Spring Break is over so 11PAX posted on a beautiful morning to get back to work. YHQ is quite enthralled with rucking, so I wanted to share my enthusiasm by doing the first of 7 workouts in the GORUCK April challenge. Posted on slack night before to BYO ruc...
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Apr 2, 2019
The founders of F3, Dredd and OBT, state that once an AO consistently has more than 18 PAX posting, it’s time to expand. As the gloom has gotten a little less gloomy in recent weeks, IronHorse has seen significant expansion in numbers. Numbers in the 20s an...
Apr 1, 2019
Chilly but nice for the 3 men who Braved the challenge DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Warm up , Yep we did some THE THANG Go down to the play ground near School Hill and did some Murph Training Push ups, Pull ups, Squats, Run 150 yards or so Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
Apr 1, 2019
WEATHER – 26 degrees DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP LBAC/LBAC in rev- IC – 20 Overhead Clap – IC – 20 SSH – IC – 20 WMH – IC – 20 Hillbilly Walkers – IC – 20 THE THANG April 1st is the unofficial beginning of the thru hikers for the AT
Spring sprung 32 pax out of the fartsack this into the clear low 50s gloom. Moneypenny and Kardashian c0-Q’d for MP’s VQ. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH X20 IC TTT X10 IC WMH X10 IC LBAC X15 <> IC IW X10 IC HW X10 IC Mericans X10 IC THE THANG Divide
Mar 30, 2019
3 PAX on an optimal weather morning for early hour ruckership plus regular post. Little Debbie on Q. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Two Ponzi laps hoping someone else would show up. Failed. Left the AO. THE THANG A make-it-up-as-you-go Trolley style workout. Running...
Mar 28, 2019
Cool morning, upper 30’s, clear & calm DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP TTT (IC) X 10 Motivator (8) Abe Vigoda (IC) X 10 LBACs (IC) X 15, reverse, then Chinook squats (IC) X 10 Merkins (IC) X 10 Mod Chicken Peckers (IC) X 10 Slaughter Starter THE THANG Mosey to the pl...
Mar 28, 2019
34 PAX. 38 degrees. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Merkin Planks 10 IC Neck Rolls OYO Shoulder Rolls OYO Through The Tunnel 10 IC Motivators from 8 THE THANG Count off by 6s and group up. 5 Block Burpees 10 Overhead Block Presses 15 Block Prisoner Squats 20 LBCs IC...
Mar 27, 2019
10 pax showed up on a really nice morning. They did work on that field! DISCLAIMER COP Warm up lap 10 yd line and back: Butt kickers High knees Lunges THE THANG Repeat until I called time: Field suicides 20, 40, 40, 20 goal line. Run stairs and back down
Mar 26, 2019
26 Pax including 2 FNG’s came out for some March Madness. DISCLAIMER COP Mosey about 100 yards. Through The Tunnel x 10 IC Mosey More Willie Mays Hayes 10 Count R & L leg Mosey More Motivator from 7 Pax Count off numbers 1-4 Mosey rest of way to Carver
Mar 26, 2019
Eight PAX came out just to be disappointed again by Private. We miss you, hero. 47°F, Damp Ground, Cool Breeze, Partly Cloudy. Good Chatter Until 200 Plank Jacks Below. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Motivators xPAX IC LBAC x5 IC Flapjack Overhead Clap x5 IC Seal Cl...
Mar 26, 2019
Was a pleasant 46 deg this a.m. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Warm up, we don’t need no stinking warms ups….. THE THANG Not quite sure why YHC had a Nacho Libre themed Q, but what do chubby guys do best? Run and eat. Well one of those is true. For this
Mar 25, 2019
4 PAX met to watch the sunrise together. and enjoy keeping sandbags afloat while suffering ensued. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Little Baby Arm Circles IC 10x forward 10x backward Rules of SANDBAG engagement for workout: once the sandbag is picked up it cannot be...
32 PAX showed up in the gloom in balmy 37 temps for YHC’s final Q DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP We started with an Army Crawl. This is only because Kardashian requested it. We made it a short one. FCs x 100 IC, TTT x 10 IC, Shoulder Pretzels x 25 IC
Mar 24, 2019
28 Pax came out in the chilly 29 degree morning to help celebrate one of our own plunging into the world of velcro shoes, James Taylor concerts and minivans…. DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP Warm up SSH x25 IC Willie Mays Hayes x10 IC (slow) Thru the Tunnel x10 IC TH...
Mar 21, 2019
13 Men gathered in the out-of-doors to get their work on. Many were motivated solely by the hope of seeing my face this morning. Sadly, the overcast skies and 40 degree weather kept it close to pitch black at ye olde Arrowhead AO. DISCLAIMER COP Inchworm X5...
Our dearest Q, Sample, was unable to compose his digestive system and attend to his loyal following, but seven PAX posted and each contributed a bit of Q. We considered if 39°F was warmish or coldish and decided that it is warmish in early Spring but we exp...
Mar 20, 2019
It was a balmy 26 degrees…winter is just trying to hang on. 11 PAX were ready to get moving to get warm DISCLAIMER PRAYER COP SSH x 20 IC Abe Vigoda x 10 IC Burpees x 10 OYO Elevator Merkins – don’t remember how many Mosey to the band field