Backblast! QvQvQvQ Finale 2024

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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 Hammers – DC
Ex 3 – 30 Big Boy Sit-ups
Ex 4 – 30 overhead Flutter Kicks – DC
Return to the center after each exercise for 5 Manmakers.

Since Esso planned to use the same parking lot he went next.
6 groups of men and exercising in cadence while one group member plays with Cindy:
• Mountain climbers IC > 5 Cindy Manmakers
• SSH IC > 10 Cindy swings
• 6 ct burps IC > Cindy overhead carry
Message: Ignite your fire, use F3 as your fuel, let the fire spread. :fire:
Next Homer led us out the entrance to a brand new feature of the AO. Stairs to the overflow parking lot. There we had 4 coupons and they started with the 4 Qs then passed among the PAX on each trip up and down the stairs. Each PAX also stopped for 10 squats at the top and bottom portions.
Message: share your heavy burdens.
Lastly Bandcamp tookover the group:
Crawl Bear an uncomfortable distance to the starting point using some feature of the AO
4 corner transport:
Burpee Broad Jump
Bear Crawl
Lunge walk
Toss 12 sand bags over the shoulder
Rinse and Repeat
Keep going!

Message:
Who is it that we say we are?
If you get tired, learn to rest.
There is no quitting.
You don’t get to decide when you can stop.
Who is it that we show people we are?
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Homer came out victorious mainly due to votes received for use of AO. Thanks to all who participated in 1 or all 4 weeks. It was great to see some bonding between the regions through this event. Don’t be afraid to cross the river.

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There was a Frog

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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 blind to our 6. We need others to help cover our 6. This horizontal relationship helps all the members of the pack.
WARMUP:
25 SSH IC
10 Windmills IC
10 LSS IC
10 MNC IC
10 Hill Billy Walkers IC
Yoga

THE THANG:
Socratic – Do communities benefit when men combine?
Spur – Men recognize the Advantage of mutual defense.
Men recognize the benefit of community. A HIM locks his shield with other HIMs to protect the people behind the wall.

The Thang – Ladder Work across parking lot with Bear Crawls in between. Eliminated the last exercise each round. All Reps were completed.
5 Burpees
10 Bomb Jax
20 Merkins
30 Squats
40 LBCs
50 Monkey Humpers

Socratic – Can a man begin the fight against adversity before he encounters it?
Spur – Acceleration of the Shield Lock requires Preparedness

7s of Carolina Dry Docks and Big Boys

Mosey to back of Theatre – Wall Sits and Burpee Waterfall
MARY: American hammers til 0600
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Waxhaw CSAUP and The Jaeger coming up!
COT: Stays in COT.

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The Springs Street Spine

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Four at Minnow Pond.

Pledge and then run to Hardee’s lot where the thang is explained as follows:
Hardee’s lot is base camp. Do 10 burpees here.
Run up Springs st to its end (Summersby/Cone #1) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Close st (Cone #2) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Oak st (Cone #3) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees
Run up Springs st to Leroy st (Cone #4) and do 30 pushups
Run all the way back to base camp, 10 burpees

This is as far as we got. A jackrabbit pax would have been instructed to repeat, but start with cone #4 etc.

We all ran back to Veteran’s park, did some stretches and then COT.
Stats: 3.3 miles, 140 push ups, 40 burpees.

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Hero WO Honoring Master Sgt. Michael Maltz

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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 pullup bars run around the perimeter of the COT parking and head back towards the JOC building continuing down the hill taking a right at the stop sign at the bottom, going around the playground and come back up the hill and stop at the pullup bars
50 Pull-Ups
Close to a 200 meter Farmer’s Carry with 2 Cindys – starting at pullup bars head down the hill, take a right at the stop sign, go around the playground loop and head back up the hill to the pullup bars
50 dips on Cindy on the curb
100 Diamond Merkins
50 Knees-to-Elbows on the bar
100 Big Boys with Cindy
Run the same route described at the start
DONE & SMOKED!

MARY: Had an AB BOP for those that finished early. No one finished the 1st exercise on the list which was 100 LBCs.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:Jaegar, Trash Pick Up, Amrap for Autism, Mike Doty Memorial Run

COT: ShowtoKnow!

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Spring Breaking

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WARMUP: 10 burpees, SSH, 10 burpees
THE THANG: Run some stair laps repeatedly around the building with Corkscrew, partner style with 1 partner doing exercises and the other running. Ran to bottom of road below LPL, then worked our way up the hill with bear crawls, lunges, reverse bear crawls and other fun, sprinted home. Finished off with 11s comprised of Knee-Tar-Ndyaes and Big Boys.

COT: great to have Cable Guy back out along with Pirate and the Cyclops shield lock crew enjoying extra sleep and a post during spring break.

2nd of 2 Qs on the day for YHC. Grateful to have Cyclops and Old Bay along for both!

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35 reps for 35 years

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WARMUP: Run up 160 around back of WEP on the north end, plank in parking lot
THE THANG: we ran hill repeats with 15 squats at top of stairway to heaven and 10 box cutters at stop sign in parking lot entrance plus 5 burpees in parking lot each time pax reach the middle between hills. After 2 rounds of hills, run a lap around WEP. Rinse and repeat. Run home.

COT: Solid effort by all pax. 6 pax who posted were met by 3 runners at COT.

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There’s that smell again…

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Started with a mosey run. Then a warmup circle:
Warm up with: SSHs, windmills, imperial walkers, Moroccan n/c, Low slow squats, big arm circles, peterparkers, plank stretches. Count of 15 reps I/C.
Run

The Thangs
Thang 1: Mountain Climber relays
Run to line 1 and do 20 mtn climbers
Run to base line
Run to line 2 and do 30 mtn climbers
Run to baseline
Run to line 3 and do 40 mtn climbers
Run to base line

Thang 2: Interval routine. Had a Nirvana playlist going, 30 years since Kurt Cobain’s suicide.
Three sets:
Set A: Do the below 32 seconds on, 10 sec standing rest in between
Merkins
Cherry Pickers
Squats (w/ Block)
Dips
Bobby hurleys
Set B: Do the below 40 seconds on, 15 sec rest in between
LBC
Derkins
American Hammers
Curls (w/ block)
Mountain Climbers
Set C: Do the below 45 seconds on, 20 sec standing rest in between
Burpees
Imp Walkers
Squat Jumps
Lunges
SSH

Thang 3: Pull up bar assembly line
Nine pull up bars. First one: 4 pull ups, second: 5 thrusters using cindy, third: 6 knees to chest. The sequence repeats. Pax go down the line and end up doing the sequence three times; bear crawl back to the start and do 7 squats with the block. Then get back in the pull bar sequence again.

Mary.
fini
COT

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Total respect

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Since we are all respectable and it was raining we stayed dry under the awning.

WARMUP: SSH, Moroccan night clubs, overhead claps, windmills, imperial and hillbilly walkers. Mosey around the big circle
THE THANG: One minute of 3 exercises with a lap between 6 exercises. Sets of 10 each for 1 minute. Burpees, SSH, overhead claps rest, hello dolly, dips, monkey humpers-run- plank jax, Amer hammers, squat jumps, rest, seal jax, flutters, lunges-run- CDD, mtn climbers, LBCs, rest, squats, merkins, SSH – run. Repeat until 5 min left
MARY: flutters, hello dolly, LBCs, gas pumpers, Amer hammers, weezy Jeff, Freddy mercs
ANNOUNCEMENTS: litter pickup 4/27
COT: prayers.

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