Backblasts

DATE: 2024-10-04
AO: #ao_flat_earth
Q: @Tortuga
PAX: @Shiplap @8-Track @TBTF @White Noise @Jolly @Banks @Tortuga @Velveeta @Krampus @LeMond @Gummi Bear @Cheese
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12

WOR: yes

The Thang: Ultimate in the rain

COT: @LeMond’s 100 year old grandmother passed, @Tortuga’s 2.0’s in hard places: prayers for peace.

Moleskine: Forgive as Christ forgave you: unconditionally, while he was being crucified, wiping the slate clean.

Backblast! Name that Tune
DATE: 2024-10-02
AO: #ao_tar_pit
Q: @Tortuga
PAX: @TBTF @Bloomer @NATTY @Spit Valve @Krampus @Tortuga @Samsonite @Panhandle
FNGs: None
COUNT: 8

WOR: Motivators (7), copperhead squats and merkins, goof balls, arm stretching

The Thang: Musical Dora
At the top of the spa one partner did reps (no counting needed) the other moseyed down then came up any way except moseying (bear crawl, Bernie, lunge, broad jump, crab walk, skip, side shuffle, karaoke, etc.)
 The exercise at the top changed when the song changed.  Whoever names the new song first calls the exercise.
We did squats, merkins, lbc, ssh, plank, dips, air thrusters, imperial walkers.

7MOM: flutters intermixed with protractors.  Finished with 5 degrees to failure.  @NATTY killed it.

COT: Prayers for @Krampus’s M skin condition that can’t be treated without risk to breast feeding, @Panhandle’s 2.0 recovering from successful achilles surgery, @Tortuga’s 2.0’s both struggling with some heavy stuff at school.  Prayers for peace.

Moleskine: Pick up trash.

Backblast: No thrusters, no nonsense

Date: 9/26/2024

AO: #ao_mastodon

PAX: @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @Ankles, @Stock boy, @Tortuga, @Linc, @Panhandle, @Jolly, @Big Mac, @T-bone, @TBTF, @Jailbreak, @Sparrow, @LeMond

Total: 12

• Warmorama:

  • Motivators from 7

  • Tappy Taps

  • Mountain Climbers

  • Monkey Humpers

  • Arm circles, both directions

• Pre-thang:

  • 20 Bobby Hurleys run and down Hoffa

  • Repeat

• 5-Alive with coupons using 5 stations marked with cones.

  • Merkins off coupons

  • Curls

  • Salt Shakers

  • Coupons Swings

  • American Hammers with Coupon

  • Murder Bunnies from 5th station back to 1st.

• Mary:

  • Box cutters

  • Freddie Mercuries

  • Australian Snow Angels

• Moleskin:

  • While doing IronPax week 3 at #ao_dark_room, I could really smell the earth and the grass and I wondered if being outdoors, getting dirty literally helps one cope better with irritants and reduce seasonal allergies. Well, there is evidence that exposure to dirt can improve one’s health. From the New York Times: Go on, grab a handful of soil or hike a muddy trail: It can benefit everything from your mood to your microbiome.

Backblast! Run Club
DATE: 2024-09-27
AO: #ao_ground_zero
Q: @Tortuga
PAX: @Beaker @Panhandle @Ankles @Stock boy @LeMond @Tortuga @Humpty @Dumpster @LouGee @Dr. Phil @Mr Roboto @Toto
FNGs: None
COUNT: 12

WOR: yes

The Thang: ran to Blanchard, ascended 3-5 times

COT: Prayers for Mr. Roboto’s brother, Dr. Phil’s friend in ICU recovering from heart and lung surgery, LeMond’s home inspection today

Moleskine: When you communicate, the words you use rank third in order of importance.  First is body language. Second is tone of voice.
This is especially obvious when someone is apologizing.  Make sure you really are sorry before apologizing or it really doesn’t count.

Backblast: A balancing act

Date: 9/19/24

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @LeMond, @Framed, @Manhole, @Crack

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 4

• Warmorama:

  • Motivators from 7

  • Tappy Taps

  • Side leg raises

  • Monkey Humpers

  • Arm circles, both directions

• Agility:

  • Rocky Balboa

  • Ziz-zag side-to-side hops; 3 burpees and then back.

  • Single leg hop straight line; 3 burpees and then back

  • Feet together zig-zag hops; 3 burpees and then back

  • Zig zag single-leg hops on R, back on L; 3 burpees end then back

  • Bent-over reaches: 10 on each leg, slow.

• Only what you carry

  • Travel around Hacksaw

  • 50 thrusters

  • 100 uneven merkins

  • 50 BBS with the block

  • Pick up the 6.

• Extra: 20 plank jacks off the coupon

• Balance

  • 1 min blind-folded leg hold, each leg

  • 1 min blind-folded line hold, each leg

• Moleskin: children are always watching us and will imitate us.

  • How much my daughter mimics my actions.

  • Putting her hands together for prayer before meals, though no one taught her.

