backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
319 backblasts mention “Splinter”
THE YARD · SAT JAN 10
Backblast! Don’t Stop
WARMUP: We warmed up. THE THANG: Headed to the light poles al did something similar to a suicide. Repeat each exercise at each light pole going and coming back. 20 squats 20 SSH 20 raise the roof 20 lunges 20 merkins 20…
SEABISCUIT · TUE JAN 6
Backblast! You can run hills on your own time
WARMUP: light stretching THE THANG: we ran through dominion bridge, taking the high line to avoid the large hill (I felt like having a flat run today). Exit the neighborhood on whites and turn left - follow to the…
RING OF FIRE · MON JAN 5
Backblast! First Monday Ring of Fire Beatdown
WARMUP: hang from the bar, windmills, quad stretches, wall sits, honey mooner, downward dog and bio on Sergeant Emerson Brand THE THANG: overhead press, pull ups, curls, squats, swings, and run to AO jones MARY: yes…
RING OF FIRE · DEC 31, 2025
Backblast! End of year split
Four posted at the last RoF for 2025. Ruby Slippers started us off with a warmup mosey run with side shuffles and cariocas. Then to the pull up bars for pick-your-poison: do 50 reps total of either pull-ups or manmakers…
DEC 29, 2025
Backblast! The last Badger
WARMUP: :white_check_mark: THE THANG: :white_check_mark: MARY: :white_check_mark: ANNOUNCEMENTS: :white_check_mark: COT: :white_check_mark:
DEC 24, 2025
Backblast! Eve of the Lord's birth - convergence
WARMUP: The usual THE THANG: DH-type-stuff MARY: worked into Thang ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) - 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around…
THE BALLROOM · DEC 23, 2025
Backblast! Christmas spelled out
WARMUP: mosey to back of school - exercises in cadence were windmills x 12, beet pickers x 12, imperial walkers x 12, hillbilly walkers x 12 and side straddle hops x 12 THE THANG: 5 rounds of Christmas - 23 reps on…
DEC 22, 2025
Backblast! Run Run Rudolph
This ended up basically being a shield lock workout. With several of us having nagging injuries, we mainly did running today. WARMUP: warm-up lap around the track, SSH, Windmills, Moroccan Night Clubs THE THANG: The…
DEC 8, 2025
Backblast! Planks on Planks
RICHARD SHELTRA - ROUND 2 WARMUP: Plank while reading article. Mosey to cinder block area - SSH, windmill, imperial walker, hillbilly walker, moroccan nightclub, plank, etc for warmup. THE THANG: 4 rounds of the…
VARSITY · DEC 5, 2025
Backblast! It’s raining Cindys
WARMUP: 67 SSH’s and then I Fd up cadence on the rest. THE THANG: Tabata with cinder blocks 55 seconds AMRAP -man makers -OP -Curls -merkins - 25 -Goblet squats -Chest Press -Bulgarians -merkins - 25 -Swings -Lunges…
RING OF FIRE · DEC 3, 2025
Backblast! Ice Ice Baby - Board pushing
WARMUP: Short: SSH, windmill, down dog, Honeymooner, Down Dog, sprinter stretch Partner up with similar size guys. Each pair gets a brick and 2x4 board. Mosey to stadium THE THANG: All line up at the track by the…
DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! Gobbler Challenge
WARMUP: skipped it THE THANG: Honored Richard Sheltra Firefighter Pineville-Morrow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue North Carolina Age: 20 Year of Death: 2016 Year Honored: 2017 Richard Michael Sheltra Richard was…
RING OF FIRE · NOV 26, 2025
Backblast! Farmers bring in the Thanksgiving holid
WARMUP: motivators from 5 THE THANG: 2 minute farmer carry followed by 1 minute workouts. We mixed in multiple rounds of running to the pull up bars and laps around the track to honor Splinter who is DR. MARY: mixed in…
SOUL TO SOLE · NOV 13, 2025
Backblast! Flag Hand-Off: Congratulations McHale!
WARMUP: Zilch THE THANG: miles and smiles MARY: We stretched her out:chicken: ANNOUNCEMENTS: CHRISTMAS PARTY!!, Break the Dam, CRI run/ruck, Thanksgiving Convergence 6:30A @ AO The Ranch COT: Yes. Thank you, Jesus.
THE BALLROOM · NOV 11, 2025
Backblast! It is what it is!
As is typical of YHC, I wanted to do some ladder work at the Ballroom to keep the Pax moving today so I researched old backblasts for ideas. While not original, I love reading the old backblasts to see the Pax, the…
NOV 10, 2025
Backblast! The Artie
Today we honored Police Officer Arthur "Artie" Lopez of the Nassau County Police Department. Artie was part of the Emergency Services Unit and was killed in the line of duty in October of 2012 WARMUP: SSH, Morrocan…
RING OF FIRE · NOV 5, 2025
Backblast! No OYO Dora on Fire
WARMUP: Slow mosey around the student parking lot, then circle up near main entrance to school at AO Jones Blvd for 10-20 of the following: - SSH - WM - IW - MNC - Strawberry pickers Then mosey to the bus loop at corner…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 4, 2025
Backblast! The Waltz
WARMUP: Mosey over near field SSH, windmill, Broga, butt kickers, high knees, low slow squat, merkins Kept moseying over to bball courts for a few defensive slides and then down to the elementary school. THE THANG…
NOV 3, 2025
Backblast! A shield sighting
WARMUP: Childs pose, SSH, cherry pickers THE THANG: ran approximately 4 miles with merkins and squats occurring occasionally MARY: lbcs, flutters, dollys, Rosalitas ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel, 2nd F event at cyclops house…
RING OF FIRE · OCT 29, 2025
Backblast! Wheel of Misfortune and too many reps
Since I was going to be DR for my birthday, I decided to do my birthday Q a day early. I wanted a good one and didn't realize how good it was. WARMUP: SSH, windmills THE THANG: We picked up Cindy and took her down to…
COLOSSEUM · OCT 28, 2025
Backblast! Rain or Shine, the East Side Shows Up
On this dark and gloomy day, I did a buddy a solid and took the Q while he had a last-minute conflict. I knew it was going to be raining, but I also knew that there were plenty of places to still get in a workout and…
OCT 27, 2025
Backblast! The Whittman
WARMUP: THE THANG: Warm-Up: We kicked things off with a lap around the parking lot followed by: • 25 Side-Straddle Hops • 10 Imperial Walkers • 10 Hillbilly Walkers • 10 Cherry Pickers The Thang: Mosey to the track for…
OCT 23, 2025
Backblast! Nice New Pavement at WEP
WARMUP: Run to the top of Main Street and take a left and head to the WEP amphitheater. Then some windmills and Moroccan nightclubs. THE THANG: run around the nice new pavement at WEP. When you get back to the…
RING OF FIRE · OCT 22, 2025
Backblast! Met at the ROF for a little bit of this
Normally, I'm the type of PAX that likes to create routines where you complete a lot of reps of a few different exercises when I Q a workout. Decided to switch it up a bit, and as my man JWOW like to say, we did a…