Coming off a few weeks of stress and 14-hour days, I took the Murph off on Saturday and did Alcatraz which was perfect because it was a strength work minimal running workout to save my knees a bit. I looked at the calendar on Sunday and messaged...
Read moreC.S. Lewis said, “Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward towards success.” Today was a journey through failure. I learned from a neurologist friend that the human body has mechanisms that...
Read moreMan these thick humid morning truly blow. lol however I’m glad we all still manage to get out of bed and into the misery together. This particular morning, burns and post hole joined me in the Winston flattest 5k for a little seasoning on today’s...
Read moreOk, look. I was not a Bells and Whistles. I have documentation. Check my texts; there was no chatting with Spicoli the day before. I independently came to the card-themed workout looking for something to keep us under the overhang, should we need...
Read moreWhen YHC was asked by Transcript to Q #F3SouthernVirginia’s premier Wednesday workout #BellsNWhistles, I didn’t realize: a.) this would be my VQ, b.) where the AO was. Thankfully we have charts and maps of the interwebz to help with...
Read moreThe rain held off, and the cars rolled in. Looks like Schltiz had his own personal EC run, good on ‘em. It went like this: Warm-O-Rama SSH, Whirly, Overhead claps, Seal claps, Arm Swirly Things, Calf Stretch, Abe. Everyone loves Abe and the Calf...
Read moreWarmoroma Side straddle hop Abe Vigoda YHC was already plenty warm from the EC half murph so I cut it short to get the party started. The Work YHC pivoted on the planned beatdown in honor of the FNG that showed up. Unbeknownst to this...
Read moreYHC was called in from the bullpen late last night to substi-Q. And yeah, I have a couple hundred old backblasts stored in Google Drive that I could have pulled from, but I also have this nice sack of freshly minted exercise tokens that we can...
Read moreIt was a muggy morning on the 20th of July in the year of our Lord 2024. I slept harder than I can remember from going to bed early the night before. I knew this one was going to be a doozy. I have been flirting with the idea of the “Toughest...
Read moreI’m sorry gentlemen. I wish I had a lot to write for today, but since I didn’t bring a recording device, I don’t remember many of the random exercises or the rep counts. Also, the Q greatly appreciated how most PAX were on their best behavior...
Read moreYHC used up all my creativity for the July 4th convergence, so today would be “classic” or “same old boring GA workout”, depending on your POV 😆 Warmarama: SSH, AV, Whirlies, Imp Walkers, Y-flies, squats Then stroll to hill leading down...
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