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583 backblasts mention “Shady”
THE BALLROOM · OCT 29, 2019
Disco inferno with DJ Twister
Twister was up to getting the group awake this am with some 70s TV trivia which is good for the respect crowd but very challenging for those of us born in the late 70s...and even an 80s in there. Since YHC controlled…
OCT 10, 2019
Postal Route
With the opportunity to Q Minnow Pond I knew I needed to bring the pain and increase the intensity. With everyone gathered and watch at 5:14, I gave the disclosure and at 5:15 we were off. Ran from Confederate Park to…
COLOSSEUM · OCT 8, 2019
Bite size tennis ball family
A nice and cool morning turned into something a bit warmer about 3 min in. 9 PAX took the DRP and after a quick, and non-energetic into as called out by Jekyll, YHC jumped out to a quick mosey. Stopping in front of the…
RING OF FIRE · OCT 2, 2019
QvQ 19.1 - Jiffy vs. Sasquatch
21 PAX showed up to the first round of QvQ 2019. This first round is the classic match up from last year, which was decided by ONE point! That’s right, the reigning champ versus his challenger. Jiffy versus Sasquatch…
SLOW BURN · SEP 13, 2019
For a moderate, this was kinda rough
I'm not sure when I have Q'd that I can recall being wiped out. Today was pretty rough. Good but rough. I think it was just rough enough for Shady and Pusher to keep them interested. We left ChickFilA and went toward…
AUG 31, 2019
Millstone pivots on a dime
YHC waited patiently in the Veteran's Parking lot thinking this may be a party of one and Omaha over to #TheFort to join the hype train down the street. Needless to say, 3 min before the opening bell, Boss Hogg rolls up…
AUG 29, 2019
Minnow Pond Strikes Again
17 Pax descended upon the Minnow Pond this AM. Many were new to the Pond and all were better for having posted. In the 5 weeks since launch, Shady along with the other Qs have set the bar high for MP. The workouts have…
AUG 24, 2019
Millstone jumps out of the blocks
Backblast disclaimer: Strap yourself in because this is going to be a bit more detailed than my normal backblasts so this can be used for future reference as this AO gets off the ground... 5 gathered for the kick-off of…
AUG 22, 2019
Monotony is a Choice
16 energetic pax posted to the 4th installment of Minnow Pond. All veterans, all had been warned in advance of need to warm up. So Disclaimed was super short and then it was game on. The Thang Run to playground at WEP…
AUG 15, 2019
Caution: The Minnow Pond may contain hills
Man, that sucked...I mean, that was awesome. Pardon me as oxygen is still hard to come by this morning. It was in the 70's with 4,000% humidy, we averaged 7:45/mi for 3.25ish miles, did some low-rep exercises along the…
AUG 1, 2019
Inaugural swimming (or running) with the fishes
8 dipped their toes in the unknown waters mostly unsure and anxious of where this ride was going to take them so hats off for the trust and willingness to try something "new". As the PAX did some stretching while we…
THE RANCH · AUG 1, 2019
Fields of Gory at The Ranch - And The Importance of Sharing Your Burdens
Jiffy gave me a holler this weekend to Q here. I was in the lower spectrum of the Flux lately and Q-ing a mostly black diamond AO was just what I needed to get out of it. Thank you Jiffy for the opportunity!! As I…
VARSITY · JUL 26, 2019
So...you want to do pyramids and running. We can do that
16 gathered for a quick disclaimer on the beautiful Friday morning, and even more beautiful new pavement. We took off for a quick mosey and circled up for some warm-up which consisted of: SSH, slow windmill, superman…
JUN 28, 2019
First Timer at the Hive
Always fun to Q a workout your not overly familiar with so figured I'd give the pax a little something different than what they're used to in a kettlebell workout. Special thanks to Shady who brought his arsenal of KB's…
JUN 10, 2019
We don't need no stinking drill bits - we're at Quagtastic!
Kicked off the fun with a short mosey to one parking lot over about 50 yards. Started the warm-up with windmills (10x), low slow squats (10x), imperial walkers (10x), cherry pickers (10x), merkins (10x), diamond merkins…
RING OF FIRE · APR 24, 2019
Q2 2019 PFT @ The Coop!
2019 quarterly PFT at the Coop was on schedule for day 21 of Ass Kickin' April! 17 PAX came out to see progress that has been made since Q1 of 2019. We had 8 repeats and 9 new comers. The Thang Warm up - Lap, COP with…
APR 13, 2019
Back to Basics at The Deep
After my Q on Thursday I feel like Q #3 this week would a good opportunity to go back to basics. As the Lake Wylie guys celebrated 3 years since the launch of the Deep this week I forget that we have a lot of "newer"…
APR 6, 2019
Building blocks which start with grains of sand
As I drove to the Yard for what was looking to be a beautiful morning, I started to think about what my message for the day would be since I didn't plan for that portion of the workout...which is very normal. I quickly…
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…
RING OF FIRE · MAR 6, 2019
Clovis-esq (Honey Badger cont., kind of, from Monday)
On this cold Wednesday morning in the gloom (sub 30 temp), YHC did a quick disclaimer after no FNGs were identified and took off for a quick mosey. Circled up for some stretching and warm-up to get the blood flowing…
FEB 14, 2019
We're going "Jack Webb" today...
Started out a bit chilly so YHC jumped in with the disclaimer and we took off for a mosey...that was about maybe 100 yards in change. This workout had been predetermined to be "leg friendly and minimal running" and that…
THE ARMORY · JAN 28, 2019
The Armory: Envelope Notes
A lucky 13 PAX gathered in the not too cold late-January gloom for this rendition of The Armory. Set the disclaimer into motion and the PAX soon followed moseying over to the far side of the church parking lot. Warm Up…
BLOCK PARTY · JAN 15, 2019
Heavy Hors D'oeuvres at Block Party
Today, we enjoyed a variable palate of play sand, peat gravel, and dirt. Luckily it rained around 0400, making it not “too dry” of an offering. I rolled up around 0445 to check site conditions, and had my back up plan…
JAN 11, 2019
Disrupting 12 days???
As I type this up, I realize that copy and pasting right after the workout would have been a very easy task but I decided to wait but build up the suspense....or something like that. At the Swamp gathering, we divided…