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333 backblasts mention “Italian Job”

AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 24, 2025 Backblast! Rosie’s magical bean ride Q: Rosie · 21 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Low slow squat, windmills, imperial walkers, merkins THE THANG: Line it up! 40 Yards of MOT, 60 yards sprint 1. Bear Crawls 2. Lunge walks 3. high knees 4. broad jumps 5. bear crawls In between rounds, 15… NOV 21, 2025 Backblast! End of the Road Q: Band Camp · 18 PAX WARMUP: Yea, this is important. SSH IW HW Plank sequence Included some dynamic stretching THE THANG: String of Pearls 5 burpees 10 merkins 15 squats 20 lunges 25 ....... something added an exercises each stop. (e.g… NOV 20, 2025 Backblast! Minnow Pond / Harris Street x2 Q: Esso · 19 PAX Harris Street x2 120 merkins 120 LBC’s 4 miles NOV 14, 2025 Backblast! Execute, execute, execute! Q: Italian Job · 13 PAX We had 13 this morning for a full-body beatdown at The Stockade. Here’s what we did. Warm-Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Plank Jacks (IC) - 10 Merkins The Thang - Serpentine the HT Parking… THE ARMORY · NOV 10, 2025 Backblast! Who are you? Q: Italian Job · 3 PAX Three got a little stronger and a bit deeper at Armory. Here’s what we did. WARMUP: - 10 SSH - 10 Seal Jacks - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Hillbilly Walkers Mosey to front of church THE THANG: Do the exercise, jog down to… SWEEP THE LEG · NOV 10, 2025 Backblast! When you show up to Band Camp without y Q: Sasquatch · 13 PAX WARMUP: *Spectre reading message from Bandcamp* - "Welp, Bandcamp overslept." YHC leads SSH, short run to 160 and then Peter Parker and mountain climbers... THE THANG: the route is called "The Reverse Italian Job… NOV 6, 2025 Backblast! Run, Do The Thing, Repeat Q: maximus · 17 PAX After a prompting from Farmers Only (On Q elsewhere today), I decided to recycle a workout from last year. WARMUP: No THE THANG: Run to a stop, do exercises, run to the next, etc... The first 3 stops had 3 exercises at… BUSHWOOD · NOV 5, 2025 Backblast! 6-count Burpees in German Q: Grinder · 10 PAX WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW / running with burpees THE THANG: - JackWebb 1-4 - 4-corners: bells, blocks, wheels and sandbags (timer) - brief broga MARY: - Thunderstruck the right way ANNOUNCEMENTS: - read newsletter COT: … AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 3, 2025 Backblast! Complicated not Hard Q: Esso · 15 PAX WARMUP: 105 SSH in Cadence THE THANG: - Bear crawls and jump squats - Lunge walk and merkins - Hill run + 6-count burpees in cadence - Hill run + LBC in cadence - Derkins, dips and incline merkins 3 minutes of Mary THE COACH'S BOX · OCT 30, 2025 Backblast! Modern-day Warriors Q: Italian Job · 2 PAX Two of us four-cornered the band lot and discussed modern-day warriors. Here’s what we did: Warm-Up - Jog around the football field - Stretches - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) The Thang 4 Corners - Corner… SWEEP THE LEG · OCT 27, 2025 Backblast! Trick or Treat at Sweep the Leg Q: Italian Job · 10 PAX We Monster Mashed 3 miles with 10 studs doing our best to hit the cul de sacs for all treats and no tricks. Here’s what we did: Warmup - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Mosey… THE RANCH · OCT 23, 2025 Backblast! Pain and suffering with a happy ending Q: Crystal Lake · 21 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclubs - Windmills - Cherry pickers - Imperial walkers Mosey to benches and do a W.A.S.H. - 50 hand release Werkins - 50 American Hammers - 50 Step ups (25 each leg) - 50 Hip thrusts THE THANG… KITCHEN SINK · OCT 22, 2025 Backblast! I Miss The Sink Q: Farmers Only · 8 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: gear up THE THANG: Partner up. Round one weight vest and rucks on: Partner one starts bag tosses while partner two completed ten sandbag squats and ten sandbag deadlifts then front carry’s to partner one… AMERICAN JACKAL · OCT 20, 2025 Backblast! Happy now Time Machine? Q: Birdcage · 9 PAX We worked the pile. Stayed golf friendly. Forged our own Legacy OCT 16, 2025 Backblast! Zipper backwards Q: Vuvuzela · 23 PAX WARMUP: run to new Arbis parking lot, plank for the 6, then 10 burpees oyo. Run 2 blocks straight on Spring st, plank and do 10 Merkins OyO. Run down two More blocks on Spring and plank then 10 mike Tysons. Run down to… THE BALLROOM · OCT 14, 2025 Backblast! Training the Neglected Muscle Groups Q: Italian Job · 8 PAX Another great day in the Gloom with my brothers from other mothers. An elite 8 toured the grounds targeting often neglected muscle groups. Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC)… SWEEP THE LEG · OCT 13, 2025 Backblast! “No Mercy” Monday @ STL Q: Grout · 19 PAX WARMUP: NONE THE THANG: 19 men took off at quickly for No Mercy Monday. After a quick mosey to South State Bank, we fired up the legs with 5 Bonnie Blairs to get loose. From there, we charged down Dave Gibson Blvd to… SLOW BURN · OCT 10, 2025 Backblast! Parking Lot Tour Q: Italian Job · 15 PAX 15 (12 boot, 3 run) toured Slow Burn’s parking lots. Here’s what we did: Warm Up - 10 SSHs (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Plank Jacks (IC) Four Corners (front, sides, and rear of restaurant row) - 15 Merkins at… KITCHEN SINK · OCT 8, 2025 Backblast! Simple, but not Easy Q: Italian Job · 3 PAX Three got up early to do the hard thing. Here’s what we did: Carry sandbag to the traffic circle at the bottom of Hubert Graham and back. Stopped 5 times to repeat 5 Manmakers, 10 OH Press, 15 Curls, and 20 Squats. 2.03… CURRAHEE · SEP 23, 2025 Backblast! FYF: The Red Rocket Chronicles Q: darkhelmet · 9 PAX 9 (or maybe 10 and I can't remember who the 10th was) found a safe space while Mark Nestel's dog microaggressed a bunch of them with his red Rocket at Currahee... - Ruby Slippers flew in 10 minutes early to be 5 minutes… AMERICAN JACKAL · SEP 15, 2025 Backblast! Commitment to the Jackal Q: Pusher · 12 PAX YHC was honored to head to the East Side and deliver a beatdown at AJ. The weather is fantastic for F3 and I enjoy seeing some new faces (Sunkist). It also gave me an opportunity to create a tough workout, which I… THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 11, 2025 Backblast! Remember 9/11 - Honor The Sacrifice Q: maximus · 10 PAX WARMUP: No. THE THANG: Grab your sandbag, shoulder it and run 5 laps around the perimeter of the parking lot, totaling an estimated 2,001m. Start at the parking lot "goal line": Pick up your sandbag, run 20yds, 24… KITCHEN SINK · SEP 10, 2025 Backblast! No one asks me to carry heavy things. Q: 3D · 6 PAX WARMUP: A variety of warmupy things. Maximus could have done windmills the whole time. THE THANG: Everyone carried a ruck or weight vest, sand bag and KB. Did. Big loop of the car line and then stopped in the parking… SEP 8, 2025 Backblast! 4 Corners Q: Warning Track · 13 PAX WARMUP: Mosey THE THANG: 4 corners around Earthfare. 1/2 mile loop. Corner 1 (5 burpees), Corner 2 (10 squats), Corner 3 (15 merkins), Corner 4 (20 lbc's) MARY: No ANNOUNCEMENTS: All the things COT: Prayers and Praises