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1,342 backblasts mention “40”
THE YARD · APR 5, 2025
Backblast! Circle of intensity
WARMUP: Windmill Morrocan nightclub Imperial walker THE THANG: Circle of intensity 45 sec exercise 20 second rest Squat jack Side straddle hop Windmill Plank jack Seal jack You pick Merkin Mountain climber Shoulder taps…
DAWN PATROL · APR 3, 2025
Backblast! $100,000 Pyramid (Scheme)
WARMUP: Seal Jacks, Moroccan Nightclubs, Cherry Pickers, Windmills THE THANG: The amphitheater has 11 stone “benches”. An index card with 2 exercises was placed on each stone. One at a time, a pax bear-crawled to a…
AMERICAN JACKAL · MAR 31, 2025
Backblast! Worst 100 Yards Ever
WARMUP: SSH/IW/HW/CP THE THANG: Mosey to football field “Worst 100 yards ever” Cocaine bear crawl 100 - merkins 1-4, back down 400 Lunge walk 100 - squat jumps 1-4, back down 400 Side shuffle (side bear crawl) 100 …
DAWN PATROL · MAR 27, 2025
Backblast! Pyramids at DP
Mosey to the Sunbelt Lot Warmarama followed by Pyramid of Pain circling the lot between reps Pyramid of Pain Take 1 lap after completion of each exercise Jump Squats x 10 Flying Squirrels x 20 Carolina Dry Docks x 30…
LAZARUS · MAR 27, 2025
Backblast! Board of Pain
WARMUP: SSH Windmill Imperial Walkers Stretchy Things We moseyed down to the parking lot next to the float spa. THE THANG: Thang 1 - 600 Rep Circuit - 20 Mtn. Climbers - 10 Merkins - 20 Shoulder taps (total) - 10…
THE RANCH · MAR 27, 2025
Backblast! Counting Down from 100
WARMUP: Quick COP warm-up with Imperial Walkers, Seal Jacks, and Hill Billy Walkers. THE THANG: Mosey down to oval loop in front of Springfield Middle. Near school entrance we started with a 100 reps of an exercise. We…
BLOCK PARTY · MAR 25, 2025
Backblast! Block Party-palooza
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry pickers, windmill, grandpaJacks, moroccan night clubs, merkins Mosey to the park THE THANG: 10 Burpees, EMOM 6 mins Lunge walk 30 yards, sprint 40 yards, Bear crawl 30yd, karaoke 40yd, Rev Karaoke…
MAR 25, 2025
Backblast! Tour de odor AKA style
WARMUP: SSH Windmills Imperial walkers Hillbilly walkers Plank Stretches Merkins THE THANG: After warmups we moseyed to back of HT, Performed wall sit burpee waterfall with everyone doing 1 burpee, then 2 Mosey around…
AMERICAN JACKAL · MAR 24, 2025
Backblast! Painful 8
WARMUP: Stretching, windmills, IW, HW THE THANG: Mosey to HS, in the parking lot, established the figure 8 we would run around islands. Started the Painful 8 Ladder: 8 Burpees 16 Merkins 24 LBC’s 32 LSS 40 Grave Diggers…
MAR 19, 2025
Backblast! St Paddy's Day WOD
WARMUP: Our warmup consisted of Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, some downward dog and honeymooners THE THANG: We did 5 rounds of exercises The first 3 rounds were 17 reps of each exercise followed by a…
RING OF FIRE · MAR 19, 2025
Backblast! Shield is a lean mean pain making machi
WARMUP: Did couple exercises THE THANG: 4 rounds of board of pain In between exercises take 400m lap MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruby and Splinter are training for Marathon :clap: :muscle: :bacon: COT: Be light in the darkness…
COLOSSEUM · MAR 18, 2025
Backblast! Go as fast as you want
WARMUP: Long Mosey, then the usual: 20 SSH IC 10 LSS IC 10 Cherry Pickers IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC 10 MNCs IC Yoga THE THANG: To the Light Pole$! PAX were encouraged to go as hard/fast as they…
