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JUN 12, 2020
Webbs on Webbs on Webbs
It felt so good to see my brothers on the west side. It has literally been too long. YHC was all smiles as the cars rolled up this morning. Lately YHC has been reading a book titled The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, so…
MAY 21, 2020
A Whole Lot of Burpees
With Laces In being temporarily relocated to Empire Pizza lot (the home of the slowest of all burns), I decided to take advantage of the nice, evenly spaced parking lot lines today for this week's edition of the work…
SNAKE PIT · MAY 20, 2020
Well Played Sir! Snake Pit Gets Thrilled
So two days in a row the weather man said DON'T GO TO F3!!! OK, he didn't say that, but two days in a row the weather app said it was going to rain and two days in a row it didn't. Thankfully I posted both days. One of…
THE ARMORY · MAY 11, 2020
Armory 5.11.2020
YHC was excited to lead on a cool, crisp morning. Was given the pass by the M to post after an 0200 feeding, so needless to say sleep was not an abundant resource leading up to this. Many familiar faces were seen prior…
APR 25, 2020
The Manion
First Lt. Travis L. Manion, 26, died April 29 in combat in Anbar province. He was serving his second tour in Iraq, embedded with an Iraqi army unit that he was leading and training. In honor of First Lt Travis Manion…
THE ARMORY · APR 6, 2020
Virtual Mental Battle Armory
Be careful when you reach your direct messages. You never know what they will lead to. Just kidding. JWow reached out and I happily signed up to Q today for my first virtual/Zoom Q at Armory. We talked a bit about my…
MAR 10, 2020
Fire Ant - A First for Cake
5 showed including YHC for Fore Ant Ruck workout. Ballroom had solid 41 or something of a mini convergence but we still got the work in and took our DRP 💥Quick Mosey around the property with a few warm up exercises then…
MAR 9, 2020
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VARSITY · MAR 6, 2020
Elvis has left the AO
Six PAX in total arrived. Weather: 40°, damp with patchy fog (that would be a good F3 name). The count of six turned into five just before 0515 struck: Long Duck had to pull an Elvis and recuse himself to the local…
SLOW BURN · MAR 6, 2020
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VARSITY · FEB 14, 2020
Varsity Valentine
Four PAX in total arrived. Cool but dry conditions. Warm Up Mosey run SSH (IC 10x) Windmill (IC 10x) Imperial Walker (IC 10x) Moroccan Nightclub (IC 12X) Low Slow Squats (IC10x) Mountain Climbers (IC 12X) Plank…
FEB 13, 2020
4 Corner Crusher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cEAG-u_hUs YHC had the privilege to cross the river and Q for 11 at Minnow Pond. Conditions were stellar: 67 and dry. Here’s what we did: The Thang Run to First Baptist (.3 miles) - 4…
FEB 13, 2020
7 Squared
So when i saw on Twitter that Spiderman needed a sub for his Q i said to myself, these fools will think this ole trail runner could never give them a proper ass whooping. It had been at least 6 months since i Q'd a…
JAN 30, 2020
Webbs FEAST and Hill Repeats
The day started with a 15 minute EC ruck around the parking lot at 0500, then I went back to meet the rest of PAX so we can get started with the jack webb FEAST, full body workout was guaranteed starting with upper…
JAN 22, 2020
Cards at the JOC
Today at the Joint Operations Command AO, we had 7 join me for a total of 8, to take on the deck of cards. It's not the most creative workout you'll ever do but I can promise you, you'll get your money's worth. If you…
JAN 17, 2020
Black Diamond at the One Word Convergence
If you're going to call it a Black Diamond, well then I owe it to the guys who show up for it to give them a true Black Diamond. Even if that makes 12 guys hate your guts for 40 min. They're mad because it sucks, which…
THE RANCH · JAN 9, 2020
Sore legs, laps, and laughter
Due to scheduler difficulties, YHC didn't know about this Q until a day or two before, which is fine, because there's so darn much a guy can do in a Q at an AO that's as diverse as the Ranch Unfortunately, I was about 5…
JAN 3, 2020
Chutes and Ladders at the Hive
drug this up from a past Q I’ve done Warmup – Mosey, Moroccan Nightclub, Hillbilly and Imperial Walkers, Windmills, Cherry Pickers, Plank, Honeymooner, Plank, Downdog, alternate calves in Downdog Next started the pain…
DEC 30, 2019
Petty Officer Taylor J Gallant
On this breezy and 66 degree December morn, eight badgers answered the call to post for the last Monday of the decade. We honored Petty Officer Taylor J Gallant by putting our all into a one hour suck fest. The Work…
DEC 30, 2019
4 big boy corners
Upon arrival, Darkest of All was already in 2020 form with the newly coined "traveling pants" extra credit. A handful of brave (stupid) souls joined him for a 3-4 warmup prior to 0515. As 0515 quickly approached, 10 was…
SLOW BURN · DEC 27, 2019
Litter Bugs and 4 Corners
Birthday Q with a good crowd. Humbled. Mosey to the big lot by Empire, the plan was to do some dynamic warm-up, unfortunately, one large vehicle kept me from setting up the majority of the morning here. Little did we…
DEC 26, 2019
Free laces tour
For a chilly, post Christmas, workout - lucky 5 at the Hiv...Laces In gathered with Tesh missing the 10 second disclaimer quick mosey as he rolled in a quickly got "clothing uncomfortable". Warmup included: SSH, cherry…
DEC 23, 2019
Extortion 17 Spl Spencer Duncan
Five men posted at Honey Badger to honor the 31 heroes of Extortion 17, and Spl Spencer Duncan. Conditions were cold and raining. NaFo has two entrances with some awning cover and we utilized both. Warm up: Under the…
DEC 18, 2019
8 Cinderblocks of Christmas
Always glad to take on a Q at the Abyss! Great AO. 6 Beasts + YHC came out for the Iron Pax inspired "8 Blocks of Christmas" Having Q'd 3 beat downs recently with no Cindys I felt it was time to call that number. Thank…