Backblasts

ao_ground_zero Dawn Patrol

Date: 2025-08-01
AO: ao_ground_zero
Q: The wet burrito
PAX: Panhandle, Ankles, LeMond, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, T-bone, The wet burrito, Samsonite, Jayhawk FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:

The Thang: we ran, walked and rucked southward.

Moleskine: health, relationships and spiritual growth starts with alignment

COT: we lamented the end of summer…

Tags: ao_ground_zero, Panhandle, Ankles, LeMond, Mr Roboto, Stock boy, T-bone, The wet burrito, Samsonite, Jayhawk

ao_dark_room Murder Bunny Redux

Date: 2025-07-29
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: LeMond
PAX: Crack, Toto, Manhole
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
Backblast: Murder Bunny Redux

– Warmorama:
– Motivators
– Abe Vigodas
– Copperhead merkins
– Copperhead squats
– Breakdancers
– Full batwings
– Pre-thang:
– Partner up.
– One Pax holds body weight on the ledge; the other does 10 burpees – Switch and repeat
– One Pax hangs from monkey bars; the other does 10 leg lifts. – Switch and repeat
– The thang:
– Two sets of cones, about 60 feet apart from each other. Start at one end. – Murder Bunny to first set of cones. Once there, 10 Big Boys. – Rife carry to second set of cones for 10 reps of coupon exercise.
– Run back to starting line hold, do 10 squat jumps. run back to coupons, hold plank – Rinse and repeat (starting on opposite side).
– Ten Coupon exercises (we got through only 8)
– Thrusters
– One-armed rows (left)
– One-armed rows (right)
– Blockees
– Bucket brigade lunges (left leg)
– Bucket brigade lunges (right leg)
– Coupon swings
– Overhead presses
– Alternating uneven merkins (one is one)
– Thrusters
– Mary
– Write the cursive lower-case alphabet with legs 6” off the ground. – Q calls each letter.
– Freddie Mercuries
– Moleskin:
– We are constantly compared with each other. Such is life.
– If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. – Henry David Thoreau

Tags: ao_dark_room, Crack, Toto, Manhole

ao_tar_pit But it was a dry heat!

Date: 2025-07-26
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: LeMond
PAX: Toto, Archive, Homie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
– Warmorama:
– 21s
– Abe Vigodas
– Mountain man poopers
– Copperhead merkins
– Full batwings
– First thang:
– Two sets of 11s on the path using park benches.
– 10 squats, 1 T-merkins, continue
– 10 bent over reaches, 1 BBS, continue.
– Main thang:
– Mosey to start of ramp. 3 Station workout. Q calls out exercise. 15 reps OYO at each station. If you return to the 1st station before the six is there, run back to the six and complete exercises with him so that all PAX finish at the same time. – Station introduction:
– Support body weight for 1 minute
– Wall sit for 1 minute
– Balls to the Walls for 1 minute
– Stations:
– 1: bottom of ramp
– 2: top of ramp
– 3: end of spa
– Rifle carry, except going down stairs
– Coupon exercise:
– Thrusters
– 20 Curls
– Chest presses
– 20 Curls
– One-armed rows
– 20 Curls
– Moleskin:
– It is sometimes okay to congratulate yourself for making it out to a difficult workout such as this one where the humidity seemed to be at 90%. – Pat yourself on the back!

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Toto, Archive, Homie

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-07-05
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: Shiplap, Jolly, LeMond, Swish, Panda Express, Jack, Cheese, Stump, Hershey, BigBlue FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
WOR: SSH, Down and back

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Shiplap, Jolly, LeMond, Swish, Panda Express, Jack, Cheese, Stump, Hershey, BigBlue

ao_flat_earth Ultimate

Date: 2025-08-01
AO: ao_flat_earth
Q: Shiplap
PAX: Tortuga, BigBlue, Swish, Jolly, Shiplap, Jack, Bloomer, DQ, TBTF, Panda Express, LouGee FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WOR: SSHx15 – down and back

The Thang: Ultimate

Moleskine: It’s never as good or as bad as it seems

COT:

Tags: ao_flat_earth, Tortuga, BigBlue, Swish, Jolly, Shiplap, Jack, Bloomer, DQ, TBTF, Panda Express, LouGee

downrange Friday Move Heavy Sh*#

Date: 2025-07-25
AO: downrange
Q: Ankles
PAX: Ankles, Coach
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WOR:

Mahalo Nui Loa to Ankles from Wheaton, IL for making it out to Friday Move Heavy Sh*#.

The Thang:

15 Blockees
100m farmer carry
15 Grip Rip Roll
100m farmer carry
20 coupon curls
30m Bear Crawl Coupon Drag
Mosey a lap around triangle Park
repeat x 3

Moleskine: Wear the world as a loose fitting garment.

