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29 backblasts mention “Top Rope”

COCKPIT · MON OCT 12 2026.42 Cockpit Q: Tesh · 9 PAX Running segments with a push (cinder block) on one end and legs on the other Merkins with recovery bear crawls Farmer carries with cindies And that's how 45 minutes goes by really fast. BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 29 FORTeen Years Q: Double D · 85 PAX 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… BLOCK PARTY · TUE SEP 22 Cinder Block Party Q: Fishstix · 12 PAX We had 12 including a fly by guest appearance from Warning Track. Standard warm-up exercises then we moseyed over to the stack of cider blocks. 1st DORA - Merkins (100), Squats (200), LBCs (300) partner 1 did exercises… THE FORGE · WED SEP 16 Double Cindy Q: Top Rope · 4 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunge, tempo merkin into broga THE THANG: AMRAP - 15 min Rev snow angels x5 Merkins x10 Squats x15 2 big laps with 2 burpees in between DORA with Cindy 50 thrusters 100 swings 100 rows… COCKPIT · MON SEP 14 Victory Monday Q: Top Rope · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Side Lunge, tempo merkins into various broga moves THE THANG: 5 round EMOM with your Cindy Thrusters x10 Swings x15 Merkins x15 BentRowxGMxPress x10 Flutter kicks x20 Mosey for a bit, then… COCKPIT · MON SEP 7 Ring around the cockpit Q: Xerox · 12 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly Walkers, Cherry Pickers, Moroccan Night Clubs THE THANG: Stage 1: 10-Burpees, 10-Squat Jumps, 10 Big Boys_Run 25 yards_Repeat Above._Mozy to Stage 2 Stage 2: Bear… THE HIVE · FRI SEP 4 Kettlebell Workout - The Hive Q: Bill Smith · 13 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: Counting Practice THE THANG: 11s MARY: Kettlebell Hill ANNOUNCEMENTS: Check Slack COT: Thankful for health, family, children, anniversaries. COCKPIT · MON AUG 31 Cinder Block Party Q: Xerox · 9 PAX WARMUP: Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hill Billy Walker, Cherry Picker, Morrocan Night Clubs, 6 count merican THE THANG: Cinder Block Rounds Round 1: 5 reps each with cinder block. Durican, Row, Squat, Block… THE FORT · SAT AUG 8 Chicken wing progression and playground Dora Q: Suplex · 8 PAX Musical warmup: 1. https://youtu.be/K9GxdQ2MkzA?si=FDfWgqVtFrQM7muq remix by State of Mine (3:37) 1. Base = Imp. Walkers 2. Chorus: fruit pickers 3. Solos: Big Arm circle 4. Short loop mosey, while Q queued up next tune… BLOCK PARTY · TUE AUG 4 Chance, Choice, and Scrotum Tunnels: The Memoirs a MILGA Man Q: Birdcage · 11 PAX It was a moist, humid morning. The message covered a fairly simple topic, Life. We delved into the topic of chance with the use of a coin flip. Winner named the activity and rep count. Things are at times (Most) out of… COCKPIT · MON AUG 3 Cinder blocks and street lights Q: Float Bridge · 10 PAX WARMUP: -Moroccan nightclub -imperial walkers -cherry pickers -side straddle hop THE THANG: -at each light do squats, side straddle hop, merkins and LBCs- reps 2,4,6,8,10,12 -with cinder blocks -> 100 sit-ups with… COCKPIT · MON JUL 27 Sherlock welcome ho(l)me(s) Q: Pauly D · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH / Windmills / Low Slow Squats THE THANG: island hopping in the parking lot. MOT been islands is lunge walk and then broad jump and repeat 15 merkins 15 squats 30 second plank 15 dips 15 merkins 15 LBC’s 15… THE HIVE · FRI JUL 24 Hair Metal 🎸 and Iron Bells 🔔 Q: JWOW · 9 PAX It was a wet morning in the fort but the dry humerus chatter kept us warm. A quick warmup and we were off. Thang: 50 reps of an exercise and then run across the parking lot and nur back. We did this 10 times. It was… THE HIVE · FRI JUL 24 Hair Metal and Iron Bells Q: JWOW · 9 PAX It was a wet morning in the fort but the dry humerus chatter kept us warm. A quick warmup and we were off. Thang: 50 reps of an exercise and then run across the parking lot and nur back. We did this 10 times. It was… COCKPIT · MON JUL 20 Push Through Complacency Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 9 PAX · +2 FNG WARMUP: SSH, down dog, honeymooner, cherry pickers, side lunges and some 5 second Merkins. THE THANG: 20,15,10,5 cinder block reps with a run after each set. Two movements to super set each other. Bench Press, Dips… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 14 The blockiest of Parties Q: Soup To Nuts · 16 PAX WARMUP: stretches before and some at top of Massey THE THANG: 11’s on Massey burpees and jump squats. Run to smooth Baptist church parking lot. 4 corners. Reps of 25 merkens, big boys, dips , and squats. Run mode of… COCKPIT · MON JUL 13 The Norway Row and Stuff Q: JWOW · 7 PAX There was a storm brewing over at Cockpit and you could cut the anticipation with a knife as The Pax eagerly awaited The Polish Mating Dance! We headed down over to the locked up pull-up bars for apparently no pull-ups… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUL 7 EMOM and Partner Ladder Q: Spectre · 8 PAX WARMUP: 20 SSH IC 10 Windmills IC 10 Cherry Picker IC 10 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Hillbilly Walkers IC THE THANG: EMOM 25 MIN 1: 10 Burpees MIN 2: 15 Squats MIN 3: 10 Merkins MIN 4: 20 Reverse Lunges MIN 5: 20 BBS Hyrox… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 30 Compete with yourself DORA Q: Sweet Baby Ray · 11 PAX WARMUP: SSH, cherry pickers, side lunges and a little mosey THE THANG: DORA but no rep count. The whole point was to compete with yourself and try to do atleast one more rep than the previous set before your partner got… BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 16 First Rope Q: Top Rope · 9 PAX WARMUP: side straddle hops, cherry pickers, side lunges, temp merkins, runners stretch THE THANG: Mosey 3x10 - dips, Bulgarian squats, derkins, heels to heaven, and high plank Mosey Dora - 50 muscle ups, 100 jump… THE FORT · SAT JUN 6 The Fort Q: backdraft · 20 PAX · +1 FNG WARMUP: 6 runners, 14 bootampers THE THANG: movements and exercises throughout the area with a lot of bitching MARY: ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter COT: BLOCK PARTY · TUE JUN 2 Never trust a trombone guy. Clarinet guys are impeccable Q: Liberty Bibberty · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSH Imp Walker Hillbilly Walker Squat Mosey THE THANG: Bear crawl Indian run Dora 50 squats 100 lunges 150 LBC bag is carried by 1 runner Run to swings Burpees and pass bag for manmaker Squats and pass bag Big… BLOCK PARTY · TUE MAY 26 Little Sandbag Babies Q: Sasquatch · 8 PAX WARMUP: SSHs, broga, various dynamic plank exercises (i.e. plank jacks, peter Parkers) THE THANG: 2# sandbags held in each hand for duration of workout Performed each exercise in cadence followed by a parking lot loop… THE FORT · SAT MAY 23 AI Gone Wild Q: Fishstix · 7 PAX The talk of the morning was about the AI videos created by JWOW had gone off the rails. The conversation would take our minds off the wet and rainy weather. We began with a trip around the park stopping at each swing…