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VARSITY · MAY 16, 2025 Backblast! Almost too much Q: Rosie · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH out of sync optional, Cherry pickers, moroccan night clubs, slow merkins, Imperial walkers THE THANG: 1 man tosses the 60# 30 yards, NURs back. Meanwhile, groups of 4 rotate between pull-ups, merkins, and… VARSITY · MAY 9, 2025 Backblast! Cindy's On The Hill Q: Rumbling Bald · 1 PAX WARMUP: None THE THANG: Round 1: Merkins & Squats Farmer carry Cindy's down hill each rotation Round 2: LBC's & Monkey Humpers Farmer carry Cindy's down hill each rotation Round 3: Lunges & Mike Tyson's Farmer carry… VARSITY · MAY 2, 2025 Backblast! Bald Wod Q: Rumbling Bald · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH, MNC, Honeymooner, Downward Dog THE THANG: Mosey to benches. Round 1: 20 reps of Merkins, LBC's, Squats - Run Lap 20 reps of Dips, BBS, Monkey Humpers - Run lap 20 reps of SSH, Lunge (10 E/L), Incline Merk… VARSITY · APR 25, 2025 Backblast! Bar-ab-tastic! Q: HarryCarry · 7 PAX AKA at Varsity!! Disclaimer and began with a run towards front of NaFo. Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Moroccan N/C, Low Slow Squats, big arm circles, Peter Parkers, plank stretches Run towards back end of Nafo… VARSITY · APR 11, 2025 Backblast! Almost an "SWF" Q: maximus · 7 PAX It's "Varsity" so I took the approach that we'd essentially cut right to the chase. Out of my own need, we needed a little bit of a warmup. So... WARMUP: Run a bit then circle up: The typical hits: Windmills, SSH… VARSITY · APR 4, 2025 Backblast! 2 is better than 1 Q: Kaiser · 2 PAX WARMUP: light stretching and mosey THE THANG: mosey / walk around NAFO - 2nd and 3rd F discussion MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: prayers for RB kids and marriage VARSITY · MAR 28, 2025 Backblast! It was worth the drive Q: Shady · 8 PAX WARMUP: Olaf and YHC arrived to a lot of stretching and to Rumbling dressed in his 20 degree attire. It was almost 50 degrees outside but I guess he has the southern blood. Warmup consisted of: 1/4 mile jog or so, SSH… VARSITY · MAR 7, 2025 Backblast! Getting Swole With Cindy Q: JWOW · 2 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops and stuff THE THANG: 10 Pull-ups, 20 Manmakers, 30 Cindy Squats. Run down to the stadium and lunge/bear crawl back. We did 4 rounds of this. MARY: Flutters, American Hammers, Box Cutters… VARSITY · FEB 28, 2025 Backblast! Cindy’s EMOM Q: HarryCarry · 6 PAX Disclaimer and began with a run around the NaFo high school campus. Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Low Slow Squats, cherry pickers, Peter Parkers, plank stretches Run to bars; pax grab a cindy. Thang 1: EMOM with… VARSITY · FEB 21, 2025 Backblast! Lot work Q: Liberty Bibberty · 6 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walkers Moroccan nightclubs Michael Phelps Hillbilly Walkers Merkins Broga THE THANG: Bear crawl Indian run (4 big boys for the caboose) Cinder block work Ladders of 5 - each island increase by 5… VARSITY · FEB 14, 2025 Backblast! Field work Q: Matt Bernard · 9 PAX WARMUP: Mosey SSH 25 Mosey 20 Windmills Mosey 20 hillbilly walkers Mosey 20 cherry pickers Mosey Quad stretch THE THANG: mosey go to the football field - run to 20, nur to the 10, 1 burpee, run to 30, nur to 20, 2… VARSITY · FEB 7, 2025 Backblast! Varsity Smorgasbord Q: HarryCarry · 5 PAX Disclaimer and began with a run around the NaFo high school campus. Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Low Slow Squats, cherry pickers, Peter Parkers, plank stretches -Run- Thang 1: Burpee relay: run to next line of… VARSITY · JAN 31, 2025 Backblast! 