backblasts
Every workout’s write-up, newest first — straight from the Q’s backblast.
20 backblasts mention “Sparky”
COCKPIT · SAT JUL 4
‘Merica 250
WARMUP: 5 Burpees THE THANG: Flipped off King George, as well as 13 Colony inspired exercises for a rep count of 1776 MARY: She slept in ANNOUNCEMENTS: Read your various newsletters COT: Remembered what our fore fathers…
BUSHWOOD · WED APR 1
2026 QvQ round 1
THE THANG: Fishstix was away and was alloted the 1st 20 minutes. We moseyed up to the top lot at The JOC. He led us in a series of partner work. Shouldered partner resistance mosey face to face, Patty Cake Merkins…
SWEEP THE LEG · DEC 1, 2025
Backblast! What it is to be a Good Man
WARMUP: In Cadence: Imperial Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Hillbilly Walkers & Windmills. Counted off. THE THANG: Took off for a basic run and boot. 3.02 miles with stops along the way. Pain Station stops included: merkins…
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…
KITCHEN SINK · AUG 13, 2025
Backblast! Kitchen Faucet Was Turned Off At The 'S
Bring your sand bag. Those were the instructions. WARMUP: Short mosey with a few of the typical warmup exercises. THE THANG: Grab your bag...sandbag, and meet me by the flag poles. I reintroduced the GoRuck 60x60 and…
JUL 22, 2025
Backblast! The NOT SO Sweaty Barry
If I missed your name, feel free to edit it in.... The weather did not agree with us, but I hope everyone had a nice evening at The Barry (aka The Sweaty Barry). I'm really not sure how a person could not have a good…
APR 2, 2025
Backblast! QvQ Finals
QvQvQvQ Suplex Gear Kodak Bootcamp (filling in for Hillian-DR) Socrates Kettlebell Beaker Running with Pain Stations (filling in for Spectre-DR/IR) Socrates won
MAR 5, 2025
Backblast! QvQ week 1
Gear format: Suplex v Mapquest Suplex won
THE FORT · SEP 28, 2024
Backblast! Fort 12 Year Anniversary
THE THANG: Liberty led boot camp, 3D led Kettlebell and Time Machine led run MARY: Dark Helmet rambled about cadence and people not keeping up with the rhythm of his glorious mane ANNOUNCEMENTS: NASA presented the…
BUSHWOOD · JUL 17, 2024
Backblast! Tour de Bushwood
Short mosey run Warmup: SSH (12xI/C); windmills; Imperial Walkers; Low Slow Sqts; big arm circles; peter parkers; parker petes; plank stretches --mosey Run-- Thang 1: Fish Tracker: do transportation, then the exercise…
SWEEP THE LEG · JUL 15, 2024
Backblast! Sweep the Sweat
I hot a sweaty morning at STL. Shirts were popping off before we started running. Simple circuit route: 1st Stop (South State Bank) - 7 HR Merkins, 15 CCDs 2nd Stop (Kuester Mgmt) - 7 Lunges, 15 Squats 3rd Stop (TC…
APR 10, 2024
Backblast! Backblast! QvQvQvQ Finale 2024
WARMUP: River Rat led us in Side Straddle Hops and Windmills before taking off to the RV Lot THE THANG: Anchor Bar kicked things off: Starfish routine with coupon: 5 Manmakers Ex 1 - 30 Jump Squats Ex 2 - 30 American…
MAR 13, 2024
QvQ Round 2
Slackblast: QvQ Round 2 DATE: 2024-03-13 AO: ao-joc Q: Band Camp Sparky PAX: Jester Pacman Zalinsky (F3 Rock Hill) River Rat Vuvuzela fishstix Kermit Grout Poppins JWOW Tinsel Badlands Slash Sprocket, Homer, Anchor Bar…
MAR 6, 2024
Q vs Q Week 1
Slackblast: Q vs Q Week 1 DATE: 2024-03-06 AO: ao-joc Q: River Rat Slapshot PAX: Pacman Sprocket JWOW Band Camp Slow Pitch Jester Zalinsky (F3 Rock Hill), JAG, Anchor Bar, Leo, Sousa, MapQuest, Sparky, Homer FNGs: 0…
SEABISCUIT · SEP 19, 2023
Angry Runners
Slackblast: Angry Runners DATE: 2023-09-19 AO: ao-seabiscuit Q: Cohiba PAX: LTrain Happy Hour Vuvuzela, Sparky Panties FNGs: 0 COUNT: 5 WARMUP: SSH, Windmills, Strawberry Pickers, Broga THE THANG: Run through Massey…
MAR 1, 2023
Q vs Q Week 1 2023
Slackblast: Q vs Q Week 1 2023 DATE: 2023-03-01 AO: ao-joc Q: Esso River Rat PAX: Slash Sprocket Band Camp Slow Pitch Pacman Catfish, Squad, Slow Pitch, Gauge, Zalinsky, Jag, Cold Call, Sparky, Bill Nye, Tinker Toy…
THE HIVE · FEB 3, 2023
Eight is enough
Slackblast: Eight is enough DATE: 2023-02-03 AO: ao-the-hive Q: Airborne PAX: Kermit crab_cakes NASA Sparky Happy Hour Sugarbug, Bubba Gump FNGs: 0 COUNT: 8 WARMUP: Mosey, toy soldiers, butt kickers, caraoke, mosey…
THE HIVE · JAN 20, 2023
The Hive is Alive at Five
Slackblast: The Hive is Alive at Five DATE: 2023-01-20 AO: ao-the-hive Q: fishstix PAX: Happy Hour Tesh Über UHaul Sugarbug training_wheels Bonsai Airborne Cohiba Crank Hardwood Kermit LTrain, Bubba Gump FNGs: 1 Sparky…
THE RANCH · AUG 17, 2017
4 Corners of Body Destruction
No, we did not do the Body Destroyer for 45 minutes, Birdcage! However, there was consistent feedback that this was a brutally different workout. Welcome to "ya never know what ur gonna get with Straight Up!" A big…
JUL 10, 2017
60/40/20 at Quagmire- 7/10/2017
YHC took a week long vacation at the Jersey Shore last week and was lucky enough to come home with the opportunity to Q. Da Vinci tried to steal it from me but I gave him the Mutumbo finger wag. I did some bootcamps in…