3 fools warriors escaped the dry, warm comforts of the fart sack for another edition of Heartbreak Ridge, this time with some added moisture. While it appeared a potential FNG sat safely in his Camry….. the clock struck 5:30 and the unnamed bystander did not flinch. The trio set off….. to the Bus Loop. COP Mosey to the bus loop to bask in the temporary relief from Tuesday’s deluge. SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, “Cherry” Pickers, Tempo Copperhead Squats, Tempo Merkins, Arm Circles and reverso The Thang Exercise I – Greasy Poles utilizing the bus extended bus loop steel awning, PAX…

6 PAX came out wondering if Q sheet was in fact open. With no official Q at 5:30 we set off to end of track for COP and a Hot potato Q: COP (Honeydo): Miserable Jumprope (aka Invisible Jumprope), Miserable Burpees, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Pass Q to Lighthouse, which turned out to be big mistake: Lighthouse Beast – Mini beast with way worse numbers: Round 1- Merkins 20 per stop. Round 2- LBCs 20. Round 3 – 5 Burpees. Pass Q to Handshake, off to Jerkin Gym: 3 sets of 10 Jerkins. Then over to Heartbreak Hill: Run…

A Nifty nine PAX closed out Nineteen in Hot Potato fashion at Heartbreak Ridge. Several Wahoo PAX were tired from the late finish of the Orange bowl but needed a last 2019 Big Data point. Here’s how it went down: COP: Honeydo – SSH, Don Qs, Arm circles, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Hand to Handshake: Mosey to “Danger Zone” for Triple check – Run loop of PES lot, Merkins, & Kimchi Twists. Hand Q to Seymour- Mosey to Honeysuckle hill for 6 rounds of Bear Crawl up & run down. Hand off to Mr Holland, down to track for shortened…

A Naugty Nine hoped to earn their way onto the Nice list with some Christmas Eve work at HBR. The PAX were rewarded with an early Xmas gift from the kindhearted Q with: COP- Invisible Jumprope, Hairy Rocketts, Don Qs, Merkins, Arm Circles, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Head to football field for proper warm-up: Sprint across field, jog back. Bear Crawl across then jog back. Backwards run across. Mosey to Benches: YHC called for 3 sets of Box Jumps & Derkins, but apparently some PAX are keen on that “smile without missing teeth” look and with Benches covered in ICE an…

7 mighty PAX decided to avoid the 12 days of Christmas and head to Quioccasin MS for a beatdown. We even had a visitor from somewhere between Raleigh and Charlotte (Cary NC wherever that is). The program went like this: Lap around the track, 25 SSH, 10 DQs, 10 R Soldiers, 15 ACs (front and back) and 25 FMs. Mosey to covered alcove at side of school. Exercise 1: 2 Burpees at each pole – 42 burpees in total Exercise 2: Plank position with last person leapfrogging the other PAX. Keep going until we reach the other side of the…

No Q at 10 pm last night and YHC was still at the office. Sign up for Q and beat myself down out of anger at the current boss. Subsequent apologies to the PAX. Here is how it went down: COP30 SSH15 IW15 DQ15 Helicopters20 merkins80 LBC40 APDMosey to the bus loop for 10 minutes of burpeesMosey to the black top for 4 corners with 10, 15, 20 & 25 escalating reps at each corner, exercises includedHRMWWII sit-upsCrab cakesMonkey humpersMosey to the track for intervals, 30 seconds on, 30 second mosey, rinse and repeat until clock expiredCOT with YHC taking…

It was a super clear, crisp morning for a Heartbreak Ridge extravaganza. 5 men posted for a 5 station experiment. Here’s how it went down: Warmup: 15x SSH, 10x arm circles, 10x DQ, 10x Russian soldiers, 15x LBC, 10x scorpion kicks then mosey to the front of the ES. 5 stations, 5 min each station, partner up; alternate ascending exercises 2,4,6,8… until timer sounds. Hold a specified position when not exercising. Station 1 – at front of ES; burpees + Al Gore Station 2 – tennis courts; jump squats + plank Station 3 – back lot wall; hand release merkins…

4 valiant gentleman descended on Heartbreak Ridge to find again that there is no Q. There seems to be a pattern here which needs to be broken soon. COP by Fireman Ed: Lap around the track, 10 Don Quixotes, 10 Arm circles, 15 2 count mountain climbers and 10 merkins First Exercise: Take 5 benches. do 5 dips, then up to 25 dips by the 5th bench Baton is passed to Ronnie: Mosey to front of school – do 5 merkins, crab walk to other side do 4 merkins, bear crawl to other side, and so forth down to 1…

An even dozen, including 1 visitor, arrived at varying times to Heartbreak Ridge on a gorgeous morning. Again no Q so Handshake started us off: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Hairy Rocketts (horizonal version) aka inverted upside down Scorpion kicks. Back to main lot for: Quad Check – 1) B2tW, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Run lot & back. Head down to Jerkin Gym: 3 Sets of 10 Jerkins. Pass Q to Offshore: Over to Heartbreak hill – Triple check of Merkins, WWIIs, Bernie Sanders up hill. Hand Q to Garbage Plate, 1 lap of Indian Run then over to ramp: Crawl…

6 PAX were looking around at 5:30 perplexed by two unusual things: an open Q slot at Heartbreak Ridge and 65 degree weather on a morning where it was supposed to be snowing. Atilla took the reins and off we went: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, HRMs, APDs, Helicopters. Mosey over to tennis courts: 3 rounds of Wheelbarrow to net, 10 Derkins each man. Pass Q to Handshake, who took us down to football field for a “Bea” or abbreviated beast of: Merkins, WWIIs, and Burpees. Q passed to Lighthouse: Head over to Jerkin Gym- fake, stop at end of…