50/50 Q: Rumbling Bald · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, MNC, IW, CP, HM, DD THE THANG: Run car line loop - 50 Merkins / 50 Squats Run car line loop - 50 Incline Mer. / 50 LBC’s Run car line loop - 50 Plank J. / 50 SSH or Dips Bear Crawl 1/2 to COT / Lunge Walk… VARSITY · JAN 24, 2025 Backblast! Warm morning Q: Mainframe · 10 PAX Jog lap around lot with some high knees and butt kickers, then some windmills. Every minute on the minute for 10 minutes: 5 burpees, 10 plank Jack's, & 10 LBCs. Jog another lap then line up for some 11s between parking… VARSITY · JAN 20, 2025 Backblast! The Bremer Q: Rumbling Bald · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan NC, IW, HW THE THANG: Run to bottom of hill & back 50 Merkins Run to bottom of hill and back 75 squats Run to bottom of hill and back 50 LBC’s Rinse & repeat for 25 minutes Run bus loop 50 dips Run… VARSITY · JAN 10, 2025 Backblast! Snow Date With Cindy Q: JCruise · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Mosey THE THANG: Choose a Cindy, short move to location 1 for 45 seconds on/15 seconds off of the following: curls, squats, plank, triceps; Move (farmer carry) approximately 400m to location 2 for squats… VARSITY · DEC 27, 2024 Backblast! Final Friday Freakout at Varsity Q: HarryCarry · 6 PAX Mosey run Warm up: SWIMLAPPs: all in cadence: SSH 15x, windmills 10x, Imperial Walkers 10x, Moroccan n/c 10x, low slow squats 10x, big arm circles 10x, peterparkers 10x, plank stretches (honeymooner/down dogs). -Run… VARSITY · DEC 13, 2024 Backblast! 4 Corners at the Varsity Q: Kaiser · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSHs, Windmills, Merkins, misc stretching THE THANG: 4 corners at the field, utilizing a cinder block at each workout station. Stay in center and do 5 burpees then go from station to station (presses, dips… VARSITY · DEC 6, 2024 Backblast! Freeze Grind Q: Grinder · 6 PAX WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM - Thunderstruck Burpees THE THANG: - 3x sprint up hill - Rollercoaster with 5 min / 1 min setup - squats - ST - MH MARY: - brief stretching broga ANNOUNCEMENTS: - read newsletter COT: - was held VARSITY · NOV 22, 2024 Backblast! cold start Q: backdraft · 5 PAX - WARMUP: Mosey 1/4 mile around the track - Dynamic stretches: - Arm circles (10 forward, 10 backward) - High knees (20 seconds) - Butt kicks (20 seconds) THE THANG: Circuit 1 (2 rounds): - Run 1/4 mile (moderate pace)… VARSITY · NOV 15, 2024 Backblast! Bad(lands) Decisions Q: Badlands · 7 PAX Pre-run at 0445 for those that set alarms... WARMUP: yog around parking lot and them SSH, WM, baby arm circles while waiting for Grout to get out of the bathroom. Grab Cindy and rifle carry down to the lower parking lot… VARSITY · NOV 8, 2024 Backblast! Bars Blocks Benches Burpees Q: HarryCarry · 5 PAX Run Warmup SSH (15x I/C) Windmills (10x I/C) Imperial Walkers (15x I/C) Low slow squats (10x I/C) Big Arm Circles (7 forward, 7 backwards) Peter Parkers (10x I/C) Plank Stretches (Downward dog, upward dog) Run Thang1… VARSITY · NOV 6, 2024 Backblast! Vests off Q: Band Camp · 7 PAX WARMUP: yea a bit THE THANG: Run around Did a sequence to get Esso to lose the vest: 12 Mike Tyson Bear crawl 12 Curb Albert Crawl bear 10 Mike Tyson Bear Crawl 10 Curb Albert Crawl bear YHC was willing to go down to… VARSITY · OCT 25, 2024 Backblast! Core workout snuck up on us 4 PAX WARMUP: Moseyed around the COT parking lot and made our way to the pullup bars. Completed: WMinCadencex7, LSSinCadencex10, IWinCadencex10, MNCinCadencex10, BigArmCirclesinCadencex14, SSHinCadencex20. Time to get to…