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225 backblasts mention “Grinder”
COCKPIT · WED SEP 30
A hill and sauerkraut
WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM - mosey to hill behind the school THE THANG: - modified suicides - 5 stops with increasing exercise count: 10/20/30/40/50 - exercises: squats, shoulder taps, monkey humpers, imperial walker …
THE HIVE · FRI SEP 25
Smokin Kettlebell Beatdown
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Mosey around parking lot The Thang: 1. Ladder Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 20, then work back down. Exercises: KB…
THE FORGE · FRI SEP 11
Rememberence
WARMUP: 9 exercises of 11 counts per started and ended with burpees THE THANG: Atempt to get 10 rounds of the following 34 step ups, 28 Merkins/derkins ors irkins, 18 big boy situps, bear crawl length of building. We…
ALCATRAZ · SAT SEP 5
Hit the Hills
WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM - mosey for pull-ups THE THANG: - mosey to hill, hill sprints, 7's - mosey to benches, Jack-Webb, bench work - mosey to playfield: hip ex and brief broga - additional lap with pull-ups MARY: …
MINNOW POND · THU SEP 3
Sweaty
Massey to Harris to McCammon to Clebourne to Main to Veteran’s Park Exercises at following: John Boys FM Pharmacy Veteran’s Park 10 Merkins 10 Squats 10 LBC’s
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 18
Hill work in Lederhosen
WARMUP: - SSH / IW / WM THE THANG: - 3x hill sprints - sevens on hill with burpees and big boys, backwards up the hill - Jack Webb: 10:40 merkins/OH claps MARY: - Airborn Hips - 10 Bomb Jacks (penalty) ANNOUNCEMENTS: …
SNAKE PIT · TUE AUG 4
Smoked Out the Snake from the Pit
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Mosey around parking lot The Thang: 1. Ladder Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 20, then work back down. Exercises: KB…
THE COACH'S BOX · THU JUN 11
Grinder, Beast, & Gauntlet
WARMUP: No time to Warm up we, we had 30 minutes to get a good one in. THE THANG: 3 AMRAPs - 9 minutes each. For the 1st 2 rounds we moseyed 50 yards and back after performing the exercises. CIRCUIT 1: “The Grinder” …
KITCHEN SINK · WED JUN 3
Failure will bring future success
Sometimes you have a plan and it fails miserably. This morning I loaded a cart with sandbags, kettlebells , and other heavy objects, over 320 pounds. I thought the weight would have enough resistance to challenge the…
THE HIVE · FRI MAY 15
Smokin Kettlebell Beatdown
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Mosey around parking lot The Thang: 1. Ladder Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 20, then work back down. Exercises: KB…
THE ARMORY · MON APR 13
Walk Up Songs with Pain
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC The Thang: 1. Ladders Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 25, then work back down. Exercises: KB…
KITCHEN SINK · WED APR 8
Everything and All of Them Smokin Workout
Warm-Up: SSH x 25 Imperial Walkers x 15 (IC) Moroccan Night Clubs x 20 (IC) Windmills x 10 (IC) Strawberry Pickers x 10 (IC) Cheese Shredder Block 1: Load & Move: AMRAP (5 minutes) x 2 Rounds: Sandbag Clean to Shoulder…
CURRAHEE · TUE MAR 31
Prep-Work
WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW THE THANG: - sandbag shuffle down the hill and back while remaining PAX perform various exercises. MARY: - brief broga - Thunderstruck with Man-Makers and squats ANNOUNCEMENTS: - read newsletter…
SNAKE PIT · TUE MAR 24
The Smokin Ladder Workout
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 15 IC Imperial Walkers- 20 IC Mosey around parking lot The Thang: 1. Ladder Start at 5 reps, add +5 each round until 25, then work back down. Exercises: KB…
THE FORT · SAT MAR 7
Backblast! We might do a lot of things
WARMUP: lap around the park and stopping along the way to do the following exercises - SSH (x2), windmill, merkins, imperial walkers, hillbilly walkers, cherry pickers, morrocan nightclub, plank, etc. THE THANG: mosey…
KITCHEN SINK · WED MAR 4
Backblast! heavy wheel of fortune
WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW THE THANG: - modified 4-corners in back parking lot (sandbags, bells, wheel, tire), lunges as MoT, sandbags as timer. - Jack Webb with ruck: 1/4: merkins+OH claps MARY: - man-makers in cadence…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE FEB 17
Backblast! Mardi Gras Party
Warm-Up: Quick mosey up the hill to parking lot SSH – 50 IC Imperial Walkers – 25 IC Windmills – 10 IC Moroccan NC - 15 IC Strawberry Pickers – 10 IC Cheese Shredder Thang 1 — Bourbon Street Circuit (3 Rounds): Set 4…
THE YARD · SAT JAN 24
Backblast! Basketball Legends
WARMUP: "Tip -Off" - Warm-Up “Tip-Off” - Circle-up, all reps in cadence - Side Stradel Hops-15 - Windmills-10 - Imperial Walkers-10 - Low Slow Squats (hold) 5 - Mountain Climbers 30 - 1 Burpee (Bobby Hurley & Merkins…
THE FORT · SAT JAN 24
Backblast! Ice Apocalypse at The Fort
WARMUP: Yes. SSH, Hillbilly, Imperial walkers, Windmills, Planks, Downward Dog, Updog, PeterParker and ParkerPeter, with a mosey. THE THANG: Wallsits w Merks, Squats and Incline Merks in multiple rounds as each Pax…
THE FORGE · FRI JAN 23
Backblast! Because Miyagi gave me an unfriendly re
WARMUP: We did THE THANG: - Go to the rocks - 1st phase: - EMOM – 10/10/10 (15?) – curls, OHP, Bent over rows - 2nd phase: - 11s – Manmakers (leave the rock), jump squats – the run is to the cigar lounge and back (touch…
DEC 24, 2025
Backblast! Eve of the Lord's birth - convergence
WARMUP: The usual THE THANG: DH-type-stuff MARY: worked into Thang ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter & upcoming changes COT: Lauren Hope Styles (sp?) - 21 RIP, Prayers for Geronimo & family. Reading from Ezekiel centered around…
DEC 9, 2025
Backblast! The Gloom Always Collects — Check on th
Warm-Up We kicked things off with Imperial Walkers, then moseyed to the parking-lot island for hamstring stretches and hip openers. From there, we sprinted to the flag and continued the mosey over to the new bootcamp…
THE YARD · NOV 22, 2025
Backblast! Practicing Moderation in Moderation
WARMUP: SSH, CASBAH #2s, IW,HW, Baby Arm Circles fed &back. THE THANG: Squat Line Meat Grinder Teams: 2 teams, 5 men per team Space: Parking lot 40yd length Gear: • 2 identical stacks of 8 exercise cards (one per team)…
BUSHWOOD · NOV 5, 2025
Backblast! 6-count Burpees in German
WARMUP: - SSH / WM / IW / running with burpees THE THANG: - JackWebb 1-4 - 4-corners: bells, blocks, wheels and sandbags (timer) - brief broga MARY: - Thunderstruck the right way ANNOUNCEMENTS: - read newsletter COT: …