What started as a **cool and clear** morning quickly turned into a mid-workout **downpour**. But did we stop? Of course not! We adapted, embraced the gloom, and finished strong. Eight HIM showed up, and while we started dry, we ended up soaked—both from eff...
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It was a misty, rainy Thursday morning with the temperature hovering in the high 40s. Perfect weather for a Tabata beatdown. The Q managed to arrive a whole **45 seconds early**, setting a new personal record for punctuality. This was both celebrated and qu...
Feb 11, 2025
It was a rainy cool morning in the upper 30s as YHC celebrated a 7-year F3 anniversary. One thing learned over the last seven years, was that my rear end and my sandbag do not like getting wet. Therefore, we took cover under the sidewalk cover near the dock...
Feb 7, 2025
9 PAX came together on a warmer than average, MOIST morning to enjoy my last Q as AOQ DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Warm up? You’re talking about warm ups!? We don’t need no stinking warm up! THE THANG The start and finish of todays Q was the same 4 exercises, though
Feb 4, 2025
Partly cloudy in the mid-50s, great workout temperature and warm enough for 7 Pax to do a little sprinting. YHC mentioned at a previous Q how not-fast he was. Time to cultivate those fast twitch muscles a bit. DISCLAIMER COP Dynamic warm-up that moseyed us...
Ahh, a cool wet February Saturday. What better conditions to entice 4 pax to an AO DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH (which is the only exercise one can begin a warm up with) imperial walkers inch a stretch sticky butt kickers Mtn man poopers ttt lbac seal claps TH...
8 pax followed the coupon request as prescribed as they arrived on a perfectly lovely January morning at Arrowhead DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP ssh imperial walkers inch a stretch sticky butt kickers mtn man poopers ttt lbac seal claps THE THANG Axpay ereway instr...
Jan 28, 2025
5 pax discussed the death of cursive, related conspiracy theories, and did some other stuff. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH x15 Hillbillies x15 Imperials x15 WMH slow x10 SBK slow x5 Seal Claps x 10 Chinooks x10 Plank, Downward Dog, Upward Facing Dog Etch-A-Stre...
5 pax arrived properly layered up for a low teens slightly chilly morning. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Ssh inch to etch imperial walkers sticky butt kickers ttt lbac seal claps THE THANG For those that would have been looking for the perfect 12 degree morning to...
It was a rainy and cold 35 degree morning when 5 Pax decided to wake up and start the day off with a challenge. The YHC was going to try and make up for not making it out last weekend due to the snow. The “pisses” and “I hate you’
Jan 16, 2025
7 PAX climbed out of bed on this 23 degree morning to get in line for the carpool beatdown DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP 10(ish) SSH (IC) 10 Imperial Walkers (IC) 10 Hillbilly walkers 10 LBAC (IC) 10 Seal Claps (IC) 10 Willie May Hayes (IC) 10 Sticky But Kicker (IC...
Jan 14, 2025
9 pax faced today’s low temp of 20 degrees. DISCLAIMER COP Motivators from 6 WMH x10 Imperials x15 Hillbillies x15 Tie Fighters (LBACs in lunge, Right Fwd then Left Bkwd) x10 Chinooks x10 Seal Claps x10 Mtn Man Poopers x 10 THE THANG PAX (1 min intervals) R...
It was a cold morning in the mid 20s with no frost but evidence of ice. A whipping gust was reported at higher grounds. Good thing today’s Q did not involve too much running over ice or gusts. 9 brave Pax mostly aligned in proper parking order to experience...
On this 4th of January and the coldest day of the year thus far, YHC was wondering how many pax would show. Much to my delight three more, most of whom were on time, arrived so I wouldn’t have to do this on my own. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH inch
Jan 2, 2025
It was a breezy 32 degrees as 7 paxly Pax congregated with coupons at a particular spot to celebrate the start of the New Year and, as a bonus, the BDQ of YHC. DISCLAIMER COP Welcome 2025 SSH IC x25 Crescent stretch, wax and wane Inchworms x3 Etch-A-Stretch...
Dec 31, 2024
NYE 2024 greetings and salutations. YHC here for the 162nd time overall and 28th of the year. So yes, anyone under the age of 40 needs to know the “#” actually, in the past, was used to represent a number of something and not for some meaningless social med...
3 available dudes decided to start the day off right. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH inchworm into etch imperial walkers ttt sticky icky butt kickers mtn man poopers lbac seal claps THE THANG Simple and no fluff rinse and repeat. 10 pull-ups, 20 merkins, 30 squa...
It was a chilly 27 degrees with clouds and fortunately, no wind. There were 2, err 3, err 5 Pax eventually joining for a Christmas Eve beatdown. After we figured out whose birthday it was, it was time to warm up. DISCLAIMER PRAYER for the real meaning of Ch...