Backblasts

DATE: 2022-04-04
AO: Patriot
Q: Roadkill
PAX: Ice Tea, citrus, Legacy, Wedding Singer, Lazlo, Lucius
FNGs: @Coconuts, @Red Elephant
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: SSH, Jump Squats, CP/WMH, DD/CK, World’s Greatest Stretch
THE THANG: Half lap with the coupon, circle around 50 yard line ring for series of coupon based exercises, and then series of body weight exercises, and back to coupons. Perform an exercise while one PAX does murder bunnies around the periphery of the ring. That PAX then leads the next exercise, around the circle one at a time. Once all made it around switch to lunge around the periphery one at a time for a series of body weight exercises. Then rifle carry for a series of coupon exercises. MARY: LBC’s, fire hydrants, donkey kicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Welcome to Red Elephant from Tallahassee. Consider the GrowRuck event with a Friday night dinner, Saturday morning workout then lecture series, Saturday night ruck CSAUP, Sunday breakfast.
COT: Mangled JR Tolkien quote from Bilbo at his birthday celebration to those gathered, “I know half of you as well as I would like, and like less than half of you as well as you deserve.” Encouragement to put time and effort in to make new friendships and get to know the friends you have better.

DATE: 2022-04-04
AO: Farm
Q: Matthew – Running Man
PAX: Infinity
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARM UP:
Side straddle hops
Beet pickers
Calf raises
Arm circles
Don Quixotes
Mosey around the soccer fields

THE THANG:
Circle burpees:
Glute raises
Big boy sit-ups
Lunges
Squat
LBCs
(While taking turns doing 5 burpees, then 10 merkins, then 10 SSH, then 30 LBCs.)

MARY:
Flutter kicks
Side dips
American hammers

COT:
Forward momentum is necessary for riding a bicycle and for flying an airplane. Keep up your positive momentum!

DATE: 2022-04-03
AO: Mor-Ruck-Ing
Q: Old Bay
PAX: Old Bay
FNGs: None
COUNT: 1
One lonely Ruck-eee I be
all by myself I got no F3
the sun is coming up
the mocha’s white flat
I’m here you’re not what the hell is up with that?

My name is @oldbay and I am is quick as can be
no not running but try 30 pound Ruck and you’ll see

I learn to ruck from the capital OGs
Yeah I’m talking #mother-rucki-ing @majpayne, @horshack, and @Hightower so please

#tailgunners 2 frontrunner I’ve been losing LBs
see you any given Sunday
you should come and join me!

DATE: 2022-04-02
AO: Freestate
Q: Forest
PAX: Deagle, ShowMe, Dungeon Master, Winston, Forest
FNGs: Novacain, and one more i missed the name of
COUNT: 7
WARMUP:
All IC
Mt climbers x30
Ssh x30
Bend and reach x10
Batwings x10
THE THANG:
Emom, 6 reps, 4 sets
Mogels
Absolutions
Burpees
Jump squats

Dora 1 2 3s, done with partner
Clean and press w/ coupon x100
Squat w/ coupon x200
AH w/o coupon x300
MARY:
10 pull ups

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cherry run tomorrow
COT: cherry run tomorrow for deagle.

DATE: 2022-04-02
AO: Aerie
Q: Rocketman
PAX: Haggis, Chasqui, Ted Yuan
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:

Hillbillies x 12, IC
No Moneys x 12, IC
Mountain Climbers x 12, IC
Cherry Pickers x 12, IC
Mountain Climbers x12 IC

THE THANG:

Four stations in a line across the field + a run to the end of the field. I only have exercises for three stations, so YOU get to pick out an exercise for the fourth station and lead it! Rotate through!

Round 1:

1. Step-ups x 40
2. Kettlebell Swings x15
3. Derkins x15
4. ????????

Round 2:

1. Skull Crushers x15
2. American Hammers x15
3. XYs x15
4. ????

REPEAT

MARY:

– Supermans
– Penguin Taps
– Freddie Mercurys
– LBCs
– Flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– Monday Night Ruckers, Haggis on Q!
– April 16 Manassas Ruck
– April 23, 2.0 friendly workout!

COT:

This workout ended with a bang to the core. You got to Q workouts. Small curveballs, but there are more promised in your life! Be prepared, build one another up, look for ways to get outside your comfort zone so when the time comes to _be_ outside your comfort zone, you’ll know how to handle it!

And read _The Comfort Crisis_.