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SLOW BURN · JUN 7, 2024 Backblast! What a turnout Q: Short Sale · 20 PAX Word for the day was “consistency”. Anyone can do it in bursts or for a short while but a consistent performance will take you further. When you are tired or disinterested, that consistency will help you to focus… 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… RING OF FIRE · JUN 5, 2024 Backblast! Winter Green Skoal and Cindy Q: JWOW · 13 PAX · +1 FNG It was a balmy morning at The Ring, but the mumble chatter was fire. A little warmup and we were off to grab our old friend Mr. Cinder Block. We celebrated the 80th anniversary of the day before D-Day. Thang: 4 Corners… COLOSSEUM · JUN 4, 2024 Backblast! Light pole Ladder Q: Crystal Lake · 6 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: - 10 Moroccan nightclubs - 10 cherry pickers - 10 windmills - 20 imperial walkers - 20 hillbilly walkers Mosey down road - stop at curb and do 15 merkins hands on curb in cadence - Mosey to wall - Stop at next… JUN 4, 2024 Backblast! The Smokin Lucky 7 Q: Cohiba · 7 PAX VQ?: No WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Morrocon NC, and Strawberry Pickers THE THANG: Phase 1- Cheese Shredder (2 Rounds) Phase 2- Wall Sit Regular = 10 Count Each by All; Wall Sit Hands Forward = 10 Count… THE ARMORY · JUN 3, 2024 Backblast! Kettlebell Chaos: Four Rounds of Fury w Q: Jeremy Holt - · 20 PAX Rolled in with seconds to spare, hopped out grabbed the kettlebells and gave the disclaimer. Warm up : Cherry Pickers Stretch the hamstrings reach to the right foot, then the center then the left foot, back to center… VARSITY · MAY 31, 2024 Backblast! Leg Day at the Varsity Q: Pusher · 13 PAX WARMUP: COP for the following: - SSH x 30 - IW x 15 - Windmills x 10 - Mtn Climbers x 20 Too much chatter so we moseyed to the hill... THE THANG: Quadzilla Run to the bottom 10 Jumping Lunges Nur to the top 10 Bombjacks… SOUL TO SOLE · MAY 30, 2024 Backblast! One Eyed Willy vs Cyclops Q: Sofrito · 9 PAX Disclaimer Provided WARMUP: None THE THANG: Rucked two by two towards WEP to asses future layouts of the sidewalks. At the theater of WEP the following movements were carried in cadence for 10 reps each. SSH HILLBILLY… CLYDESDALES · MAY 29, 2024 Backblast! To the Fort and Back Q: Soup To Nuts · 18 PAX WARMUP: none THE THANG: 3,4,and 5 mile option. 2 miles to Hobos and back, 3 miles to Poppy Seed and back, 5 miles with a loop around Academy. Trail runners and ruckers participated too MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS… THE BALLROOM · MAY 28, 2024 Backblast! Ab-Lab Q: JCruise · 7 PAX VQ?: No WARMUP: Mosey THE THANG: Ab-Lab (Run a lap of the parking lot between each exercise) LBC x 100 Flutter Kick x 90 Freddie Mercury x 80 American Hammer x 70 Mountain Climber x 60 Reverse Crunch x 50 Big Boy x 40… THE COACH'S BOX · MAY 23, 2024 Backblast! Shoulder exhaustion-complete Q: Joe Lyons · 18 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: Mosey-warm-up 51 SSH THE THANG: Max shoulder reps 2:00 x2 each Merkins, Dips, CDD, Heels to heaven- ending with 50 yard sprints-NUR 50 and repeat x4 MARY: out of time ANNOUNCEMENTS: 3 events this summer COT… RING OF FIRE · MAY 22, 2024 Backblast! Deck O'Pain Q: Shield · 10 PAX WARMUP: Windmills, Morrocan nightclubs, Imperial walkers and Hillbilly walkers...short mosey up to NaFo bench area. THE THANG: Deck O'Pain JOKERS= 10 BURPEES HEARTS= MERKINS DIAMONDS = SSH CLUBS= BIG BOYS SPADES = CDD… COLOSSEUM · MAY 21, 2024 