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SEP 29, 2016
Help the Next Gen Win
19 Pax posted to Laces In including 3 runners who were looking to get in 9 holes of running at the golf course. Weather With the recent start to Fall, the weather is quickly becoming perfect F3 weather. Soon, it will be…
COLOSSEUM · SEP 20, 2016
Pitbulls in Pajamas - 4 at The Colosseum
Another exercise in backblasting... This one is especially important because there are a lot of guys who want to know what happened. You know how I know that? ONLY 4 OF US WERE THERE. :) I thought that I was marketing…
SEP 15, 2016
Laces Out-Speed Work by the slowest PAX member
9 PAX showed up for YHC's sped work on the track. I really don't think there is a slower PAX member than me, but I know where to go for my information. Senator Tressel seems like he knows his way around a track so I…
SEP 7, 2016
The Jester can kiss my A$$
I showed up at the Abyss 15 minutes early to put some cones out, always happy to see the site Q Witch Hunt already beat me there. After doing my thing, we circled up and had 13 PAX ready to push it today...and with 30…
RING OF FIRE · SEP 7, 2016
Shiny New Toys
Dark Helmet is to blame for this wienke. He left detailed instructions on how to find our newest tool to inflict pain upon us. With these blocks now in place, YHC had to get them quickly in the rotation. Knowing that we…
SEP 6, 2016
Orange Crush at Golden Corral
It's been a while since I've been back at the GC...moving to the other side of LKW makes it easier to hit up the York PAX on Tuesday, but I'm always happy to get back to the 2nd AO I ever posted at! Thanks Decibel for…
SEP 3, 2016
What about those boards? ... at The Yard
A cool morning at The Yard? After Friday's storm cleared, it left us with a clear and cool morning for some fun at The Yard. My first thought was, we better keep these guys moving so we stay warm. Disclaimer, etc to…
AUG 31, 2016
Hey, Look at those Homeless Guys
I'm beginning to think there is a method to the madness of why we work out in the Gloom. Because we're not that pretty in the daylight. This was evidenced at the most recent installment of Run Ruck and Gun! Some of the…
RING OF FIRE · AUG 24, 2016
The Coop (The Fort) - One time at Band Camp they had pain stations!!
The Coop is a special place. It is a huge campus with so much pain to be had by all. I feel like we mosey to the same areas of the campus such as the hill and pull up bars. As much fun as they are, I like to be an equal…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 23, 2016
Coliseum - Run Pain Run Pain some more.
There were runner, ruckers, bootcamper and maybe some swimmers in there too but men were coming from all direction at The Coliseum. YHC was there early to do prep work from the downpainment and found some vehicles…
AUG 18, 2016
Laces In 8/18/16
Perfect morning humid and 77 degrees Disclaimer witnessed by Celebrity Legal Counsel "The Chaser" Mosey up to gun lot #HIM Clark Kent lead warmup-O-rama in cadence (I believe Clark thought there would be the normal 5…
JUL 16, 2016
Anything Can Happen (aka Ring of Fire)
I've heard it said that imitation is the highest form of flattery, so I've been known to imitate or slightly modify a good beatdown. I'll have to thank Jekyll for introducing me to the Ring of Fire at the last Gladiator…
JUL 11, 2016
Boomtown Rats never posted to Quagmire (I like F3 Mondays)
If you don't know the song google Boomtown Rats, Monday, or call your parents Conditions were 75 and sticky humid Disclaimer in DETAIL as my Legal Counsel is on vacation again (or is he avoiding my Q's?) COP Warm Up in…
JUL 9, 2016
Ruck to The Yard
6 men started at 0530 with a 4 mile Ruck to the Yard -Trucker, Lil E, Ditch witch, Howitzer, Car Bomb, and I PS the Ruck home was not that bad... Disclaimer and quick discussion on F3 COP Warm Up with all my favorites…
JUL 1, 2016
Are you Army Strong?
22 HIMs showed up to The Swamp today ready to work. And work is what we did. I need to thank Cobra Kai and WWL for the idea. They reached out to me early in the week to see if I wanted to join them on the APFT…
SLOW BURN · JUL 1, 2016
At 52, everything moderate, (well maybe not)
27 #HIM joined in for an old fashioned moderate beatdown. Seldom does YHC get to do 2 Q's in the same week and Maximus asked if I was going to re-hash Tuesday's Golden Corral. Negative, no wheel barrows for this…
JUN 24, 2016
The proper Burpee technique!
17 Strong HIM's with 15 Running and Burpees and 2 Ruckers Disclaimer was given by YHC Then 10 Burpees OYO to get started Yog 1/2 mile to COP 50 SSH 40 MC 10 Merkins 20 Peter Parker 20 Parker Peter 40 IW 10 Diamond…
JUN 23, 2016
Man U ...Well that escalated quickly
19 #HIMs took the wall squat challenge and walked a little different on Friday! The Thang Mosey to the parking lot Warm-Up Side Straddle Hop Windmill Mumble chatter Imperial Walkers Squats More SSH More Mumble Chatter…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 14, 2016
Calf Raises and Mid-Year Review!
13 showed up for the beat down and 3 for Hog & Coyote prep at The Colosseum this AM. YHC had the home Q this morning and the mumble chatter started immediately (didn't take long to quiet them down). The Thang: COP WM x…
THE BALLROOM · JUN 14, 2016
Merkins and Bear Crawls
The dirty dozen arrived for some moderation and received a great dose of it. The Thang: Mosey to parking lot....butt kickers, high knees, keroake (both directions), 1/2 speed sprint, 3/4 speed sprint, full sprint x2…
JUN 8, 2016
Padre's House of PAIN-theon...
I had a huge conundrum on my hands this AM... I wanted desperately to participate in the PAIN-theon Games that Zima had cooked up for the one year anniversary of The Pantheon being an AO in The Fort. BUT (!) I had the Q…
THE ARMORY · JUN 6, 2016
Improv at the Armory
Monday morning and it was 4:55, YHC jumped into the F3 StankWagon with PinUp in the co-pilot's seat and blasted out of the driveway neglecting all preflight checks, to assure arrival at the AO a few minutes early. The…
SLOW BURN · JUN 3, 2016
Slllloooooowwwwwbbbuuuurrrnnnn????????
When Solid State asked me to Q I couldn't turn down the opportunity to help a PAX who has done so much behind the scenes for the Fort! We all wish him and his family the best in their new opportunity in Minneapolis…
JUN 2, 2016
I never get asked to Q Running Workouts
I rarely get asked to Q a running workout,so I always try and make them truly awful. Disclaimer Warmup Line up on goal line for #Michigan 10 100 yard dash 8 80 yard dash 4 40 yard dash 2 20 yard dash Rest 20 20 yard…