Refreshing, 30 degrees. Clear sky and stars shining bright. Eighteen men gathered in the gloom of Arrowhead to perform pull-ups, carry blocks, knock out a few ‘Merkins and persevere. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Motivator from 8 Merkins X12 LABC’s X15, Reverse LBA...
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WEATHER – a nice 34 degrees with the general opinion that it wasn’t too bad……… then the wind picked up and the opinion changed. DISCLAIMER PRAYER WARM UP LBAC/LBACR – IC – 15 This was in hopes it would bring Whiff driving in on 2 wheels but prayers for his
Weather: Calm, 38 degrees F COP – Brownie Disclaimer Warmup No warmup necessary, unless you count a burpee as a warmup! The Thang On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me – a burpee! On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me –
19 PAX rolled into Arrowhead to bring holiday cheer to the gloom. The weather was a cool 40 degrees. Disclaimer Prayer Slaughter Starter LBAC forward and reverse (IC) 10 WMH (IC) 10 SSH (IC) 25 THE THANG YHC admitted when he signed up for Q he saw that our...
Dec 12, 2017
Weather: 45*, Windy; 6 PAX; Little Debbie on Q DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP 15 little baby growing in to big baby arm circles 15 through the tunnels 15 high knees 15 side straddle hops THE THANG Theme of the day was Mini Spartan as many of the Wilderness Road PAX...
Dec 9, 2017
Weather: Snowy, 30 degrees F COP – Brownie Disclaimer Warmup Merkins x10 OYO Imperial Walkers x10 IC LBAC x10 IC Hillbilly Walkers x10 IC Squats x10 IC Willy Mays Hays x10 IC Cherry Pickers x50 IC – No “W”s! Lunges x10 IC Shoulder Pretzels x10 IC Through Th...
22 PAX (1 FNG) came to Iron Horse on this 29-30ish degree, snowy morning to help YHC get an early start on celebrating his 47th birthday (12/10/70). Those numbers will play a part in today’s workout. The AO was covered in snow (and mud), with some randomly...
Dec 9, 2017
Weather: COLD and SNOWY 27F DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Motivator (5) LBAC (15 IC) LBACR (15 IC) Motivators (5) TTT (15 IC) Imperial Squat Walkers (15 IC) Willie Mays Hays (15 IC) THE THANG In Computer Science, we talk about when coding, it is line-by-line. This...
Pax of 15 Present For Chum’s BDQ The Pax: Rite Aid, Swing Line, Kardasian, Browney, Roadblock, Pythagorus, Penn-Seagul, 2nd amendment, Singlet, Balk, Cold Call, Red Card, Sleepy, Twilight, Chum DISCLAIMER was MIA today… whoops! COP Warmup In the amphitheate...
I don’t know exactly what the temperature was, but it was pretty darn cold at the outset. 9 PAX got up, de-iced their windshields (except for Cougar who ran to the AO) and forged ahead anyway. YHC had been reflecting recently on the things learned in the Gr...
Dec 7, 2017
15 Pax graced arrowhead on a chilly morning with a 22 degree Lunar halo aka winter halo encirling the moon…quite lovely. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH x15 IC little baby arm circles F & R x10 IC Hillbilly Walkers x15 IC Merkins x10 IC Willy Mays Hays x10 IC THE...
Dec 6, 2017
TEMP: 48F TIME: 0600 DAY: 02 DEC 17 DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP WARMUP: Merkins x15 IC Squats (3 count hold) x25IC Merkins x15 IC Lunges x20IC Merkins x10 IC Motivators from 7 Mose to Cougar’s house to pickup a few more cinder blocks. On the way travel back, Bloc...
Dec 5, 2017
22 men, including an FNG, made the decision to join there fellow men in the perfect 42 degree gloom to celebrate a birthday party workout. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP The Motivator got us start. The Motivator from 7. Then the Iron Horse AO provided us with a burp...
22 energized PAX arrived on a pleasant morning (low-mid 50s) for what was sure to be a debacle: Matlock leading a workout when he is an amateur at best. The start was a little rough and a cone disappearing did not help, but the PAX appeared to take it easier
Dec 5, 2017
7 PAX (Daisy, LittleDebbie, Private, Sample, Scrum, Trolley & Wilbur) basking in the heat of a balmy 46 for Scrum’s VQ. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP A light mosey of 3 Capri laps around the parking lot got legs and blood moving. 10 Angle Grinders were ground out w...
Dec 5, 2017
10 PAX 45º for 2.2 miles and lots o’ reps. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Through The Tunnel 10 IC Willie Mays Hays 10 IC Merkins 5 IC Plank (while I gave instructions) THE THANG I pulled out the Seconds iPhone app again, to guide us through 40 minutes of circuit tr...
Dec 4, 2017
9 PAX rolled into The Hill on a pleasant 39 degree morning for a dose of Monday Runday. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH – 10 IC Willie Mays Hayes – 10 IC Warm-up lap THE THANG Workout was pretty straightforward. Sprint the total yardage and # of reps indicated. I...
8 PAX rolled into Arrowhead (half 5 min late) on a perfect 48 degree morning. The PAX are hungry to get under the pull-up bar so it seemed fitting to offer some assistance. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP TTT – 10 IC Willy Mayes Hayes – 10 IC LBAC – 10 IC LBAC