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THE COACH'S BOX · SEP 11, 2025
Backblast! Remember 9/11 - Honor The Sacrifice
WARMUP: No. THE THANG: Grab your sandbag, shoulder it and run 5 laps around the perimeter of the parking lot, totaling an estimated 2,001m. Start at the parking lot "goal line": Pick up your sandbag, run 20yds, 24…
BLOCK PARTY · SEP 9, 2025
Backblast! Weinke Routine at Block Party
WARMUP: mosey, Shuffle, butt kickers, high knees THE THANG: exercises in cadence Routine 1 - merkins - Seal jacks - Derkins - Moroccan night clubs - Hand release merks - Overhead claps - Incline merks - Donkey kicks…
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…
LAZARUS · AUG 28, 2025
Backblast! Whats the point of this
Sometimes I wonder if a 'backblast' is important. Yes, I can here the admins now screaming their doctoral rhetoric at their phone screens. 'Its for new guys to get ideas', 'Its to share with people that weren't there'…
BUSHWOOD · AUG 27, 2025
Backblast! No lube needed
So here's the thing, I missed a few guys. Not bc I don't appreciate my fans, but bc I was having oxygen issues in the brain and the video evidence was maliciously destroyed. The 4 headed monster(ish) was fantastic and…
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…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 20, 2025
Backblast! ALLTHUMBS!!!
Arrived early to pick up Cindy and her friends ( just more Cindys ). After the party favors were loaded in the truck I drove to the band practice lot, needed 25yard spacing, why reinvent the wheel. As I was setting up…
BLOCK PARTY · AUG 19, 2025
Backblast! Three lessons and……burpees
WARMUP: Mosey to Kimbrell’s parking lot. The following exercises in candence with burpees in between. Windmills Cherry Pickers Imperial Walkers Hillbilly Walkers Seal Jacks Side Straddle Hops THE THANG: Mosey to the…
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…
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…
BUSHWOOD · AUG 13, 2025
Backblast! BushHolePit. Best if used on or before
17 men, 3 Ruckers and 14 of The Ungovernable, came to BushHolePit to celebrate National Left-Handers Day. Or just to workout. Whichever. WARMUP: Like we needed it warmer out there. But we did do a little moseying…
THE BALLROOM · AUG 12, 2025
Backblast! Grab hold of an Expensed Footlong and l
'Twas a damp, but not raining, morning and a group of elder statesman of The Fort came together to discuss rising prices and the good old days. A trip past a few light poles with merkins and squats got the blood…
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…
ALCATRAZ · AUG 9, 2025
Backblast! The Traz - 080925
WARMUP: Probably some. THE THANG: We ran to the Golf Club and back and did a lot of dumb stuff on the way... there were bear crawls around the circle in front of the clubhouse, carrying rocks up and down the cart path…
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…
JUL 31, 2025
Backblast! Multiples of 5
WARMUP: Mosey to Print Shop THE THANG: 5 pull-ups at the Print Shop. Run to parking lot at the corner of Williamson St and Watson St. for 10 merkins Down Williamson St hill to Fort Mill COG for 15 LBCs Up Academy St for…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 30, 2025
Backblast! Rings and Fires - 30JUN2025
WARMUP: Like we needed that. It was like 1000 degrees with 900% humidity. Warm? Yeah... we were covered. THE THANG: Grab a block. Head to the track. 5 manmakers (blockees) 10 goblet squats 15 curls 20 flutter w/press…
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 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…