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Backblast by Tube Top (Matt Boretti) on 04/09/2025

Backblast! Searching for Unicorns

AO: Quarantine
Q: Tube Top (Matt Boretti)
PAX: Jay Z – Shawn Carter, Dowry (Derrick Wolfe), Papi (Isaias Brito), Tomahawk (Leo Brito Serafio), Rosco P (Rich O’Donnell), Thingamabob (Ariel), Rio (Andrew DiGiovanni), Globetrotter (Sean Smith), Josh Burton (jingle), Flush (Clay Campbell), Money Pit (Blake Anderson), Menthol (Joel Cade), Snickle (Andrew), Pump Action (Kevin Marer), Tube Top (Matt Boretti), Watts
FNGs: None
Count: 16

Warm Ups:

  • 25 Side Straddle Hops
  • 9 Imperial Walkers
  • 4 Good Mornings
  • Plank – Runners Stretch


Trivia: Does anyone know what National Day It Is?

  • National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
  • Name Yourself Day
  • Winston Churchill Day
  • National Unicorn Day


We played “Try and Stump Rio” our resident music expert who knows everything and anything about music. To test his prowess, we played obsure songs throughout the workout. If Rio was able to name the song and artist, the PAX avoided 10 penalty burpees. If he named the year, Tube Top had to do 3 burpees.

Thang 1:

  • Run to Benches – 4 Derkins (IC), 19 Step Ups (IC)
  • Song: The Incredible Crawling Eye, Nervus Rex, 1980
  • 10 penalty burpees


Thang 2:

  • Run to Benches – 4 Derkins (IC), 19 Step Ups (IC)
  • Song: Don’t You Want More, Mantronix, 1990
  • 5 penalty burpees (named song and year, but wrong artist)


Thang 3:

  • Run to Parking Deck 1 – 5 burpees (Level 1), 10 Lt Dans (Level 2), 20 LSF (Level 3), 10 burpees (level 4), 10 Lt Dans, 20 LSF (Level 5)
  • Song: Baby Blu, Nilufer Yanya, 2019
  • 10 Penalty Burpees


Thang 4:

  • Run to Rocks – 15 Curls, 15 Tricep Extensions, 15 BO Rows
  • Song: Fake, Alexander O’Neal, 1987
  • 5 Penalty Burpees (named song and year, but wrong artist)


Thang 5:

  • Run to Railing by Water – 15 Pull Ups, 15 Irkins
  • Song: Weed Bus, The Stairs, 1992
  • 10 Penalty Burpees


Thang 6:

  • Run to Lombard Street – 7 Merkins at bottom, ran to top 7 Jump Squats
  • Song: Rhythm, Roy Ayers, 1978
  • 10 Penalty Burpees


Mary: No time for Mary

  • History Has Its Eyes On You, Mystery Jets, 2019
  • The Sewers of Mars, Royal Trux, 1995
  • Couldn’t name, but skipped penalty Burpees since time ran out


ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Prime BBQ Friday
  • FNW this Friday


COT:

  • Jay-Z friend Angela, rehab.
  • Snickle’s family member
  • Boys2men recovery
  • Boys2men’s dad and all suffering from cancer
  • All expecting mothers including Izuzu, Fuse Box, and Ivy

Searching for Unicorns

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