Backblasts

Date: 2025-10-28
AO: oldmansoccer
Q: Jenner
PAX: Breach, citrus, Kyle, Ajay, Robbie, Andrew, plus 1, Tom, Clark, Marcos, Carlos, Deegan, Patrick FNGs: None
COUNT: 14

WARMUP: Some
THE THANG: Soccer was played on the darkest morning of the year before Daylight Savings Time fallback with The Darkness, O.A.R., Level 42, and some MJ. MARY: Nope
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fall back for Daylight Savings
COT: Play smart and don’t get hurt.

Tags: oldmansoccer, Breach, citrus, Kyle, Ajay, Robbie, Andrew, plus 1, Tom, Clark, Marcos, Carlos, Deegan, Patrick

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: acropolis
Q: Hightower
PAX: PBX (F3 Carpex), Sunny, Atlas, Doodles
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:
SSH, then lots of stretching

THE THANG:
Stay together, start with 5, end with 5.
Fellowship jog around Woodson and Frost campus

Stop 1 front courtyard Woodson:
20 incline Merkins on bench
10 high knee step up
20 Dips
10 Derkins
Continue run, Ricky Bobby to front of Frost
Stop 2, same exercise
Continue run, fellowship back to parking lot
Stop 3, same exercises on steps

MARY:
Ring of Fire

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Grunt this Saturday
Coat donations

COT:
Shared poem, Train of Life

Tags: acropolis, PBX (F3 Carpex), Sunny, Atlas, Doodles

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: horizon-ao
Q: 3 mile
PAX: Kodiak, Fish Fry, SPINAL TAP, Purple Rain, vplaxico
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
– SSH, Michael Phelps, Arm Circles, WMH, Cherry Picker, Down Dog, Up Dog, lunge stretch THE THANG: Dora and Matriculating down the field
– DORA 100 merkins / 200 squats / 300 LBCs (partner up
– Matriculating down the field
– Exercise, then lunge walk 10 yards for another exercise
– 10 burpees / 20 mountain climbers IC / 30 single leg deadlifts / monkey humpers / 40 drydocks / 50 calf-raises … then 50/40/30/20/10 Mary – no time
Announcements – the Grunt, Laslo charity
CoT – good enough or don’t let the perfect be the enemy of done. In the past, I’ve set unreasonable expectations on myself that, to show up as Q or a dad, soccer coach, business leader, I had to be the best, funniest, most unique, etc all the time. Lots of unnecessary pressure. Of course, sometimes we need our A game. Today, I brought the outline of a plan and the intention to make it challenging and fun. It wasn’t perfect but it was good enough to get a solid beatdown, have a few laughs and start the week on a great note.

Tags: horizon-ao, Kodiak, Fish Fry, SPINAL TAP, Purple Rain, vplaxico

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: thepatriot
Q: Lazlo
PAX: Ice Tea, Prestige, Strange Brew, Lucius, NASCAR, Bob the Builder, bogey, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Walker, Couch Potato, My Space, Bone, Maguire, Rim Fire, citrus, DoorDash, Big Short, Runner Up, Wedding Singer, CableGuy, Smokey, Piano Man, Hops FNGs: None
COUNT: 24
It was not too cold. The forecast was for rain but there was no rain. And the PAX had an extra hour to sleep in. The Q really couldn’t think of anything to complain about. So there was really no point in easing into things today.

WARMUP: SSH, imperial walkers, hillbillies, michael phelps, cherry twists, willie mays hayes, tempo squats, down dog, lower body stretch time

THE THANG:
Bear crawl 100 yds, 100 SSH IC (flutter kick until the PAX are finished) Bear crawl 75 yds, 75 BWS (little bitty twists until the PAX are finished) Bear crawl 50 yds, 50 bonnie blairs (easy way) (flutter kick) Bear crawl 25 yds, 25 no surrenders (LBTs)
Bear crawl 10 yds, 10 bobby hurley’s (flutter kick)

Then the PAX stayed together for:
Lunge 5 yds, 5 perfect merkins (repeat to the 40)
Lunge 5 yds, 5 absolutions (alternate sets with flutter kicks) back to the goal line

MARY: American hammers, toy soldiers, dirty dogs, straight-leg mule kicks

ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Grunt, coat drive, toy drive

COT: The Q was talking to a college buddy over the weekend. He’s doing well in life by most outward measures. But he’s also overweight and going through his second divorce and clearly needs people to lean on. It was a reminder of how lucky we are to have this group. Thank you for being part of it.

Tags: thepatriot, Ice Tea, Prestige, Strange Brew, Lucius, NASCAR, Bob the Builder, bogey, Shake ‘n’ Bake, Walker, Couch Potato, My Space, Bone, Maguire, Rim Fire, citrus, DoorDash, Big Short, Runner Up, Wedding Singer, CableGuy, Smokey, Piano Man, Hops

Date: 2025-11-03
AO: thefarm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Moneyball DR F3 Hampton Roads, Moonshine, Running Man, Trilogy, Landing Strip FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WarmUp: SSHs, WMHs, Don Quixotes, Beet Pickers, Grady Corn, Rockettes, Michael Phelps, and Mosey.

The Thang: We completed 5 rounds of 20 Merkins for 100 total, mixing in the following exercises in between: Round 1:
– 20 Merkins
– Squats
– Raise the Roof shoulder presses
Round 2:
– 20 Merkins
– Donkey Kicks
– Step Ups
Round 3:
– 20 Fist-Bump Merkins
– LBACs
– Mosey
Round 4:
– 20 Merkins
– Wall Sits 60s
– Bonnie Blairs
– 30m Bear Crawl
Round 5:
– 20 Merkins
– Foot-Bump Squats
– Glute Bridge Hold
– Single-Leg Glute Bridge Holds

Mary: Caterpillar Sit-Ups 30m, Supermans, Side Crunches, Hands of the Clock, American Hammers, Box Cutters, J-Los, and Plank hold.

Announcements:
– Moneyball has the Q Wednesday.
– The Grunt this Saturday, carpool spot TBD.

CoT: “What our culture calls a mid-life crisis is actually a Sad Clown’s effort to self-prescribe a remedy for his joyless inertia. Instead of filling the holes in his life, the Sad Clown concludes that he is a man whose wife and job are making him unhappy when, in fact, he is an unhappy man with a wife and a job.” – Dredd and OBT in Freed to Lead

Tags: thefarm, Moneyball DR F3 Hampton Roads, Moonshine, Running Man, Trilogy, Landing Strip