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187 backblasts mention “Rumbling Bald”

VARSITY · SEP 12, 2025 Backblast! Friday date with Cindy Q: Keith Crockett · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Cherry Picker Windmill Peter Parker Parker Peter THE THANG: Mosey to Cafeteria in the back of NAFO 10x Step ups Derkins Incline Merkins with Claps Dips Bulgarian Split Squats… SEP 9, 2025 Backblast! Armless Endeavors Q: Rumbling Bald · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, Cherry Pickers, Broga THE THANG: 4 corners - 25 reps each - Mot: Mosey Squats, LBC’s, Monkey Humpers, PYO - 3 Rnds SSH, PlankJacks, BB - 3 Rnds MARY: Yes - Each called out ANNOUNCEMENTS: RYN COT… VARSITY · SEP 5, 2025 Backblast! Fish Tales with Birdcage Q: Italian Job · 9 PAX We had 9 at varsity (2 for IronPAX, 1 proctor, and 6 for a Cindy beatdown. Here’s what we did: Warmup - 10 Low Slow Swuats - 10 Mountain Climbers - 10 Windmills Mosey to get a cinderblock - 10 Manmakers - 15 Curls - 20… SEP 1, 2025 Backblast! Mark “Pitbull” McDowell WOD Q: Italian Job · 4 PAX We had 4 PAX at Honey Badger for a hero WOD in honor of my friend and classmate Capt. Mark “Pitbull” McDowell. Here’s what we did: The Thang - Run 1 Mile - 5 Minute Plank to honor the 5 service branches of the US Armed… VARSITY · AUG 29, 2025 Backblast! Calm in the Crazy Q: Crystal Lake · 8 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Mosey to pull up bars, 20 inclined merkins on curb Every man grab a block and overhead mosey down to back parking lot for 4 corners Every time you… AUG 25, 2025 Backblast! 10x10 Q: Old Bay · 5 PAX WARMUP: Jog, some of the warm-up standards. Then run to base of the hill leading down to Springfield Elementary. THE THANG: 10 exercises, 10 reps each (4 count). Pax do first exercise then run to top of hill and do one… VARSITY · AUG 22, 2025 Backblast! Chance of Rain Q: Sprocket · 8 PAX WARMUP: IW, HW, Merkins, MC, MNC, THE THANG: Thing #1 400M Run 21 Burpees 21 Heels to Heaven 21 Squats 400M Run 15 Burpees 15 Heels to Heaven 15 Squats 400M Run 9 Burpees 9 Heels to Heaven 9 Squats Thing #2 15 Burpees… RING OF FIRE · AUG 20, 2025 Backblast! ALLTHUMBS!!! 11 PAX Arrived early to pick up Cindy and her friends ( just more Cindys ). After the party favors were loaded in the truck I drove to the band practice lot, needed 25yard spacing, why reinvent the wheel. As I was setting up… VARSITY · AUG 15, 2025 Backblast! Marine 16 Q: Spectre · 5 PAX WARMUP: 400m Mosey, SSH, Burpees, IW, HW, Windmill THE THANG: 16 Reps Of The Following with 20m dash in between each exercise: Burpees Merkins Squats Mt. Climbers SSH Jump Lunges High Knees Jack Jumps 2 Rounds of 3… RING OF FIRE · AUG 13, 2025 Backblast! King of the Ring VIII Q: Band Camp · 9 PAX WARMUP: yea. Nothing fancy: SSH, IW, HW, Windmill, yoga THE THANG: 10 pull-ups 20 merkins 30 squats Farmers carry 2 cinder blocks 440ft downhill Run around Sugar Creek Elementary Farmers carry 2 cinder blocks 440ft… VARSITY · AUG 8, 2025 Backblast! Bald WOD Q: Rumbling Bald · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH -20, Windmill -7, MNC - 10, Broga THE THANG: Round 1 40 Merkins 40 LBC’s 40 Squats - Run lap 40 Dips 40 Big Boy Sit-ups 40 Monkey Humpers - Run lap 40 SSH 40 Lunges - 20 E/L 40 Incline Merkins - Run lap… AUG 4, 2025 Backblast! The Griff & The CIA 7 Q: Splinter · 4 PAX Well, the Site Q was under the weather so we :hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed: that someone would show up who had a key to the NaFo