It Looked Better On Paper

 Posted on September 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  549 words  |  

There is something interesting, something magical, that happens when you lead a group of men in the Gloom, but more on that later. My oh my, what an honor to VQ today. After a pledge of allegiance, 18 PAX moseyed up to the large pickle. Nature Boy, my trusty fall back in case I faltered in my inaugural Q, reminded me of the definition of Mosey. It is indeed not a saunter, and most definitely not a sprint. [Read More]
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Can't Have Irkins Without Derkins

 Posted on September 4, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  343 words  |  

Pax of 5 met up for another Tuesday evening beatdown. It was a nice evening at that, though a little warm. We started off by running through the sections of the main parking lot, throwing in a little karaoke for good measure. Warm up: Good evening SSH Steve Erle Overhead, seal clap Calf stretch Plank Jacks Thang 1: 4 Corners around the parking lot with 10 reps of the following exercises in said corners: Carolina Dry Docks, American Hammers, Monkey Humpers, and Burpees. [Read More]
freebird  kermit  odouls  press-on  spit-shine 

Who said you can't go home again?

 Posted on September 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  338 words  |  

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]
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The Beakentineheart Q

 Posted on August 28, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  930 words  |  

It seems like the only way I can Q these days is to jump in when other men need a hand (or sign up for early 2020 - I’m looking at you #AO-Mon-Wolverine). Although with the last kerfuffle of the triple switch Kitty, no, CD, no, Liverpool, no, Beaker Q, I made really darn sure I was taking over for the site and day I thought I was, and still half-expected someone else to start calling out the countdown. [Read More]
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Escalators ... Even going down is brutally tough!

 Posted on August 20, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  512 words  |  

AO: FOD Date: 8/20/19 PAX: 5 Hole, Beaker, Brosef, Callahan, Clementine, The Departed, Deuce, Dirty Bomb, Ezekiel, Geek Squad, Goose, Katniss, Kilmer, Liverpool, Ma Bell, Spit-Shine, Swag, FNG Toothless, Trike, WWW I goal for my Q’s is to ensure the workout is challenging but yet attainable. It took some time to think of what I want to do. What I came up with is an escalator workout. Read on to find out what was in store for the PAX. [Read More]
5-hole  beaker  brosef  callahan  clementine  deuce  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  geek-squad  goose  katniss  kilmer  liverpool  ma-bell  spit-shine  swag  the-departed  toothless  trike  www 

Push

 Posted on August 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  523 words  |  

A few months ago when the idea for Green Mile was born, I knew I’d want to lead a workout there, but I also knew that 90 minutes was a long time and I might need some help. I reached out to Red Ryder, and he was happy to jump in and give me a push. Warm-Up Pledge allegiance to the flag, then take a lap around the pickle and circle up for side straddle hops, Good Mornings, Moroccan nightclubs and Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]
disco-duck  earhart  i-pity-the-fool  kilmer  ma-bell  pet-sounds  red-ryder  schlitz  snots  spit-shine  sub  trike  triple-lindy  yoga-mat 

Exicon ABC

 Posted on August 7, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  

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]
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Eyes Up

 Posted on August 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

I’m gonna be honest with you. Many Saturdays I take the opportunity to get a little extra sleep. This was a good workout week, which also means that the body is feeling a little sore by the time today rolled around. But, the opportunity to Q Phoenix was too much to pass up. So I managed to unfold myself from the fartsack and make it to Bond Park in plenty of time to get some stretching in. [Read More]
badlands  bogey  chinese-downhill  crimson  deuce  earhart  freebird  imp  intimidator  lookout  nature-boy  odouls  pigeon  prom-king  red-ryder  schlitz  shipper  sooey  sour-mash  spit-shine  traffic-cone 

Horse Play

 Posted on July 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  229 words  |  

When: 07/17/19 QIC: Pet Sounds Clemintine, 5 Hole, Pivot, Kilmer, Trike, Swag, Mozart, Badlands, Big Red, MaBell, Spitshine, Doogie, & Perry Warm up - Mozy the parking lot to pick up a late arrival Trike, then down the road. SSH, Stretching, Burpees. Thang 1 Hills Repeats - Bottom Palma Horse 10x Over/Back, Top 20x American Hammers over/back Thang 2 Stairs to the Track/Field - Top/Bottom 5 burpees, each landing 20x Squats Thang 3 [Read More]
badlands  big-red  clementine  doogie  five-hole  kilmer  ma-bell  mozart  perry  pet-sounds  spit-shine  swag  trike