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Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
824 backblasts mention “maximus”
THE FORT · JUL 19, 2025
Backblast! Ascending/descending weinke board
WARMUP: SSH/IW/HW/Stretches/MN THE THANG: Started with a lap around WEP + 25 burbees along the way. Parking lot as ending/descending weinke after exercise run to top parking lot and do burpee 1/2/3/4/5/4/3/2/1 MARY…
JUL 18, 2025
Backblast! Miyagi's VQ
WARMUP: Mosey SSH The Windmill Squats Shoulder Taps THE THANG: 3 Total Rounds of Suicide - 1 Carolina Dry Docks - 20 Air Squats - 20 Mountain Climbers - 20 Merkins - 20 Four Corners 3 Rounds Of Each Merkins and LBC…
JUL 17, 2025
Backblast! The While Zipper
WARMUP: Mosey to Fort Mill Pharmacy parking lot, Moroccan nightclubs, low slow squats, and 9 burpees Mosey around Clebourne to next parking lot and 5 diamond merkins in cadence Mosey to next parking lot and 5 jump…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 16, 2025
Backblast! Dora and more
WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan Night Club, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers THE THANG: Mosey, Dora with Merkins, LBC, Carolina Dry Dock, Dora with Freddie Mercury, Burpees, Lunges, Nur, Mosey MARY: 5 minutes of various…
CURRAHEE · JUL 15, 2025
Backblast! Swampy Circuit
Like the “Jelly of the Month Club,” the humidity just keeps giving. That didn’t stop 8 of us from putting in the work. Here’s what we did. No warmup, just mosey to the crosswalk in the drop-off line under ruck - 30 yard…
THE HIVE · JUL 11, 2025
Backblast! 2025.28 The Hive
Thang: 1ST... 12 min AMRAP: 10 overhead presses (5 each arm) 20 rows (10 each arm) 20 swings 2ND... Bearcrawl length of parking lot doing a merkin at each parking spot dividing line (this was secretly just to count…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 9, 2025
Backblast! King of the Ring - Round 2 - The Rocket
Ring of Fire – King of the Ring Challenge Round 2 – Previous Kings are Q Oh the humidity was cranked up!! Soupy swampy hot. ZERO breeze. Excellent mumblechatter in COT while we all stretched out. Senator Tressel came in…
AMERICAN JACKAL · JUL 7, 2025
Backblast! Pass the Praise and Take the Blame
There is no one to blame but myself for the pain inflicted on eight at the American Jackal. Here’s what we did. Warmup - 15 SSHs (IC) - 15 Mountain Climbers (IC) - 10 Windmills (IC) The Thang - Hill repeats with Squats…
TRAINING GROUND · JUL 6, 2025
Backblast! Guardrails - Building the walls togethe
WARMUP: - Plank to DD, Sunrise stretch calf’s - 20 Side Straddle Hops THE THANG: - Move to Dave Gibson Blvd, Convo then shuffle/run to circle - Build the foundation - alternating lunge lateral twist Indian run style, 6…
THE RANCH · JUL 3, 2025
Backblast! No Warmup - Just Work On The Ranch
WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: Run to the close end of the loop at SMS. 25 Merkins I/C Run to the other end of the loop, 25 Squats I/C Run to the other end, 25 Heels to Heaven Run to the other end, 25 Freddy Mercury's Line up…
KITCHEN SINK · JUL 2, 2025
Backblast! Off Road Racing
Per the hype graphic/msg, felt like we needed to workout on the field instead of pavement. Was excited about the rain last night and the additional nastiness it would bring to the workout. Arrived to the site only to be…
COLOSSEUM · JUL 1, 2025
Backblast! When in doubt, blame Schwartz...
With no announcement as to the Q for the day as of the afternoon of the night before, which is unusual for Barkley, but becoming very usual for The Fort overall, I mentioned casually that I would just take it. So…
SWEEP THE LEG · JUN 30, 2025
Backblast! C for creativity, not c for cookie
WARMUP: disclaimer and go. No messing around. THE THANG: Ran to the bank for stop 1. 5s and 10s. - 5 = hand release merkin - 10 = squats with chin up and hands touching the ground Next stop was First National bank…5s…
ALCATRAZ · JUN 28, 2025
Backblast! Alcatraz - Worth Swimming To The Island
I picked this Q up from Badlands just the other day due to a scheduling conflict on his end so I knew, at least I told myself, I should honor him with what would most likely have been a good workout. He probably…
THE HIVE · JUN 27, 2025
Backblast! Hills, Bells, and Balls
WARMUP: SSH, low slow squat, merkins, Moroccan night club THE THANG: Carry bell to bottom of hill 2 rounds: 20 swings 15 goblet squats 10 bent over row each arm Up the hill 2 rounds: 10 thrusters 10 tricep extension 10…
KITCHEN SINK · JUN 25, 2025
Backblast! F3 Hyrox OR a Sink Workout
WARMUP: 15 SSH IC 10 Cherry Pickers IC 10 Windmills IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC 5 Burpees OYO THE THANG: F3 Hyrox Run: 1/4 mile loop Working Station 1: 100 HR Merkins Run: 1/4 mile loop Working…
JUN 24, 2025
Backblast! Wally World Run
Nine men joined our brothers from Colosseum for a little Walmart shopping spree. Conditions were…unpleasant. Here’s what we did: Warm Up - 10 SSHs (IC) - 10 Seal Claps (IC) - 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) - 10 Low Slow…
JUN 23, 2025
Backblast! Hero WOD +
WARMUP: Jog around the parking lot, including some NUR and side lunges. THE THANG: Part 1: Police Officer Tara Christina O'Sullivan Sacramento Police Department, California End of Watch Wednesday, June 19, 2019 Police…
TRAINING GROUND · JUN 22, 2025
Backblast! Walking..talking… and doing some merkin
Walked up Massey, down Harris, around WEP back to Harris then back to Vets Park. Cadence was 2 minutes of movement 1 minute of work. Started 5 reps each stop then ramped up to 10. Got 3+ miles in and about 150 merkins…
THE HIVE · JUN 20, 2025
Backblast! Last minute DORAs
WARMUP: SSHs THE THANG: Dora #1 - Farmers Carry - 50 burpees - Squats w calf raises 100 - Mike Tyson’s 150 - Mountain climbers 200 Dora #2 - Man makers 50 - Goblet squats with calf raises 100 - Halos 100 - Plank pass…
JUN 19, 2025
Backblast! Golf
WARMUP: Running with burpees THE THANG: Golf 10 merkins and 10 LBC’s at every tee box 5 burpees at every green Each hole varied in length - par 3, par 4, or par 5 Front 9 was both hills on Monroe white Back 9 was from…
KITCHEN SINK · JUN 18, 2025
Backblast! Halfway there…… 10 Seconds….
Beautiful day in the Gloom. Always look forward to Q. Great turnout at the sink for my madness with a timer. Warmup: SSH x 15 Seal Jack x 15 Plank Jack x15 Mountain Climber x 15 Pick up something heavy get to the field…
RING OF FIRE · JUN 18, 2025
Backblast! Ring of Fire around the rosie
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial walkers in sync, cherry pickers, windmill, moroccan nightclubs THE THANG: 10 Hill sprints with exercises in between. We covered pull-ups, planks, Cindy presses, swings, merkins, man makers and more…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 17, 2025
Backblast! Rose Infested Snake Pit
WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Windmill, Cherry Pickers, Out of sync Hillbilly walkers THE THANG: 1 man performs 10 sandbag tosses, while the remaining PAX rotate between stations of Goblet squats, Single Arm Rows, Romanian…