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THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 14 Cinder blocks of fun Q: Float Bridge · 5 PAX WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclub - Imperial walker - Hillbilly walker - Windmill THE THANG: - 15 overhead press, bear crawls, 15 merkins, bear crawl, 15 merkins - 15 curls, lunge walk, 15 sit-ups, lunge walk, 15 sit-ups … THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAY 7 Tic Tac chain/Cindie Q: Suplex · 6 PAX WARMUP: usual stuff, emphasis on shoulders First 30: Chain Fiesta… do these near gazebo…. Tic-Tac-Toe grid on sidewalk 1. Dora-1: Partner moseys out & back for swap… complete the following: 1. 50 Ch-ickle Pointers… THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 30 Four Corners of Pain Q: Last Call · 8 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSHs, 10-Windmills, 16 HB walkers, 16 imperial walkers, 20 m nightclubs, 15 merkins, 300 meter mosey around pkg lot field. THE THANG: Master Circuit 4 Stations: 1- 20 shoulder taps, 25 lbcs, 30 mountain… THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 23 Tires and blocks extravaganza Q: Keith Crockett · 9 PAX WARMUP: 1 lap around the field block carry: - Bear hug, over the back, shoulder, block overhead - 10 count buyins: goblet squats, chest press, overhead press, curls, tris, SSH THE THANG: 5 stations: Timer - shoulder… THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 16 Letting Go Q: Float Bridge · 7 PAX WARMUP: - Moroccan Night Club - Windmill - Imperial Walker - Cherry Pickers THE THANG: - Bucket of fun - 50 sec exercise 20 second rest - Archer Merkins - Squat Kicks - Shoulder tap - Burpees - Goblet Squat - Jump Rope… THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 2 Barrel of tities, came out sucking my thumb Q: Panhandle · 10 PAX WARMUP: Cherry pickers, wind mill, side stradel hope, mozy THE THANG: AMRAP 8 minutes of squats, reverse lunges, mountain climbers, calf raises 50 yd sprint, merkins, planks, shoulder taps and cdd MARY: mix of core… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 26 Three lessons for leadership Q: Cyclops · 8 PAX WARMUP: mosey to high school faculty lot and do the following exercises I/C Windmills Cherry pickers Imperial walkers Seal jacks THE THANG: Dora on the hill Mosey to the top of the hill of 21 100 Burpees - switched to… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 19 Backblast! Mental Health Battle Q: Cohiba · 7 PAX Warm-Up: Mosey lap around AO SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Mosey lap around AO with log Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength Perform 3 rounds: (10, 15, 20 reps) Cinder… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 12 Backblast! Warm Morning in March Q: Hominy · 4 PAX Thursday 3/12/26 Coach’s Box. 0500-0530 Workout Soundtrack: Amazon Music Playlist: ”F3 Warm Morning in March” Warmup: Merkins. Big Boys. Cherry Pickers. Planks. Bear Crawls. Mosey to Suplex’s F3 sign by Suplex’s old… THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 5 Backblast! Ladders and The Queen Q: Cherry Pie · 6 PAX WARMUP: ssh, iw, hillbilly walker, Moroccan night clubs, windmills, mosey THE THANG: start at goal line. Run to 10 - do the exercise - run back - do the burpee… run to 20…. Ladder: 10 - big boy situps 1- burpee 20 … THE COACH'S BOX · THU FEB 26 Backblast! Playing with Bricks at the Box Q: Ruby Slippers · 7 PAX WARMUP: PAX grabbed bricks from the back of my vehicle and then moseyed around the corner of the school to find cover. THE THANG: Had 3 JWebbs planned, only completed 2 1st JW - 1:4 ratio finishing at 10:40… THE COACH'S BOX · THU FEB 19 Backblast! (Relationship) Malpractice Insurance Q: Suplex · 4 PAX Warm up, : SSH-IC, f5-Burpee, cherry pickers –I C, 4 