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SEABISCUIT · TUE APR 21 We ran Q: Liberty Bibberty · 10 PAX Ran and Rucked ANNOUNCEMENTS: Cannoli Run Ruck COT: Mental abd physical health RING OF FIRE · MON APR 20 Smokin Cindy Beatdown Q: Cohiba · 8 PAX Specialist Ryan Dennis Orin Riley was a 22-year-old soldier from Richmond, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army. He is remembered for his dedicated service during Operation Inherent Resolve. ## Service History: *… RING OF FIRE · WED APR 15 Tax Day Cometh Q: Fogerty · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Stretch, Nightclubs, Merks, Squats, Seal Jax, LBCs THE THANG: Board of Pain- 5 exercises 5/10/15 reps - taking a lap between sets. SSH, Squats, Merks, BBs, Plank Jax and Lunges. 7’s Hillwork: (Merks and… THE BALLROOM · TUE APR 14 Smokin Rocket Q: Cohiba · 7 PAX Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Hillbilly Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. 4 Corners: Corner 1: 10 Merkins… THE BALLROOM · TUE APR 14 Cohiba workout Q: Cohiba · 7 PAX Warmup the usual. Ran a little Did 4 corners with 3 exercises each ask Cohiba Did a Dora 300 LBCs 200 squats 100 merkins ask Cohiba Went to benches. Did dips, derkins and step ups We did Mary at the end All was good. RING OF FIRE · WED APR 8 King of the Ring - Modified Bert Style Q: Splinter · 6 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan NC, Big Arm Circles THE THANG: We did a modified Bert 25 Burpees Run 400mm 50 merkins Run 800mm 75 lunges Run 1200mm 100 squats Run 1600mm Go back down the ladder No one finished but HarryCarry… RING OF FIRE · WED APR 1 All in cadence? Q: Crystal Lake · 9 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs, windmills, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers Mosey/karaoke around bus loop, stoping for inclined merkins and then calf raises on the curb Grab a cinder block and shuffle down to the school… BLOCK PARTY · THU MAR 19 Backblast! Hills and Pull ups Q: Stagecoach · 14 PAX WARMUP: mosey to Print shop SSH x 20 Imperial walker x 10 Hillbilly Walker x 10 Cherry picker x 10 Calf stretch runner stretch THE THANG: triple nickel from town hall up hill past church 5 Bonnie Blair’s 2 is 1 5 jump… RING OF FIRE · WED MAR 18 Backblast! Bam Bam Board of Pain Q: Bam Bam · 7 PAX WARMUP: Moroccan Night Club, Windmills, Side Straddle Hops THE THANG: Over Head Press, KB Swings w/Block ,Merkins, Big Boy Situps w/Press, Curls,Squats w/Blocks. MARY: LBC'S, Hello Dolly's and other core exercises to… RING OF FIRE · MON MAR 16 Backblast! St.Patricks Day WOD in Honor of Joe McG Q: Shield · 5 PAX Today we Honored my friend amd Mentor Officer Joe Mcgarry. Joe was a US Marine who served in Vietnam and 33 years in the NYC Transit Police and NYPD after the hostile takeover. Joe was a great cop and would drop… RING OF FIRE · WED MAR 11 Backblast! 2026.11 Ring of Fire Q: Tesh · 13 PAX Starting from the endzone of the field: 10 burpees, 20 Merkins, 20 squats 40 yard dash on one foot (alternating feet every 5 yards) then finish run to other endzone. After down and back, 20 big boys which completes a… SEABISCUIT · TUE MAR 10 Backblast! Waterside Run for Uhaul Q: Pocahontas · 17 PAX WARMUP: Light Jog THE THANG: Lots of hills and trails throughout waterside with a pitstop for Uhaul MARY: None ANNOUNCEMENTS: Jager, newsletter COT: RING OF FIRE · MON MAR 9 Backblast! Upper Body False Advertisement Q: Stagecoach · 7 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imperial walkers