A Simple Day at the Country Estate

BEATDOWN. Super simple workout.     Starting on the bridge for the walking trail between Reynolda Village and the WFU campus, which goes over the part of Silas Creek that flows into Lake Katherine, do 5 Flying Squirrels.   Run towards...

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No Workout for Old Men

BEATDOWN. Reverse Blockee Peleton from the dumpsters to the far playground.   Repeat this routine until the first person finishes: + Run a lap on the track + Pullups x 20 + Blockover Burpees x 20 + Thrusters x 20 + Side-to-Side Merkins x 20...

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Fall Comes to the Launch Pad

A crisp fall morning awaited two pax who engaged in partner work throughout. Warmarama: SSHs, Cherry Pies, Standing Hamstring 10-Counts, Abe Vigodas, Down/Upward Dog stretches The Thang Mosey to swing sets for supine pullups.  Partner A does...

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On My Way Downtown

“On my way downtown.  Thought you might be around.  Come on down, have a drink.  Have a round, it’s on me.”  Lucero, On My Way Downtown Back in my college days in the late 80s, we hardly ever ventured out downtown.  Truth be...

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Flat Line Exploration

At my Qs, I like to explore the AO, and thus we did. We did warm up though. 20 SSH, 10 Imperial Walker, 10 Hill Billy, 6 Abe Vigoda, 10 Whirly (then CP started complaining so we headed out). The Thang Mosey to Merschel Park for Dora 1,2,3. 100...

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VQ at VI

It was an early morning on October 2 in the year of our Lord 2023.  3 PAX started at 5 am with the 2 mile Extra Credit Run.  Then the group met up with Hardin and Sour Mash who started some interval training early due to needing to leave early. ...

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A New Line Leader

The PAX swelled to a niner over the course the beatdown. The weather was pretty ideal. The companionship was exceptional. WARMORAMA: SSH, Abe Vigodas, IST, Grass Grabbers, Hillbillys, Stretchy stretches. THE THANG: Meandered to the playground for...

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Purgatory BB 9/30

Half dozen hard chargers for the premier Polo Road workout, on a muggy misty early Fall morning. Especially charging were Burlap who just got off a plane from Rome, Bluto and Starfish per usual, and a very fit visitor from F3 Cape Fear. WARM: SSH...

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Keep it moving at Flatline

A lovely morning to make a jaunt downtown for the festive beatdown known as Flatline.  Always a challenge to make sure pax keep in constant motion for 45 minutes and that they would deem those 45 minutes “sufficient.” YHC showed up at...

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Is That My Wife

Since we’re at an elementary school, we should practice simple ABCs and counting.  Do the A exercise for 1 rep and run up the hill and back.  Do the A exercise once, the B exercise twice, run up and back.  Do the A exercise once, B twice, and C...

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