And in this corner...

With the upcoming Haven House Rumble, YHC thought I should try to train at least a little bit for the dance around the squared circle. It was a great morning to show up with a loosely developed plan. Watching a few clips of The One and Only Tony Horton inspired some P90x style exercises. 0545 Circle Up, Mission, Pledge, Disclaimer Warm-Up: a couple of fellowship mosey trips around the pickle with some invigorating butt kickers, high knees, and karaokes. [Read More]

Free Lunch's VQ Smokefest at Danger Zone

DATE: 9/20/19 QIC: FREE LUNCH AO: DANGER ZONE PAX: FREE LUNCH, PRESS ON, BANJO, BURT, VIKING, PIEROGI, FNG OLD TUFFY Finally fed up with my poor attendance record despite their failed efforts of begging, pleading, daily reminders, offers to buy an alarm clock for me, and constant flexing when nearby to demonstrate what regular attendance can do for you, Flip Flop and Pierogi decided to kick their scheme into high gear. [Read More]

Be The Light

Opening: YHC started at 5:30am with the standard F3 welcome - F3 Mission, Disclaimer, F3 Credo, and Pledge of Allegiance. No FNGs were present. There was an expected level of mumblechatter for VQ week. Coney showed up in his Y Guides vest - well played Running Bear! Warm-up: Moseyed north to the 1st middle school parking lot to the left and circled up for: 30 Side Straddle Hops IC 10 Good Mornings IC 15 Daisy Pickers IC 20 Imperial Walkers IC 10 Standard Merkins OMD Calf Stretches L/R with 10 count en espanol courtesy of Buenos Dias and delayed 10 count from Kickback who was apparently engaged in some mumblechatter. [Read More]

Happy Labor Day

8 PAX out this Labor Day Morning to put is some work before the Caring Place 5/10k Run Callahan showed up late so we all joined him in 5 Burpees No FNGS Pledge Warmup Mosey run towards the neighborhood playground and stopped at small parking lot for a warmup Windmills Merkins Good Mornings SSH Indian Run to the playground and did 20 burpees The Thang (2 rounds) Indian Run from playground to Jenks Carpenter Road and back to playground- When back at playground we did 25 pullups/ 50 merkins/ 75 squats waiting on all to finish in plank position Indian run back to starting parking lot for Mary [Read More]

welp

this one was rough. all the EC and none of the posts lately did NOT set me up for success today. here we go! FNG Check - got one - Disclaimer, wait for Sosa, start anyways Mosey around the pickle, but hang a U-turn (crash into Goose), pick up Sosa and rollllllll into the park. Pause in the large oval field for SSH // TT // GM // IW. Continue on down the hill and out toward the Black Creek Greenway. [Read More]

U Got Desire So Sell Phantom Street Everyday to the Immigrant Love Mother

There are a few truisms in life: You’re going to die and you have no idea when Make time for your friends and loved ones YHC is only going to post once a year at the following AOs: FC, BH, DP, FWD, SWW This BB is for one of those times. It being the end of summer and with school about to start, when the Q-sheet showed an opening for FC on Thursday, I knew it was now or never. [Read More]

DR Q's - SLC and The Fort

YHC was DR this week with a week in CLT and a couple days in SLC. While I’ve often posted DR, I was looking forward to the change to Q while out and about - and share all the glory that CARPEx has to share with the fine boys in Salt Lake and The Fort. Salt Lake City - AO ?? PAX: Pierogi, Hightower, ThighMaster, XX Landed in SLC on Tuesday morning and had a few hours to kill prior to my first meetings in Sandy so decided to check out the Wednesday AO location. [Read More]

Exicon ABC

43 in attendance. 3 Ruckers, 16 Bootcampers, bunch of runners including those that ran the Maynard. What a way to start off “hump day”…in the doom and gloom of SNS. I am starting a series called Exicon ABC. We will be using exercises from those three (or sometimes 4) letters of the alphabet until we complete the alphabet. Today was ABC. Warm up Abe Vigoda Alternating shoulder taps in a plank position Annie (Arm circles from a plank position) Thang 1 [Read More]

Invigorating young men

A few days ago on ye ol’ Slack, YHC saw a cry for help across the chatter-sphere. A stomach bug of some sort was taking out the Slappy family and the FMJ Q was up for grabs. Sensing a distinct gap in my koozie inventory, YHC jumped in. As many of you know, Tuesdays are an infrequent post for me so while the kids are out of school and camp-less, might as well take advantage! [Read More]

All the hillz

19 HIM gathered at ao-wolverine for a great start to the week with some hill repeats not-so-cleverly disguised as sevens. Mosey to the Park Village Pool lot for Warm-up: - Side-straddle-hop, Calf-stretch, Calf-stretch ‘merkin, Hill Billy, Sir Fazio forward and reverse The Big Thang: Sevens on the full half-mile hill; burpees at the bottom and squats at the top. Grumbling slowed down as everyone realized just how much fun it is to start their week off right. [Read More]