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THE BALLROOM · JUN 10, 2025 Backblast! 5 alive not at the hive Q: Bass · 5 PAX Thought the title was catchy since it rhymed with hive. Nothing crazy, started with a little broga and a slight mosey to back lot. Did a few high knees, toy soldiers, butt kickers and mosey up and down the BB court. Did… THE BALLROOM · JUN 3, 2025 Backblast! Metallica leading us through Abs Q: Sugarbug · 7 PAX WARMUP: Some SSH, windmill, Moroccan nightclubs, imperial walker, hillbilly walker, cherry picker THE THANG: Accumulating ladder with 20 reps of ab exercises, 10 reps of others. Lap in between. (ie. 20 LBC, lap, 20 LBC… THE BALLROOM · MAY 27, 2025 Backblast! Staying Dry Q: Band Camp · 5 PAX Listen: while I had an idea of what I wanted to do yesterday, I made this up as we went along. The rain cause me to modify. Needed to stay dry (well—WANTED to stay dry). I had a 2hr drive right after the workout to head… THE BALLROOM · MAY 20, 2025 Backblast! Happy days Q: Peach Stand · 8 PAX WARMUP: ssh, windmills, imp walkers, hillbilly walkers and Peter Parkers, all in cadence THE THANG: a round of 13s - 2 stations were set up a hundred or so feet from each other. Station 1 the pax did merkins and… THE BALLROOM · MAY 13, 2025 Backblast! All of them Q: Cyclops · 14 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to behind the track. Windmills, cherry pickers, imperial walkers, clear the circle for runners coming through, resume imperial walkers, merkins, stretches and shoulder taps. THE THANG: We all need partners… THE BALLROOM · MAY 6, 2025 Backblast! ? Q: Assassin · 10 PAX THE THANG: We hit the turf field at PK Middle for some pick a ticket from the bucket running. Got in 2.5 miles all said and done. Great work and mumblechatter. All enjoyed. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fogerty is your host for Adopt… THE BALLROOM · APR 22, 2025 Backblast! Burpees at the Ballroom Q: Kermit · 4 PAX DISCLAIMER: Disclaimed, they were shocked. WARMUP: Mosey 20 SSH IC 10 LSS IC 10 Windmills IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC 10 MNCs IC Yoga THE THANG: Burpees at the light poles Run to first light pile… THE BALLROOM · APR 15, 2025 Backblast! Rebel sighting Q: Rebel · 5 PAX Rebel forgot how to do a backblast. :sunglasses: THE BALLROOM · APR 8, 2025 Backblast! Meaning of Tigers chasing us in our dre Q: Sofrito · 3 PAX Disclaimer shared and meeting called to order. Agenda approved and new business discussed. Is Dunkin Donuts a reputable AO WARMUP: Slow jogging to the track! 10 reps each Moroccan Night Clubs Cherry Pickers Wind :dash… THE BALLROOM · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! Not Many Fooled on April 1st. Q: Old Bay · 6 PAX Run to opposite side parking lot of school for Dynamic Warmup: - SSH x15 - IW (high) x15 => High Knee - Seal Jacks x15 - Windmills x10 => Butt Kickers - Merkins x10 - Dry Docks x10=> Shuffle L/R - Low Slow Squat x20 The… THE BALLROOM · MAR 25, 2025 Backblast! Biscuits and light poles Q: Mainframe · 7 PAX WARMUP: Various exercises while doing laps around outside of parking lot. Somehow biscuits were brought up and for the rest of the time everyone discussed their favorite biscuit restaurant and topping. THE THANG: Start… THE BALLROOM · MAR 18, 2025 Backblast! Ballroom Slam Q: HarryCarry · 6 PAX Started with a Short mosey run Warmup: SSH (12xI/C); windmills; Imperial Walkers; Low Slow Sqts; big arm