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RING OF FIRE · OCT 14, 2015
Get out of the Boat and Out of Your Comfort Zone!!!
28 Pax showed up this cool morning for YHC led workout. With one week left in the forties there was a lot of work around the number forty. Early comments were thrown that several showed today, expecially the over 45…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 30, 2015
New Cover Artist for Johnny Cash
This morning at The Coop, YHC led an "upgraded" rerun of the workout from The Yard this past weekend. The Ring of Fire exercises seemed like so much fun, why not do it again, but without the "moderate" intensity? The 9…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 9, 2015
Warming up with Jack Webb always keeps the workout to "Just the Facts"
11 #HIM answered the call this extremely humid morning. YHC did not know what to expect as several of the PAX are in Colombia (including the Site Q, Chicken Hawk) on a mission trip. And 36 Pax are tapering for BRR…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 2, 2015
9/2/2015 The Coop
15 tough minded men showed up this humid Wednesday morning to strengthen their minds and bodies with a beatdown from non other than Backdraft. I have been asking Chicken Hawk for a Q at The Coop since I came off the…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 5, 2015
The Coop's Greatest Hits
A Dirty Dozen rubbed the sleep from their eyes on a somber morning at the Coop. YHC commented on how long it has been since he'd been at his first AO and decided to pull out some of the "greatest hits" from past posts…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 22, 2015
Merkins Got Me Jacked Up
Want to say thanks to all the men that showed up for my first Q all the way through. Warmup 35 ssh 20 Hillbilly Wakkers 20 Count Windmills 20 Mountain Climbers Run parking lot various Kareoke butt kicks toy soldiers…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 15, 2015
Just say yes
16 pax swooped in on The Coop for humbling Hump Day dose of pain. The Thang Short jog to lighted terrain for COP IW x20 Mtn climbers x20 Plank sequence SSH x20 Slow merkins x15 15 Bomb jacks OYO Mosey to soccer field…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 8, 2015
Merkins, Bombjacks, and Burpees, Oh My!!!
19 of the Fort's finest ignored my warning of No stories, No 10 ten-counts, and No BS, and descended upon the Coop for 45 minutes of hard work and getting better. Disclaimer was mentioned and off we went. The Thang…
RING OF FIRE · JUN 24, 2015
Da gloom arrived and so did 18 of The Fort's fines
RING OF FIRE · MAY 27, 2015
Taking a Train to Dirt, Sweat, and Pain
A strong showing at The Coop was the result of 24 PAX showing they weren't afraid of wet grounds from the mild storms that rolled through last night. Today we welcomed FNG "Snare" with a variety of exercises, including…
RING OF FIRE · APR 15, 2015
Inch Worming it out of the gate at the Coop
With 13 strong Pax for a dry but damp morning we collectively conquered the morning. Nice job by all the PAX slinging tires and pounding pavement. The Message: God calls us to a very high standard in our marriages. We…
RING OF FIRE · FEB 25, 2015
The Coop: Chicken Dance rEmix with some added PAIN
The PAX arrived slowly as YHC watched the cars roll into NAFO. The clock struck 0515 and away we went....some PAX had to chase us down to SCES. 18 PAX ended up joining the fun!! Cheddar tool the Q for the initial COP …
RING OF FIRE · FEB 4, 2015
Sally leads to the X factor
22 men posted on a beautiful morning at the Coop! The Thang: Mosey to Sugar Creek Elementary High Knees, Butt Kicks, Karaoke left and Karaoke right Circle up Cherry Pickers x20, CDDx15, IWx20, Merkin x10, Windmillx20…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 28, 2015
Learning to Fly
13 Lucky Men showed up at the Coop for a Physics Lesson in Kinetic Energy by YHC. The Problem: It was COLD... 24 degrees cold. So cold that YHC was rusty on the COP calls to start. The Solution: Generate heat by being…
RING OF FIRE · JAN 14, 2015
Abundance of ... progress
12 brave pax posted to The Coop to have their feathers ruffled. The Thang Warm up run w/karaoke down to stop sign at SCES COP -- Mtn climbers x20, IWs x20, SSHs x30 Mosey to covered walkway behind school Bear crawl to…
RING OF FIRE · NOV 5, 2014
RING OF FIRE · OCT 15, 2014
No Name Workout.....
15 PAX (1 FNG) ventured out into the rain as Mother Nature tried to put a damper on F3 workouts, NOT the case. The Thang: COP: 30 SSH, 25 IW, 20 Merkins, 20 Windmills, 20 MC Mossy to School wall and partner up: Round 1…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 17, 2014
Sledding - It Looked Good on Paper
22 Faithfull PAX made the decision to see if Beacon would deliver a quality workout. YHC felt the pressure to ensure PAX of all fitness levels enjoyed a beatdown. I hope I delivered. The Thang Slow Mosey (a short…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 10, 2014
Instructions Included
Who ever said men don't need instructions, I think a little direction always helps, so YHC brought his Pull-Up map with him to guide the PAX to victory (or PAIN). Today was YHC's VQ for the Coop. Great AO to roam and…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 27, 2014
Next time, turn it up to 11...
Goooood Morning! Another installment of a Jekyll led beat down. A VQ for YHC at The Coop. 23 men jumped out of the fartsack to a perfect 65 degree morning. I felt like I gave it pretty good. Apparently, The PAX can be…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 20, 2014
Virgin Qs, Curbs and Square Dancing at the Coop
Eighteen men rolled out of the sack and represented at the Coop. Today's routine was about building leadership. Everyone that has never Q'ed in the past stepped up in COP to deliver some pain and get their feet wet with…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 16, 2014
A sprinters delight through The Coop
The Coop / NAFO HS is still a venue under construction, but the weather was perfect, as the overnight rain was gone, a glorious gift of a morning, we started with a quick prayer. Mumble chatter was high as Package and…
RING OF FIRE · JUL 2, 2014
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RING OF FIRE · JUN 18, 2014
The Coop - Campus Summer Tour 2014
Cake Boss at the helm came into the gloom of The Coop looking for some moonlight to shine on the AO. It was going to get dark and scary and I did not want any of the 10 PAX to cry for momma in the dark. There was some…