Backblasts

Date: 8/10/24

AO: #ao_tar_pit

PAX: @LeMond @Da Vinci @SAGA @T-bone @Beaker

FNGs: 0

Q: @Beaker

Total: 5

WOR: Motivators, windmills, stretching, batwings

Thang

‘1/2 mile’

Moving around the lake counter clockwise Pax completed exercises in the following pattern.

1 of the stationary exercise, 4 of the moving exercise; 2 of the stationary exercise, 8 of the moving exercise; up to 8 and 32. After the completion of one set of exercises, PAX moseyed to the PAX who made it the furthest and held plank or Al Gore. Then on PAX lex a round of Mary before moving to the next set of exercises.

Exercise sets were:

Mountain Bears

Mountain climber (2 is 1)

Bear crawls

Dan Taylors

Squats

Lunges (1 is 1)

Flat Tires

Partner derkins

Wheelbarrows

Broadbees

Burpees

Broad jumps

Crab Dip

Crab walk

Dips

Duck Humpers

Monkey humpers

Duck walk

Moleskine: Becoming an expert at a skill and developing your craft is good, but there is much value in the humility, frustration, and excitement of learning completely new things and skills.

Date: Thursday, 8/8/24, 5:30am

AO: #ao_ground_zero
PAX: @Samsonite, @Cottontail, @LouGee, @T-bone, @Ankles, @Tortuga, @Low Tide, @Linc
Q: @Stock boy
FNGs: 0
Total: 9
WOR: SSHs, arm circles, Abe Vigodas, runner’s stretch
Thang: Wheelbarrow DORA. We started with 4 pairs and @Stock boy started as ‘it’: he had to run the wheelbarrow and its load up and down Hoffa. At the bottom, he swapped in for whomever was doing reps in pair 1. That person did the wheelbarrow Hoffa run and then swapped with the repping PAX in pair 2, repeating for pair 3, pair 4, then back to 1 and so on. DORA consists of:
100 thrusters
200 skull crushers
300 kettlebell swings
400 curls
500 goblet squats
Moleskin: Practice doing hard things willingly (beatdowns, cold showers, etc.) so that you’ll be ready to do necessary hard things when there’s something valuable at stake.
COT: Tortuga’s M who will be starting a new treatment for her back.

Date: Wednesday, 08/07/24
AO: #ao_tar_pit
PAX: @Lib @CHiPs @Squeaks @Spit Valve @NATTY @Cottontail @Panhandle (respect) @Da Vinci @Sparrow @Samsonite (respect) @Tortuga (respect) @SAGA
FNGs: 0
Q: @SAGA
Total: 12

Date: 8/3/24

AO: #ao_tar_pit

PAX: @LeMond @Da Vinci @Panhandle @T-bone @NATTY @The wet burrito @Sparrow @Samsonite @Beaker

FNGs: 0

Q: @Beaker

Total: 9

WOR: Motivators, windmills, stretching, batwings

Thang

The impossible mile

On the track travel:

100 m broad jump burpee

100 m lunge walk

100 m bear crawl

100 m mosey

Repeat for 4 laps on the track to complete the mile.

Moleskine: Have grace with yourself. Also, I am hiring out my electrician services.

Date: 8/1/2024

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Manhole @LeMond @Noodles @Beaker

FNGs: 0

Q: @Beaker

Count: 2

WOR: SSH IC, Picking daisies oyo, batwings IC, 5 t-bone burpees

Thang: Grab 2 coupons with pvc pipe handles. Farmer’s carry them to the war memorial and back. Occasionally plank for the 6.

Moleskin: The most important things in life aren’t flashy. They are simply pushing through in the same direction over time. Do that in you marriage and with your 2.0s.

