Backblasts

Date: 2026-04-18
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Beaker ,
PAX: What, Portage, Homie, LeMond, Beaker, T-bone, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Big Mac FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR: 30 sshs, 10 Abe Vigodas, picking daisies oyo

The Thang: Carry coupons to front of school. Mosey up and down the three sets of stairs at the front.

Starting at the double set of stairs, do 4 reps, go to the top of the left stairs, do 8 reps, come down, do 12 reps, go up the right stairs, do 16 reps, come down, do 20 reps, go to the bottom of the stairs to the east, do 24 reps, go up and do 28, return and do 32 reps, return to the double stairs. Switch exercises and repeat.

Exercises:
Merkins
Bent over rows
Dips
Curls
BBSUs
Romanian deadlifts
Burpees
Blockees

Some PAX finished through curls; Panhandle got a good deal through BBSUs.

Moleskine: You are responsible for your 2 blocks (for the direct authority and influence you’ve been given). Don’t get distracted by responsibilities that belong to others. make your 2 blocks better then how you found it.

COT: iykyk

Tags: Tar Pit, What, Portage, Homie, LeMond, Beaker, T-bone, Panhandle, Da Vinci, Big Mac

Date: 2026-04-18
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Bloomer ,
PAX: Hypotenuse, Banks, Jolly, Gummi Bear, Hershey, Spielberg, Tortuga, Wagyu, Cheese, Bloomer, White Noise, Oompa, @homer, Runs FNGs: 1 Runs
COUNT: 14
WOR: side straddle hop, across the field and back

The Thang: Frisbee in the wind

Moleskine: we will all have pain in our life. The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. What pain are you currently experiencing?

COT: Armstrong, family whose son is currently having seizures, Giggles son

Tags: Flat Earth, Hypotenuse, Banks, Jolly, Gummi Bear, Hershey, Spielberg, Tortuga, Wagyu, Cheese, Bloomer, White Noise, Oompa, @homer, Runs

Date: 2026-04-17
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Dumpster ,
PAX: Endo, Cheap Shot, Dumpster, Cookies, Mr Roboto, LeMond, Beaker, Mr. Bean, Panhandle, Buns, Toto, Stock boy, Chuck FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WOR:
– Side Straddle Seal Claps (aka Seal Clap Hops) – SSHs but clap in front instead of overhead – Imperial Skippers – Imperial Walkers but with a skip in your step

The Thang: We ran or rucked West on Manchester Rd. The faster runners turned on Country Farm Rd. and did a loop back on the path.

Moleskine:
On this day, April 17, in 1970, the Apollo 13 mission successfully concluded with a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise returned safely after a 6-day, 23-hour, 54-minute mission that was aborted following an oxygen tank explosion on April 13.

Quotes from an Apollo 13 Astronaut – Jim Lovell:

“There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.”

And

“Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.”

COT: Open prayer for anyone and closed with this:

We are grateful for Fitness – to be able to exercise and move our bodies in the various ways that we are capable.

We are grateful for Fellowship – to spend social time together and develop friendships with each other.

We are grateful for Faith – as we all have various hope and beliefs – and our faiths come in different styles, shapes, and sizes.

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“Electricity Will Kill You” Stickers were awarded to those who earned them.

Coffeteria- I brought regular coffee and Ryze mushroom coffee. Some pax tried mushroom coffee for the first time and thought it was either good, tolerable, or disgusting. Cookies brought Thai iced tea to share! อร่อย :yum:

Tags: Ground Zero, Endo, Cheap Shot, Dumpster, Cookies, Mr Roboto, LeMond, Beaker, Mr. Bean, Panhandle, Buns, Toto, Stock boy, Chuck

Date: 2026-04-17
AO: Flat Earth
Q: Tortuga , Tortuga
PAX: Bloomer, Candyland, White Noise, Cheese, Spokes, Samsonite, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, Shiplap, Tortuga, Sparty, Kazoo FNGs: 1 Kazoo
COUNT: 13
WOR: yes

The Thang: 6v7

Moleskine: Do hard things.

