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ALCATRAZ · DEC 13, 2025
Backblast! Alcatraz
Normal warm-ups with lap around park. Partner up for Lazy Dora. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs. P1 does 10 merkins while P2 holds plank. Keep switching until 100 cumulative. P1 does 20 squats while P2 holds Al Gore…
DEC 12, 2025
Backblast! Kicking Ass & Chewing Bubble Gum
Driving around FM the night before running errands and thinking about my Q at the Stockade. Reviewed a few BBs and didn't see any references to coupons. Messaged The Pirate, who was Qing at Varsity, and asked if I could…
KITCHEN SINK · DEC 10, 2025
Backblast! 12 days of Christmas Sandbag version
Moved over behind school to the playground and basketball courts WARMUP: SSH Hillbilly walkers Low slow squats Broga Shoulder taps Mountain climbers Arm circles THE THANG: 12 days of Christmas Just like the song…
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 8, 2025
Backblast! Adding Gardenia
WARMUP: Not typically done at this AO. Try to get here early enough to manage yourself. THE THANG: Run towards Gardenia every stop sign we did and additional merkin starting with 1. There are 10 stop signs. 7s on the…
ALCATRAZ · DEC 6, 2025
Backblast! LATE, LATE BACKBLAST
WARMUP: Disclaimer and mosey out of the park, loop around Windward and back to the Runde parking lot THE THANG: COP (all in cadence): SSH x 25, windmill x 10, morrocan night club x 25, squat x 25, mountain climber x 25…
DEC 5, 2025
Backblast! Rain Again
2 at The Stockade for a little rain and cold morning workout. We did your typical warmups and moseyed around the AO. Stops at the gas station, traffic circle, and fountain for some step ups, squats, and merkins…
DEC 4, 2025
Backblast! Park to Calhoun
WARMUP: it was cold. we'll warm up on the run THE THANG: cover distance stop for: 5 burpees 10 merkins 15 squats added some lunges once did some leg lifts after a muscle up twice bear crawled the length of Calhoun St…
KITCHEN SINK · DEC 3, 2025
Backblast! Diaper Board Circuits
WARMUP: SSH, Bent over Rows, sandbag hear hug with a march. mosey around the lot with some shuffles, high knees and butt kickers THE THANG: 3 circuits. 10 minutes each. 1st circuit - 4 exercises -Bear hug squats x15…
CURRAHEE · DEC 2, 2025
Backblast! Wet Tour of Tega Cay
WARMUP: none THE THANG: Brisk walk and some shuffling down Gold Hill, past ao-golden-corral, down 160 to Walmart where we met fishstix and Halfback (GB) for some squats and up Hubert Graham to the awning at the school…
COLOSSEUM · DEC 2, 2025
Backblast! Blue Light Special
Rainy and cold morning. Chatted with Crystal Lake yesterday about meeting at Walmart. Glad I was not part of his fast paced Q. Started our journey to Walmart, stopping at a few light posted for exercises. As we crossed…
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! What it is to be a Good Man
WARMUP: In Cadence: Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers & Windmills. Counted off. THE THANG: Took off for a basic run and boot. 3.02 miles with stops along the way. Pain Station stops included: merkins…
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…
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…
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…
ALCATRAZ · NOV 22, 2025
Backblast! Back to Skool
WARMUP: Moroccan nightclubs Windmills Cherry pickers Hillbilly walkers Mosey around park, stopping for merkins, calf raises, then down the big hill in back for some low slow squats and Mime Tyson’s, then back up the…
NOV 21, 2025
Backblast! End of the Road
WARMUP: Yea, this is important. SSH IW HW Plank sequence Included some dynamic stretching THE THANG: String of Pearls 5 burpees 10 merkins 15 squats 20 lunges 25 ....... something added an exercises each stop. (e.g…
THE RANCH · NOV 20, 2025
Backblast! Doom Loop
Started with a mosey run Warmup: SSH, Windmills, Imp walkers, Moroccan N/C, low slow squats, arm circles, peter parkers, plank stretches. Doom Loop: start on the line with 5 burpees, run to the wall and climb up/over…
KITCHEN SINK · NOV 19, 2025
Backblast! Heavy
WARMUP: A little broga THE THANG: A long mosey with rucksacks and sandbags. 2 miles-ish MARY: NA ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your newsletter COT: It is what it is… Sometimes you get a little lazy and sleep in for a few days or…
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…
THE YARD · NOV 15, 2025
Backblast! Lots of Lightposts
Five men showed up on a crisp morning right before sunrise. We moseyed out to the main road stopping at each light pole for an exercise. The rep count was low so we focused on good form. We headed back to the school…
NOV 14, 2025
Backblast! Execute, execute, execute!
We had 13 this morning for a full-body beatdown at The Stockade. Here’s what we did. Warm-Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Plank Jacks (IC) - 10 Merkins The Thang - Serpentine the HT Parking…