16 pax gathered at 0530 on a holiday Monday for The Iron Thrones first Phoenix workout. The Phoenix is designed to be repeated once a month for 3 months to see how hard you can push yourself to get in more reps or laps with each attempt. I...
Read moreYHC regrets that the Flat and Red Lines occur on the same day as they are 2 of YHC’s 3 favorite workouts (although the Iron Throne is gaining ground quickly). With that being said, YHC was excited to see a large crowd gathered in the 1st Pres...
Read moreThe morning started out with a good stretch with Boo Boo and Palin. We moseyed to the the swing set to do some merkins and pull ups on the icy swings. Well, YHC was doing the merkins. Palin was refusing to get his backside wet and Boo Boo was...
Read morePAX: High Cotton, Nitro(WD), Parquet(WB), Burlap, Lace, Lemming, Boomerang, Starfish, D Day, Rust Bucket, Pony Express, BAM, Splash, Huckleberry, Turnover, Bull Dog, Singing Cowboy, Root Canal (Q) Braced against the damp, foggy, cold morning, 18...
Read moreA call was put out on Slack and Twitter for pax to bring some bricks with them for today’s beatdown, and thankfully some obliged. YHC put 10 pairs of bricks in the back of my car, thinking that would be way too many, and the large turnout...
Read moreFirst and foremost, if you don’t get the title of this Backblast, allow me to enlighten you with some of the greatest music known to man. You’re welcome. 10 PAX defeated the #fartsack and got after it in the gloom at #Flatline...
Read moreYHC promised a beatdown that would be talked about for years…. which was really just based on the clever pun of using the word “LEGendary” to say we’d be using our legs a LOT. This was a part II to yesterday’s “ARMageddon”, which again was...
Read moreF3 Village Idiocy Warmarama: SSH IW Squats Merkins Peter Parkers __ Jog around parking lot: Mosey down and back Mosey down and High knees Mosey down and Butt kickers __ 3-man Grinder 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 WWII: repeato Do same at other end...
Read moreYHC was in the mood for a tough, arm focused beatdown… the name dawned upon me: ARMageddon!! The plan was coming together, a beatdown that would leave the arms completely smoked. Unfortunately, it was 26 degrees and all plans involved...
Read moreThe poor souls who showed for Conspiracy this morning had no idea of what they were in for. Razzie arrived late and I am sure wished he had kept on driving. After a quick warm up run to corner by the Y, the Pax reconvened at the base of the...
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...
Read moreToday was just a special meeting time due to the 7 year anniversary. Regularly scheduled workouts at 0600 AND 0700 will begin on 01/30. The Super MAX format is designed to be <4 exercises for maximum reps or distance. It could be a Murph, a...
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