Ascension

After a frantic message from Turnover, desperate for a substi-Q, I obliged and said I would take his IS date. I gave a sneak peak that we would “Ascend” to new heights, however, Palin had different plans. Warm-O-Rama 20 SSH 10 Abe...

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tour around the estate

YHC is relatively unfamiliar with the estate. It was a site where I was attacked by an ent some time ago, putting a branch into the knee and recovering maybe 4-6 weeks with a few missed weeks of F3. I’ve stayed away since, with a notable...

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Wee Wee’d Up

“Rise and shine its butt whipping time!” Or “Rise and shine its butt wiping time?” Despite the average PAX age being close to 40, our youthful exuberance was on full display this Monday morning. Apparently, the proper colloquialism in the south...

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BLIMPS and a 47 Year old WB

YHC rolled into a smaller (in number) PAX at Purgatory which was missing some of the regulars for this fine AO. After some almost late stragglers, Starfish arriving with 30 seconds to spare, we were at 9 and began promptly at 7! Normal...

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spaghetti western at alcatraz

Alcatraz needed a q about 2-3 days out and the call went out from van gogh. YHC was in town and volunteered if no one else wanted to do it. Lately some of the shows on TV YHC has found entertaining have used spaghetti western style music or often...

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Ladders around Downtown

SSHs and broga to war up. Mosey to Train Tracks: ladder 9 and 1 Pull Ups and Mike Tysons Mosey through the Coal Pit and up the stairs to top of hill; ladder 9 and 1 WWIIs and Burpees Mosey to entrance to Long Branch Trail at the cobblestone...

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Hobbit Meals

YHC arrived to a beautiful morning on the Shire, I mean Parliament. It wasn’t long until the Fellowship started to arrive. We even had a couple of hobbit size PAX, Recess and Animal. We had a Palin sighting and he looked very limber on one leg...

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Lit!

PAX: Lamb Chop, Bevo, Schneider, Dr. Toot Cool and breezy continued this am as was yesterday. Lamb Chop and the Funky Bunch assembled for the Lit! Flatline. The Thang: No warmups, but there was a warmup of 11 burpees. As we exited the AO, we hit...

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Fantastic 4

The morning started off in the usual way of a welcoming address and getting right to it. Warma-rama: Side straddle hops, copperhead squats, Abe Vagoda, Whirley with a Clap, Michael Phelps.  All greater than 11 count to appease Dr. Toot. We then...

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The Old is Made New at The Estate

Five arrived in beautiful spring weather for a bootcamp at a resurrected AO.  This is how it went down: Warmorama in upper parking lot.  SSHs 20 IC;  ISTs 15 IC;  Alternating Lunges 16 IC;  Sun Gods (arm swirlie things) 10 IC switch directions...

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