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TRAINING GROUND · APR 6, 2025 Backblast! How fast can you walk up Harris Q: Crystal Lake · 4 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Jackson to Harris, over past the Print Shop and did the fishbowl twice, then took the back way around to COT MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT: THE YARD · APR 5, 2025 Backblast! Circle of intensity Q: Float Bridge · 7 PAX WARMUP: Windmill Morrocan nightclub Imperial walker THE THANG: Circle of intensity 45 sec exercise 20 second rest Squat jack Side straddle hop Windmill Plank jack Seal jack You pick Merkin Mountain climber Shoulder taps… ALCATRAZ · APR 5, 2025 Backblast! Cuomo Murder Bunnied the PAX Q: Cuomo · 6 PAX WARMUP: murder bunnies THE THANG: Cindy’s then Cindy’s MARY: had no mercy on us ANNOUNCEMENTS: fast 5 COT: THE FORT · APR 5, 2025 Backblast! AKA - the tour continues Q: Cyclops · 7 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to the swing & do an exercise In c cadence all the way around the park - 9 stations, 9 exercises - .6 miles. Warmup complete THE THANG: At the hill behind the restroom building - 10 squats at the bottom… APR 4, 2025 Backblast! Gear WO at The Stockade 12 PAX WARMUP: Short mosey around the COT parking lot followed by SSHsx25inCadence, WMsx5inCadence, HWsx5inCadence, CPsx7inCadence, IWsx5inCadence, next moseyed to our lifting stations where each exercise was explained, then… VARSITY · APR 4, 2025 Backblast! 2 is better than 1 Q: Kaiser · 2 PAX WARMUP: light stretching and mosey THE THANG: mosey / walk around NAFO - 2nd and 3rd F discussion MARY: no ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: prayers for RB kids and marriage SLOW BURN · APR 4, 2025 Backblast! Stations of the Cross Q: Twister · 10 PAX WARMUP: No warm up THE THANG: The assembled PAX executed 14 different excercises while the appropriate scripture was read at each station. Sadly the Winke was taken by spitz to read at quiet time during school MARY: :05… THE HIVE · APR 4, 2025 Backblast! Kettlebells: The Great American Pastime Q: Half Shell · 11 PAX WARMUP: mountain climbers, overhead claps, merkins, CDDs THE THANG: Mozy to the adjacent parking lot where bases and cones were setup to form a baseball field. (Happy Hour’s and my son play on the same baseball team)… DAWN PATROL · APR 3, 2025 Backblast! $100,000 Pyramid (Scheme) Q: Minuteman · 5 PAX WARMUP: Seal Jacks, Moroccan Nightclubs, Cherry Pickers, Windmills THE THANG: The amphitheater has 11 stone “benches”. An index card with 2 exercises was placed on each stone. One at a time, a pax bear-crawled to a… LAZARUS · APR 3, 2025 Backblast! Believe it or Not….He’s Alive and well! Q: Cake Boss · 15 PAX WARMUP: transitional COP (Circle of Pain) Mosey about 150 yards and circle up 10 or so exercise moves 10-15 reps each In cadence THE THANG: Mosey to back of theatre and gather at bottom of lot Jacobs ladder or 7’s with… THE COACH'S BOX · APR 3, 2025 Backblast! Accelerating all 3Fs Q: Kaiser · 3 PAX WARMUP: short warmup - side straddle hops, planks, and downward dog/ honeymooner stretches THE THANG: 20 minutes - 3 rounds of (20) overhead presses, (20) swings, (20) CDDs, and (20) bent over rows…with another 120… THE RANCH · APR 3, 2025 Backblast! 