Backblasts

Date: 2025-02-21
AO: thepatriot
Q: Big Short
PAX: CableGuy, Boardwalk, SAAS, citrus, bogey, Bone, Ice Tea, Jag, Lucius, Rim Fire, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Smokey, Strange Brew, Wedding Singer, Hops, Spare Rib, Jones FNGs: 1 Jones
COUNT: 18
WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, arm circles, Elwoods, Don Quixotes, cherry pickers, Willie Mays heys, downward dog, WGS, cobra kai and child’s pose, followed by some jogging up and down the field while performing an assortment of stuff.

THE THANG: PAX divided into three groups for rounds of exercises. Each round consisted of running to the opposite goal line, performing one or more sets of exercises (once one PAX in a group reached the maximum number, that group would move to the next set), running backward to the start line and doing five burpees. – Round 1: 75 mercans
– Round 2: 75 squats and 75 shoulder taps (IC)
– Round 3: 75 mountain climbers (IC) and 75 flutter kicks (IC) – Round 4: 75 single count lunges and 75 dips
– Round 5: 25 mercans, 25 shoulder taps (IC), 25 hand release mercans and 25 dips

MARY: LBCs, dirty dogs, donkey kicks and Nolan Ryans

ANNOUNCEMENTS: ARC next weekend. Welcome FNG Jones!

COT: sometimes we make our own luck

Tags: thepatriot, CableGuy, Boardwalk, SAAS, citrus, bogey, Bone, Ice Tea, Jag, Lucius, Rim Fire, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Smokey, Strange Brew, Wedding Singer, Hops, Spare Rib, Jones

Date: 2025-02-20
AO: mondaynightruckers
Q: Chasqui
PAX: Stewie
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
THE THANG:
Distance: 1hr, 3.1ish miles with heavy rucks 45-55lbs each, avg. 16-17 mins/mile.

Traveled around the Promenade and through the Wentworth Green community!

10 minutes into it we forgot about the cold!

Big up to Stewie for the last minute scramble to make it in on time.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Keep the POP UP’s going!!

COT: “Put yourself in their shoes” “Take a second to see things from the other side” “There is always more than meets the eye”
– We all heard these before and sometimes we may react too quick and be blindsided by one side. Strive to have a clear view of the full spectrum.

Tags: mondaynightruckers, Stewie

Date: 2025-02-19
AO: ao-the-bullpen
Q: Peanuts
PAX: Crop Duster
FNGs: None
COUNT: 2
WARMUP: painful
THE THANG: Tabata workout 4 rounds of 4 upper body exercises; mosey intermission to the snack bar; repeat Tabata for lower body MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: cropduster is cool
COT: we motivated each other and made fun of NOAA and Blue Steel

Tags: ao-the-bullpen, Crop Duster

Date: 2025-02-20
AO: olympus
Q: Pop Fly
PAX: NOAA, Rambler, Hightower, Crop Duster, Peanuts, Rollingstone, K-Pop, Nano FNGs: None
COUNT: 9
WARMUP: Yes
THE THANG: 2x 11 minute rounds of stair climbs with exercises at the bottom. 1x 1 round of stair climbs with KB swings at the bottom.

The PAX did great. There was a lot of mubblechatter about just how awesome the playlist was today. Everyone really appreciated that there was something for everyone on there.

MARY: A few stretches

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– Burden Run: 1 March
– ARC: 1 March
– Bring Coats to Rambler tomorrow.

COT: Keep those who are suffering through the unknown right now in your thoughts and prayers. They haven’t done anything wrong but are losing their jobs. Actions have consequences.

Tags: olympus, NOAA, Rambler, Hightower, Crop Duster, Peanuts, Rollingstone, K-Pop, Nano

Date: 2025-02-20
AO: hoya-paxa
Q: Hobbyhorse
PAX: Daaa Auditor, Goldfish, Summit, Gherkin, Pinch
FNGs: 1 Pinch
COUNT: 6
WARMUP: HIMs exercised freedom to lead while the Q lollygagged. Q did an insufficient number of penalty burpees. Proceeded with rve, wmh, dd, great stretch. THE THANG: series of travel movements with one exercise at each end: Jog to 100 yd line. 20 merkin jog back for 20 ww2
Karaoke to 75 20 merkin karaoke back 20 ww2
Backwards jog to 50 20 merkin backwards back 20ww2
Bear crawl to 25 20 merkin jog back 20 ww2
Lap
Repeat but substitute exercises with 10 tempo squat and 30 lbc
Repeat but substitute exercises with 5 no surrender and 35 single count flutter (17 in cadence)

MARY: last iteration of flutters, dog, donkey
ANNOUNCEMENTS: ruck next Saturday
COT: organizations can die or thrive. But there is also a middle ground where they shrink but survive thru a lull. If you can help keep the lights on, you can make the difference to keep them alive to thrive another day. So be like Daaa Auditor and help keep the lights on. And welcome to Pinch.

Tags: hoya-paxa, Daaa Auditor, Goldfish, Summit, Gherkin, Pinch