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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…
MAY 16, 2018
Track Magic at Laces Out
You put out one promotional tweet that pokes a little fun at our southern racing heritage and its crickets. Well not actual crickets but lets just say that a tweet I put out highlighting #HIM Cornerstone went viral…
MAY 14, 2018
Broga, Tater Special, and Quagmire Handoff
The plan for several months has been for YHC to receive the shovel flag for Quagmire sometime in May. Eventually, the 14th came out as the best option, so it only made sense when the call for a substi-Q went out on…
MAY 9, 2018
Slow and Intensional Dirty McDeuce
8 fine pax arrived at Pantheon ready for a beating. As tempting at it was to pull out the bucket-o-pain for the second day in a row, YHC decided to reach way back in weinke history for a workout that was a favorite…
MAY 7, 2018
Russian Roulette
To start: Simple stretching while I explained the idea of what I call Russian Roulette. During the workout, rock songs from a 90s and 00s playlist were blasted on shuffle. One song on the playlist would function as a…
SNAKE PIT · APR 30, 2018
Hells Bells at The Tomahawk
I realized last week that I hadn’t Q’d a workout in a few weeks and was itching to get back at it. As always, I try to challenge myself in each workout I lead, but more importantly I try to focus on encouraging others…
APR 24, 2018
Beyond - how selfish are you
The message for Beyond was around being selfish Humans we are naturally selfish people. As a child you grow up thinking everything should be centered around you. Even as I moved into adulthood I still didn't completely…
SLOW BURN · APR 20, 2018
Slow Burn Deck of Pain
The morning started out cooler than yesterday...and everyone noticed that right away. That's okay, because what I had in store would keep everyone warm enough without question. Started out with the standard disclaimer…
APR 19, 2018
Tires, sledgehammers, dumbbells and ropes
I saw that Royale was on Q once again so I decided to step up and steal the Q from him, great opportunity to lead a group of 19 PAX that decided to get better. Jedi, Olaf and Cha-Ching went for a pre run unaware of the…
APR 14, 2018
Our 2 Year Celebration for F3 in Lake Wylie @ the Deep!
I was privileged to get the opportunity to lead (with Dark Helmet) the 1st workout at the Deep, and on this Celebration Day to get the opportunity to lead once again! We've seen a lot of new and consistent faces over…
APR 12, 2018
Board of Bad Decisions...a week late
Realizing this is a week late, it is readily acknowledged that the bulk of the information contained herein is probably incorrect. But, this is the first opportunity YHC has had to sit before a computer, and since…
APR 9, 2018
Motivation Monday @ Quagmire: by Shakespeare
I had the honor of leading 7 men (1 FNG!) this morning at Quagmire. The drive in was a bit of a shock as rain drizzled down the entire way. According to the weather report, rain was supposed to start a bit later in the…
APR 7, 2018
Diamond at the Deep
I'm a little late posting this so I may be a little fuzzy on some of the descriptions, but here it goes... We had 10 on a wet and somewhat rainy morning at The Deep. It was good to see Cakeboss and Funhouse supporting…
APR 5, 2018
Nothing but Left Turns
6 on the track this morning. Mile warmup Dynamic Stretching. 35 minute AMRAP of: 800 meters (fast) 400 Meters (recovery) .5 mile recovery run followed by Some Broga. COT and BOM with Laces In. Thank you Haggis for…
APR 4, 2018
Hump Day... Whatever... Pantheon 4/4
11 came to Pantheon ready to tell Hump Day to go pound sand. Too often, men look at Hump Day as the day that they check out and coast to the weekend. We aren't those kind of men, so we will push hard and make it count…
BLOCK PARTY · APR 3, 2018
The Fort/The Rock Mini Convergence at Block Party
Nice warm morning at Block Party with 4 of our RH brothers coming up stream to get a Taste of the Fort. 10 total PAX for a morning beatdown from YHC. The Thang Mosey up to the hill to the parking lot. Lap around the lot…
SNAKE PIT · APR 2, 2018
Easter Monday At Tomahawk
Beautiful Spring Morning in SC Disclaimer Stations plus run the bus loop after each station Station Breakdown: #1 15 KB curls each arm + 15 2 arm KB upright row #2 30 KB American Hammers + 20 KB triceps press #3 20 KB…
MAR 30, 2018
The SWAMP - RUCK WOD
Well I've royally sucked @$$ at posting BB lately, so figured I better get this one up before I forget. There are some workouts were you just leave feeling motivated and this was one of them. I saw everyone come…
MAR 12, 2018
Identity and Purpose: Digging Deeper and Going Beyond
Though many said they would post, two brave Pax joined YHC for a cold, soggy morning launching Beyond from Flight Plan. Combined with the four runners for Flight Plan, we had seven in the Starbucks lot – the same number…
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…
THE BALLROOM · FEB 13, 2018
Chasing Blue Zones
Nine of the fine regulars of The Ballroom posted for YHC's first time Q'ing at the AO's new locale of PKMS. The temp was mid-40s, but the breeze seemed to bring a chill that made a few spend just a half second wondering…
FEB 13, 2018
Prepared for Rucking?
It was an honor to lead 6 High Impact Males this morning in the Ruck WO at Golden Corral. This is always a difficult Q for me because I never want to underestimate the abilities of the men I am leading. WARMUP We began…
FEB 8, 2018
Read directions and go...
Short mosey over to band practice parking lot with some high knees, butt kickers, and high skipping. Next we circled up for the following warm-up: - SSH, Imperial walkers, cherry picker, mountain climbers, Moroccan…
VARSITY · FEB 2, 2018
Repeating Til We Get It Right- Groundhog Day Style
It was an awesome day for an F3 workout! Temperature in the 40's. Had rained, but wasn't currently raining. AO was Nation Ford HS- great location. It was Groundhog Day (not sure if that matters or not). It was Friday…