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62 backblasts mention “Apollo”
COCKPIT · WED AUG 5
Soccer sprints
WARMUP: Moroccan night clubs Imperial walkers Low slow squat Plank Worlds greatest stretch Tempo merkins THE THANG: mosey to soccer field Exercise 1 Single leg RDL x10e Reverse lunge x10e Calf raises x20 90% length of…
THE FORT · SAT AUG 1
Apollo Creed
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, low slow squats, merkins THE THANG: There are 11 swings around the perimeter of the park. Starting from the parking lot, a tree near the handicap spots was used as the starting point…
THE HIVE · FRI JUN 26
Ding Dong Done
WARMUP: usual stuff THE THANG: 1-min on/30-sec rest… AMRAP Set #1 and 2 had 100 swing buy-in. We had to shorten times on set # 3 Set 1: Cleans R Squats LBC Clean L Step FORWARD alt. Lunge Simba (BBSU w/ press) Swings…
COLOSSEUM · TUE JUN 2
Something different - BSTL
WARMUP: - 10 Hillbilly Walkers, - 10 Imperial Walkers - 10 Strawberry pickers, - 10 Moroccan Nightclubs - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: - Run down to Dave Gibson - 25 Pushups - Run up to…
COCKPIT · WED MAY 13
5/6/26
WARMUP: SSH Imperial Walkers Hilbilly Walkers Cherry Pickers THE THANG: Heavy leg and abs day! Pick a leg exercise from bucket, 22 reps Pick an ab exercise from bucket, 22 reps After count of 22 and 22, run a lap around…
LAZARUS · THU APR 16
Lazarus - 4-16-2026
WARMUP: - 20 Side-straddle hop, - 10 Strawberry pickers, - Down dog with calf stretches, to a honeymooner THE THANG: - Mosey down to Viva Chicken, over to Super Chix, around the round-about to the front of the theater …
BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAR 3
Backblast! “Laterally” speaking
WARMUP: - Side-straddle hop, - Strawberry pickers, - Plank to down dog calf stretches, from plank Left arm to the sky with some hip dips, Right arm to the sky with some hip dips THE THANG: - Mosey to Massey St. …
COLOSSEUM · TUE FEB 17
Backblast! O Brother Where Art Tho?
WARMUP: Imperial Walker, Hill Billy Walker, Over Head Claps, Windmill, and Potato Pickers All 11 Count THE THANG: Mosey to front of school for start of 4 Corners. 4 Rounds were called with different exercises each…
THE FORGE · FRI FEB 13
Backblast! Stockade Olympics
WARMUP: IWx15, HW x15, Windmill x10, Cherry Picker x15, Plank- Mountain Climber x11, Peter Parker x11, Parker Peter x11 THE THANG: Mosey to small round about circle (short track): PAX do Apollo Ono while everyone does a…
COCKPIT · WED FEB 11
Backblast! I’m Hurting, So You Will Too
WARMUP: - SSH, Imperial Walkers, 10 count merkins, jog around parking lot (0.3 mi covered) THE THANG: Stop 1 → Stop 6 (0.2 mi covered) - Stop 1 (Start) - Exercise: Squat Jumps (15) - Movement to Stop 2: Forward Run up…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU JAN 22
Backblast! Sharing Burdens
WARMUP: No warmup THE THANG: Rucking within the Kingsley property while sharing a 40lb dumbbell while you were talking about your burdens. We did (10) reps of low-slow Squats each person while one person was holding the…
BUSHWOOD · DEC 17, 2025
Backblast! Loop-tidy Loops At Bushwood
WARMUP: Run 1/8 mile to hill at entrance to Catawba Ridge THE THANG: Had a list of exercises that the pax completed one at a time and after that exercise was completed they ran a .17 mile loop up the hill and back. Pax…
AMERICAN JACKAL · NOV 24, 2025
