backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
333 backblasts mention “Jekyll”
BLOCK PARTY · JUN 30, 2015
Run it out
6 PAX braved the gloom this morning. We talked about strength work in Indian Land. Would today's fitness be tough enough? Quick lap around WEP COT: SSH, IW, Mountain Climbers. 10 burpee OYO The Thang: Partner up 10…
VARSITY · JUN 26, 2015
Plyo Punisher
Still in its infancy, Varsity was created to be primarily a plyometric, explosive workout focusing on full lower body/legs to improve power. It also implies that this is no JV level work out. Bring your A game or you'll…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 16, 2015
Calamity at The Coliseum
No fluff. No beauty contest. Just grit and determination. I looked up previous backblasts to see what had been done and more to the point- what hadn't. I decided no need to re-invent the exercise wheel; rather just a…
MAY 19, 2015
Leave the Yard
Welp, when I say bring your running shoes, I mean it. 8 PAX left the comforts of our beloved Golden Corral campus and ran over a mile to and from the Tega Cay Elementary for todays installment. The work put in by these…
BLOCK PARTY · MAY 5, 2015
Core words of wisdom from Waylon
21 pax posted to Block Party for a core blast plus a dose of leadership lessons from one of the original sages of Outlaw Country, the one and only Waylon Jennings. The Thang Warm up run 3/4 around WEP COP -- Parker…
SLOW BURN · MAY 1, 2015
Chasing Perfection... at #SlowBurn
Why do we do this to ourselves? Why did 30 (no, not a typo) men show up this morning to a cool, dark parking lot at an unheavenly hour? Because someone gave us the gift, and now we are hooked... So here's The Thang…
THE BALLROOM · APR 15, 2015
Does the Tax Man take Coupons? (aka B2D2)
At the last Black Diamond, it was only Jekyll (who was the Q) and myself, so by default the clock was ticking on my turn to lead the PAX in a Black Diamond Beat Down (B2D2)... I figured no better day for a downpainment…
THE RANCH · FEB 26, 2015
Slush Slop
From last night's news reports- I expected to see locusts posting with us at 0515. No locusts but 7 Men did post to a grand beatdown. The thang: Mosey to middle school for COP SSH, IW, Squat, Good Mornings, Merkins…
SNAKE PIT · JAN 13, 2015
No rain in Indian Land!
So the fact that I am even writing a backblast is a miracle in itself, work has got YHC burning the midnight oil and is actually writing this while on conference calls that I really should be paying attention to…
THE ARMORY · DEC 22, 2014
Leg Day at #TheArmoryF3
YHC got a last minute call to Q the #TheArmory High quality disclaimer…read the website…not a professional…read it in Hebrew or Greek… Conditions were cold, rainy, and miserable. 6 men took the #RedPill as this is the…
OCT 21, 2014
Little of this and that
16 made it out this Tuesday morning. A balmy 55 degrees. Luckily no one was wearing tights. (note: I am all about the tights- but its too soon. Except for @The_package. Too soon?) Mosey to the back parking lot COP…
ALCATRAZ · OCT 11, 2014
Board of Pain Returns
What to do, what to do? I know-how about the legendary Board of Pain?! See below for where you ended. Deacon gets the #pompom... for now! The Challenge: - Burpees – 100 - Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed…
SEP 2, 2014
Let's go to the Bullpen
With Funhouse absent due to travel, the right arm was touched, signaling for YHC to be called from the Bullpen and assume the Q. It was an honor to lead the men on a warm, humid morning. Into the Gloom... COT SSH, IW…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 27, 2014
Next time, turn it up to 11...
Goooood Morning! Another installment of a Jekyll led beat down. A VQ for YHC at The Coop. 23 men jumped out of the fartsack to a perfect 65 degree morning. I felt like I gave it pretty good. Apparently, The PAX can be…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 12, 2014
Quick game of "Old Maid" = old school style
YHC did a quick review on the sad news of Tony Stewart, 20-year-old Kevin Ward Jr, Robin Williams, and my personal 1 year anniversary of my cousin wife’s death after a lifelong struggle with alcohol. Discussion about…
ALCATRAZ · AUG 2, 2014
Who's got the Q? Oh yeah, I do...
With Free Bird out due to a bad case of the "Montezuma's Revenge", West Nile, or possibly even uncooperative hair product, YHC stepped up and took the reigns of the Q. Actually I was reminded by my calendar alarm at…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 16, 2014
A sprinters delight through The Coop
The Coop / NAFO HS is still a venue under construction, but the weather was perfect, as the overnight rain was gone, a glorious gift of a morning, we started with a quick prayer. Mumble chatter was high as Package and…
JUN 7, 2014
A CSPAN hosted Saturday morning of "Hour of Power"
If you showed up for a prayerful “Hour of Power” you instead got a full cut of high humidity and the painful reminder to wear gloves because I might be the Q. 19 strong, chatter was high, and the spirit was right. COP…
MAY 27, 2014
Howdy Partner!
16 Pax weary from Memorial Day festivities including but not limited to a Memorial Day Murph workout sauntered up to the Golden Corral buffet seeking redemption from weekend gluttony. Mosey to back parking lot and…
RING OF FIRE · MAY 14, 2014
Be an Eagle, Not a Duck
Beacon shared a pre-workout message about making choices in our lives, relative to how we respond to adversity. Essentially, we can rise above, like an eagle, or we can "quack" about it and do nothing else, like a duck…
APR 8, 2014
All you can eat "Mud" buffet
11 PAX decided to feast on some "mud" buffet to prepare for the upcoming Mud Run. Before we began, Jekyll shared with us his itinerary for his sales trip through South Carolina and trying to sell wine to residents of…