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527 backblasts mention “Senator Tressel”
JAN 29, 2025
Backblast! 30 / 30
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walker, Honeymooner, Downward Dog, Pigeon THE THANG: Track Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 Squats Run Lap - 30 Plank Jacks / 30 LBC’s Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 BB Sit-ups Bear crawl…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 29, 2025
Backblast! 30 / 30
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Clubs, Imperial Walker, Honeymooner, Downward Dog, Pigeon THE THANG: Track Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 Squats Run Lap - 30 Plank Jacks / 30 LBC’s Run Lap - 30 Merkins / 30 BB Sit-ups Bear crawl…
CURRAHEE · JAN 28, 2025
Backblast! Up and Down Get Around
WARMUP: IW and HW with the Rucks on while we waited for Decible to park THE THANG: head quickly to heart attack hill to do it twice. Along the way we stopped for: (rucks off) 21 Ruck Swings 15 Overhead Press 9 Squat…
JAN 27, 2025
Backblast! DORA remix
WARMUP: 20 SSH 15 Cherry pickers 15 wind mills 15 imperial walkers THE THANG: Mosey to church parking lot DORA - 50 burpees - 300 lbc - 100 Merkins - 200 squats - 400 flutters - Then Terri rounds off: - Bear crawl 30…
ALCATRAZ · JAN 25, 2025
Backblast! cold morning but 1-0 for the day
WARMUP: mosey, windmill, Moroccan night club, peter Parker, imperial walker, merkins THE THANG: Dora 50 merks, 100 lbc, 150 squats, 200 flutters then wall squats somd pull ups, step ups and dips. Then bear crawl, lunges…
THE RANCH · JAN 23, 2025
Backblast! Testimony at The Ranch
Upper body, lower body, Mary with testimony mixed in.
JAN 21, 2025
Backblast! Tour de grounds
WARMUP: mosey to Grace Presbyterian Various exercises in cadence with burpees mixed in. Finished with 10 6-count burpees in cadence before moseying to behind red bowl THE THANG: 7’s - Merkins and Sumo squats - building…
ALCATRAZ · JAN 18, 2025
Backblast! Little bit of rain and jacked up jack w
WARMUP: collected in the parking lot, very quick disclaimer and off we went. Ran a nice big lap around the baseball fields, settled in for some SSH, windmills, low slow squats, and then we went into a Jack Webb. Senator…
SLOW BURN · JAN 17, 2025
Backblast! Galaxies and Manhole Covers
WARMUP: Standard stuff. SSH, IW, Hillbilly Walkers, Merkins, butt-kickers, high-knees THE THANG: Ran to side of Lowes, Partnered up (size not matter) and worked through 8 sets of 80-counts, split between partners. Every…
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…
JAN 14, 2025
Backblast! Daytona 500 with all the smells
WARMUP: SSH Windmill Butt kickers High knees Soccer hips Broga THE THANG: Daytona 500 5 exercises 25 reps each for 4 laps Merkins Squats SSH Calf raises LBCs Total of 500 reps when completed and roughly one mile. With…
JAN 10, 2025
Backblast! Pirateless
No Pirate…. No problem for todays Q as the rest of us figured it out in the fly. I did a 10 minute warmup just make sure we didn’t have any stragglers then Change order took over the next piece. We partnered up and one…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 8, 2025
Backblast! Q-School Jan 2025
WARMUP: Yes, and kept us close cause FTC showed up at 5:22am. This happens when there's more ice on vehicles. If you're gonna run off, do it knowing that a guy could show up late and you'd be leaving him. THE THANG…
JAN 7, 2025
Backblast! Tour De Buffet
WARMUP: Run out back to frozen sludge. Circle up: 15 IW, 15 WM, 15 Cherry Pickers, 15 MC, 15 PP and 15 PP THE THANG: Mosey to apartment round about 20 Monkey Humpers, Mosey to fountain: Bear Crawl around it, Mosey to…
THE RANCH · JAN 2, 2025
Backblast! 8 for 8-block
The Sad Clown’s New Year Resolution Ritual: Picture the sad clown: slumped in his favorite worn-out recliner, late-night infomercials flickering in the dark, fueled by stale chips and good intentions. At the stroke of…
CURRAHEE · DEC 31, 2024
Backblast! Ruck-O-Merkin Mile
WARMUP: SSH hillbilly windmill merks THE THANG: 1+ miles of light post pain station. Rucks with sandbag coupon passes MARY: two rounds ANNOUNCEMENTS: happy new year! COT:
ALCATRAZ · DEC 28, 2024
Backblast! One Word for the Win
WARMUP: Killed some time with usual fare in pkg lot while Mainframe and Pusher fixed the wrinkle in their panties THE THANG: Ran past the golf course (with some exercises along the way) to the lower part of the trail…
DAWN PATROL · DEC 26, 2024
Backblast! Boxing Day Double Q
WARMUP: Boxing Day background from Gump THE THANG: We stayed put in the Amphitheatre the whole 45 mins other than taking turns to run with imaginary box held overhead as the timing device for each exercise. Exercises…
THE RANCH · DEC 26, 2024
Backblast! Burn off the Christmas sweets
WARMUP: SSH 50 Cherry picker 15 THE THANG: 2 laps around school Burpees L1 25 L2 15 Squats L1 & L2 =25 Big boy sit-up L1 25 L2 15 Mike Tyson’s L1 & L2 = 15 Chin ups L1 & L2 = 10 Dips L1 & L2 = 20 Mosey to soccer field…
DEC 24, 2024
Backblast! Christmas Eve Convergence at The Yard
WARMUP: (cake boss): 5 Burpees, SSH, 4 B., Imp.Walk, 3B., HillWalk, 2B, something else, 1B... Count off 1 & 2; Group 1 w/ Farmers Only, Group 2 w/ Suplex Switch Q's at 1/2 mark THE THANG: Group 1 (Farmers only): Group 2…
ALCATRAZ · DEC 21, 2024
Backblast! Festivas for the Rest of us and Christm
WARMUP: traditional THE THANG: feats of strength for Fetivus MARY: Christmas Vacation Trivia ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 16, 2024
Backblast! Hills for the Pax
WARMUP: The Pax were disclaimed (sort of) and did 25 SSH, 10 windmills, and some leg and back stretches to warm up. The group split and the running group left Earthfare and jogged to the Brayden neighborhood. THE THANG…
ALCATRAZ · DEC 14, 2024
Backblast! Bing was in town. It was a real good ti
Bing probably has a much more interesting version of all this, but suffice it to say, it was a good time. I went first half and Bing ended the hour. It's not going to be a great backblast, but it will capture the fact…
DEC 13, 2024
Backblast! The Triangle
WARMUP: Parking lot mosey with 20 SSH IC, 15 Moroccan NC IC, 15 IW IC, 15 HW IC THE THANG: Started at Dollar Tree with 30 Merkins, Mosey to Pet Groomer with 30 Squats, Mosey to Dogtopia with 30 LBC’s. Rinse & Repeat for…