76° with 90% humidity

 Posted on July 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  269 words  |  

Three met at 4:45 (GTL/Denali/Largemouth) for a few EC lake laps and got the sweaty slogfest started. With adequate time left for a shoe change #Denalisignaturemove, the rest of the PAX gathered. 5:15 a.m. on the clock so we mosey to the big parking lot. Warm up 15 Imperial Walkers 15 Side shuttle hops 5 Good mornings 15 standard merkins 15 Mountain Climbers Next up is a favorite of YHC, the BLIMPS circuit. [Read More]
augmented  blue-water  captain-jack  chef  denali  gtl  half  hermes  hoppin-john  joe-smith  largemouth  repeato  staubach 

And Here's To You Mrs. Johnson

 Posted on July 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  320 words  |  

While planning my first Q at Hot For Teacher, I thought back to my school days. I don’t remember most of my teachers, but I remember Mrs. Johnson. She was a mean old witch who pushed her students hard and didn’t tolerate any nonsense. I hated her back then, but now I wish my own 2.0 could have a teacher just like her. With that inspiration, here’s what we did. [Read More]
butt-fumble  cataracts  crimson  disco-duck  ezekiel  frisco  hamm  i-pity-the-fool  mai-tai  oxtail  prosecco  queequeg  qwerty  schlitz  shut-in  sub  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

Better Late Than Never

 Posted on July 17, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  793 words  |  

Eighteen PAX gathered this swampy moonlit morning at Carpex’s original limited-run AO, Tortoises. With the Dark of All Helmets fan club gathering happening over at SNS, YHC was very pleased with the turnout. Disco Duck and Frisco were already doing some EC, alternating intervals runs and pull-ups. YHC started to caution them that they might regret that later, but decided they would find out soon enough. No FNGs, but practice makes perfect, so let’s run through the disclaimer anyway. [Read More]
alamo  ashbury  disco-duck  earhart  eveready  ezekiel  frisco  hotty-toddy  intimidator  matador  meatloaf  pickles  sega  texas-ranger  the-departed  traffic-cone  trike  triple-lindy 

Smoked Legs

 Posted on July 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  485 words  |  

A dozen strong men avoided the big crowds at SNS to particiate in a Vanilla with sauce beatdown under the moonlight in the Lion’s Den on a glorious Wednesday moring. No FNG’s, yet disclaimer should be disclaimed and was with a friendly reminder to modfy as needed. 1st Exercise Pledge of Allegiance and off we went heading out of The St. Mary’s compound. Yesterday I scouted a few areas around Lion’s Den and set my sights on a common area just a short run away. [Read More]
cataracts  freebird  hamm  imp  monkey-nut  puddles  qwerty  red-ryder  short-circuit  smithers  sub  wahoo 

Two Drink Minimum

 Posted on July 17, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  883 words  |  

Wow, the weather forecast was intimidating for my first Q at Rush Hour. I seriously thought it might be just me and Theismann, and I was nervous at trying to keep up with him, even when he is wearing a 20# weighted vest. So I packed up a cooler with some waters and cold towels as a mini SAG station, and headed down to lovely DTC. To my surprise, it was the largest turnout that I’ve experienced at Rush Hour, a PAX of 9, including two of our Friendly SW Guys (FSWGs - both of whom were wearing weighted vests). [Read More]
bartman  carvana  pikachu  quiver  skipper  slide-rule  solo  theismann  www 

A stroll around the block

 Posted on July 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  255 words  |  

An even dozen found their way to the lower parking lot this morning which seems to be the only place we can start Hells Bells now. The top lot is always locked. No Pax were late so Red Ryder was disappointed we didn’t start with burpees. Warm-up – Everyone picked up a traveling bell and moseyed over the the parking lot. Warmed up with SSH, Good Mornings, calf stretch, and followed by sir fazio forward and backward. [Read More]
alamo  bambi  earhart  etch-a-sketch  hanson  headroom  hottie-toddy  intimidator  monkey-nut  red-ryder  the-joker  triple-lindy 

A-Team 5-year Anniversary 7-15-19

 Posted on July 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

28 HIMs showed up to celebrate 5-years of wonderful workouts on Mondays! They were led by 108 years of experience on a classic tour of the site. Warm-Up WWW started the process with the standard disclaimer. There were no FNGs. We pledged allegiance to Old Glory and took off for a short run. WWW led us in GM, Abe Vigodas, Sir Fazio Arm Circles, Seal Claps, Eskimo Merkins (they are not cool), hamstring stretch, and runner’s stretch. [Read More]
betsy-ross  chicken-little  chinese-downhill  compound-w  coxswain  crimson  disco-duck  frisco  hamm  jigglypuff  lookout  ozone  peeping-tom  press-on  repeato  roasters  saban  schlitz  short-circuit  skipper  smokey  soccer-mom  sooey  term-paper  traffic-cone  two-factor  willy-wonka  www 

It wasn’t a Murph

 Posted on July 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  356 words  |  

After stressing out for a few weeks about my first Q, it’s now Monday. I ping Peeping Tom, my cousin who EH’d me one year ago, to get some feedback on my plan. Grief is delivered, something about how I’m asking him about this the day before I’m supposed to Q. I attempt to correct him, stating I’m fine, I’ll have all day Tuesday to nail things down. Additional grief is exchanged about how I’ve actually only got 10 hours before the Q. [Read More]
blue-and-out  blueprint  callahan  chicken-little  disco-duck  earhart  gtl  ham  hank-williams-jr  honeycomb  how-how  i-pity-the-fool  imp  jigglypuff  kenny  kid-rock  largemouth  old-maid  peeping-tom  red-ryder  short-circuit  shut-in  snots  speed-racer  sub  term-paper  water-wings 

Sally Showed Up

 Posted on July 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  232 words  |  

My first Q at Lion’s Den and boy am I excited. I’ve got my winkie all set and I’ve researched the area on Google Maps. It’s another hot and muggy morning but with the Shovel Flag planted by Sour Mash we are ready to begin. Disclaimer, no FNGs, Pledge of Allegiance. Set out on a mosey and Site Q tells me we must be quiet as we travel to and use the local park as the townhouse residence across the street claim this park as their own and is part of their HOA. [Read More]
hamm  honeycomb  monkey-nut  mud-buddy  qwerty  schlitz  short-circuit  sour-mash  sub  suey  theismann  two-factor 

This was a Gross morning

 Posted on July 16, 2019  |  6 minutes  |  1278 words  |  

Most of you would agree that the humidity this morning was absolutely gross, which fit in perfectly with my plan for the morning. You see, today marked my 144th day since I started with F3, something that I randomly figured out while planning this workout yesterday. So it was only fitting that the workout be inspired by a “dozen dozen” or 144. After a nice EC ruck with Repeato which left us completely soaked with sweat, we waited for the crowd to gather. [Read More]
calvin  frisco  kwik-stop  pickles  press-on  repeato  skipper  willy-wonka