backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
824 backblasts mention “maximus”
CURRAHEE · FEB 1, 2022
Shoulders and Sandbags at Currahee
It's February 1st, it's cold(ish), GTE season is about to kick off and we're at Currahee. I asked the PAX to bring a few sandbags so we had kettle bells and bags ranging from 20lbs - 80lbs which was perfect to welcome…
JAN 27, 2022
(Un)Bear-AB-le Ladder
Kermit originally was the substitute-Q for this week but was battling a sore knee the last couple days, so I accepted the opportunity to take the Q on short notice the day before. My plan was to come do a site visit…
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…
DEC 15, 2021
Bear Crawls, Core & more
Nothing fancy... Disclaimer then 2 more roll in Big warm up run around the school including a jaunt out onto the sidewalk on 49 and back to the bus drop lane. Warm Up stuff included Wind Mills, Mountain Climbers…
BLOCK PARTY · DEC 14, 2021
Back and Forth and Back...
I had 13 PAX join me for a total of 14 at Veteran's Memorial for the launch of Block Party. We had some regulars and even a few Welcome Back'ers. With a number of headlamps and a rendition of the disclaimer, we took off…
SOUL TO SOLE · DEC 9, 2021
3mi of Sole Work
Instructions I received were to complete a minimum of 3mi while working in exercises. Roger that. Small crowd, especially after the Shieldlock group split off. Shoddy disclaimer by YHC. Made mention that this would be…
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 6, 2021
Run, exercise, rinse, repeat
Simple but effective is the kick I'm on right now. I'm notorious for overcomplicating things so I want to avoid that in the gloom. Fortunately, 13 men joined me at Sweep The Leg and we were going to keep it simple with…
DEC 2, 2021
4 Corners...In All 4 Lots
For my 3rd and final Q of the week, 12 of us tied 'em up tight at Laces In Thursday for a bit of a twist on things. The weather was nice and the guys were ready for some work. Warm Up mosey up the entrance hill then…
NOV 30, 2021
The Deck at The Corral
It's Golden Corral, there were 9, and we worked in the following manner: Disclaimer Warm up run around Harris Teeter and post in the top parking lot for a few warmup exercises then the Deck of Cards Spades: Diamond…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 26, 2021
Grounded at The Ballroom
School was in session and we were grounded. 10 PAX rolled in, we disclaimed and formed up in 2 lines for an Indian Run with little direction, only a destination. Get there. And so we got there. Warm ups consisting of…
OCT 25, 2021
The MURPH done at Honey Badger
5 of us at Honey Badger to honor a hero, Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy by performing THE MURPH. A few had a little extra weight. Disclaimer Head to the track for a few warm ups and stretches MURPH Run 1 mile 100 Pull Ups…
OCT 8, 2021
EDM at The Hive
14 total at The Hive. 10 PAX for the KB workout Maximus and Spiderman did a foot rehab ruck workout L-Train and Hardwood did a murph (I think just for the sake of running laps around us at the end to get that second…
THE ARMORY · AUG 30, 2021
Remember the 13
Today at the Armory, we spent 45 minutes in an attempt to remember and honor the 13 Service Members who paid the ultimate sacrifice last Thursday, August 26, 2021 in Kabul Afghanistan. While they are not the only ones…
CURRAHEE · JUL 27, 2021
Coupons & Rucks...and a surprise
About 1.5wks out from the CLT GTE, we had most of the guys bring sandbags for Currahee. Here's what we did last week: Slick: Mosey the loop, Wind Mills, Freddy Mercury's, Flutters Rucks overhead movement for ~ 200yds…
SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 7, 2021
Run, do this. Run, do this...
It's Sweep The Leg, the start to a new week, it's supposed to be a challenge and the headlights kept on coming. Man, what a great day in The Fort. As my Q slots continued over this past week, I've been reminded of…
JUN 4, 2021
Escalation at The Hive
It was Kettle Bell time at the HIve but that doesn't hold a candle to the 2 FNGs we had this morning. That's right. 2 FNGs!!! However, at the start, we only had 1. How's that, you ask? One of them, now known in the…
BUSHWOOD · JUN 2, 2021
Building reliability at Bushwood
It's Bushwood and L-Train says to bring a message. Honestly, I struggled with this one as I get caught in the misnomer of thinking I have to have it perfected or the idea that I can't still be struggling with something…
BLOCK PARTY · APR 27, 2021
Taste of Fort Mill
This past weekend Fort Mill hosted an annual event called The Taste of Fort Mill. It is an awesome event where restaurants from all over Fort Mill bring tasting samples of some of their most popular dishes. In honor of…
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 · APR 16, 2021
Made the cut at Varsity
It was a good morning for a pyramid scheme at Varsity Disclaimer was done Warm up jog down around the loop at the elementary school and back to the pull-up bar area. Warm up exercises: Wind Mills, Moroccan Night Clubs…
FEB 25, 2021
Embrace the low point...now get up.
It's Minnow Pond. It's a 3mi minimum with a few push-ups as we now like to say. Jekyll asked the question. I answered in the affirmative. The day before, marketing for competing regional AO's began and man, it was hot…
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…
JAN 26, 2021
Golden Corral...GOTTA GO
It was raining and the temps were dropping throughout the morning but as discussed with several PAX, it's mornings like this when memories are made and durability is built. In the end, 22 PAX posted this morning with 13…
JAN 7, 2021
Broke loose at Footloose
Footloose = Hill options. You don't think so? I disagree. 28 degrees on this crisp Thursday morning in our once Mill town for 9 of us to converge at Footiest of all Looses...yeah, it doesn't work well for this one…