Backblasts

DATE: 2023-01-20
AO: Sparta
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: Hightower, My Space, citrus, Gadget, Peanuts, K-Pop, Bluegrass, Nano, Obadiah, Rambler, Ashe, Zeus FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
WARMUP: We did a couple of stretches.

THE THANG:
(1) Murder Bunny to 42yd line:
– 1x Burpee with Block
– 42 OH Press
– Leave block and run to opposite goal line
– 1 Burpee
– 42x Calf Raises
– Run back to block + 1 Burpee with Block
– Murder Bunny back to Start

(2) Rifle Carry to 42yd line:
– 1x Burpee with Block
– 42 Curls
– Leave block and run to opposite goal line
– 1 Burpee
– 42x Calf Raises
– Run back to block + 1 Burpee with Block
– Rifle Carry back to Start

(3) Farmers Carry (with non-dominate hand) to 42yd line:
– 1x Burpee with Block
– 42 Kettlebell Swings
– Leave block and run to opposite goal line
– 1 Burpee
– 42x Calf Raises
– Run back to block + 1 Burpee with Block
– Farmers Carry back to Start

(4) Bear Crawl + Coupon Drag to 42yd line:
– 1x Burpee
– 42 Sit Ups with Coupon
– Leave block and run to opposite goal line
– 1 Burpee
– 42x Calf Raises
– Run back to block + 1 Burpee
– Bear Crawl back to Start

(5) Lunge Walk with coupon to 42yd line
– 1x Burpee
– 42 Sit Ups with Coupon
– Leave block and run to opposite goal line
– 1 Burpee w/ block
– 42x Calf Raises
– 1 Burpee
– Run back to block + 1 Burpee with block
– Lunge Walk back to Start

(6) One lap around the track

MARY: Glees, Pickle Pounders, 5x Merkins

ANNOUNCEMENTS: GTE Support or Participation

COT: The Q shared with the PAX about something going on with his life

DATE: 2023-01-20
AO: Patriot
Q: 2 percent
PAX: Wallace, Boiler, bogey, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Lucius, Smokey, Flipper, Booking, Wedding Singer, XL, Anchor Man, Beaux FNGs: @BigData
COUNT: 15
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy’s, Don Quixote’s, Willy Mays Hays, Potato Pickers, Arm Circles, Michael Phelps, Downward Dog, Kobra Kai, World’s Greatest Stretch, Fellowship Lap

THE THANG: Lunge walk to the 10 yard line – 10 burpees
Bear crawl to the 20 yard line – 10 burpees
High knee to the 30 yard line – 10 burpees
Broad jump to the 40 yard line – 10 burpees
Back pedal to the 50 yard line – 10 burpees
Lunge walk to the 40 yard line – 10 burpees
Bear crawl to the 30 yard line – 10 burpees
High knee to the 20 yard line – 10 burpees
Broad jump to the 10 yard line – 10 burpees
Back pedal to the goal line – 10 burpees

Congratulations! Whether it was intended to or not, the PAX completed the minimum daily number of burpees required to satisfy the monthly challenge. But wait…there’s more….

Partner up for DORA – Tandem completes a total of 100 blockies. Runner goes to the 50 yard line and back while the other performs blockies.

MARY: Box Cutters, Flutter Kicks, Penguin Crunches, Nolan Ryans

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Super Bowl Squares, Grow Ruck

COT: One full minute of silence to personally reflect on anything necessary.

DATE: 2023-01-20
AO: Farm
Q: Sparky
PAX: Infinity, Faceplant, Matthew – Running Man
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP:
SSH, imperial walkers, arm circles, michael Phelps, beet pickers, WMH, short mozy

THE THANG:

25 Mercans
25 Planks
Repeat 2x to get to 50 total each set

Sumo Squats
Shoulder press

Monkey humpers
Speed skaters

Jump squats
Glute bridge single leg

Good mornings

Mary

LBCs
Reverse crunch
Rosalitas
Nolan Ryans

COT
“There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already born for us, and he does not bear with us. “ Saint John Paul the Great

Bonus COT- reach out to an old friend today. Don’t let life get in the way of a connection

DATE: 2023-01-20
AO: Horizon-Ao
Q: 3 mile
PAX: Magoo, Kodiak, Patchouli, Poe, Disco, Mr Haand, sticks, Gherkin FNGs: Attache
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH, IW, arm circles, cherry pickers, WMH, down dog, up dog, world’s greatest stretch, fellowship lap, grab coupons THE THANG:
Stations (partner up)
Round 1 // cycle through 2x
Timer: run across the field and back
coupon swings
Merkins
Jump rope
LBCs
Round 2 /// cycle through 2x
Timer: bear crawl to midfield, jog back
Coupon chest press
Freddy mercury
Jump rope
Dips (on bench)
/// sprints across field and back
MARY: crowdsourced: body saw, J-Los, slow Freddy Mercurys, side hip raises, 4 other core workouts ANNOUNCEMENTS: goRuck, help Kodiak with logs, super bosl squares
COT: 13.8 billion years ago, the universe started, stars formed. 4 billions years ago – earth formed. think of all the serendipitous things over the billions of years that had to happen *just so* to allow us to be here. we’re here for a relative blink of an eye and we get to experience this life. and yet we (i) complain that things don’t conform according to my preferences. . instead, be grateful and enjoy the ride.

DATE: 2023-01-18
AO: Patriot
Q: Major Payne
PAX: Anchor Man, Beaux, Big Short, bogey, CableGuy, Ice Tea, Lazlo, Lucius, XL FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP:
10 SSH
10 IW
10 WMH
10 Cherry Pickers
10 LBACs front and rear
10 Michael Phelps
25 HRPU (hand release push-ups)
25 BSU (butterfly sit-ups)
Lap around track

THE THANG: Pick up sandbags ( 200#, 2 x 80#, 2 x 60# ) partner up and move to 30th Street hill. 200# sandbag up front. Each group of partners get under the 200# sandbag on rotation, partners switch 60# / 80# sandbag whenever there’s a 200# sandbag rotation.

Jacobs ladder as a unit. Ground sandbags at bottom.

Squats at bottom and ruck jump over burpees at top.

Move back to football field with sandbags.

MARY: 25 x flutter kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sign up for GTE 35 https://growruck.com/event/gte-35/

COT: Sometimes the hardest thing in any new endeavor is taking the first step. Once you take that step though, you realize it’s not so bad. In fact, you understand it’s really good.

Great work as a team, figuring out a system to get the 200# sandbag moving seamlessly. It wasn’t easy, but with a good system, it can be simple.