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DEC 24, 2025
Backblast! Eve of the Lord's birth - convergence
WARMUP: The usual THE THANG: DH-type-stuff MARY: worked into Thang ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) - 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around…
DEC 19, 2025
Backblast! Leg-Heavy, Imagine That
WARMUP: Run the entirety of the larger Teeter/Stockade lot then NUR up and back the main straightaway. THE THANG: Run to the circle at Stockbridge at the entrance to the apartments. 25 Squats & 25 Peter Parkers I/C Run…
BUSHWOOD · DEC 17, 2025
Backblast! Loop-tidy Loops At Bushwood
WARMUP: Run 1/8 mile to hill at entrance to Catawba Ridge THE THANG: Had a list of exercises that the pax completed one at a time and after that exercise was completed they ran a .17 mile loop up the hill and back. Pax…
BLOCK PARTY · DEC 16, 2025
Backblast! Cubbie and friends did some exercising
WARMUP: Meh THE THANG: - Mosey to Pharmacy - 25 SSH - Mosey to parking lot at top of Main (touched Millstone) Cyclops - 20 SSH - 20 Mountain Climbers - Mosey to post office - 1 Windmill Spider-Man - 15 SSH - 15 Mountain…
FLIGHT PLAN · DEC 15, 2025
Backblast! A bit nipply out
WARMUP: zip unless you did some stretching THE THANG: ran through Baxter (some of us got lost and then figured it out), ran down 160 to colosseum parking lot (or before), and turn back. MARY: nope, maybe some stretching…
THE HIVE · DEC 12, 2025
Backblast! Where is DeepDish??
WARMUP: ssh, imp walkers, hillbilly walkers, windmills, cherry pickers, down dog, walk dogs, honeymooner THE THANG: 10 reps. Goal 8 sets. We got 4 Halo Squat Clean and Press ea side Ballistic row ea side Curls ea side…
DEC 11, 2025
Backblast! Parading around Minnow Pond
Temperature was 40 degrees however it was a bit windy. The Pledge of Alliance was recited, the Pax were counted and instructions were given. WARMUP: N/A for Minnow Pond THE THANG: Following the FM Christmas Parade…
CLYDESDALES · DEC 10, 2025
Backblast! The Winter of Wegs’ discontent Part De
WARMUP: 4 mile Route was described THE THANG: Head up Munn, left on Harris, loop through WEP and back. MARY: 2 minutes at the end. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Xmas Party, Xmas Eve Convergence, Bethel Men’s Shelter COT: Prayers for…
BLOCK PARTY · DEC 9, 2025
Backblast! Horse Shoe of Pain
It was a crisp cool morning at Block Party, but the pain quickly brought warmth. Quick mosey, warmups and we were off. We ran down to the horse shoe driveway known as the Unity Church for lucky 7’s. 1 Squat, 1 Futter, 1…
TRAINING GROUND · DEC 7, 2025
Backblast! Bearded Wonder
WARMUP: THE THANG: Down to Colosseum, up to Walmart, back to Earth Fare MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
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 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…
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…
THE HIVE · NOV 21, 2025
Backblast! Lazy Susan Kettlebell Buffet at the Hiv
WARMUP: Mountain climbers, Imperial walkers, Arm circles. Brief mozy around the parking lot. THE THANG: All Pax grab their kettlebell and form a line on the same pavement seam at COT. Left arm touching the person next…
NOV 20, 2025
Backblast! Minnow Pond / Harris Street x2
Harris Street x2 120 merkins 120 LBC’s 4 miles
CLYDESDALES · NOV 19, 2025
Backblast! Jacket Dirty Mile
WARMUP: The usual suspects THE THANG: Jacket-Dirty-Mile 4 laps around FMHS track... 3 "excursions"/lap - Up & down Railings of Home side bleachers (so... up, over, down, over, up, over, down...and rejoin track) - East…
BLOCK PARTY · NOV 18, 2025
Backblast! Webbs and Swings
WARMUP: SSH/MERKINS/peter Parkers/mountain climbers THE THANG: Jack Webb at the print shop- pull-ups / merkins up to 6/24 Ran to top of hill at Withers and Watson- stopped to bear crawl through field. Once we got to…
NOV 17, 2025
Backblast! Loredo & 3-Leaf Clover
WARMUP: Short mosey through the parking lot with a few warmup exercises. Then, grab a cinderblock and bring it to the intersection by the JROTC building. Leave it there and head to the track. THE THANG: For the first…
NOV 6, 2025
Backblast! Run, Do The Thing, Repeat
After a prompting from Farmers Only (On Q elsewhere today), I decided to recycle a workout from last year. WARMUP: No THE THANG: Run to a stop, do exercises, run to the next, etc... The first 3 stops had 3 exercises at…
BUSHWOOD · NOV 5, 2025
Backblast! 6-count Burpees in German
WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW / running with burpees THE THANG: - JackWebb 1-4 - 4-corners: bells, blocks, wheels and sandbags (timer) - brief broga MARY: - Thunderstruck the right way ANNOUNCEMENTS: - read newsletter COT: …
COLOSSEUM · NOV 4, 2025
Backblast! 11s and Pyramids
Light yog with normal stretchy warm-ups. 11s using 2 light poles for run length. Bomb jacks on one end and flying squirrels on the other. Leg pyramid: 10 froggers, 20 squats, 30 mtn climbers, 40 lunges (single count)…
AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 3, 2025
Backblast! Complicated not Hard
WARMUP: 105 SSH in Cadence THE THANG: - Bear crawls and jump squats - Lunge walk and merkins - Hill run + 6-count burpees in cadence - Hill run + LBC in cadence - Derkins, dips and incline merkins 3 minutes of Mary
TRAINING GROUND · NOV 2, 2025
Backblast! Daylight savings miles
WARMUP: no THE THANG: 3.3 miles total, brought a 60lber with us. Mixed in some squats, dips, bear crawls. MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: read newsie COT: yes
THE RANCH · OCT 23, 2025
Backblast! Pain and suffering with a happy ending
WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclubs - Windmills - Cherry pickers - Imperial walkers Mosey to benches and do a W.A.S.H. - 50 hand release Werkins - 50 American Hammers - 50 Step ups (25 each leg) - 50 Hip thrusts THE THANG…