DZ for the prevention of DVT

 Posted on November 16, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  503 words  |  

YHC has been on the road a fair amount which adds a bit of stress both at home and on the body. Today’s DangerZone hopefully aids with prevention of the latter while I hope that the nice long Thanksgiving away will help with the former. I was recently interested in what one should do when traveling long distances to prevent problems associated with sitting on in a tiny aluminum tube for many many hours. [Read More]
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Rocks, Rocks and more Rocks

 Posted on November 14, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  446 words  |  

Was enjoying chatting up the group when suddenly it was time to go - one burpee OYO i called and then follow me. FIrst Moore came up to me and was very concerned about where we were headed as his FNG had not yet arrived. Dont worry i assured him as we rounded the corner to the back of the parking lot as i had every intention of staying in the exact same parking lot for our warm up. [Read More]
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Traveling Murph with a dash of Panache

 Posted on November 12, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  430 words  |  

26 with one tomato and no FNGs Warm up 1 lap o’ the pickle SSH x 15 IW x 10 GM x 7 Merkins IC x 15 Squats IC x 15 Thang Alternating light pole ladder with Merkins and Squats into the Middle School parking area. 2:3 ratio increasing until we pause at 10/15 4 sets of 7s with Pull Ups and alternating between Merkins and IC Squats. 2 sets at Middle School and 2 in Elementary School Playground [Read More]
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Cadence Count Cluster warm up followed by flawless Thangs

 Posted on November 7, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  297 words  |  

The morning may have gotten off to a rocky start but we finished strong by doing over 2 miles and honoring our beloved Bojangles Warm up 10 Good mornings, followed by 20 or so SSH’s followed by a failed attempt to do imperial walkers in cadence Thang 1 - Moseyed down to the lower parking lot and did Bojangles with Blueberries. 3 laps around the pickle with 5 burpeee’s after lap 1, 10 burpee’s after lap 2 and 15 burpee’s after lap 3. [Read More]
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Bear Crawls, Burpees and Boppits

 Posted on November 6, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  503 words  |  

Week two at Claymore, the best lit limited running AO in all of Carpex, and the parking lot is filling up fast. Can YHC handle a big crowd? Let’s find out. Warm-Up Mosey up the parking lot and around the island then circle up. Count off, 17 PAX. YHC is fair and kind, only 10 burpees OYO. Continue the warm-up with side straddle hops, imperial walkers, copperhead merkins, mountain climbers, copperhead squats, then pick up the other 7 burpees OYO. [Read More]
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Monday- Funday!

 Posted on November 5, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  389 words  |  

23 HIM strong in the very moist & gloomy Wolverine – so much for the bright sunshine post time change. T-Claps for 2 FNGs coming out in the rain – nice start! We started with the pledge of allegiance at the flag. Cross Davis to the west sidewalk & head up to the middle school - started the warm up in the front, but moved to the back to avoid the garbage truck… [Read More]
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The Mag Mile

 Posted on October 29, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  332 words  |  

A beautifully clear day at Wolverine. 5:30 in the morning - 50 degrees. Moon is clear and stars are out. Had an aggressive plan for this morning, but 31 PAX showed up for a beatdown, so I had to adjust. I had planned for a Track & Field event, but ended up with only the track - well, I have my next Q tee’d up. We ran The Magnificent Mile - Nicknamed “The Mag Mile”. [Read More]
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A Near-Maximum Effort

 Posted on October 27, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  500 words  |  

Late last night as YHC was preparing to go downtown Apex to celebrate a friends Bday Hello Kitty DMs me and proposes the idea that we split up the pax where he Q them for half the workout and YHC would have the other half then we switch. Knowing I was not going downtown to drink milk the idea of a little help was attractive. The birthday was appropriately celebrated and YHC was left with just a few hours to sleep it off before my Q. [Read More]
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What a Cluster

 Posted on October 25, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  148 words  |  

Here’s an idea; pax show up and we put all of their names in a hat and draw at random to lead parts of the beatdown. Aye? Aye! 22 on hand, 1 is an FNG. Quick disclaimer and send the men to the library. Warm ups: Pickles Cluster 1: Burt is pulled and he calls random Jack Webb’s … signature move Cluster 2: Red Lobster gets pulled out of the hat and takes the pax to the fountain for 3 rounds of bear crawls and lunges while partner pax amrap exercises. [Read More]
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Some tea for Dora

 Posted on October 22, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  683 words  |  

Over 70 Pax showed up for the Odyssey only two days ago, and after six AO’s and 11.5 miles of total distance covered….rest assured there would be some sore pax by this morning. Would it be possible to hit a muscle group that wouldn’t be sore already? Let’s see….. Wait, what tha hell is this hard clear stuff on my windshield?!?!?! Frost?! Weather channel said 36 degrees!!!! After the truck warmed up enough to get that melted, I headed to the AO for a little EC Odyssey recovery run with Ollie. [Read More]
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