COT:

Tags: downrange, Ankles, Coach

ao_mastodon Just Say “Yes”

Date: 2025-07-31
AO: ao_mastodon
Q: LouGee
PAX: Jayhawk, Penny, DQ, Sparrow, Panhandle, Mr Roboto, Falsetto, Airpump, Stock boy, Jailbreak, Tortuga, LouGee, Dead Drop FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR:
11x Arm Circles (f/b), 10x Abe Vogoda, 20x SSH, 10x Superman, 60 sec- Plank The Thang:
#1 Escalator (~5 min): 10x Bobby Hurleys, 20x Burpees, 30x Merkins, 40x Squats, 50x Lunge Walks (repeat until everyone finishes)
#2 On the 10’s (~7 min): 10x Blockees, Plank Jacks, Curls (repeat until time); social walk around the shop
#3 On the 20’s (~7 min): 20x Goblet Squats, Rows, Windshield Wipers (repeat until time); social walk around the shop
#3 On the 30’s (~7 min): 30x Dips, Deadlifts, Leg Lifts (repeat until time); social walk around the shop #4 Mary (3:52 to the tune of “All you need is love”)
Moleskine:
Roles of a Husband:
Protect, Provide, Procreate
Continue to train ourselves to be strong men in marriage.
We calculated 186 years of marriage in our COT. Surround yourself with great examples!!! COT: 60 seconds of silence.
Announcement: 2nd-f at Panhandle !!!

Tags: ao_mastodon, Jayhawk, Penny, DQ, Sparrow, Panhandle, Mr Roboto, Falsetto, Airpump, Stock boy, Jailbreak, Tortuga, LouGee, Dead Drop

downrange The Sandlot – F3 Alamo

Date: 2025-07-31
AO: downrange
Q: Crack
PAX: Crack, Buzz (Q), Speed Racer, Tuba, Madonna, Dougie, Woodie, and one other FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
WOR: SSH, El Chapo, Peter Parker’s, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Tin Soldiers, Mountain Climbers

The Thang: 7’s: four stations going up the drive, 7 reps each station, mosey back to start and plank for the 6. 1. Hand-release merkins
2. Squats
3. Star Jumps
Om the last round, we continued to the other end of the drive, but movement downhill had to be 1/3 lunges, 1/3 bear crawl, 1/3 crab walk.

Jacob’s Ladder: Run to top of hill, do reps. Each round add another exercise 1. Merkins (5)
2. Merkins, Dips (10)
3. Merkins, Dips, Squats (15)
4. Merkins, Dips, Squats, LBCs (20)

People’s Chair at the Wall – held for a 30 count from each PAX, ~3min time.

Mary

Moleskine:

COT: prayers for travel, for those who serve

Tags: downrange, Crack, Buzz (Q), Speed Racer, Tuba, Madonna, Dougie, Woodie, and one other

ao_dark_room Cricket Cindy Circle

Date: 2025-07-31
AO: ao_dark_room
Q: Lakers
PAX: Manhole, LeMond, Jolly, Toto
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR:
– Mosey around parking lot
– Windmills
– Arm circles
– Leg stretches

The Thang:
Setup: 5 coupon stations spaced around the edge of the cricket circle. PAX partner up. • One partner runs a lap around the circle
• Other partner AMRAP at a station
• Switch and rotate until both partners have done all 5 stations (2 laps around the circle)

1 – Thrusters
2 – Blockees
3 – Curl-to-Press
4 – Lawnmower Rows
5 – Coupon Flutter Kick Press

Thang 2:
Hero Worship on playground
– Count was 20 dips
– Pull-ups
– Horizontal pull-ups
– Leaning push-ups
– BBSU

Mary:
– Box cutters
– Leg lifts
– Hold low plank
– American Hammers
– BBSU

Moleskine:
We only get so many laps around the sun, make them count. Connect with others and don’t let your mistakes define you.

COT: Manhole’s M

Tags: ao_dark_room, Manhole, LeMond, Jolly, Toto

ao_tar_pit Die of Death (featuring Jimmy Buffet)

Date: 2025-07-30
AO: ao_tar_pit
Q: Da Vinci
PAX: Stock boy, Da Vinci, T-bone, Panhandle, Samsonite, TBTF, Airpump, Jolly, Tortuga, SAGA, The wet burrito, DQ FNGs: None
COUNT: 12
Warmorama: Follow the leader to Margaratiaville with burpee at Margaritaville

The Thang:
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)

ROLL THE DIE OF DEATH
1. 100 curls
2. 20 hand release merkens
3. 30 derkens
4. 40 merkens
5. 50 shoulder press
6. Run 400 meters
7. Run 800 meters
8. Scout run around lake
9. Scout run around school
10. 10 World War III sit ups
11. 20 burpees
12. 20 Skullcrushers
13. 13 burpees
14. 14 hodors
15. 15 thrusters
16. Sprint 200 meters/ mozy 200 meters
17. 40 BBSU
18. 60 curls
19. 25 thumb curls
20. 100 LBCs

Moleskin: If, as Josef Pieper put it, what I means for us to love is to say, ‘I am glad you exist,” then what it means for God to love us is for God to say, “Because I am glad, you exist.” -Bauerschmidt, https://www.amazon.com/Love-That-God-Invitation-Christian/dp/0802877958 (14)

COT: Prayer for PAX in harm’s way in Hawaii, T-bone’s M’s birthday

Tags: ao_tar_pit, Stock boy, Da Vinci, T-bone, Panhandle, Samsonite, TBTF, Airpump, Jolly, Tortuga, SAGA, The wet burrito, DQ