burpee‘s, WindM-IC, 3 Burpee, HW-IC, 2 burps, IW-IC, 1 Burpee Thang: run & gun accumulator… Mosey, keep adding an exercise. - 1) 5 Lt. Dan-Ohnos - 2) 20 LBC - 3) 10… THE COACH'S BOX · THU FEB 12 Backblast! Back to the 90d Q: Liberty Bibberty · 4 PAX Warmup Liberty gauntlet SSH Imp Walkers Hillbilly Walkers Low slow squats Merkins Broga Bear crawl Indian run The 90s Do Do Do Dora 90 merkins 90 Carolina Dry Docks 90 Squats 90 Lunges 90 LBCs Longest yard 10 yard you… THE COACH'S BOX · THU JAN 29 Backblast! Patience is a Virtue Q: Cohiba · 4 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan NC – 10 IC Mosey lap around AO Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength Perform 3 rounds: (10, 15, 20 reps) Cinder Block Squat Press (Thruster) Cinder… THE COACH'S BOX · THU JAN 22 Backblast! Was Cindy Lauper, Ended up being solo Q: Hominy · 1 PAX I was the only one working out, so I scrapped my plans and did a few laps around the marching band skillet and mixture of LBCs, merkins, merkins against the brick post, and bench dips. Soundtrack: Amazon Music Playlist… THE COACH'S BOX · THU JAN 15 Backblast! 3 Man Relay Q: 63 Bravo · 3 PAX WARMUP: Mosey, SSH, MNC, Imperial Walker, Hillbilly Walker, Merkin THE THANG: We did a 3 many relay where one pax ran the 100 yard and the other 2 did the exercise until the pax got back. We did OYO squats, reverse… THE COACH'S BOX · THU JAN 8 Backblast! The width Q: Band Camp · 7 PAX WARMUP: :white_check_mark: THE THANG: move around and do a lot. MARY: not much. Made it back for 10 burpees at the close ANNOUNCEMENTS: :white_check_mark: COT: discussion on candor THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 18, 2025 Backblast! The skillet; Hope&Joy Q: Cherry Pie · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH, windmill, mosey around the perimeter of skillet (football yard lines in the parking lot for marching band practice) THE THANG: Start at one end of the skillet run 10yds and do an exercise. Ladder across… THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 11, 2025 Backblast! 7 of Diamonds / Fatherhood Q: Pauly D · 5 PAX We had a 7 of Diamonds workout in the band lot. 7 burpees at each corner(28) 14 Merkins each corner (56) 21 LBC’s each corner (84) 28 squats each corner (102) 21 LBC’s each corner (84) 14 merkins each corner (56) 7… THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 4, 2025 Backblast! Modified Belle Ringer Q: Ruby Slippers · 7 PAX WARMUP: Set-up for the workout, guys showed up, gave the disclaimer, and we completed SSHx10IC at each station with 1 burpee OYO as the exercise and flow was explained. Came back to the center to start. THE THANG… THE COACH'S BOX · NOV 20, 2025 Backblast! The Box Q: Keith Crockett · 2 PAX WARMUP: No warmups at the Box! Get after it. THE THANG: Repeat previous Rounds before doing next Round 1: 5 burpees Walk Yards 0-10 10 Goblet Squats Round 2: Lunge Walk Yards 10-20 10 OH Press Round 3: Murder Bunnies… THE COACH'S BOX · NOV 13, 2025 Backblast! Cindy carry walk. Q: 3D · 2 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: carried Cindy’s for 30 min while walking and talking. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE COACH'S BOX · NOV 6, 2025 Backblast! 45/15 Gear Fiesta @ Da Bahx Q: Suplex · 4 PAX WARMUP: The usual suspects & a bit of Ye Olde "Stretchy-stretch" THE THANG: 3 rounds of ~ 15 min. gear/pain... then ~ 5 min. Convo. on the Queen Round-1: 3 pax take on Burning Skidmark Switch positions each side of the… THE COACH'S BOX · OCT 30, 2025 Backblast! Modern-day Warriors Q: Italian Job · 2 PAX Two of us four-cornered the band lot and discussed modern-day warriors. Here’s what we did: Warm-Up - Jog around the football field - Stretches - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) The Thang 4 Corners - Corner…