11 scouts warmed the 24 degree air with exercise and mumble chatter. WARMUP: Mosey down hill for warmup. Side straddle hops, DQs, cherry pickers dead man hangs, planks, and some mericans. Run back up hill but stop at each light to perform B.L.I.M.P.S. Street light #1: B – burpees x15. Street light #2: L – lunges x 20. So on and so forth: B.L.I.M.P.S B – Burpees 15x L – Lunges 20x (single count) I – Imperial Walkers 25x M – Merkins (no cheat) 30x P – Plank Jacks 35x S – Squats 40x JERKIN GYM: Stop at handicap ramp/jerkin…

A 9-pack of HARDER Lemonade enthusiasts converged at The Forge and embraced the suck. Many were surprised to learn the Forge is an acronym for the 5 core principles. Many were not surprised that a DTH beatdown is in fact challenging. F – Free O – Open to all men R – Rain or Shine G – Guys rotate the Q E – Ends with COT The THANG: MOUNT WARMERAMA: Circle up on top level/lot of Mt Chaplain, which we will call Level 1 Welcome & Disclaimer Level 1 – Don Q’s x10 IC Run to top of Knolls, x5…

Last week at The Forge 7 men gathered to do all their favorite workouts, ad nauseam, until they were no long a favorite workout. And to discuss Japanese animation. Mosey to the front, warmarama with 44 SSHs. Lots of other warmups to end on 44 LBCs. What could possibly be the significance? No idea. Mosey to the amphitheater where YHC queued up a killer playlist featuring all the greatest hits from the Studio Ghibli movies. To his surprise and complete dismay, not a single person present had ever even heard of these movies. So the playlist was canceled and a…

9 brothers hit the HHS freezer to honor the snake. Mosey to bus circle for some curb-to-curb merkins/bear crawls and dips/crab walks. Mosey to another parking lot for side straddle hops, DQs, cherry pickers, and a sampling of Broga to complete the warmup. Mosey to the soft, dry comfort of the turf football field for The Snake. Start on corner of the field where goal line and sideline meet. Run along the goal line to opposite sideline. Run up sideline to 5-yard line, then run along 5-yard line to opposite sideline. Run up sideline to 10-yard line then drop for…

A thin layer of gloom hovered over the parking lot of Huguenot High as YHC waited for the PAX to arrive for the second NTB beatdown of the week. Low turnout was to be expected given the option of an Orange Crush birthday bash, but after a silver sedan took a lap through the parking lot and then exited back onto Forrest Hill, YHC knew it was going to be the ultimate “you vs. you” morning. Mosey on! Warmarama at the flag pole. Brickyard 400 – Mosey around to the amphitheater for a Snuff-inspired pyramid. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-2 rep scheme, moving up/down…

16 men gathered for what was expected to be a Dealer Q only to find out they’d be “Ghosted” and some West-hoes took the Q and this is what happened: EF Hutton Q – Mosey down to the field between the two schools for a COP followed by a Jack Webb with Squats and Monkey Humpers Flip to Honeydo Q – with Dealer having scouted the AO it was known there was access to the Football field, so we moseyed to the Field for a Beast. All 6 round, non-escalating and finishing with Burpess Flip to Handshake Q – mosey…

9 Beastie Boys gathered in the gloom to kick it Root Down. Meanwhile, YHCs hounds were out on the town having escaped earlier that morning by digging a giant hole under the fence. Sabotage. Warmarama with SSHs, DQs, helicopters, arm circles and more arm circles, shoulder taps, Alabama Prom dates, LBCs, etc etc. Mosey to the middle school for a stair climb triple check: Hoedowns squats, timer runs up and around. Mosey around the front for another stair climb triple check: Dips, WW2s, timer runs up around around. Mt Chaplin climb triple check: Flutter kicks and one other thing while…

14-strong including one FNG conquered the Forge this morning, celebrating 5 years in F3 for YHC and Don Draper. With a Full Moon putting all the does into estrous, here’s what anniversary parties should look like: The THANG:  WARMERAMA: Mosey over in front of the school and circle up for a Welcome & Disclaimer Variable IC Reps COP #1: Mosey to the Amphitheater TRIPLE NICKLE x5 Diamond Mericans bottom Box Jump to the top x5 DR.W’s top Box jump back down x5 Rounds COP #2: Mosey to the Football Stadium Bleachers Partner up for DORA Spread out a the base…