backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
24 backblasts mention “Bacon”
COLOSSEUM · JUL 15, 2025
Backblast! Donuts are a food group!!
WARMUP: Slow mosey Lunge walk Mosey Fruit pickers Imperial walkers Low squat Merkins Slow mosey Hillbilly walkers Moracan night clubs Slow mosey 3 rounds of Swing crunches and pull ups THE THANG: Accumulating ladder…
DAWN PATROL · JUL 3, 2025
Backblast! Someone turned on the bacon smell
WARMUP: Gathered at the top of the heart of Kingsley with 8 HIMs ready to start their Thursday. Started out with SSH, windmills, cherry pickers, low slow squats, merkins, down dogs and some honeymooners. THE THANG…
DAWN PATROL · JUN 12, 2025
Backblast! Crawl-Climb-Conquer
WARMUP: 100 SSH THE THANG: 5 cones spaced ~15 yards apart Bear crawl from cone to cone Perform cumulative exercises at each cone: Cone 1: squats – 10 Cone 2: humpers – 20 IC Cone 3: CDD – 15 Cone 4: LBCS – 15 IC Cone 5…
DAWN PATROL · JUN 3, 2025
Backblast! Ok it’s 061……what??!?
WARMUP: mosey to the upper lot for windmills. I/C, burpees, imperial walkers I/C, burpees, Hillbilly walkers I/C, burpees, Moroccan night clubs I/C, burpees, Seal jacks I/C, burpee Mosey to the Pike Electric lot THE…
KITCHEN SINK · APR 2, 2025
Backblast! A TO B
WARMUP: - 15 SSH - 15 CASBAH #2s - 15 IW - 15HW THE THANG: We grabbed our trusty sandbags and shuffled to the first light pole “A” by COT. Destination “A TO B” even though Halfback, Wooden Leg and @3-Way were missing……
RING OF FIRE · MAR 19, 2025
Backblast! Shield is a lean mean pain making machi
WARMUP: Did couple exercises THE THANG: 4 rounds of board of pain In between exercises take 400m lap MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: Ruby and Splinter are training for Marathon :clap: :muscle: :bacon: COT: Be light in the darkness…
DAWN PATROL · JAN 23, 2025
Backblast! 18 degrees and toasty
WARMUP: mosey to coupons (rocks) with karaoke, butt kickers, and high knees along the way. THE THANG: 3x rinse and repeat 8 exercises, all in cadence: Merkins 15 Peter Parkers (from elbow plank position) 30 Curls 15…
THE HIVE · JAN 17, 2025
Backblast! DORAs at The Hive
DORA 1: partner run - Man makers 50 - Goblet Squats 100 - Swings 150 DORA 2: farmers carry - Burpees 50 - Squats 100 - Overhead clap 150 DORA 3: Bear crawl - Bent row right 50 - Bent row left 50 - Curls 50 DORA 4…
BLOCK PARTY · JAN 14, 2025
Backblast! If not now, then when?
