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Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
93 backblasts mention “Fresh Prince”
THE HIVE · FRI MAY 8
Q-school and the 3 C’s
WARMUP: windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers, planks, shoulder taps and mountain climbers all in cadence. Throw in some seal jacks in cadence too. THE THANG: 3 C’s of q school - corners, chalk and cardboard. 4…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 23
Tires and blocks extravaganza
WARMUP: 1 lap around the field block carry: - Bear hug, over the back, shoulder, block overhead - 10 count buyins: goblet squats, chest press, overhead press, curls, tris, SSH THE THANG: 5 stations: Timer - shoulder…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU APR 2
Barrel of tities, came out sucking my thumb
WARMUP: Cherry pickers, wind mill, side stradel hope, mozy THE THANG: AMRAP 8 minutes of squats, reverse lunges, mountain climbers, calf raises 50 yd sprint, merkins, planks, shoulder taps and cdd MARY: mix of core…
THE HIVE · FRI MAR 27
Baseball and Boston music
WARMUP: SSH Arm circles Michael Phelps Low slow squats Catchers Broga THE THANG: Farmer carry to parking lot Planks with sandbag drag 2x Stations and Exercises (Baseball-Themed): • Home Plate – “Batter Up Swings”…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 26
Three lessons for leadership
WARMUP: mosey to high school faculty lot and do the following exercises I/C Windmills Cherry pickers Imperial walkers Seal jacks THE THANG: Dora on the hill Mosey to the top of the hill of 21 100 Burpees - switched to…
THE HIVE · FRI MAR 20
Backblast! Big Bertha visits the Hive
WARMUP: the usual suspects THE THANG: Thang#1: muzac 1. https://youtu.be/FNxGcVVkheA?si=66YM98r8lt2Q4uUY-69 by cody parks & dirty south (~4 min): prisoner bell Squats-AMRAP during instrumental, Fig-8’s during lyrics,……
THE HIVE · FRI MAR 6
Backblast! 2026.10 The Hive
The Longest Ladder 5 burpees or 2 55# manmakers at the baseline. Snatch squat at each rung on 1st ladder Two high pulls on the 2nd
THE COACH'S BOX · THU MAR 5
Backblast! Ladders and The Queen
WARMUP: ssh, iw, hillbilly walker, Moroccan night clubs, windmills, mosey THE THANG: start at goal line. Run to 10 - do the exercise - run back - do the burpee… run to 20…. Ladder: 10 - big boy situps 1- burpee 20 …
DEC 24, 2025
Backblast! Eve of the Lord's birth - convergence
WARMUP: The usual THE THANG: DH-type-stuff MARY: worked into Thang ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) - 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around…
THE YARD · OCT 11, 2025
Backblast! Spicy Light Pole Accumulators
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walkers Squatches (like Squats, but spoken in correctly by the Q) Imperial Squat Walkers Maybe so more... THE THANG: Mosey to start of light poles along back entrance. Exercise revealed from an…
THE HIVE · OCT 10, 2025
Backblast! The Smokin Ladder Beatdown
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC The Thang: 1. Ladders Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 25, then work back down. Exercises: KB Swings Goblet Squats KB…
THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 25, 2025
Backblast! Frying pan Substi-Q
WARMUP: nope… Just heavy stuff THE THANG: misery involving kettle bells, and sandbags of varying sizes MARY: ain’t got no time for that ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter COT: held mostly in relation to the second half……
SLOW BURN · SEP 19, 2025
Backblast! Non-Alcoholic Drinking Game F3 Workout
Soundtrack: Amazon Music Playlist (curated by Amazon Music) “REDISCOVER THE ‘80S: College Rock WARMUP: - Mosey a lap - Mountain Climbers - Big Boy Sit-ups - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers - Windmills - LBC FLIP…
THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 18, 2025
Backblast! 4 corner of unity
WARMUP: SSH Windmill Hill Billy Walker THE THANG: Run to 20, nur to 10 - 1 merkin Run to 30, nur to 20 - 2 merkin Until 100 yard Then lunge walk to 10, 1 squat lunge walk to 20, 2 squat To 100 yard line Then 4 corners …
SLOW BURN · SEP 12, 2025
Backblast! 2025.37 Slow Burn
TBH All I knew I wanted to do was 10 sets of burpees and bear crawls. Each bear crawl was 40 yds and burpees started at 10 and went to 1. In between sets run toward Shutterfly and find the next opportunity to find 40…
THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 11, 2025
Backblast! Remember 9/11 - Honor The Sacrifice
WARMUP: No. THE THANG: Grab your sandbag, shoulder it and run 5 laps around the perimeter of the parking lot, totaling an estimated 2,001m. Start at the parking lot "goal line": Pick up your sandbag, run 20yds, 24…
THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 4, 2025
Backblast! Fathers were Forged
WARMUP: SSH x20, IWx15, HWx15, WMx10, CPx10, Merkinsx10, MCx10, PPx10, PPx10 THE THANG: Mosey to hill. At each light do 2 burpees to statrt then mode of transportation then 4 burpees at each light and end with 2 burpees…
SLOW BURN · AUG 22, 2025
Backblast! toilet paper options are plentiful
Standard CoP warmup IC - SSH, WM, IW, broga stuff Dynamic warmups to take us past the f45 suckers paying to workout at 5am... high knees, buttkickers, toy soldiers, karaoke Pyramid style workout... run up and perform…
THE COACH'S BOX · AUG 21, 2025
Backblast! 4-corners with Cindy
WARMUP: - SSH / CP / IW / WM THE THANG: - 4 corners, same exercise per round, mode of transportation = lunge walk with cindy, take a lap around after each set - 5x man-maker - 10x OH press - 15x flutter press - 20x…
SLOW BURN · AUG 8, 2025
Backblast! Choose your adventure
WARMUP: Side straddle Hop, low slow windmill, cherry pickers THE THANG: Two separate paths to choose, left or right. All cards had a workout associated with them. Some let you advance, some sent you back a spot, some…
SLOW BURN · AUG 1, 2025
Backblast! Gen X'er Beatdown
WARMUP: All the classics THE THANG: Wall Sits Two Pax did 3 burpee broad jumps and lunge walked back to the wall. Repeat until all pax have gone. 2 Rounds 7's on the Hill Mountain Climber and Merkins In the Chick-fil-a…
SLOW BURN · JUL 25, 2025
Backblast! Real American Crazy Train
WARMUP: SSH, Morrocan Night Club, Merkins, Windmill, Cherry Picker, Low Slow Squat THE THANG: Mosey from station to station. 3 exercises at each station. 45 seconds on, 15 seconds rest. 2 rounds at each station. - Low…
THE HIVE · FEB 28, 2025
Backblast! Return of the Mack -Bubba don’t slack s
WARMUP: SSH Arm circles Squats SSH THE THANG: 15 minute oyo 10 rep intervals Bicep curl Tricep extension Upright row Lawnmowers Upright row Arm extensions Merkins on bell LBC w bell Flutters w bell MARY: Absent…
THE HIVE · FEB 28, 2025
Backblast! Circle of Pain
WARMUP: Probably THE THANG: Stood in a circle and played with two small bells. Periodically ran a lap MARY: More bell work ANNOUNCEMENTS: Battle Bot, Bethel, Garbage, Convergence, Jager COT: Lots of family in out hearts…