On 25 October 1854, 600 British Cavalrymen charged the Russian cannons on horseback across half a league (1.6 miles) and only half came back. Today, the men charged their own half a league and gave tribute with 600. Poem – The Charge of the Light Brigade BY...
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Sep 30, 2017
Cool and Clear temp in the high 40’s. PAX was 100% Kingsport. We are trying on our Big Girl Panties and doing this on our own! DISCLAIMER PRAYER – Wilbur COP Side straddle Hops x 20 IC LBACs forward x 20 IC LBACs backward x 20 IC Merkins x 10
09/28/17 A warm 63 degree summer morning (in the fall) brought 21 PAX to Arrowhead’s 5:30 workout for my VQ. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Through the Tunnel X 15 IC Windmills X 15 IC Imperial Walkers X 15 IC Shoulder pretzels X 15 IC Burpees X 5 OYO THE THANG Mosey
Sep 28, 2017
16 PAX showed up to help YHC celebrate turning 33. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP The Circle of Pain is not the Circle of Warm Up. Slaughter Starter (20 Burpees OYO) 13 Burpees OYO (20+13=33 which happened to be the age YHC turned yesterday. Additionally, when YHC a...
DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Imperial Walkers x20 IC Little Baby Arm Circles – 20 IC Little Baby Arm Circles Reverse – 20 IC Cherry Pickers – 20 IC Global Warming – PAX in circle of pain. Hold Al Gore while slowly shuffling in a circle. Q shouts excercise. Alterna...
Sep 26, 2017
A perfect 59 degrees for 24 PAX to put in some work and go toe-to-toe in a burpee showdown. Glory had to bow out of the Q due to his full contact volleyball injury which left QIC little time to plan. Jobs 4/1 deck of death beat down from Saturday inspired
Sep 26, 2017
65F, No rain in forever and the sun never came up (9 Total) DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Through the Tunnel (10 Count IC) Short Jog 6 Min Warm Up (3 rounds 30 sec each) Side Straddle Hop / Merkin / Bobby Hurley / Mountain Climbers THE THANG Walking Lunges to Stretch
Sep 26, 2017
18 men set feet to the floor and decided to shake off the things that would hold them back. They set to work in perfect Fall morning conditions.. DISCLAIMER – as everyone was about to learn first hand, I am NOT a professional. PRAYER COP The warmup started...
Sep 26, 2017
Weather – 55 degrees DISCLAIMER PRAYER WARM UP Motivators – IC – 7 Arm Pretzels – IC – 15 Merkins – IC – 10 LBAC – IC -15 Kept arms up to continue right to picking cherries and dropping them in the bucket arms still up right into in rev
DATE: 9/23/2017 TIME: 0700 TEMP: 65F DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH x40 IC Imperial Squat Walkers x20IC Peter Parkers x20IC Merkins x15IC LBC (3 count hold) x20IC Squat Jumps x15IC THE THANG Indian Run x2 Laps Motivators from 7 Jacobs Ladder up to 8 Burpees Moti...
Sep 25, 2017
YHC picked up the run group VQ on run group eve. I figured we’d run. Rudy, Ponzi and the run group OGs usually bring fancy stuff that involves props, elevators, sphinxes and the like. Makes me nervous. I just brought sneakers and mapmyrun. Eight PAX are bet...
Sep 24, 2017
DISCLAIMER PRAYER – Donatello interruption #1 COP With the slight interruption of a train, we had an unplanned slaughtered starter.. Burpee Train AMRAP LBAC 20 IC Cherry pickers Reverse LBAC 20 IC TTT 15 IC THE THANG Split into 2 groups 1st group goes with...
Sep 23, 2017
Beautiful morning brought 11 PAX out for 7:00 workout at Arrowhead. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Side Straddle Hop IC X20 Through the Tunnel IC X20 Willie Mays Hays IC X10 Imperial Walkers IC X15 Little Baby Arm Circles IC X15 Little Baby Arm Circles (Reverse) IC...
Sep 21, 2017
Perfect 58 degree morning for QICs first weekday return to Iron Horse since the launch of Arrowhead. The combination of gloom, lights, and the amphitheater were nostalgic to say the least. QIC had signed up for the Q for a change of pace during the week and...
Time: 5:30 a.m. Weather: Awesome Pax: Excited for my Birthday Q! Or was that just me?! DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Slaughter Starter +1 (21 is half of 42, my age tmrw) Shoulder Pretzels x 42 IC Moroccan Nightclubs–Q’s Command TTT x 21 IC Merkins x 21 IC Squats x...
Even with Jester q’ing 24 pax chose to post at Arrowhead for a block party DISCLAIMER PRAYER Butt slap…thanks Baby COP Warm Up: SSH x15 IC Willie Mays Hays x10 IC Sllloooowwww squat x10 IC Sllloooowwww Merkin x10 IC Windmill x10 IC Hillbilly Walker x15 IC S...
When: 09/19/2017 QIC: Brownie The PAX: Ponch, Red Card, Deep Dish, Cold Call, Brownie, Road Block, Rite Aid, Singlet, Refill, Crampon, Haka (FNG), Kardashian, Twilight, Shepherd, and Balk. Weather: Cool, 57 degrees F COP – Brownie Disclaimer Warmup Merkins...
High 50’s Clear and Dry – 8 guys out for the joy of it. DISCLAIMER PRAYER – Wilbur COP – Donatello was on hand to help first time Q Wilbur stay on track, and it was needed! Side straddle Hops x 20 IC LBACs forward x 25 IC LBACs backward x