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FLIGHT PLAN · AUG 4, 2025 Backblast! Recovery is Required Q: Double D · 20 PAX loops of the Baxter green. Slack giving me fits so that's all you get. You shoulda been there. WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE FORT · AUG 2, 2025 Backblast! Coupon Savings Q: Soup To Nuts · 16 PAX WARMUP: Skip handles the warmup w a mosey and SSH, merkens, wind mills and stretching. THE THANG: Skip took the 1st 30. Ran to Massey hill and conducted partner workout with burpees, squats, lunges and merkens. Mosey… VARSITY · AUG 1, 2025 Backblast! Sharpen Your Axe Q: Italian Job · 6 PAX 6 got marginally better but significantly sweatier at Varsity. Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 15 SSHs (IC) - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) Mosey to… JUL 28, 2025 Backblast! Smoked Briskets Q: Clickbait · 9 PAX WARMUP: windmills, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 100 yard sprints 6x, bar work, toe lifts, knee lifts, side crunches to failure 3x, Wall work: crunches, penguins, toe touches till failure 3x Block work… TRAINING GROUND · JUL 27, 2025 Backblast! Miles and smiles Q: Greg Shoney · 8 PAX 8 men showed up to ao-training-ground this AM for 3.6 miles of ruck and some lessons on where to buy grass fed beef and creatine. Great fun and sweat was shared by these awesome PAX, NASA Cohiba Maximus Grout miyagi… 6@6 · JUL 26, 2025 Backblast! 6 @ 6 Q: Barry Manilow · 13 PAX WARMUP: no THE THANG: the usual MARY: who’s mom? ANNOUNCEMENTS: sure COT: yes SNAKE PIT · JUL 22, 2025 Backblast! Failure Featured Q: Clickbait · 4 PAX WARMUP: Cherry Pickers, Moroccan Night Club, Toy Soldiers THE THANG: Overhead Press, Goblet Lunges, American Hammer, Suitcase Lunges, Sit Up Press, Overhead Carry MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE FORT · JUL 19, 2025 Backblast! Ascending/descending weinke board Q: Boogie Nights · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH/IW/HW/Stretches/MN THE THANG: Started with a lap around WEP + 25 burbees along the way. Parking lot as ending/descending weinke after exercise run to top parking lot and do burpee 1/2/3/4/5/4/3/2/1 MARY… SNAKE PIT · JUL 15, 2025 Backblast! Descending Ladder Sweatfest Q: Grout · 7 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSH, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Morrocan Nightclubs THE THANG: Round 1: 5 Man Makers 15 Flutters 15 Skull Crushers 15 Swings 15 Curls 20 Bent Rows 20 Lunges 20 Chest Press 20 Squats 25 Overhead Press Run 50… THE FORT · JUL 12, 2025 Backblast! Arms & Legs So Bad It Still Hurts Q: Splinter · 11 PAX · +1 FNG Ruby Slippers and Splinter were Co-Q's for the day. We decided to split it up by muscle groups. Ruby started first with arms and then Splinter took over with legs. WARMUP: Warmup-y things. THE THANG: Ruby's 1/2: Mosey… THE FORT · JUN 28, 2025 Backblast! Ring of Fire Q: Birdcage · 6 PAX We did the Ring of Fire and it burned. Stairway to Heaven we bear :bear: crawled. It was epic. Bounty/Birdcage THE RANCH · JUN 19, 2025 Backblast! The Ranch Q: Tiller · 8 PAX WARMUP: lower legs stretch, Side straddle hop, Merkins THE THANG: pair up and carry coupons to the school, wall sit each person hold coupons 30 seconds and pass to next person. Wall sit pass coupon and then 1 burpee… THE FORT · JUN 7, 2025 Backblast! Donkey Kong Q: Grinder · 4 PAX WARMUP: - yes...at our age we all should do at least some of that! THE THANG: - "kick like a Donkey and pull like a Mule" - Clickbait smoked our shoulders and arms while Grinder had a cardio and core focus. MARY: - we… THE FORT · MAY 31, 2025 Backblast! Two Qs Walk Into The Fort... One Brough Q: Jeremy Holt - · 10 PAX Conditions: Humid, heavy, and perfect for the grind Warm-Up (Cornerstone on Q): - 10 Windmills - 10 Cherry Pickers The Thigh Fryer (3 Sets): - 20 Squats - 20 Merkins EMOM Hill Burn (4 Rounds – 12 Minutes Total): Every 2… THE HIVE · MAY 9, 2025 Backblast! Bear Crawl Kettlebell Dora Q: Hominy · 10 PAX Friday, May 9th, 2025. The Hive. Fort Mill High School. 5:15am-6am Musical Soundtrack: See Amazon Playlist: “February 2025 edited for The Hive” Warmup - Bear Crawl - Goblet Squats - Heels to Heaven with Kettlebell … THE HIVE · APR 11, 2025 Backblast! Hold it like if your kid Q: Vuvuzela · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, shoulder taps, wind mills, THE THANG: series of mostly upper body exercises with the KB on reps of 60s (see picture). After every exercise PAX has to walk to the top of the hill with the KB and… DAWN PATROL · FEB 18, 2025 Backblast! over the hills and far away Q: Clickbait · 3 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer THE THANG: Ruck through Whiteville Park, finishing with downhill lunges in Massey (yikes!) MARY: Absent ANNOUNCEMENTS: D2D, convergences COT: Clemson admission decision, aging parents THE FORT · FEB 13, 2025 Backblast! Hot Potato ? Q: JWOW · 5 PAX We toured the land holding and did a plethora of exercises. If I told you the full details your head might explode. :shocked_face_with_exploding_head: You’re welcome. DAWN PATROL · FEB 11, 2025 Backblast! Four men under gray skies Q: Double D · 4 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer only THE THANG: Rucked 2.5+ miles through Old Orchard - thankfully no rain despite predictions and threatening skies MARY: Shoulder taps & stretching ANNOUNCEMENTS: Successful wine dinner! COT… BUSHWOOD · JAN 1, 2025 Backblast! 2025 New Years Convergence Smokin Beatd Q: Cohiba · 13 PAX WARMUP: Stated the F3 Mission and Core Principles, then SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan NC, and Strawberry Pickers THE THANG: Round 1: Cheese Shredder Round 2: Light Poles: 1. Burpees starting with 1 then 2… TRAINING GROUND · DEC 29, 2024 Backblast! Climbing stairs and walking backwards Q: Rebound · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: brisk walk around Main Street with brief trip up and down stairs. Wandered towards the golf course, then back for some backwards hills at the 4 corners. Almost 3 miles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE FORT · DEC 28, 2024 Backblast! Reflection and Acceleration Q: Liberty Bibberty · 5 PAX Warm up SSH Moroccan Nightclub Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Low slow squat Merkins Honeymooner Downward Dog Hamstring Stretch The Thang: Bear crawl Commander (Indian) Run in parking lot (or safe area to do so) Lap… DAWN PATROL · DEC 26, 2024 Backblast! Boxing Day Double Q Q: Flounder · 10 PAX WARMUP: Boxing Day background from Gump THE THANG: We stayed put in the Amphitheatre the whole 45 mins other than taking turns to run with imaginary box held overhead as the timing device for each exercise. Exercises… DEC 26, 2024 Backblast! No Catfishing Here 13 PAX The original Q Cake Boss was feeling ill, so I stepped in. WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance right at 06:45. Then right at launch point, we warmed up with the following - we went SWIMS-ing: - 20 SSH - 10 WM - 15 IW - 20 MNC…