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592 backblasts mention “darkhelmet”
AMERICAN JACKAL · FEB 3, 2025
Backblast! Hand off hut hut
Handoff to Rosie!
LAZARUS · JAN 30, 2025
Backblast! Med balls, sandbags and sledgehammers
WARMUP: Moroccan night clubs, low slow squats, low slow merkins. Windmills THE THANG: mes balls and sandbags were lined up. Pax formed a line and started tossing them over the shoulder, rotate, we had 9 bags of…
BLOCK PARTY · JAN 28, 2025
Backblast! Don’t cross the friggin line and do all
WARMUP: Main Street burpees, ground work non-ground work, wall work. THE THANG: circuit with blocks MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
JAN 27, 2025
Backblast! Push through whether your life is in or
WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclubs - Cherry pickers - Windmill - Hillbilly walker Mosey around loop, karaoke, mosey, karaoke, mosey. Stop at curb and 10 inclined merkins on curb in cadence, mosey over to the pull up bars and…
JAN 24, 2025
Backblast! Pretty warm for 17
WARMUP: pledge THE THANG: mosey over to Academy and Monroe white Hill pendulum from parking lot to parking lot on Monroe white - 10 jump squats/squats at the top of one hill, 2 kraken burpees at MW and academy , 10…
KITCHEN SINK · JAN 22, 2025
Backblast! The Safe Sink
WARMUP: A little of this, a little of that... THE THANG: We took our rucks and sandbags and traveled to the top of gentle slope of the entrance to the school in the hopes of finding a less icy spot. We were…
SWEEP THE LEG · JAN 20, 2025
Backblast! Run up the Hill "Again"!
WARMUP: none THE THANG: run over toward school into cul de sac where Decibel had his office. Run down to the bottom of road where street lights are before school. Run back up the hill to cul de sac. Exercises at top and…
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…
BLOCK PARTY · JAN 14, 2025
Backblast! If not now, then when?
It was a crisp 25 degrees as YHC walked up to the shovel flag just after 0500hrs. Some of The Fort's finest, but not all, began to arrive in varying conditions. DISCLAIMER: The mumblechatter started early, YHC felt…
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…
JAN 9, 2025
Backblast! Choose Hard
WARMUP: Run to bandshell at WEP THE THANG: We did laps around WEP with an accumulator thrown in for fun. When returning to the bandshell after each lap pax did the following starting with the first exercise and then…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 6, 2025
Backblast! Bounty Hunter return to the gloom
Bounty Hunter (Slackless) had far too few coupons and led us through a "pass the weights around" board of pain. When we had enough, we moseied around the Site choosing our own exercises in cadence. My man Bounty was a…
JAN 2, 2025
Backblast! Crazy 21s
WARMUP: it’s minnow pond. So, no THE THANG: Fast pace 3.75ish miles stopping to do Super 21s. That’s 1 merkin, 1 squat, 2 merkins, 2 squats, etc. up to 21 merkins, 21 squats. 231 total reps: n(n-1)/2 is the formula if…
BUSHWOOD · JAN 1, 2025
Backblast! 2025 New Years Convergence Smokin Beatd
WARMUP: Stated the F3 Mission and Core Principles, then SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan NC, and Strawberry Pickers THE THANG: Round 1: Cheese Shredder Round 2: Light Poles: 1. Burpees starting with 1 then 2…
DEC 30, 2024
Backblast! Black Diamonds in Cadence (Honey Badger
25 Burpee in cadence + NUR hill 15 Merkins IC + NUR 25 squats IC + NUR 25 Bomb Jack Single ct IC + NUR 20 CDD’s IC + NUR 15 Monkey Humpers IC + NUR 5 pull ups/25 SSHs 10 pull ups/50 SSH 15/75 10/50 5/25 Mary
ALCATRAZ · DEC 28, 2024
Backblast! One Word for the Win
WARMUP: Killed some time with usual fare in pkg lot while Mainframe and Pusher fixed the wrinkle in their panties THE THANG: Ran past the golf course (with some exercises along the way) to the lower part of the trail…
VARSITY · DEC 27, 2024
Backblast! Final Friday Freakout at Varsity
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…
DEC 26, 2024
Backblast! No Catfishing Here
The original Q Cake Boss was feeling ill, so I stepped in. WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance right at 06:45. Then right at launch point, we warmed up with the following - we went SWIMS-ing: - 20 SSH - 10 WM - 15 IW - 20 MNC…
DEC 24, 2024
Backblast! Christmas Eve Convergence at The Yard
WARMUP: (cake boss): 5 Burpees, SSH, 4 B., Imp.Walk, 3B., HillWalk, 2B, something else, 1B... Count off 1 & 2; Group 1 w/ Farmers Only, Group 2 w/ Suplex Switch Q's at 1/2 mark THE THANG: Group 1 (Farmers only): Group 2…
AMERICAN JACKAL · DEC 23, 2024
Backblast! No excuses!!!
WARMUP: mosey around the carpool loop + brief COP with usual appetizers THE THANG: mosey down to parking lot near baseball field for some side lunges, sideways bear crawls, bear crawls, crawl bears, sprints, Mary…
RING OF FIRE · DEC 18, 2024
Backblast! Ring of Fire ? Burning Strong
WARMUP: Grab a block Mosey to track Imperial walkers low Slow squats Moroccan Night Clubs Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 20 reps of Cindy exercise Curls Tri extension Shoulder presses Squats Murder Bunnies —Rinse and…
DEC 16, 2024
Backblast! SGT Zachary D. Tellier
WARMUP: Mission, 5 CORE Principles, Credo Mosey with a few things mixed in then typical warm-up exercises. THE THANG: ZACHARY TELLIER Army Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier Died September 29, 2007 Serving During Operation…
ALCATRAZ · DEC 14, 2024
Backblast! Bing was in town. It was a real good ti
Bing probably has a much more interesting version of all this, but suffice it to say, it was a good time. I went first half and Bing ended the hour. It's not going to be a great backblast, but it will capture the fact…
LAZARUS · DEC 12, 2024
Backblast! Lazarus - 12DEC2024
Always a good day at the Laz. Opportunity abounds and we took full advantage. WARMUP: Usual warm-up type stuff. Windmills, merkins, that kind of stuff... THE THANG: First we pulled up behind the Greek place for a…