Pavement Spa

Eight men showed up this morning for the party. Quick disclaimer, few steps back, warm-ups (SSHs, IWs, WMs).
Next, we moseyed to the Pharma. Plank exercises, merkins, Peter Parker, Wide Arm Merkins, Parker Peter, 6 inch hold.
We then made our way to the old Hardees parking lot. I thought it was repaved, but it was rough as sandpaper. Crab walk from one end to the other, stopping at each parking stripe for 10 LBCs. Back the other way, bear crawl with merkins at every stop. We were now soaking wet with bruised hands.
Jog to Unity church for a Dora (CDDs, Squats, Flutters), run to bottom of the hill and back.
We made our last stop at the Footloose AO. Keeping our same partners, Partner 1 ran to the end of the lot and back while Partner 2 bear crawled. Flipflop upon return.
Burpee lightpoles on the way back to COT
Few minutes of Mary at the flag.

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Cold & Smokey

WARMUP: Mosey to WEP and then proceeded to SSH, Windmill, Imperial Walkers, Moroccon NC, and Strawberry Pickers.
THE THANG:
Phase 1: 2 Rounds of Cheese Shredder
Phase 2: Round 1- At each swing, we did (10) Merkins with a Mosey between each swing; Round 2- At each swing, we did (10) Squats with a Mosey between each swing; Round 3- At each swing, we did (10) Lunges with a Mosey between each swing; Mosey back to the AO
MARY: Burpees
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter
COT: Prayers and Praises

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A Tuesday Challenge

Mission Statement
Disclaimer
Warmup
SSH
IW
HW
Shoulder Tap
1 merkin
Mountain Climber
1 merkin
Peter Parker
1 merkin
Parker Peter
1 merkin

Mosey to the Nazarene then Print Shop stopping along the way for:
20 8 count burpees
18 squats
16 diamond merkins
14 flutters
12 CDD
10 bomb jacks
8 8 count burpees
6 diamond merkins
4 mountain climbers
2 flutters

At the print shop:
10 called dead-hang pullups
5 OYO pull ups
15 bulgarian split squats
Passing 10-count hang
15 derkins
Passing 10-count alternating arm hang (this one should have been done before the first round of pull ups)
15 dips

Mosey to the sight of the soon-to-be NOT Trader Joe’s
Sneaky Gorillas
Howling Monkeys

Mosey to the Church of God
10 Mike Tyson
Bear Crawl
10 Bomb Jacks
Lunge Walk back

Climb all the stairs

10 Mike Tyson

Mosey back to COT
Hold Al Gore for 0600

NMM: The mission is to invigorate male community leadership. Step up! You’re ready.

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Seagrams and 7s

F3 block party 11/18/2024

Warmup:
Windmill
Cherry picker
Imperial Walker
Hillbilly Walker

The Thang:
7s – hill on Monroe White St
Burpees
Tie touches

4s – Stairs FM Church of God
Dips
Sister Mary Catherine’s

4s – Bear Crawl – Parking lot of Church of God
Squats
Leg Lifts

Run back to COT

Mary:
Black Betty on Spotify – Plank position. Merkin every time ‘Black Betty’ is said.

Done.

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Election Day Party

WARMUP: mosey to WEP. 50 SSH, IWs, Windmills, and Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: mosey to PIKE parking lot. Bear crawls every 10yds 15 merkins. Total of 100yds
Mosey to Walls 15 step ups single count 15 squats, 15 derkins 2 rounds, mosey to Massey Hill 11’s big boys at bottom burpees at top.
MARY: no time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Chritmas Party, Bourbon and bbq, Bethel, Thanksgiving convergence
COT: Vulnerability

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Too many merkins

Warmup
Run to Hill
SSH
Hillbilly Walkers
Imperial Walkers
Merkins
Honeymooners
Downward Dog

The Thang
Dora
100 CDD
200 Squats
300 Merkins
400 LBC
One does exercise, one runs up the hill
Bear Crawl up the hill
Return to COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bourbon BBQ
Trash pickup
Beers for Beetus
Men’s Shelter

COT:
Prayers for health and the country

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Figure it out

WARMUP: gathered up, ran to the top of the hill and into the parking lot. Quick round of SSH, 5 burpees, more SSH and 4 burpees. Low slow squat and some hillbilly walkers. Ran down the hill and to WEP playground.
THE THANG: Partner up for some Dora.
– 100 pull ups (realized there weren’t any pull up bars so you figured it out)
– 200 merkins
– 300 squats
– Timer was partner running around the playground

Ran to engineering parking lot in the front and found the wall. Did a wall sit where the pax held the sit while we went down line and did 5 press ups on the wall, 2x.

Wrapped by going to the big hill and did this 3x up and down.

MARY: we did this for about 2 min.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes
COT: of course

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The Kickoff of the Funhouse Farewell Tour

WARMUP:
I am certain we warmed up.

THE THANG:
It occurred to me as I sat to write this, that I have no idea (since it was a MONTH ago) what all we did that morning. I usually have a plan written out ahead that I either commit to memory, or will even shove a printout in my pocket to reference just in case. I didn’t do that this time. I know that I tried to call a few of the favorites of <@UGNDJBDU3> in his honor. I know we hit The Zipper and we definitely performed the Gonorrhea Burpee (because it has The Clap), but that’s all I really recall…

Now, the only person likely to read this is <@UGU3XR5RP>, but I just got painfully convicted about not writing Backblasts in a timely nor efficient manner. As I was looking back to see if I could find this weinke, I discovered that I have the BB from both my FNG post (administered by <@UN6U5PXNJ> and <@U08GGTLHL>) and from my VQ at The Armory.

<@U07QXBKKF5F> joined us as an FNG that morning. As it turns out, this came at a critical time in his life… and is hopefully blessing it. But, I failed him as a Q. He now does not have the enjoyment or blessing of being able to go back and read the report from his first post and reflect on that in the same way that I do. The first day I posted, I was sure I was going to die when Pusher said, “And now for the second half, I’ll hand this off to Jekyll”. I didn’t understand how the toughest workout I had ever done to that point in my adult life could have a SECOND HALF.

That’s a cherished memory. So, for Road Rash and every man after him, I commit to writing BackBlasts, making them interesting and timely, and hyping the reading of them after the fact. I also will attempt to persuade other men to do the same.

MARY: No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.

COT: The 5th Core Principle.

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St Paul’s Yoga club

WARMUP: mosey to veterinarian parking lot… SSH, MNC, ISQW, CP
THE THANG: mosey to intersection of Spring Street and W-Leroy, sprint W Leroy to Pine Street.
Heading up Pine Street, at each intersection (5 total), add 5 reps to the following:
Merkins, LBC, squats, flutter-kicks
Once at SPEChurch, Yoga for ~15 min… mosey back to COT

MARY: no time for the ladies this AM

ANNOUNCEMENTS: beers for ‘Betes, CRI volunteers needed, other WNC relief

COT: held/prayers lifted

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Belly Dance

WARMUP: warmup jog, Side straddle hops, Imperial walkers, Windmill
THE THANG:
:sweat:
Round 1 – 100 – Earl Fonda (right side)
Round 1 – 100 – Earl Fonda (Left Side)
Round 2 – 150 – Flutter Kicks
Round 4 – 200 – Freddie Mercury
Round 5 – 250 – LBC
Second set
Bear Crawl
Round 1 – 20 – Lunges
Round 1 – 20 – Squat

Great Work y’all

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