Backblasts

Date: 2026-01-29
AO: Dark Room
Q: Banks ,
PAX: Tortuga, Beaker, LeMond, Banks, Brainfog, Manhole, Toto, Framed FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: The Usual
– 7x Motivators
– 10x Windmills IC
– 10x Mountain Man Poopers IC
– 10x Merkins IC
– Stretch OYO

The Thang: Pearls on a String
We started off moseying around the big loop
– Route 66 at the light poles
– 25x Squats IC
– 25 BBS
– 25 LBC with Pickle Point
– 25 Oblique Crunches each side
– Dan Taylors to 8 squats and 32 lunges
– 25 Merkins
– 25 Jump Squats in Cadence
– 5 Pull up & 10 Derkin partner race
– Pull up & Dip partner trade off
– 25 Flutter kicks IC
– 20 American Hammers IC

Moleskine: The Man in the Arena – Teddy Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.

COT: iykyk

Tags: Dark Room, Tortuga, Beaker, LeMond, Banks, Brainfog, Manhole, Toto, Framed

Date: 2026-01-27
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Pine tar ,
PAX: Tortuga, Shiplap, Pine tar, Fiona, Jack, Candyland, Banks, Jolly FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR:

The Thang:

Moleskine:

COT:

Tags: Flat Earth, Tortuga, Shiplap, Pine tar, Fiona, Jack, Candyland, Banks, Jolly

Date: 2026-01-26
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: T-bone, SAGA, Panhandle, Jolly, Tortuga, Too Big To Fail (TBTF) FNGs:
COUNT: 6
WOR: ssh, goof balls, scout run around the lake

The Thang:
Five reps of each: curb sit tuck jumps, side plank raises (each side), derkins, box cutters, burpees First to finish the round adds five reps to each

Mosey around the school

Lunge spittoon to 300

Mary in the spa:
25 flutter kicks, protractor,
25 flutter kicks, heels to heaven,
25 flutter kicks, box cutters,
25 flutter kicks (slow)
All IC, no breaks

Moleskine: compliment someone today

COT: yes

Tags: Tar Pit, T-bone, SAGA, Panhandle, Jolly, Tortuga, Too Big To Fail (TBTF)

Date: 2026-01-24
AO: Mastodon
Q: Bloomer , Too Big To Fail (TBTF)
PAX: Endo, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Bloomer, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR: side straddle hops, lip curls, imperial walkers, jogger around the parking lot, Toy soldiers, copperhead squats

The Thang: cocaine bears – bear crawl from one end of the parking lot to the other and at every white parking space line do a Merkin as if sniffing cocaine from the line. – 11s around the lake – squats and star jumps
– Jog to backside parking lot for some Merkins and planks to the song thunderstruck. – sprint down the road to the back of the Baseball diamond
– squats and lunges across Dan Taylor Alley
– 11s at every light pole – BBS and Bobby Hurley
– Dora at the shop – partners – 100 table presses, 200 step ups and 300 dips. One partner works while the other runs a loop around the playground. – down and back cocaine, bear crawl in the parking lot

Moleskine: if it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you

COT: Roboto’s friends working through marital challenges, Jobs for the PAX, Endo’s friend Ted who is working through a medical challenge, those who don’t have warm and comfortable accommodations in the current weather conditions

Tags: Mastodon, Endo, Mr Roboto, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Bloomer, Stock boy

Date: 2026-01-24
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Homie ,
PAX: Homie, DQ, Panhandle, LeMond, Beaker, Portage, T-bone
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
– SSH
– Arm circles
– Overhead claps
– Seal claps
– Moroccan night clubs

The Thang 1
Split 100 reps between two PAX; run hamster wheel while partner does reps.

– Merkins
– Lunges (2 is 1)
– Big boy sit-ups
– Tricep dips
– Supermans
– V-ups

Short run around the school. It was cold.

The Thang 2
tabata sets 40/20 ish, 3 sets of each
– LBC
– Box squats on curb
– Oblique crunches x2 each side
– Plank jacks
– Freddie Mercuries
– Mountain climbers

I forgot to stretch despite writing it on the whiteboard.

