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THE ARMORY · MON APR 6
50
WARMUP: We started off with our themed number of reps with 50 SSHs then on to some stretchy things. THE THANG: This is what was planned plus a couple of AMRAPs but we only made it to Round 2 -Corner 2 then we had to…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 30
10 pax didn’t oversleep
WARMUP: The usual suspects. SSH, Imperial Walkers, Oyster Pickers, short mosey. THE THANG: Around the circle 5 squats/5 swings/5 curls rotate to right using another bell. 10 rounds. 11 of Derkins on Bell/One arm press…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 23
The Armory
WARMUP: SSH, Low Slow Squat, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Peter Parker, Moroccan Nightclubs THE THANG: Grab your bells and scoot on over to the other side of the parking lot Pair up by counting off. Poppins has a lame leg…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 16
Backblast! The Stronghold
WARMUP: SSH, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, runners stretch, warm up mosey around parking lot THE THANG: Thrust/Swing/Merkin descending ladder, 3 station circuit with KB Chest Presses, Curls, Swings. 11s with…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 9
Backblast! You vs You and it pays to be a winner
13 pax showed up for an Armory beatdown today. The Mikel chatter stopped fast when they learned they had 16 minutes to complete 500 reps OYO. We missed the time hack but got it plenty of work The Warm up: SSH x20 Cherry…
THE ARMORY · MON MAR 2
Backblast! 4 corners increasing reps + MOT
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry pickers, Windmills, yog THE THANG: 4 corners with increasing reps MARY: N/A ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Men’s Shelter/Uhaul Ruck COT: Finished up with The Lords Prayer
THE ARMORY · MON FEB 23
Backblast! Tired of cold weather
WARMUP: SSH, low slow squats, high knees, butt kickers, karaoke THE THANG: Line up along the parking lines. With your kettle bell staying in one spot we performed the following exercises and then traveled to the next…
THE ARMORY · MON FEB 16
Backblast! Raiders from Sweep
Warmup: SSH Windmill Around the world Humane Burpee Thang: 4 Pop clean & squat 4 thrusters 4 swings 4 rows (each arm) 8 merkins on the bell Bear crawl w/ bell between each set I think we did 7 sets. "[Sweep the Leg guys…
THE ARMORY · MON FEB 9
Backblast! Armory
WARMUP:SSH, Cherry Pickers, arm rolls, IWs, Squats THE THANG: Various exercises in groups of 3 with 3 sets of each MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the dam, trash pickup COT: 2.0s, parents, Jesters
THE ARMORY · MON JAN 19
Backblast! Trail Runner With Runners Arms Invades
WARMUP: 8 Little Arm Circles, 8 Overhead Claps, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hill Billy Walkers THE THANG: 30 minute AMRAP was drawn out on a F3 special board, cardboard to be exact. Exercises where as follows: - Kettlebell…
THE ARMORY · MON JAN 12
Backblast! What’s in the Box?
WARMUP: Windmills, MNC, world’s greatest stretch and merkins THE THANG: Carry our big bells to the far side of the parking lot, found a box full of terrible exercises and carries such as snatches, curls, man makers and…
THE ARMORY · MON JAN 5
Backblast! That’s a board of pain of I’ve ever see
WARMUP: SSHx10 , IWx10, Merkins x 5 THE THANG: - 30 Reverse Lunges (SC) - 50 KB Swings - 30 Jumps Squats - 25 Big Boys - 20 KB Snatches (SC) - 100m Farmer’s Carry - 30 Step-ups (SC) - 20 Cleans (SC) - 20m Bear crawl…
THE ARMORY · DEC 29, 2025
Backblast! Coors Light Box of pain
WARMUP: THE THANG: coors Light box of pain. Enough said MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE ARMORY · DEC 22, 2025
Backblast! 12 days of kettle bell
WARMUP: morrocan night club, windmill, imperial walkers, hill billy walkers, plank, downward dog, honey mooner. THE THANG: latter adding a new exercise for 12 rounds. 10 x curls 10 x goblet squats 10 x calf raises 10 x…
THE ARMORY · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! Surrogate BB for 12/1
WARMUP: while the posting numbers are inaccurate, due to the many folks that don’t find the BB system worth their time… Some of us enjoy seeing the numbers climb. Getting these done increases the accuracy of that, and…
THE ARMORY · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! Armory / Rivalry Week
BUY-IN: 20 Man Makers w KB DORA #1 / Farmers Carry - merkins - Jump squats - Dips DORA #2 / Run lap - Snatches - Goblet squats - Curls COT
THE ARMORY · NOV 17, 2025
Backblast! Spicy Meatball
It was a cold balmy morning in the fort, but the heat from the bell sparks :firecracker: kept us warm. Warmup and then The Thang: Murder Bunny to every parking spot line followed by 5 LB Swings. Lunge to every parking…
THE ARMORY · NOV 10, 2025
Backblast! Who are you?
Three got a little stronger and a bit deeper at Armory. Here’s what we did. WARMUP: - 10 SSH - 10 Seal Jacks - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Hillbilly Walkers Mosey to front of church THE THANG: Do the exercise, jog down to…
THE ARMORY · NOV 3, 2025
Backblast! 4 Swole Bros
WARMUP: some stuff THE THANG: 25 min EMOM 5 Deadlift 5 squats 5 Clean 5 swing After time was up did a few more reps of another circuit. 10 Halo squats 10 Clean Press each side 10 Ballistic Row each side 10 curl 10…
THE ARMORY · OCT 27, 2025
Backblast! Gen X and 6 7
Thanks to Masterpiece, Gen Xer by a hair, he enlightened the PAX about what “67” means in this pop culture Need to post to know!! WARMUP: Mosey around FHC parking lot with 5ish stops for some COP to get the body warmed…
THE ARMORY · OCT 20, 2025
Backblast! Crappy Weinke
Crappy Weinke YHC took an empty diaper box, put a bunch of exercises on it and had the PAX roll it around like a die (not dice) and completed the exercises. Somehow a bunch of exercises not on the die were called?
THE ARMORY · OCT 13, 2025
Backblast! The Obtuse Contortionist
WARMUP: Various back stretches including tick tock torso twist, walkout merkins, Moroccan nightclub, monkey humper, inchworm squats all in cadence. THE THANG: we completed 5 of 6 planned flights of exercises. Each…
THE ARMORY · OCT 6, 2025
Backblast! EMOM
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 15 Imperial Walkers, 10 Hillbilly Walkers, 10 Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Three 5-minute EMOMs. At conclusion of each 5-minute round, run a lap around parking lot. Round 1 (5mins): 5 Squats w/bell 10…
THE ARMORY · SEP 22, 2025
Backblast! Baker Mayfield is not Pence
WARMUP: SSH, merkins, squats, Broga THE THANG: Untraditional 11s. At first I wanted to go all the way through from 10 to 1, but YHC quickly realized I wouldn’t be able to make it so I modified as needed. We worked…