track. Thankfully, since it's the first day of school, the football coaches… VARSITY · JUL 25, 2025 Backblast! Varsity Summer Break Q: Cohiba · 3 PAX 3 miles of rucking with fellowship around the schools ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: Prayers and Praises THE RANCH · JUL 24, 2025 Backblast! Failure is where the story begins Q: Poppins · 5 PAX WARMUP: the usual suspects THE THANG: Jack Webb’s at the benches with step ups and Bulgarian split squats (4rounds) and then at the playground with merkins and pull-ups (7 rounds) So as Rainmaker asked during the… TRAINING GROUND · JUL 20, 2025 Backblast! Sunday funday Q: Halfback · 8 PAX Warmup: squats while we were waiting for the avengers to assemble. Thang: rucked to the colosseum stopping every 10 mins for 10 merkins; 10 squats, and 10 calf raises… once at the track we did tow laps holding our ruck… VARSITY · JUL 18, 2025 Backblast! 4 Muscle groups Q: Bass · 2 PAX Great mumble chatter with Nate this morning. We did all 4 muscle groups for 15 minutes each. I am tired. Shoulders Moroccan Night Clubs Overhead Claps Arm Circles forward backward Shoulder Taps John Travolta’s Peter… RING OF FIRE · JUL 16, 2025 Backblast! Dora and more Q: 63 Bravo · 17 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers THE THANG: Mosey, Dora with Merkins, LBC, Carolina Dry Dock, Dora with Freddie Mercury, Burpees, Lunges, Nur, Mosey MARY: 5 minutes of various… THE RANCH · JUL 10, 2025 Backblast! Circuit of sweat Q: Greg Shoney · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, windmill, hillbilly, imperials, plank jacks, broga THE THANG: DORA - 100 merks, 200 big boy, 300 squats CIRCUIT - 4 rounds of 15 jump squats, 20 calf raises, 25 step back squat, 30 sec wall squat MARY: yes… RING OF FIRE · JUL 9, 2025 Backblast! King of the Ring - Round 2 - The Rocket 13 PAX Ring of Fire – King of the Ring Challenge Round 2 – Previous Kings are Q Oh the humidity was cranked up!! Soupy swampy hot. ZERO breeze. Excellent mumblechatter in COT while we all stretched out. Senator Tressel came in… JUL 7, 2025 Backblast! 20yr Anniversary of the Murph Q: Poppins · 11 PAX WARMUP: barely THE THANG: THE MURPH. MARY: nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Sweaty Barry, Stuff the Bus, newslettery stuff COT: indeed THE YARD · JUL 5, 2025 Backblast! Thrillmas In July Q: Drop Thrill · 7 PAX Twas the day after the 4th and all through the Yard not a creature was stirring except 7 pax who wanted to work out hard. Drop Thrill was on Q and had a devious plan. There was too much shoulder work for Ruby to stand… THE RANCH · JUL 3, 2025 Backblast! No Warmup - Just Work On The Ranch Q: maximus · 11 PAX WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: Run to the close end of the loop at SMS. 25 Merkins I/C Run to the other end of the loop, 25 Squats I/C Run to the other end, 25 Heels to Heaven Run to the other end, 25 Freddy Mercury's Line up… RING OF FIRE · JUL 2, 2025 Backblast! Grad Q School Q: Time Machine · 8 PAX WARMUP: 5 Burpees, 20 SSH, 8 WM some stretching, covered our mission THE THANG: Mosey to benches, 10 of each Urkins, Dips, Dirkins x2 covered 5 core principles Found some wall and had a seat, started going through Pax… THE ARMORY · JUN 30, 2025 Backblast! Four Bald Corners Q: Rumbling Bald · 6 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Windmill, IW, stretches THE THANG: Corner 1 - 25 Merkins Corner 2 - 25 Squats Corner 3 - 25 LBC’s Corner 4 - 25 Monkey Humpers MARY: Yes, each called out ANNOUNCEMENTS: RYN COT: Always