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THE FORT · JUN 21, 2025 Backblast! Cards with Dora Q: Rebound · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, Moroccan night clubs THE THANG: quick DORA, 100 merkins, 150 LBCs, 200 mt climbers Card game: Round 1: :diamonds:- dry docks :hearts:- Merkins :spades:- Superman’s :clubs:- shoulder taps… SLOW BURN · JUN 20, 2025 Backblast! Slowburn 6/20/25 Q: Keith Crockett · 6 PAX Warmup: SSH Baby Arm Circles Mtn Climbers Windmill Cherry Pickers Imperial Walkers Hillbilly Walkers The Thang: Mosey Wall sits while each person lunge walks to the Grease Traps and back Exercises - 10 reps each 1st MOT… THE HIVE · JUN 20, 2025 Backblast! Last minute DORAs Q: Esso · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSHs THE THANG: Dora #1 - Farmers Carry - 50 burpees - Squats w calf raises 100 - Mike Tyson’s 150 - Mountain climbers 200 Dora #2 - Man makers 50 - Goblet squats with calf raises 100 - Halos 100 - Plank pass… DAWN PATROL · JUN 19, 2025 Backblast! Looked good on Paper-Too Many Burpees ( Q: Short Sale · 7 PAX WARMUP: mosey tube behind epic chophouse for a COP. Included SSH‘s, mountain, climbers, imperial walkers, squats, and finished with five Burpee‘s OYO. THE THANG: head behind Panera for a starfish WO. Three Burpee’s… LAZARUS · JUN 19, 2025 Backblast! Goose got loose Q: Rosie · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry pickers, moroccan night clubs, low slow squat, THE THANG:Circuit 1: Bear Crawl Burner (10 minutes) Perform 3 rounds, or AMRAP in 10 min: • Bear Crawl Forward 20 yards, then reverse crawl back • 15… THE COACH'S BOX · JUN 19, 2025 Backblast! Juggs June - Week 3 Q: Suplex · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Imp. Walk., Ch. Pickers, Up/Down Dog, Merkins.... all IC THE THANG: 1-mile race around marked route on campus (Flag plant to pull-up bars... around & back more or less). The catch... Carry a MINIMUM of 100… JUN 19, 2025 Backblast! Golf Q: Cyclops · 13 PAX WARMUP: Running with burpees THE THANG: Golf 10 merkins and 10 LBC’s at every tee box 5 burpees at every green Each hole varied in length - par 3, par 4, or par 5 Front 9 was both hills on Monroe white Back 9 was from… THE RANCH · JUN 19, 2025 Backblast! The Ranch Q: Tiller · 8 PAX WARMUP: lower legs stretch, Side straddle hop, Merkins THE THANG: pair up and carry coupons to the school, wall sit each person hold coupons 30 seconds and pass to next person. Wall sit pass coupon and then 1 burpee… KITCHEN SINK · JUN 18, 2025 Backblast! Halfway there…… 10 Seconds…. Q: Slapshot · 19 PAX Beautiful day in the Gloom. Always look forward to Q. Great turnout at the sink for my madness with a timer. Warmup: SSH x 15 Seal Jack x 15 Plank Jack x15 Mountain Climber x 15 Pick up something heavy get to the field… BUSHWOOD · JUN 18, 2025 Backblast! Bear crawls and Doras Q: Liberty Bibberty · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH Moroccan Nightclubs Michael Phelps Imp Walkers Abe Vigodas Cherry pickers THE THANG: 4 corner islands trip MOT: bear crawl and toy soldiers Pass around bell while doing timed workout Squats Lunges Man makers… RING OF FIRE · JUN 18, 2025 Backblast! Ring of Fire around the rosie Q: Rosie · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers in sync, cherry pickers, windmill, moroccan nightclubs THE THANG: 10 Hill sprints with exercises in between. We covered pull-ups, planks, Cindy presses, swings, merkins, man makers and more… DAWN PATROL · JUN 17, 2025 Backblast! Huey, Dewy and Sweaty Q: Time Machine · 6 PAX WARMUP: Cyclops kindly warmed up the Pax as YHC was coming in hot after doubling