Backblasts

Date: 2024-06-18
AO: atlantis
Q: Bratwurst
PAX: Sleepy Joe (F3 Cherokee), Deflator, Windtalker
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
WARMUP: Opposing arm circles (both directions), twist bend and rotate, woodchoppers, arms across chest, arms behind head. THE THANG:
Mosied to the baseball field for merkins, wide merkind, arrowhead merkins.
Mosied up the road to a suitable cross walk for forward, side, and backward lunges. Closed this set out for air squats.
Started mosieing to the capitol building. Stopped at a bench on the way to do dips, urkins, box jumps, and derkins.
Mosied to the front of the capitol for some more stretching. Dynamic hurdles stretch, butterfly stretch, beauty queens, downward dog. Mosied around the entire capitol building then back to the AO.
COT: spoke about the importance of explaining to your children what your values are and why they are that way. I want to engender competence into my children (when I finally have that) and I encourage others to do the same.

Tags: atlantis, Sleepy Joe (F3 Cherokee), Deflator, Windtalker

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: iron-sharpens-iron
Q: Gherkin , Anchorman, Roddick, Cam, Fish Fry
PAX: Gherkin
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5

WARMUP: Romans 1-3
THE THANG: Romans 4
MARY: She’s not discussed in Romans
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Needed to be there for the praise and prayer, but made sure to lift up Po, Doodles and Obadiah. COT: Righteousness comes through faith, not works.

Tags: iron-sharpens-iron, Gherkin

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: ignite
Q: Anchorman
PAX: AI, Legacy, Popeye, Goldfish, Baracus, Fitz-Hume, Kodak FNGs: None
COUNT: 8
WARMUP: SSH, CP, WMH, DD, WGS, CK
THE THANG: Blockie Fun – 5 x Blockies + 15 yards rifle carry x 5 Ricky Bobby
10 x goblet squats + rifle carry x 5
Ricky Bobby
5 x Thrusters + Rifle carry x 5
Ricky Bobby
10 x Curls + Farmer carry x 5
Ricky Bobby
5 x Blockies + Rifle x 5
10 x Overhead Press + Rife x 5
Ricky Bobby
5 x Burpees + lunges + bear crawls
Ricky Bobby

MARY: Freddy Mercury x 20, Big Boy Sit Ups x 20

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cornhole tournament June 30

COT: YHC discussed the need for persistence in the face of adversity. YHC discussed job hunt post military service and having to fight through the “no’s” and keep going. YHC also discussed Juneteenth and the need for respecting how our brothers/sisters view the holiday.

Tags: ignite, AI, Legacy, Popeye, Goldfish, Baracus, Fitz-Hume, Kodak

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: thepatriot
Q: My Space
PAX: citrus, Bone, bogey, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Hops, Flipper, Booking, Defiance, Hobbyhorse, My Space, Wedding Singer, SAAS, Icy hot, pork chop, sunshine, and… FNGs: None
COUNT: 17

WARMUP: the normal
THE THANG: farmer carry to softball field. Line up with coupons on left field foul line. Count off. group one runs to right field foul poll and back as timer, second group does the following exercises and then switches.

blockees
Overhead press
Curls
Squats
Round the worlds
Mericans
Lunges
Blockees

The pax then did a little running of the bases:
Sprint to 1st jog back
Sprint to 2nd base, jog back
Sprint to 3rd base, jog back
Homerun
Pax then did six rounds of lead, shuffle, steal.

Pax then played kickball for 10 min — hits were burbees for the fielding team, outs were burpees for the kicking team.

MARY: 50 LBC, 50 shoulder taps (4 count).

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Lots. Cornhole on the 6/30 (Bone), Ruck event around 7/4 (Saas), going away HH for
COT: It is important as hard as everyone works to find time to have fun and try new things. Good for anxiety, stress levels, and personal growth.

Tags: thepatriot, citrus, Bone, bogey, Ice Tea, CableGuy, Hops, Flipper, Booking, Defiance, Hobbyhorse, My Space, Wedding Singer, SAAS, Icy hot, pork chop, sunshine, and…

Date: 2024-06-19
AO: compound
Q: Doodles
PAX: Big Bird, Rambler, Popeyes, Skidoos, Poe, Po, Hightower, Peanuts, cactus FNGs: None
COUNT: 10
WARMUP: SSH, Down Dog, imperial walkers, kobra kia, arm circles THE THANG:
Explored the space of Mosiac and Luther Jackson stopping occasionally for some baseball trivia. The correct answer yielded sometimes fewer reps than the incorrect answer. 20 burpees
20 mike tysons
20 starburst squats
20 donkey kicks
20 Merkins
SSHs – a lot
20 Bonnie Blairs in cadence

MARY: LBCs and a few other exercises
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ruck and float, next year’s dads camp, sept 11th stairclimb, 2nd F event at top golf in the near future.
COT: Remembering the legacy of Willie Mays – career started in the Negro League for Birmingham Black Barons at 17 years old and ended with NY Mets at age 43. He stated, “Baseball is a hard game and we go through ups and downs. Just keeping playing and have fun.” Seems simple but in a society that dwells on stress and anxiety it is a good motto for life.

Tags: compound, Big Bird, Rambler, Popeyes, Skidoos, Poe, Po, Hightower, Peanuts, cactus