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872 backblasts mention “Band Camp”

COCKPIT · MON MAR 9 Backblast! Shoulder pain Q: Esso · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH, mosey Down the back hill, shuffle one way, flapjack, Carioca, flapjack THE THANG: Partner up, one does the exercise the other runs out and back. Merkins Step ups Derkins Irkins Run back up the hill stopping… 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… FLIGHT PLAN · MON MAR 2 Backblast! Homestead Route Q: Band Camp · 21 PAX WARMUP: Not at this AO. But YHC did jump a lot from 5:10-5:14 (Q-drenaline) THE THANG: Run to WillowBrook and back via Orchard Park Elementary. Proof: https://www.strava.com/activities/17574144266 MARY: Might have… THE FORGE · FRI FEB 27 Backblast! Neese's was almost the death of us Q: Band Camp · 19 PAX WARMUP: Yes, IW; HW; some yoga. Introduced the reverse burpee (you go down on your 6, lay on your back, and then return to standing for a jump). Stagecoach busted his wrist and YHC was tired of seeing him modify. THE… BLOCK PARTY · THU FEB 26 Backblast! Humpers, pumpers and burps Q: Farmers Only · 16 PAX WARMUP: mosey to church parking lot for merkins THE THANG: partner up, each partner had a quarter mile out run with 10 monkey humpers and 10 gas pumpers and then back to the lot. Each team had a cumulative twenty… 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… RING OF FIRE · MON FEB 23 Backblast! Pfc Shawn Falter Q: Time Machine · 7 PAX WARMUP: 20IW, watch Senator show up in shorts in awe, 10 Cherry Pickers, 15 HW, Down/Up Dog, stretching and then plank for Shawn’s story. THE THANG: Shawn loved and played Varsity Basketball and Football. Brought some… DAWN PATROL · THU FEB 19 Backblast! Cougars and Gold Diggers Q: Band Camp · 8 PAX Stole from Spike: https://f3thefort.com/2026/02/18/hill-sprints/ WARMUP: yea THE THANG: see Spike’s stuff. I dropped many (NOT ALL) of the burpees by poplar demand MARY: flutters ANNOUNCEMENTS: lots in the newsletter… 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… KITCHEN SINK · WED FEB 18 Backblast! Much like Heroin Q: Band Camp · 6 PAX WARMUP: brief THE THANG: tried a couple of things. Didn’t feel like YHC did a great job articulating. We moved to the next station and tried a few more. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Will gravitate to a WOD sorta format rather than a… BLOCK PARTY · TUE FEB 17 Backblast! Mardi Gras Party Q: Cohiba · 7 PAX Warm-Up: Quick mosey up the hill to parking lot SSH – 50 IC Imperial Walkers – 25 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan NC - 15 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Cheese Shredder Thang 1 — Bourbon Street Circuit (3 Rounds): Set 4… THE ARMORY · MON FEB 16 Backblast! Raiders from Sweep Q: Band Camp · 6 PAX Warmup: SSH Windmill Around the world Humane Burpee Thang: 4 Pop clean & squat 4 thrusters 4 swings 4 rows (each arm) 8 merkins on the bell Bear crawl w/ bell between each set I think we did 7 sets. "[Sweep the Leg guys… LAZARUS · THU FEB 12 Backblast! Redstone Suicides Q: Chiclets · 5 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Suicide runs to each island. From curb to island 1 do the work run back to the curb then to island 2 and back continuing that pattern until island 6 then work it in reverse until you get back island… RING OF FIRE · WED FEB 11 Backblast! King of Ring - IPC Style Q: Ruby Slippers · 13 PAX Workout inspired by IPC Killer Bs, modified the routine a bit, still sucked, but better for it. WARMUP: 50xSSHIC at COT, moseyed to the FB field, 5 burpees OYO, ready to work. THE THANG: Start on goal line Broad Jump to… COLOSSEUM · TUE FEB 10 Backblast! Your MILGA is showing Q: Birdcage · 9 PAX What a wonderful day in the MILGAhood. This being my first visit and q to Colosseum, I aimed to disappoint. The workout was this - poles on the back of the school. increase rep count by 1 at each pole then return to… THE ARMORY · MON FEB 9 Backblast! Armory Q: backdraft · 5 PAX WARMUP:SSH, Cherry Pickers, arm rolls, IWs, Squats THE THANG: Various exercises in groups of 3 with 3 sets of each MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Break the dam, trash pickup COT: 2.0s, parents, Jesters BLOCK PARTY · THU FEB 5 Backblast! You can daraleek my hand release merkin Q: Shady · 21 PAX WARMUP: we did the pledge and they got a disclaimer…it’s Minnow Pond (RIP) THE THANG: Old school go time. Exercises at each of the stops was 5 hand release with a shoulder tap in between. Then 5 jump squats. The route… DAWN PATROL · TUE FEB 3 Backblast! Fibonacci Escalator Q: Casey Kasem · 8 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around the flag, stopping for windmills, cherry pickers, walkers, and some stretching THE THANG: Rounds are cumulative Celebrate the end of each round with a mosey up the hill for burpees numbering the… THU JAN 29 Backblast! Walmart Trip Q: Birdcage · 0 PAX - run to hardees for a less than warm up . wait for birdcage to arrive - run to walmart . wait for birdcage to arrive - partner work at walmart, 1 person plank and the other lap the parking lot - run to hardees. wait… BLOCK PARTY · THU JAN 29 Backblast! Walmart Trip Q: Birdcage · 22 PAX - run to hardees for a less than warm up . wait for birdcage to arrive - run to walmart . wait for birdcage to arrive - partner work at walmart, 1 person plank and the other lap the parking lot - run to hardees. wait… COCKPIT · WED JAN 28 Backblast! Workouts Band Camp Would Call Q: Stagecoach · 11 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to the band parking lot SSH, imperial walkers, Jimmy Dugan, merkins, calf stretch and runners pose THE THANG: run to lot by the baseball field and get a partner. Partner 1 runs across the lot and back… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JAN 27 Backblast! Cold One or 6 on the Weekends Q: Stagecoach · 5 PAX WARMUP: Mosey around Pharmacy and down Tom Hall to St John’s parking lot. Side straddle hop Jimmy Dugan Merkins Calf stretch Runners pose THE THANG: - Triple nickel on Monroe White 5 Bonnie Blair’s @ confederate 5…