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Owner @backyard.bos
Here to create a shift ✨
@mohaliandevie 🐶
Rajah & Gravy’s 🐈 Mom
Just Show Up ✌🏼

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Busy season is coming…your routine doesn’t have to be perfect, you just have to keep showing up. Here are a few reminders for staying consistent when life gets a little chaotic.

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MOHALI 🖤

The first night I met you was your mom and I’s first date. At the end of the night I knelt down, put my cheek on yours and you told me your first secret. I found my new best friend.

From that point on we were attached to each other. I finally got the gym dog I dreamed about. We spent everyday together. The impact you had on everyone who walked through the doors was probably more than the impact I was trying to have on people. You made the hard times better because I always had someone to be with while the gym was slow.

Days at the park, walks in the city, road trips, and hikes all around New England, you were always down for an adventure. We can’t thank you enough for the places you have brought us and helping us create some of the best memories of our lives. The best memory being you by my side asking your mom to marry me in Vermont and then again standing by my side when we made our commitment to each other on our wedding day.

And that’s exactly the best way to describe who you were. You were always there. No matter what was going on. good days, bad days, happiness or sadness you were always right there by our side.

Your time with us was cut way too short. It’s hard to even come up with the words of how I have been feeling the last week. But every time I get sad about it I think of the memories that we had together and the joy you brought not only in my life but in Laura’s and in every person you came in contact with. There is no dog like you.

Mr. Mohali, Mowgli, Hal….. My Guy. The impact you have had in this world will never be forgotten. Your happiness, patience, and unconditional love will be something I will cherish for the rest of my life. You’re the best man.

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The team behind your day at Backyard, out there giving HYROX everything. Proud of this squad. 🖤

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HYROX BOSTON 2026

The goal race. The one we set our sights and minds on a little over a year ago.

When we watched Backyard athletes take on Boston in 2025, we knew we weren’t quite ready. So we made a promise to ourselves: Boston 2026 would be THE race.

And last Friday, we did just that. With an 8-minute PR from Phoenix earlier earlier this year!

We took everything we learned from PHX and everything the NYC heat threw at us and went back to work. Back to basics. Rebuilding, retraining, physically AND mentally. We increased our running, increased our weights, and most importantly, increased our confidence. We stopped wondering if we could do this and started believing we could. And it showed.

Our biggest improvement? THE RUNS! Every single one, including getting in and out of the Roxzone. We gave up a little time on burpees and lunges but gained some back on wall balls.

Was it perfect? Nope. Was it progress? ABSOLUTELY.

Racing in your hometown brings a little extra pressure, but it also brings something pretty incredible... YOUR PEOPLE. The cheering sections, the signs, the familiar faces, and hearing our names along the course gave us more than we can put into words. ❤️

So what’s next?
For the rest of 2026, we’re getting back to enjoying all the activities we love without a training schedule running our lives. S is going to figure out those fatigued calves, J is giving that Achilles some love, and we’ll both be waiting for that Miami early access code while crossing our fingers for 🇫🇷. Come January, we’ll be ready to build again.

To our coaches, friends, families, and the entire @backyard.bos community, THANK YOU. For showing up, cheering loudly, following this crazy journey, and believing in us even when we weren’t quite sure how to believe in ourselves. You have no idea how much that means.

A little over a year ago, Boston felt like a big, scary goal. Today, it’s a reminder of what happens when you keep showing up, doing the work, and trusting the process.

We’re not the fastest out there, and we never needed to be. We’re just two women who decided to see what we were capable of.

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Screenshot to reveal your HYROX hype song. 📸🔊

Red Bull tunnel energy, Backyard edition. ⚡️ The song you land on = the song your trainer is sending you to the start line with.

No re-screenshots. We don’t make the rules. 😈 DROP YOUR SONG BELOW 👇

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Moms getting stronger, together. 💪🫶

Our current crew has been showing UP with Lauren + Laura, building strength, making time for themselves and doing it alongside women who get it.

Next round starts October 22.
Thursdays at 1PM | 4 or 8 weeks

Come be part of it. 🔥 Link below 👇

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All work and no play? Couldn’t be us. 😂

Shoutout @keeping.up.with.kerrie, @robmanja + @hailey.studley for actually passing the pop quiz. 🧠👏

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SUMMER 2026, a lot packed into 3 months. Feeling blessed.

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BACKYARD ATHLETE. 💪

The Brawl tees you’ve been asking about are officially up for grabs. $35 + very limited quantities. Don’t sleep on it.

📸 @jordankines

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You know what they say: last one best one

I have roughly 1 zillion things to say about tonight being my last class at backyard (for now) but the biggest takeaway is how much I’ve grown up with the @backyard.bos community over the past 4/5 years. Even the fact that I didn’t make a big deal about the end of my membership is growth for me (lol)

This community carried me through a mid distance relationship, buying a house & moving in with my boyfriend, the strength needed (physically & mentally) to become a dog mom, and one of my favorite chapters of life thus far in becoming a mom.
I mean let’s revisit the STRENGTH I BUILT IN PREGNANCY 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

What started as a group text to coordinate dropping in to Rob’s Thursday morning upper body strength & conditioning turned into a 3x a week membership & rarely missing a Thursday 8:10 strength & mobility. The people I’ve met here (staff and fellow clients alike) have simply made me a better, and stronger, person.

From the bottom of my heart I love y’all and I can’t wait to drop in soon. I’ll be watching for everyone’s post class mirror pics in the wings 🥹

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Signed Up & Showed Up: a week of figuring out what we actually needed — for Steph that meant rest, for Johannah that meant showing up. 🙌🏼

Steph’s Oura ring threw up every warning sign over the weekend, so she did the unthinkable: Sunday’s run got scratched, and Sunday + Monday became actual rest days. Turns out that’s exactly what her body was asking for. Tuesday she eased back in with run + stations at a slower pace, Wednesday’s 1:1 felt good, Thursday was calf PT, then one more rest day before this weekend’s Hyrox sim.

Johannah got in a solid week, using stress outside the gym to fuel her sessions — surprising herself with how much she could do one day, then seeing how much more she still needs to work on the next. Saturday felt good to be back with the whole crew, Sunday’s run looked daunting going in but turned out okay. Tuesdays are becoming a favorite fast, with some good station and interval work. Wednesday was mobility and strength, Thursday was Hyrox intensity (don’t tell LK it was borderline fun — also insanely hard), and Friday was a slow rest day.

Two different weeks, same lesson: trust the work.

4 weeks to Boston. 😬

#Hyrox #HyroxTraining #HyroxDoubles #TrainingRecap #SignedUpShowedUp

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Athletes Club // Vol. 1

48 spots.

4 stations.

1 room full of athletes.

Next session: Friday, October 2nd 6:30pm @backyard.bos

Link in bio.

#workout #athlete #club #event #boston

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