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JAN 2, 2025
Backblast! Crazy 21s
WARMUP: it’s minnow pond. So, no THE THANG: Fast pace 3.75ish miles stopping to do Super 21s. That’s 1 merkin, 1 squat, 2 merkins, 2 squats, etc. up to 21 merkins, 21 squats. 231 total reps: n(n-1)/2 is the formula if…
THE BALLROOM · DEC 31, 2024
Backblast! Stack up at the Ballroom
WARMUP: Yes - SSH, Squats, Merks, and stretching THE THANG: Stack it up with step ups, calf raises, Merks, Shoulder Taps, Big Boys, core work with several laps completed in between sets. Pax kept adding an exercise for…
SLOW BURN · DEC 27, 2024
Backblast! Sugar cookie removal
WARMUP: Lap around Lowe's stopping 4 time for various warm up exercises. THE THANG: Split PAX into 2 teams. Each team has a stack of cards on other side of lot with a team exercise and a hold exercise. 1 PAX from each…
COLOSSEUM · DEC 17, 2024
Backblast! Coliseum- 12/17/2024
WARMUP: ssh,cherry pickers, windmills, shoulder taps, mountain climbers THE THANG: poles. 1st pole 1 merkin 2nd pole 2 merkins up to 10. On way back 1 burpee 2 burpee etc… Mosey to tables 10 reps of slow squats, step up…
THE FORT · DEC 14, 2024
Backblast! Cake Boss has a big Wenkie ?
WARMUP: Arriving to the joyful sounds of Christmas music (not holiday music) PAX woke up and stretched and were ready roll at The Fort. Prestone not an FNG but Kotter to the fort joined us from Cooanado California and…
RING OF FIRE · NOV 27, 2024
Backblast! Q has manners. Today
WARMUP: stretch, SSH, Mtn. climbers, sherry pickers, ssh THE THANG: Track work- 1sr lap stopping at 4 corners merkins, diamond, wide arm, shoulder tap- 2nd lap squats, alt lunges, jump squats, sumo squats 3rd lap big…
THE ARMORY · NOV 25, 2024
Backblast! Prep for turkey leg lifts
WARMUP: little of this little of that THE THANG: 4 rounds-goblet squats, right arm press, left arm press, right side row, left side row- mosey- 4 rounds swings, clean and press, high pull, deadlift- mosey- 3 reds. Step…
VARSITY · NOV 22, 2024
Backblast! cold start
- WARMUP: Mosey 1/4 mile around the track - Dynamic stretches: - Arm circles (10 forward, 10 backward) - High knees (20 seconds) - Butt kicks (20 seconds) THE THANG: Circuit 1 (2 rounds): - Run 1/4 mile (moderate pace)…
SLOW BURN · NOV 8, 2024
Backblast! Slowburn 11/08/2024
WARMUP: mosey, SSH, windmill, arm circles, IWs, Peter parkers THE THANG:big boy, flutters, A.H.s, plank jacks, Mtn. Climbers X2 merkins, dips, squats-, alternating lunges, CDDs (20, 15, 10) MARY: multiple ANNOUNCEMENTS…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 22, 2024
Backblast! Guys don’t curtsy
Kept it simple, a little mosey warmup then did some crazy curtsy lunges. A lot of them. Butt was sore for days. Lots of leg exercises to help with running for later in week. We also did a good bit of an work. Finished…
THE FORT · OCT 19, 2024
Backblast! Old school at the Fort
The Fort is where it all started…need I say more. For many of the Pax of the Fort, this was their first post and it set the tone their journey since that time. While the Fort has multiplied many times over since it…
THE RANCH · OCT 17, 2024
Backblast! Going old school
WARMUP: 33 and 11…we did this twice. 33 SSH followed by 11 burpees. We did this at COT then ran over to the front of the school about .25 miles away and did 33 and 11 again. Ran all the way to the back of the school and…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 15, 2024
Backblast! Cindy is missing!!!
Did a warmup near shovel flag as we anticipated the arrival of our fearless Q. SSH, windmills, shoulder taps, Imperial Walkers and Peter Parker’s. Decided we would take a mosey down to the next stop for a few other…
THE BALLROOM · OCT 8, 2024
Backblast! Not all abs are in 6 packs
WARMUP: We did some SSH, some windmills, some imperial and hillbilly walkers, some Moroccan nightclubs and a few more SSH since I accidentally stopped early with the first set… THE THANG: Shuttle run style workout on…
THE RANCH · SEP 29, 2024
Backblast! Ranch REN and stimpy
WARMUP: THE THANG: MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
THE FORT · SEP 28, 2024
Backblast! Fort 12 Year Anniversary
THE THANG: Liberty led boot camp, 3D led Kettlebell and Time Machine led run MARY: Dark Helmet rambled about cadence and people not keeping up with the rhythm of his glorious mane ANNOUNCEMENTS: NASA presented the…
SEP 26, 2024
Backblast! Dynamic suo
WARMUP: usuals THE THANG: dick Webb (pull ups- merkins) wall sits with burpee broadjumps, other leg exercises with walking lunges and sprints MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: convergence/acceleration project/trash pick up COT…
SEP 23, 2024
Backblast! BERT
WARMUP: THE THANG: 50 burpees 400 meter run, 100 merkins 400 meter run, 150 walking lunges 400 meter run, 200 squats 400 meter run, 150 walking lunges 400 meter run, 100 merkins 400 meter run, 50 burpess MARY…
SEP 16, 2024
Backblast! 75mins, a little complexity, a lot of e
The image of the board will be used as the workout details but in case others want to use this, here are a few notes to consider: - Split the group if needed. - Predetermine a good distance for the Mode of…
THE FORT · SEP 14, 2024
Backblast! Dick Webb, AB Board of Pain, and Liftin
Pulled into WEP and parked at the little lot at the top of the hill. Had to unload some heavy things before heading down the hill to plant the flag at the COT area. WARMUP: Stayed in the COT area for warmups. SSHx25IC…
SNAKE PIT · SEP 10, 2024
Backblast! Good to travel
WARMUP: ssh, windmills, shoulders, merkins THE THANG: Tabata w/ mosey in between MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: 12 year anniversary beat down on the 28th. COT: prayers for country, marriages and kids
CLYDESDALES · SEP 4, 2024
Backblast! The hump day run(s)
WARMUP: Rolloff and YHC put in some pre-run miles and Bandcamp ran to the AO from home. Besides that just the standard jaw/mouth warmups aka a lot of mumblechatter THE THANG: 4ish mile route - head across I77 and take…
KITCHEN SINK · AUG 28, 2024
Backblast! Use your manners
WARMUP: mosey around loop with dynamic stretching at times. THE THANG: ssh,alternating lunges, squats, 45 degree lunges, elbow to planks, walk outs with squat, burpees. Mosey in formation to back of school 7s squats and…
THE HIVE · AUG 23, 2024
Backblast! 4 painful cornera to get to!!
WARMUP: SSH, KB Plank pull over, swings, Merkins, Mnt climbers, Jump squats THE THANG: 4 corners at the main parking lot. Each corner has 2 exercises, plus one more exercise (5 men makers) along the longer side of the…