COT: jobs, ailments, mastectomies

Tags: Flat Earth, Bloomer, Candyland, White Noise, Cheese, Spokes, Samsonite, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Manhole, Shiplap, Tortuga, Sparty, Kazoo

Date: 2026-04-16
AO: Mastodon
Q: Endo ,
PAX: Stock boy, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak, Too Big To Fail (TBTF), Samsonite, Da Vinci, Endo FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR: 7 motivators, goofballs, arm circles, seal claps, overhead claps, michael phelps, xc skiers

Some parking lot plyos – skips with arm circles, skips with michael phelps, lunges, backward lunges, karioke, backward skips

The Thang:
Mosey to Cooties
Stationary Dan Taylors to 8 (exicon Lt Dans)
Cindy AMRAP to at least 5 reps of 5 pullups, 10 merkins, 15 squats

Animal parade around the Cooties circle
Bear crawls
Jumping Frogs
Started raining, so we moseyed to the SHOP

SHOP
2 reps of
20 table calf raises
20 table press
40 step ups
40 wing nuts
20 table merkins
40 tablespoons mtn climbers
20 dips
40 russian kicks

Exicon discovery zone at the playground turf
The wolverine
Tony hawk burpee
The ATM

Moleskine: I forgot my planned topic, so I talked about why I’m doing a marathon this spring. I can race a half marathon just fine, but a marathon seems to be beyond my ability, and sometimes it’s a neat challenge in itself to learn how to tackle something that’s just outside our ability.

COT: giggles son, job seeking pax

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

Date: 2026-04-16
AO: Dark Room
Q: Lakers ,
PAX: Beaker, Manhole, Jolly, LeMond, Tortuga, Dumpster, Lakers, Toto, Framed FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WOR:
SSH
Arm circles
Karaoke
Butt kickers
Toy soldiers

The Thang:
Long Scout Run out around the Library

Stop at the practice Cricket Pitches

Three Rounds of FUN! (This is the fun part, Jolly. Emphasis on the F-U-n)

With each round, travel to the concrete pitch do 10 reps of an exercise, run back to the start, then travel to the next pitch, do 20 reps, run back, travel to the third pitch and do 30 reps, run back.

Mode of travel and exercise change each round. Don’t worry about finding the puddles, they’ll find you!

Round 1:
Army Crawl / V-Ups

Round 2:
Broad Jump / Hand Release Merkins

Round 3:
Zombie Crawl (no use of legs) / Burpees

Mosey back to flags

Moleskine:
Always learn about yourself. Discover new aspects of who you are. This learning often comes through failure, input from others, or personal reflection. Lean into it!

COT: Injuries and Jobs!

Tags: Dark Room, Beaker, Manhole, Jolly, LeMond, Tortuga, Dumpster, Lakers, Toto, Framed

Date: 2026-04-15
AO: Tar Pit
Q: Tortuga ,
PAX: The wet burrito, Tortuga, DQ, Panhandle, Falsetto, Bloomer FNGs:
COUNT: 6
WOR: Abe Vigodas, silent motivators

The Thang: 5 Min EMOM, 35ssh and 7 burpees, increasing the burpees by one each min, ending with 11

Mosey a lap while mentally calculating the number of jumps a PAX completes when doing motivators from 7. Our counts varied greatly. 112 was wrong.

Parner work: one ssh while the other does one leg, switch. Both PAX do all legs. Three legs:
1. murder bunny out, 5 thrusters, ynnub redrum back
2. Lunge out, 5 merkins, reverse lunge back
3. Mosey out, 5 groiners, Bernie back
Repeat with 10 reps, then 15.

Mosey a lap

Again we tried to determine the number of jumps when completing motivators from 7. Again we failed to reach consensus.
So we did MOTIVATORS from 7. PAX were encouraged to count the jumps. We failed. Again.

Bring Sally up.

More partner work. Same modes of transportation with grave diggers, Bobby Hurleys, and Carolina dry docks.

7MOM: Imperial walkers, block sit squats, planks.

