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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…
SLOW BURN · NOV 28, 2025
Backblast! Don’t drink the ‘Mountain Dew’
7 PAX from Stockade came over to see what I was doing at Slowburn. Warm up Accumulator board (up to 6 exercises), run in between Wall sits and burpees Back to the board for exercise-run-exercise-run-etc Finished with a…
KITCHEN SINK · NOV 26, 2025
Backblast! Lion King
8 men were at The Sink this morning, one ran away after warm-ups. Partnered up for a run/farmer carry - big loop. Stopped at the front of school, shuttle run/bag toss. Lion King, reps stopped when muscles roared Calf…
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…
CLYDESDALES · NOV 26, 2025
Backblast! How soon until we’re back at founders?
Surprise surprise. We ran down Munn to Harris. Jackson street to Ardrey loop. The gubmint needs to put them sidewalks back in so we can have some of our old routes back. Alabama anyone?!
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…
SEABISCUIT · NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Turkey Run
Turkey Run- DBES Get a teammate. 1 turkey recovery trott around the drop off loop. Partner turkey breaks out of the collar and sprints the outer school loop to get away. When the runaway turkey returns back to the…
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…
THE BALLROOM · NOV 25, 2025
Backblast! Lucky Sevens
Began with short mosey followed by a warmup: SSH, windmills, imperial walkers, low slow squats, peter parkers and some plank stretches (up/down dogs). Ran to the benches and did: step ups, derkins, butt touch squats…
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…
FLIGHT PLAN · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! The hills are alive….
Run. Run run run. Run. Stop walking. Run run run. :runner: Braden hill repeats. Run run run back.
THE ARMORY · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! Armory / Rivalry Week
BUY-IN: 20 Man Makers w KB DORA #1 / Farmers Carry - merkins - Jump squats - Dips DORA #2 / Run lap - Snatches - Goblet squats - Curls COT
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…
NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! Milwaukee Nine
Started with a run back behind the high school. Stopped for a warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp Walkers, Moroccan N/C, Low Slow Squats, Peter Parkers, Plank stretches. Resumed running to the ROTC. Delivered story about the…
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…