The BackBlast:

AO:

lions_den

Pax Names:

Pie Bar, Odd Job, Chops, Dizzy, Lucky Charms, Ice T, Einstein, Oliver, Wolverine, Blackhawk, Speedy Gonzalez, Pop Up, Hard Drive, Dry Rub, Kennedy

Number of Pax:

15

FNG Names:

Number of FNGs:

0

Intro:

Nothing could derail the men of TLD this morning – not even an assault by a rogue deer

Warm-o-Rama:

Brief fast-paced mosey to lower bus lanes: 15 SSHs (mumble chatter ensued quickly regarding YHC's cadence being off. Noted); 11 weed pickers; 10 windmills, Sun Gods OYO; Michael Phelps OYO; 5 copperhead merkins; 5 copperhead squats. Retrieve 2 coupons; mosey to grassy knoll.

YHC notices Blackhawk is not there – strange since Blackhawk texted YHC "see you in the AM" just before bed time the night before.

The Thang:

Mother.Of.All.B.O.M.B.S. – Partner up at bottom of grassy knoll. Each PS has a sandbaby or coupon. To begin, Partner A throws sandbaby/coupon up hill and then lunges back down with coupon on shoulders. Partner B commences set number of exercises to be performed collectively by each PS. Switch as soon as Partner A reaches bottom of hill Rinse and repeat for entire 45 minutes. Exercises and reps to be completed were: 50 mountain climbers (kodiak); 75 outlaws; 100 alternating shoulder taps (kodiak); 125 burpees; 150 overhead presses; 175 merkins; 200 big boy situps; 225 air squats. YHC kept things interesting for hill climbers, rotating between coupon throws, backward coupon throws, bear crawls up and down hill, side way bear crawls up and down hill, and walking up and down hill with coupon raised above shoulders. For our final trip up and down, each partner buddy carried the other.

COT:

Dry Rub was 6th man. He talked of his recent move from Kansas City, his family, and how physical exercise is important, but not as important as exercising the soul through scripture. Good words.

Announcements re: War Towne launch on 4/13; grow ruck; and 2nd F happenings

Prayers for healing and for wisdom for Ice T as he deals with some issues at his place of employ

Post COT meeting at SoHo to recharge with carbs and discuss expansion ideas/issues – good lively conversation and many differing opinions on how to appropriately address growing Lions Den numbers. All agreed it's a good problem to have!

Naked Man Moleskin:

About one third of the way through the routine, YHC noticed headlights coming up the hill toward the upper lot. Sure enough – it's Blackhawk. Unbeknownst to the PAX he had hit and killed a deer on the way and had to wait for the police to arrive. Amazingly he still showed – talk about dedication!

A few other observations:

– We didn't finish this routine, but the PAX came much closer to doing so with much less grumbling than the first time we did it;
– Wolverine hoisted Blackhawk, who goes about 215, up on his shoulders like he was a rag doll for a fireman carry up the hill. Impressive;
– Perhaps more impressive: Blackhawk hoisted Wolverine (270?) up on his shoulders and carried him up the hill. I'm glad he's on our side!;
– Dizzy was making some gruesome noises as a result of the "bedtime" snack he consumed at 1 a.m. Let that be a lesson to all of us;
– Lucky Charms does not like heavy metal and he let me know about it. Noted. Perhaps he will regale us with some Britney Spears for his VQ on Thursday;
– Hard Drive tried to skip over the overhead presses and merkins and go straight to the big boy situps. Tisk tisk;
– Speedy Gonzalez couldn't recall his name or age during name-o-rama – to bring it full circle, he looked like a deer in the headlights