Weather – warm, but starting to cool a bit, Fall is in the air. 16 Pax: Redcard, Cold call, Swingline, Twilight, Rite-aid, Cooter, Bach, Longhorn, Penn-Seagal, Refill, Crampon(R), Sleepy, Kardashian, Ponch, Chum(R), Roadblock Welcome/Disclaimer COT/Prayer –...
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61 degrees….. with constant drizzle. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Stations were set up around the loop of the field. The PAX in groups of 4 would rotate through a DIVERSE series of exercises. One of the PAX asked is the paste button was held down too long on my pr...
Aug 31, 2017
Warm and humid morning in the gloom. Around 70 degrees with a lot of humidity. QIC was wondering if it would be raining when I stepped out, but alas, no rain…. and for the entire workout! DISCLAIMER PRAYER – Pythagoras COP SSH IC X 25 LBAC IC X 20 Forward,
When: 08/29/2017 QIC: Brownie The PAX: Cooter, Road Block, Minnow, Cold Call, Crampon, Kardashian, Ponch, Chum, Shepherd, Twilight (FNG), 2nd Amendment, Red Card, Billie Jean, Swingline, Pythagoras, Penn-Seagal, and Brownie. Weather: Warm, 61 degrees F COP...
Aug 26, 2017
Pax: Donatello, Balk, Pauley, Krdashian, Jar Jar, Heisenberg, Radar, 2nd Amendment, Chum, Jobs, Thing 2, Phthagorus Thing 1, Roadblock, Colin Chesley-Eeyore (FNG), Beaker, Grills, Crampon, Sandbag, Lifelock, Coldcall, Swingline, Minimus, Mitch Miller-Minnow...
Aug 20, 2017
0600 and 66 degrees Fahrenheit under the bright street lights. 30 PAX gathered at the earlier hour to get some work in. DISCLAIMER Heisenberg’s longish history of FIA in NeTN and why we were starting at 0600 met with some growns and comments…needed to move...
Aug 17, 2017
71 degree morning VQ. 17 men went through a firefighter workout to strengthen and sharpen the steel. Started off the workout right with a Burpee train. One FNG for the day DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP LBAC 10 IC Chinooks 10 IC American Hammers 10 IC Xs and Os 10 T...
15 Men. 70 degrees. Humidity = 235%. The Legacy of Ronald & Nancy Reagan. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Through The Tunnel 10 IC Shoulders Down Pickle Pounders 10 IC Little Baby Crunches 10 IC Merkins 10 IC Motivators from 7 (mosey to the sign on the far end of the...
Aug 12, 2017
It was a comfortable 68 degrees this morning, as 23 PAX(1 FNG) assembled at Iron Horse for Launch Pad’s SVQ. These men gathered to shed blood, sweat and tears. Ok, so there was no blood shed but there was definitely some sweat and maybe a couple tears shed...
Aug 10, 2017
17 Pax arrived (wow! all on time!) to the warm, humid gloom to put in some work. DISCLAIMER – Kardashian PRAYER – Kardashian COP WARMUP: Motivators X 7 TTT X 15 DQ X 15 @ 3000 RPMs Mericans X 5 IW X 15 HW X 15 LBAC X 15 <>
Weather – warm, wet, but just slight like with a nice clean break in the rain. 19 Pax: Rite-Aid, Singlet, Penn-Seagal, Cacahuete (Peanut), Cold Call, Kardashian, Betsy, Pythagoras, Billy Jean, Ponch, 2nd Amendment, Jimmy Neutron(R), Hoarders, Refill, Chum(R...
The weather was nice (I can’t remember the details). Only a little damp from the deluge of rain the night before. What a great morning for a Pythagorean inspired Q. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP TTT (IC) X 11 Abe Vigoda (IC) X 11 Hillbilly Walkers (you know like Im...
Beautiful morning to work, 65 and clear. 13 PAX (2 fng’s – hoorah!) showed up to sweat. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Warmup; SSH’s x 20, Windmills x 15, 5 Burpee’s OYO, stair lap back to ampitheater Hillbilly Walkers x 13, Imperial Walkers x 11 – lots of mumble ch...
When: 08/01/2017 QIC: Brownie The PAX: 2nd Amendment, Shepherd, Refill, Chum, Jimmy Neutron, Hoarders, Red Card, Donatello, Rite Aid, Kardashian, Road Block, Cold Call, and Brownie. Weather: Warm, 66 degrees F COP – Brownie Disclaimer Warmup Merkins x10 OYO...
YHC’s been thinking about ramping up the COP to make it a little more painful. Seems like the COP’s been getting treated as a time for stretching and getting ready for the Thang. Today, 19 out of 19 PAX agreed that the COP was painful. Weather: High 60s, lo...
Weather, muggy, warm with 100% chance of trains. 9 Pax: Jimmy Neutron(R), Coldcall, Chum(R), Refill, Redcard, Shepherd(R), 2nd Amendment, Pythagoras, Roadblock Welcome/Disclaimer Prayer – Roadblock Prayers lifted for Brownie and Jester. Warm Up Side Straddl...
Jul 25, 2017
21 °C., 99% Humidity, Still/Calm air, Gloomy 12 PAX. T-Claps to Kardashian who came and left early even though he’s flying out to higher training altitudes this morning. As I turn 60 in a month, I realize how important it is to keep moving. I tried out this...
Jul 23, 2017
Weather: 75 and ideal conditions for maximum sweat 27 PAX descended on Iron Horse for a reload of the fan favorite Kilo 5k. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Warm-up SSH – 15 IC TTT – 10 IC LBAC – 10 IC LBAC Reverse – 10 IC THE THANG 2 cones were setup