April Fools Beatdown Part1

Ahhh.. April 1st. What a fun day. And although I wasn’t the original Q scheduled for this mornings festivities, ( Skyline had an injury and needed a sub…get well soon brother ), I figured I could whip up something sinister for the...

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MiniSquatch

It only took just under 7 years, but YHC finally notched my AO VQ at the esteemed, premier non-running Tuesday AO, #Parliament. To be honest, I was a little nervous, but an attempt was made to provide a proper beatdown that did not include...

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Tariffs is a painful word

What is the most beautiful word in the dictionary? According to POTUS it is Tariffs. It’s been in the news the last few months, so I thought what better theme to deliberate at Parliament. I’m sure we would all vote for 25 percent more beatdown...

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Block Work – 3 Rounds

Coming off the weekend from hell after the “Turrible Toughest Mile”, Conspiracy Q the Wednesday before, and me helping move a sofa up through a second floor window for Blue Moon, I was super sore.  I also could not sleep last night and had been...

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Parliament was Jumpin’

Cold mornings at Parliament require constant movement, but the AO moratorium on running means Burns is bringing the ropes. This was the third or fourth time leading some version of this workout at Parliament and it does the job pretty well. WoR...

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4th Core Principle

Twas the day before #Parliament and YHC realized I was once again going against @Wobegon (Nantan Emeritus) and his Q at #Flatline. Last time this happened in the fall, we got into a #QMarketingWar tagging everyone and their brother trying to EH...

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Happy Birthday Parliament

YHC was honored once again to host the birthday party for Parliament.  After Goofy began TRQ sometime in late 2014, YHC liked the idea of a nonrunning beatdown but wasn’t crazy about driving to  Speas and back on a weekday morning.  Nantan...

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Demagogues in Parliament

Warmarama: The usual:  SSHs, Abes, Whirlies, Up/Down Dogs, Cherry Pies The Thang: Walk to retrieve blocks from pile (even this seemed to be a little confusing for the pax….prelude to what was to come).  Return to parking lot for review of the...

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Cold morning at Parliament

4 brave PAX joined YHC for Parliament.  Temp in the low teens before we got started, but we all quickly forgot about the cold as we got into the beatdown. It went like this: 4 Corners Corner 1: 20 hand release merkins, then reverse bear crawl to...

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Delusions of a Longer Weinke

BEATDOWN.   21s – For each pair of exercises, the rep count must always equal 21.  Start with 20 reps on one side and 1 rep on the other.  Travel between exercise stations (roughly 20 yards) by using the Mode of Transportation.  For...

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UP-DOWN Party in the USA_TM_

Welp…It’s January in North Carolina ( 2025…Happy New YEAR! ) That means it’s that wonderful time of the year when WSFCS schools close for #NCBlizzard conditions. Two positives about this: 1. We already got our milk and bread. 2. No traffic in the...

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Christmas Eve Krampus Krackdown!

Man what a cold morning and man what do we do to fix that during a non running workout? Every. Movement. Counts stretchy stretch 💁🏻‍♂️ THE THANG- Line up at the parking lot facing the school with a coupon! Leave the coupon at starting point and...

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