Moleskine: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s.

COT: Wesley (Giggle’s son), Bloomer’s brother looking for work.

Tags: Tar Pit, The wet burrito, Tortuga, DQ, Panhandle, Falsetto, Bloomer

Date: 2026-04-15
AO: Ground Zero
Q: Audible ,
PAX: Manhole, Stock boy, Audible, Cheap Shot, Buns, Samsonite, Endo FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
WOR:
1. Side Straddle Hops
2. Abe Vigodas
3. Stretch OYO

The Thang:
Endo ran and everyone else went to the south garage and rucked up and down the stairs, etc.

Moleskine:
“Leave a little in the tank” for tomorrow.

COT:
Cookies and M, PAX seeking job(s), Buns is currently dealing with dizzy spells, other unspoken requests of the PAX.

Tags: Ground Zero, Manhole, Stock boy, Audible, Cheap Shot, Buns, Samsonite, Endo

Date: 2026-04-11
AO: Tar Pit
Q: LeMond ,
PAX: Portage, LeMond, Homie, T-bone, Panhandle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
– Warmorama
– SSHs
– Imperial Walkers
– Toy Soldiers
– TIE fighters
– Grady Corns
– Pre-Thang around the school.
– 20 hand slap merkins, Q calls cadence.
– 20 merkins, Pax take turns providing resistance.
– Leg throw downs (20 each Pax)
– At the track:
– Coupon passes
– Pax does one coupon press, then passes the coupon
– 15 presses for each Pax
– Coupon passes back-to-back
– 15 in each direction
– Partner hamstring curls
– One Pax holds the ankles of the other Pax who goes to the ground in a controlled manner. – Bunny vs Bear
– One Pax does 5 standing long jumps and holds squat.
– At the same time, his partner bear crawls to him.
– Switch roles and alternate back and forth for a predetermined distance. – Thang 2: Flat tire
– Partner 1 gets into wheelbarrow, does 1 derkin and then 4 hand steps 4 steps then does 1 derkin, takes 8 steps and does 2 derkins. – Continue to 6 derkins, 24 (8 is too many!)
– Three-man Dora 1-2-3
– Round One: 100 blockees and 200 merkins
– Round Two: 100 coupon swings 200 BBSs
– Round Three: 100 chest presses and 200 4-ct flutter kicks
– Note: we didn’t finish the flutter kicks.
– Mary
– Crunchy Frogs
– Australian Snow Angels
– Moleskin:
– Resentment
– “Nothing on earth consumes a man more quickly than the passion of resentment.” — Friedrich Nietzsche – First step: acknowledge it when you notice it in yourself..

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

Date: 2026-04-14
AO: Mastodon
Q: Mr Roboto ,
PAX: Audible, Stock boy, Ankles, LeMond, Dumpster, Sparrow, Mr. Bean, DQ, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak FNGs:
COUNT: 10
WOR:
The Q alighted from his van, and admonished everyone to mosey over to the Shop for SSHs, Abe Vigodas, and copperhead squats.

The Thang:
In partners, 1 person farmer carries both coupons from the Shop to the gravel path and back while the other completes exercises. Switch. Do two sets of each. – BBSUs
– Freddie Mercurys
Scout run around baseball field. Then, switch to rifle carry and do… – Flutter kicks
– LBCs
Scout run around baseball field.

The Q explained this next thang very poorly, but everyone eventually got it. Each pair carries their coupons around the Shop while the other 8 perform coupon curls. Keep going until everyone has gone around the Shop. Do two cycles of this.

Ended with a thruster spittoon to 80 and Mary while the Q ran to get hot water for Coffeeteria from his car.

Moleskine:
We all have rough days, weeks, periods of time. Those don’t last forever. Remind yourself that there is an end to every trouble, in one way or another. We’re here to help.

COT:
Jobs, health, a friend who was detained by ICE

Tags: Mastodon, Audible, Stock boy, Ankles, LeMond, Dumpster, Sparrow, Mr. Bean, DQ, Mr Roboto, Jailbreak