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BLOCK PARTY · DEC 2, 2025
Backblast! Cold & Wet...What's Your Point
It's high-30's & really, really wet. And? WARMUP: Not so much. THE THANG: Run to the covered stage at WEP. (5) 6ct Burpees (10) Jump Squats (15) Merkins (20) Low Slow Squats (25) Flutters I/C Run to Ft Mill Church of…
DEC 2, 2025
Backblast! Fellowship means more when conditions a
Conditions this morning were…subpar (38 degrees and rain). However, that didn’t stop two of us from having great conversation and a solid workout. Here’s what we did: Warm-Up - Mosey to Oakcrest Prep - Middle stretch, L…
AMERICAN JACKAL · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! Date with Cindy
WARMUP: Absolutely, too old not to THE THANG: Moseyed to the High School where someone had left some Cindy’s out and a winkie. Had an escalator, 10 reps was the count, adding an exercise after each round. Ran to the…
FLIGHT PLAN · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! The Winter of Wegs’ discontemt
WARMUP: Too cold THE THANG: in the words of Rev. Al Green, “Take Me To The River”runners ran to the River & back. Ruckers did they own thang MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Usual COT: prayers & praises
THE ARMORY · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! Surrogate BB for 12/1
WARMUP: while the posting numbers are inaccurate, due to the many folks that don’t find the BB system worth their time… Some of us enjoy seeing the numbers climb. Getting these done increases the accuracy of that, and…
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! What it is to be a Good Man
WARMUP: In Cadence: Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers & Windmills. Counted off. THE THANG: Took off for a basic run and boot. 3.02 miles with stops along the way. Pain Station stops included: merkins…
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…
TRAINING GROUND · NOV 30, 2025
Backblast! Mumblechatter Filled Miles
WARMUP: None THE THANG: We rucked from the training ground along 160 to stonecrest, then to huber graham way to tega cay elementary and back MARY: Not today, Satan ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletters COT: Kept it…
6@6 · NOV 29, 2025
Backblast! Embrace the ish
WARMUP: not needed THE THANG: lotta runnin’ MARY: not present ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: personal
THE FORT · NOV 29, 2025
Backblast! Deck The Halls with reps and running
WARMUP: SSH THE THANG: Deck of Pain on the main stage. The suit is the workout the number on the card is the reps. Hearts: Merkins - Ace: Plank 60s Spade: Squat - Ace: Wall Sit 60s Diamonds: SSH - Ace: Line Jumps…
BUSHWOOD · NOV 26, 2025
Backblast! Floats and Floaters
In honor of the Catawba Ridge Marching Band participating in the 99th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 10 PAX did 99 reps of various exercises in the warm, wet morning. There was plenty of mumblechatter and sweat…
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…
NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Carrying a Balanced Load
WARMUP: Windmills x10, Cherry Pickers x10, Plank, Down Dog, HoneyMooner THE THANG: Grab Rucks and 2 sandbags. Ruck behind school. 2 carry sand bags 50 yards and back (overhead carry, Farmers Carry, Shoulder carry and…
DAWN PATROL · NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Piracy and Imposters
WARMUP: - Windmills - Cherry Pickers - Imperial Walkers - Hillbilly Walkers - Calf Raises THE THANG: - Travel to playground (pirated from The Pirate) - Begin with 5 squats then mosey to 2nd tree on the left-hand side of…
COLOSSEUM · NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Clock Work and Ladders
WARMUP: 20 SSH IC 10 Windmills IC 10 Cherry Picker IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC 5 Burpees OYO Mosey the course THE THANG: Clock Work - Merkins 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 Drew chalk hands on a clock…
SNAKE PIT · NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! A ladder of pain
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walker, Hillbilly Walker, Moroccan Night Club THE THANG: Descending ladder from 10 of bent arm rows, kb swings, goblet squats all punctuated by overhead carry MARY: down dog ANNOUNCEMENTS…
BLOCK PARTY · NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Apparently “another” Pendulum
WARMUP: Some THE THANG: Pendulum on Monroe White St. 5 Bombjacks in the middle: 25 Merkins at the top of the hill. 25 Seal Jacks at the top of the other. Decrease by 5 each round then back up. MARY: some ANNOUNCEMENTS…
NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Shared Pain leads to Trust
YHC wanted to get off campus a bit this AM at Golden Corral and also wanted to introduce Parking Lot Coffee (PLC) to the Pax. Since I have a one cup Keurig, I offered to buy coffee for all who attend. WARMUP: Mosey…
AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! Rosie’s magical bean ride
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…
COLOSSEUM · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! They’re Entertained….And sweaty!
WARMUP: Is 36+ years at a job meaningless or meaningful?? How you approach it makes the difference but finishing strong is the key to legacy :muscle: THE THANG: Dynamic warm up 5 burpees Toy soldiers Shuffle Butt…
SWEEP THE LEG · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! Charge!
WARMUP: Jog with some karaokes, toy soldiers, and power skips. THE THANG: Took the long way down the hill (Ben Casey to Patricia Lane) At stop sign, 10 pulse squat to squat jumps (1 pulse squat and 1 squat jump is 1…
TRAINING GROUND · NOV 23, 2025
Backblast! Miles of OPRAHS Favorite Things
WARMUP: I mean, we just started walking and stuff THE THANG: Ruck miles (a simple out-and-back on 160 with OPRAHS stops along the way: OP = Overhead Press x 10 OYO R = Rows (alt upright/bent over) x 10 OYO AH = American…
6@6 · NOV 22, 2025
Backblast! Hills, Hills and more hills
WARMUP: Chatter THE THANG: Out and Back - Munn Harris under 77 up Sam Smith to Sutton down 6th Baxter and back. MARY: Nah ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yup COT: Fantastic
THE YARD · NOV 22, 2025
Backblast! Practicing Moderation in Moderation
WARMUP: SSH, CASBAH #2s, IW,HW, Baby Arm Circles fed &back. THE THANG: Squat Line Meat Grinder Teams: 2 teams, 5 men per team Space: Parking lot 40yd length Gear: • 2 identical stacks of 8 exercise cards (one per team)…