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333 backblasts mention “Italian Job”
VARSITY · SEP 5, 2025
Backblast! Fish Tales with Birdcage
We had 9 at varsity (2 for IronPAX, 1 proctor, and 6 for a Cindy beatdown. Here’s what we did: Warmup - 10 Low Slow Swuats - 10 Mountain Climbers - 10 Windmills Mosey to get a cinderblock - 10 Manmakers - 15 Curls - 20…
SEP 4, 2025
Backblast! 11s and miles
WARMUP: pledge THE THANG: run to church corner down academy do 1 merkins. Then run all the way up hill to print shop then to pull up bars. Do 11s with pull ups and toes to bar. Run back past ABC store turn right on…
SEP 3, 2025
Backblast! Where Hmastrings & Quads Go to Die (Iro
Warm-Up Run from COT to the Band practice parking lot. The Thang – Tellier Hero WOD Format: For Time Equipment: Cones/markers at 5, 10, 15, and 20 yds 1. Round 1 - 10 Burpees - 5–10–15–20 yd shuttle runs 1. Round 2 - 10…
SEP 1, 2025
Backblast! Mark “Pitbull” McDowell WOD
We had 4 PAX at Honey Badger for a hero WOD in honor of my friend and classmate Capt. Mark “Pitbull” McDowell. Here’s what we did: The Thang - Run 1 Mile - 5 Minute Plank to honor the 5 service branches of the US Armed…
SWEEP THE LEG · AUG 25, 2025
Backblast! SKIP IT TOY
WARMUP: lol THE THANG: Yog to Emory Ln corner for Braden loops. 3 work stations. 15 reps of merkens, big boys and squats. 3.5 miles at least with good total body workout. MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: golf, HIM camp COT…
BUSHWOOD · AUG 23, 2025
Backblast! Board of Pain / Partner work
Partner Work - wheelbarrows - Partner push - Partner carry Dora/Run a lap - merkins - Incline merkins - Dips - Step ups
SOUL TO SOLE · AUG 21, 2025
Backblast! Sharing Burdens
9 men shared their burdens and three sandbags (40lb, 60lb, and 80lb) for a 3.05 mile trek at Soul to Sole this morning. Route was as follows: - Down Broadcloth, right on Textile, right on Innovation, Right on Kingsley…
KITCHEN SINK · AUG 20, 2025
Backblast! Lifting heavy things
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, MNC, Squats THE THANG: Ruck Carry, KB Swings, Squats, KB rows, Ruck merkin Ruck Cary, Team Dora, 200 KB Thrusters, 200 Curls, 300 deadlift Ruck Cary, 1 minute of overhead press, 1 minute…
SWEEP THE LEG · AUG 18, 2025
Backblast! Pendulum 8s
WARMUP: mosey through the stopping points THE THANG: Starting at top of Dave Gibson hill on middle school side and running to 160 we did 8s with 7 burpees at the top, 1 navy seal burpee at the bottom, 7 burpees at the…
VARSITY · AUG 15, 2025
Backblast! Marine 16
WARMUP: 400m Mosey, SSH, Burpees, IW, HW, Windmill THE THANG: 16 Reps Of The Following with 20m dash in between each exercise: Burpees Merkins Squats Mt. Climbers SSH Jump Lunges High Knees Jack Jumps 2 Rounds of 3…
LAZARUS · AUG 14, 2025
Backblast! Lazarus - Rising In The Rain
WARMUP: Not so much, we just got moving. THE THANG: The destination was the Red Ventures parking deck. We made our way with a few stops along the way. Run a bit: Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Carolina Dry Docks Run a bit…
KITCHEN SINK · AUG 13, 2025
Backblast! Kitchen Faucet Was Turned Off At The 'S
Bring your sand bag. Those were the instructions. WARMUP: Short mosey with a few of the typical warmup exercises. THE THANG: Grab your bag...sandbag, and meet me by the flag poles. I reintroduced the GoRuck 60x60 and…
SEABISCUIT · AUG 12, 2025
Backblast! Billy Madison Loop
6 of us dodged puddles and covered over 4 miles this morning. Here was what YHC dubbed the “Billy Madison” route: - Circle Doby’s Bridge Elementary, up Neff Court - Take the rocky path up and over Doby’s Bridge to and…
AMERICAN JACKAL · AUG 11, 2025
Backblast! Sandbag Racing
WARMUP: ssh, burpees, low slow squat, windmill THE THANG: PAX divide into 2 teams with a 60lb sandbag each team. Mosey to football field. Race #1: PAX do 5 merkins every 10 yards. One PAX does sandbag throw for 10…
AUG 8, 2025
Backblast! Reminiscing the BLIMPs
The Pax were enthusiastic about a mid-summer retreat from the hot weather this AM. YHC had researched previous backblasts in an effort to find a BLIMP style workout and found one from 2017 led by Old Bay. I remember…
AUG 7, 2025
Backblast! Pit and the Pendulum
THE THANG: Harris St Hills, pendulum from 21 to Audrey. 10 Mike Tyson’s at Audrey, 10 Am Hammers at the park and 10 Jump Squats at 21, repeat until legs are shot or time for COT ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel and Naked Gun COT…
AMERICAN JACKAL · AUG 4, 2025
Backblast! Monday blues
WARMUP: mosey, ssh, merkin THE THANG: Four rounds of super sets with different MOT between. station one: four rounds of 5 jump squat, 10 jump lunge, 20 squat mosey and then duck walk Station 2: 3 rounds of 5 mike Tyson…
VARSITY · AUG 1, 2025
Backblast! Sharpen Your Axe
6 got marginally better but significantly sweatier at Varsity. Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 15 SSHs (IC) - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) Mosey to…
BLOCK PARTY · JUL 29, 2025
Backblast! The Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet
Warm-O-Rama SSH Windmills Arm circles Moseyed to the pharmacy parking lot where the party began. Each Circuit was done for 5 minutes for as many rounds as possible, with a 1 minute rest in between. After the 3rd circuit…
JUL 28, 2025
Backblast! Smoked Briskets
WARMUP: windmills, cherry pickers, hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 100 yard sprints 6x, bar work, toe lifts, knee lifts, side crunches to failure 3x, Wall work: crunches, penguins, toe touches till failure 3x Block work…
JUL 25, 2025
Backblast! Old School Beatdown
WARMUP: Old School 15 minute warm up: IWx15, HW x15, WM x15, CP x15, Plank: Peter Parkers x15, Parker Peters x15 and Mountain Climbers x15 then 6 inches, Plank each side with legs, then regular and repeat. THE THANG…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JUL 21, 2025
Backblast! Field Work
WARMUP: - SSH - Windmills - Merkins THE THANG: - Mosey down the road to the field gate entrance while triggering every motion sensor light on the way Round 1: - Bear crawl the 10 - 1 burpee - Crawl bear back to the…
JUL 18, 2025
Backblast! Miyagi's VQ
WARMUP: Mosey SSH The Windmill Squats Shoulder Taps THE THANG: 3 Total Rounds of Suicide - 1 Carolina Dry Docks - 20 Air Squats - 20 Mountain Climbers - 20 Merkins - 20 Four Corners 3 Rounds Of Each Merkins and LBC…
CURRAHEE · JUL 15, 2025
Backblast! Swampy Circuit
Like the “Jelly of the Month Club,” the humidity just keeps giving. That didn’t stop 8 of us from putting in the work. Here’s what we did. No warmup, just mosey to the crosswalk in the drop-off line under ruck - 30 yard…