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THE RANCH · MAY 16, 2019
Shot Put At The Ranch
I'm a little late posting this but trying to stay off Funhouse's naughty list. Go time arrived, disclaimer was given, and 7 of the finest PAX moseyed off behind the elementary school. Circled up for some quick warm-ups…
THE RANCH · APR 25, 2019
perfect day for a doomsday clock
Another beautiful spring day. Count was six for boot camp and six ruckers that headed right out of the AO. Warm up Mosey Run to front of middle school Circle up and do: SSH (IC 12x) Windmill (IC 12x) Imperial Walker (IC…
THE RANCH · MAR 21, 2019
I Hate It... But I Love It!
Jiffy asked me to Q The Ranch, and I was of course honored to be a part of #BlackDiamond month. I wanted to do something different, not only because it's nice to mix it up, but because I was smoked the prior two days by…
THE RANCH · MAR 14, 2019
The Black Diamond "Webb Jiffy"
This semi-warm morning started with YHC running up to the eager PAX at about 5:14 and 30 seconds. Bonsai and YHC took a nice little detour on our way as we were engaged in conversation and your truly was on autopilot…
THE RANCH · MAR 7, 2019
Cindy meets blackdiamond
I am always looking for opportunities to push myself out of the ordinary and this was no exception, thanks to Jiffy for hosting the black diamond series of events at The Ranch, this time I put together a simple routine…
THE RANCH · FEB 21, 2019
Black Diamond #3 at the Ranch - Get Some
Expected rain all morning, but instead we got a comfortable 40 degrees with wetness all around us. Perfect for what we were about to get into. Reminded the Pax that this was a Black Diamond workout and immediately had a…
THE RANCH · JAN 31, 2019
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THE RANCH · JAN 24, 2019
Spicy McDeuce at TheRanch
Lightning Backblast 60 degrees in January was too good to pass up, according to the 7 pax that posted to TheRanch, regardless of the moderate-to-heavy rains. Sasquatch and SkateOrDie even ran to and from the workout…
THE RANCH · JAN 17, 2019
Oh that smell!
It was great to see so many PAX pulling into the Ranch on a cold morning. Even Dark Helmet arrived earlier than normal, he beat Bonsai, Fire Marshall Bill and Fratboy! T-Claps to my good ol' pal Champagne for coming…
THE RANCH · JAN 10, 2019
Getting better with bricks
Great Morning at The Ranch on Thursday. 12 men came to get stronger and better. Theme of the month at The Ranch AO is Get Better. Jiffy (AO Q) leading the way here on themes. Asking the PAX, when you think of getting…
THE RANCH · NOV 29, 2018
Chest Day @ The Ranch - 11/29/18
13 #HIM joined YHC at the Ranch for Chest Day. Welcome Greenspan (nomad from Winston Salem). Mosey to the big concrete circle. WARMUP - 30 side straddle hops - 5 burpees OYO - 8 4-count forward arm circles, 8 4-count…
THE RANCH · NOV 15, 2018
Rainy Day at the Ranch
100% chance of rain and one of the first days of this winter with temps under 40 degrees. The weinke was designed to accommodate 12-14 PAX, but YHC was expecting 4 tops. Cars filed in and we had 7 hardened men ready to…
THE RANCH · OCT 25, 2018
Warm up:
THE RANCH · OCT 18, 2018
the BLIMPS Casino
13 PAX and ideal weather conditions on hand. Mosey run to front of middle school Warm up: SSH (IC 12x) Imperial Walker (IC 12x) Windmill (IC 12x) Moroccan Nightclub (IC 12x) LSS (IC 12x) Merkin (IC 12x) Peter Parker (IC…
THE RANCH · OCT 11, 2018
The Barnabas Workout
7 Sons of Encouragement braved Tropical Storm Michael today. We mostly took refuge for safety reasons under the awning as we moseyed to the front of Springfield Elementary. A forewarning was given in the beginning at…
THE RANCH · SEP 27, 2018
Prepare for a White Out
YHC was called off the bench to deliver the game winning pain. There was no weinke just some ideas floating in YHC mind in what to do...not a good way to lead, Wasn't sure if any PAX would show up as well since…
THE RANCH · AUG 23, 2018
BB for #Beyond at the #Ranch - 8-23-18
17 PAX joined YHC for something different at the Beyond edition of The Ranch. In the spirit of Beyond, I wanted to try something that would push the PAX beyond their comfort zone. Something that would require some…
THE RANCH · AUG 16, 2018
Burpee Plank Chase at the Ranch
Things got a little bumpy right from the start as the PAX arrived and learned that Jiffy is having some work done to improve the AO. Cones everywhere and new pavement is going in. Modification therefore stared early as…
THE RANCH · AUG 9, 2018
Walk Like an Egyptian
5 PAX joined YHC in the early morning for a bag of mixed eggs. Unsure of how the Q had prepared for, we got right to it at 0515. The Warm-up: all IC - SSH - Al Gore Nightclub- Hold Air Squat like normal Al Gore, but do…
THE RANCH · MAY 31, 2018
'Watch' Your Trajectory
The preview was we will do lots of dumb things together. YHC hopes the advance billing lived up to the hype! We had a good discussion on trajectory and how many missteps does it take to get you off course. Surround…
THE RANCH · MAY 17, 2018
Seis Rancheros
A motivated group of 6 men met at The Ranch for another test of their strength and endurance. Here is what they did: The Thang: Warm up with walking knee pulls, ankle pulls, toy soldiers, and lunge twists. Take a short…
THE RANCH · APR 26, 2018
Cone heads
First I want to thank Jiffy for the opportunity to lead the PAX today. 15 guys showed up and this was the biggest group that I had Q'ed for . I spent an hour or so the night before reading up on the exercise database…
THE RANCH · MAR 29, 2018
Final Prespect Q at the Ranch
Name-O-Rama. 11127355-7E37-4F2A-9B9E-F19861396FC7 YHC thanks Jiffy for the opportunity of one last Q as a Prespect and for the PAX who attended. Not many posts to the Ranch from my end, but I had been eyeing up the…
THE RANCH · MAR 1, 2018
It was a Dark and Drizzly Morning...
It was a dark and stormy morning in the gloom... well actually it was dark and rather drizzly more than anything, but apparently the forecast rain was enough to keep many a PAX in the fart sack. Wegmans and Senator…