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6@6 · MAY 31, 2025 Backblast! Running with scissors Q: Barry Manilow · 13 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: listening to Twister talk THE THANG: running and listening to Twister talk MARY: was listening to Twister talk ANNOUNCEMENTS: yes, official (corporate was present) COT: yes, pre and post Welcome FNG, Shaqaroni… ALCATRAZ · MAY 31, 2025 Backblast! music cat calls and quadzilla Q: Masterpiece · 5 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to firehouse. Moroccan night club, windmill, hill billy walkers. Merkins, downward dog and honey mooner THE THANG: jog to hill by glclub house with some pain stations plus bear crawled around pickleball… MAY 30, 2025 Backblast! Triangle of Trust (TOT) Q: Half Shell · 3 PAX WARMUP: Mozy around the parking lot followed by Moroccan Night Clubs, Merkins, CDDs THE THANG: Slowzy to the closed dental office and formed a plank line. Completed 4 plank jacks, dips, shoulder taps, and Supermans… SLOW BURN · MAY 30, 2025 Backblast! Slow Cookin' Q: Senator Tressel · 10 PAX WARMUP: Disclaimer and mosey around the Lowes campus. Circle up in about the middle of the parking lot for COP THE THANG: COP (all in cadence) SSH x 20, windmill x 10, squat x 20, merkin x 7/hold/drop to elbows/regular… DAWN PATROL · MAY 29, 2025 Backblast! My Pet Rock Q: Minuteman · 7 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to main road beside the pond, then SSH, Seal Jacks, Windmills THE THANG: Mosey to rip rap pile. PAX picked a rock, then we did 15 in cadence of each: - Derkins (feet on rock) - LBCs (holding rock) … LAZARUS · MAY 29, 2025 Backblast! Bald WOD Q: Rumbling Bald · 10 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Windmill, IW, Honeymooner, Downward Dog THE THANG: Round 1: 20 reps of Merkins, LBC's, Squats - Run Lap 20 reps of Dips, BBS, Monkey Humpers - Run lap 20 reps of SSH, Lunge (10 E/L), Incline Merk. - Run lap… THE COACH'S BOX · MAY 29, 2025 Backblast! 4-Stations for 4-Laws Q: Suplex · 3 PAX WARMUP: SSH, ImpWalkers, HillWalkers, ChPickrs, LSSquats, Up/Down dog, Merkins THE THANG: Sideline to sideline… 10 yard line: tire Flips to other sideline, 50 LBCs, jog back & next station 20 Yd: walking twist Lunges w/… MAY 29, 2025 Backblast! Loops of Clebourne Q: Pusher · 18 PAX Minnow Pond is one of the premier AOs in the Fort. Thanks to NASA for his leadership. YHC was honored to Q the workout and bring some pain to start the day. In addition, I wanted to bring a heartfelt message to the men… THE RANCH · MAY 29, 2025 Backblast! East side no shows Q: Bonsai · 2 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: If you weren’t then you don’t know. Cyclopse and I decided to save the wienkie and ruck instead. Great conversation with shieldlock. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: SOUL TO SOLE · MAY 29, 2025 Backblast! Never skip leg day Q: TINSEL TheFort · 13 PAX WARMUP: 0.8 miles lap around LPL building THE THANG: At the amphitheater, elevens using the concrete steps: 1 step up each leg, 10 calf raises; 2 SU, 9 CR… progressive to 10 SU, 1 CR. Ruck to the building behind Epic… BUSHWOOD · MAY 28, 2025 Backblast! Audibles Q: Beaker · 7 PAX WARMUP: 25 SSH IC, 5 Merkins IC, 5 Peter Parker’s IC, Downward Dog, Upward Dog THE THANG: 30 Burpees 400m run 30 Squats 400m 30 Mike Tyson’s 400m 30 sit-up get ups 400m Called a couple audibles. Dropped the rep count to… RING OF FIRE · MAY 28, 2025 Backblast! Beat the deck #1 Q: Halfback · 16 PAX WARMUP: Quick warmup as we had a lot