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33 backblasts mention “Snooker”
DAWN PATROL · THU OCT 29
HIIT Workout
WARMUP (at the flag) - 20 Side Straddle Hops - 20 Windmills - 20 Butt Kickers - 20 Moroccan Night Clubs - 20 High Knees Run to the SBUX parking lot - 20 Big Boys - 20 Wacky Jacks (or SSH's) - 20 Walking Lunges - 20…
THE BALLROOM · TUE OCT 27
Light pole accumators...from Georgia?
WARMUP: Worked our way to the starting light pole, stopping every 100 yards or so to do a warm up exercise. THE THANG: 8 light poles. One exercise per round. Each round we did the one exercise where the number of reps…
THE BALLROOM · TUE OCT 20
Time to go dancing!!
WARMUP: 20 Moroccan night moves 20 Windmills 20 Pickers 20 Walkers X2 THE THANG: DORA: 100 Lunges 200 Squats 300 Flutters Other runs to bench for 10 dips 4 corners: 20 LBC 20 Big Boy 20 Plank hold 20 Dealers choice X5…
DAWN PATROL · THU OCT 15
Extra sleep isn't bad
WARMUP: all the favs THE THANG: 11s with stairs, wall sits with bear crawls, laps with sets of 12 merkins,12 squats, 12 big boys MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: Lords Prayer
THE BALLROOM · TUE OCT 13
Pre-launch
WARMUP: wind mills, imp walker, hillbilly walkers, Peter parkers all in cadence with some down and up dog stretching THE THANG: part 1 - paired up for a Dora. 100 lunges (count one leg), 200 squats, 300 flutters ( count…
THE BALLROOM · TUE OCT 6
1 minute timer with ABS and Running
Did a little warmup and then off to the field. It was wet so found dry ground. You’re welcome. Did some sprints across field and moved into core workout. 1 min of exercise then run the field. We did LBCs, Flutters…
SLOW BURN · FRI OCT 2
Slow Burning Beatdown 🔥
Warm-Up: SSH – 20 IC Imperial Walkers – 15 IC Moroccan Night Clubs – 10 IC Windmills – 10 IC Strawberry Pickers- 10 IC Mosey around the parking lot The Thang: 1. 4 Corners: Corner 1: 10 Merkins Corner 2: 20 Squats…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29
FORTeen Years
WARMUP: 14 Burpees THE THANG: Mosey to center of WEP Pax rotated into center based on year of 1st post (ie Class of 2026, 2025, 2024, etc). Varied exercises were performed by all including Burpees, Partner Derkins…
DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 24
Coupons rock
WARMUP: side-straddle hops, imperial walker, hill billy walker,Parker Peter,Peter Parker THE THANG: mosie to steps side MARY: coupons 1. Over head -100 2. Sqad -100 3. Bent over -100 4. Around the world -100 5. Skull…
THE BALLROOM · TUE SEP 22
Counting down from 100
WARMUP: Ran around the back of the school, stopping along the way for various warm-up COPs. THE THANG: Ran back and forth from one parking lot to another, doing each of these exercises. 100 Flutters 90 Squats 80…
DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 17
The longest mosey…..
WARMUP: Mosey down then up Kingsley Blvd. Merks, SSH, Nightclubs, LBCs, FreddieMercs, Squats and Burps THE THANG: 9s ( 2 exercises each side of parking lot) Merks/squats-Iron Mikes/OH claps. Board of pain ( 5 exercises…
THE BALLROOM · TUE SEP 15
A bridge to far
WARMUP: The usual suspects. THE THANG: mosey to benches in back for 10 dips/10 step ups 3 Rounds To b-ball court for lunge walks and a triple. 10 jump squats/10 CDD’s X 3. To BRIDGE for a BLIMPS type workout over the…
SLOW BURN · FRI SEP 11
Never Forget
Driving to the AO this morning, I saw Italian Job running done 160 carrying a shovel flag to ao-the-forge . Great reminder for the community to never forget 9/11. If you have ever carried a shovel flag for an extended…
DAWN PATROL · THU SEP 3
Yellow Brick Road at Kingsley
Arrived early to grab a parking spot near COT because I brought some “battle buddies” for the PAX, two brick pavers for each man to carry during the workout. At first, they felt pretty light. But as the workout…
THE BALLROOM · TUE SEP 1
Running bootcamp
WARMUP: None THE THANG: We ran poles in the driveway at P Knoll. Turned a bootcamp into a modified LIIT. Ended up about 2 miles worth of running. MARY: Yes, including Peter Pointers ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Shelter…
BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 25
Bucket o Fun
WARMUP: 1. Side straddle Hop 2. Moroccan Nightclub 3. Imperial walker 4. Windmill THE THANG: - Bucket of Fun - 6 station + run - American Hammers - Kettlebell swing - 30 lbs - Man makers with 40 lb sandbacg - Makhtar…
SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 21
Slowest of Burns
WARMUP: Mosey up and down a few parking lot lanes with a round of NUR and some exercises after each round. THE THANG: Mosey to the curb on the side of Persis 10 Mike Tysons 20 Squats & 20 Squat Pulses Over to the curb…
DAWN PATROL · THU AUG 20
Every Second Counts
WARMUP: Blue took the reins and rocked his first leadership effort as a pax of The Fort! SSH, Windmill, Merkin, etc THE THANG: Pax moseyed to the parking garage at Sunbelt Rentals (The Forbidden Zone according to…
SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 14
Mike Tyson on Repeat
WARMUP: yea, near the second worst dumpster in The Fort. We moved quickly toward the pediatric dentist office THE THANG: Mike Tyson in cadence 10 lunge walk down Mike Tyson in cadence 10 lunge walk back Did the same…
THE BALLROOM · TUE AUG 11
Gear Workout at The Ballroom
Have not attended the Ballroom in a while so browsed through backblasts to see what the guys at this sight have been doing for the past couple of months. Did not see any gear show up in the BBs, so thought I would…
SLOW BURN · FRI AUG 7
3 corners Board of Pain
WARMUP: SSH, mountain climbers, peter parker, parker peter, wind mills, Cherry pickers. Mosey 100 yards, stop. LBCs, AHs, mosey to board of pain. THE THANG: board of pain - 20 Merkins - 20 Squats - 20 LBCs - 20 CDD - 20…
THE BALLROOM · TUE AUG 4
Left Right Left…which way?
WARMUP: Stretch, SSH, Merks, Squats, HoneyMooner, Cherry Pickers. LBCs and a Mosey. THE THANG:Rinse and Repeat - bench work - Dips, Irkins. step Ups. Crazy 8s - with Squats and OH Claps in the middle. Finished up with 5…
DAWN PATROL · TUE JUL 28
Playground Fun
WARMUP: Snooker lead us through a series of in-place warm-ups, including great hits like "Buttkickers", "High-Knees", and "Good Mornings". THE THANG: Moseyed on the trail about 1/4 around the park, stopping at the…
SLOW BURN · FRI JUL 24
4 Corners and 11's
WARMUP: Lead by Snooker. Did a great job. THE THANG: Moseyed around a bit, then landed at a parking lot with 4 cones set up about 50 yards apart. The thang was to do 11's, but across 4 corners. Corner 1 - 10 Merkins…