betsy-ross

No, it’s not the encyclopedia salesman nor roosters. It’s being able to tell CW from CCW. YHC showed up at #MeasureTwice a couple minutes early and just at 5:30 began the disclaimer (see NMS) and a talk-through of the run route. My goal had been to add a few short-cuts for the Clydesdales so we could run the same route and start/finish together with a few options in between. But Franklin started getting all antsy so instead of taking it nice and slow like I would have done normally with someone so clearly not in control of their faculties, I rushed through things. [Read More]

One year ago I showed up to Apex Nature Park on a Monday and asked some guy named Disco Duck if this was the “workout group.” A couple of days later I’m running laps next to a dude with a monkey taped to his crotch. To try and sum up even just one year of highlights and memories would be a muggo sized feat. The current task at hand is to provide a worthy beatdown to the 32 PAX that chose to grace FOD on a beautiful Tuesday morning. [Read More]

0530 with one PAX who will remain nameless skating in just in time. YHC reminded everyone this is a weighted workout so be careful with form, and don’t hurt yourself. Started with a parking lot mosey followed by the pledge of allegiance. Warmup: Good Mornings Imperial Walkers Sir Fazio Fwd Seal Clap Sir Fazio Reverse Runners stretch Pigeon Stretch 10 standard merkins 5 McKenzie Merkins (Upward Dog) Thang 1: Kettle Bell Tabatas 15 count of KB swings immediately followed by KB merkins x 4 10 count KB squat and press followed by mountain climbers x 4 8 count KB curls followed by tricep extensions x 4 Thang 2: Battle Rope Team Crawls and Circle of Death Split into Two Groups - Transition once everyone has done burpees on the Yahoo Gobble. [Read More]

Pre-Blast 18 for Phoenix or The Maynard at Phoenix The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Small Group Indian Run to the West lot. The First Thang Bear Crawl the length of the lot. Extended Plank Series: 20,15,10,5 reps of ‘Mericans, Plankjacks, Mountain Climbers The Second Thang SGIR to the Community Center Grab and ego rock and partner up. P1 runs around the CC while P2 performs AMRAP Rock Rour Bodies. [Read More]

Like clockwork my birthday came again this year. It has happened every year around this time for as long as I can remember. But I am a good sport so I picked up the Q at finest kettlebell workout on a Monday in Carpex at a church parking lot. I had an odd bout of Q nerves and sleeplessness the night before so when I overslept and subsequently rolled into HB one minute before start I knew it was going to be a productive morning. [Read More]

A dark, but beautiful morning commenced at Bond Park as 22 pax gathered for another Phooenix beatdown. After a quick disclaimer and the pledge of Allegiance we were off and running to the community center parking lot for some warm ups. Warm up Good Morning SSH Sir Fasio Arm Circles Forward and Reverse Copperhead Squats High Knees Mountain Climbers Thang 1 Staying in the plank position we did a 10 count around the entire circle (with 22 pax, that’s quite a long time. [Read More]

31 posted at Apex Nature Park this morning. 16 heard YHC had the queue and chickened out of Dante’s Peak and did some sort of Soft Pax challenge or some alternate interval pull up stuff, I wasn’t entirely sure what was going on but I knew we couldn’t do a Murph with Theismann commandeering the pull up bars. Let’s Get Started Disclaimer - I am a professional. . . software engineer so follow at your own risk and modify as necessary Pledge of allegiance Let’s mosey! [Read More]

Honestly, I had no plan when I started out yesterday morning other than to provide a solid beat down. After a quick pledge we were off to the lower parking lot. Why? Because I seem to always start there. Warm up Circle up for: Good Mornings Burpees to calm the mumble chatter SSH Sir Fazio Arm Circles Seal claps Some more burpees Mountain climbers During the warm up, Callahan commented that he had completed many burpees this week. [Read More]

Good morning Pax and welcome to my birthday Q! I was too excited to sleep last night and woke up a good 1.5 hours early for the start of Phoenix. No FNG’s today so quickly through the disclaimer and pledge. Mosey around parking lot and circled up for warmup. SSH, a very slow good mornings, seal claps, and calf stretches. That’s enough of that as I needed all the time I can get for the beatdown. [Read More]

It was a glorious start to fall and a great day to be out in the gloom. What a better place to start the day than at Field of Dreams. Hard to believe that it has been over 4 years since Ma Bell and YHC started this AO. Today - one of my goals was to prove that you don’t have to always run up the hills to the top parking lot in order to have a proper beat down. [Read More]