Backblast: Run Club

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.

Backblast: Tabata, BOMBS, and more

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

Monday Ultimate

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

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.

Backblast: Let’s Destroy our Legs

Date: Tuesday, 7/16/24, 5:30am

AO: #ao_ground_zero
PAX: @BigBlue (Eli Dominguez), @Gilligan (Matt Dominguez), @Falsetto, @Audible, @TBTF, @LeMond
Q: @Stock boy
FNGs: 0
Total: 7
WOR: Side straddle hops, copperhead squats, Abe Vigodas, pendulum swing stretch, runners stretch
Thang1:11s – Squats and 4-is-1 flutter kicks
Thang2: Lt. Dan outside the baseball field’s outfield fence to Hoffa.
Thang3: Up Hoffa with sprints, Bernie Sanders, Karaoke right, Karaoke left, and lung walk; jogging down.
Thang4: Tabata at picnic tables squats, calf raises, step ups, and up-and-over the table.
Moleskin: Discipline of character: be truthful, reliable, and honor commitments.
COT: @BigBlue’s grandmother’s leg surgery, @Gilligan’s cousin Tim? with cancer.

Backblast: EMOMBDBD

Backblast: EMOMBDBD

Date: 07/02/2024

AO: #ao_tar_pit

PAX: @T-bone, @NATTY, @Banks, @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 4

  • Warmorama: 5 mins

    • Goofballs

    • Tappy Taps

    • Mountain Man Poopers

    • Imperial Walkers

    • Bat wings

  • Thang 1: EMOM ladder

    • Each minute PAX perform reps of each exercise. 5 reps each during the first minute, 6 during the second, up to 10, and then back down to 5.

    • Thrusters

    • Standing skull crushers

    • Bent over rows

    • Curls

  • Loosen the legs

    • 20 SSHs

    • 20 plank jacks

    • 20 Smurf Jacks

  • Mosey to base of school

  • Creature Merkin Variation

    • Incline merkin, rotate to decline merkin without standing up.

    • 5 up, 5 down.

    • Rest and repeat

  • Thang 2: Marking Progress:

    • Murder bunny out to first cone, 2 BBJOs

    • Run back, 2 prisoner cell burpees.

    • Murder bunny to second cone: 4 BBJOs, run back for 4 PCB

    • Continue: 6 BBJOs, then 8 BBJOs

  • EMOM Challenge: 12 minutes of pain*

    • 20 coupon swings

    • 20 chest presses

    • 20 goblet squats

    • Run to last cone and back

    • 20 coupon swings

    • 20 coupon presses

    • 20 coupon rotating lunges

    • Run to last cone and back

    • 20 coupon swings

    • 20 merkins on block

    • 20 rack lunges

    • Run to last cone and back

    • *Each Pax owes 20 BBSs

  • Mary:

    • 20 flutter kicks

    • 20 reach ups

  • Moleskin: Failure of Willpower

    • Gym Resolutions and Willpower: Many people crowd the gym with New Year’s resolutions, but most quit within two months due to unrealistic expectations and the failure of willpower.

    • Studies on Self-Control: Research shows that those who rarely face temptations exhibit better self-control, while those exerting constant self-discipline feel more exhausted and achieve less.

    • Effective Discipline Strategies: Success in self-control involves avoiding temptations rather than confronting them, using metacognitive tactics to manage focus and reduce decision fatigue, as exemplified by Navy SEAL training during Hell Week.

    • Hell Week Experience: Hell Week starts with gunfire on a Sunday at 2 AM and involves continuous, intense physical exercises with no sleep until Friday.

    • Challenges: Trainees endure running, pushups, cold ocean immersions, and log carries, repeating the drills all day and night.

    • Critical Moment: By Tuesday morning, exhaustion and stress peak, leading some to quit. Successful trainees focus on immediate tasks rather than the entire week’s challenges, demonstrating effective self-management and mindset.

Backblast: Stars, Stripes, and Sweat

Date: Tuesday, 7/2/24, 5:30am

AO: #ao_ground_zero

PAX: @Sparrow, @TBTF, @Da Vinci

Q: @Stock boy

FNGs: 0

Total: 4

WOR: Copperhead squats, picking daisies, Abe Vigodas, Copperhead merkins, lat stretches, Michael Phelps

Thang1: Scout run short loop. When the last pax gets to the front, everyone does 2-is-1 merkins in cadence by that pax..

Thang2: Dora: 100 thrusters, 200 skull crushers, 300 curls, 400 goblet squats.

Moleskin: Challenge yourself to do a service for others

COT: @Sparrow’s contacts in the middle east dealing with a cholera outbreak.

