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FEB 24, 2025
Backblast! Brutality is underrated.
THE MAN: Marine Lance Corporal – Noah M. Pier Marine Lance Cpl Noah M. Pier, 25, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii as a…
THE HIVE · FEB 21, 2025
Backblast! Pyramid of Pain
WARMUP: SSH Moroccan night club Windmills Squats Swings Merkins THE THANG: Pyramid of Pain: With a partner: Partner A does the movement Partner B holds a plank, then switch after each movement Complete each round plus…
FEB 20, 2025
Backblast! Broga and Mosey New TV Series
WARMUP: Mosey Up Massey Hill THE THANG: 1mile run 30min Broga 1mile Run 3min Broga Or 1mile run with 4 pain stations 5 burpees 10 CCDs 15 Sumo Squats MARY: Broga ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yeager….Do It COT: Be the friend even when…
RING OF FIRE · FEB 19, 2025
Backblast! Double Cindie date
WARMUP: did some hopping around and other stuff THE THANG: everyone grab two cindies. Farmer carry between lights in the parking lot and do exercises at each light with the cindies Step ups Wide Merkins on the blocks…
FEB 17, 2025
Backblast! Morning Coffey
Today we honored U.S. Marine Corporal Keaton G. Coffey, 22, of Boring, Oregon, assigned to the 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, 1st Marine Headquarters Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Camp Pendleton…
THE YARD · FEB 15, 2025
Backblast! Not at all easy this Saturday morning
Five brave men weathered the cold Saturday morning and made it to the Yard for a YHC led beat down, and arrived two minutes before the start time. Warmorama: After a quick circle on the tracks, Floatbridge led us for…
VARSITY · FEB 14, 2025
Backblast! Field work
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…
FEB 10, 2025
Backblast! We love the hill
WARMUP: - SSH / WM / CP / IW THE THANG: - 3x sprints up the hill, walk back - Sevens up the hill: Burpees + Big Boys - Jack-Webb: 10x40 Merkins + Overhead-Claps - 3x sprints up the hill, backwards! - stretching - Sevens…
JAN 29, 2025
Backblast! 30 / 30
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walker, Honeymooner, Downward Dog, Pigeon THE THANG: Track Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 Squats Run Lap - 30 Plank Jacks / 30 LBC’s Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 BB Sit-ups Bear crawl…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 29, 2025
Backblast! 30 / 30
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walker, Honeymooner, Downward Dog, Pigeon THE THANG: Track Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 Squats Run Lap - 30 Plank Jacks / 30 LBC’s Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 BB Sit-ups Bear crawl…
THE YARD · JAN 25, 2025
Backblast! Repeat till Failure
WARMUP: Started with a 5 minute mosey around campus and then circled up: CherryPickersx5inCadence, WindMillsx5inCadence, SSHx15inCadence, HighKneesx20OYO, SSHx10inCadence, ButtKickersx20OYO, SSHx5inCadence…
THE HIVE · JAN 24, 2025
Backblast! Swinging Richards at the Hive
WARMUP: It was cold so we started with a 5 minute mosey to warm up. Mixed in some high knees, butt kickers, and karaoke along the way. Ended back up at COT. Running portion of the workout was completed. Needed to warm…
THE COACH'S BOX · JAN 23, 2025
Backblast! VQ in The Fort Region
I introduced some of the pax from The Fort to Anchor Bar’s Famous Chicken Wings. The Anchor Bar is a restaurant in Buffalo, NY that is famous for the first place to serve chicken wings as we know them today. More on…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 22, 2025
Backblast! Only the best for the PAX of RoF
WARMUP: imperial walkers, Moroccan night clubs, low slow squats Grab a Cindy Mosey to Gym entrance :fire:Dips In cadence :fire: 10 step Ups :fire:Derkins in cadence Mosey to from main entrance with Cindy :fire:Dips In…
VARSITY · JAN 20, 2025
Backblast! The Bremer
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…
JAN 20, 2025
Backblast! The Bremer
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…
THE YARD · JAN 18, 2025
Backblast! God Bless Saturday
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Low slow squat Merkins Honeymooner Downward dog THE THANG: Indian run with 3 merkins then sprint 1776 workout 17 merkins 76 squats 17 CDD 76 LBC 17 Mike Tyson’s 76 Lunges 17…
THE HIVE · JAN 17, 2025
Backblast! DORAs at The Hive
DORA 1: partner run - Man makers 50 - Goblet Squats 100 - Swings 150 DORA 2: farmers carry - Burpees 50 - Squats 100 - Overhead clap 150 DORA 3: Bear crawl - Bent row right 50 - Bent row left 50 - Curls 50 DORA 4…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 15, 2025
Backblast! King of the Ring I
14 Kings at Ring of Fire this morning. - Battle Bot was the King of the Ring today. You may now bow to his magnificence. - Band Camp came in a not so close 2nd, but he did manage to outsprint me at the end and cause me…
JAN 13, 2025
Backblast! Hang on tight
WARMUP: one dialed back round of the workout THE THANG: Hero WOD for Danish Army Sgt. Rene Jakobsen. Called for 7 rounds of 400 m run, 21 walking lunges, 15 pull ups and 9 burpees. We did 8 rounds and finished it with a…
THE YARD · JAN 11, 2025
Backblast! Slippery on Deck
Three pax posted to The Yard after the ice-pocolypse. Started with mosey run and then: Warm up: SWIMLAPPs: all in cadence: SSH 15x, windmills 10x, Imperial Walkers 10x, Moroccan n/c 10x, low slow squats 10x, big arm…
VARSITY · JAN 10, 2025
Backblast! Snow Date With Cindy
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…
DAWN PATROL · JAN 9, 2025
Backblast! Sure you don't want to just grab a coff
WARMUP: Goofballs Low slow squat Low slow merkins Let's get outta here, it's cold THE THANG: 4 corners around Kingsley loop: 2 rounds, 20 reps each of Corner 1 - Upper Body Merkins Derkins CDDs Corner 2 - Leg Day Squats…
THE COACH'S BOX · JAN 9, 2025
Backblast! 30/30 Hominy Time - Blind Melon soundtr
30/30 Format. Q for first 30 minutes 1st F: Hominy Q for second 30 minutes 3rd F: Bitcoin WARMUP: - Mosey a lap - Side Straddle Hop - Big Boy Situps - Imperial Walkers - Windmills - American Hammer - Plank THE THANG…