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THE RANCH · AUG 22, 2024 Backblast! The Ranch/ Tour of the Campus, small Me Q: Tiller · 11 PAX WARMUP: Merkins, Side straddle Hop, low slow squat THE THANG: Ran all of Spring Field campus with multiple pain stations and lots of steps ( Dips, 3 burpees, Bear crawl, with 3 Merkins stopping at each cone, and… AUG 16, 2024 Backblast! Shoulders of Pain Q: Joe Lyons · 12 PAX WARMUP: Mosey- Circled up. SSH, windmill, moracin nightclub, Cherry pickers, Mosey some more. THE THANG: ( Mosey 1/2 mile out )Max reps for (2 minutes x2) Merkins, CDD, dips, Heels to heaven. Finished up with 50 yard… CLYDESDALES · AUG 14, 2024 Backblast! Can BAMA Stop the Run? Q: Wegmans · 23 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer Provided, Pax Count, and Routes Shared THE THANG: Some did trails, some did their own thing, most went on the "Alabama Run". MARY: She was missed ! ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tortoise & The Hare, Read Your… CURRAHEE · AUG 13, 2024 Backblast! Deck of Cards Q: Sprocket · 4 PAX WARMUP: 1 mile run w/o ruck THE THANG: Deck of Cards workout with ruck Hearts = Manmakers Diamonds = Squats Spades = Ruck Swings Clubs = 4 Count Flutter Jokers = Overhead ruck carry to a cone and suitcase carry ruck… THE RANCH · AUG 8, 2024 Backblast! 5 men, no Ark… Q: Sugarbug · 5 PAX It wasn’t so much the heat, as the humidity that was out in force… due to that we drove over to the front of the middle school instead of the typical mosey. WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly… CURRAHEE · AUG 6, 2024 Backblast! Hill-billies on the loose Q: TINSEL TheFort · 5 PAX WARMUP: disclaimer THE THANG: loop around heart attack hill with added bonus going down to the lake MARY: broga ANNOUNCEMENTS: T&H COT: prayers for families, teachers and kids SWEEP THE LEG · AUG 5, 2024 Backblast! Bring em out bring em out Q: Badlands · 18 PAX WARMUP: pre-run at 0445 THE THANG: braden loops - with 3 pain stations stop 1 - 20 squats stop 2 - 30 LBCs stop 3 - 20 merkins 3 to 4 miles by all MARY: a few core exercises ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: yup 6@6 · AUG 3, 2024 Backblast! Roads, Trails and Miles, All smiles! Q: Fogerty · 12 PAX WARMUP: Chatter THE THANG: Trails or Road Work Options MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter COT: Show to know. AUG 2, 2024 Backblast! Going Off Campus Q: Italian Job · 10 PAX Nine booters and one runner did the hard thing this morning. 92% humidity and a real feel of 76 degrees added a little extra suck to the fun this morning. Here’s what we did. - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Moroccan… CLYDESDALES · JUL 31, 2024 Backblast! Clydesdales went everwhere Q: Assassin · 21 PAX Nice crowd today due to the anticipation of what the Q had to say. Set the route, and about 5 out of the 20 something took it. Others went wherever they wanted. Two things mentioned in COT: First- AirPods…Grab the case… JUL 26, 2024 Backblast! Men can do difficult things Q: Cadre Olaf · 4 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: CURRAHEE · JUL 23, 2024 Backblast! Deck of Pain Q: Divac · 4 PAX WARMUP: Nah THE THANG: A few miles around the school with each Pax choosing a card from the F3 deck of pain at selected stops along the way. MARY: Nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yup COT: Of course ALCATRAZ · JUL 20, 2024 Backblast! Dont Try This Alone Q: Divac · 8 PAX Decent weather brought out 6 Pax for an 0630 start. 