Backblast: Hard Work and Hard Rest

Date: Saturday, June 22nd, 2024

AO: #ao_tar_pit

PAX: @T-bone @Panhandle @NATTY @Phoenix @Frank @LeMond @Beaker

FNGs: 0

Q: @Beaker

Total: 7

WOR: 25x SSH, 15x Goofballs, 10x Abe Vigodas, 5x (!) Batwings, Michael Phelps, 5 T-Bone Burpees

Mosey to the practice field.

Thang 1: EMOM ladder

Each minute PAX perform reps of each exercise. 5 reps each during the first minute, 6 during the second, up to 10, and then back down to 5.

Exercises:

Thrusters

Standing skull crushers

Bent over rows

Curls

Thang 2: Broga

Mountain pose

Mountain with arms up

Mountain

Mountain with arms up

Standing forward fold

Standing half lift

Standing forward fold

Standing half lift

Legs back to downward facing dog

Plank

Down and up to cobra

Down and push up to plank

Up to downward facing dog

Right leg up to runners lunge

Right leg lunge with right arm up

Right leg lunge with right arm up

Leg back to downward facing dog

Plank

Low pushup

Cobra

Low pushup

Downward facing dog

Left leg up to runners lunge

Left leg lunge with left arm up

left leg lunge with left arm up

Leg back to downward facing dog

Legs forward to forward fold

Up to mountain with arms up

Down to mountain

Thang 3: Dirty MacDeuce

PAX complete a superset consisting of 3 sets of exercises with 12 reps each to a four count cadence, recover with a quarter mile loop, and repeat for 4 supersets. (we completed 3)

Exercises:

Derkins

Coupon squats

Manhole meatballs

Thang 4: Broga Redux

Corpse pose

Heels to butt

Bridge (shoulders and arms down)

One legged bridge (right leg up)

Bridge

One legged bridge (left leg up)

Heels to butt

Corpse pose

Wind removing

Happy baby

Wind removing

Happy baby

Feet down

Right over left, pull closer

Left over right, pull closer

Corpse

Moleskin:

If by Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,

But make allowance for their doubting too;

If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,

Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,

Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,

And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;

If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;

If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those two impostors just the same;

If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,

And lose, and start again at your beginnings

And never breathe a word about your loss;

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

To serve your turn long after they are gone,

And so hold on when there is nothing in you

Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,

If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

If all men count with you, but none too much;

If you can fill the unforgiving minute

With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,

Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,

And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

COT: Bodies that work, kids moving on to what is next, @Frank and meekness in an interpersonal situation

Backblast: Zoo Crew

Backblast: Zoo Crew

Date: 06/18/2024

AO: #ao_dark_room

PAX: @Framed, @Frank, @Manhole, @LeMond

FNGs: 0

Q: @LeMond

Total: 4

  • Warmorama: 5 mins

    • Motivators from 7

    • Monkey Humpers

    • Side Leg Raises

    • Bat wings

  • Pre-thang 1:

    • Hang from bar, partner does 20 BBs

    • Body weight support from from blocks; partner does 10 burpees.

    • 10 incline merkins on ledge, walking hands over in four steps, left to right and back.

    • 10 decline merkins on ledge, walking hands over in four steps, left to right and back.

  • Pre-thang 2:

    • Frustration: 4-ct run and push against chain-link fence.

  • Four corners on basketball court

    • 25 Jungle Boy Squats

    • 25 Crunchy Frog

    • 25 Scorpion Merkins

    • 25 Bronco or Donkey Kicks

    • Movement: bear crawl, crawl bear.

  • Second round

    • 1,2,3,4 Kraken burpees: burpee with 3 hand-release merkins

    • Movement: ape walk, bunny hop

  • Third round:

    • 10 V-ups at each corner.

    • Movement: duck walks

  • Mary:

    • Crab rollovers: raise R foot, L hand, roll to R

    • Lizard dance

    • Penguins

    • Flutter kicks

    • American Hammers

  • Moleskin: “Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.” – Horace Mann

Friday Ultimate

Backblast: Friday Ultimate
Date: 06/14/24
AO: #ao_flat_earth
PAX: @Spokes @Shiplap @Samsonite @Velveeta @LeMond @Banks @Pitch Pipe @Panda Express @Stump @Big Mac @Tortuga @Dora @two-stroke @DQ
FNGs: 1
Q: @DQ
Total: 14

WOR

  • SSH x2
  • Back and forth across the field however PAX desire

The thang
Ultimate!

Moleskin
Every time you say "yes" to one thing, you say "no" to another.