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51 backblasts mention “aws”
BUSHWOOD · MAY 24, 2023
Grinder Pivot
Slackblast: Grinder Pivot DATE: 2023-05-24 AO: ao-bushwood Q: SouptoNuts PAX: Cohiba fishstix FNGs: 0 COUNT: 3 WARMUP: Joined Tomahawk for a Grinder led exercise. THE THANG: Accepted invite from Grinder to complete 1…
THE ARMORY · DEC 19, 2022
52 Pickup
Slackblast: 52 Pickup DATE: 2022-12-19 AO: ao-the-armory Q: Shatner PAX: Dojo Sugarbug Mark Nestel FNGs: 0 COUNT: 4 WARMUP: SSH, planks, arm circles, etc THE THANG: Deck of cards workout Spades = Thrusters Clubs = High…
OCT 31, 2022
Halloween Hootenanny
Slackblast: Halloween Hootenanny DATE: 2022-10-31 AO: ao-honey-badger Q: Headspin PAX: Band Camp Saw Dust Kaiser Shield Clickbait Slow Roll HarryCarry Vuvuzela darkhelmet Maximus Grout, Jaws, Mark Twain FNGs: 0 COUNT…
BLOCK PARTY · OCT 11, 2022
Head -Shoulder -Shoulders -knees OH No
Slackblast: Head -Shoulder -Shoulders -knees OH No DATE: 2022-10-11 AO: ao-block-party Q: Yard Sale PAX: FunHouse JWOW Cohiba Cousin Eddie Dojo Kermit Pusher HarryCarry FNGs: 0 COUNT: 9 4 Corners of weeping WEP Warm up…
THE BALLROOM · JUL 12, 2022
No discounts for the Coupons!
WARMUP: SSH, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, Imperial Walkers, LBCs THE THANG: Starfish w Bombjax at the center - 3 exercises at each of the corners. Coupons were a hit ! MARY: 5 mins at end ANNOUNCEMENTS: Blood drive, CSAUP…
FLIGHT PLAN · JUN 6, 2022
Rollin’ on the River
WARMUP: Turn on your lights THE THANG: Run, Walk or Ruck. Those doing the full 5 hit Harvest Pointe. Backdraft sweated out some extra Cabernet from Sunday night and YHC survived wearing mismatched shoes, a symptom of…
BLOCK PARTY · DEC 28, 2021
B.L.O.C.K P.A.R.T.Y
7 men shunned the fartsack and tackled Block Party this glorious December morning. Disclaimer was disclaimed, a brief warmup was performed (SSHs, Low Slow Squats, and Imperial Walkers) then we were off. Here’s what we…
RING OF FIRE · OCT 6, 2021
How Much Time Will We Waste?
Last week a dear brother of ours passed unexpectedly. He was one of the good ones - and he taught me a most valuable lesson about time spent and time wasted. He fought his demons and let them reign supreme for far too…
MAY 21, 2021
Carrying the Distance
13 PAX today in the sweet spot of the year when the gloom feels about perfect Warmup: SSH 1 burpee MC Peter Parker Parker Peter 2 burpees Little yoga Monkey Humpers We were pretty mobile today with a farmers carry…
NOV 25, 2020
Just keep climbing...
Sometimes it's hard to find a Q in the winter months at Pantheon. Doubly so the day before Thanksgiving. So what do you do? You have fun! The Gloom YHC rolled up to an empty parking lot with a few minutes to go. The…
BLOCK PARTY · NOV 3, 2020
Shield Lock 2020.1
Bobber and YHC were tossing around an idea of doing a Shield Lock focused month at his AO over the Summer - and we were finally able to land on the month of November. Today was part one of YHC's shield lock taking over…
FEB 15, 2020
Valentine’s Day Hangover Milkshakes for Everyone
Well, after very active Valentine’s Day celebrations there were 6 HIMs in need of recovery Saturday morning. Almost 3 miles of ground covered, all while actively obeying traffic laws to ensure we did not have another…
SEP 9, 2019
Honoring 5 heroes from 9/11 at the Honey Badger
16 PAX joined me to honor our fallen heroes, this time I went off the book and decided to do my own version and honor some of the heroes from the tragedy of 9/11. -During the September 11 of 2001 attacks, 2,977 people…
MAY 17, 2019
T For Triangle
YHC Answered the call from Hombrew to Q an AO I had never posted at. It will be fun he said- AND IT WAS. 12 PAX and an FNG from PHX where on hand for the fun. It went something like this. Disclaimer for FNG and Pax and…
MAY 15, 2019
600M Shoulder Shredder at Pantheon
GREAT morning!! Take advantage of the May chill. A month from now we will be far from it. No FNGs, disclaimer was said and off we went. Ran around the short loop of the parking lot to warm up and to the non-residential…
RING OF FIRE · MAR 13, 2019
The Coop 11:2019
15 PAX (The Coop consistently draws some solid numbers) gathered in one of (possibly...) our last coldish gloom in The Fort. A quick disclaimer and we were off. We got in 40 burpees to help alleviate the penalty burpees…
THE ARMORY · FEB 18, 2019
Presidential Day Massacre at the Armory
The weather mostly held out with a few spitting showers but good mumble chatter by the 11 pax on this cold and wet morning. It was a morning filled with maybe a little too many facts our presidents but it was a good…
JAN 14, 2019
CURRAHEE!
Today, we honored the 101st Airborne Infantry, 506th PIR. Better known as Easy Company, or the Band of Brothers. These men went through so much in the name of freedom, have 50% casualties in Normandy alone, the first 20…
MAR 5, 2018
Crazy RECON at Crowders
10 of us, including 2 FNG's, joined together at Crowders Creek Elementary on a chilly March morning to RECON the area with hope that we can form a new AO here. I gave a better-than-usual disclaimer since we had some new…
DEC 12, 2017
Ruck W/O: Hill Work on Time
Golden Corral usually draws a good crowd of folks eager to take on a challenge. No different today. A bunch of go-get-ers ready to go get it, despite the cold and wind. Today the ruckers outnumbered the others. Awesome!…
NOV 30, 2017
Chasing Victory, Monopoly Lessons
As I was thinking about my Q. I was struggling to bring something personal to this workout. I then realized it was the last day for the month and with the months theme of victory. I knew exactly what I was going to do…
THE BALLROOM · SEP 5, 2017
Dealer's Choice: Shovel Flag hand-off at The Ballroom
A beautiful early fall morning with a bright moon called some hearty soles to the "new" Ballroom. Q-drenaline was surging in my veins as the cars kept rolling in. YHC was proud to have my 2.1, Pigeon roll out of the…
THE ARMORY · MAR 13, 2017
17.1 Armory Games
A total of 6 pax made it out of bed for the post after a day of snow, in March. Hey, there might be pollen out, but at least we got some snow to knock it down? Amiright? Warm-up: Hillbillys, windmills, merkins, mountain…
THE ARMORY · FEB 29, 2016
New Boards for the ARM-ory
It was a perfect morning at the Armory, 8 men, great weather and a laminated Weinke Honored to lead and learn. 3 lessons from my morning at the ARM-ory 1. Senator Tressel "injured" is better than most at 100% 2. If you…