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JUN 16, 2025
Backblast! Clovis with a side of Kudzu
WARMUP: brief: SSH, IW, HW, dynamic stretching THE THANG: the Clovis 15 burpee pull-ups 1 mile run 10 rounds Maximus got 5 rounds before time. The rest got less. The kudzu behind the school is threatening to take over…
JUN 2, 2025
Backblast! D-Day - The Greatest Generation
D-Day (June 6, 1944) D-Day: D-Day was the Allied plan to launch a massive invasion of Nazi-occupied France, opening a second front in Europe to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union in the east and hasten the defeat of…
COLOSSEUM · MAY 27, 2025
Backblast! Memorial Day continuation
WARMUP: mosey with ssh and merkins THE THANG: Modified combination of the Danny Dietz and Matthew Axleson hero wods. Lots of running. Lots of reps. MARY: only a little ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: yes
SWEEP THE LEG · MAY 26, 2025
Backblast! Dynamic Memorial Day
THE THANG: run ~1/4 mile to cones (lunge walk between cones); run ~1/4 mile to cones (toy soldiers between cones); run ~1/4 mile to cones (side shuffle between cones); run ~1/4 mile to cones (skip between cones); run…
SLOW BURN · MAY 23, 2025
Backblast! SlowBlast
WARMUP: We did. THE THANG: Warm up 4 corners in back lot - 3 rounds – 25 reps of each - Merkins - Squats - Diamonds - Big Boys Dora - 50 burpees - 150 dips - 250 CDD MARY: No chicks. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter…
MAY 15, 2025
Backblast! 2025 PGA Championship - Quail Hollow
WARMUP: Pledge of Allegiance THE THANG: Inspired by the 2025 PGA Championship at Quail Hollow this will be a loop with 18 stops. The distance between the stops are based on the length of the holes (slightly modified…
BLOCK PARTY · MAY 13, 2025
Backblast! Block Party Beatdown
WARMUP: SSH, windmill, cherry pickers, navy seal burpees (10 count movement) THE THANG: Mosey to Walter Elisha Run to each park bunch and do 5 Navy Seal Burpees. Wait for the 6 to finish then run to next bench together…
KITCHEN SINK · MAY 7, 2025
Backblast! The CLAP - Inspired by Metro
For the month of May, Farmer's Only has deemed the Kitchen Sink as a next-level kick in the junk. I had the honor of warming everyone up to the idea of what will occur this month. We do a lot of pushing exercises…
SOUL TO SOLE · MAY 1, 2025
Backblast! Big 5-0
Move everyone and everything to back corner of panera lot. Warm-up was run one lap slick, ruck one lap, ruck one lap with sandbags. Then 5 rounds of 10 merkins w/ruck, 10 overhead presses, and 10 swings. Ruck a lap with…
APR 29, 2025
Backblast! Golden Corral 042925
After selecting Option 2 (which was the wiser choice) we set off to do the business… WARMUP: Mosey to the roundabout by the apartments at the bottom of Grant Farm. Some windmills, some cherry pickers, SSH, and such… THE…
THE ARMORY · APR 28, 2025
Backblast! KB Mondays
WARMUP: ssh, merkins and morrocan night clubs THE THANG: Four rounds of mechanical drop sets. Do amrap of a movement and move right into the next. Round one - single arm press( each arm), upright row, y press and dry…
THE FORT · APR 19, 2025
Backblast! Fort Mill Tour
WARMUP: Mosey around WEP, Exercises THE THANG: 1st. a ladder around Police station lot, Partner work around fort Mill Pharmacy. 2.5 miles and a ton of exercise by all- we did them all MARY: Finished with partner work…
THE ARMORY · APR 14, 2025
Backblast! Get The Work Done - KB Style
WARMUP: Run the loop then more of the typical hits: Windmill, SSH, Merkins, Low Slow Squats. THE THANG: Hoist your bell overhead and move to the far parking lot. For this round, the exercises would be performed with the…
THE FORT · APR 12, 2025
Backblast! Sweet and Spicy at The Fort
WARMUP: Peach Stand started us off with the warmup of SSH, Imperial Walkers, and possibly a few others gone from memory. THE THANG 1: PeachStand instructed Pax to pick a rock from the piles behind the amphitheater (and…
VARSITY · APR 11, 2025
Backblast! Almost an "SWF"
It's "Varsity" so I took the approach that we'd essentially cut right to the chase. Out of my own need, we needed a little bit of a warmup. So... WARMUP: Run a bit then circle up: The typical hits: Windmills, SSH…
COLOSSEUM · APR 1, 2025
Backblast! I can’t feel my legs
WARMUP: - 10 Moroccan nightclubs - 10 cherry pickers - 10 windmills - 10 Imperial walkers - 10 Hillbilly walkers Mosey, stop at benches and do irkins, mosey, stop by basketball court, low slow squats, mosey to wall…
AMERICAN JACKAL · MAR 31, 2025
Backblast! Worst 100 Yards Ever
WARMUP: SSH/IW/HW/CP THE THANG: Mosey to football field “Worst 100 yards ever” Cocaine bear crawl 100 - merkins 1-4, back down 400 Lunge walk 100 - squat jumps 1-4, back down 400 Side shuffle (side bear crawl) 100 …
ALCATRAZ · MAR 29, 2025
Backblast! Halfpipe Hell
WARMUP: - Mosey around the park - SSH - Windmill - Imperial Walker THE THANG: Everyone pulled a block from my truck. These are pavers that weigh slightly more than a cindy. One end of the parking lot - 26 curls - 26 leg…
MAR 27, 2025
Backblast! Yellow Pixie Dust
WARMUP: Honored Sergeant Major Robert Cottle, Mozy, butt kickers, toy soldiers, windmills, downward dog and honeymooner THE THANG: 5 rounds of pain - Run down the hill around the playground and back to the ROTC…
MAR 25, 2025
Backblast! Tour de odor AKA style
WARMUP: SSH Windmills Imperial walkers Hillbilly walkers Plank Stretches Merkins THE THANG: After warmups we moseyed to back of HT, Performed wall sit burpee waterfall with everyone doing 1 burpee, then 2 Mosey around…
THE FORT · MAR 22, 2025
Backblast! All of the burpees
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmill Cherry picker Low slow squat Hillbilly walker Burpee mile(ish) - 12 burpees, run .3 miles, 12 burpees, run .3 miles, 12 burpees, run .3 miles, 12 burpees, run .3 miles for a total of…
MAR 20, 2025
Backblast! It Pays to be a 1
It was a relatively warm morning at Minnow pond where 17 strong PAX met to get some miles..but only limited smiles. Ran straight to WEP in front of the stage. The workout: Start with 10 Burpees Run to the first swing…
CURRAHEE · MAR 18, 2025
Backblast! Ass Kicking April Kickstart
WARMUP: 20 Squats buy-in THE THANG: Ruck to Walmart parking lot with pain stations along the way: - Incline merkins - Squats - T planks - Merkins - Dips MARY: Yes
RING OF FIRE · MAR 12, 2025
Backblast! The Impossible Mile
20 men rolled out of bed and got better this morning. There were ruckers, runners, and bootcampers. Conditions were pleasant (44 and clear). Here’s what we did: The Thang “The Impossible Mile Challenge” - 1 Lap Burpee…