backblasts
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554 backblasts mention “Bonsai”
THE HIVE · JUN 17, 2022
Board of pain while watching Bonsai try to throw a weighted ball onto the school roof
WARMUP: Lap around the lot with some SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, and Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Board of Pain with rotating PAX being used as the timers: Timing Movements: …
JUN 2, 2022
Airwolf inspired “ciabatta”
WARMUP: Mosey from flag to second parking lot. 20 count IC: SSH, hillbilly walkers, Cherry pickers, Moroccan nightclubs. 10 count down dog to 10 count honeymooner. Mosey to the band lot. THE THANG: Tabata Time! 2…
JAN 26, 2021
Meat and Potatoes
YHC had the privilege to have the last Q of Fire Ant before the AO moves and is rebranded as “Currahee.” Plenty of good memories at FA, but Currahee will not disappoint with the new 0500 start time. Wegmans and YHC took…
COLOSSEUM · DEC 8, 2020
Bomb Splits
Five men started the workout, and the sixth man, Bonsai, came in just as we we launching. Run down entrance road Warmup All 10X in cadence: SSH, Windmills, Moroccan N/C, Low Slow Squats, Arm Circles, Peter Parkers Plank…
JUL 31, 2020
Start Fast, Grow Steady, Finish Strong
17 HIM descended upon the Swamp for a strong finish to the month of July. YHC got a call from Duck Dynasty this week asking to step up and take the Q. Upon arrival, YHC was greeted by a few early arriving #HIM and the…
JUL 16, 2020
All about Stang
It's always a pleasure to Q Laces In especially when Slapshot (fellow Yinzer) markets that YHC will bring pull-up pains. 11 PAX got better this morning. Shout out to Greenwave for finally posting after months of…
JUL 7, 2020
Simple inconveniences
18 PAX gathered in for The Bubble amidst humid conditions outside a mushroom pool. Warm-up: SSH x51 1 Burpee Windmill x10 2 Burpees Merkin x10 3 Burpees Lap Karaoke Some yoga 4 Burpees The Thang: Run 1 mile to Alison…
VARSITY · JUL 3, 2020
Varsity Rocks
Six men came out to Varsity to start their Fourth of July weekend off right. Mosey Run (Toy soldiers, Butt Kickers, High Knees) Warm up: [hint for the newbies out there: it might be helpful to remember the acronym…
DEC 5, 2019
12 Days of Christmas
15 HIMs descended on Laces In/Out for a beat down today including (3) runners led by Rock Thrill and (12) for BC led by YHC. YHC was honored to be invited by Cyclops to Q at this AO. There is so much to do that I…
OCT 31, 2019
Downpour with Roxanne at Laces In
This morning was supposed to be very wet, and again the Weather professionals got it wrong. Knowing the anticipated challenges, I prepared a weinke that would allow for a covered area. And….not a drop of rain. Had to…
SEP 24, 2019
The Prodigal GRT
It was nice returning to Fire Ant after a loooong hiatus. By long I mean I haven’t been there since the week prior to the DSM. Thankfully, the commute to Huntersville is to blame - not the lack of desire to be at Fire…
SEP 12, 2019
7 Pax for 7 of Diamonds
COP Mosied down to Papa Docs lot for: Morracan night clubs x 15 Windmills x 10 Sun gods x 10 LSS x 10 Bonsai cherry pickers x 10 Mosey up to The Office lot for the Thang 7 of Diamonds - The Q finds a diamond and a…
JUL 19, 2019
Everyone's a winner at the Swamp
YHC got a text from the QIC for the Swamp on 07/19/2019 that he was on IR. Coming off of IR myself I felt the need to answer the call. 11 HIM got moseying after a proper disclaimer (hola FNG from Lox). We ran to Target…
JUN 10, 2019
We don't need no stinking drill bits - we're at Quagtastic!
Kicked off the fun with a short mosey to one parking lot over about 50 yards. Started the warm-up with windmills (10x), low slow squats (10x), imperial walkers (10x), cherry pickers (10x), merkins (10x), diamond merkins…
MAY 9, 2019
#LacesIn. 0515. It Pays To Be A Winner.
We played a little bit of “It pays to be a winner” this AM at Laces In in honor of GoRuck Team Selection which starts today. If you aren’t familiar, this is a common phrase spoken in Selection, and it’s a great tool…
APR 16, 2019
Burpagedon
A disclaimer was given and PAX ran a warm-up lap for COP. COP SSH x 15 IW x 10 Squats x 10 Bonsai Cherry Tree Pickers x 10 Windmills x 10 MNC x 10 Sun God's x 20 Merkins x 8 IC MTN Climbers x 10 YHC had thoughts of bear…
MAR 30, 2019
Return to the Gloom
15 PAX Strong posted to the Fort on Saturday. It seemed fitting that my return to the Gloom would be where it all started back in October of 2012. The Fort! I started that workout an FNG and finished it almost spilling…
THE RANCH · MAR 14, 2019
The Black Diamond "Webb Jiffy"
This semi-warm morning started with YHC running up to the eager PAX at about 5:14 and 30 seconds. Bonsai and YHC took a nice little detour on our way as we were engaged in conversation and your truly was on autopilot…
MAR 2, 2019
Tinsel Utensils at the Fort
A great morning to Q at the Fort, great temperature to start the weekend right, rain held up but ground was soggy so I decided to stay on the path after the warm up. After a quick disclaimer, we moseyed for about 1/4 of…
THE RANCH · JAN 17, 2019
Oh that smell!
It was great to see so many PAX pulling into the Ranch on a cold morning. Even Dark Helmet arrived earlier than normal, he beat Bonsai, Fire Marshall Bill and Fratboy! T-Claps to my good ol' pal Champagne for coming…
BLOCK PARTY · DEC 11, 2018
Christmas on Main Street
Chilly morning started out with war stories from the GORUCK weekend with three of the PAX in attendance coming home with a Tough patch. Congrats to Bonsai on his first GORUCK Tough! Clock struck 5:15, a disclaimer was…
NOV 27, 2018
How heavy is a Bonsai tree?
As I was preparing for the Q at Fire Ant I was excited and had everything planned out. However apparently the one thing I didn't plan for was my inability to set the alarm for the correct time. I woke up at 4:55 and…
NOV 27, 2018
700 Club
14 Strong Men showed up at The Fire Ant for some Ruck Training. In Preparation for next week's GoRuck event in Wilmington - we completed a mission simulation with a TL (Team Lead) and ATL (Assistant Team Lead) Dirty…
THE RANCH · SEP 27, 2018
Prepare for a White Out
YHC was called off the bench to deliver the game winning pain. There was no weinke just some ideas floating in YHC mind in what to do...not a good way to lead, Wasn't sure if any PAX would show up as well since…