Backblast: A Tale of Three Blowouts
Date: 09/16/24
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Jolly @8-Track @Velveeta @T.B. @Pitch Pipe @Hershey @Tortuga @Crack @Jack (FNG) @Shiplap @Banks @DQ
FNGs: 1
Q: @DQ
Total: 12

WOR

• SSH
• Back and forth across the field however PAX desire

Thang 1
6-1 blowout game of Ultimate

Thang 2
Traded a couple players to make things more even. 5-0 blowout game of Ultimate.

Thang 3
Traded a couple more players to make things more even. 6-1 blowout game of Ultimate.

Moleskin
Sometimes when God lets you go through hard things, it’s so that he can show you impossible things. When you’re going through a hard season, keep an eye out for what God’s doing with it. Seeing good come out of my difficult times has been my biggest faith builder.

CoT

• @Jack’s son getting active and taking care of his physical health
• @Pitch Pipe direction and focus at work
• @Hershey and M’s baby coming soon
• @Crack celebrating an anniversary

Backblast: 9/11
Date: 9/11/2024
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Panhandle @Tortuga @TBTF @Banks @Dumpster
FNGs: 0
Q: @Tortuga
Total: 5

Warm-o-rama: SSH, Abe Vigodas (slow), imperial walkers, batwings, copperhead squats and merkins, stretching

9/11 beatdown

The Thang:
Carried coupons to the front of the school up the stairs.

9 rounds with 11 reps each, loop around the circle between sets
Tricep extensions, Bonnie Blairs, Side crunches, Overhead press, Bent over rows, hammers, uneven merkins, Block sits, Nut crackers

Most were IC

Read details of 1st aircraft:
AA Flight 11
Boston – Los Angeles
Hit the North Tower at 0846
92 perished
SSH x 92 IC
stairs

UA Flight 175
Boston – Los Angeles
Hit South Tower at 0903
65 perished
Mt. Climbers x 65 IC
loop

AA Flight 77
Dulles – Los Angeles
Hit the Pentagon at 0937
64 perished
Overhead clap x 64 IC
loop

UA Flight 93
Newark – San Francisco
Crashed in Shanksville, PA at 1003 after passengers attempted to thwart the hijacking
44 perished
burpees x 44 OYO

Moleskine: Remember. Somewhere in the book of Job: “The LORD gives and the LORD takes away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

COT: @Panhandle’s 2.0 anxious about today’s singles tennis match.

Date: Saturday , 8/17/24, 07:00am
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Audible @Linc @Stock boy @TBTF
Q: @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Total: 4
WOR: SSH, Abe Vegodas, Copperhead Squats, and various stretchesThang 1: Light post based workout doing a "SAMMY" workout of varying rep counts. Like the real SAMMY (@Samsonite) tis one required some improve as it was surprisingly impossible as originally planned.
S – Squats
A – Awful Burpee (2 merkins at the bottom)
M – Merkins
M – Mountain Climbers
Y – Yule BrennersCOT: Health and safety, spoken and unspoken challenges

Date: Saturday , 8/31/24, 07:00am
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Sparrow DeadDrop @Audible @Operation (F3 The 618) (downrange) @McStuffins @BoStaff @Maniac @Jailbreak @pele (downrange) @TBTF
Q: @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Total: 10
WOR:
SSH, Abe Vegodas, Copperhead Squats, and various stretchesThang 1: Pearls On A String – Classic TBTF
– mosey outter-most perimeter
– picnic table thrusters/lifts
– side shuffle suicides in pool parking lot
– southeast corner squats as a group and each PAX takes, followed by a birthday celebration style routine introduced to us from down range to celebrate @Maniac’s 50th b-day (RESPECT!)
– lunge to bridge
– Lt Dan’s (to 4/16)mosey back to flag and play pickleball for final 10 minutes.Moleskine – Supporting others relentlessly even when they don’t knowCOT: Health and safety, spoken and unspoken challenges

Date: Saturday , 9/7/2024, 07:00am
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Bloomer @Stock boy @Jailbreak @TBTF
Q: @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Total: 4
WOR:
SSHx25, Copperhead Squats x10, Good mornings x10, Abe Vegodas x10, Tappy Taps x10, Leg stretch, Runners stretchThang 1:
Mosey to pool parking lot for some side shuffle suicides
Lt Dans to 8/32, Al Gore for the 6
SSH in cadence x50
broad jump to parking lot, Al Gore for the 6
casual mosey to base of HoffaThang 2:
Hoffa Circuit –
R1 (2 sets, hold Al Gore for six):
– Base – squats x10-15
– Ascend – Bernie mosey
– Top – squats x10-15
– Descend – lunge/mosey
R2 (2 sets, old Al Gore for six):
– base – star squats x10-15
– Ascend – Bernie or mosey
– Top – star jumps x10-15
– Descend – Bernie or mosey or any mode of travel you wish
R3
– Man Rise/Sprint x1Moleskine – Shared a story about my 2.1 telling me a story about how her and her stunt group (cheer team) tried to do a stunt many many times and failed time after time and then they nailed it. She told me that they really needed to fail to succeed. She basically gave me the moleskine in the car ride home from the cheer gym. <— Proud Dad momentCOT: Health and safety, spoken and unspoken challenges