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THE YARD · DEC 13, 2025 Backblast! McHale’s Navy 8 blocker theme Q: McHale · 5 PAX WARMUP: windmills, arm circles, grass grabbers, copperhead squats, side saddle hops (8 each) THE THANG: Toy Soldiers, mosey to poles, next exercises at next poles 8 counts: Carolina Dry Docks, Mountain Climbers, Peter… VARSITY · DEC 12, 2025 Backblast! Merkins on Merkins Q: The Pirate · 5 PAX WARMUP: mosey around the parking lot with karaoke, high knees, toy soldiers, butt kicks. Circle up for SSH, cherry pickers, windmill, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, plank, etc. THE THANG: Mosey to practice… THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 11, 2025 Backblast! 7 of Diamonds / Fatherhood Q: Pauly D · 5 PAX We had a 7 of Diamonds workout in the band lot. 7 burpees at each corner(28) 14 Merkins each corner (56) 21 LBC’s each corner (84) 28 squats each corner (102) 21 LBC’s each corner (84) 14 merkins each corner (56) 7… SEABISCUIT · DEC 9, 2025 Backblast! Massey Christmas lights Q: Cherry Pie · 11 PAX WARMUP: MUST when it’s this cold THE THANG: 4.2mi Head towards 7-11 L on trail b/f Dobys Bridge to Neff Ct L on Dudley drive L on Thomas Knapp Parkway L on Felts Pkwy R on Callahan R on kings bottom Dr L on Felts Pkwy R… DEC 8, 2025 Backblast! Blimps, SSoP, & Dora at the Jackal Q: Suplex · 5 PAX WARMUP: Motivator, Imp-Sqt-Walkers, Rolling Kickstand Irrkins, chPickers #1:Fire water burn ~4:50 by Bloodhound Gang Chorus = Low-(super…6 ct.) slow-squats, in time (come up on”fire”)… hold for “we don’t need no… AMERICAN JACKAL · DEC 8, 2025 Backblast! Get rocked Q: Suplex · 5 PAX WARMUP: Motivator, Imp-Sqt-Walkers, Rolling Kickstand Irrkins, chPickers THE THANG: #1:Fire water burn ~4:50 by Bloodhound Gang Chorus = Low-(super…6 ct.) slow-squats, in time (come up on”fire”)… hold for “we don’t need… THE YARD · DEC 6, 2025 Backblast! Santa workout Q: Liberty Bibberty · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: TBD getting in the count for the stats to start VARSITY · DEC 5, 2025 Backblast! It’s raining Cindys Q: Soup To Nuts · 13 PAX WARMUP: 67 SSH’s and then I Fd up cadence on the rest. THE THANG: Tabata with cinder blocks 55 seconds AMRAP -man makers -OP -Curls -merkins - 25 -Goblet squats -Chest Press -Bulgarians -merkins - 25 -Swings -Lunges… THE COACH'S BOX · DEC 4, 2025 Backblast! Modified Belle Ringer Q: Ruby Slippers · 7 PAX WARMUP: Set-up for the workout, guys showed up, gave the disclaimer, and we completed SSHx10IC at each station with 1 burpee OYO as the exercise and flow was explained. Came back to the center to start. THE THANG… AMERICAN JACKAL · DEC 1, 2025 Backblast! Date with Cindy Q: Time Machine · 9 PAX WARMUP: Absolutely, too old not to THE THANG: Moseyed to the High School where someone had left some Cindy’s out and a winkie. Had an escalator, 10 reps was the count, adding an exercise after each round. Ran to the… THE FORT · NOV 29, 2025 Backblast! Deck The Halls with reps and running Q: Pauly D · 16 PAX 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… BUSHWOOD · NOV 26, 2025 Backblast! Floats and Floaters Q: Italian Job · 10 PAX 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… SEABISCUIT · NOV 25, 2025 Backblast! Turkey Run Q: Birdcage · 9 PAX 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… AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 24, 2025 Backblast! Rosie’s magical bean ride Q: Rosie · 21 PAX 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 YARD · NOV 22, 2025 Backblast! Practicing Moderation in Moderation Q: Pollo Hermano · 10 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: SSH, CASBAH #2s, IW,HW, Baby Arm Circles fed &back. THE THANG: Squat Line Meat Grinder Teams: 2 teams, 5 men per team Space: Parking lot 40yd length Gear: • 2 identical stacks of 8 exercise cards (one per team)… VARSITY · NOV 21, 2025 Backblast! 2025.47 Varsity Q: Tesh · 7 PAX 3 Doras: Dora 1: 100 Merkins / 200 Squats / 300 LBCs Dora 2: 100 Wide Arms / 200 Apollo Ohnos / 300 Low Dollys Dora 3: 100 Diamonds / 200 Plyo Split Squats / 300 Flutters Run was around the bus loop Sprocket ran-rucked… SOUL TO SOLE · NOV 20, 2025 Backblast! Soul2Sole Q: 63 Bravo · 12 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SEABISCUIT · NOV 18, 2025 Backblast! Callahan Auto Parts Q: Band Camp · 11 PAX WARMUP: not on the books THE THANG: run to Callahan Street and back MARY: not enough time ANNOUNCEMENTS: https://mailchi.mp/c5bc4e848d5d/lorrorq9g6-13584702 COT: was held THE YARD · NOV 1, 2025 Backblast! 7 for 4 corners of 11s Q: 3D · 7 PAX WARMUP: variety THE THANG: 4 corners of 11s corner 1 10 Merkins Lunge walk Corner 2 1 LBC bear crawl Corner 3 10 Squats NUR Corner 4 1 Flutter Run Repeat 9-2-9-2 etc Hip flexors MARY: 5 mins of going around the circle… SEABISCUIT · OCT 28, 2025 Backblast! Gain in the Rain Q: Shaq · 5 PAX Stuck to Massey, loop the school and the TM hill, everyone got between 2-4 loops AMERICAN JACKAL · OCT 27, 2025 Backblast! And then there were 2 Q: Band Camp · 3 PAX WARMUP: Yep. In cadence and everything THE THANG: String of Pearls https://f3nation.com/post/super-21 Hit 3 miles MARY: Just a smidge ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your https://mailchi.mp/b8a57c9f78e2/lorrorq9g6-13584616 COT… THE YARD · OCT 25, 2025 Backblast! You can't out-Merkin a BigMac.. but you Q: Float Bridge · 8 PAX WARMUP: - 25 SSH - 10 Windmills - 15 Imperial Walkers - 10 Moroccan Night Club - Mosey 1 lap around the parking lot THE THANG: 1. Improvement contest -> Record the results 1. 1 minute Merkins 2. 1 minute Big Boy Situps… SOUL TO SOLE · OCT 23, 2025 Backblast! Cannoli walk Q: Halfback · 11 PAX WARMUP: slight slowsy over to our first stop for some imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, and low slow squats THE THANG: got in about 3 miles with a couple of stops. Every ten mins we stopped and did an assortment of… SEABISCUIT · OCT 21, 2025 Backblast! The S of the BOSSmen Q: Spectre · 8 PAX WARMUP: Prerun THE THANG: Neff Ct. To Dudley Dr. Left Dudley Dr. To Felts Parkway Right Felts Parkway To Kings Bottom Dr. Right Kings Bottom Dr. To Callahan Rd. Left Circle around to Kings Bottom and reverse the route…