How soon is too soon at Purgatory

YHC has been around this F3 for a minute, very thankful for that.  One benefit is the depth of previous Q’s to draw ideas from.  Usually if you go far enough back, the odds of attendees either being at that workout or remembering a called...

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Reps and American Top 40

In searching for a suitable beatdown and music selection YHC sought wise counsel the day before Purgatory, The Pony Express for the beatdown and Kasey Kasem for the playlist. Kasey was agreeable but Pony had some second thoughts on the beatdown...

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Past Due Purgatory Post

Apologies for the delay in getting this backblast out.  Saturday, Sept. 3rd began with a group of 14 PAX going through an awkward cadence of side-straddle hops followed by necessary stretching. Multiple comments were about YHC carrying a backpack...

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Whose Purgatory Is This?

WARMUP.   SSH, Whirlies, Michael Phelps, ISTs Burpees, Reverse Lunges   BEATDOWN. Playground Start at 5 reps and increase by 1 each round Side-to-Side Merkins Overhead Squats Gas Pumps Curls on Knees Overhead Press on Knees Low Dollies...

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Here’s your title @bam

16 PAX showed up for @Superfly’s VQ at Purgatory. Warmorama. Merkins, lunge walk, squats, bear crawl, shoulder touches: repeato for awhile. Dora: 100 merkins, 200 LBC’s, 300 squats; partners ran the hill. Lido deck 7 layer dip...

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#SHYE

22 to launch the Soft Hits of Yesteryear with Exertion Wordwide Tour 2022 (#SHYE22). As Starfish pointed out, The Idles are neither soft nor Yesteryear. Warm: SSH, Windmills, IST, merkins Lot#2: merkins, Arm Swirlies, Dry Docks, repeato. Tennis...

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The Perfect Storm

10 PAX braved the elements on the fateful day of March 12, 2022. Participants were directed to the central awning in front of Speas….where there was a few square feet of dry ground. 5 stations were set up. However, the torrential wind...

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Perpees is a Thing

Beautiful morning for a enjoyable workout with friends. Pax given brief history lesson by YHC a la Pony Express style (but Q fail to carry a theme through the workout) about the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770. (Also helpful mnemonic for Slack...

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