A might duo of Brogii veterans braved the cooler temps of No Toll for a predawn flexibility test. According to the regular 5 am joggers, this is what was witnessed. Emphasis of the day was on lower body. Hips, hamstrings and back were worked thru a variety of standing postures. Pigeon along with House Party’s favorite shoulder pose got us working on upper body. Extra long shavasana closed things out to start our day. Good seeing House Party back out as he started a new job. Prayers for family in Tampa with with incoming storm.
First Q at Heartbreak and forgot to post back blast. Sorry. But I think everybody got their money’s worth with a little bit of Chest, Legs, Arms, and Abs: Brief warm up, followed by Burpee March from pole to pole and the length of the school (Chest), up the hill to parking lot and a team Dora of 100 2 count lunges, 200 Squats, and 300 Heel Raises (Legs). Mosey to playground for Triple Check of 5 Chin Ups, 10 Wide Grip Pull Ups, and 20 Dips (Arms). Quick jaunt to hill for 7’s of Get Ups and Merkins (Abs…
4 runners and 2 ruckers got in their daily dose of run and walk. The runners did a Giles, Craney Island, Atlee loop for 4 miles. Speakeasy ran ahead of the pack and got in 5 miles. No Idea and Yardsale did their ruck thing.
*****Pre-Blast***** I invite the PAX to come out to the 11th Annual Shawn G. Hogan Memorial Beer Mile. For those that have not heard, Shawn was a very dear friend of mine and former college roommate of Handshake’s. Shawn lived a life of adventure and sadly he was killed in an Army training incident 11 years ago Shawn and I ran cross country in college and enjoyed beer. We always joked about running a beer mile one day, but sadly Shawn and I never got the opportunity to run one together. So every year around the time of his passing…
YHC showed up to Atlee High school parking lot, planted flag and Opus showed up. YHC had a new playlist set up for a Tabata workout and here is what went down: COP Mosey to East Entrance of School and stayed in newly paved dry parking lot for 20 SSH, 10 4ct Helicopters and 10 DQ’s. Ready to rock this Tabata out. THANG So YHC breaks out speaker and starts the Tabata clock for 10 rounds of 4 minutes with 10 second recovery between rounds. Each Round consisted of 8 sets of 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds…
At the ungodly hour of 4:30 am, 2 men embraced the ultra-gloom at the latest edition of “The Graveyard Shift.” A brief summary for your viewing pleasure: To the basketball courts for Warmarama:Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Mummy Kicks, Helicopters, Side Straddle Hops, Hand Release Merkins, LBC’s, Side LBC’s, Butt Kicks, High Knees, Karaoke, Bernie Sanders, Lunge Walk. To the small basketball court for Exercise One:Modified version of 4 corners:Round 1 – Crab Walk, 5 Crab Cakes at Corner 1, 10 at 2, 15 at 3, and 20 at 4. Round 2: Broad Jump with 5 jump squats at Corner 1,…
11 hardened lads arrived to Hoedown in the finest of attire to start the week with a bang. According to the parking lot attendant, this is what was rumored to have occurred. 5.30 start, most of us moseyed around the traffic circle while others that were a bit delayed joined up for warmorama consisting of invisible jump rope, helis, DQ’s, jazzercise, merkins, LBC’s, Suzanne Summers and Dancing Bears. Warm? lets mosey to the blacktop. 7 of Diamonds. YHC calls and exercise which PAX will perform in multiples of 7 reps at each corner. Hold for the 6. Exercises included 7…
Audible called by the pizza delivery driver, so YHC adapted and overcame, delivering burgers, chicken sandwiches and fries. Bread was broken.
YHC had the pleasure of making up dinner for our friends at Breaking bread. Menu was Lasagna, garlic bread, Salad, and cherry pie. Dropoff was quick and easy with our friend Barbara prompt and offering a kind thanks as we loaded in the food on the cart. NMS: It has been a while since YHC has done breaking bread. Always good to do something nice for those less fortunate and this simple bit of service can help you with gratitude for what you have.
A perfect morning greeted 45 Redwoods who both caught some extra REM and showed today to celebrate our 8 year anniversary and get a little sweat on. According to the parents awaiting the Tuckahoe Tomahawks game here is what went down, more or less: EF Hutton Q: COP In Cadence: 20x SSH, 10x Copperhead Squats, 15x Imperial Walkers, 10x Merkins, Plankorama, 10x Freddie Mercury Johnsonville Q: 11s across the soccer pitch. Crabcakes + 8x 2count LBC (that means 80 on the first iteration) Lockjaw Q: Triple check. BTTW, Elbow Plank, run the SPMS front loop. Pigskin Q: Mary In Cadence…