Rockin' around the Christmas tree

 Posted on December 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

Rockin’ around the Xmas tree - Photo courtesy Frisco 9 rocked around (a very small) Christmas tree while 4 rucked around them. Warm up After a short mosey round the pickle, the PAX gathered for side-straddle hops (15), daisy pickers (15), hamstring stretches, plank hops (15) and calf stretches, then proceeded to the “play area” for… Thang 1 - Tempo fugiemus? Tempo-based series in 1:3 ratio featuring dips (15), bear crawl to raised heel half squats (15), crab crawl to curbkins (15), turkey trot (duck waddle). [Read More]
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Enough rollin' in my 5.0 ...

 Posted on December 2, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  629 words  |  

Ah, Thanksgiving. Family, food, football. And, if you are like me and my family, lots and lots of travel. With brothers and sisters spread out across the U.S. (and abroad) hosting Thanksgiving at home is a once-every-few-years affair. The rest of the time, it means a flight or a drive. This year, it was drive. And since no one wants to travel 800 miles only to turn around and head back 48 hours later, we saved the return till the last moment. [Read More]
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Jack, Jill, and that Dang Hill

 Posted on December 2, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  435 words  |  

When I heard Triple Lindy would not be at HB on Monday I was elated. That left only his weak-willed co-site Q, Wahoo, to monitor me. Below is what we did(ish) today at HB. The theme was leaning on your brothers when you are struggling to get it together. We had a weight vest we passed around between sets. I pushed everyone as hard as I could without being stupid. I modified my plans when I felt we were taking it easy or switched it up when we were courting injury. [Read More]
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It's not what you might think

 Posted on December 1, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  471 words  |  

21 PAX arrived at Phoenix expecting a Wrench Q, unaware of the backroom dealings that had transpired in which YHC took the Q. Exclamations of joy and thanksgiving erupted from the crowd upon hearing the news that for the next 60 minutes they’d be treated to a heaping dose of YHC’s shenanigans. One FNG, so in addition to a thorough briefing from Earhart, a quick disclaimer was offered and the 23 of us headed out. [Read More]
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Rip’s Designee

 Posted on November 30, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  100 words  |  

Pre-Blast 6 for 6.23 at TGM. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. 2.23 mile warmup Indian run around the school 2x. 5 Good Morings The 1st Thang REASE on the track: 10 pull-ups, 20 ‘Mericans, 30 Squats, 40 SSH; Indian run each lap. Un-rack’em. The 2nd Thang Four Corners in the lot: 10 CDDs, 15 Cherry Bombs, 20 Mt. climbers, 25 imperial walkers. Dirkins, dips, irkins on the wall. [Read More]
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Can drink bourbon without egg nog

 Posted on November 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  217 words  |  

Date: November 29 2019 AO: Danger Zone QIC: Wrench PAX: Ollie, WWW, Callahan, Free Lunch, Disco Duck, Wrench Last minute switch to take the Q this morning, and having posted here only a couple of times, had to dig deep. With no FNGs, we did a quick mission statement and got to work. Warm up: Good mornings Calf stretches 10 count Tricep stretch 10 count. Thang 1: The “Boulder Shoulder Dora”. [Read More]

DZ - Part Deux

 Posted on November 29, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  190 words  |  

The second last minute switch of the morning as Burt had injured his finger opening cans of pre-mixed egg nog and bourbon seltzer, or something. Once the PAX who could only take the warm up part of DZ had left, Wrench, Free Lunch and YHC did a quick mosey to the end of the car park for some good mornings (5), daisy pickers (10) and eskimo merkins (1 - 10 count). [Read More]
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So About That Hip Flexor...

 Posted on November 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  367 words  |  

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, November 29, 2019. After the triumphant T-day convergence, which sported a CARPEX record of 3,964 PAX including 561 FNGs, most of us practiced a LOT of gluttony. YHC consumed enough calories on turkey day to power a 747 jet on a cross-continental voyage. 11 HIDAs, including one FNG, were here to out-king their queens. Whether they knew it or not. Speaking of kings, Prom King is late so 10 burpees is our reward. [Read More]
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Cinder Block Pyramids

 Posted on November 27, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  

I wanted to make this one brutal so I scoured through F3 Greenwood’s IronPAX challenges and merged a few of them together to come up with this. While I was at my work/geek convention (i.e. KubeCon) in San Diego I ran through this workout at the hotel with a 30lb kettlebell (the heaviest one they had unfortunately). In short, it sucked, but do-able. So I grabbed all of the cinder blocks and two spare KB from Hell’s Bells the night before. [Read More]
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