AMERICAN JACKAL · MAR 17, 2025
Backblast! One Shining Moment
American Jackal 3/17/2025 One Shining Moment Warmup: SSH Imperial Walkers Peter Parker Plank, L arm high, R arm high Hillbilly Walkers Windmill Cherry Pickers The Thang: PAX got ready for March Madness during the Hoops…
THE ARMORY · MAR 17, 2025
Backblast! 300 Reps and More
Warm-O-Rama Grandpa Jacks Grandma Jacks SSH Moroccan Night Clubs Michael Phelps Arm stretches Thang 1 40 Thrusters 40 Merkins or Squat hold Chest Press 40 Power Clean Press - Short recovery lap 30 Thrusters 30 Merkins…
THE FORT · MAR 15, 2025
Backblast! The Two Amigos
WARMUP: Lots of warming exercises THE THANG: Swing Work - 3 Rounds -20 decline swing merkins -30 incline swing back pulls -40 swing squats -Run a lap Rugby sprints and stop at every swing for merkins, squats, and…
LAZARUS · MAR 13, 2025
Backblast! The Hills have Crawls
WARMUP: SSH IMP WALKERS HILLBILLY WALKERS MTN CLIMBERS BROGA THE THANG: Mosey to sausage hill 7s MOT bear crawl up run down CCD Squats Mosey to movies 20 Dips Dora 70 Merkins 140 Squats 220 LBCs Parking lot lunges 2…
THE RANCH · MAR 13, 2025
Backblast! physical contact
WARMUP: stretch and bend THE THANG: 20 min of St Louis Equalizer. 10 burpees with coupon 20 abmat sit-ups 30 goblet squats 40 curls with coupon 200m run Then 20 mins of self defense training. Mainly understanding…
THE COACH'S BOX · MAR 6, 2025
Backblast! 45/30
Was I late? Yes. After all that hype, I freaking forgot I said to be there at 0445. So, what do you do in those situations? Well, you dial your ShieldLock and get him to warm everyone up for 5 minutes while you drive…
BUSHWOOD · MAR 5, 2025
Backblast! Webb of Fun
Warm-O-Rama Grandpa Jacks Grandma Jacks SSH Downward Dog Honeymooners Runners stretch Arm Circles Moseyed down to the bottom of the hill as we started our Jack Webb Inspired workout. Thang 1 - Merkin Jax 1:4 Ratio 1…
CURRAHEE · MAR 4, 2025
Backblast! Making friends with a sandbag
WARMUP: - SSH / CP / IW / WM THE THANG: - mosey to traffic light - traveling PAX with sandbag to light pole, remaining PAX do exercise chosen by traveling PAX - back to COT - Jack-Webb with ruck 10-40 Merkin-OHC MARY: …
BLOCK PARTY · MAR 4, 2025
Backblast! DORA in the Parks
8 started their day off strong with a chilly Dora in the Parks at Block Party. Here’s what we did: Warm Up - 10 SSHs (IC) - 10 Seal Claps (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) The Thang Mosey to Millstone…
AMERICAN JACKAL · MAR 3, 2025
Backblast! My version of pendulum of pain
WARMUP: Side straddle hops, Smurf Jacks, Windmill, Mosey THE THANG: Split the exercises, repetition with your partner Up hill: Station 1 - 20 - Burpees Station 2 40 - Merkins Circle of pain: Both partners execute 4…
MAR 3, 2025
Backblast! White Block WOD
WARMUP: SSH, Calimari Burpeesx5, ISqW, CBx4, ChP, CBx3, WM, CBx2, HW, CBx1 THE THANG: Plank for intro: 1st Lt. Ashley White was a member of the Cultural Support Team (CST), an elite group of female soldiers who worked…
THE COACH'S BOX · FEB 27, 2025
Backblast! Staying in the box at Coaches Box
YHC was 1st F Q for 1st 30 minutes so warmup was brief and right into it. WARMUP: IC: Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers. THE THANG: Used the big large box already in parking lot to my advantage. 4…