Alcatraz Pre-Blast
WARMUP. YTD BEATDOWN. Disclaimer: SPEED IS NOT YOUR FRIEND! Let me repeat, SPEED IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. Setup: 4 Cell Blocks plus a bonus Solitary Confinement area. 1 exercise at each Cell Block. Cell Block A...
Read moreWARMUP. YTD BEATDOWN. Disclaimer: SPEED IS NOT YOUR FRIEND! Let me repeat, SPEED IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. Setup: 4 Cell Blocks plus a bonus Solitary Confinement area. 1 exercise at each Cell Block. Cell Block A...
Read moreSuperMax Warm up: SSH, Steve Earl, Abe Vagoda, Whirly W/Clap, Arm Swirly F hold,B hold, Overhead Clap hold, Seal Clap, Standing Hamstring Stretch L over R, R over L for a 10 count, on our 6 for a groin stretch. The Thang: mosey- 1 lap around the...
Read moreWoR began with some broga – 3 sun salutations, the second of which had some lizard pose and twists mixed in. Then: SSH, IST, Toy Soldier, Arm Swirlies, Jack Reachers, Arm Swirlies, Michael Phelps. Mosey to the back where the #coupons...
Read moreYHC fell behind the past week or two on two key exercises in the #2021challenge, so I figured what better way to catch up on them than at the workout designed specifically to maximize reps of a small number of exercises? After a short WoR...
Read moreWe gathered like a bunch of fresh blood off the bus from the holding cells at the courthouse. This bunch of juveniles did not know what they had in store during our Scare Them Straight Program, where we try to give troubled individuals a taste...
Read moreWas not sure what to expect when the temp was below 30 degrees, but 7 brave PAX came out to see what shenanigans I had in store for them. Right around 5:29 is when YHC found out from Van Gogh that the weinke for this AO is supposed to be small...
Read moreWarmorama SSH Imperial storm trooper Arm swirlys F & B Ab Vagota Whirly w/clap Mosey to pick up block Tabata Pain Stations 45 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds of rest. Each pain station has 3 exercises to work thru before transitioning to...
Read more6 Pax started this fine frigid morning with 50 SSH ic. The next step was acquire a coupon with a journey of a thousand arm swirly things. After coupon acquisition, PAX returned to parking lot with coupon raised above head. Upon return, PAX...
Read moreYHC has not had to write a BackBlast in over a year, due to certain F3 chapters that will not be named that refuse to make backblasts. Woke up this morning to a frozen tundra, which could have been a winter wonderland could have come up with some...
Read moreFor the second week of Alcatraz bootcamp, it just so happened to align with a surprise release of 2021 Secular Chocolate from Foothills! It’s an honored tradition of YHCs to lead a themed beatdown in the beers honor when it’s released. It...
Read moreYHC thought it would be cool to work in some factual information to our inaugural beatdowns. In a bit of divine intervention, YHC discovered Alcatraz was closed on 3/21/63, being a math nerd the fact that 3 x 21=63 was too perfect to ignore. Oh...
Read moreGiven the ongoing dealings with Covid, the Nantan and Site-Qs thought a true convergence might be in poor taste this year. In a show of creativity, the idea of a “virtual” convergence with a shared beatdown across 3 locations came to...
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