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117 backblasts mention “April”
RING OF FIRE · MON APR 20
Smokin Cindy Beatdown
Specialist Ryan Dennis Orin Riley was a 22-year-old soldier from Richmond, Kentucky, who served in the U.S. Army. He is remembered for his dedicated service during Operation Inherent Resolve. ## Service History: *…
COLOSSEUM · TUE APR 14
1912, Titanic, and Lessons Learned
WARMUP: Slow mosey around the parking lot area to the flags in front of GHES, approx 1/2 mile, then circle up for the following: - 20 SSH, 4ct - 10 WM - 15 imperial walker - 15 hillbilly walker - 15 MNC - 10 strawberry…
SOUL TO SOLE · THU MAR 26
Stairs, step ups, heavy weight carry, broga
WARMUP: load up rucks, sandbags and kettlebells THE THANG: figure out going up and down the stairs at the mathnasium building, one lap, head to amphitheater for a web… with Rucks on: 1 step up each leg, 4 calf raises…
RING OF FIRE · MON MAR 16
Backblast! St.Patricks Day WOD in Honor of Joe McG
Today we Honored my friend amd Mentor Officer Joe Mcgarry. Joe was a US Marine who served in Vietnam and 33 years in the NYC Transit Police and NYPD after the hostile takeover. Joe was a great cop and would drop…
THE YARD · SAT MAR 14
Backblast! Knock out for fun
WARMUP: - Moroccan nightclub - Imperial walker - Cherri pickers - Windmill THE THANG: - street light ladder x stations - Reps 5, 10, 15, 10 - Station 1 - side straddle hop - Squats - Lunges - station 2 - merkins - Plank…
DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! Gobbler Challenge
WARMUP: skipped it THE THANG: Honored Richard Sheltra Firefighter Pineville-Morrow Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue North Carolina Age: 20 Year of Death: 2016 Year Honored: 2017 Richard Michael Sheltra Richard was…
COLOSSEUM · NOV 4, 2025
Backblast! 11s and Pyramids
Light yog with normal stretchy warm-ups. 11s using 2 light poles for run length. Bomb jacks on one end and flying squirrels on the other. Leg pyramid: 10 froggers, 20 squats, 30 mtn climbers, 40 lunges (single count)…
OCT 23, 2025
Backblast! Nice New Pavement at WEP
WARMUP: Run to the top of Main Street and take a left and head to the WEP amphitheater. Then some windmills and Moroccan nightclubs. THE THANG: run around the nice new pavement at WEP. When you get back to the…
OCT 16, 2025
Backblast! Zipper backwards
WARMUP: run to new Arbis parking lot, plank for the 6, then 10 burpees oyo. Run 2 blocks straight on Spring st, plank and do 10 Merkins OyO. Run down two More blocks on Spring and plank then 10 mike Tysons. Run down to…
COLOSSEUM · OCT 14, 2025
Backblast! A slice of pie
WARMUP: windmills, Moroccan night clubs, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, side straddle hops, yoga flow THE THANG: mosey to basketball courts for partner Dora: Mosey to far end of courts (~50yds) and back while…
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 7, 2025
Backblast! 13 YR Anniversary Convergence
WARMUP: THE THANG: Here is my weinke - Assassin We had about 12 runners and 6 ruckers tackle the tundra of the paved loop around the schools. Starting at the front door we headed around the back, past the shop, past the…
COLOSSEUM · OCT 7, 2025
Backblast! Stand-Up Colosseum Beat Down
WARMUP: - SSH – 20 IC - Imperial Walkers – 15 IC - Moroccan Nightclubs – 20 IC - Windmills – 15 IC THE THANG: Part A – 4 Corners Grinder (16 min) - Corner 1: 20 Merkins - Corner 2: 20 Squats - Corner 3: 20 Carolina Dry…
OCT 3, 2025
Backblast! 2025.40 The Stockade
Warmup... run to nearest parking lot with at least 10 parking spaces. Burpee at each parking line then broad jump or bunny hop between lines. x3 (30 burpees) Misc exercises between sets. Mosey behind Dogtopia to the…
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…
SWEEP THE LEG · SEP 22, 2025
Backblast! STL meets Jack Webb
No warm-ups, no disclaimer (oops) Ran down to school parking lot Simple routine, at first light pole, kick off Jack Webb (1 merkin, 4 OH claps), run to the far end parking lot, 1 burpee. Add to the count +1 merkin, +4…
THE HIVE · SEP 19, 2025
Backblast! Minimal running is just fine
WARMUP: The gloom was in full effect and guys just kept showing up. We did a short run through the parking lot, followed by some SSH, cherry pickers, windmills, mountain climbers, Moroccan, and imperial walkers. THE…
SWEEP THE LEG · SEP 15, 2025
Backblast! Sweep goes metric
A count of 10 pax posted for Sweep the Leg (Metric version). Thang: Starting at the earthfare lot, run to the flag pole in front of the elementary school. This is about 1 km. Do exercises noted Run to the back side of…
SOUL TO SOLE · AUG 28, 2025
Backblast! Bro-workout with Ruck
WARMUP: None THE THANG: 1 Mile Loop Around Kingsley, Each pax had a partner and rucked or shuffled in the opposite directions, meeting around the halfway point where they did 5 merkins, and they continued on to walk or…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 26, 2025
Backblast! Together we accelerate
YHC was asked by Halfback to join the Pax at Coliseum to discuss Shieldlock and the importance of locking up with another man or men to grow together towards acceleration. Weather was warm but less humid than normal in…
SWEEP THE LEG · AUG 25, 2025
Backblast! SKIP IT TOY
WARMUP: lol THE THANG: Yog to Emory Ln corner for Braden loops. 3 work stations. 15 reps of merkens, big boys and squats. 3.5 miles at least with good total body workout. MARY: none ANNOUNCEMENTS: golf, HIM camp COT…
AUG 4, 2025
Backblast! The Griff & The CIA 7
Well, the Site Q was under the weather so we :hand_with_index_and_middle_fingers_crossed: that someone would show up who had a key to the NaFo track. Thankfully, since it's the first day of school, the football coaches…
THE YARD · APR 19, 2025
Backblast! Ass Kicking April - Yard
WARMUP: Mosey to warmup - SSH, windmill, imperial walker, cherry picker, hillbilly walker, Moroccan nightclub, merkins, calf raises. THE THANG: Mosey to parking lot with track to complete 7 of diamonds - 4 laps around…
SEABISCUIT · APR 15, 2025
Backblast! Sea Biscuit
WARMUP: N/A THE THANG: running from 1500 Fort Mill Pkwy down Holbrook Rd to Old springs rd, and back up Holbrook to COT 4.5 miles MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: next location for ass kicken APRIL COT: PRAY and praise