Month: May 2026

5.4.26

PAX
Footloose-Q
Guardian
Longhorn
Finkle

Monday Murph at the Guantlet

4 May 2026 Backblast: Brogan and Southie posted.

1 mile warmup

Round 1:
Jump Squats
Other person sprints 100m down and back
Alternating Shoulder Taps
100m down and back
Merkins
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Mountain Climbers
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Round 2:
Bonnie Blairs
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Bear Crawls
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Flutter Kicks
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Burpees
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End with COT

Backblast: May 4th, 2026

AO: Camelot

PAX:
Mercy
Vespa
Manchester

Carmen Sandiego (Q)

Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Five principles are open to all men, always free, always outdoors, always led by a member of the pax. Only you know your medical history so modify if needed. End in a circle of trust.

Credo is leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.

Workout name: JENGA Beatdown

Warmup: Flying nuns, opposite leg kicks, mosey to shelter

The THANG:

Played JENGA. Every block was numbered. We rotated and took turns pulling a block out. Whoever pulled the block out, the others did the workout. If the tower fell, that person had to do 10 absolutions.

1- 10 burpees
2- 10 Mike Tysons
3- 10 BBSU’s
4- 10 Outlaws
5- 10 (4 to 1) mountain climbers
6- 20 monkey humpers

We were able to get through 10 games.

Count-o-Rama: 4
Name-o-Rama

The Sixth: Vespa

COT

Ball of man

Backblast: May 3rd, 2026

AO: Pump Station Run

PAX:
Bourbon
Colt 45
Ukulele
Frankenstein

Carmen Sandiego (Q)

Our mission is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
Five principles are open to all men, always free, always outdoors, always led by a member of the pax. Only you know your medical history so modify if needed. End in a circle of trust.

Credo is leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.

Workout name: Globetrotters

The THANG:

Ran/rucked to Woodland Park and back. Had to do a detour since the trails were flooded. Runners ran extra to the Wall and did some hill runs.

Count-o-Rama: 5
Name-o-Rama

The Sixth: Frankenstein

COT

Ball of man

5/3/26 Pump Station

PAX:
Fat Amy (Q)
Waldo
Carmen San Diego
Bourbon
Isosceles
Tarnished
Flo
Thor
Colt 45
Ukulele
Shepherd
Crawdad

Pump n’ NO run

Warm-up: SSH, Slow lunge, Arm-a-vator

The Thang:
1 min block exercise
1 min movement up hill with block
30 min rest

Round:
1- Curls + Push block
2- OH Press + Lunge walk
3- WW3 + riffle carry
4- Squat thrusters + push block
5- Bent over rows + Harambe
6- Merkin pull throughs + riffle carry

Repeat

COT

5/2/26
Battlefield Beatdown
Pax:
Thor(q)
Arcy
Quickdraw
Huckleberry
Bourbon
Liftkit
Runt
Landslide
Djibouti
Shepherd
Norm
Viper
Stark
Nelly
Goldstar
Wipers
Echo
Crawdad
Wario

Sleds…Enough said
3 teams. 100 collective reps of a workout, switch with the sled man.
Round 1: Push 1 lap(SSH)
Round 2: Pull 3 laps(BBS, Merkins, Jungle Bois)
Round 3: Push 3 laps(Butcher Blocks, LBC's)

4/20/26
The Foundry
Pax:
Thor(q)
Meatloaf
Coconut
Mercy
Landslide
Stalker
Gulliver

Warmups: SSH, Chain Breakers, Potato Pickers
Work:
– Ran around the track
Cone 1: 5 Burpees
Cone 2: 10 LT. Dans
Cone 3: 15 BBS
Cone 4: Curls

And we just kept going around and around

4/30/26 The Armory

PAX:
Fat Amy (Q)
Freebird
Red Card (FNG via Snakebite)
Viper
Snakebite
Scoober
McFly
Sven
Rudy
Doogie
OSHA
Vespa
Mercy
Yoshi
Skeeter
Frodo
2-Ply

Swampball preseason played under the lights at Vespa Stadium

Rained all night and a bit of drizzle made for perfect Swampball conditions!

Meatloaf is correct. That Beatdown was horrible. I hated it.

5/1 – King of the Rabbit Hole Hill*

Q – Viper

PAX :
Fat Amy
Waldo
Rudy

The Thang:
Due to lack of numbers, the competition was cancelled and instead we did the rounds as a group, progressing from one to 8.

CoT:

6 – Rudy