banks, Jolly, Oompa, Homie, Wagyu, Shiplap, Panda Express, Bloomer, Cheese, Cookies, chopsticks, waffles, knuckleball, swish FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
Conditions:

WOR: ssh, there and back

The Thang: frisbee

Moleskine: have fun

Tags: Flat Earth, Hypotenuse, Y2K, Banks, Jolly, Oompa, Homie, Wagyu, Shiplap, Panda Express, Bloomer, Cheese, Cookies, chopsticks, waffles, knuckleball, swish

Date: 2026-06-30
AO: Mastodon
Q: Stock boy ,
PAX: LeMond, Bostaff, Stock boy, Endo, Airpump, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Mr Roboto, Gunga, Green Machine FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
Conditions:
Hot and humid

WOR:
Goofballs, toy soldiers, Abe Vigodas, stretches

The Thang:
16s at the lampposts: derkins and squrls. Murder bunny or bear crawl coupon drag between lampposts for first half, then rifle carry for second half.

Moleskine:
Build good habits, shed bad habits.

Tags: Mastodon, LeMond, Bostaff, Stock boy, Endo, Airpump, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Mr Roboto, Gunga, Green Machine

Date: 2026-06-18
AO: Mastodon
Q: Ankles ,
PAX: Stock boy, Endo, Big Mac, Mr Roboto, Ankles, Da Vinci
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
Conditions: Partly muggy with a chance of gnats

WOR: SSH, Abe Vigodas, Picking Daisies, etc.

The Thang:

Supersized DORA (shamelessly cribbed-but slightly modified-from F3 Naperville)

PAX Rifle carried coupons to the gym equipment & paired up to do the following exercises flapjack style while the partner PAX moseyed one lap around Cooties:

50 burpees
100 coupon shoulder presses
150 BBSU
200 Merkins
250 Giblet squats
300 Coupon curls

The soundtrack was a series of One Hit Wonder pop songs from the 1950s through 1990s. PAX was quizzed as a group on who the artists were for each song. With each correct answer, the “final challenge” (Jacob’s ladder on Hoffa) reps (initially 10) was reduced by 1. PAX got a total of 7 correct answers, so the final challenge was a 3 rep Jacob’s ladder, to the tune of “Gangnam Style” by Psy:

Manrise + 1 burpee.
Manrise + 2 burpees.
Manrise + 3 burpees.

Moleskine:

People usually disparage One Hit Wonders as if they were failures for only having one hit song. In reality, they had the courage to try, and ended up being WILDLY more successful than most reasonably successful people in the music industry.

Try to emulate Right Said Fred or Chumbawamba. Don’t be afraid to take some risks in your own life. Worst case, you’ll never have to wonder “what if?”

Tags: Mastodon, Stock boy, Endo, Big Mac, Mr Roboto, Ankles, Da Vinci

Date: 2026-06-29
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Endo, Sub2
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
Conditions:

WOR:

The Thang:

Moleskine:

Tags: Ground Zero, Endo, Sub2