backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
278 backblasts
SNAKE PIT · AUG 31, 2022
One of Those Crazy KB Workouts
WARMUP: 10 KB Swings 10 Halo’s - 5 in each direction 5 Beakers IC (a Beaker is a Uhaul with an OH press) Short mosey around the parking lot THE THANG: Part 1 Snatches 12-10-8-6-4-2 (reps each hand) Followed by a lap…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 25, 2022
Mooning the International Space Station?
WARMUP: Run a lap SSH Low slow squat hold bottom of squat Plank up 10 slide overs in cadence 10 high pulls in cadence 20 flutters with press in cadence THE THANG: Segment 1 7s Snatch Bulgarians mode of transport: walk…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 17, 2022
what's a kettlebell
WARMUP: dynamic warmup including toy soldiers, high knees, butt kickers, SSH (IC), Merkins (IC) THE THANG: perform 20 reps of exercise then run 100yds before performing next set 5 sets - deadlifts 4 sets - bent over…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 10, 2022
Tik Tok Trending Tris
WARMUP: A bunch of the basics followed by a series of dynamic moves with low reps to warm up the machine THE THANG: groupings of exercises starting with total body then legs upper body and core. in each functional area…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 3, 2022
Tabatas
WARMUP: THE THANG: Tabatas MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
SNAKE PIT · JUL 27, 2022
Heavy metal, heavy things
WARMUP: Line up the bells heaviest to lightest Mosey to grab cinderblocks THE THANG: Originally, the intention was to have a group working with 2 kettlebells and another group working with cinderblocks. Since there were…
SNAKE PIT · JUL 20, 2022
Murder Bunnies are Wild
It was a steamy morning in The Fort so the warmup was light and sweating was not optional. - 15 Side Straddle Hops - 10 Windmills - 10 Cherry Pickers - 10 Merkins - Down Dog/Honeymooner followed by a stretch The Thang…
SNAKE PIT · JUL 13, 2022
Hill runs after squats suck, but not as much as Cancer
THE THANG: YHC’s nephew (my sister’s son) and sister in law (my M’s brother’s wife) both start cancer treatments this morning. He is 17 and fighting Aplastic Anemia for the second time in his short life (his odds of…
SNAKE PIT · JUL 6, 2022
Tomahawk Test is a lesson in Engineering
WARMUP: Short Jog, variety of warmup exercises and stretches THE THANG: This was made by Polaroid when this AO was The Tomahawk to track our fitness improvements. It’s a series of exercises AMRAP in X time. Left Arm…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 29, 2022
I don’t know much but I know Uhaul
WARMUP: Windmills, monacan Nite clubs, squats, merkins, sumo squats toy soldiers, lunges THE THANG: 3 sets of ten: 3 sets of 5 exercises 10 reps each take lap. Most got two full rounds in MARY: Did some Mary with…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 22, 2022
K-Pop Party
WARMUP: 3 sets each: swings/ssh, wall sit/thrusters, B2wall/front raise THE THANG: Dora 100s: cleans, squats, chest press, American hammer, shoulder press, lawnmowers There was KPop… thank you Bezos.
SNAKE PIT · JUN 15, 2022
Do you burn twice the calories when the humidity makes you sweat twice as much?
WARMUP: Not sure… I missed it! (Got us so early I thought I had too much time so I put some laundry away and then realized I did really bad travel math! Rolled in about 5:18) THE THANG: Run (lap around 4 parking rows) …
SNAKE PIT · JUN 8, 2022
Where the heck do I Park
WARMUP: slow mosey with butt kickers, high knees, toy soldiers. 20 SSH, 10 windmills, 10 IW, 10 weedpullers. THE THANG: combination of catch me if you can and adding an exercise each trip. During catch me if you can. 1…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 1, 2022
A Stacked Deck at The Pit
WARMUP: Run the parking lot but only a very little. Some Windmills, Merkins and Imperial Walkers. THE THANG: We played cards so for the newer guys, every number represents the rep count with face cards ascending in…
SNAKE PIT · MAY 25, 2022
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SNAKE PIT · MAY 11, 2022
Yoga Mat is Gear
Warm Up: SSH, IW, HW, Good Morning, Squats, Around the World Thang: Groups of two rotating through stations Deck Squats - Swings Side Lunge - Lawnmower Pulls Knee-tar N'Diaye - Half Kneeling Press (on preset yoga mats)…
SNAKE PIT · MAY 4, 2022
Beaker Mayhem Beatdown
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Low Slow Squats, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Carolina Dry Docks, Plank to Downward Dog to Honeymooners THE THANG: There were plenty of sandbags to go around. PAX split up into groups of…
SNAKE PIT · APR 13, 2022
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SNAKE PIT · APR 6, 2022
Light pole Tour of Pain
WARMUP: maybe one SSH THE THANG: Ran around the outside of CRHS campus. Every light pole directly on your path stop and do exercises with KB. First 10 poles do 5 reps of first set. Next 10, 10 reps of 2nd. Next 10, 15…
SNAKE PIT · MAR 23, 2022
Snake Pit - 3.23
8 PAX split off with Bushwood. I'm 100% certain Tesh's backblast will be more interesting to read than mine. (I'll tag him on Twitter and Slack to confirm this fact.) That left 8 PAX with kettlebells for the Snake Pit…
SNAKE PIT · MAR 9, 2022
It dit-int rain
We had a few at a damp parking lot, but no rain (U-haul.) Started by stretching just enough to get Funhouse a little grumpy 'cause he could feel something coming. A sampling of a few groups of exercises with a light jog…
SNAKE PIT · FEB 23, 2022
Feels like yesterday
WARMUP: normal stuff THE THANG: Double DORA 100 UHauls 200 Curls 300 Squats 100 Skull Crushers 200 Chest Press 300 Flutters MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas party TBD COT: yes
SNAKE PIT · FEB 9, 2022
Push It Real Good
Arrived early to walk the parking lot, still trying to figure out the plan for the morning. One thing was certain, we needed to start fast, because it was cold! 9 PAX showed at the Snake Pit (and another 5 at Bushwood)…
SNAKE PIT · DEC 22, 2021
ISI DORA 2.0
5 showed for Snake Pit, 5 for Bushwood. Cohiba and YHC disclaimed and we went over the Five Core Principles of F3. The PAX got them right. Grab your bell, mosey up the street to the band practice field lot. Weinke YHC…