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483 backblasts mention “Vuvuzela”
SEABISCUIT · JUL 22, 2025
Backblast! Lead from the 6
We ran. Some of up more than others.
SWEEP THE LEG · JUL 21, 2025
Backblast! 5,4,3,2,1 Bank Run
WARMUP: THE THANG: Exercises: 1-Burpee 2-Lunges each side 3-Windmill Merkins 4-Penguins each side 5-Peter Parker’s Stops: 5 Banks between STL and Gold Hill Rinse and repeat on the way back MARY: 10 LBC IC ANNOUNCEMENTS…
JUL 17, 2025
Backblast! The While Zipper
WARMUP: Mosey to Fort Mill Pharmacy parking lot, Moroccan nightclubs, low slow squats, and 9 burpees Mosey around Clebourne to next parking lot and 5 diamond merkins in cadence Mosey to next parking lot and 5 jump…
KITCHEN SINK · JUL 16, 2025
Backblast! Sandbag Tossing
WARMUP: MNC, SSH, Merkins, A Mosey, and a Stretch THE THANG: (RD1)10 Racked Squats Burpees Sandbag Toss, width of the soccer field, fence to fence 10 Racked Squats (RD2)10 Bent Over Rows Bear Crawl Drag LOF 10 Bent Over…
SEABISCUIT · JUL 15, 2025
Backblast! OG Whitehall
WARMUP: Run THE THANG: Run Whitehall route, OG direction MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Massey blood drive this weekend! Barry, read your newsletter COT:
AMERICAN JACKAL · JUL 14, 2025
Backblast! 9 #ao-american-jackal for a circuit of
WARMUP: SSH, windmill, hillbilly, imperials, plank jacks, broga THE THANG: DORA - 100 merks, 200 big boy, 300 squats CIRCUIT - 4 rounds of 15 jump squats, 20 calf raises, 25 step back squat, 30 sec wall squat MARY: yes…
6@6 · JUL 14, 2025
Backblast! 6@6 07-12-2025
WARMUP: none THE THANG: Run trails or Run Road MARY: Nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yep COT: Amazingly proficient
JUL 10, 2025
Backblast! Not All Heroes Wear Capes
YHC brushed off the cobwebs from a weinke from 2017. It was hard then and even worse this time. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) Run the Main Street to…
SNAKE PIT · JUL 8, 2025
Backblast! KB DORA
WARMUP: Moroccan Night Club, Windmill, Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Clean & Press, Lunges, Goblet Squats, Overhead Press, American Hammer, Nur, Deadlift, Merkins, Overhead Carry, One Arm Row, Farmers Carry MARY: LBC…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JUL 7, 2025
Backblast! Pass the Praise and Take the Blame
There is no one to blame but myself for the pain inflicted on eight at the American Jackal. Here’s what we did. Warmup - 15 SSHs (IC) - 15 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) The Thang - Hill repeats with Squats…
TRAINING GROUND · JUL 6, 2025
Backblast! Guardrails - Building the walls togethe
WARMUP: - Plank to DD, Sunrise stretch calf’s - 20 Side Straddle Hops THE THANG: - Move to Dave Gibson Blvd, Convo then shuffle/run to circle - Build the foundation - alternating lunge lateral twist Indian run style, 6…
JUL 3, 2025
Backblast! At a Crossroads
4 minnows (NASA, Peach Stand, Vuvuzela, Grout) 2 ruckers (Skipper, Warning Track) WARMUP: it was already warm when we got there Mosey to the 4 corners by the church for.... THE THANG: Mosey on over to the corner of…
6@6 · JUN 28, 2025
Backblast! Run It Like You Stole It… or Forget the
Minute Man rolled in at 6:02 — just early enough to technically make the “6ish” window. ⸻ ?♂️ Road Warriors: • Fogerty, Bass-o-Matic, and YHC tackled Sam Neely to Harvest Point and back — locked in a crisp 10K (6.2…
JUN 26, 2025
Backblast! It wasn’t that hot or humid
WARMUP: not at MP THE THANG: Running was the game. Up Massey to gas station. Each stop was 5 Spider-Man merkins, 10 CDD. Next stop was corner of Aubrey for same 5 and 10. To Skipper cross road for 5 and 10. All the way…
SEABISCUIT · JUN 24, 2025
Backblast! Copperheads and Coyotes
WARMUP: None THE THANG: We ran! Or rather swam in the thick humidity. 4 runners, 2 ruckers. Run route was: Out to Dobys Bridge, left onto it. Then right into Dominion Bridge neighborhood. Exit hood left onto Whites Rd…
ALCATRAZ · JUN 21, 2025
Backblast! No One Escapes Alcatraz Without Doing H
Pulled in with 5 minutes to spare, unloaded the whiteboard of pain, and got ready to honor someone who fought harder than we ever will in a 45-minute workout. Today’s beatdown was in memory of Kathleen “Mrs. Burns,” the…
DAWN PATROL · JUN 19, 2025
Backblast! Looked good on Paper-Too Many Burpees (
WARMUP: mosey tube behind epic chophouse for a COP. Included SSH‘s, mountain, climbers, imperial walkers, squats, and finished with five Burpee‘s OYO. THE THANG: head behind Panera for a starfish WO. Three Burpee’s…
SEABISCUIT · JUN 6, 2025
Backblast! Hilly loop
WARMUP: THE THANG: ran to the forest for a hilly loop. Some did 2 loops some did 1 loop for 3-4.5miles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
KITCHEN SINK · JUN 4, 2025
Backblast! Sink Flag Handoff
WARMUP: Is for sissies. THE THANG: A .75 lap around the campus with full gear (weight vest and sandbag on your back, kettlebell in one hand and cinderblock in the other) each time you had to set down the block and hell…
6@6 · MAY 31, 2025
Backblast! Running with scissors
WARMUP: listening to Twister talk THE THANG: running and listening to Twister talk MARY: was listening to Twister talk ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes, official (corporate was present) COT: yes, pre and post Welcome FNG, Shaqaroni…
BUSHWOOD · MAY 28, 2025
Backblast! Audibles
WARMUP: 25 SSH IC, 5 Merkins IC, 5 Peter Parker’s IC, Downward Dog, Upward Dog THE THANG: 30 Burpees 400m run 30 Squats 400m 30 Mike Tyson’s 400m 30 sit-up get ups 400m Called a couple audibles. Dropped the rep count to…
COLOSSEUM · MAY 27, 2025
Backblast! Memorial Day continuation
WARMUP: mosey with ssh and merkins THE THANG: Modified combination of the Danny Dietz and Matthew Axleson hero wods. Lots of running. Lots of reps. MARY: only a little ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: yes
MAY 16, 2025
Backblast! ChatGPT Wrote It, Your Quads Regret It
WARMUP: - Windmills – 10 IC - Imperial Walkers – 15 IC - Arm Circles – 10 IC - Overhead Claps - 25 IC - Mosey to the larger parking lot THE THANG: Part 1: Dora 1-2-3 – Partner up - 100 Merkins - 200 LBCs - 300 Air…
MAY 15, 2025
Backblast! 2025 PGA Championship - Quail Hollow
WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance THE THANG: Inspired by the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this will be a loop with 18 stops. The distance between the stops are based on the length of the holes (slightly modified…