Backblast! Say it your birthday ? Q: Cake Boss · 14 PAX WARMUP: Did hand full of exercises and then moseyed Hit the benches and did some dips, step ups, other stuff Did some shuffling, karaoke and jogging THE THANG: Down on football field 10 exercises Crawl bear 10 yards do… FLIGHT PLAN · MAY 20, 2024 Backblast! Not lost, just searching Q: HarryCarry · 16 PAX Ran loops, original plan was a 1.7mi loop but ended up doing a reverse YMCA route 2x loops. I got 2.8mi in. Everyone was accounted for. THE ARMORY · MAY 20, 2024 Backblast! Smoked Heavy Picker Uppers Q: Cohiba · 17 PAX Reviewed the F3 Mission and Core Principles WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Morrocon NC, Merkins, and Strawberry Pickers THE THANG: Stage 1 = 100 Kettlebell Swings Stage 2 = Dora (Team up with a Partner): 50… VARSITY · MAY 17, 2024 Backblast! Closing out the week in good form Q: Cyclops · 11 PAX WARMUP: windmills to start and various exercises in cadence while a few pax rolled in hot. THE THANG: mosey to the sugar creek elementary school back lot for rounds of 5’s 17’s and 23’s Set 1 - 5 rounds - 5 burpees, 17… SOUL TO SOLE · MAY 16, 2024 Backblast! 6 Clean Shaven Men & Bearded Fellow Q: Sofrito · 7 PAX VQ?: No WARMUP: None, Disclaimer given THE THANG: We rucked towards Veterans Park to do a quality check on the Minnow Pond. 3.44 Miles MARY: None she was absent ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run, Read Your newsletter, the… RING OF FIRE · MAY 15, 2024 Backblast! The Work Q: Sprocket · 15 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, MNC THE THANG: Mile on the track 10 Burpees 10 Squats 10 Merkins 10 Big Boys Every 1/4 of a lap one of these exercises was done x4 = 1 Mile Then we went to the cinder block area and did 24 BLOCK… CURRAHEE · MAY 14, 2024 Backblast! Moist Shovel Flag Transfer Q: Badlands · 14 PAX Mist and drizzle at 0445 but it was raining hard at my house so I knew we were going to get wet. WARMUP: rucks off, yogging around parking lot and warm-a-rama including plank and various doggy-named stretches… COLOSSEUM · MAY 14, 2024 Backblast! "Rain or Shine: Conquer the Workout Gri Q: Jeremy Holt - · 10 PAX Pulled up and it was raining, but that didn’t deter the PAX from posting! Warm-up: - Chain Breakers - Imperial Walkers - Windmills Mosey: Under the breezeway to keep the PAX nice and dry. The Thing: 1st Round: 1. 10… FLIGHT PLAN · MAY 13, 2024 Backblast! Flight Plan: “running” Q: Barry Manilow · 11 PAX WARMUP: no THE THANG: running MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes COT: yes Sign up for the Cannoli Run Looks like we made it, Barry Manilow THE ARMORY · MAY 13, 2024 Backblast! Anybody got a shakeweight? Q: Rolloff · 15 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, arm circles forward, backward. Mosey around the parking lot THE THANG: 30 sec on 30 sec off- KB Swings Goblet squats RH row LH row RH merkin LH merkin RH clean and press LH clean… RING OF FIRE · MAY 8, 2024 Backblast! F3 Baseball Q: Time Machine · 13 PAX WARMUP: MNC, Windmills, Mosey of various sorts THE THANG: F3 Baseball - Strike out 6 Merkins, All other outs 10 SSH, Walk Bear Crawl to next Base. Bases were Dips, Squats, LBC & Burpees. Wen through Texas v A's game… BLOCK PARTY · MAY 7, 2024 Backblast! Slippery when wet Q: Bonsai · 21 PAX WARMUP: Run up to drug store, cross over and head back to parking lot in front of Springs. SSH Windmill Inch worm merkin Low slow squat Squat pulses THE THANG: Move up to the sidewalk to the garden with wall 3 rounds 5…