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AUG 27, 2018
Nickels at the Quagmire
We had 14 Pax show up in the gloom this morning including 1 FNG "Supafly" and the "Return of the Jedi" (I couldn't help myself) from his foot injury. I gave a nice disclaimer for our FNG and we took a long mosey around…
AUG 24, 2018
Fun and Games Friday @ The Swamp
On a cool Friday morning, things got weird quick. After we ditched 5 ruckers led by Zima, the 17 bootcampers moseyed to a parking lot with some shuffles on the way. Warm-o-rama started with some windmills, peter parker…
AUG 24, 2018
Somethin Somethin at the Swamp
Thursday I asked Cobra Kai if we were doing ruck miles or a WOD at the Swamp (really didn't care but was curious). He said whatever I wanted since I would be the Q. Love how that happens so often. I rolled in at 0515…
AUG 23, 2018
Did someone say party @ Laces In...
Woke up this morning to a cool breeze which helped me forget the stiffness I felt from my first post the day before at Clydesdale’s. 13 PAX showed up for the party and ready to work. Disclaimer and off we went Warm-ups…
AUG 21, 2018
Fire Ants Conquer the Iron Ruck Challenge
I love the Fire Ant concept! Always a challenge for sure, pushes you to do more. When Spiderman put me on Q I knew what I wanted to do. It was not an original - I took a page from the Iron Pax challenge that has been…
SNAKE PIT · AUG 15, 2018
Shaolin inspired gear at The Tomahawk
Last Tuesday YHC's phone made a strange noise, which I found was created by Polaroid, who wrote, "Are you ready and willing to Q The Tomahawk this Wednesday?" Well, I'd been wondering for a while when I'd step up for my…
COLOSSEUM · AUG 10, 2018
"The Seven" workout is back
Thank you Jekyll for the opportunity to lead. We started our great morning with a mosey around the drop off lane followed by some warm up exercises, windmills, moroccan night clubs, low slow squats, merkins and lunges…
AUG 10, 2018
Iron PAX Challenge - Week 1
First week of the Iron PAX Challenge. Bolt and I arrived early to carefully measure out the 400 meter run and scope out the best place to perform the other exercises. As the others arrived, we reviewed the menu of…
AUG 9, 2018
Cats, Kicks, and Crawls at Poopdeck
10 PAX posted in the gloom at Poopdeck with early comments that “at least it feels cooler today.” We obviously hadn’t started moving yet. After a quick – and disjointed due to late arrivals – disclaimer, off we moseyed…
THE RANCH · AUG 9, 2018
Walk Like an Egyptian
5 PAX joined YHC in the early morning for a bag of mixed eggs. Unsure of how the Q had prepared for, we got right to it at 0515. The Warm-up: all IC - SSH - Al Gore Nightclub- Hold Air Squat like normal Al Gore, but do…
AUG 6, 2018
A Summer Reunion at Crow's Nest
Great way to start your week. 5:15 bootcamp with 95% humidity! We gathered up in the gloom and I was happy to see 10 guys join me for our Monday morning beat down. Two Ferns made his Crows Nest debut, Austin Powers…
BLOCK PARTY · JUL 31, 2018
The Time is Now
5 pax posted to Block Party to put a final stamp on July 2018 with a dose of swampy pain. Thanks to Site Q, Shady, YHC had the distinct pleasure of helping them meet their goals. The Thang Mosey up Stairway to Heaven…
JUL 26, 2018
4 Corners of Love
As this was my VQ, I wanted to keep things moving. It was humid as always so it wasn't hard to make the PAX sweat. Mozie Side straddle hops Imperial walkers Windmills Morrocan night club Stretch…
VARSITY · JUN 29, 2018
Ask and ye shall receive
After the disclaimer, we started with a quick mosey around the parking lot to get the legs moving. We then circled up for some stretching and warm-ups which included: SSH (x20), windmill (x10), merkins (x20), Superman…
RING OF FIRE · JUN 27, 2018
Core Work at The Coop
There was a 2 year celebration going on at one of the AO's so when a bus pulled up next to our COP, I jokingly told the guys we'd be bussing over to that AO to workout with them. We really had no clue why there was a…
COLOSSEUM · JUN 26, 2018
Chalk up the Pain
29 Men descended on the Colosseum for a downpainment delivered via sidewalk chalk and a discussion on You vs. You. There are enemies around all of the time and as men we are challenged to defeat those enemies one by…
JUN 21, 2018
Christmas In June - Footloose Breakdance Style
I saw my opportunity and took it. Beacon offered up the lead this week for Footloose and I had an evil plan in mind. It had been a while since I q'd a 12 Days of Christmas fun fest, probably since last Christmas if not…
JUN 19, 2018
Golden Corral Foursome
A group of 22 pax converged at the HT lot for another edition of Golden Corral. Once the runners took off, and the ruckers marched on, 3 Pax joined YHC for the bootcamp workout. Here is what we did: Mosey around the HT…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 18, 2018
The Tomahawk: 25th Monday in 2018
8 PAX seeking to a better version of themselves posted in the steamy gloom this morning. WarmUp: Started out with a mosey around the parking lot. COP: - SSH x30 - Merkin x10 - Mountain Climber x10 - Honeymooner à…
JUN 15, 2018
Climb the Ladder
It was a glorious Friday in the gloom at FMHS parking lot. Warm Up Mtn Climbers IC X 25 Through the tunnel IC X 15 Down dog, Honeymooner Imperial Walker IC X 15 KB Windmills Get ups x 5 each side The Thang OYO 10 KB…
SLOW BURN · JUN 15, 2018
Hat trick at Slowburn
Quick disclaimer for this BB: after 3 Q's in as many days, some details are a little fuzzy. After a quick disclaimer we moseyed down the hill to the far side of the building on the right. After we completed your…
JUN 11, 2018
Steal the flag, pop the balloon
It started with bacon. Well, really it started with Cha Ching’s Q last week, where fifth grade games were the theme of the day. In planning the weinke for today, YHC decided to stick with this theme, and the first game…
SNAKE PIT · JUN 11, 2018
Ask and Q's show up...with a couple day old weinkes!
This was almost a repeat from #thehive after the quick Q request from none other than Polaroid. Since that Friday workout was such a good sweaty mess, it was worth keeping as is with a few minor tweaks for extra fun…
JUN 5, 2018
RUCK - GC - RUCKICIDES
Well it was my turn to Q again and was digging through my twisted mind as to what to do and I started thinking about something with Suicides. Then the lovely thought came to mind about doing RUCKICIDES, and from there…