Month: August 2026

Rudy
Gas man
snake bite
shield
lyman
sven
skeeter
viper
osha
big spoon
bull
scoober
Mercy (q)

SWAMPBALLLLL

COT

8/1/26 The Battlefield
Yoshi’s Circuit

Intro/Welcome
Count o rama – 14

Warmup:
5 Count Motivator
Potato Pickers

The Thang:
Stole Thor’s Mario Kart and made my own version. Set up 10 stations around the pond. Buy in was either 15 curls or 5 Burpees and everytime a PAX went through the start had to do the curls/burpees.

Different cards/exercises:
Bob-omb: BBS
Red Shell: Monkey Humpers
Banana: Merkins
Mushroom: SSH
Green Shell: Squats
Lakitu: You fell off the track! Do 5 LBCs and draw another card
Bullet Bill: Skip 2 Checkpoints
Piranha Plant: Go back 1 Checkpoint
Golden Mushroom: Skip to the Next Checkpoint
Leader Killer: Run to Start and every PAX passed must go back 1 Checkpoint
Star: Run Ahead 2 Checkpoints and every PAX passed must go back 1 Checkpoint
Lightning Bolt: Yell Burpees! All PAX do 5 Burpees then finish the exercise they were on, you skip to next checkpoint.

Fun was had by all, except Purdy misreading the Star Card and making everyone go back a checkpoint. We will run this again at different AOs!

Due to Qs 41st birthday, finished with a 40 sec plank and then a 41 count circle merkin.

Count o rama – 13
Name o rama
6 – Purdy
LDP3

COT
Pax:
Yoshi (Q)
Lonzo
Mercy
Arcy
Norm
Fat Amy
Footloose
8-Bit
Doubtfire
Zimba
Stark
Purdy
Terminator

Backblast: August 4th, 2026
AO: Necropolis

PAX:
Huckleberry
Zimba
Longhorn
Yoshi
Van Wilder
Raven
Ten Pin
Hannibal

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: Leave no rucksack behind

The THANG:

Rucked to the Wall and back in pairs. Rotated after each discussion point. Topic was leave no rucksack behind.

Discussions revolved around what’s in a ruck, the cost of looking away, slowing your own pace, carrying not just noticing and building a culture not a moment.

We ended with a circle of commitment.

Count-o-Rama: 9
Name-o-Rama

The Sixth: Huckleberry

COT

Ball of man

Beautiful morning in the 50’s. Great discussions and not many cobwebs that we had to walk through.

7/22/26
Mudhole
Wednesday Ruck

Pax:
Fallout Boy
Pinto – Q

Intro
5 principles

Rucked around.

CoT
BoM

Pax
Arcy
Stark
Callahan
Norm
Crawdad
Spaulding
Poe
Shepard
Isosceles-Q

Did a 10×10, 20×20 and 30×30 square and did movement exercises the entire session.

Pax
Flo
Oil change
Mile high
Coconut
Sven
Isosceles-Q

Ran a new loop to theater, to ford, to Wayne, down the locks, through side cut, with options to run to white street and back

4 August 2026 Backblast: Besse, Brogan, and Southie posted.
Warmup: 20 Don Quixotes
Thing: 2.59 mile ruck march on county fitness trail and back.

End with COT.

Zombie Outbreak
Location: The Wall
Date: 07/30/2026

PAX:
Longhorn
Bevo
Mile High
Montoya
Meatloaf
Big Spoon
Rubble
Bobber
Guardian
Spalding
Van Wilder
Huckleberry
Bourbon
Shepherd
Takedown – Q

Workout
COP – THE WARNING SIRENS
Side Straddle Hops (SSH) – 1:00
High Knees – 1:00
Arm Circles – 1:00
Squats – 1:00
Butt Kickers – 1:00
Traveling Lunges – 2:00
Mosey – 1:00
THE THANG – PERIMETER DEFENSE (4 WAVES) 45 sec work / 15 sec recover
Walker Drop → Burpees Barricade
Push → Merkins
Leap the Fallen → Jump Squats
Under the Barbed Wire → Mountain Climbers
Patrol the Fence → Traveling Lunges
Hold the Breach → Plank
Sprint to the Armory → High Knees
Zombie Crusher → Freddie Mercurys

Special Triangles at the foundry 8/3/26

PAX:
Rumor
Big Spoon
Meatloaf
Landslide
Photon
Fat Amy
Coconut (Q)

Intro: Mission, core principles, disclaimer, credo.
Demo of a couple of the moves for the

THANG:

Along the near sideline of the football field, and extending partway into the field. 3 triangles were created. Starting at the left 10y line, a 30-60-90 triangle (extending 20 y down the sideline for the rt(3) side), starting at the 40 yard-line an equilateral triangle–going to the opposite 40, and starting at the 30, a 45-45-90, with the right angle on the 10y line.
Rep count determined by the angle of the vertex you're at.
Starting at the 90 of the 30-60-90, LIME to the 30-degree angle and do thrusters, then LIME along the hypotenuse and at the 60 degree vertex do squrls, then LIME back to the right angle for 90 curl-presses. Then go to the equilateral.
Rifle carry along one edge (20 yds), then 60 incline merkins on the block. Rifle carry to the next vertex and 60 decline merkins with block the tall way, then rifle carry to the last vertex and do 60 x-over offset merkins. Move to the 45-45-90.
do 45 block swings at the first vertex, then murder bunny along the hypotenuse to the other 45, where you do 45 globetrotters, then MB down to the rt. angle where you do 90 2:1 american hammers with the block.

For time.

35 minutes wasn't quite enough. Spoon made it down to the right angle. YHC was on the globetrotters, and some others had just arrived. Would be a good one for a Saturday, or for an IPC. Arms are still shaky.

COT: COR/NOR and Meatloaf on the 6. Also Meatloaf with the LDP3 on Candor–men be ready to speak hard truth with grace, and demand to hear it from others. Take it humbly and know it's for your growth.

Honored to have the lead this morning. SYITG.

08/03/26 – Camelot –
Everybody Wins
WARM UP:
– Toe Touches/Reach For the Skys
– Calf Stretches
– Arm Circles
– 5 count Motivators
WORKOUT: 
• Four exercises at the COT.
• At the start everyone does a 20 count exercise. 
• Run down the path to the shed, then cross the street by the park & around the gazebo & back to the COT area- repeat. 
• Repeat until exhausted or time runs out, whichever comes first. 
– Exercise 1 = 20 Merkins
– Exercise 2 = 20 Double Pump Squat Jump
– Exercise 3 = 20 Yurpee (down to clap pushup, up to double jump)
– Exercise 4 = 20 U-Haul (chest press, then shoulder press with block)

Purdy – Q
Doubtfire
Rudy
Lullaby
Manchester
Guardian
Vespa
Waldo