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THE RANCH · SEP 5, 2024
Backblast! Not Much Running Wild At The Ranch
WARMUP: Run over to the middle school, around the loop to the flag. Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Squats, Dead Lifts, Plank, Downward Dog, Up Dog, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Peter Parkers, Merkins THE THANG: With just…
VARSITY · AUG 30, 2024
Backblast! Sparty Start
Short mosey run Warmup: SSH (20xI/C); windmills; Imperial Walkers; Moroccan N/C; Low Slow Sqts; big arm circles; peter parkers; plank stretches Thang 1: Mini-Spartan: Start at bottom of hill, run up to pull up bars, do…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 28, 2024
Backblast! IronPAX week -1???
WARMUP: lots of stuff to get everyone loose THE THANG: Cindies at the bottom of the hill by elementary school. Called 11s on the hill with Manmakers at the bottom and Leg lifts over your head at the top while holding…
AUG 26, 2024
Backblast! Folds of Honor
WARMUP: Honored corporal Brock Buckner and the Folds of Honor Foundation. Got some work in with SSH, windmills, tappy taps, overhead claps, honey mooners, light merkins, etc THE THANG: pull up work at the bars, then…
THE YARD · AUG 17, 2024
Backblast! Spicy Prep Work for the Tortoise&Hare
WARMUP: Salutations and Disclaimer was shared. Mosey on to the back lock for some warm up movements: 10 Reps Each all done in Cadence Morrocan Night Clubs Over Head Claps Wind Mills Cherry Pickers (aka produce pickers)…
VARSITY · AUG 16, 2024
Backblast! Dude Where's My Car
I've wanted to do this workout for YEARS! I was always worried we wouldn't have enough time to do it. WARMUP: 10 SSH, 5 Windmills THE THANG: The Dude Where's My Car workout is to do a rep in every parking space in the…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 13, 2024
Backblast! Club 813
What a way to start my 50th birthday. Short mosey run Warmup: SSH (12xI/C); windmills; Imperial Walkers; Low Slow Sqts; big arm circles; peter parkers; parker petes; plank stretches --mosey Run to awesome parking lot…
ALCATRAZ · AUG 10, 2024
Backblast! Deck of Cards With Too Many Jokers
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs, 5 burpees THE THANG: Deck of Cards Hearts=Merkins Diamonds= Diamond Merkins Spades=Squats Clubs=Big Boys Jokers=25 burpees After each PAX pulled a card, we ran 2 laps around…
VARSITY · AUG 9, 2024
Backblast! Football field candence count
WARMUP: Warmup: all in cadence - 10 Moroccan nightclubs - 10 cherry pickers - 10 windmills - 20 imperial walkers Mosey around buss loop - Karaoke - 20 incline merkins on curb in cadence - Karaoke - 20 calm raises on…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 7, 2024
Backblast! Ring of Jellystone Fire
WARMUP: MNC, Imp Squat Walkers, ChPickers, SSH, Mosey to Cinderblocks THE THANG: (*structure based on Beakers beatdown from 7/10/24- thank you bro!) Each round, Home to base(s) & back Home: Cind-urpees (AKA Man-Makers)…
AUG 5, 2024
Backblast! Cindy, she’s my friend
WARMUP: Hold plank while we remember SSgt TJ Dudley THE THANG: Murph-ish style Dora, Cindy played a 3rd wheel the whole workout - 100 pulls up, high knees with Cindy overhead - 200 merks, farmers carry up the hill and…
THE YARD · AUG 3, 2024
Backblast! The Yard - 3 Aug 2024
WARMUP: We did. THE THANG: There was a lot of back and forth down the field and back with 6-inch holds and exercises and such. Threw in some burpees, and partner carries, and bear crawls. It's all Julie Andrews and my…
VARSITY · AUG 2, 2024
Backblast! Rasslin’ Endorsed
WARMUP: Clam Chowder x5, Cherry Pickers, CC x4, Hillbilly Walkers, CC x 3, SSH, CC x 2, Imperial Squat Walkers, CC x 1, Bomb-Jacks most IC THE THANG: mix of solo & partner work R1: Fireman’s Drag end zone to end zone…
SOUL TO SOLE · AUG 1, 2024
Backblast! Do the Shuffle
WARMUP: Gave the usual intro and then we got after it. THE THANG: We toured the longer Kingsley loop and the rucks stayed on the whole time. Starting from COT we had our first 10min ruck interval, 5min rucking followed…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 31, 2024
Backblast! (Insert something creative)
DISCLAIMER: disclaimed WARMUP: Mosey loop around parking lot, circle up near ROTC - 10 Windmills IC - 10 LSS IC - 10 Imperial Walkers IC - 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC - 10 MNCs IC - Yoga And since we were so close to the…
VARSITY · JUL 26, 2024
Backblast! Varsity In the Humid Gloom
WARMUP: SSH, Merks, Windmill, Walkers Cherry Pickers, and a mosey. THE THANG: Crazy Eights w Bombjax and Merks, followed by a board of pain that offered up a lap around the playground and a Nur out and back. Board of…
THE YARD · JUL 13, 2024
Backblast! It's a moderate without Bs
VQ?: No Started at exactly 6:30 AM with a professional disclaimer stating that YHC is not a professional. We moseyed around the lot and warmed up with, Side Straddle Hop Produce Pickers Windmills Moroccan Nightclubs…
THE HIVE · JUL 12, 2024
Backblast! No Run Dora
Had my weinkie prepared by Wed. afternoon. Participated in the SweatyBarry on Thursday night. Immediately afterwards grabbed the weinkie and reduced the rep count by half. I and the rest of the PAX this morning thank…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 10, 2024
Backblast! Killer B’s plus
WARMUP: IC exercises and stretches THE THANG: Killer B’s on the football field — End zone: 5 burpees --> Bear Crawl 10 yards to 10 yard line 10 Yard Line: 5 Burpees / 10 Bomb jacks —> Broad jump 10 yards to 20 yard line…
THE YARD · JUL 6, 2024
Backblast! Cold Calls
WARMUP: SSH, MNC, WM, IW, HW THE THANG: DORA: Timer 100yd run 200 step ups 100 Erkins 125 Squats 50 Derkins 100 Calf Raises Thang 2 TABATA (40 sec of work, 15 sec rest) Round 1 - Mountain Climbers, Bomb Jacks, Squat…
JUL 4, 2024
Backblast! 27th Badger of 2024
16 at ao-honey-badger for the Clovis. 150 burpee pull-up 10 mile run Partition as desired. We did 15 burpee-pull-ups and run 1 mile. Rinse and repeat One of the simplest and hardest workouts. Nobody finished even half…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 3, 2024
Backblast! It hurt me more than it hurt you
Opening Act: windmill, dying cockroach, hillbilly walker, mt climber, overhead clap, freddie merc, low slow squat, plank jack, side straddle hop, flutter, calf raise Headliner: accumulator, 5, 5-10, 5-10-15, up to 35…
KITCHEN SINK · JUN 26, 2024
Backblast! Throwing Bags Around
WARMUP: Walked our sandbags from COT to the starting point at one end of the parking lot at the front of the school. Moseyed around the parking lot back to the starting point without bags. PAX then stood in front of…
JUN 24, 2024
Backblast! 300% humidity and 80 degrees
WARMUP: SSH Cherry pickers Windmill Low slow squat Maraca nightclub Arm circles THE THANG: Mosey to the track where shield and his 2.0 were already putting in the work. Great job! Run a mile 100 merkins 110 yd bear…