Backblast! Steel Sanctuary: Almost Paradise
DATE: 2026-05-27
AO: Steel Sanctuary
Q: Billy Goat,
PAX: Billy Goat Matt (Squirmy) Papi (Isaias Brito) Squeaks (Neal Gallagher) Isuzu (Seth)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP: Usual suspects…SSH, GM, IW, HB, WMH, SFAC followed by Bell specific WU: Deadlift, Squat, Overhead March in Place, "Side Swings" (Side lunge to Upright row alternating sides in a rhythmic pattern). Sevens with Cleans (L/R is one) and Swings. Travel alternates between via lunge walk (to) and side shuffle (fro).
THE THANG: A "Pair of Dice," one labelled with upper body calls and one labelled with lower body calls plus a standard six sided die for the count. Q calls the "multiplier" for each round based on the relative suckitude of the exercise. Three sets of 2 exercises per round. Q calls cadence on the first set followed by 2 OYO sets with an active recovery (e.g. shoulder taps, mountain climbers, LBCs) for early finishers.
Upper Calls:
- Swings
- Cleans
- Hip to Halo
- Single Arm Row
- Upright Row
- Offset Merkins
Lower Calls:
- Side Swings (see WU)
- Split Squats (stationary lunges)
- Romanian Deadlifts (single leg or simply standing)
- Calf Raise
- Goblet Squats
- Bridge Taps
PAX went 6 rounds with little audible mumblechatter over the banging GOAT mix.
MARY: Finisher with the floor is lava calls on swings, goblet squats, forward lunges, American swings, and push press. Stopped on a dime at 0615.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Passing the EDM flag to Rosco P on 1-Jun. Burpee Golf/Spit Valve – Nantan (Geoff) 's NINE YEAR F3 Anniversary at #C068S1RNNFJ also on the 1st. Spam Jam launches from #C09D4AP9G4E on 6-Jun. Come lend a hand or a loving goodbye embrace at YHC's house (2009 Broadingham Ct) also on the 6th. No plans for the June luncheon just yet though Squeaks is looking mighty tasty (Papi too).
COT: Prayers for Squirmy's daughter recovering from illness, Papi's parents (mom traveling to DR, dad at Papi's mercy), and Griswold as he recovers from an emergency appendectomy.
I feel like I've been spending most my life living in a Steel Sanctuary Paradise. Thanks, HIM!