backblasts
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48 backblasts mention “Retiree”
THE HIVE · FRI OCT 9
Keep Moving
WARMUP: 1. Moroccan Nightclub 2. SSH 3. Windmill 4. Cheeri Picker 5. Imperial Walker THE THANG: Station #1 Kettlebell Swings Kettlebell Tricep curls Kettlebell Deadlift Kettlebell Clean and Press Round 1 – 10 each…
SLOW BURN · FRI SEP 25
Welcome Outback
WARMUP: side straddle hop, imperial walkers, hill billy walkers, windmills, Moroccan night clubs, mosey around the lot THE THANG: 11’s on hill by gas station At bottom - Big boy sit-ups At top - Jump squats 4 corners in…
RING OF FIRE · MON SEP 21
Bells, Bags, and Burpees
WARMUP: stretching, washers, grass pickup, iron cross THE THANG: 400 m run with weight, 30 lateral burpees, 30 lunges each leg, 30 kettle bell swings, rinse and repeat going down to 10 reps and back up again for extra…
6@6 · SAT MAR 28
River District
WARMUP: Nope THE THANG: Munn to Harris under I77 to Sam Smith across Sutton down to New Grey Rock and back. MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: COT:
6@6 · AUG 23, 2025
Backblast! It Just Running
WARMUP: None THE THANG: Trail Running - no idea where they went, Rucker again no idea, Runners were supposed to go via the Candy Cane forest, gumdrop lane, past the goat house, up a hill to the old mill, downtown and…
THE FORT · MAY 31, 2025
Backblast! Two Qs Walk Into The Fort... One Brough
Conditions: Humid, heavy, and perfect for the grind Warm-Up (Cornerstone on Q): - 10 Windmills - 10 Cherry Pickers The Thigh Fryer (3 Sets): - 20 Squats - 20 Merkins EMOM Hill Burn (4 Rounds – 12 Minutes Total): Every 2…
SLOW BURN · APR 11, 2025
Backblast! SlowBurn with a Kick in the A….
WARMUP: Dynamic warm up around Lowe’s stopping along way to circle up and exercise Crowd pleaser was the duck walks in honor of Retiree THE THANG: The accumulator 10 exercises starting with one rep Moving to next…
6@6 · MAR 8, 2025
Backblast! We had five for a 6 miler
WARMUP: yes THE THANG: 2 for trails and 3 for roads MARY: nope ANNOUNCEMENTS: Yes COT: b4 the fun began
BLOCK PARTY · OCT 1, 2024
Backblast! The Kickoff of the Funhouse Farewell To
WARMUP: I am certain we warmed up. THE THANG: It occurred to me as I sat to write this, that I have no idea (since it was a MONTH ago) what all we did that morning. I usually have a plan written out ahead that I either…
SEP 16, 2024
Backblast! 75mins, a little complexity, a lot of e
The image of the board will be used as the workout details but in case others want to use this, here are a few notes to consider: - Split the group if needed. - Predetermine a good distance for the Mode of…
6@6 · AUG 24, 2024
Backblast! For the stat guys
Mainframe led the trail guys, YHC pointed the rest in the general direction of QT
6@6 · AUG 17, 2024
Backblast! Tortoise and Hare pre-yog
Accepted this Q invite before I realized it was same day as the Tortoise and Hare CSAUP. No worries - all bad decisions can be compounded with other bad decisions so decided to let her rip. A few PAX were out running…
THE COACH'S BOX · AUG 1, 2024
Backblast! LR Clowncar beatdown
WARMUP: Disclaimer brought to you by Slow Jams then an introduction to my fellow CO Q’s and the theme of the beatdown, Accountability, was explained and what that means to me. Followed by some in cadence exercises and…
LAZARUS · JUL 13, 2024
Backblast! Beautiful Morning Beatdown
VQ?: No WARMUP: Rolling in late, Poppins had stepped up to start the beat down while I got out of the car. I gave a quick disclaimer and continued with a warm up of IW, SSH, LSS, runner's stretch, merkins, MC. Mosey…
THE HIVE · JUL 12, 2024
Backblast! No Run Dora
Had my weinkie prepared by Wed. afternoon. Participated in the SweatyBarry on Thursday night. Immediately afterwards grabbed the weinkie and reduced the rep count by half. I and the rest of the PAX this morning thank…
SLOW BURN · JUN 28, 2024
Backblast! The Greatest Workout of All Time? Yes.
WARMUP: Probably. No one remembers. THE THANG: A few rounds of 11s, 7s, and other nonsense. The REAL nonsense, though, came in the form of setting things right in the naming department. Sadly, in only 45 minutes, I…
THE FORT · JUN 1, 2024
Backblast! The Tour de Fort Mill: Where Burpees Me
I rolled up this morning and was surprised to see so many pax already there with five minutes to spare. Hopped out of the vehicle to find we had an FNG in attendance. At 6:30am, I gave the disclaimer and we started the…
6@6 · MAY 25, 2024
Backblast! Trail run
VQ?: No We ran trails at Anne Springs. Some did 5 some did 6 and Cobra Kai may still be running.
MAY 6, 2024
Backblast! The Artie and the Collin
WARMUP: SSH, MORROCAN NIGHTCLUBS, WINDMILLS AND IMPERIAL WALKERS THE THANG: ARTIE 5 ROUNDS 10 PULLUPS 15 MERKINS 20 SQUATS 10 PULLUPS 10 THRUSTERS W/CINDY RUN DOWN THE HILL COLLIN 6 ROUNDS CINDY CARRY 200M 24 OVERHEAD…
THE HIVE · MAY 3, 2024
Backblast! Kettle Bell Dora pain
WARMUP: SSH’s, THE THANG: 17 man cheese grater. A kettlebell lung walk stopping at stations to do man makers. A 100 A. Hammers, 125 Halo’s, 150 Curls and 200 lawnmower pull Dora while parter ran the PL. MARY…
VARSITY · APR 19, 2024
Backblast! Bars, blocks and Street Walkers
Bars, Blocks and Streetwalkers at Varsity Started with a short mosey then circle up for a warm up of: SSHs, windmills, imperial walkers, Moroccan n/c, Low slow squats, big arm circles, peterparkers, plank stretches. All…
THE HIVE · APR 12, 2024
Backblast! Traveling Suitcase
WARMUP: yes, we did some THE THANG: travel the big parking lot suitcase carry stoping at the corners Swings 10 sets of 10 Split Squats 3 sets of 12 Goblet Squats 3 sets of 12 Hand switch snatches 12 Lateral Lunge w/ Row…
LAZARUS · APR 11, 2024
Backblast! There was a Frog
VQ?: No Disclaimer Disclaimed Mosey to Theatre for Warm Up Socratic – Are some men born to be lone wolves? Spur - Man hunts best in a pack. We see best from 9 through 12 to 3 o’clock, but we cannot see our 6. We are…
APR 8, 2024
Backblast! Hero WO Honoring Master Sgt. Michael Ma
WARMUP: Held plank position while reading the bio of Master Sgt Michael Maltz THE THANG: Modified Maltz Complete all reps of each exercise before moving on to the next one. Close to a 800 meter run - starting at the JOC…