Looking California and feeling Minnesota

Date: 2025-10-18 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: voodoo, flipper, The Worm, Wabbit, Pepsi, F3 Elsa FNGs: None COUNT: 7 Hej! In doing a bit of desktop research, YHC did a non-deep dive on old Norse words that have infiltrated the English language over the years. Ransack. Slaughter. Berserk. Just a few of the top words that came up. Unless you suffer from apatternicity, the casual backblast reader will note these words invoke feelings of pain, terror, and anxiety. Yes, this was just the backdrop we needed for the latest installment of the Norwegian 4×4 and boy, did this week live up to it. YHC’s arms are still jelly. As usual, the mumblechatter and terrible playlist (looking at you, Chicago and your dulcet tones) did their best to distract the pax from the fact they were experiencing massive gains. Good times! Thanks, as always, to the pax for posting (and prayers to Toto for a speedy recovery from what sounds like a terrible yellow jacket mishap, yikes – sorry, brother). Let’s get into the recap… WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, one-handed swings (5x e/s), slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Voodoo Complex EMOM (4 sets) – Voodoo complex (1x e/s each min.; 2x each movement on the last set) 2) Norwegian 4×4 – Single Bells (4 sets) – Cleans (5x e/s) – Merkins (10x) – Front squats (5x e/s) – Presses (5x e/s) – Active recovery (3 min.) 3) Complex Uno (3 sets) – 1-handed alternating swings (5x e/s) – Lawnmower rows (6x e/s) – Reverse lunge (5x e/s) 4) Complex Dos (2 sets) – Sumo squat (6x) – Bent over rows (5x e/s) – SLDL (6x e/s) MARY: About a 30-40 sec. plank for good measure ANNOUNCEMENTS: – :canned_food: Canned Food Ruck (11/15) – the gist of this activity is rucking with canned food to and fro breweries to eventually donate said cans to a food bank…is it a clever idea to throw off your M about day drinking or is it a genuine attempt at exercise and a good cause? Only you can decide, but maybe all these things can be true… (see Slack for details) – :christmas_tree: Area-51 Holiday Party (12/7) supposedly at Hops’ house. More details to come… – :man-wrestling: Festivus Convergence (12/13) – BIG, MASSIVE, YUGE convergence with all Saturday workouts. You won’t want to miss this one (see Slack for details) – :pray: Prayers for Loogie and his family upon the passing of his mother COT: Flipper took out the joint groups in the COT