Author: wstark

3/30/26
Gauntlet
Pax:
Thor(Q)
Geppetto
Isosceles
Doubtfire
Guardian
Longhorn
Mile High
Lullabye
Polaroid
Papa Bear
Gold Star

Work: Stadiums(30 reps each per stadium, double it if you’ve been there).

Fenway Park, Boston Red Sox, 1912, MA
Wrigley Field, Chicago Cubs, 1914, IL
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1962, CA
Angel Stadium, Los Angeles Angels, 1966, CA
RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland Athletics, 1966, CA
Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City Royals, 1973, MO
Rogers Centre, Toronto Blue Jays, 1989, OT
Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay Rays, 1990, FL
Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago White Sox, 1991, IL
Oriole Park, Baltimore Orioles, 1992, MD
Progressive Field, Cleveland Guardians, 1994, OH
Coors Field, Colorado Rockies, 1995, CO
Chase Field, Arizona Diamondbacks, 1998, AZ
T-Mobile Park, Seattle Mariners, 1999, OR
Comerica Park, Detroit Tigers, 2000, MI
Minute Maid Park, Houston Astros, 2000, TX
Oracle Park, San Francisco Giants, 2000, CA
American Family Field, Milwaukee Brewers, 2001, WI
PNC Park, Pittsburgh Pirates, 2001, PA
Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Reds, 2003, OH
Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia Phillies, 2004, PA
Petco Park, San Diego Padres, 2004, CA
Busch Stadium, St. Louis Cardinals, 2006, MO
Nationals Park, Washington Nationals, 2008, D.C.
Citi Field, New York Mets, 2009, NY
Yankee Stadium, New York Yankees, 2009, NY
Target Field, Minnesota Twins, 2010, MN
LoanDepot Park, Miami Marlins, 2012, FL
Truist Park, Atlanta Braves, 2017, GA
Globe Life Field, Texas Rangers, 2020, TX

Arizona: Shoulder Press
California: Merkins
Colorado: Squat jumps
Florida: Plank jacks
Georgia: LBC’s (2×1)
Illinois: Monkey humpers (2×1)
Maryland: American hams (2×1)
Massachusetts: Curls
Michigan: Freddie mercs (2×1)
Minnesota: Box cutters
Missouri: Pickle pounders
New York: Mountain climb. (2×1)
Ohio: Overhead Claps(2×1)
Oregon: Burpees (2×1)
Ontario: WW3’s
Pennsylvania: Bonnie blairs(2×1)
Texas: 1 Suicide(2 if you have been there)
Washington D.C.: BBS
Wisconsin: Smurf jacks (2×1)

3/26/26
Wakanda
Workout: Choose Your Own Adventure
PAX:
Thor(q)
Gulliver
Wario
Arcy
Quickdraw
Lyman

Mission, Principles and Disclaimer given

Warm Up:
SSH, Windmills, Chainbreakers

Work:

Choose to do either 20, 40, 60, 80, or 100 per exercise. Run laps inbetween

Cave of Shadows:
SSH
Hillbilly Squats(2×1)
American Hammers(2×1)
Row’s(b)
Curls(b)

Journey under the sea
LBC
Shoulder Press(b)
Merkins
Monkey Humpers
Calf Raises(b)

Danger in the Desert
Overhead Claps(2×1)
WW3(B)
Plank Jacks
Lt. Dans
KBS

3/14/26
AO: Battlefield
Workout: King of the Hill

PAX:
Thor(Q)
Jersey
Arcy
Norm
Fat Amy
Viper
Waldo
Shepherd
Crawdad
Quickdraw

Mission, Principles and Disclaimer given

Each person keeps track of their own level. If they win a round(whether it is by themselves or on a team) they move up a level. Pax on the highest level at the end is crowned King of the Hill

These were not exact but something similar

Level 1: 5 Squats, 5 Merkins, 5, LBC’s, 5 Curls
Level 2: 10 Squats, 10 Merkins, 10 LBC’s, 10 Curls
Level 3: 15 Squats, 15 Merkins, 15,LBC’s, 15 Curls
Level 4: 75 SSH
Level 5: 5 WW3, 5 Squat Thrusts
Level 6: 10 WW3, 10 Squat Thrusts
Level 7: 15 WW3, 15 Squat Thrusts
Level 8: 100 Curls

We did a lot of mix and matching. Some individual races, some pairs, teams of 4, teams of same level.