It was a crisp 25 degrees as YHC walked up to the shovel flag just after 0500hrs. Some of The Fort's finest, but not all, began to arrive in varying conditions. DISCLAIMER: The mumblechatter started early, YHC felt…
DAWN PATROL · JAN 7, 2025
Backblast! Phi Slamma Bama
WARMUP: The first 10 mins of the ruck THE THANG: We continued the ruck for another 35 mins covering the Alabama route rolling back down Main St and then up around the Pharmacy and back home. No official Strava results…
THE FORT · JAN 4, 2025
Backblast! Fun at the Fort
Six for sixty minutes of cold, conversation, and calisthenics. Temp was a balmy 25 for Bacon and Deep Dish’s first workout. Welcome brothers. Here’s what we did: Warm-up - 15 Side Straddle Hops (IC) - 15 Imperial…
DAWN PATROL · NOV 14, 2024
Backblast! Bacon Talk
WARMUP: Mosey to Sunbelt parking lot. SSH, windmill, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, cherry pickers, low slow squat. THE THANG: Dora in parking lot - 100 merkins, 150 squats, 200 LBCs. Wall sits with alternating…
THE HIVE · FEB 23, 2024
Deep in the Honeycomb at The Hive
Slackblast: Deep in the Honeycomb at The Hive DATE: 2024-02-23 AO: ao-the-hive Q: CakeBoss PAX: Liberty Bibberty Time Machine Sprocket Cohiba, Ringer FNGs: 0 COUNT: 6 WARMUP: Few exercises to get the PAX loose THE…
RING OF FIRE · FEB 21, 2024
Slackblast:
Slackblast: Open Doors are not a Coincidence DATE: 2024-02-21 AO: ao-ring-of-fire Q: CakeBoss PAX: Ruby Slippers HarryCarry Sofrito Shield Boogie Down Warning Track Slapshot, Dixie FNGs: 0 COUNT: 9 WARMUP: Light mosey…
THE FORT · MAY 20, 2023
Farewell Repeat Farewell
Slackblast: Farewell Repeat Farewell DATE: 2023-05-20 AO: ao-the-fort Q: CakeBoss Pusher PAX: Barry Manilow FunHouse Cornerstone darkhelmet Grinder Jekyll OldBay corruption Slash trucker Clickbait Headspin Peach Stand…
VARSITY · FEB 24, 2023
Pancakes with Scrambled Eggs and Bacon
Slackblast: Pancakes with Scrambled Eggs and Bacon DATE: 2023-02-24 AO: ao-varsity Q: Barry Manilow PAX: Headspin Anchorman CakeBoss HarryCarry Ruby Slippers Shield Saw Dust SouptoNuts FNGs: 0 COUNT: 9 Average age, 49…
SEP 13, 2022
Bring Home the Bacon
COP SSH - Low Slow Squats - Merkins - Southern Gentleman - Northern Aggressor 11’s on Backside Hill (Grant Farms Dr) CDD’s/Lunges 1.5 Miles and 240ft of Elevation Gain later… Mosey to wall behind express oil change DORA…
THE BALLROOM · APR 27, 2021
Just keep movin and quit with the bad eating habits already...
Little did I know that when Drop Thrill asked me to Q at the Ballroom I'd be coming off of one of the more stressful weeks I've had in a while. We drove down to Orlando (the middle of the scrotum of America...) about 10…
VARSITY · MAR 12, 2021
Foosball @ Varsity - It's more than a workout
YHC was informed this was a HIIT AO, did some Googling night before, and drafted up a weinke that I believe would meet the requirement. Hard to avoid a football field or pull up bars, so decided to say yes to both…
FEB 11, 2021
average age 50.9 yrs, Kevin Bacon would be proud
The elder statesman ran around today at Footloose The old guys were on hand for a Manilow mall walk 10 seasoned veterans took to the streets and parking lots at Footloose for a Barry Manilow beatdown! No last minute…
JUN 11, 2018
Steal the flag, pop the balloon
It started with bacon. Well, really it started with Cha Ching’s Q last week, where fifth grade games were the theme of the day. In planning the weinke for today, YHC decided to stick with this theme, and the first game…
OCT 25, 2017
Twisted Twister at Abyss
14 PAX (10 regulars + 3 runners + 1 FNG) assembled in the cold gloom of the Abyss for a mid-week jump start. A severely jumbled attempt at a disclaimer was made (followed by much mumble chatter regarding additional…
COLOSSEUM · APR 5, 2016
How about a little Yoga beforehand?
For the first time in a few weeks YHC wasn't scheduled to be I RGH and post at The Forge and when Maximus asked for volunteers, I was honored to step up and get back to Qing. I know the reputation at this AO is to…
OCT 17, 2015
#OldSchoolF3 invades Indian Land
4 arrived for extra credit #OCR Fine cool Indian Land morning with fall in the air Celebrity #Clowcars arrived from all over… #Apache shows up with a police escort #Popeye Disclaimer Off we go 1.3 mile “warm-up” felt…