44 - HBD Spectre! Q: Sasquatch · 3 PAX WARMUP: plank, upward dog<>downward dog, merkins, updog<>downdog, peter parker, updog<>downdog, parker peter, updog<>downdog, plank jacks, updog<>downdog, child's pose/prayer stretch straight/L/R, updog<>downdog Mosey… SOUL TO SOLE · APR 3, 2025 Backblast! The Legs Feed The Wolf Q: Halfback · 8 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hop, Flutter Kicks THE THANG: 3.4 mile ruck with pain stations MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Fastest 5k, Bethel Mens Shelter COT: KITCHEN SINK · APR 2, 2025 Backblast! A TO B Q: Pollo Hermano · 6 PAX WARMUP: - 15 SSH - 15 CASBAH #2s - 15 IW - 15HW THE THANG: We grabbed our trusty sandbags and shuffled to the first light pole “A” by COT. Destination “A TO B” even though Halfback, Wooden Leg and @3-Way were missing…… BUSHWOOD · APR 2, 2025 Backblast! Take me back to God’s country Q: Liberty Bibberty · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH IMP WALKERS HILLBILLY WALKERS (Morgan Wallen tribute) Low slow squats Merkins Burpees (2 count) Moroccan nightclub Michael Phelps Broga THE THANG: Parking lot crawl Increase by 2 per space Merkins Squats CDD… RING OF FIRE · APR 2, 2025 Backblast! Q school at ROF Q: Senator Tressel · 8 PAX Five students attended Q school, and 3 runners posted at NAFO this morning. This is what they did: WARMUP: Disclaimer and slow Mosey around NAFO parking lot. Circle up for COP THE THANG: COP: SSH x 30, windmill x 10… DAWN PATROL · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! Dawn Patrol Q: backdraft · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: Ruck with stops doing 10 merkins, 10 upright rows, 10 squats MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: prayers for parents, kids SEABISCUIT · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! Run and Ruck in Massey Q: Float Bridge · 6 PAX WARMUP: THE THANG: 2xRuckers 4xRunners Great weather for a 4+ mile run through Massey. Good conversations helps the miles slip by. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Luca fast 5k Cannoli Run Bethel Men’s Shelter COT: CURRAHEE · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! Back to the Ruck Q: Grassy Knoll · 5 PAX WARMUP: Intro, disclaimer and we are off. Walked to the back lot for the first warmup. Rucks on for 15 reps of MNC, Micheal Phelps and circles. Then we head around to the Amphitheater. More warm ups with rucks off. 15… COLOSSEUM · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! I can’t feel my legs Q: Crystal Lake · 7 PAX WARMUP: - 10 Moroccan nightclubs - 10 cherry pickers - 10 windmills - 10 Imperial walkers - 10 Hillbilly walkers Mosey, stop at benches and do irkins, mosey, stop by basketball court, low slow squats, mosey to wall… SNAKE PIT · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! 50, in air quotes, percent better at th Q: Brawny - The Fort · 5 PAX WARMUP: 10 Moroccan nightclubs, 10 Windmills, 10 side straddle hops THE THANG: 2 times through this stuff! 1. 50 Calf Raises then 50+ yd-ish Mosey w/ KB, 2. 50 Goblet Squats Sumo style then 50+ yd-ish Mosey w/ KB, 3. 50… THE BALLROOM · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! Not Many Fooled on April 1st. Q: Old Bay · 6 PAX Run to opposite side parking lot of school for Dynamic Warmup: - SSH x15 - IW (high) x15 => High Knee - Seal Jacks x15 - Windmills x10 => Butt Kickers - Merkins x10 - Dry Docks x10=> Shuffle L/R - Low Slow Squat x20 The… BLOCK PARTY · APR 1, 2025 Backblast! AKA ‘25 at Block Party Q: Skipper · 11 PAX WARMUP: Mosey to vet clinic parking lot. SSH, LSS, MNC, Merkin, Down Dog, Up Dog THE THANG: Mosey to large parking lot at the corner of Confederate and Monroe White for a DORA. - 100 Mike Tyson (MOT - Run to far side of… APR 1, 2025 Backblast! April fools Q: Masterpiece · 8 PAX WARMUP: mosey.. The Windmill, Moroccan Night Club, Imperial Walker, Merkins, downward dog, the honeymooner THE THANG: brick wall, 1x20 step ups each leg, 20 erkins, 20 dips. 5 sets of 3 x10 Merkins, LBC, box cutters run…