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THE YARD · SAT APR 11
Trust the hill and the field.
WARMUP: ssh hillbillies picking strawberries / run the loop couple time with some exercises THE THANG: field lot work / lunge walk, NUR, sprint, locked arms, bear crawl. Repeated on hill and field. Extra field work with…
THE YARD · SAT APR 4
Giant Dice
WARMUP: - Moroccan Night Club - Windmill - Cherry pickers - Imperial Walker THE THANG: 1. 2 rounds with the giant dice and bucket of fun. 1. Roll the dice and pick an exercise card. 2. Roll doubles and you pick the…
THE YARD · TUE MAR 31
Road to the Final 4
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE YARD · SAT MAR 21
Go Chuck Yourself
WARMUP: We did some THE THANG: Chuck Norris jokes and exercises, mainly MARY: No chicks ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: The 5th Core Principle
THE YARD · SAT MAR 14
Backblast! Knock out for fun
WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclub - Imperial walker - Cherri pickers - Windmill THE THANG: - street light ladder x stations - Reps 5, 10, 15, 10 - Station 1 - side straddle hop - Squats - Lunges - station 2 - merkins - Plank…
THE YARD · SAT MAR 7
Backblast! Rhythm Is Going To Get You
WARMUP: Stretch lab, mosey around road pilons to the tune of Rocky's Gonna Fly Now, People's Chair with a burpee count, Plank Jacks & SSH THE THANG: 4 Corner Draw-each corner of the parking lot equipped with decks if F3…
THE YARD · SAT FEB 28
Backblast! 4 Corners & More
WARMUP: Motivator Imperial Walkers Stretchy Things THE THANG: Thang 1 - Four Corners Escalator Corner 1: 10 Merkins Run to corner 2 Corner 2: 10 Merkins, 20 Squats Run to corner 3 Corner 3: 10 merkins, 20 Squats, 30 Big…
THE YARD · SAT FEB 21
Backblast! Day of Fun
WARMUP: - Moroccan Nightclub - Windmill - Cherry Picker - Imperial Walker THE THANG: - Circuit - 45sec exercise & 20 sec rest - Curls or Man Makers - Merkins - Plank Jacks - Leg Lifts - Mountain Climbers - Lunges …
THE YARD · SAT FEB 14
Backblast! V Day - showed lotta love to all the ma
WARMUP: yep, lots THE THANG: four circuits, chest, legs, abs l, cardio, merkins- reg, wide arm and diamond, jump squats, squats, wall squats and 11’s MARY: no time ANNOUNCEMENTS: FNG drive COT:
THE YARD · SAT FEB 7
Backblast! Not A Moderate Workout
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. Light Poles: Light Pole 1: 10 Merkins Light Pole 2: 15…
THE YARD · SAT JAN 31
Backblast! Crawling in a winter wonderland
Did an under the canopy gauntlet with bear crawls, toy, soldiers, lunges, merkins, step ups, and a whole bunch of abs. Called on the fly to adjust for weather.
THE YARD · SAT JAN 24
Backblast! Basketball Legends
WARMUP: "Tip -Off" - Warm-Up “Tip-Off” - Circle-up, all reps in cadence - Side Stradel Hops-15 - Windmills-10 - Imperial Walkers-10 - Low Slow Squats (hold) 5 - Mountain Climbers 30 - 1 Burpee (Bobby Hurley & Merkins…
THE YARD · SAT JAN 17
Backblast! Noterate
WARMUP: yea. but with accumulating burpees interspersed THE THANG: Mosey a tad: to some good island based parking lots 6-7 with curb alberts and mike tysons mode of transit: bear crawl/crawl bear 6-7 with squats and…
THE YARD · SAT JAN 10
Backblast! Don’t Stop
WARMUP: We warmed up. THE THANG: Headed to the light poles al did something similar to a suicide. Repeat each exercise at each light pole going and coming back. 20 squats 20 SSH 20 raise the roof 20 lunges 20 merkins 20…
THE YARD · SAT JAN 3
Backblast! Moderate +
WARMUP: - Windmill - Side straddle hop - Cherri picker THE THANG: 1. DORA - Almost 1. 40 Burpees 2. 60 Merkins 3. 80 Squats 4. 100 LBCs 5. 120 Side Straddle Hop 1. 3 pain station - 5, 10, 15, 10 reps 1. Station 1 1…
THE YARD · DEC 27, 2025
Backblast! 12 reverse ladder
WARMUP: 1. Arm Circle 2. Imperial Walker 3. Windmill THE THANG: - 4 corners -> 3 exercises each corner. Starting with 12 reps each and working down - Good discussion at each station. Talked about the good and the bad of…
THE YARD · DEC 20, 2025
Backblast! Movie Trivia
Killed a minute or two for warm ups waiting for Boogie to arrive, he was still late and found us at the elementary bus drop off. Do the exercise, ask the Question If correct run a lap, if incorrect, 5 Burpees then run a…
THE YARD · DEC 13, 2025
Backblast! McHale’s Navy 8 blocker theme
WARMUP: windmills, arm circles, grass grabbers, copperhead squats, side saddle hops (8 each) THE THANG: Toy Soldiers, mosey to poles, next exercises at next poles 8 counts: Carolina Dry Docks, Mountain Climbers, Peter…
THE YARD · DEC 6, 2025
Backblast! Santa workout
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: TBD getting in the count for the stats to start
THE YARD · NOV 22, 2025
Backblast! Practicing Moderation in Moderation
WARMUP: SSH, CASBAH #2s, IW,HW, Baby Arm Circles fed &back. THE THANG: Squat Line Meat Grinder Teams: 2 teams, 5 men per team Space: Parking lot 40yd length Gear: • 2 identical stacks of 8 exercise cards (one per team)…
THE YARD · NOV 15, 2025
Backblast! Lots of Lightposts
Five men showed up on a crisp morning right before sunrise. We moseyed out to the main road stopping at each light pole for an exercise. The rep count was low so we focused on good form. We headed back to the school…
THE YARD · NOV 1, 2025
Backblast! 7 for 4 corners of 11s
WARMUP: variety THE THANG: 4 corners of 11s corner 1 10 Merkins Lunge walk Corner 2 1 LBC bear crawl Corner 3 10 Squats NUR Corner 4 1 Flutter Run Repeat 9-2-9-2 etc Hip flexors MARY: 5 mins of going around the circle…
THE YARD · OCT 25, 2025
Backblast! You can't out-Merkin a BigMac.. but you
WARMUP: - 25 SSH - 10 Windmills - 15 Imperial Walkers - 10 Moroccan Night Club - Mosey 1 lap around the parking lot THE THANG: 1. Improvement contest -> Record the results 1. 1 minute Merkins 2. 1 minute Big Boy Situps…
THE YARD · OCT 18, 2025
Backblast! Gone fishin at the yard
WARMUP: SSH-IC, 5-Burpees, ImpW-IC, 4-Burpees, cherry pickers-IC, 3 Burpee, HillW-IC, 2 Burpee‘s, windmill-IC, 10-Burpees (2.0 failed to recognize pattern…) Mosey to Football field THE THANG: #1: Go Fish Fitness Game…