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THE FORT · SEP 20, 2025 Backblast! BBQ Q: Fishstix · 3 PAX 3 men showed up at The Fort this morning. Quick disclaimer and we were on our way towards the Print Shop. Stopped at the town hall office building for some dynamic stretching, Step -ups and dips next store, Muscle ups… THE FORT · SEP 13, 2025 Backblast! Fort violation Q: Suplex · 5 PAX Warmup: IW’s, HW’s, Ch-Ps, WMs, Motivator, Cheese Grater, Violator THE THANG: Counting only trees on Right side… mosey to Playground & 11’s on the way at the trees: Burpees & BBSU (start w/ 10 Burpees & 1 BigBoy)… THE FORT · SEP 6, 2025 Backblast! Q-Swap at the Fort Q: Float Bridge · 2 PAX WARMUP: - Large arm circles - Windmill - Imperial Walker THE THANG: Circuit training -> two rounds 45 sec exercise + 15 wait - Lunges - Leg raises - Squats with 25 dumbbell - Manmakers -35 lbs sandbag - Mountain… THE FORT · AUG 30, 2025 Backblast! Pain Points Q: Deep Dish · 9 PAX WARMUP: mosey around WEP with some stretch stations THE THANG: do an exercise for points from the board, then run a lap around parking lot. Rinse and repeat for max points. See picture of board. We got about 3 miles… THE FORT · AUG 23, 2025 Backblast! Cards at WEP Q: Mainframe · 6 PAX WARMUP: Stretchy things THE THANG: Lap around park stopping at swings alternating between 20 merkins and 20 squats. Mosey over to lot in front of old springs building. 17 bombjacks, 17 plankjacks,and 17 v-ups. Take a… THE FORT · AUG 16, 2025 Backblast! Case Keenan and Kel…ley Kapowski Q: Brawny - The Fort · 7 PAX WARMUP: hops of a side straddle, grass pickers, imperial walkers, THE THANG: 1 found of beat the deck: Beat the deck: 9 cards face up and the pax go around guessing higher and lower on any of the cards. You get it right… THE FORT · AUG 9, 2025 Backblast! 50 at the Fort Q: Mark Nestel · 12 PAX WARMUP: the regular THE THANG: stations around the park and 50 burpee’s fir Decibel turning 50 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE FORT · AUG 2, 2025 Backblast! Coupon Savings Q: Soup To Nuts · 16 PAX WARMUP: Skip handles the warmup w a mosey and SSH, merkens, wind mills and stretching. THE THANG: Skip took the 1st 30. Ran to Massey hill and conducted partner workout with burpees, squats, lunges and merkens. Mosey… THE FORT · JUL 26, 2025 Backblast! Repeat post Q: Bass · 11 PAX · +1 FNG Solid workout similar to varsity last week. We did all 4 muscle groups for 15 minutes each. I am tired mostly due to trash pick up. Various counts from 10-20 Shoulders Moroccan Night Clubs Overhead Claps Arm Circles… THE FORT · JUL 19, 2025 Backblast! Ascending/descending weinke board Q: Boogie Nights · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH/IW/HW/Stretches/MN THE THANG: Started with a lap around WEP + 25 burbees along the way. Parking lot as ending/descending weinke after exercise run to top parking lot and do burpee 1/2/3/4/5/4/3/2/1 MARY… THE FORT · JUL 12, 2025 Backblast! Arms & Legs So Bad It Still Hurts Q: Splinter · 11 PAX · +1 FNG Ruby Slippers and Splinter were Co-Q's for the day. We decided to split it up by muscle groups. Ruby started first with arms and then Splinter took over with legs. WARMUP: Warmup-y things. THE THANG: Ruby's 1/2: Mosey… THE FORT · JUN 28, 2025 Backblast! Ring of Fire Q: Birdcage · 6 PAX We did the Ring of Fire and it burned. Stairway to Heaven we bear :bear: crawled. It was epic. Bounty/Birdcage THE FORT · JUN 21, 2025 Backblast! Cards with Dora Q: Rebound · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs THE THANG: quick DORA, 100 merkins, 150 LBCs, 200 mt climbers Card game: Round 1: :diamonds:- dry docks :hearts:- Merkins :spades:- Superman’s :clubs:- shoulder taps… THE FORT · JUN 14, 2025 Backblast! Little Moist Fathers Day tribute Q: Cake Boss · 11 PAX WARMUP: Couple of exercises in the COP to loosen up the PAX Then dynamic around the WEP path with stops along the way for some more exercise moves Back to main lot where DD took over THE THANG: Lunge walk up hill with… THE FORT · JUN 7, 2025 Backblast! Donkey Kong Q: Grinder · 4 PAX WARMUP: - yes...at our age we all should do at least some of that! THE THANG: - "kick like a Donkey and pull like a Mule" - Clickbait smoked our shoulders and arms while Grinder had a cardio and core focus. MARY: - we… THE FORT · MAY 31, 2025 Backblast! Two Qs Walk Into The Fort... One Brough Q: Jeremy Holt - · 10 PAX Conditions: Humid, heavy, and perfect for the grind Warm-Up (Cornerstone on Q): - 10 Windmills - 10 Cherry Pickers The Thigh Fryer (3 Sets): - 20 Squats - 20 Merkins EMOM Hill Burn (4 Rounds – 12 Minutes Total): Every 2… THE FORT · MAY 24, 2025 Backblast! Crab Sack Q: Fishstix · 6 PAX Two Qs at The Fort Fishstix Q: Lap around the park stopping at each swing for warm - ups (SSHs, IWs, WMs, HBWs, MNCs). Stopped at the hill near the monument for a motified Dora. Both partners performed the standard… THE FORT · MAY 17, 2025 Backblast! Slork Q: Slash · 7 PAX WARMUP: tickle time THE THANG: ran around fort mill MARY: she didn’t show up ANNOUNCEMENTS: stuff COT: prayers THE FORT · APR 26, 2025 Backblast! Knowledge Dump Q: Falcon Crest Ryan_F · 4 PAX It was a beautiful morn in The Fort and there was a sense of wisdom in the air that swooped down in the form of Falcon Crest. Top three quotes of the morning: “I got my drinking buddy pregnant.” “The owner of a night… THE FORT · APR 19, 2025 Backblast! Fort Mill Tour Q: Joe Lyons · 9 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around WEP, Exercises THE THANG: 1st. a ladder around Police station lot, Partner work around fort Mill Pharmacy. 2.5 miles and a ton of exercise by all- we did them all MARY: Finished with partner work… THE FORT · APR 12, 2025 Backblast! Sweet and Spicy at The Fort Q: Old Bay · 7 PAX WARMUP: Peach Stand started us off with the warmup of SSH, Imperial Walkers, and possibly a few others gone from memory. THE THANG 1: PeachStand instructed Pax to pick a rock from the piles behind the amphitheater (and… THE FORT · APR 5, 2025 Backblast! AKA - the tour continues Q: Cyclops · 7 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to the swing & do an exercise In c cadence all the way around the park - 9 stations, 9 exercises - .6 miles. Warmup complete THE THANG: At the hill behind the restroom building - 10 squats at the bottom… THE FORT · MAR 29, 2025 Backblast! Diesel Power Q: Grinder · 5 PAX THE THANG: - repeat Q from 2025-02-22 with minor modifications. - look that backblast up if really interested. ANNOUNCEMENTS: - read your newsletter COT: - was held THE FORT · MAR 22, 2025 Backblast! All of the burpees Q: Crystal Lake · 10 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmill Cherry picker Low slow squat Hillbilly walker Burpee mile(ish) - 12 burpees, run .3 miles, 12 burpees, run .3 miles, 12 burpees, run .3 miles, 12 burpees, run .3 miles for a total of…