Backblasts

Date: 2023-12-14
AO: thehighlands
Q: Traveler
PAX: Toolbox, Hard Knox, Monk, Jag, Katniss, Animal, Knievel, LTD, FNG Gritty, FNG Play-Doh FNGs: 2 FNG Gritty, FNG Play-Doh
COUNT: 11
WARMUP:
LBAC, Michael Phelps, Moroccan Night Clubs, Mosey around the field with butt kickers, high knees, and regular. Full field sprint and back pedal.

THE THANG:
EMOM for 8 minutes:
10 tuck jumps, 10 WWIIs, 10 bonnie blairs SC, 10 yard bear crawl, 10 yard crawl bear. Probably a bit ambitious for 1 minute. PAX modified the counts as necessary.

Diego – Like Dora 1-2-3, but harder
PAX partnered up. PAX 1 starts working on the exercise count while PAX 2 runs to midfield and back. Flapjack, and continue count where PAX 1 left off. The exercises were:

100 – ‘Merkins
150 – Overhead press w/ block
200 – LBC
150 – Block Curls
100 – Squats w/ Block

Ring of Fire: Planks and 5 merkins each

MARY: American Hammers and Flutter Kicks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Major Payne convergence, all PAX are welcome at the General on Tuesdays

COT:
For Catholics this Sunday is Gaudete Sunday, which means Rejoice. All of the Scripture readings this Sunday encourage us to rejoice. It’s a good reminder that our faith should be a source of joy for us and for others. There’s plenty of opportunity to be disciplined and scrupulous no doubt. But it’s the joy that we live in that will bring others to Christ. So let’s be men of joy today.

Date: 2023-12-16
AO: thesandlot
Q: Defiance
PAX: 2 percent, Legacy, Magoo, Hobbyhorse, Cornerkick, Phoenix FNGs: 1 Phoenix
COUNT: 7
WARMUP: SSH, Hillbilly, WMH, Michael Phelps
THE THANG: 5k run to Marine Corps memorial with hill climbs and some JG-style reps along the way. At the memorial, three sets of 20x merkins, V-Ups, and mountain climbers in rapid succession. MARY: None
ANNOUNCEMENTS: 12/23 Sandlot location will be at Dorothy Hamm middle school. 2.0s welcome.
COT: Read up on the history of the battle for Iwo Jima. A group of 40 men were sent to climb the 550 foot mountain under fire and amidst bombardment and given a flag to plant. Their order was: “If you get to the top, put it up.” Working out at the memorial was an important reminder that each time we bring a shovel flag to an AO and post in the morning, to remember the sacrifices that were made long ago and continue today. As it says on the memorial itself “uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

Date: 2023-12-02
AO: mother-ruck-ing
Q: Rambler
PAX: Nano, Major Payne, Squatter, YNAB, Peanuts, Battleship, Doodles, Hightower, Legacy, Popeyes, citrus, Ashe, Mike FNGs: 1 Mike
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: Launch from Difficult Run
THE THANG: 40 Miles+ on CC Trail
MARY: donuts in Rambler’s truck.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: that was a long walk.
COT: let’s do it again? 🙂

Date: 2023-12-16
AO: thefarm
Q: Infinity
PAX: Gekko (Keith Capp), Firehead
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
Rucked 4.5 miles stopping for PT along the way.

CoT: “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

Date: 2023-12-16
AO: olympus
Q: Rambler
PAX: Peanuts, Doodles, Juneau, Blue Steel, Popeyes, Obadiah, Ashe, Dr J, Pole’er, Rollingstone, Monk, Hightower, YNAB, Odyssey, Mongoose, Molecule FNGs: 3 Odyssey, Mongoose, Molecule
COUNT: 17
WARMUP: Arm Circles, Hill Billy, 6/7 Count Cherry Picker, Kneeling Rotation, Crab Knee Twist, Child Pose Stretch
THE THANG: Procedure, Procedure, Procedure. The PAX tried to meet time requirements – but challenges persisted. Started with over 30 coupons incl assortment of logs, cindys, plates, shake weights, and rice bags. P1. Rifle carry mosey coupons across field and stack neatly. Return to other side of field. P2. 8 burpees. P3. Bear crawl to 50. mosey back to end zone. P4. 6 Burpees. P5. Run to coupons. execute 2 sets of man-making burpee bobbys. Cries of the people increased. P6. mosey return to end zone w 1 coupon. P7. 2 Burpees. P8. MB to 40 yard line. P8. 25xWWII w coupon. P9. mosey/bicep curl to end zone w 1 coupon. P10. 20 merkins. P11. lunge walk to 40 yard position w 2 coupons. P12. 30 Overhead presses w coupon. P13. mosey back to start position w coupon. P14. 3 burpees. P15. Clear all coupons from field – with haste! MARY: Ultimate
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hat Order, Jan 11 HH
COT: Nano designated this weeks Q source on trust. Here are some headline items from the Q-source on this topic: 1. trust is an essential element of shared leadership. 2. stress testing builds reliance – reliance is the heart of trust. 3. share pain builds trust. Most of the items are in relationship to building teams and trust as an essential leadership trait. Some of my personal observations / experiences with trust (not all directly related / but relational to each other): a. the importance of following through on a commitment. If you say you are going to do something – do it. In cases where the father figures in my life that demonstrated this – I have strong bonds and an ‘easy’ relationship. Where there were father figures that had words but not consistent actions – much more difficult relationships. b. Trust – hard to earn, ez to break. At a high level I agree with this hard and fast rule. that said, i think trust is important to couple with empathy, patience and context. the nature of the relationship could cause someone to commit with out them fully understanding your expectation or their understanding of their capability. c. trust can also be challenged by the other party not being aligned to your value structure – doesn’t make them a bad person or to reject out of hand – important to understand though. The older I get I am balancing 2 perspectives: a. i’m close to 50 and have little patience w people not following through and b. recognizing people are flawed. They have their own battles and most people are just trying to find their way – but good intent is the foundation; So I work towards: 1. trust myself to do the right thing and follow through on my commitments; 2. trust that people have good intent and though flawed it doesn’t mean we can’t build on enhancing trust in the relationship. overall i think this posture is helpful for our community of men, but also our broader community and just a healthy way to be and encourage the same for you.