backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
321 backblasts
COLOSSEUM · SEP 23, 2025
Backblast! Recess Time !!!!
WARMUP: Windmills Hillbilly Walkers Imperial Walkers Moroccan Night Cluns THE THANG: 12 Stations with 12 Reps each, jog a lap, rinse and repeat - Carolina Dry Docks - Squats - LBCs - Flutter Kicks - Mountain Climbers …
COLOSSEUM · SEP 16, 2025
Backblast! No Barkley, No Peace
Roughly, this is what was done: Run to the back of the school. Here's the series... run to the 3rd light pole out back - Grab a rock, here’s the sequence - 15 curls, run two light poles, 15 flutters, run back - 15…
COLOSSEUM · SEP 12, 2025
Backblast! Adding the Lightpoles
WARMUP: SSH IW HW mountain climbers Yoga Peter Parker Yoga Parker, Peter Yoga THE THANG: Long mosey Muscle up on the wall near the kindergarten classrooms One, two, three, up to 10 Start with light pole at the bottom of…
COLOSSEUM · SEP 8, 2025
Backblast! This was a month ago?
WARMUP: quick Mozy to back THE THANG: partner workout 100 shoulder taps 150 merkins 200 dry docks 250 dips 200 inc merkins 150 lunges 200 shoulder taps 250 squats 300 LBC’s 350 SSH 50 burpees MARY: round robin…
COLOSSEUM · SEP 2, 2025
Backblast! Title McTitle-Face
WARMUP: - Air Squats - Good Mornings - Lunges - The Windmill - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers THE THANG: - Mike Tysons # 5 - Squats # 10 - Good Mornings # 10 - LBCs # 10 - Merkins # 10 After you completed the…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 26, 2025
Backblast! Together we accelerate
YHC was asked by Halfback to join the Pax at Coliseum to discuss Shieldlock and the importance of locking up with another man or men to grow together towards acceleration. Weather was warm but less humid than normal in…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 19, 2025
Backblast! Battle at the colosseum
WARMUP: right to business THE THANG: 4 events between the two teams. Worked our way through a journey of exercises that moved your forward, backward, and back to the start. Followed that up with cinderblocks Dora, we…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 12, 2025
Backblast! “AMRAP EMOM” which when translated mean
WARMUP: SSH, MNC, SQUATS, LBC THE THANG: MOSEY 6 arrows with a burpee at each arrow. Continue to the benches. AMRAP - 7 min: 15 SQUATS 10 LUNGES 5 Broad Jump Burpees EMOM: Merkins Mike Tysons Hand Release Merkins AMRAP…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 5, 2025
Backblast! Olaf's CHARGE in the rain
WARMUP: - 10 Grass-pickers - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs - Plank to Down Dog with calf stretches to Sunrise THE THANG: 2.5+ miles of glorious pain in the rain... - Mosey to rear of school and stop at streetlight before…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 29, 2025
Backblast! Conundrum
WARMUP: a little bit THE THANG: some stuff MARY: not really ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: yep
COLOSSEUM · JUL 22, 2025
Backblast! Why are we doing this?
WARMUP: - 10 Moroccan nightclubs - 12 cherry pickers - 10 windmills - 10 low slow squats Mosey, karaoke, stop at curb and do 10 incline merkins on curb in cadence Mosey, karaoke, 10 calf raises on curb in cadence THE…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 15, 2025
Backblast! Donuts are a food group!!
WARMUP: Slow mosey Lunge walk Mosey Fruit pickers Imperial walkers Low squat Merkins Slow mosey Hillbilly walkers Moracan night clubs Slow mosey 3 rounds of Swing crunches and pull ups THE THANG: Accumulating ladder…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 8, 2025
Backblast! Welcome back to the 90s
WARMUP: SSH while we gathered everyone to get the party started. Then took off for a short mosey over to the flags. Windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins. Then ran to the back of the school. THE THANG: we…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 1, 2025
Backblast! When in doubt, blame Schwartz...
With no announcement as to the Q for the day as of the afternoon of the night before, which is unusual for Barkley, but becoming very usual for The Fort overall, I mentioned casually that I would just take it. So…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 24, 2025
Backblast! Convergence??
WARMUP: mosey up the hill behind the AO. Warm up exercises every few lightpoles THE THANG: go to wal mart and meet Golden Corral PAX for a partner DORA 1/2/3 100 merkins 200 squats 300 LBC’s Mosey back with a few…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 17, 2025
Backblast! Tic-Tac-Two was enough
WARMUP: motivator, imperial walkers, up/down dog, side stretches, windmill THE THANG: 1) music: Mama Said Knock You Out - FFDP (2:45) → Plank Jacks in between Catch Phrase O’ Pain (CPOPs) CPOP: "Mama said knock you out"…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 10, 2025
Backblast! Are you not entertained?
WARMUP: right to business, broke out into two teams THE THANG: 4 levels of action: Round 1) work you way through exercises by flipping over papers, you either advance, go back, or go back to start and have to redo the…
COLOSSEUM · MAY 27, 2025
Backblast! Memorial Day continuation
WARMUP: mosey with ssh and merkins THE THANG: Modified combination of the Danny Dietz and Matthew Axleson hero wods. Lots of running. Lots of reps. MARY: only a little ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: yes
COLOSSEUM · MAY 13, 2025
Backblast! Showed up from the shadows
WARMUP: pain THE THANG: pain MARY: & more pain ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
COLOSSEUM · MAY 6, 2025
Backblast! Fire At The Colosseum
WARMUP: Mosey to small parking lot at entrance, then SSH, Windmill, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan NC, and Strawberry Pickers and Mosey back to blue benches THE THANG: At blue benches, we did 3 Rounds of Merkins, Incline…
COLOSSEUM · APR 29, 2025
Backblast! Ab destroyer
WARMUP: SSH, low slow squats, MNC THE THANG: Grab a rock, 5 man maker buy in 5 light poles, LBC’s, X & O’s, V Up’s, HTH, Big Boys round of 20, 15, 10 & 5 MARY: She was in the car with Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck)…
COLOSSEUM · APR 22, 2025
Backblast! What’s a Walkin’ Merkin!?
WARMUP: Side-straddle hop, Strawberry pickers, Plank to down dog calf stretches, from plank Left arm to the sky with some hip dips, Right arm to the sky with some hip dips THE THANG: - Run 1/2 Mile - around the MS…
COLOSSEUM · APR 15, 2025
Backblast! Long duck walked into a bar and it hurt
WARMUP: Windmill SSH Merkins Moroccan nightclub High knees But kickers Side shuffle THE THANG: Mosey over to the playground 3 rounds of 7 reps Swinging merkin Squats Pull ups Run lap around the track Bear crawl length…
COLOSSEUM · APR 8, 2025
Backblast! Pyramid of Pain
Quick disclaimer And warmup 5 windmills, 10 IW/10MNC Mosey to behind school on bball courts where the pyramid of pain was set up 5 stations, 4 corners and 1 in middle Partner up ( work is completed together) Each of the…