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SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 10, 2024
Backblast! Run, Plank, Exercise, Repeat: The 'Are
YHC arrived 10 minutes early. As usual, Badlands was out for a Pre-Run. Warm-Up - 5 SSH (IC) The Thing - Mosey 0.40 miles to the first Baxter entrance. - Plank for the 6. - 10 Low Slow Squats (feet together). - 10…
ALCATRAZ · JUN 8, 2024
Backblast! A REAL BEAR ? of a workout
A FIELD TRIP TO THE TEGA CAY ZOO: We saw a real black bear, 7 dear, a dead possum and an inch warm WARMUP: mosey the warm up exercises THE THANG: hill Dora, then back to runde park for a four corners of pain. A variety…
JUN 7, 2024
Backblast! CVS?
WARMUP: SSH, cherry picker, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers. (Or vice versa) , arm circles forward and backward THE THANG: mosey over to Walgreens 10 burpees one corner, bear crawl to next corner 20 hello dolly’s…
THE RANCH · JUN 6, 2024
Backblast! The Most Difficult Mile - maybe
12 men showed up at The Ranch. I made sure I emphasized "modify if necessary" when stating the disclaimer. We began with a mosey warm-up with stops at each light pole for exercises. We made our way to the front of…
KITCHEN SINK · JUN 5, 2024
Backblast! Flag Handoff at The Sink.....If you kno
Flag handoff from Maximus to Farmer's Only. WARMUP: Warmed up with a lap around small loop and back to circle perform a few exercises to get familiar with the bags. - Merkin (5-5-5 - Regular, Wide, Diamond) - SB Toss…
CURRAHEE · JUN 3, 2024
Backblast! Workout for Two
Heavy lifting sandbag and ruck workouts are not well attended after the Memorial Day Murph. Only two, but we got after it. Simple workout, each had a sandbag and ruck, stops at each lightpole for an exercise…
SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 3, 2024
Backblast! Dave Gibson hates you hills
VQ?: No WARMUP: 4:45 Pre Run THE THANG: Dave Gibson Hills 25 Merkins (Dave Gibson and Ben Casey) 25 Squats (Entrance to Gold hill school complex) 25 LBCs (Gold hill teachers parking lot) Go back up Dave Gibson Hill …
MAY 31, 2024
Backblast! Ice Cream Cones
WARMUP/THANGmosey around perimeter of Harris Teeter to show PAX pain stations. Got some warmups in along way. Pain stations as follows. 15of SSH, Derkins, Merkins, Big Boys, Squats, Hammers, Lunges. 3 loops…
THE COACH'S BOX · MAY 30, 2024
Backblast! Abs, Abs and more abs
WARMUP: Windmills, Cherry pickers, SSH then mosey THE THANG: 20 reps, 5 exercises: leg lifts, LBC’s, Big Boys, Flutters, heals to heaven, 1 lap after completion, 3 rounds total Message on Q source topic of Missionality…
KITCHEN SINK · MAY 29, 2024
Backblast! 80th Anniversary of D-Day
WARMUP: Jogged a lap around the parking lot, butt-kickers, high-knees, karaoke. Then we circled up for Imperial Walkers, SSH, MNC THE THANG: PARTNER SANDBAG TOSS – 1 LAP (Vest/Ruck on or Slick) 80 RUCK SQUATS…
THE RANCH · MAY 23, 2024
Backblast! VQ - The Ranch
VQ?: Yes WARMUP: Mosey to turf area behind elementary school for SSH, windmills, moroccan nightclubs, imperial and hillbilly walkers and then mosey back to soccer field. THE THANG: 7 of diamonds - 4 stations, 4 laps…
KITCHEN SINK · MAY 22, 2024
Backblast! Jason Richards "Falcon"
13 PAX + Falcon = 14. The same number of PAX that showed up in the gloom on 4/29/2024 when Falcon collapsed after his first workout. We are here to honor this man WARMUP: 9 motivators - a crowd favorite Low slow squats…
SWEEP THE LEG · MAY 20, 2024
Backblast! Attacking all angles
WARMUP: not necessary THE THANG: loops at Brayden 10x merkins and squats at stop light 10x diamond merkins and monkey humpers at pool 10x wide arm merkins and sumo squats at top fo hill MARY: ab lab for a few minutes…
ALCATRAZ · MAY 18, 2024
Backblast! Drop the Pull-ups take the Cannoli
WARMUP: Full 15 Min COP THE THANG: 5 rounds of 17 dips 19 CCDs or9/Pullups 71 yardish maybe feet bear crawl Jog neighborhood and 6 rounds of 5 burpees 10merkins 15 squats 15min Broga MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsletter…
MAY 17, 2024
Backblast! Buckets returned
The buckets of pain returned by popular demand and were loved by all. Three corners of the parking lot had a nice selection from which to choose pain. Each bucket had a load of tickets and once a ticket was pulled the…
KITCHEN SINK · MAY 15, 2024
Backblast! Two for Partner Work
Two respectable studs appeared at The Sink this morning. We started out with a short mosey to the front of the school. We partnered up, unfortunately Peta was stuck with me. Both partners performed the exercises at the…
CURRAHEE · MAY 14, 2024
Backblast! Moist Shovel Flag Transfer
Mist and drizzle at 0445 but it was raining hard at my house so I knew we were going to get wet. WARMUP: rucks off, yogging around parking lot and warm-a-rama including plank and various doggy-named stretches…
SWEEP THE LEG · MAY 13, 2024
Backblast! Sweep The Leg
WARMUP: route was discussed 3.75 miles THE THANG: Ran down 160 to Baxter, we ran a loop in Baxter going counter clockwise. Fist stop :octagonal_sign: sign we did three man- makers with cinder blocks, every other stop…
ALCATRAZ · MAY 11, 2024
Backblast! BAOPS Ladder Fun
When a shieldlock brother sends the late night text that he needs a sub, you gotta answer the call. WARMUP: lap on the paved trail and circled up for IC warm-a-rama Goofballs (except for the liver eaters who are too…
MAY 10, 2024
Backblast! Go until you can’t
WARMUP: Yes THE THANG: Team Dora - consisting of a series of exercises without rep count but push until failure - chest, arms, legs, core MARY: more core ANNOUNCEMENTS: trifecta CSAUP coming up COT: prayers for mothers…
KITCHEN SINK · MAY 8, 2024
Backblast! Embrace what's coming
WARMUP: Mosey around the small loop with butt kickers & toy soldiers mixed in. To that, add a few warm-up exercises. THE THANG: Everyone gets the opportunity to complete the 60x60. This is where you start with a sand…
SWEEP THE LEG · MAY 6, 2024
Backblast! Loop loop-a-doop
Today happens to be the day before YHC's 6 year F3 anniversary WARMUP: It's STL. Disclaimer and out THE THANG: Leg it to Front St/Birkshire Heights. PAX will run at least two loops, stopping for each STOP sign for 10…
VARSITY · MAY 3, 2024
Backblast! Cindies ar Varsity
WARMUP: Some yogging and stretchy things to get loose. THE THANG: Grab a cindy and move over to main parking lot. Using the parking line rows completed the following: 20 one hand on block merkins, change hands on each…
KITCHEN SINK · MAY 1, 2024
Backblast! Sandbag circuit
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan night clubs, cherry pickers THE THANG: Dora partner workout. One partner runs a loop in the parking lot or walks with bag to the end and back while the other partner does exercises. 100 Reps of…