down THE THANG: Moseyed to the field next to the park, laid out the Starfish workout, the 5 arms were counts of 15 each and they were… COLOSSEUM · JUN 17, 2025 Backblast! Tic-Tac-Two was enough Q: Suplex · 2 PAX WARMUP: motivator, imperial walkers, up/down dog, side stretches, windmill THE THANG: 1) music: Mama Said Knock You Out - FFDP (2:45) → Plank Jacks in between Catch Phrase O’ Pain (CPOPs) CPOP: "Mama said knock you out"… SNAKE PIT · JUN 17, 2025 Backblast! Rose Infested Snake Pit Q: Rosie · 10 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Windmill, Cherry Pickers, Out of sync Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 1 man performs 10 sandbag tosses, while the remaining PAX rotate between stations of Goblet squats, Single Arm Rows, Romanian… THE BALLROOM · JUN 17, 2025 Backblast! SIX OLD MEN EXERCISING AT 5:15 Q: Senator Tressel · 6 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer, mosey the front of the car line for COP THE THANG: COP (all in cadence): SSH x 20, windmill x 10, merkin x 10, Rosalita x 15, squat x 15, potato picker x 10, wide arms x 10, mountain climber x 15… BLOCK PARTY · JUN 17, 2025 Backblast! New Office Tour Q: Splinter · 9 PAX On what was the most humid day of the year so far, 9 pax got after it in the gloom. Cubbie asked that I give my "why" for F3. My why isn't because of the workout or doing something that most ordinary people wouldn't do… AMERICAN JACKAL · JUN 16, 2025 Backblast! Spring Closeout Q: Pauly D · 12 PAX GTL Gym, Tan, Laundry. Gym-check Tan-suns out guns out Laundry-please do this, we smelled great this am. WARMUP: 25 SSH IC / 15 Imperial Walkers IC / 9 Moroccan night clubs IC / 5 Arm circles each way / worlds greatest… JUN 16, 2025 Backblast! Clovis with a side of Kudzu Q: Band Camp · 6 PAX 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 14, 2025 Backblast! Finding the Way Q: Band Camp · 7 PAX It was raining. A storm had just rolled through. I spent 30 minutes watching the lightning strike map before the workout. The electricity faded just before 0515, leaving behind a steady rain that cut the humidity. We… THE YARD · JUN 14, 2025 Backblast! Flag Handoff = Wings & Entertainment Q: Suplex · 9 PAX WARMUP: SSH, IW, ChPickers, Windmills Mosey to stairs, Merkins, up the stairs, Motivators (from 7… as a Moderate) THE THANG: Chicken Wing 4-Corners 4 Corners: “regular”, “hot”, “Spicy”, “nuclear” Reps at each: 12,9,6,3… ALCATRAZ · JUN 14, 2025 Backblast! ? Alcatraz Smokin Jailbreak Q: Cohiba · 5 PAX ? Warm-Up – "Prison Intake" Done in a circle; all IC (in cadence) SSH – 25x IC Imperial Walkers – 25x IC Hillbillies – 25x IC Windmills – 15x IC Plank Jacks – 15x IC Merkins – 10x IC Moroccan NC – 10x each Strawberry… THE HIVE · JUN 13, 2025 Backblast! Don't need a lot of ground to cover Q: maximus · 7 PAX Form matters and our space is limited. Let's get to work. WARMUP: A short jog with some butt-kickers & side shuffles. THE THANG: Grab the (2) 60lb sand bags and introduce them to our kettle bells. One PAX would farmer… DAWN PATROL · JUN 12, 2025 Backblast! Crawl-Climb-Conquer Q: Poppins · 8 PAX WARMUP: 100 SSH THE THANG: 5 cones spaced ~15 yards apart Bear crawl from cone to cone Perform cumulative exercises at each cone: Cone 1: squats – 10 Cone 2: humpers – 20 IC Cone 3: CDD – 15 Cone 4: LBCS – 15 IC Cone 5… THE COACH'S BOX · JUN 12, 2025 Backblast! Juggernaut June-week three Q: Suplex · 4 PAX WARMUP: hip circles, pigeons, greatest stretch, ever, SSH, imperial walkers THE THANG: race- Nur /emom For 1 mile, every time the EMOM bell rings, PAX choice of: 25 LBC, 15 plank jack, or 10 flying squirrel. Once 1 mile…