backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
332 backblasts
THE BALLROOM · NOV 17, 2015
Lead yourself by following your heart
18 pax posted to The Ballroom on a pleasant Fall morning for a deceptively intense dose of pain generated from a short & sweet Weinke. The Thang Mosey to the parking lot in front of Postal Route with karaokes and…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 3, 2015
15 miles and 1000 burpees
At least that's what the PAX thought they were getting into when I told them I was filling in for Zima and using the weinke he created... It was slightly less terrible than that, but it still was pretty sucky... The…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 27, 2015
A Zoolander-esque Dance at the Ballroom
10 men braved the cool breezy morning at the Ballroom to mosey with Manilow. All veterans in attendance ... quick disclaimer mosey out the back to the credit union, circle up, IW x 21 (oops), MNC x 20, SSH x 20, WM x…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 22, 2015
McGruff as Center Cone for the Evil8 as pays off for USC Loss
Ten #HIM Pax went out to learn a new dance, Evil8, along with some standard dances. However, this morning was the pay-off for USC's (McGruff) loss to UGA (Co-Pay). Originally it was supposed to be burpees for each…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 15, 2015
The Mud Run, She's A-Coming...
A few nut jobs got up early for a sample of the mud run shenanigans that many of us will be fooling around with come October... We commenced in the usual fashion and then did The Thang: WARM UP: Active warm up on the…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 8, 2015
Tapering applies to the legs
12 Men showed for a fun filled and adventurous taper. As men are tapering for the ever important event I decided to work on some upper body. Of course the Camp Care 5k is the event and there is something happening in…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 25, 2015
11 Strong at The Ballroom
11 Men arrived at the Ballroom with instructions to wear their comfortable shoes. After a short disclaimer and the PAX learned what today would entail. The first part of the workout was a run and gun with a tour of the…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 11, 2015
Rocks, Sprints and Wall Climbs
The gloom at the Ballroom brought slight rain and a pleasant breeze that was not uncomfortably warm...for what seems like the first time in months. But the pleasantness was abruptly forgotten shortly after then…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 28, 2015
What doesn't kill us makes us stronger but so does dying to self
12 men including 1 FNG (Geronimo) met in the parking lot of the the ballroom on a hit, humid morning to watch a couple of sad clown run stationary next to their ferns in anytime fitness. Dark Helemt is getting…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 21, 2015
Return of the Murph
12 Men posted to The Ballroom this morning to put in some serious work. YHC alluded to what was coming the night before on the Twitter Machine and was curious to see who would show. 5 of us put in 3+ miles prior to the…
THE BALLROOM · MAY 26, 2015
12 Not So Angry Men
Had a great group this morning at The Ballroom! Perfect size for what was planned. Started out with a mosey across the parking lot away from the Hardees to the road that leads to the warehouses. From there we turned…
THE BALLROOM · MAY 19, 2015
<p>Seven men made the choice to get out of the sac
THE BALLROOM · MAY 5, 2015
18-Wheelers brought Pain to the Ballroom, sponsored by Amtrak
Hearing that Change Order couldn't find a Q, YHC accepted the Q since he wasn't on an Amtrak train to Raleigh. YHC took a quick pre-tour of the AO prior to pulling up to find 19 PAX who decided to roll out of bed and…
THE BALLROOM · APR 28, 2015
Ascension to BallRoom
Running with Dark Helmets "Ascend" theme from the Ballroom last week, the 12 pax that posted this week were tasked with climbing a pair of cascading walls up to the launch-point parking lot (an exercise introduced by…
THE BALLROOM · APR 21, 2015
Ascend (?) to the Dark Side...
A man learns and says something about himself when he steps up to Q for the first time... Once a man progresses through the 1st and 2nd Fs, and he has gotten his mind and body more disciplined and in shape, he finds…
THE BALLROOM · APR 15, 2015
Does the Tax Man take Coupons? (aka B2D2)
At the last Black Diamond, it was only Jekyll (who was the Q) and myself, so by default the clock was ticking on my turn to lead the PAX in a Black Diamond Beat Down (B2D2)... I figured no better day for a downpainment…
THE BALLROOM · APR 14, 2015
Beefing Up at the Ballroom
Sixteen men gathered for a Armory like beat down at the Ballroom. The Thang: Frogger across Gold HIll to parking lot behind school Across parking lot and back: high knees, butt kickers and karaoke Circle up Imperial…
THE BALLROOM · MAR 24, 2015
The Green Goblin is NO MATCH for this PAX
19 of Fort Mill’s best men gathered at The Ballroom to get a little workout in on Tuesday morning. For YHC it was an especially exciting morning since it was my VQ. After having it handed to me so many times from the…
THE BALLROOM · MAR 10, 2015
March Madness Begins
The virtual shovel flag was planted and 21 men got off to a great start this morning with the 2nd official offering of The Ballroom. This is how it went: The Thang: Mosey from the parking lot, down the short hill and…
THE BALLROOM · JAN 19, 2015
Six Guys in the Cold
Six men converged on a beautiful, cold, SC winter morning to get stronger at the Ballroom. Here is what they did: The Thang: Mosey out of the lot and head down the road toward the big warehouses. Take a couple detours…