backblasts
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357 backblasts mention “Slash”
THE ARMORY · JUN 27, 2022
Slash’s Slam
WARMUP: dynamic: exercise>Mosey>rinse/repeat THE THANG: 4 Corners. Each corner had two exercises. Do exercise 1 run to middle for 3 burpees run back out to next corner. Complete rotation. Rinse/repeat with exercise 2…
VARSITY · JUN 3, 2022
Plank, Airbornes, Cindy Pyramid
* prolonged plank and updog<>downdog warm-up, airbornes, Cindy Pyramid= 5 Manmakers, 10 hops over Cindy, 15 swings, 20" wallsits, 25 heelraises, 30 squats (all with Cindy), mosey to 🛑, NUR back, drop the squats on the…
RING OF FIRE · JUN 1, 2022
Ring of Fire^ The Return of the Wheelbarrow
Got the call from the #bullpen that @backdraft needed a "righty" to offer a proper beatdown. I waited for "Wild Thing" to blast through the speakers. *editors note: that didnt happen but 7 other men showed up. Properly…
RING OF FIRE · MAY 25, 2022
Deck of fun w/insurance
Started w/some stretchy things then mosey down to MS for 20 merkins, 20 squats, and LBC. Mosey for a while, 15 of each, mosey then 10, mosey some more for 5 each. Deck of fun w/insurance: ♡ = hard release merkins ♧ =…
SNAKE PIT · MAR 23, 2022
Snake Pit - 3.23
8 PAX split off with Bushwood. I'm 100% certain Tesh's backblast will be more interesting to read than mine. (I'll tag him on Twitter and Slack to confirm this fact.) That left 8 PAX with kettlebells for the Snake Pit…
JAN 6, 2022
Footloose: Band Camp Edition
Leading moderate workouts create a lot of planning challenges for me. I try to be mindful of the PAX present and push without overdoing. After all, guys are posting to a "moderate" AO. When the Q-drenaline starts…
DEC 17, 2021
51st Hive of 2021 - Cultural Credit
15 PAX gathered in the gloom. We started with one or two less, but by 0505 we were at 15 and nobody fell out....so I'm calling it a win. Warm-up/Tuning Mosey further than PAX were expecting Some Yoga SSH IW 1 Burpee HW…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 17, 2021
eating our way through the air
19 PAX Gathered and it was so humid we had to "eat our way through the air." (-Slash) We started with a quick warmup SSH - 19 to the number of PAX Mosey towards the old Church of God parking lot IW HW Moroccan Night…
SNAKE PIT · DEC 9, 2020
Acceleration Through Consistency
COP/Warm Up Lap around lot to warm up. YHC played Christmas tunes today. SSH Moroccan Night Clubs Low Slow Squats Slow Windmills Round 1 20 KB Swings 20 Shoulder Press 20 Around the World Method of Travel: Bear Crawl/KB…
JUN 6, 2020
Uphill Times
19 Pax posted on a Yumid morning to salute Old Glory and dig deep to tackle the surrounding hills. We were honored to welcome FNG/The Fonz (EH'd by Pusher) and a quasi-Kotter in Santini ( who has lost his excuses for…
JUN 5, 2020
Slash brings terrible music to a kettlebell party
There was too much terrible music, too much running, too much chatter during COT, but all accelerated...
SNAKE PIT · MAR 25, 2020
Snake Pit in Quarantine
Warmup: Short mosey 10 SSH 10 Mountain Climbers (slow count) 10 Parker Peters 10 Peter Parkers Honeymooner–>DownDog 10 SSH 10 Imperial Walkers 10 Hillbilly Walkers Short mosey The Thang: alternating with Kettlebell…
SNAKE PIT · FEB 26, 2020
Board of pain, faraway fences and bat flipper bear crawls
Nearly 3 miles were achieved by some, significantly less by others (Slash & UHaul always chose Bear Crawls...). Some very solid mumblechatter... A little flatulence... Short chat on Lent and the presence of Catholics in…
VARSITY · NOV 15, 2019
1990s HIITs
Nine in total arrived. The rain held off, but conditions were still slick. Warm Up Mosey run SSH (IC 10x) Windmill (IC 10x) Imperial Walker (IC 10x) Low Slow Squats (IC10x) Headed towards the benches area under the…
AUG 31, 2019
Millstone pivots on a dime
YHC waited patiently in the Veteran's Parking lot thinking this may be a party of one and Omaha over to #TheFort to join the hype train down the street. Needless to say, 3 min before the opening bell, Boss Hogg rolls up…
MAY 30, 2019
Leaving Home
It was a Thursday morning gloom at Laces In...a Thursday in May when the temp was already higher than it should be...a Thursday when our Site Q was DR but his predecessor provided strong support...a Thursday after The…
APR 29, 2019
Honoring the fallen @honeybadger
The count was 14 on this day... On this day it was truly an honor to be able to remember my friend, Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Dudley. He Passed on July 7, 2011 near Helmand Province, Afghanistan. TJ was flying in a mission…
RING OF FIRE · APR 24, 2019
Q2 2019 PFT @ The Coop!
2019 quarterly PFT at the Coop was on schedule for day 21 of Ass Kickin' April! 17 PAX came out to see progress that has been made since Q1 of 2019. We had 8 repeats and 9 new comers. The Thang Warm up - Lap, COP with…
APR 11, 2019
The Art of Merkin Cadence...
What is more difficult than doing 20 merkins first thing in the morning? Trying to do 20 merkins first thing in the morning in cadence and remembering to breathe! I was doing well until I hit merkin #11 and it was…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 30, 2019
2019 Q1 PFT - The Coop
YHC decided that 2019 needed to have an old tradition re-instituted, the Quarterly Physical Fitness Test. So, Wegmans has given me the last Wednesday of every 3rd month to test and track the progress of the Pax. The…
JUN 10, 2014
The Next Exercise is....The Peacock
The virtual shovel flag was planted and 15 strong, led by a slightly confused Q, met at the Harris Teeter parking lot for another serving of Golden Corral. The Thang Short mosey around the parking lot to COP: SSH x 40…