Hilly Billy walkers Calf stretch runner stretch THE THANG: Indian run around school lot burpee in the back 7s on JROTC hill w Bonny Blair’s and jump squats Ab web 1 big boy - 4 flutters in… RING OF FIRE · WED MAR 4 Backblast! Deck O'Pain Q: Shield · 9 PAX WARMUP: Slow Windmills, Imperial Walkers,Hillbilly Walkers, Stretching THE THANG: We had a DeckO'Pain HEARTS - MERKINS DIAMONDS-SSH SPADE-CDD CLUBS-BIG BOYS JOKER-BURPEES After the Deck we traveled over to the pullup… RING OF FIRE · MON FEB 23 Backblast! Pfc Shawn Falter Q: Time Machine · 7 PAX WARMUP: 20IW, watch Senator show up in shorts in awe, 10 Cherry Pickers, 15 HW, Down/Up Dog, stretching and then plank for Shawn’s story. THE THANG: Shawn loved and played Varsity Basketball and Football. Brought some… RING OF FIRE · WED FEB 18 Backblast! Q-Fusion Q: Fishstix · 12 PAX A litte Q-fusion this morning at ao-ring-of-fire. I noticed several Pax running around the AO before kick-off time. Most getting some extra miles before the Dam to Dam relay. I noticed Olaf running and I thought I had… RING OF FIRE · WED FEB 11 Backblast! King of Ring - IPC Style Q: Ruby Slippers · 13 PAX Workout inspired by IPC Killer Bs, modified the routine a bit, still sucked, but better for it. WARMUP: 50xSSHIC at COT, moseyed to the FB field, 5 burpees OYO, ready to work. THE THANG: Start on goal line Broad Jump to… SEABISCUIT · TUE FEB 10 Backblast! Whitegrove backwards route Q: Vuvuzela · 10 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: we head over the Whithegrove throught the FC and CR school and hit a brand new pave trail. Everybody one got at least 4.5 miles. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: RING OF FIRE · WED FEB 4 Backblast! Block/Bar/Hill Blender at Ring of Fire Q: Pocahontas · 10 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers, cherry pickers, merkins THE THANG: 2 rounds of block work: 15 thrusters, 15 curls, 15 decline merkins, 15 overhead extenstions. Followed by 10 min partner circuit: Partner A did 10 pull… MON FEB 2 Backblast! 899 Reps with Virtual Deck of Cards Q: Splinter · 4 PAX Since snowmageddon partly melted yesterday and refreezed on the roads overnight, I offered up a virtual beatdown again. Last time was the spinning wheel, so I figured the next iteration should be a deck of cards. For… RING OF FIRE · WED JAN 28 Backblast! Track, Block, Bars, Hill Q: Spectre · 8 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSH IC 10 Windmills IC 10 Cherry Picker IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC 5 Burpees OYO THE THANG: 1. Track Work: 800m Nur Charge to Run Stop every 200m 15 merkins, 20 squats 2. Coupon Suck: 4… MON JAN 26 Backblast! Wheel of Pain Virtual Beatdown Q: Splinter · 4 PAX WARMUP: No warm-up, just spun the wheel THE THANG: The wheel has a bunch of exercises on it. I spun the wheel, and we did the exercise. We did 125 burpees and 250 LBC's with a bunch of other merkins, lunges, squats… THE YARD · SAT JAN 24 Backblast! Basketball Legends Q: Panhandle · 12 PAX WARMUP: "Tip -Off" - Warm-Up “Tip-Off” - Circle-up, all reps in cadence - Side Stradel Hops-15 - Windmills-10 - Imperial Walkers-10 - Low Slow Squats (hold) 5 - Mountain Climbers 30 - 1 Burpee (Bobby Hurley & Merkins… RING OF FIRE · MON JAN 19 Backblast! Witten Q: Cyclops · 6 PAX WARMUP: mosey to pull up bar area Windmills I/C Cherry Pickers I/C Imperial Walkers I/C Hillbilly Walkers I/C THE THANG: The Witten (modified)- 5 rounds of the following: 400 m run (not modified) 22 burpees (not…