Backblasts

Date: 2024-10-22
AO: delphi
Q: Nano
PAX: Ashe, NOAA, Blue Steel, Sunny, 5K, Pop Fly, Rocket, Toolbox FNGs: None
COUNT: 9

WARMUP: SSH, Willy Mayes Haze, arm circles, Cherry pickers, WGS

THE THANG:
The PAX lined up on the goal line and all started the exercise for the round together. The exercise and reps are below.

The twist is that you don’t start counting your reps until the PAX to your right finishes theirs and starts to run to the 10 yard line and back.

Once back, the first Pax does merkins until the next PAX is finished with their reps. Once the second PAX’s coupon becomes available , they go back to doing the exercise for the round. The last one in line becomes the first.

Round 1: 1 blocky
Round 2: 2 thrusters
Round 3: 3 tricep extensions
Round 4: 4 lunges each leg
Round 5: 5 kettle bell swings
Round 6: 6 curls
Round 7: 7 overhead press
Round 8: 8 air squats
Round 9: 9 calf raises

We finished the first 9 rounds, double the reps and worked our way back down…got to Kettle bell swings.

MARY: LBCs, Freddie Mercury, Superman

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Grunt Nov 9th!

COT: YHC shared about wanting to take a risk.

Tags: delphi, Ashe, NOAA, Blue Steel, Sunny, 5K, Pop Fly, Rocket, Toolbox

Date: 2024-10-23
AO: horizon-ao
Q: Magoo
PAX: SPINAL TAP, Classified, citrus, Purple Rain, Kodiak, Attache’, vplaxico FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: Contemplate night sky, neck rolls, arm circles, 25 caterpillar merkins THE THANG: sets of 100 dips and squats + other stuff and a few sprints MARY: can-opener, donkey kicks, penguin crunches
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT: What a beautiful sky!

Tags: horizon-ao, SPINAL TAP, Classified, citrus, Purple Rain, Kodiak, Attache’, vplaxico

Date: 2024-10-23
AO: thefarm
Q: Matthew – Running Man
PAX: F-No, Sparky_The Farm, Pythagoras
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4

WARMUP:
Beet pickers
Don quixotes
Willy Mayes Hayes
Arm circles
Calf raises
Mosey around the soccer fields

THE THANG:
The THANG
Everyone does the following OYO, while waiting for each pax to run to the first goal post and back:

Squats
Freddy mercuries
Erkins
Squat jumps
Dips
Burpees
Rope climbers
Jump ups or step ups
Lunges
Supermans
Repeat if necessary

MARY:
Flutter kicks
45 second plank
X factors

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Road cleanup November 3

COT:
Quote from C.S. Lewis:
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal… it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit.
Everyone is discussion and had something to offer. Get to know people you don’t know well.

Tags: thefarm, F-No, Sparky_The Farm, Pythagoras

Date: 2024-10-23
AO: theaerie
Q: Rocketman
PAX: Lonestar, Stewie, Trifecta, Just Jim, gabe
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Michael Phelps.

THE THANG:

It’s DORA but ladder style!

50 burpee
100 merkins
150 LBC
200 calf raises

50yd backwards mosey, 50yd forward.

200 air presses
150 step ups on coupon
100 pull throughs
50 KB swings

The PAX rand out of time in the midst of the pull throughs; next time!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

– Oct 26: Old Rag sunrise hike
– Nov 9 @ 7am, Lincoln Memorial: The Grunt CSAUP

COT:

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:1-5

Meekness is strength restrained. You and I have been given much strength of various kinds, but we must restrain it and guide it to be used well. Jesus, the perfect God/Man, is the perfect picture of meekness for us to imitate.

Tags: theaerie, Lonestar, Stewie, Trifecta, Just Jim, gabe

Date: 2024-10-23
AO: hoya-paxa
Q: Gherkin
PAX: Daaa Auditor
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARM UP
SSH, Hillbillies, Imperial Walkers, WMH, Mike Phelps, Popeyes punches, Down Dog, WGS, Cobra Kai

THE THANG
YHC challenged the rest of the PAX (ie, Daaa Auditor) to see who, if anyone, could reach 270 electoral votes first.
Each team took turns picking a state out of a hat. The team that choose recorded how many electoral votes that state provides and the PAX of both teams did the exercise required. The exercise rubric is that states with, 1-10 electoral votes we perform Burpees
11-20 electoral votes we perform Merkins
21-30 electoral votes we perform Mountain Climbers
31-40 electoral votes we perform Monkey Humpers
41+ electoral votes we perform LBCs

There are a lot of small states, so the beatdown was burpee and merkin heavy. Ultimately neither team reached 270. Daaa Auditor had a commanding lead with 235 votes but YHC was convinced that with 193 votes he had a path to victory since PA, NY and TX had yet to be counted. Unfortunately time expired and the F3 Supreme Court stepped in to stop the counting and declared Daaa Auditor the Q of hoya-paxa. Since this is F3 and not the Federal Government, there was no contesting of the count or storming Nano’s house to stop the certification and ultimately there was a peaceful transfer of power.

MARY
No time

ANNOUNCEMENTS
• The Grunt – Saturday Nov 9, 7am, meet at the Lincoln Memorial • Old Rag Hike this Saturday

COT
Politics has become very divisive and toxic. The MSM and social media have been amplifying and thriving on this division, with each side imputing evil motives to every action the other side takes. I have recently started listening to some podcasts with hosts who have views that don’t align with my politics, but they call out both sides of the aisle for their good and bad. While certain segments are tough to listen to because our views diverge, I’ve also found it refreshing to listen to discussions where my viewpoints are acknowledged and validated by the other side. It has made me more willing to listen to their POVs on topics, and has caused me to be more sympathetic to other views, even to the point where I’ve modified my thinking on some issues.

This has been helpful and encouraging to me and it’s my hope and prayer that during these next couple of weeks and in the weeks and months afterwards, we can all find some way to tone down the rhetoric, acknowledge the good and bad in both sides and build-on the common ground that we share

Tags: hoya-paxa, Daaa Auditor