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COCKPIT · MON APR 20 Birthday Boy 4-20 Q: darkhelmet · 14 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: Warmup THE THANG: Thanged MARY: Quickie ANNOUNCEMENTS: > COT: THE FORGE · FRI APR 17 Pirate Party Q: The Pirate · 19 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around for some awesome smells - while enjoying the smells on the backside of teeter - butt kicks, high knees, karaoke * 2, and then SSH, low slow squat, and windmill. Mosey to front of teeter. THE THANG… BLOCK PARTY · TUE APR 7 Birthday Beatdown Q: Stagecoach · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 7s on hill by church up to tom hall and then went to print shop for 5 pull ups 10 merkins 15 squats and run around buildings. Repeat x5 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: BLOCK PARTY · THU APR 2 Expedited Tour of Fort Mill w/Pain Stations Q: Pocahontas · 18 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to FM Animal Hospital, SSH, Merkins, Calf Stretch, Runners Stretch THE THANG: Run to Walmart, 7s with merkins and dry docs, run to CVS, 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 lunges (repeat 3x with a lap around CVS in… THE FORGE · WED APR 1 Cherie Berry at The Forge Q: Italian Job · 15 PAX 15 men started the day with enough elevator work to make Cherie Berry proud. Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Plank Jacks (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 SSHs (IC) The Thang Mosey to… SWEEP THE LEG · TUE MAR 31 Oh yeah... We have been here before... Q: Spectre · 10 PAX WARMUP: Mosey down 160 towards Dam Rd. and the back fire entrance. THE THANG: Top of the Hill 5 - Lt. Dan Magic Legs Light post Ladder 5 - Burpees - All the way to the fence 10 - Diamond Merkins 15 - Sumo Squats 20 … SOUL TO SOLE · THU MAR 26 Stairs, step ups, heavy weight carry, broga Q: TINSEL TheFort · 15 PAX WARMUP: load up rucks, sandbags and kettlebells THE THANG: figure out going up and down the stairs at the mathnasium building, one lap, head to amphitheater for a web… with Rucks on: 1 step up each leg, 4 calf raises… BLOCK PARTY · SUN MAR 22 Out n Back Q: F3 DaVinci · 6 PAX WARMUP: none THE THANG: walk that way for 30; then back for 30 MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: marriages; gratitude for this group of ours SOUL TO SOLE · THU MAR 19 Backblast! Hike in the Woods Q: Stang · 15 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 3 miles in Anne Springs, overhead carries, squats MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: CLYDESDALES · WED MAR 18 Backblast! Beast Mode Q: Stagecoach · 15 PAX WARMUP: disclaimer THE THANG: run to masons bend MARY: run further ANNOUNCEMENTS: Italian night at Bethels, Frozen chickens, tortoise and hare, over night ruck COT: prayers and praises TRAINING GROUND · SUN MAR 15 Backblast! 4 miles Q: Deep Dish · 7 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: got 4 miles in. Last mile was “anything but straps” - carry ruck any way you want except on your back. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE FORT · SAT MAR 14 Backblast! Death by burpees & bears Q: Pocahontas · 17 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, mountain climbers, cherry pickers THE THANG: Four corners with bear crawls, 21s of LBCs & burpees MARY: Yes ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes COT: Prayers and praises BLOCK PARTY · THU MAR 12 Backblast! 2026.11 Minnow Pond Q: Tesh · 24 PAX Run up Massey hill, 20 bobjacks in Sisk parking lot, run to gas station for 10 merkins, run to Millstone park for 30 flutters, run to the millstone for 10 1leg air humpers (trying to put a foot on the wall). Repeat as… COCKPIT · WED MAR 11 Backblast! Bootcamp PLUS with new Mike Tyson PLUS Q: Greg Shoney · 13 PAX WARMUP: SSH cherry pickers imperials hillbilly’s plank merk honeymooner down dog THE THANG: long mossy three circuits 1) monkey bumpers dry docks step Ups 2) mtn climbers shoulder taps plank 3) lbc flutters American… 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: THE FORT · SAT MAR 7 Backblast! We might do a lot of things Q: The Pirate · 13 PAX WARMUP: lap around the park and stopping along the way to do the following exercises - SSH (x2), windmill, merkins, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, cherry pickers, morrocan nightclub, plank, etc. THE THANG: mosey… THE HIVE · FRI MAR 6 Backblast! 2026.10 The Hive Q: Tesh · 16 PAX The Longest Ladder 5 burpees or 2 55# manmakers at the baseline. Snatch squat at each rung on 1st ladder Two high pulls on the 2nd BLOCK PARTY · THU MAR 5 Backblast! Fun at WEP Q: Mainframe · 24 PAX Mosey over to lot behind WEP amphitheater. EMOM run a lap around parking lot and do 15 SSHs. Whatever time you have left in the 60 seconds, try to get your heartrate back down. Repeat for 10 minutes. Move over to in… KITCHEN SINK · WED MAR 4 Backblast! heavy wheel of fortune Q: Grinder · 8 PAX WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW THE THANG: - modified 4-corners in back parking lot (sandbags, bells, wheel, tire), lunges as MoT, sandbags as timer. - Jack Webb with ruck: 1/4: merkins+OH claps MARY: - man-makers in cadence… 6@6 · SAT FEB 28 Backblast! The hills were alive Q: Peach Stand · 11 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: the route that was called took us down munn to harris(r), to Sutton view neighborhood. Go all the way through the neighborhood, cross Sutton and head down Sutton view rd into mason’s bend. At the end… COCKPIT · WED FEB 25 Backblast! Red Herring Barcetta Q: Band Camp · 9 PAX WARMUP: Yes. Even did some merkins with our feet elevated as part of it. Guys were not happy. THE THANG: Ran over to the old America Jackal grounds. Did some string of pearls around the school including: Bulgarian Split… BLOCK PARTY · TUE FEB 24 Backblast! 14 hogs 6 coyotes go into a bar Q: Cake Boss · 20 PAX WARMUP: 6ish Runners took off in da gloom 14 PAX moseyed to pharmacy lot for some COP Then we hit the town hall path for 3 rounds of 15 Dips and 10Derkins wrapped up with 5 burpees THE THANG: Moseyed to town hall wall… BLOCK PARTY · THU FEB 19 Backblast! 20 and 12 Q: Peach Stand · 10 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: mosey to the church of god parking lot where the pax did a few Freddy mercuries while they waited for the six (me) to arrive. From there we did the cross workout. Run out to one of four points and… 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…