to cover. Cherry pickers and side straddle hops THE THANG: We had 9 cards face up and needed to guess higher or lower of any pile. Each card had a workout associated with it. You get… DAWN PATROL · MAY 27, 2025 Backblast! The Wetter the Better Q: Double D · 4 PAX WARMUP: Brief COP and stretching by the bandshell THE THANG: We made our way around WEP stopping for fun in some traditional old school ways. From the path along 160 at the far end we Inch Wormed across the field… CURRAHEE · MAY 27, 2025 Backblast! Deck of Cards Q: Sprocket · 5 PAX WARMUP: SSH, CP, WM, Run a lap around the parking lot THE THANG: Worked through a deck of cards 52+2 jokers Hearts - Manmakers Clubs - Ruck Swings Diamonds - Squats Spades - Flutters w/ Press Jokers - Run a lap around… COLOSSEUM · MAY 27, 2025 Backblast! Memorial Day continuation Q: Farmers Only · 11 PAX WARMUP: mosey with ssh and merkins THE THANG: Modified combination of the Danny Dietz and Matthew Axleson hero wods. Lots of running. Lots of reps. MARY: only a little ANNOUNCEMENTS: some COT: yes BLOCK PARTY · MAY 27, 2025 Backblast! Sogg-a-roni Q: Greg Shoney · 4 PAX WARMUP: regular with some added stretches THE THANG: long mosey to WEP covered pavilion. Dora followed by a loop with jump squats at every bench. Mosey back then. Mary MARY: pax took turns ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: MAY 27, 2025 Backblast! Autobahn Virgin Q Q: Autobahn · 6 PAX WARMUP: 15 Wind mill 15 Hill Billy walkers 15 cherry pickers 20 Squats 20 Merkins THE THANG Mosey to the back of Harris Teeter (HT) • “Cocaine Bear Crawl” (in groups of 3): 1 round of bear crawl per person Meanwhile… AMERICAN JACKAL · MAY 26, 2025 Backblast! Memorial Day at American Jackal Q: Rosie · 6 PAX WARMUP: SsH, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan night clubs, Cherry picker, low slow squat THE THANG: 5 stations, we honored a fallen soldier to start each station. 5 minutes of work at each Station 1: Spc. Joseph Nurre… SWEEP THE LEG · MAY 26, 2025 Backblast! Dynamic Memorial Day Q: Sasquatch · 7 PAX THE THANG: run ~1/4 mile to cones (lunge walk between cones); run ~1/4 mile to cones (toy soldiers between cones); run ~1/4 mile to cones (side shuffle between cones); run ~1/4 mile to cones (skip between cones); run… MAY 26, 2025 Backblast! Pre Murph Workout Q: Kaiser · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, overhead claps THE THANG: the Griff - 800 meter run, 400 meter backwards run, 2 rounds. Moved to bleaches for some stair work and dips, finished with a circuit of overhead presses and ab work… TRAINING GROUND · MAY 25, 2025 Backblast! New sidewalks! Q: Crystal Lake · 3 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Took Massey to Harris, then Jackson and into WEP to check out the new sidewalks in the woods MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: 6@6 · MAY 24, 2025 Backblast! Running with Stang Q: Stang · 8 PAX WARMUP: maybe THE THANG: running MARY: would have probably written her own backblast ANNOUNCEMENTS: maybe COT: video proof exists THE YARD · MAY 24, 2025 Backblast! Boys brought it to the yard Q: Greg Shoney · 5 PAX WARMUP: 2.5 mile pre-run THE THANG: ladder then four corners MARY: some ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: VARSITY · MAY 23, 2025 Backblast! Splash Mountain Q: Time Machine · 5 PAX WARMUP: MNC, IW, Windmills, HW (Poor cadence on YHC part, was distracted by Slash’s flirting) THE THANG: Moseyed to benches, 2 rounds or 10 Dips/urkins/derkins. Moseyed to cafeteria picnic tables, 2 rounds of 20 Step…