Backblasts

Date: 2026-06-08
AO: Horizon
Q: sticks ,
PAX: SPINAL TAP, 3 mile, vplaxico, Disco, sticks, Bellhop, Kodiak, Purple Rain, Gherkin, gnuts FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: WMH, CP, LBAC, SSH, DD, WGS, SSH
THE THANG:
Part 1 — BLIMPS ladder. Run through Burpees x5, Lunges x10 (each leg), Imperial Walkers x15, Merkins x20, Plank Jacks x25, Squats x30. Mosey between each rung
Part 2 — 11s: 10 Big Boy Sit-ups at the bottom, 1 Merkin at the top, descending/ascending count. Crab walk after the big boys MARY: LBC, FK, Birddogs, stretching
ANNOUNCEMENTS: None
COT: “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.” – John Wooden

Date: 2026-06-08
AO: The Patriot
Q: Big Short ,
PAX: Deliverance, Rim Fire, Walker, Wedding Singer, Tax Guy, Booking, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Piano Man, citrus, Sunshine, Big Short, SAAS, Smokey, CableGuy, Malpractice, Craig’s List FNGs: None
COUNT: 16
WARMUP: The normal routine

THE THANG: Rounds of exercises as individuals, in pairs and in groups of three. For each round, the exercises ended once one PAX (or group) completed all the reps for that round. PAX begin with a rifle carry to the opposite goal line.

Round 1: 11s to the 30 yard line. The exercises were dercans and single-count lunges. Then rifle carry to the opposite goal line.

Round 2: PAX form into pairs for Dora to the 30 yard line. The exercises were 100 each of shoulder presses and coupon squats. Q shuffles the pairs and then rifle carry to the opposite goal line.

Round 3: Dora to the 30 yard line. The exercises were 100 each of Atlas Shrugs and curls. Then rifle carry to the opposite goal line.

Round 4: PAX form into groups of three for three-person Dora to the 40 yard line. The exercises were shoulder taps and mountain climbers. Q shuffles the groups and then rifle carry to the benches.

Round 5: three-person Dora to the middle of the field. The exercises were 100 American Hammers and 200 dips on the benches.

MARY: N/A as we ran out of time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Shout out to Elvis for completing an utterly crazy cross country race yesterday.

COT: Empathy is the discipline of slowing down long enough to understand what someone is really saying.

Date: 2026-06-08
AO: Hamilton
Q: Legacy ,
PAX: Legacy, Sloop, Hobbyhorse
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
WARMUP: the usual
THE THANG: 4 corners Mary with increasing LBCs at corners, then a 4x round 10 merkins IC (thus 20 for monthly challenge) and 20 air Squats PROMOTER STYLE. Then 4x “Hamilton IPAs,” which is a Hamilton combined with 5 burpees, 10 Smurph Jacks and 15 Freddie Mercuries; then an 11 inside the penalty area -/ with air squats and merkins — finally a few rounds of AITA? With Bonnie Blair’s interspersed

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Thursday nite workout; stay tuned for possible 6/19
COT: thank you Hobbyhorse for 2ndF Q-ing the Convergence and our other HIMs who absolutely nailed it on the beatdowns and COTs

Date: 2026-06-08
AO: The Driveway
Q: bogey ,
PAX: bogey, Prestige, Play-Doh, Flux
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: SSH, IW, HB, MP, MNC, WM, WMH, DDog, Kobra Kai

THE THANG: Carry coupons for 100yd segments for time. Coupons included sandbags, med balls, KBs, tombstone, blocks, plates, dumbbells, Thor’s hammer. Weights ranged from 100# to 10#.
PAX took turns rotating out of a loaded a carry run and into a battle ropes session. The battle ropes rotations went for the duration of the carry sessions.

Round 1
100 yd carry distance (50 out and 50 back)
Carry 1 – Offset Carry – farmer carry different coupons or weights in each hand (ie., a plate in one and a block in the other), drop and begin… Carry 2 – Rifle Carry, drop and begin…
Carry 3 – Bear Hug Carry
Repeato for 12 mins

Between Rounds: 10x merkins IC, 10x mtn climbers IC, 10x shoulder taps IC

Round 2
100yd carry distance (50 out and 50 back)
Carry 1 – Crosswalk Carry – (a coupon held overhead in one hand and coupon farmer carry other hand), drop and begin… Carry 2 – Zercher Carry (hold coupon in crook of elbows), drop and begin… Carry 3 – Farmer Carry (standard or offset), or Suitcase Carry (only one coupon) Repeato for 12 mins

Between Rounds: 20x T-merkins IC, 10x shoulder taps IC, 10x mtn climbers IC

MARY: 30x flutter kicks IC

ANNOUNCEMENTS: capital-montessori-kettlebell-club scouting a new AO location. Stay tuned. boneathon 2027 is less than a year away. Start training.

COT: Today, YHC’s dad would have turned 80. He passed away 3 years ago. YHC gave thanks for his dad and for parents in general. YHC encouraged the PAX to be more intentional spending time with loved ones. Well done today men.

Date: 2026-06-08
AO: Acropolis
Q: Baywatch ,
PAX: NOAA, Baywatch, Yard Sale, Obadiah, Hightower, OnlyFans, Byrdman, Half-Caff FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Various stretches across the field. ‘Mercans, WGS, Cobra. Various running back.

THE THANG: The baseball field was simulated on a football field by running to the sideline 30, mid field, sideline 30 and goal line. 1 pax runs the bases while others do exercises for encouragement. SSH, Imperial Skywalkers, Lateral lunges, and Moroccan nightclubs. Each time a pax reaches home plate they pick up a teammate and continue running. The exercise changes for those not running each time the pax reach home plate. Eventually everyone is running and 1 by 1 each pax stops running in the order they started running. They begin cycling through the exercises for encouragement. Eventually everyone stops running.

All pax ran bases again as a group and stopped at each for more exercises.

Coach was mean and finished off with burpee shuttle runs every 10 yards to the 50.

MARY: 250 reps to celebrate America 250

ANNOUNCEMENTS: 2nd F – Baywatch going away event. This Saturday at Rambler’s. Talk to Doodles for details.

COT: In life there is pain and suffering. Pain is not optional; suffering is. Choose suffering that is meaningful so that the world doesn’t choose it for you.