Parking Garage FOMO

WOW!  Just wow!  I was not expecting 17 other PAX to show up this morning.  I stand before you, a humbled Q.  Those are Bells N Whistles or Purgatory type numbers, not downtown beatdown numbers.  The ‘burbs must have been cleared out this morning...

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Festivus for the Rest of Us

As everyone knows, a major holiday just passed.  I was a bit surprised that even in this crazy year, there wasn’t much fanfare about it.  Perhaps there were people who felt uncomfortable sharing and did not want to be persecuted for their...

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Nah, You Go. I’m Good Right Here.

WARMARAMA.  A bit of chatting and catching up since we hadn’t run into each other in a while.   The Q is on the partial IR right now and is under strict orders not to run so that left the only other PAX who was willing to brave the weather...

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Just Visualize Something Else

WARMARAMA.  SSH, Whirly with the Clap, Michael Phelps, IST   Hobbled Q versus 3 Beasts of the Bootcamp.  Yeah, this is going to go well.  I’m definitely going to have to cheat to keep up.   BEATDOWN.   Station 1: Burpees | Squats |...

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What Don’t You Understand?

Warm-o-rama. SSH, IST, Whirly with the Clap Beatdown. Pretty simple beatdown.  Choose a rock. PAX choice to start anywhere in the list of exercises and then move down the list after each exercise is completed.   Five sets of each exercise with...

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Definition of Irony

One of the reasons that I enjoy working out with Cheesesteak is because of his creativity.  While the rest of the PAX (myself included) are good little lemmings and generally follow the Q’s directions, Cheesesteak does whatever the hell he wants...

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This Hurts Me More Than You

Warmarama. a mishmash of perfectly cadenced exercises   At this point in our morning, young Mr. Lamb Chop was bestowed with great power.  Presented with three options as to the site of the actual beatdown, he consensually – and under...

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Vive Le Tour

Although I’d love to write this backblast in the voice of Phil’s and Bob’s (R.I.P. Paul) post-race commentary, I could never do justice to Phil’s unique style or even correctly capture a single Bobke-isms.  So I’ll cut my losses and just describe...

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A Knockoff Peloton

Warm-o-rama. SSH x 15 IC Static Stretch OYO Dynamic Stretch: high knees, butt kickers, carioca, zuckerberg skips REVERSE Peloton, 300m Beatdown. Sprint 50m, Recovery mosey 50m, Rest 30ish seconds x 5   Slow recovery mosey 300m, Rest 1ish...

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