Backblast! Rosie’s magical bean ride
WARMUP: SSH, Low slow squat, windmills, imperial walkers, merkins THE THANG: Line it up! 40 Yards of MOT, 60 yards sprint 1. Bear Crawls 2. Lunge walks 3. high knees 4. broad jumps 5. bear crawls In between rounds, 15…
VARSITY · NOV 21, 2025
Backblast! 2025.47 Varsity
3 Doras: Dora 1: 100 Merkins / 200 Squats / 300 LBCs Dora 2: 100 Wide Arms / 200 Apollo Ohnos / 300 Low Dollys Dora 3: 100 Diamonds / 200 Plyo Split Squats / 300 Flutters Run was around the bus loop Sprocket ran-rucked…
NOV 13, 2025
Backblast! Unexpected Opportunities
WARMUP: Disclaimer and Pledge duly pronounced THE THANG: 1 mile loop (rectangle) with an exercise at each corner. Up Massey, right on Harris, right on Ardrey, right on 160 Burpees x10 Hand release merkins x10 Apollo ono…
SNAKE PIT · NOV 11, 2025
Backblast! Choose your own snakepit adventure
WARMUP: the usual suspects THE THANG: Rack up as many points as possible in 3 categories. However, PAX must do 1 exercise per a category in order (BW, gear, MOT). Within category, Pax has choice of exercise and can keep…
SWEEP THE LEG · OCT 13, 2025
Backblast! “No Mercy” Monday @ STL
WARMUP: NONE THE THANG: 19 men took off at quickly for No Mercy Monday. After a quick mosey to South State Bank, we fired up the legs with 5 Bonnie Blairs to get loose. From there, we charged down Dave Gibson Blvd to…
OCT 10, 2025
Backblast! Stand Up’s Spooky Stockade Beatdown
WARMUP: SSH – 15 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Hillbillies – 15 IC Arm Circles (forward/back) – 10 IC each Windmills– 15 IC Mosey THE THANG: Part 1 – Explosive 11’s Ran between curbs about 15 yds apart. Exercises were…
SOUL TO SOLE · OCT 2, 2025
Backblast! A Ruck with some silly stuff
WARMUP: Somewhere along the route we got in 10 Moroccan Nightclubs, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Grass-pickers THE THANG: Ruck to the bottom of the stairs by Mathnasium for a count to 50 squats, ruck up the stairs and back…
THE FORT · SEP 27, 2025
Backblast! 3s Company
WARMUP: SSH, Windmill, Low slow squat, slow merkins, moroccan nightclubs THE THANG: Rosie - 20 Merkins, 20 Wide arm merkins, 20 CDD - 40 SSH 25 squats, 20 Jump squats, 20 Apollo Onos - Lunges 30 LBCs, 20 BBS, 20…
SOUL TO SOLE · SEP 25, 2025
Backblast! An Old Fashioned WEP
Disclaimer Given and Shared WARMUP: None - Get to it THE THANG: Hwy 160 to WEP and Back. Take assessment of sidewalks and enjoy the half paved, half trail route. Miles and plenty of fellowship and follow the leader…
THE COACH'S BOX · MAY 8, 2025
Backblast! Volleyball Challenge
Thursday 5/8/25 Coach’s Box at FMHS 5:00am-5:30am Musical Soundtrack: See Amazon Playlist: “February 2025 edited for Coach’s Box” Warmup: - Bear Crawl - Imperial Walkers - Windmills - Merkins - LBC THE THANG: 50-100-150…
BUSHWOOD · MAY 7, 2025
Backblast! Bushwood Casino - Suplex dealing...
WARMUP: MOTIVATOR, Windmills, Imp.-Walkers THE THANG: :black_joker: Texas Hold ’Em Beatdown Rules Setup: - Regular deck of cards. Assign each suit to an exercise: - Hearts → Merkins Diamonds → Squats - Clubs → Big Boy…
DAWN PATROL · JAN 16, 2025
Backblast! Pick your poison
WARMUP: SSH, IW, Hillbillies, MC, merkin THE THANG: Nosey to stairway down from Epic where we did Apollo Ono, Side lunge, mogul jumps while trading off sprints up and down the stairs. Next OB and MM traded off picking a…