circles; peter parkers; parker peters; plank stretches -mosey run- Thang 1: tracks: do transportation, then the… THE BALLROOM · MAR 11, 2025 Backblast! They’re Playing Baaaasketball…..” Q: Boogie Down · 5 PAX WARMUP: Stretch Lab: Abe Vigoda, Cherry Pickers, Downward Dog, Honeymooner, Left over right, Right over left, Pidgeon Stretch, Trunk Twisters THE THANG: Mosey to gym entrance, CDD, Peter Parker’s. People’s Chair up… THE BALLROOM · MAR 4, 2025 Backblast! Back to the basics at Ballroom Q: backdraft · 5 PAX WARMUP: stretching (because we all need more) THE THANG: move to multiple locations and complete the following in cadence at each location. 10 SSH, 10 merkins, 10 mak-tar-jai, 10 Parker Peters, 10 jump squats, 10… THE BALLROOM · FEB 25, 2025 Backblast! Sweating with the oldies Q: Bonsai · 6 PAX WARMUP: SSH, windmill, but kickers, high knees, inch worm merkins on the field Bear crawl back across the bridge THE THANG: 7’s on the hill while nur up merkins at the top and big boy sit-ups at the bottom Moves over to… THE BALLROOM · FEB 18, 2025 Backblast! Track and Stack at the Ballroom Q: Pusher · 5 PAX YHC was humbled to be asked to Q at the Ballroom. Heading into D2D, there is a feeling across the Fort of preparation for the big event. However, YHC wanted to challenge the Pax to make a downpainment on the day with a… THE BALLROOM · FEB 11, 2025 Backblast! The Sheldon Cooper Q: Splinter · 4 PAX I picked up the substitute Q stick from HarryCarry as he's DR this week and he picked up one of mine from a few weeks ago. WARMUP: Mosey over to the track. The obligatory SSH, Morrocan nightclubs, windmills THE THANG… THE BALLROOM · FEB 4, 2025 Backblast! Dancing the Tariffs Away Q: Cake Boss · 5 PAX WARMUP: Imperial Walkers Low slow squats Hillbilly Walkers LBC Plank with some stretching Mosey to front of school 12 Dips 5 step ups each leg 3 rounds Mosey to back of school Wall sit while 1 PAX goes up and down… THE BALLROOM · JAN 28, 2025 Backblast! Music, Merkins, and Moroccan Night Club Q: Italian Job · 10 PAX Six Booters and four Ruckers converged on Ball Room this morning for a music-themed workout. Conditions were cold and wet (33 and foggy). Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) Mosey… THE BALLROOM · JAN 21, 2025 Backblast! Weighed Down Q: Band Camp · 6 PAX WARMUP: yea, this is important. did SSH for a while because Esso was late. He apparently "went to block party" and then remembered we were going to ballroom today. THE THANG: ran around exploring Found a 15 space… THE BALLROOM · JAN 14, 2025 Backblast! Peace out Q: Bass · 2 PAX Short warmup with laps around the parking lot. Did exercises in between. Barry and 8 covered a lot of ground on mumble chatter topics. Covered a couple of miles and smiles. THE BALLROOM · JAN 7, 2025 Backblast! Broke back mtn. Q: Bass · 5 PAX WARMUP: The usual SSH, windmills, cherry pickers other stuff THE THANG: the goal was to stay warm which we did. Mosey around the whole campus and did some exercises. pax chose a card interestingly only had 4 cards to… THE BALLROOM · DEC 31, 2024 Backblast! Stack up at the Ballroom Q: Fogerty · 3 PAX WARMUP: Yes - SSH, Squats, Merks, and stretching THE THANG: Stack it up with step ups, calf raises, Merks, Shoulder Taps, Big Boys, core work with several laps completed in between sets. Pax kept adding an exercise for… THE BALLROOM · DEC 17, 2024 Backblast! No coins flipped Q: Bitcoin · 4 PAX Bitcoin for the Q. LOTS of exercises.