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225 backblasts mention “Grinder”
LAZARUS · OCT 23, 2025
Backblast! Whoops! Gotta shake myself!
WARMUP: THE THANG: ran to the parking deck. ROUND 1: THE ASCENT OF FIRE (BEAR CRAWL EDITION) • Bear crawl up 2 flights • 10 merkins at each landing • Descend stairs all the way to bottom ROUND 2: THE GRINDER REPEATS •…
CURRAHEE · OCT 21, 2025
Backblast! Ruckcoaster and tire
WARMUP: - SSH / CP / IW / WM THE THANG: - Ruckcoaster: modified suicides with 10/20/30/40/50 reps and beloved man-makers every 5 min. - Tire: Tire flip with various exercises MARY: - speed-Broga - Sally - 6-count…
ALCATRAZ · OCT 18, 2025
Backblast! Running up the hill
WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW / CP - mosey to pull-up bars - dips at benches - down to the hill THE THANG: - 3x hill sprint - traveling PAX with 40# bag while other PAX do exercise chosen by traveler - some broga - some more…
SWEEP THE LEG · OCT 13, 2025
Backblast! “No Mercy” Monday @ STL
WARMUP: NONE THE THANG: 19 men took off at quickly for No Mercy Monday. After a quick mosey to South State Bank, we fired up the legs with 5 Bonnie Blairs to get loose. From there, we charged down Dave Gibson Blvd to…
OCT 13, 2025
Backblast! Honey Badger Got Smoked
1. Warm-Up: SSH – 25 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Low Slow Squats – 15 IC Merkins – 15 IC Mountain Climbers – 15 IC Moroccan NC – 10 IC 2. The Thang – Part 1: Grinder “Honey Badger Strength”: Partner up. One works, one…
ALCATRAZ · OCT 11, 2025
Backblast! Beary Bliss
WARMUP: some Broga, quad stretching, overhead claps, side straddle hops THE THANG: group bear crawl in unison on field, circuit along road with pull ups, Irkins dips, and monkey humps, Ab Dora 200 reps of dollys, LBCs…
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 · OCT 9, 2025
Backblast! Cindy with a Tire Smoke Show
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan NC – 10 IC Mosey lap around AO Main Thang: Round 1: Cinder Strength Perform 3 rounds: (10, 15, 20 reps) Cinder Block Squat Press (Thruster) Cinder…
COLOSSEUM · OCT 7, 2025
Backblast! Stand-Up Colosseum Beat Down
WARMUP: - SSH – 20 IC - Imperial Walkers – 15 IC - Moroccan Nightclubs – 20 IC - Windmills – 15 IC THE THANG: Part A – 4 Corners Grinder (16 min) - Corner 1: 20 Merkins - Corner 2: 20 Squats - Corner 3: 20 Carolina Dry…
OCT 3, 2025
Backblast! 2025.40 The Stockade
Warmup... run to nearest parking lot with at least 10 parking spaces. Burpee at each parking line then broad jump or bunny hop between lines. x3 (30 burpees) Misc exercises between sets. Mosey behind Dogtopia to the…
SEP 13, 2025
Backblast! Inaugural The Fort 9/11 Memorial Stair
Nation Ford High School football field stadium 06:00 launch THE THANG: Inaugural The Fort 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb 9/11 is a day nobody will ever forget. Nobody should ever forget. Many lives were lost and America as…
SEP 13, 2025
Backblast! Inaugural The Fort 9/11 Memorial Stair
When: Saturday 9/13/2025, 06:00 – completion Where: Nation Ford High School, Football Stadium Why: 9/11 is a day nobody will ever forget. Nobody should ever forget. Many lives were lost and America as we knew it was…
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…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 19, 2025
Backblast! Smokin Ladder
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC The Thang: 1. Snake Pit Ladders Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 25, then work back down. Exercises: KB Swings Goblet…
THE COACH'S BOX · AUG 14, 2025
Backblast! The Coaches Box 8-14-2025
WARMUP: - 10 Side straddle hops - 10 Grass-pickers - Plank to down dog, calf stretch’s to sunrise THE THANG: Gear: Rucksack, Sandbag, 2 x Cindy’s - Move to Cindy storage - Load up and move to first corner of the lot by…
THE FORT · AUG 9, 2025
Backblast! 50 at the Fort
WARMUP: the regular THE THANG: stations around the park and 50 burpee’s fir Decibel turning 50 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE FORT · AUG 2, 2025
Backblast! Coupon Savings
WARMUP: Skip handles the warmup w a mosey and SSH, merkens, wind mills and stretching. THE THANG: Skip took the 1st 30. Ran to Massey hill and conducted partner workout with burpees, squats, lunges and merkens. Mosey…
BLOCK PARTY · JUL 29, 2025
Backblast! The Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet
Warm-O-Rama SSH Windmills Arm circles Moseyed to the pharmacy parking lot where the party began. Each Circuit was done for 5 minutes for as many rounds as possible, with a 1 minute rest in between. After the 3rd circuit…
JUL 28, 2025
Backblast! Smoked Briskets
WARMUP: windmills, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 100 yard sprints 6x, bar work, toe lifts, knee lifts, side crunches to failure 3x, Wall work: crunches, penguins, toe touches till failure 3x Block work…
LAZARUS · JUL 24, 2025
Backblast! Freaky Thursday
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Low slow squat, cherry pickers, merkins, mosey THE THANG: EMOM 9 mins of heavy merkins and merkin variants, 2 sprints mixed in 3 rounds of 3 mins with Jump squats, grinders, squat to calf, wall…
SWEEP THE LEG · JUL 21, 2025
Backblast! 5,4,3,2,1 Bank Run
WARMUP: THE THANG: Exercises: 1-Burpee 2-Lunges each side 3-Windmill Merkins 4-Penguins each side 5-Peter Parker’s Stops: 5 Banks between STL and Gold Hill Rinse and repeat on the way back MARY: 10 LBC IC ANNOUNCEMENTS…
THE COACH'S BOX · JUL 10, 2025
Backblast! Rosie’s lifts and lessons
WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, cherry pickers, moroccan night clubs, merkins THE THANG: 2 rounds - 10 burpees, 10 Grinders, 3 rounds of 10 squat thrusts with cindy, 15 BBs, 20 Merkins 3…
THE ARMORY · JUL 7, 2025
Backblast! Smoked Heavy Stogies
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Imperial Walkers – 20 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 20 IC Low Slow Squat – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers - 15 IC Main Thang: ? Circuit 1 – 3 Rounds: 10 KB Goblet Squats 10 KB Lawn Mower 10…
ALCATRAZ · JUN 21, 2025
Backblast! No One Escapes Alcatraz Without Doing H
Pulled in with 5 minutes to spare, unloaded the whiteboard of pain, and got ready to honor someone who fought harder than we ever will in a 45-minute workout. Today’s beatdown was in memory of Kathleen “Mrs. Burns,” the…