Ladder of Unknown Height

 Posted on October 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  483 words  |  

QIC: Parker Date: 10/18/2019 PAX (bootcamp): Largemouth, Torpedo, Sooner, Snots, One-Four, Biner, PBX, Gibraltar, Michelob, Big Red, Doogie, Parker. PAX (Ruck): The Departed, Ezekiel, One Direction, WWW, Bartman, Geek Squad. 12 bootcamp PAX and 6 Ruckers gathered in the 43 F gloom at Gran Torino. Last time I Q’d at GT was BRR Friday, and hi-tempo bootcampers were slim. Happy to see a slightly larger group this time. WWW had a look in his eye about the planned Rucker Q, so all PAX were on edge. [Read More]
bartman  big-red  biner  doogie  ezekiel  geek-squad  gibraltar  largemouth  michelob  one-direction  one-four  parker  pbx  snots  the-departed  torpedo  www 

Sandbag audible

 Posted on October 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  304 words  |  

YHC was in the middle of a BH butt-kicking recently and noticed a REAL NICE stack of sand bags, and so naturally I designed an entire workout around them… and naturally they started to split and spill the sand RIGHT AFTER WE STARTED… but I’m jumping ahead. Pax out on a crisp sub 50 degree morning in Apex. 1 FNG c/o the Greek God of the Olympiad. A purrfectly nailed disclaimer and mission statement and we’re off. [Read More]
16-steves  bad-company  crimson  disco-duck  doogie  freebird  gtl  hamm  hello-kitty  henny-penny  hermes  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  imp  mayflower  parker  short-circuit  sooey  sooner  steak-knives  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

Escargot, my car go

 Posted on October 16, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  803 words  |  

I came across a news story Tuesday that the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees had been announced. I don’t remember how the news came to catch my attention but catch it it did. Start with the fact that two of my favorite bands were on the list (again) and that I hadn’t even heard of a couple others and I got intrigued. An hour or so later, not only had I created a little Spotify playlist to listen to at home, but an idea for a Q was developing as well. [Read More]
bartman  blowout  buenos-dias  build-a-bear  captain-jack  captain-kirk  coney  disco-duck  grease-monkey  gump  ham-sandwich  headroom  hermes  hi-liter  honeycomb  hotspot  how-how  kickback  kidney-stone  largemouth  liverpool  michelob  mud-buddy  old-maid  oofta  parker  pavarotti  pet-sounds  pierogi  saban  sabre  schlitz  shut-in  smokey  spit-shine  the-commish  torpedo  tubeless  two-factor  vhs  wonderbread 

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

 Posted on October 11, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  366 words  |  

With the cool brisk October air in full effect, 21 PAX including 2 FNGs gathered at Hunterest of all Parks in anticipation. Some were wearing tanks, but more were not. First exercise, pledge of allegiance. Warm Up SSHs, Good mornings, Sir Fazio, Runner’s stretch, calf stretch, Plank jacks, and CFMs. Pre-Thang 33 burpees to the dulcet tones of AC/DC’s Brian Johnson singing Thunderstruck. The Actual Thang Split into 2 teams to execute the following: [Read More]
average  bad-company  compound-w  crimson  disco-duck  doogie  i-pity-the-fool  imp  old-maid  orphan  parker  pet-sounds  red-ryder  rooney  scorpion-king  side-saddle  term-paper  theismann  traffic-cone  two-factor  vidal-sassoon 

Deck of Cards- Bonus Burpees

 Posted on October 5, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  154 words  |  

No FNG’s, Disclaimer 2 HIMs rolled in late so we did 5 Burpees OYO Pledge Mosey to the field parking lot for warm-ups Good Mornings, SSH, Merkins, Calf Stretches THE THANG: DECK OF CARDS- We split into partners so we could divide on the track. Two groups split on opposite side of track. Split track and deck of cards in 4 sections Each PAX would pull a card at each station and call the exercise [Read More]
bad-company  callahan  chicken-little  doogie  dupont  freebird  gtl  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  imp  largemouth  michelob  old-maid  orphan  parker  saban  scorpion-king  slim-shady  smithers  snots  sour-mash  the-joker  triple-lindy  two-factor  wahoo  water-wings 

Groundhog Day in October

 Posted on October 4, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  328 words  |  

Monday of this week I was at A-Team and a few PAX brought it up to me that my DP Q was the day before the Odyssey and I should probably “take it easy on’em with the mileage..and the Mary.” Apparently our boy Squatter had put a hurtin’ on them last year at HIS DP Q the day before Odyssey and there was some griping or somethingorother… Being somewhat new to Q’ing, in the back of my head I was thinking “well, what the hell’s left? [Read More]
16-steves  bogo  chicken-little  compound-w  grinch  hamm  headroom  hotty-toddy  imp  kidney-stone  parker  puddles  roasters  short-circuit  slappy  snots  yahoo 

What's Your Kryptonite; part II

 Posted on September 30, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  672 words  |  

Well, YHC was at a conference since Friday, so my Slack time significantly decreased. But I see that Shut-In asked someone to Q for him on Friday. Guess he got nothing, so asked again Sunday, which I saw that night. YHC thought, “my goodness, hope Shutty is OK, he wouldn’t just not Q unless something is drastically wrong”. Nope, he just wanted to attend Franklin’s anniversary Q. pffft. big deal. Nah, just kidding Shut-In, you are a great man and ‘Mantan. [Read More]
bogo  chipper  flip-flop  free-lunch  gtl  honeycomb  imp  lipstick  parker  pierogi  red-ryder  rollback  skid-mark  snots  staubach  wonderbread 

Wild Thangs

 Posted on September 27, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  346 words  |  

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]
betsy-ross  biner  bluewater  chicken-little  crimson  freebird  hamm  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  intimidator  kermit  lookout  mabell  ollie  one-four  parker  qwerty  red-ryder  roasters  schlitz  slappy  slim-shady  smithers  sooey  sour-mash  term-paper  theismann  triple-lindy  two-factor  water-wings 

Changing of the Guard

 Posted on September 23, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  459 words  |  

The time has come for the guard to change at Wolverine. Bogo and Pivot completed their time at the helm. They did and amazing job, continuing what Hi-Liter and Biner so graciously began two years ago. The workout and transition went something like this. Well, maybe it was a little more American. Maybe not quite that patriotic and brave. More like this. Yes, the workout today was based on the GHHS Color Guard conditioning routines which are set to music. [Read More]
biner  bogo  ezekiel  geek-squad  goose  headroom  hi-liter  krusty  ma-bell  magoo  one-four  parker  pavarotti  pbx  pivot  prodigal  re-entry  schlitz  sub  the-commish  torpedo  water-wings 

Unexpected Hurdles

 Posted on September 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  408 words  |  

I’ve posted at a few other AOs, but I’ve mostly been coming out to Wolverine since I live right across the street. I’m definitely still learning the ropes and so when Pivot asked me to VQ I took the chance. I didn’t feel ready at all but I figured I’d better jump at the opportunity otherwise I’d never volunteer to do it. We had 20 PAX in attendance and there were no FNGs. [Read More]
biner  bogo  clementine  doogie  ezekiel  gibraltar  goose  gump  headroom  hi-liter  krusty  loom  ma-bell  one-four  parker  schlitz  snots  theismann  torpedo  water-wings