Tag: brianjohanson

Lazarus – 12DEC2024

Leave a comment

Always a good day at the Laz. Opportunity abounds and we took full advantage.

WARMUP:
Usual warm-up type stuff. Windmills, merkins, that kind of stuff…

THE THANG:
First we pulled up behind the Greek place for a <@U01FDRQSQG3> and <@U0603USPHAS> favorite, some chair work. These freaking chairs weigh at least 55-60 pounds. And they’re awkward. Terrible. Did some overhead presses, maybe something else… I don’t really remember.

Then we ran it down to the parking deck at Red Ventures. Stopped at some light poles on the way down. Ran up and down the deck and the stairs and such. It was a real nice time.

MARY:
No chicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Read your newsletter.

COT:
The 5th Core Principle.

TClap |
0

Cake Boss has a big Wenkie ?

Leave a comment

WARMUP:
Arriving to the joyful sounds of Christmas music (not holiday music) PAX woke up and stretched and were ready roll at The Fort. Prestone not an FNG but Kotter to the fort joined us from Cooanado California and Seal Team training. Thank you Prestone for your service!
Dynamic mosey down the path to Harris Street
THE THANG:
Run down path with exercises along way
Imperial Walkers
Low slow squats
Hillbilly walkers
Plank jacks
Seal jacks

Run up Harris Street each light pole do merkin
Cumulative Merkins
All the way to church 11 light poles

Partner Dora
100 big boys
200 mtn climbers
300 sumo squats

Mosey to park by Stinger Sports
7s
1Jump Squat
Bear crawl hill
6 Carolina Dry Docks

Mosey to springs lot
Wall sits and burpees

COT
MARY: Dips till time 60 seconds or so
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
CriOut gathering in Rock Hill
Clave Boss 5k & Convergence 12/24
COT:
Prayers for health and wellbeing for many families across the PAX

TClap |
0

A Tuesday Challenge

Leave a comment

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.

TClap |
0

Halloween House Party

Leave a comment

WARMUP: Mosey to the back lot
Side Straddle Hop x 25
Windmills x Most ever done
Cherry Pickers x 10
Moroccan Night clubs x 10
Merkins x 10
THE THANG:
High knees
Lunges
Nur
sprints x 3
Karaoke
The Pax pulled exercises from the bucket :
31 Monkey Humpers
31 Squats
31 Merkins
31 Burpees (twice, who would put 2 of those in there?)
Big sprint suicide style
31 Carolina dry docks
31 Flutter Kicks

MARY: Smidge of planks
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bourbon night, Bethel, Christmas Party
COT: Men laid it out there so we can help shoulder the burden

TClap |
0

The Kickoff of the Funhouse Farewell Tour

Leave a comment

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.

TClap |
0

Pole Dancing

Leave a comment

WARMUP: Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers
THE THANG:

Thang 1—Run to the WEP playground area. The intention was to do three pull-ups, but due to wet and slippery conditions, we did a small partner workout. Exercise: 50 Mike Tysons using the swing Timer: Jog two laps around the playground area. Exercise: 50 Inclined Pull-ups using the swing Timer: Jog two laps around the playground area.

Thang 2 – From the playground area we ran from each porch swing and did 10 Merkins at each stop. Stopping at the far side of the park near the restrooms. We then did a series of 7s (6&1) where we did Burpees at the bottom of the hill ran up the grassy hill and did Squats at the top.

Thang 3 – From the restrooms, we ran to the corner of Adrey Street and RT160 . We stayed on Adrey Street and ran from RT160 to Harris Street. We stopped at each telephone pole and did 2 Burpees, 4 Merkins, 6 SSH. Everyone made it to Harris Street but we ran out of time to finish. All-in-all there were 21 telephone poles.
MARY: No time
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sundae ruck this Saturday
COT: Closed in Prayer

TClap |
0

The Grand Old Duke of York

Leave a comment

I usually only write anything here to make <@UGU3XR5RP> happy, since he’s the only one that reads these, but I am trying to turn over a new leaf, because I do believe in the value of a BB, which is why I write my idiot reports. Problem is, I’m not a data guy, details of many kinds escape me, and I have a general disdain for rules or other practices that I see as officious, or that have high potential to be abused at some point by those who administer them (but often do not follow them – see also: Government).

But whatever… I’m a reasonable guy, most of the time, though I do get a lot more credit for being a jerk than is probably entirely true. Though I’ll be the first to say (and I often do) that we shouldn’t let facts get in the way of a good story, or a promising relationship get in the way of a good joke.

With that said, here’s what happened…

WARMUP: Sure enough… a little jog, a little windmill, a little merkin… I have a few hits that I play most every time. I should probably switch it up some, but I probably won’t.

THE THANG: “The Grand Old Duke Of York”
If you aren’t familiar with the children’s Nursery Rhyme, then this will seem even dumber than it already was.

(See the link in Slack if you want to watch the critically-acclaimed Peppa Pig version, or just Google that stuff yourself. It won’t be the weirdest crap most of you have Googled in the last week…)

Anyhow, it consisted of going up and down the WWW hill (Withers/Williamson/Watson) next to the FM Church of God and doing exercises at both the top and bottom of the hill (top = parking lot after Watson St.. bottom = under the carport at the FMCOG)

Top: 5 burpees, 10 merkins, 15 2-count flutters
Bottom: 5 CDD, 10 squats, 15 LBCs

Round 1: Bear Crawl up the hill (run down)
Round 2: Partner Carry
Round 3: Nur
Round 4: CrawlBear
Round 5: Run (no one made it this far)

Sasquatch and I were off to a strong start and Danny would have stayed there were it not for being partnered with me. Eventually, Farmers and Vuvu overtook us. They managed to complete the first half of Round 4, whereas YHC only got about halfway up the hill on the CB before time ran out. As I was going, Spectre showed up and I think managed to overtake me by a little. It was close…

MOLESKINE: If you listen to (or are familiar with) the Nursery Rhyme, then you know that the last part of the verse goes, “and when they were up, they were up… and when they were down, they were down… and when they were only halfway up, they were neither up nor down”
Be up or be down. Halfway is no way to live your life. That’s how SadClowns live… existing. Being neither a danger to anything, nor good for much of anything either… this can’t be us. It simply won’t do. And there is a zero % chance that I will quit until I have worn myself completely out trying to help men to change their perspective, overcome their self-limiting beliefs, uncover their Personal Purpose, and then wear themselves out in service to it.
MARY: No chicks.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter.
COT: The 5th Core Principle.

TClap |
0

Black Betty Merkin Marathon

Leave a comment

WARMUP: basically warmup with some broga
THE THANG: moseyed To a hill for 11’s, back to COT for a board of Pain. Three rounds of five exercises and 3@ Reps each
MARY: we did do push ups to every time black Betty was said in the song
ANNOUNCEMENTS: <@UJKGM3VKJ> is now the official Form Police & Back blast Police
COT:

TClap |
0

DH is not a bad example

Leave a comment

WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Windmills, Low slow squats, Cherry Pickers
THE THANG: mosey to stage at WEP
100 – LBCs
Run a loop
90 – squats
Run a loop
80 – merkens
Run a loop
70 – flutters
Run a loop
60 – lunges
Run a loop
50 – big boys
Run a loop
40 – Freddy Mercury’s
Run a lap
30 – Burpees
Run a lap
20 – dry DOCKS
RUN A LAP
10 – diamond merkens
Run back to cot
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: what happens in COT stays in COT

TClap |
0