Backblasts

Date: 2025-08-29
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: Cottontail
PAX: Panhandle, Ankles, Beaker, Dr. Phil, Dumpster, LeMond, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, The wet burrito, Toto FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR: SSHs, SOYO

The Thang: 6 ran North, 4 walked/rucked North

Moleskine: Encouraging to take time, stop and be thankful for what you have vs what you don’t and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5

COT: Mr Roboto

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Panhandle, Ankles, Beaker, Dr. Phil, Dumpster, LeMond, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, The wet burrito, Toto

Date: 2025-08-29
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Jolly
PAX: Manhole, TBTF, Krampus, White Noise, BigBlue, Oompa, Bloomer, DQ, Tortuga, Panda Express, Candyland, Cheese, Jack, Shiplap, Sparty FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WOR: SSH down and back

The Thang: 8v8

Moleskine: When things get hard don’t feel sorry for yourself. Keep fighting and you can lose by one point instead of 5!

COT: Krampus traveling, BigBlue schooling.

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Manhole, TBTF, Krampus, White Noise, BigBlue, Oompa, Bloomer, DQ, Tortuga, Panda Express, Candyland, Cheese, Jack, Shiplap, Sparty

Date: 2025-08-28
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Manhole
PAX: Tortuga, Lakers, Banks, Toto, Beaker, Noodles, Flower Boy, DQ, Framed, Manhole, @Body Double, @Tangled FNGs: 1 @Tangled
COUNT: 12
WOR: yup

The Thang: mosey to 1/4 mile track, 5 blockies, rifle carry to the next “corner”, 10 thrusters, mosey to the next corner, 15 spider Merkins, mosey to the next corner, 20 side lunge, mosey to the next corner, 25 lbc, mosey 5/4 of a lap and repeat

Moleskine: in the circle we do not compete against one another, we offer

COT: Flower Boy school starting, Noodles safety surveys, Minnesota school shooting

Tags: ao_dark_room, Tortuga, Lakers, Banks, Toto, Beaker, Noodles, Flower Boy, DQ, Framed, Manhole, @Body Double, @Tangled

Date: 2025-08-28
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Panhandle, Cheese, Da Vinci
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WOR:
Motivators, Abe Vigodas, toy soldiers, stretches

The Thang:
4 rounds of exercises; first PAX to finish the set rep count does a single murder bunny with his coupon. Next to finish the set leaves their coupon and does a murder bunny with the first coupon. After doing a murder bunny, start next set with whatever coupon is available; do SSHs if none is available until one is available. Do this coupon relay until the original coupon reaches the top of Hoffa.

Rounds/sets
1. 10 blockees
2. 20 curls
3. 20 goblet squats
4. 20 overhead presses

Finished with Mary

Moleskine:
Practice doing small challenging things willingly, so that when a bigger, real challenge arises in life, you have trained yourself to meet it head on.

COT:
Wheaton College first week, Stock boy’s 2.0s looking for work.

Tags: ao_mastodon, Panhandle, Cheese, Da Vinci

Date: 2025-08-23
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: LeMond
PAX: Beaker, Toto, Portage, Panhandle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
– Warmorama:
– 30 SSHs
– Abe Vigodas
– Copperhead merkins
– Copperhead squats
– Full batwings
– Pre-Thang:
– Mosey around the school
– Merkins on ledge: 20, going side-to-side
– Dips on the ledge: 10 4-ct
– Step ups on the ledge, 20 4-ct, alternating
– Body weight hold on the ledge for 1 minute.
– BLIMPS thing:
– Round 1
– Bear-crawl to first cone, perform 5 x Burpees
– bear-crawl to the next cone, 10 x Lunges each leg
– bear-crawl to the next cone, 15 x Imperial Walkers each leg – bear-crawl to the next cone, 20 x Merkins
– bear-crawl to the next cone, 25 x Plank Jacks
– bear-crawl to the last cone, 30 x Squats
– Run back to the start.
– Partner workout
– Back-to-back coupon passes, 20 in each direction
– Merkins, High Fives, 20
– Coupon passes, up and over twice, then back 20
– Round 2
– Murder bunny to first cone, perform 5 x Blockees
– Murder bunny to the next cone, 10 x Bucket brigade Lunges each leg – Murder bunny to the next cone, 15 x Imperial Walkers, holding coupon – Murder bunny to the next cone, 20 x Alternating Merkins on the block – Murder bunny to the next cone, 25 x Plank Jacks off the block – Murder bunny to the last cone, 30 x Goblet Squats
– Rifle carry back to the start.
– Partner workout
– Partner Hamstring curls 10 each partner
– Merkins, High Fives, 20
– Coupon passes, up and over twice, then back.
– Flat Tire:
– Partner 1 gets into wheelbarrow and takes 4 steps then does 1 derkin, takes 8 steps and does 2 derkins. Pax completed 6 rounds each. – Switch off as needed
– Mary
– Flutter Kicks: 20
– Moleskin:
– Quotes for frustration offer perspectives on managing and overcoming it, emphasizing focus, a positive mindset, and learning from the experience, such as,
– “To conquer frustration, one must remain intensely focused on the outcome, not the obstacles” (T.F. Hodge) and “Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success” (Bo Bennett)

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Beaker, Toto, Portage, Panhandle

Date: 2025-08-27
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: Stock boy
PAX: Samsonite, Da Vinci, Dumpster, Ankles, SAGA, Big Mac, Fletch, Jailbreak, TBTF, LeMond FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR:
SSH, copperhead squats, bat wings, stretches

The Thang:
We did ladders of body weight and coupon exercises (1 x body weight, 1 x coupon, 2 x body weight, 2 x coupon, etc.) while we listened to unknown songs by well known bands. At the end, the PAX had to guess the artist and/or song. If they got it right, we did a man-rise and a mosey back. If they got it wrong, we did a man-rise with burpees at the top, then mosey back.