Moleskine: in our well planned lives, don’t forget to wander a bit. Something about Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 🙂

Tags: Tar Pit, Homie, DQ, Panhandle, LeMond, Beaker, Portage, T-bone

Date: 2026-01-24
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Spielberg ,
PAX: Tortuga, White Noise, Endo, T.B., Banks, Spielberg, Bloomer FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: SSH x20, modified SSH x20, reverse lunges x5/side, across field and back, some jogging.

The Thang: 3v4 frisbee variations with jogging in between games for active recovery.

Moleskine: Well done for coming out, go enjoy the glory.

COT: White Noise 2.0 doing well after smooth labour and delivery

Tags: Flat Earth, Tortuga, White Noise, Endo, T.B., Banks, Spielberg, Bloomer

Date: 2026-01-23
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Short Circuit ,
PAX: Endo, Brainfog, Beaker, Mr. Bean, Cottontail, Crack, Pool Boy, Tortuga, T-bone, Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Short Circuit, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR:
SSH
The Thang:
Ran and rucked
Moleskine:
Listen to your dad
COT:
Jobs for pax, car trouble

Tags: Ground Zero, Endo, Brainfog, Beaker, Mr. Bean, Cottontail, Crack, Pool Boy, Tortuga, T-bone, Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Short Circuit, Stock boy

Date: 2026-01-23
AO: Flat Earth
Q: LouGee ,
PAX: Bloomer, LouGee, Banks, Jolly, DQ
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WOR:
25x SSH , 1x Down and back (OYO)

The Thang:
2 vs 3 Hotbox (with Frisbee), the goal was to the “W”

Moleskine:
Show u!

COT:
60 second of Silence!

Tags: Flat Earth, Bloomer, LouGee, Banks, Jolly, DQ

Date: 2026-01-22
AO: Mastodon
Q: Samsonite ,
PAX: Endo, Jailbreak, Falsetto, Big Mac, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Stock boy FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WOR: Motivators, Abe Vigodas, Copperhead Squats, Batwings

The Thang: Life is Unpredictable: So Thang 1: we count off 1-8. Run the small loop with random stops where a number is called. That PAX chooses an exercise that we do either spitoon style or Ring of Fire style to 57. (Why 57? Random.) Soundtrack: Top Hits of 1969. (Why 1969? Random.) Thang 2: We mosey to the shop. Musical Doras with Table Lifts, BBSs, Step Ups, all to various songs entitled “1969.” (First, who knew there were so many songs just called “1969?” Second, why 1969? Random.) Thang 3: Freeze Tag. The three “its” easily conquered the hapless prey. (The one “it” was dying but he was the Q so he created two more “its.” Magic!) Why “Freeze Tag?” Random.

Moleskine: Life is unpredictable. We really don’t know what’s coming tomorrow. As the Christian Scriptures teach, “You make plans, I will go to this city or that city. I will trade and make money. But your life is a vapor, here today and tomorrow gone.”

So what do we do with that? Focus on those things in front of you. Cherish what is here now. Be mindful of what you can control today and be faithful in those things.

COT: Mr Roboto’s friend facing the dissolution of his marriage; Falsetto’s son taking next life steps, Some Third Thing.

Tags: Mastodon, Endo, Jailbreak, Falsetto, Big Mac, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite, Mr Roboto, Stock boy

Date: 2026-01-22
AO: Dark Room
Q: Brainfog ,
PAX: Brainfog, Lakers, Crack, Jolly, Beaker, LeMond, Flower Boy, Banks, Framed, Toto, Dumpster, Manhole, Tortuga FNGs:
COUNT: 13
WOR: SSH, Abe Vigodas, side shuffles, merkins, mountain climbers, karaoke

The Thang:
Curb merkins, L then R then both hands on curb x10 each
Parking lot lap
Around the world lunges
Lot lap
Merkins + mountain climbers
Jump squats
Scout run medium lap
Side crunches L/R
Full sit ups
Mountain Merkin min madness
Lil baby freddie Mercury min madness
Pointers
Scout run small lap

Moleskine: You’ll be remembered for your accomplishments but you’ll be missed for what you do consistently.

COT: IYKYK

The VQ fish has been passed! (and slightly cooked by the heater)

Tags: Dark Room, Brainfog, Lakers, Crack, Jolly, Beaker, LeMond, Flower Boy, Banks, Framed, Toto, Dumpster, Manhole, Tortuga