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199 backblasts mention “Pollo Hermano”
SOUL TO SOLE · MAR 27, 2025
Backblast! Heavy Burden’s
WARMUP: Moroccan Night Clubs, Cherry Pickers THE THANG: 2.5 mile Ruck around Kingsley starting w/stairs at the Edward Jones building and shared heavy burdens throughout (i.e. 70 lbs, and 60 lbs sandbags). Plus 200 sumo…
KITCHEN SINK · MAR 26, 2025
Backblast! Rinse and repeat
WARMUP: Yep THE THANG: 10 deadlift mosey to next station 10 deadlift, 10 row, mosey back to first station 10 deadlift mosey to next station 10 deadlift, 10 row mosey to next station 10 deadlift, 10 row, 10 cleans mosey…
COLOSSEUM · MAR 25, 2025
Backblast! Badly Broken Chicken Dance
WARMUP: 12 SSH 12 CASBAH #2s 12 Walking Jacks THE THANG: Mosey to the rocks- Grab your rock and OJ to the light pole and back 1 Burpee Grab your rock and OJ to the light pole and back 2 Burpees Grab your rock and OJ to…
CURRAHEE · MAR 18, 2025
Backblast! Ass Kicking April Kickstart
WARMUP: 20 Squats buy-in THE THANG: Ruck to Walmart parking lot with pain stations along the way: - Incline merkins - Squats - T planks - Merkins - Dips MARY: Yes
THE HIVE · MAR 14, 2025
Backblast! 2025 - SLT Disruption
WARMUP: full crew in cadence 65ish SSH for the 65 dudes that were in the circle Imperial Walkers Hillbilly Walkers Peter Parker Split to boot camp and kettlebells THE THANG: Bootcamp: - Buy-in: 20 bomb jacks, 20 donkey…
CLYDESDALES · MAR 12, 2025
Backblast! That 3.0 miles was really 3.76 miles
THE THANG: Run down and up Harris Street to WEP and back - 3.3 Mi Above plus Banks St and back - 5.0 miles COT: Share heavy stuff in COT. Others have been there before to guide you through. Be aware of others’ peaks…
KITCHEN SINK · MAR 5, 2025
Backblast! Pillars of Pain - Part II
No warm-ups, straight to the pillars. Partner exercise. Partner 1 started at Pillar 1 (Squat Thrusters), Partner 2 started at Pillar 17 ( Bent over Rows). Reps = Pillar #. Once Partner 2 completes reps, flip flops with…
CURRAHEE · MAR 4, 2025
Backblast! Making friends with a sandbag
WARMUP: - SSH / CP / IW / WM THE THANG: - mosey to traffic light - traveling PAX with sandbag to light pole, remaining PAX do exercise chosen by traveling PAX - back to COT - Jack-Webb with ruck 10-40 Merkin-OHC MARY: …
SOUL TO SOLE · FEB 27, 2025
Backblast! Back last! Rucking VQ with GAME!
WARMUP: SSH and the Kasbah #2s THE THANG: 12 was the rep count for all work to honor LEOs including my nephew. Ruck over to railing facing the lake and some hopping merkins until we got to the stairs. Up the stairs and…
SOUL TO SOLE · FEB 20, 2025
Backblast! Rucking with Pain Stations
3 1/2 Kingsley loops Pain stations at the turns of the loop, shuffles at the top and bottom lengths, discussion around jester.
CURRAHEE · FEB 18, 2025
Backblast! 2-18 Doras and light poles galore
WARMUP: step off at 0500 to the side lot of TCES Exercises in cadence: Side straddle hops Windmills Imperial walkers Cherry pickers Seal jacks Merkins w/rucks on THE THANG: Doras and light poles Dora with a partner: 100…
THE ARMORY · FEB 17, 2025
Backblast! The Gauntlet: Strength & Stride
WARMUP: 15-Moroccan night clubs 15-Overhead Claps 15-Imperial walker 10-Wind mills THE THANG: Slosey to the entrance 15 KB curls 15 KB overhead presses 10 KB rows each arm Run to the 1st cone: 5 merkins Run back to the…
SOUL TO SOLE · FEB 13, 2025
Backblast! Singing in the Rain ?️
WARMUP: Get out of our cars as it was freezing rain and lightning out. THE THANG: Ruck up and hit Kingsley loops for 2.71mi with about 6 stops for squats and lunges MARY: N/A ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yeager and Christmas Party…
RING OF FIRE · FEB 12, 2025
Backblast! Poop virus
WARMUP: Because it's 35 degrees and raining, we will warm up SSH Low Slow Merkins Peter parkers Low slow squats Run a lap THE THANG: Every Minute on the Minute: 10 burpees Until failure After failure: Run a lap of shame…
CURRAHEE · FEB 11, 2025
Backblast! dusting the rust off
Basic warmup - Ruck off - In cadence SSH WM IW MNC LSS Stragglers coming in hot Ruck around lot Starfish -easy version ruck on - March between points and center Center- 10x merkins points - 15x squats, good mornings…
CURRAHEE · FEB 10, 2025
Backblast! Just because you are at the top...
WARMUP: SSH Welcome the FNG Low slow squats Low slow merkins Mountain climbers THE THANG: Capture fort playground: Bear crawl up the ramps on the play ground. Get out before the cops show up. Attack the hill At the…
THE ARMORY · FEB 10, 2025
Backblast! I stole this Q from MeCa on Backblast,
WARMUP: SSH Little baby arm circles Reverse Cherry pickers Imperial walkers Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: Listened to Metallica, Greatest Hits before Black Album Mini progressive ladders Ladders are in groups of 3…
SOUL TO SOLE · FEB 6, 2025
Backblast! Rucking with…….thoughts, a Socratic and
WARMUP: Nope - off at 0500 THE THANG: Ruck and insert exercises at different points along the 3 mile route. Merkins with ruck on Calf raises Peter Parker’s Parker Peter’s Incline merkins with Ruck on Squats Lunge walks…
RING OF FIRE · FEB 5, 2025
Backblast! Q School at RoF - Leadership
YHC was honored to lead the Pax at Q School at Ring of Fire. T-claps to Cake Boss for leading this monthly event in an effort to standardize the Q across the region. While well suited for FNGs as part of the onboarding…
JAN 28, 2025
Backblast! Blimps at the GC
Short disclaimer then jog around back of center for warm-ups. Normal stuff: SSHs, imperial Walker's, low slow squats, merkins, Peter Parkers, Parker Peter's, and MNCs. Mosey to back hill for accumulating BLIMPS. 5…
SOUL TO SOLE · JAN 23, 2025
Backblast! Back to School
5 brave men beat the fart sack and trekked close four miles. Took a trip back to School to check in at the coaches box. THE THANG: Trek to the School 20 Low Slow Squats 20 Lunges x 2 20 Mountain Climbers Trek back to…
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…
SOUL TO SOLE · JAN 16, 2025
Backblast! Mumbleruck
WARMUP: We couldn't seem to no matter what we did THE THANG: 3.8 mile ruck around Kingsley MARY: OH Press, Flutter Thrust ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel, Dam to Damn, Wine Tasting, RYN COT: Always
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…