2 more came in at 0632 after picking deer carcus out of Senator Tressel’s grill…but that’s another story. WARMUP: Mosey around the park towards our destination, with… ALCATRAZ · JUL 13, 2024 Backblast! Keep it simple, keep it stupid Q: 38 Special · 4 PAX WARMUP: Mosey about 3 feet to the left into the parking lot for SSH, Imperial Walker, Low Slow Squat, Moroccan Night Club, Little Baby Arm Circles THE THANG: Run out of the parking lot and clockwise around the path to… JUL 9, 2024 Backblast! Garbage Water Intervals Q: Suplex · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, 5 "Alien Landing Rain Dances" [see description in comments of video post in 1-F channel], MNCs, 4 ALRDs, Imp Walkers, 3 ALRDs, Cherry Pickers, 2 ALRDs, Windmills, 1 ALRD THE THANG: 10 rounds on a timer: 3… CURRAHEE · JUL 4, 2024 Backblast! Ruck & Sandbag Fun Q: Mainframe · 5 PAX All veterans so simple disclaimer, light warmup then we performed the following with rucks and sandbags: 10 Merkins, alternating one hand on sandbag Bear crawl dragging sandbag to other side of field 10 Merkins… SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 24, 2024 Backblast! Sweatin’ It To The Oldies Q: Keith Crockett · 11 PAX 11 PAX sweated out the weekend toxins and accelerated in the humidity this fine beautiful morning. We did 3.9 miles total with 25 squats at First Horizon, 25 plank jacks at Model A. Always look after the six and come… ALCATRAZ · JUN 22, 2024 Backblast! 3 leg tour Q: Band Camp · 14 PAX WARMUP: Ditch Witch led! THE THANG: YHC had a plan pulled from previous Alcatraz backblasts, but it was a pretty morning. So, here's a list of what we DID NOT do: - 30 pull ups - 45 burpees - 90 squats - 120 dips - and… CLYDESDALES · JUN 19, 2024 Backblast! Clydesdales Sutton Rd Loop Q: Skipper · 16 PAX THE THANG: 4.5 mi loop…North on 160, left on Sutton, left into the Sutton Place neighborhood at the New Grey Rock Rd light, right turns at each cross street (3 total) got us to Sam Smith Rd, left on Sam Smith, left on… JUN 14, 2024 Backblast! Flag Day 2024 Q: Spectre · 9 PAX WARMUP: Plank for Flag Day History 50 SSH 13 Moroccan Night Club 13 Windmill Mosey to fountain in apartment complex. THE THANG: Bear Crawl around the fountain. Up and Down the "Bowl" Run up the hill to Fire Station… THE RANCH · JUN 6, 2024 Backblast! The Most Difficult Mile - maybe Q: Fishstix · 12 PAX 12 men showed up at The Ranch. I made sure I emphasized "modify if necessary" when stating the disclaimer. We began with a mosey warm-up with stops at each light pole for exercises. We made our way to the front of… CURRAHEE · JUN 4, 2024 Backblast! making men simple Q: Badlands · 3 PAX Humid morning WARMUP: ruck to stoplight and do in cadence warmup things THE THANG: Ruck toward walmart with 5 minute timer repeating... 5 manmakers, 10 ruck curls, 15 squats Got over 2 miles and about 11 rounds MARY… SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 3, 2024 Backblast! Dave Gibson hates you hills Q: Liberty Bibberty · 11 PAX VQ?: No WARMUP: 4:45 Pre Run THE THANG: Dave Gibson Hills 25 Merkins (Dave Gibson and Ben Casey) 25 Squats (Entrance to Gold hill school complex) 25 LBCs (Gold hill teachers parking lot) Go back up Dave Gibson Hill … MAY 31, 2024 Backblast! Ice Cream Cones Q: Soup To Nuts · 13 PAX WARMUP/THANGmosey around perimeter of Harris Teeter to show PAX pain stations. Got some warmups in along way. Pain stations as follows. 15of SSH, Derkins, Merkins, Big Boys, Squats, Hammers, Lunges. 3 loops…