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TRAINING GROUND · FEB 9, 2025 Backblast! Heavy things carried for no reason Q: Spider · 6 PAX WARMUP: N/A THE THANG: Guys paired up. One would carry and the other was off for 6 minutes at a time. They started with a coupon and once they had both carried it once, they swapped coupons with another group. Coupons… SOUL TO SOLE · FEB 6, 2025 Backblast! Rucking with…….thoughts, a Socratic and Q: Cyclops · 10 PAX WARMUP: Nope - off at 0500 THE THANG: Ruck and insert exercises at different points along the 3 mile route. Merkins with ruck on Calf raises Peter Parker’s Parker Peter’s Incline merkins with Ruck on Squats Lunge walks… KITCHEN SINK · FEB 5, 2025 Backblast! Simple, but not easy Q: Italian Job · 14 PAX 14 at the Sink this morning survived a surprisingly difficult beatdown. Conditions were not terrible for February (40s with a breeze). Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Merkins (IC) - 10… TRAINING GROUND · FEB 2, 2025 Backblast! Prarie Doggin at Training Ground 7 PAX WARMUP: None THE THANG: Three mile loop: 160 to Spratt, right at the gas station, right onto Harris St, down the hill to Harris St Park, right onto the trail that gets to WEP through the woods, to the WEP amphitheater… SOUL TO SOLE · JAN 30, 2025 Backblast! Miles and smiles Q: 3D · 7 PAX We walked and talked, held hands and shared deep feelings SNAKE PIT · JAN 28, 2025 Backblast! Card game Q: Rebound · 6 PAX WARMUP: windmills and produce pickers THE THANG: 2 rounds of 4 exercises by suit. 2-14 reps depending on the card you draw. MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D relay, wine tasting dinner COT: Wives and Children BUSHWOOD · JAN 22, 2025 Backblast! Eastside Natty Celebration Q: Greg Shoney · 7 PAX WARMUP: mosey, SSH windmill THE THANG: group Hill Dora / lower body/ squats lunges sumo calf Mosey Setup up - 4 sets x30 Mosey Merkins Mosey Mary MARY: we gave Mary some Lovin ANNOUNCEMENTS: congrats to the Ohio State… SNAKE PIT · JAN 21, 2025 Backblast! To Nur or Not to Nur Q: Crystal Lake · 4 PAX WARMUP: In cadence - Moroccan nightclubs - Cherry pickers - Windmill - Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: Catch me if you can: - one partner carries both bells up the hill entrance, while the other does 5 merkins, then switch… BUSHWOOD · JAN 15, 2025 Backblast! Carry the keg Q: 3D · 7 PAX WARMUP: did some stuff THE THANG: the keg is not allowed to touch the ground for the next 45 minutes. Guys shared the burden as we traveled around campus. Found two hills and did bear crawls and lunges up and down the… SNAKE PIT · JAN 14, 2025 Backblast! 2 is enough Q: 3D · 2 PAX Took turns calling exercises while walking campus. Lots of convo. Learned Kielbasa knows a guy for all your recreational needs. TRAINING GROUND · JAN 12, 2025 Backblast! Training Ground Carry Q: maximus · 7 PAX WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: 6 PAX shared (3) 60lb sand bags while the 7th man nursed an injury while wearing a weight vest, of course. Make our way over to the WEP parking lot and down the trail weaving our way to the… SOUL TO SOLE · JAN 9, 2025 Backblast! 5K ruck with 5 Strong HIMs Q: Sofrito · 5 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 5K Loops composed of the big and little Kingsley loop with some movement reps in between MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel church, newsletter, dam to bar COT: always stays in COT SNAKE PIT · JAN 7, 2025 Backblast! Something with hyenas Q: Shady · 4 PAX WARMUP: Showing up to the small crew of misfits was honestly a treat. After the disclaimer, we started with a short and slow mosey. 30 seconds in, the mumblechatter and “complaining” was alive. The mosey was about 1/4… AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 6, 2025 Backblast! Bounty Hunter return to the gloom Q: Esso · 17 PAX 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… TRAINING GROUND · JAN 5, 2025 Backblast! Moon walk up Harris Street Q: Fishstix · 11 PAX 11 men attended the weighted stroll this morning. We made our way around town finding a hill at the bottom of Harris. Backwards walk up the hill, trek around WEP and one last look at the downtown XMAS lights THE HIVE · JAN 3, 2025 Backblast! Interimsubstiq Q: Über · 10 PAX WARMUP: ground work, non-ground work THE THANG: burpee chase, wall work, circuit MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: JAN 1, 2025 Backblast! 2025 New Years Convergence Smokin Ruck Q: Cohiba · 7 PAX WARMUP: None THE THANG: Rucked 3 laps around the school campus talking about our 2025 goals MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises SNAKE PIT · DEC 31, 2024 Backblast! NYE Battle Ropes Q: Sasquatch · 8 PAX WARMUP: dynamic plank exercises <> downward dog <> upward dog <> flipped dog ... ~5 minutes THE THANG: starting at traffic circle outside the stadium... Tabata 30" exercise 1 w/ KB, 30" exercise 2 w/KB, 75 seconds… TRAINING GROUND · DEC 29, 2024 Backblast! Climbing stairs and walking backwards Q: Rebound · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: brisk walk around Main Street with brief trip up and down stairs. Wandered towards the golf course, then back for some backwards hills at the 4 corners. Almost 3 miles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SOUL TO SOLE · DEC 26, 2024 Backblast! Burden Boxing Day Q: Cohiba · 5 PAX Just started walking towards Coaches Box and carried a 40 lb coupon while talking about our burdens. We walked a total of 3 miles. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises DEC 24, 2024 Backblast! Christmas Eve Convergence at The Yard Q: Cake Boss · 57 PAX 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… TRAINING GROUND · DEC 22, 2024 Backblast! Zipper Route with some Backwards Hills Q: Crystal Lake · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Head past the Print Shop to take the big hill backwards with the bags, then headed back past the Print Shop to head up Main Street and start the zipper route MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Christmas Eve… THE YARD · DEC 21, 2024 Backblast! 12 Days of Yardmas Q: 3D · 7 PAX We did some warmup and then went into a 12 Days of Yardmas board of pain Complete first exercise and run a lap. Next exercise and the first and run a lap. Repeat ladder style. Extra points to sing 12 days of Christmas… SNAKE PIT · DEC 17, 2024 Backblast! Kettle Bell Rounds Q: maximus · 9 PAX Mission/5 CORE Principles/Credo WARMUP: Jog then a few exercises then grab your bell THE THANG: Move to our starting position. Each PAX would perform the exercise with their kettle bell then when it was their turn, they…