COT: @Manhole’s 2.0 recovering from tonsillectomy @Noodles new job and training

Date: Tuesday, 7/30/24, 5:30am

AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Samsonite, @Sparrow, @Linc, @Falsetto, @Guillighann, @Mr Roboto, @Da Vinci, @LouGee, @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Q: @Stock boy
Total: 10

WoR: Motivators, Abe Vigodas, stretching

Thang1: 16s of BBSUs and curls, traveling between lamp posts with coupon lunge walks and overhead presses while walking

Thang2: Circle of pain – 150 Squrls

Thang3: Man-rise

Thang4: Circle of pain – nutcrackers

Thang5: Man-rise

Thang6: Round of Mary

*** For those counting reps for the BOTM challenge, we did 120 curls and 120 BBSUs for thang1, 15 curls each for thang2, 15 BBSUs each for thang4, and 10 BBSUs during thang6: 135 curls/145 BBSUs/280 reps ***

Moleskin: In order to ensure we don’t take our loved ones for granted, we wrote notes of encouragement and/or affection on post it notes, which we then later would place where the recipients would find them.

COT: Praise for @Falsetto’s 2.0’s engagement, prayers for @Guillighann’s cousin Tim battling cancer.

Date: 7/26/2024

AO: #ao_ground_zero
PAX:
@Toto, @Panhandle, @Cottontail, @T-bone, @Topham

FNG’s: 0
Q: @Stock boy

Total: 6
WOR: sidestraddle hops, Abe Vigodas, stretching

THE THANG:
We ran to the Wheaton College stadium, did stadium step runs and some laps, then ran back; except for
@T-bone, who abandoned us.

MOLESKIN:

I shared verses from my bible study I do with my wife:
Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear. Philippians 1:12-14

COT: Some stuff I don’t remember.

Date: 07/20/24
AO: #ao_mastodon
PAX: @Stock boy @Cage (down range) @Samsonite @T.B. @Bloomer @TBTF
FNGs: 0
Q: @TBTF
Total: 6

WoR – SSH, Abe Vegodas, Tappy Taps, T-Bone BurpeesThang 1 – mosey/Scout Run (nice and slow) small loop around lakeThang 2 – Tabata – 8 minutes of 45/15 work/rest alternating between curls and BBSUs for the BOTM crowdThang 3 – BOMBS/Charles Bronson combo – routine consists of doing an exercise, lunge across field (~25 yards in our case), mosey up Hoffa and touch the fence, mosey back to the starting point and rinse and repeat until we make it through all exercises; exercises at the starting point were: Blockees x25, OH Press x50, Derkins x50, BBSUs x50, Goblet Squats x50Thang 4 – more Tabata!!! – 8 minutes of 45/15 work/rest alternating between curls and
BBSUs for the BOTM crowd6MOM – We ended with Mary on top of Hoffa in Ring of Fire fashion Moleskine
Life is a grind. It can be hard to see all the progress you make when you are in the middle of it. When possible reflect on how far you have come

Date: 07/14/24
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Cheese @Jolly @Big Mac @T.B. @Hershey @Panhandle @Manhole @TBTF @Swish @Pitch Pipe @Banks @Tortuga @Oompa @Panda Express @Archive @Ducky @Shiplap @DQ
FNGs: 0
Q: @DQ
Total: 18

WOR

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

The thang
Ultimate!

Moleskin
Be the pilot, not the turbulence. As men and fathers, we’re called to be leaders. Focus on what you can do to lead through tough / tense situations.

Backblast: Circle of Sweat

Date: 07/18/2024

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Framed, @Beaker, @Manhole, @Cottontail, @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 5

• Warmorama: 5 mins

  • Motivators from 7

  • Tappy Taps

  • Mountain Climbers

  • Arm circles, both directions

  • Side Leg Raises

• Pre-thang:

  • Hacksaw Ridge: 7s of regular BBSs and Triple Jump Squat Burpees – burpee with 3 jump squats

  • 6 BBSs, 1 TJSB…5 BBSs, 2 TJSB

• Extra: 10 4-ct smurf jacks.

• Main Thang: 3 rounds

  • 1. 10 Pull-ups

  • 2. 20 V-ups

  • 3. 10 creature merkins

    • Urkin, rotate to derkin.

    • Repeat

  • 4. 100 foot Broad Jump Burpees

  • 5. Bear crawl back, hold plank

• Mary:

  • Flutter kicks

  • American Hammers

• Moleskin: When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad. Tacitus

• Notes: @Manhole was considerate enough to leave a circle of sweat in the circle of trust.