Alice In Chains – Don’t Follow (4:22), Air Squats, Goblet Squats

Pearl Jam – Mankind (3:29), Merkins, Derkins

Nirvana – Marigold (2:34), Calf Raises, Weighted Calf Raises

Led Zeppelin – Hats Off to Roy Harper (3:42), Supermans, Bent-Over Rows

The Beatles – Act Naturally (2:30), LBCs, Nutcrackers

Soundgarden – Half (2:15), Jump Squats, Thrusters

Foo Fighters – Cold Day in the Sun (3:20), Lunges, Weighted Lunges

Moleskine:
Give people a second chance; they can change over time for the better. And you should strive to change for the better too.

COT:
Da Vinci’s friend’s sickness, Stock boy’s 2.0s looking for work

Tags: ao_mastodon, Samsonite, Da Vinci, Dumpster, Ankles, SAGA, Big Mac, Fletch, Jailbreak, TBTF, LeMond

Date: 2025-08-27
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: Jolly, The wet burrito, Samsonite, Panhandle, SAGA, Ankles, Tortuga, Stock boy, Da Vinci, Banks FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
Warmorama to Kyrie Eleison

Opening Speech: Men, we’re up against the sarcopenia (loss of muscle mass) and the dynapenia (loss of muscle strength), both associated with aging. And I’m afraid all the research, which I am now fully caught up on thanks to reading one article, can be reduced to “eat less, exercise more.” I can’t help you with the former, but we’re here for the latter. Research shows “the effect of exercise seems to be comparable or even superior to antidepressant medication and psychotherapy.” There is MICT (moderate intensity continuous training) and HIIT (high intensity interval training). We’re going to the second, in honor of the Japanese coach, Izumi Tabata, who invented it.

In order to gain the privilege to roll: Sprint 200/mozy 200
60 curls
50 merkens
40 shoulder press
30 BBSU
20 skull crushers
10 Thrusters
Those who finish, make up for others (during rolling as well)

1. Shoulder press
2. Merkens
3. Burpees
4. Jump squats
5. Thrusters
6. Dips
7. Flutterkicks
8. Bent over rows
9. Skull crushers (hold at interval)
10. Side straddle hops
11. Derkens
12. Bonnie Blairs
13. Star jumps
14. High knees
15. Side Straddle hops
16. Whatever Da Vinci thinks best
17. Whatever Da Vinci thinks best
18. Whatever Da Vinci thinks best
19. Whatever Da Vinci thinks best
20. Whatever Da Vinci thinks best

Moleskin:
Find your “prayer closet” (Mt. 6:5-6).

As Merton put it in Thoughts in Solitude,
“As soon as a man is fully disposed to be alone with God… [a]t that moment he sees that though he seems to be in the middle of his journey, he has already arrived at the end. For the life of grace on earth is the beginning of the life of glory. Although he is a traveler in time, he has opened his eyes, for a moment, in eternity.”

COT: prayers for Stock boy’s 2.0 employment, Wheaton students, my friend

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Jolly, The wet burrito, Samsonite, Panhandle, SAGA, Ankles, Tortuga, Stock boy, Da Vinci, Banks

Date: 2025-08-23
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: Shiplap, Jack, Oompa, White Noise, T.B., Jolly, Hershey, Tortuga, Manhole, Banks, Bloomer, Vangalelie, FNG, Bed head FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WOR: SSH, down and back

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Shiplap, Jack, Oompa, White Noise, T.B., Jolly, Hershey, Tortuga, Manhole, Banks, Bloomer, Vangalelie, FNG, Bed head

Date: 2025-08-26
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Lakers
PAX: Noodles, Jayhawk, Sparrow, Toto, Framed, Manhole, Beaker, Body Double FNGs: 1 Body Double
COUNT: 9
WOR:
Mosey around the parking lot
Stretches
Mumble chatter

The Thang:
1/2 Mile Run

Partner Work. One does the first exercises, while the other does the second; switch whenever you need to in order to get 100 reps of the second. The first partner must ask for help, the second partner must encourage the first.

– SSHs/100 Curls
– LBCs/100 Jump Squats
– Mountain Climbers/100 Dips
– Plank/100 WWIIs
– High Knees/100 overhead press

Moleskine:
We need HELP. Asking for help is not weakness, it’s making yourself stronger with others beside you.

COT: Body Double moving in, Toto coworker, Sparrow brothers in the Middle East for justice and freedom.

Tags: ao_dark_room, Noodles, Jayhawk, Sparrow, Toto, Framed, Manhole, Beaker, Body Double

Date: 2025-08-26
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Banks
PAX: Tortuga, Jolly, DQ, Cheese, Shiplap, Sparty, Jack, Spielberg, Candyland, Banks, BigBlue, stubs FNGs: 1 stubs
COUNT: 12
WOR:the usual

The Thang:ultimate

Moleskine: keep trying, you will get it eventually

COT: iykyk

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, Jolly, DQ, Cheese, Shiplap, Sparty, Jack, Spielberg, Candyland, Banks, BigBlue, stubs