It was a beautiful morning at Speas for this week’s Purgatory. HIM’s rolled in one after another. We warmed up with the usual routine: SSH, Imp Walkers, C Squats, slow deep squat, arm circles, Y-flies, and Mike Phelps. Then to the top of the...
Read moreWhen Root Canal aka Dr. Toot aka Tootankhamun asks you to Q for WIB, you are darn well gonna Q for WIB. A crisp but not terribly cold morning yielded 7 other jabronis at Thruway, in between the Talbots and former Stein Mart, to bring our host to...
Read moreA nice crowd of 15 of us rolled up at Speas on a beautiful morning for a Veterans Day commemoration workout. Not a vet myself, but my Dad was in the Army from 1943-47. We used the Exicon to spell his name, ED O BREWER. But we had an FNG, so...
Read moreOpted for a mostly dry under cover Purgatory on this drizzly morning. Sept 23 is the birthday of Bruce Springsteen AND Ray Charles, so at 9 last night that became the theme. As Pax soon realized, the workout was nearly fully planned. Ended up...
Read morePerfect morning for a good workout with F3 friends! Nice surprise was self-EH’d FNG that heard about F3 from brother-in-law in South Carolina! More about him soon. A good crowd rolled in and we got started. MS and CP recited, Argyle rolls up...
Read moreMudpit and YHC drove up (yes, drove! 😆 Doing GreeNest after) and had the parking lot to ourselves for a bit. Then the regulars started rolling in. Quickly had a dozen and got started. Warmarama: SSH, AV, Whirlies, arm swirls fwd and back...
Read moreAfter my slow mosey to Iron Throne, found Crash and Schlitz waiting for me. Thought it was gonna be just the “pair of three” and then Cherry Pie came running out the gloom. We didn’t want to be lollygagging so we jumped right into Warmarama...
Read moreIt was bound to happen. WIB can be anywhere, so why not at Speas with TRQ? Had to do a little research on WIB (thanks BAM), and read a couple recent BB (simple and awful—got it!) then came up with a barely coherent and executed plan: 3 pain...
Read moreWarmarama: SSH, IST, CH Squat x 20, Abe Too Fast, Whirly, Merkin, Mtn Climber x 10 Small Wall of Desolation: Ladder 11 down to 1 Dips, 1 up to 11 Irkins. Oh hello!, Splash and Ripple. Flagpole of Consternation: Arm Swirly One Way, Carolina...
Read moreFinished the workout plan (well, mostly) on my slow mosey to Sherwood. Arrived about the same time as 4 regulars and Gold Watch. Wobegon had a timepiece so we got started on time. Warmarama: SSH, Imp Walkers, AV, Whirlies, Cherry Pies both...
Read moreWarmarama: PSA about PSA; get a test every 1-3 years starting at age 55, in consultation with MD. SSH, Imp Walkers, AV, Whirlies, Y-flies, Mike Phelps. To hill leading down to rec center, partner for BOMBS 55: 55 burpees, 110 oh claps, 165...
Read moreA dozen pax gathered for TRQ and got a quick update on prostate cancer screening during warmarama. Recent changes to guidelines suggest that men 55-69 should consult with their doctor and get a PSA test every 1-3 years. YHC is certainly glad for...
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