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327 backblasts
THE ARMORY · OCT 3, 2022
bells with the boys!!!
Slackblast: bells with the boys!!! DATE: 2022-10-03 AO: ao-the-armory Q: shower curtain PAX: Battle Bot Lookout Tesh UHaul Peabody Shady Joe Lyons (F3 Long Duck) Assassin Walker Cousin Eddie 3D 38 Special JWOW Router…
THE ARMORY · SEP 26, 2022
Don’t Call it a Comeback
14 HIMs gathered with YHC on this cool morning at the Armory to celebrate a return to a KB workout for me. Some came to celebrate, some came to ridicule and some were just curious. Nonetheless, I was prepared with a…
THE ARMORY · SEP 19, 2022
Slackblast:
THE ARMORY · SEP 12, 2022
Swing it like it's hot
WARMUP: Mosey Side Straddle Hop Produce Pickers Hillbilly Walkers Windmills Moroccan Nightclubs Imperial Walkers THE THANG: Curls x2 sets Triceps x2 sets Run Plank Kettlebell Touch x2 sets Deadlift x2 sets Manmakers Run…
THE ARMORY · SEP 5, 2022
Armory-ish
WARMUP: Peabody did some stuff THE THANG: Peabody did some stuff. UHaul did some stuff. Tesh did some stuff ANNOUNCEMENTS: “Let’s go to Starbucks at Baxter.”
THE ARMORY · AUG 29, 2022
Bell repeats
WARMUP: Mosey for a short lap then circle up for SSHs, Windmills, Low slow squats, Merkins, and Hillbilly Walkers. THE THANG: I'm a big fan of simple yet difficult. So I stole some things from rucking and repurposed…
THE ARMORY · AUG 22, 2022
Wake Up, ISI DORA!
WARMUP: 20 SSH IC 14 LSS IC 10 Windmills IC 15 MNC IC Farmers carry to center parking lot THE THANG: PAX partnered up, ideally based on ability or kettle bell weight to help promote a ISI DORA. PAX would complete…
THE ARMORY · AUG 15, 2022
Happy Independence Day India
WARMUP: SSH Windmills Merkins Peter Parkers THE THANG: Farmer’s carry to big parking lot In celebration of India’s Independence 75 years ago today, we started things off with 75 kettlebell swings Split into 2 groups…
THE ARMORY · AUG 8, 2022
Ancient History
Who knows? This is Band Camp submitting a backblast for Esso (because 4 minutes was too much time for the man to spend....?)
THE ARMORY · AUG 1, 2022
Dust in the Wind? No!
WARMUP: SSH, Mtn climber, Peter Parker, Parker peter THE THANG: Triple Bs day -- bells, bricks and blocks Bells: 10 Swings (round 1) 10 Goblet squat (round 1) 10 Lawn mower pull each side (round 2) 20 Tricep extension…
THE ARMORY · JUL 18, 2022
The Smokin 90s
WARMUP: Mosey, SSH, Windmills, Morrocon NC, Merkins, Hillbilly Walkers, Overhead Claps, Calf Raises, Cherry Pickers THE THANG: While hearing to 90s Hip-hop; Each exercise was for 1 minute and 30 second rest, Round 1…
THE ARMORY · JUL 11, 2022
Diabeetus
WARMUP: First, we warmed up. THE THANG: Then we did a lot of kettlebell stuff and ran a little. MOSTLY, we listened to what might have been the worst playlist ever conceived. From the marginally incestuous Osmonds, to…
THE ARMORY · JUN 27, 2022
Slash’s Slam
WARMUP: dynamic: exercise>Mosey>rinse/repeat THE THANG: 4 Corners. Each corner had two exercises. Do exercise 1 run to middle for 3 burpees run back out to next corner. Complete rotation. Rinse/repeat with exercise 2…
THE ARMORY · JUN 20, 2022
Juneteenth 2022
Warmup: SSH x19 Windmill x6 Burpee In cadence x10 Swings x89 (89 years from 1776 to 1865) Move to far parking lot 13th amendment (abolishing slavery) 1 manmaker 3 squat thrusters 13 rounds 14th amendment (birth-right…
THE ARMORY · JUN 13, 2022
15 pounder
WARMUP: Did some stretching and had a nice Indian run THE THANG: Did some time at the small wall/firepit with various sets of muscle exciters. Got in lots of kettlebell swings, lawnmower pulls and laps in between. KB…
THE ARMORY · JUN 6, 2022
1st and 10 with KB
WARMUP: 20 SSH, 20 HBW, 20 MNC, 1 lap around the parking lot. THE THANG: Take bells to starting point in the parking lot. Exercises. 10 yard mark 20 Tricep extensions 10 Kurpees Run to the 100y cone and back Longes 20y…
THE ARMORY · MAY 30, 2022
Murph Lite 2.0
WARMUP: SSH, Around the world, figure 8, slight mosey up and down the parking lot THE THANG: 10 clean jerks (5 each arm) 10 front raises (2 handed) 10 squats Run to the end of the parking lot and back Repeat X15 MARY…
THE ARMORY · MAY 23, 2022
Viking Metal forever 🤟🏻
WARMUP: we did some COP and jogging back and forth THE THANG: AMRAP with partner and chalk it was accountability and inspiring MARY: N/A ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: perspective!! Are you attacking the day…
THE ARMORY · MAY 16, 2022
Number Nine Number Nine
WARMUP: We warmed up THE THANG: we played Uno MARY: Wasn’t there but we stretched some ANNOUNCEMENTS: Trash pick up Saturday. Bourbon tasting barbecue too. COT:
THE ARMORY · MAY 9, 2022
Penalty Burpees Happened
Exercises were completed while 2 PAX walked the length of the parking lot with awkward weight attached… Music was present. Penalty burpees were done by all with a happy heart and sore arms.
THE ARMORY · MAR 28, 2022
I'm Back and Better Than Ever... Well, I'm Back at Least...
Following my 2 year hiatus I have returned and apparently been showing up enough to be voluntold that my fans have been waiting for my return to the Q... That or they had an opening and needed it filled, I chose to…
THE ARMORY · MAR 14, 2022
Sun’s Out Guns Out at The Armory
Kept the guns locked away in the armory all winter? Time to bust them out with some upper body work. We are skipping leg day today and getting all the gainz upstairs. Today’s workout kicks off a Spring of Sun’s out guns…
THE ARMORY · FEB 28, 2022
Slinging Cannonballs in the Armory
PAX were advised that this would not be an “ease into the week” workout. After warmup, we did a quick skill demonstration on Kettlebell swings and cleans. Reviews were mixed. We then took a walk all the way around the…
THE ARMORY · FEB 21, 2022
Heavy dice
After a warmup of low slow squats, merkins, SSH, and swings, we took a quick mosey around the parking lot. Uhaul eventually showed up and joined us, along with his playlist of “things that kinda sound like Metallica”…