New Rules:
1. At ANY time, if someone can bear crawl and finish first, they move up 2 spots
2. Previous Kings need to fight for their space. If they ever drop below the first 3, they drop back a spot. BUT if they win outright on an individual competition, they can move up 2 spots.

King of the Hill: Fat Amy
Previous Winners:
Viper
Peach

Backblast –March 31, 2026
AO: Coronado – Keener Park – Monclova Twp, OH
PAX:
Mercy
Bulldog
Geppetto – Q

Workout: The Murph

No FNG’s so right into Mission and Principles:
F3 – Fitness, Fellowship, Faith
Mission – Plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership.
The core principles of F3 are that it must:
Be free of charge
Be open to all men
Be held outdoors, rain or shine, heat or cold
Be led by men who participate in the workout in a rotating fashion, with no training or certification necessary. You versus you. Modify or stop an exercise if you need to. The most important thing is that nobody gets hurt.
End with a Circle of Trust
Credo: Leave no man behind, but leave no man where you find him.

The “Thang” – The Murph
1 mile run
100 pull-ups
200 merkins
300 squats
1 mile run

Count-O-Rama – Three
Name-O-Rama
Circle of Trust
Sharing of the six – Bulldog – Travels for work and visits AO’s downrange, and reflected on how today’s work out with just the three of us felt like an out-of-town post and that we are lucky to have high PAX participation in Black Swamp.

Announcements: Playhouse build needs fundraising dollars and additional volunteers. Whiskey/beer swap coming up.

Ball of Man with Prayer – Prayers for Mercy’s coworker Vicki and her husband Mark. Prayers for Bulldog and the robotics team heading to Cincinnati this weekend.

Spreadsheets from the Gloom: Mid 60s and very windy. Nice looking thunderstorm off to the north in Michigan. Emo-ish playlist with some Switchfoot thrown in.

It was an honor to lead.

Necropolis ruck
Q Arcy
Raven
Scooter
Gulliver
Van Wilder
Lullaby

Raccoon Recovery

Pax:
Armstrong
Deliverance (Q)
Pinto
Raven

A recovery from the Raccoongaine Orienteering event Saturday. Walked around the building, stopping at each door and rolling the die.
1 = Arms, 2 = Legs, 3 = Abs, 4 = Stretch, 5 = Hold, 6 = you choose.
Roll again to determine exercise. Had 3 for each category, where 1 or 2 = first exercise, etc. Then for Arms, Legs, Abs, roll again where 1 or 2 = 10 reps, 3/4 = 20 reps, 5/6 = 30 reps. Stretch exercises were held for 5 breaths each. Hold positions, roll die and x 10 and hold for that count.

PAX
FLK
Stark
Djibouti
Arcy
Fat Amy
Runt
Zimba
Crawdad
Quick Draw Q

Warmup.

Quick run through of stations.

potato pickers
s2a in cadence (cadence needs work)

Station 1 – about 15 min
20 LBC
20 Air Presses
20 Freddy Mercury (2 is 1)
5 Burpees

One person does reverse murder, bunny, with tail drag (24kilo kettle on battle rope -much better in grass)

Repeat

Station 2 – about 15 min

20 SSH
10 Squats
Run to distant cone
10 Full Merkins
Run back and repeat

Station 3 – about 15 min

One knee over the head twisting ball slams – 15 lb and 14 lb slam balls
6 slams then Backward overhead throw

Repeat

4 Pax total – great morning to be alive

Manchester as Q
Purdy
Vespa
Echo

Meatloaf – Q
Sprocket
Mercy
Big Spoon
Photon

Do 1 burpee and add one every 200m so you’ll stop for burpees twice around the track adding another one each tim

30 March 2026 Backblast: Southie posted. Completed a Murph.