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583 backblasts mention “Shady”
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…
THE HIVE · MAY 6, 2022
What idiot called this?
PAX showed up expecting for Shady to be on Q (which explains the large numbers). They had to settle for me, but I’m just happy to be Shady’s understudy. Hope he gets back to 100% soon WARMUP: SSH, IW, HW, Shoulder Taps…
JAN 6, 2022
FORE!
Balmy 32 degrees, clear skies. Great to start the year off with a proper #runningwithpushups beatdown. Was a little nervous on the who would show as the emoji bucket for my preblast was near empty. I need my dopamine…
COLOSSEUM · NOV 16, 2021
Colosseum Backblast
Warmup: Shady QIC: Zima 25 Pax showed to see if the rumors were true. Or Shady has a degree in short-term hype trains. Maybe a little of both. Humbled to see y'all out there for an out of shape Q workout. Shady did a 5…
BUSHWOOD · NOV 10, 2021
4 Corner Dora @ Bushwood
Started with the PAX from Snake Pit on a cool and beautiful morning. Disclaimed the group no FNGs but a 2nd timer @dictator, welcome! Mosey over towards the band field. About halfway we warmed up with the following…
SEP 23, 2021
Bullpen Call in The Pond
Late the night before, I got a text from Shady, the scheduled Q, that he was having to make a call to the bullpen. He had other responsibilities to attend to and needed some help. Sure Nantan, I gotcha. That said…
JUN 29, 2021
Converge with Colosseum
12 men showed up this morning at Golden Corral (with their man cards) including Geek Squad who was in town from Tennessee. We began the workout with a trek down 160 to Brewsters. Unfortunately, no ice cream, just a…
COLOSSEUM · MAY 11, 2021
Crowded Colosseum
As I caught my breath after a two mile pre-run with Straight-Up and Shady, I noticed the line of headlights from the cars arriving. I wasn't expecting to have as many Pax this morning, but this was a good problem. In…
APR 23, 2021
Mini-training day
(For the record since it's been a while since I've posted a backblast, I actually wrote this the morning after the workout and sadly it took me another fully week and then a couple days to copy and paste it...at least…
VARSITY · MAR 12, 2021
Foosball @ Varsity - It's more than a workout
YHC was informed this was a HIIT AO, did some Googling night before, and drafted up a weinke that I believe would meet the requirement. Hard to avoid a football field or pull up bars, so decided to say yes to both…
MAR 5, 2021
shoeless fish still swim
10 PAX present today: Fishsticks showed up with no shoes, but still stayed to workout. Uhaul had an extra pair he borrowed. Perfect examples of durability and preparedness. Warm up Lap SSH 1 man maker Merkin 2 man…
FEB 9, 2021
Breaking the Tie
YHC was invited by the Site Q, Sugar Daddy, to Q the Bubble today and was honored for the opportunity. For those who don't know or have forgotten, the Bubble is a result of the COVID lockdown coupled with the need for…
NOV 4, 2020
Pantheon Pyramid
Prior to posting, YHC was requested to wear the shortest of shorts by our 1st F Q - Gears. YHC was happy to comply. A chilly 38 degrees made for a nice leggy start to the morning… in the height of the current political…
OCT 13, 2020
Fresh off GR021, we're now at the Fire Ant
If you were one of the 20 PAX that attended Fire Ant today, you heard me talk briefly about the impact of GR021 (GrowRuck 021) in Louisville this past weekend. Along with Olaf, Shady, Italian Job and Dark Helmet, I was…
SEP 21, 2020
Cadential Extension at Quagmire
Glad to be subbing in for Shady this morning. Had originally set an AMRAP plan for Quagmire PAX to ponder. However, there was an FNG present, so I decided to modify a bit so we all stayed closer together. Moseyed…
SEP 3, 2020
Take no fish/prisoner
22 showed up to get better....22 left better (more tired like YHC, but they took the red pill today). Pledge of allegiance was properly performed, very short disclaimer (I think) but 5 core principles were done for the…
JUL 8, 2020
Kenyan's request
7 PAX at the JOC. Having not Qed at this AO nor much experience with the PAX that posted here, YHC had a few different ideas to push the PAX present without leaving anyone behind. Thanks to JWOWW for crossing the bridge…
SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 1, 2020
Negative Splits
23 was the number to launch The Fort's newest AO: Sweep The Leg. The goal of any AO should be acceleration of overall fitness of the Pax, and I believe we delivered this morning. The workout was simple. 3 miles, half…
FEB 1, 2020
Too Much Mania For Fort Mill
Today seemed like a good day to shake up things and try to get arrested. But wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. We headed out from WEP and took a nice slow stroll towards downtown. Along the way stopping for a few reps…
SNAKE PIT · JAN 8, 2020
Push, pull, who mows your lawn...what?
8 (soon to be 9...then 10) PAX gathered for chilly Snake Pit morning. Getting the formalities (disclaimer) out of the way, YHC didn't waste time moving b/c it was COLD! We took off behind, I guess it's behind, the…
DEC 30, 2019
4 big boy corners
Upon arrival, Darkest of All was already in 2020 form with the newly coined "traveling pants" extra credit. A handful of brave (stupid) souls joined him for a 3-4 warmup prior to 0515. As 0515 quickly approached, 10 was…
DEC 26, 2019
Free laces tour
For a chilly, post Christmas, workout - lucky 5 at the Hiv...Laces In gathered with Tesh missing the 10 second disclaimer quick mosey as he rolled in a quickly got "clothing uncomfortable". Warmup included: SSH, cherry…
DEC 2, 2019
Preparation at the Armory
19 PAX at The Armory Workout is pretty clear from the outline I think. We ran a bit in between the reps for the Thang.....at an allegedly fast pace....pretty sure it was slow on the Fish Sticks scale. Also we did 60…
NOV 1, 2019
Not really a merkinfest...more a don't stop movingfest
20 PAX gathered for a Jedi inspired chilly morning at the Swamp. This Friday AO is a great place to run around, see lots of parking lots, check out stairs and look at the water feature fountain...hard to pass up and a…