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333 backblasts mention “Italian Job”
BLOCK PARTY · FEB 4, 2025
Backblast! EMOM
WARMUP: SSHx20, Hillbilly Walker x 10, Imperial Walker x 10, Merkin IC x 10, Plank toe touches IC x 5 THE THANG: Ran up the hill Did the following exercises EMOM. - Run down and back up the hill EMOM for 10 min - 15…
AMERICAN JACKAL · FEB 3, 2025
Backblast! Hand off hut hut
Handoff to Rosie!
THE BALLROOM · JAN 28, 2025
Backblast! Music, Merkins, and Moroccan Night Club
Six Booters and four Ruckers converged on Ball Room this morning for a music-themed workout. Conditions were cold and wet (33 and foggy). Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) Mosey…
JAN 27, 2025
Backblast! Push through whether your life is in or
WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclubs - Cherry pickers - Windmill - Hillbilly walker Mosey around loop, karaoke, mosey, karaoke, mosey. Stop at curb and 10 inclined merkins on curb in cadence, mosey over to the pull up bars and…
JAN 24, 2025
Backblast! Pretty warm for 17
WARMUP: pledge THE THANG: mosey over to Academy and Monroe white Hill pendulum from parking lot to parking lot on Monroe white - 10 jump squats/squats at the top of one hill, 2 kraken burpees at MW and academy , 10…
KITCHEN SINK · JAN 22, 2025
Backblast! The Safe Sink
WARMUP: A little of this, a little of that... THE THANG: We took our rucks and sandbags and traveled to the top of gentle slope of the entrance to the school in the hopes of finding a less icy spot. We were…
SWEEP THE LEG · JAN 20, 2025
Backblast! Run up the Hill "Again"!
WARMUP: none THE THANG: run over toward school into cul de sac where Decibel had his office. Run down to the bottom of road where street lights are before school. Run back up the hill to cul de sac. Exercises at top and…
KITCHEN SINK · JAN 15, 2025
Backblast! Carry the heavy stuff, makes carrying t
Buy-In: 10 Man-Makers, 20 weighted squats, 30 SSH + Mosey around parking lot Lunge Walk the back of the school, ~200 yds: - 20 merkins in cadence - Lunge walk 20 paces with sandbag racked on back - 10 low slow merkins…
BLOCK PARTY · JAN 14, 2025
Backblast! If not now, then when?
It was a crisp 25 degrees as YHC walked up to the shovel flag just after 0500hrs. Some of The Fort's finest, but not all, began to arrive in varying conditions. DISCLAIMER: The mumblechatter started early, YHC felt…
JAN 13, 2025
Backblast! Hang on tight
WARMUP: one dialed back round of the workout THE THANG: Hero WOD for Danish Army Sgt. Rene Jakobsen. Called for 7 rounds of 400 m run, 21 walking lunges, 15 pull ups and 9 burpees. We did 8 rounds and finished it with a…
KITCHEN SINK · JAN 12, 2025
Backblast! Toss and Carry
WARMUP: 10 merkins. Lap around the lot to go through the workout. THE THANG: A big lap around the soccer field with four stations. Each station had 30 reps of an exercise and then one partner would toss the bag while…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JAN 6, 2025
Backblast! Bounty Hunter return to the gloom
Bounty Hunter (Slackless) had far too few coupons and led us through a "pass the weights around" board of pain. When we had enough, we moseied around the Site choosing our own exercises in cadence. My man Bounty was a…
THE FORT · JAN 4, 2025
Backblast! Fun at the Fort
Six for sixty minutes of cold, conversation, and calisthenics. Temp was a balmy 25 for Bacon and Deep Dish’s first workout. Welcome brothers. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 15 Side Straddle Hops (IC) - 15 Imperial…
THE HIVE · DEC 27, 2024
Backblast! Alive at The Hive
Four of us felt alive at The Hive this morning. Conditions were as cool as Happy Hour’s outfit, Skipper’s truck, and well, Tesh (45 and clear). Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Low Slow…
DEC 20, 2024
Backblast! 3 Jolly Friends
WARMUP: Peta lead the group with a slow and steady warmup. Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walker, and SSH. THE THANG: Half Shell took a mosey and we stayed near the original parking lot for a 12 days of…
DEC 3, 2024
Backblast! Fun at the Corral
8 left the warmth of the fartsack for the cold of the Gloom (25 degree real feel). It started cold but we warmed up fast with a full-body beatdown and epic mumblechatter. Here’s what we did. Warm Up - 10 Low Slow Squats…
NOV 25, 2024
Backblast! Simple, but not easy
A frozen dozen met at The Honey Badger for a simple but not easy beatdown. Here’s what we did: - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Plank Jacks (IC) - 10 Alternating Shoulder Taps (IC) - Mosey to Track Capoot Hero WOD…
KITCHEN SINK · NOV 20, 2024
Backblast! Failure is fine
WARMUP: Gathered with our sandbags and left those for a quick mosey after a quick disclaimer. Came back for SSH, windmills, low slow squats, merkins, cherry pickers. THE THANG: Came back to our sandbags and took our…
SNAKE PIT · NOV 19, 2024
Backblast! Fun and Run
Three of us spent some time with our bells at Snake Pit. Conditions were perfect (49 and clear). Here’s what we did: Warm Up: - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Low Slow Squats (IC) - 10 Mountain Climbers (IC) Grab your…
NOV 5, 2024
Backblast! The Smokin Damp Pain Gain
WARMUP: Mosey around the parking lot, SSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, Moroccan NC, and Strawberry Pickers. THE THANG: Phase 1: 2 Rounds of Cheese Shredder Phase 2: 2 Rounds of Wall Sits and Balls to the Wall Phase 3…
NOV 1, 2024
Backblast! Too much candy
WARMUP: Quick Mosey around HT parking lot to pick up Cubbie who came in hot THE THANG: Mosey to the bottom of Grant Farm Drive by the fountain. 11s called where PAX will do 1 squat at the bottom and 10 BBSU at the top…
OCT 29, 2024
Backblast! Burpee Buffet
The darkness of the Corral did not stop 6 men from attending this morning's beatdown. Disclaimer, 5 core principles for the FNG then short mosey for COP. Windmills x10 Burpee/SSH comb 1/4 Imperial Walkers x15 Burpee/SSH…
OCT 15, 2024
Backblast! Smells like Teen Spirit. Wait, no, it s
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walker Hillbilly Walker Windmill Cherry Picker Peter Parker THE THANG: Millenial workout Do 100 reps of an exercise, 10 exercises total. After each exercise, run 100m lap 1.) Burpees (these were…
BLOCK PARTY · OCT 1, 2024
Backblast! The Kickoff of the Funhouse Farewell To
WARMUP: I am certain we warmed up. THE THANG: It occurred to me as I sat to write this, that I have no idea (since it was a MONTH ago) what all we did that morning. I usually have a plan written out ahead that I either…