6 men joined me for a trip down “memory lane” this morning. Childhood memories…you know the things that defined our childhood. Where you lived, where you played, where you got into your first fight, had your first kiss, experienced the love of family, and the disappointment of failure. These memories live deep in our subconscious and surface when they are “triggered” by things we see, hear, or talk about. I am a child of the…
6Beautiful morning. Crisp weather. No rain or drizzle. Perfect. I rolled up with sandbags and a ruck ready to put guys under weight. O’Reilly brought an extra. So did Peg. And maybe even Royale. I strapped on my weight vest for the first time at a workout. Brutal. I turned in some Sevendust. It was a metal morning. Grassy Knoll was ready to jam when he walked up. Brief disclaimer. Guys grabbed weight. We took…
2With 3 of us ready to go at 5:15 we started out with a set of gassers then on to the warm up of: SSH Hillbilly Walkers Windmills and Mountain climbers Then another set of gassers We then moseyed down the trail to the pavilion at the soccer fields for the first part of my message about 2020, covid, excuses, and slacking off….. Then we knocked out a round of accumulators around the oval path…
08 PAX joined me for the final kettle bell workout in Lake Wylie for 2020. What’s the best way to write a Weinke? Completely steal it from your local friends in The Fort. Bandcamp put this together with some influence from a few backblasts written at F3-Metro’s Combine (Kettlebell and Sprinting) AO. It seemed like a good one so I made a few modifications for this morning. Several of our PAX like the idea of…
3We had 5 for a clear evening at the Black Flag. This included Shades, Whiskey, Fudd, Vanilla Ice, and myself (Captain Jack). Of the two Qs I had planned, we went with the more laid back one. We played poker based on a backblast I saw from Woodchuck in the York region. Here’s how it worked: Dealer chooses the exercise. Ante is 5 reps. 5 cards are dealt. One draw is offered to each player…
0Woke up early, or barely slept at all with the anticipation-similar to a kid expectant of a bounty of gifts sitting under the tree Christmas Day. I pre-packed the night before to go over my list, checking it twice. Early morning text from Ferns. I was already on the move. Fired up the truck and headed to AO. I had acquired some LED lights that looked like candy canes. Dropped one at top of hill…
4Warmup SSH, Cherry pickers, Moroccan night club, windmill, toy solders, and imperial walkers. During the warmup the pax noticed a pattern of 22 and 11. The Thing Today is my 2.0’s 12th birthday and to honor him we’ll do 12 exercises in a 4 corners fashion with rep counts of some form of 22 (11 – 4 count, 22 – 4 count, 11 one side and 11 on the other, etc) 4 Corners #1 Squat,…
0This was my 2nd Q and I was able to convince my 2.0 (Drift) to walk away from the Switch and join in on the fun. We arrived early to set up lights in the picnic area so that unsuspecting pax would be able to see the work we had planned. I noticed that the area was filled with half consumed soda’s, grocery bags, a blanket and even an iPAD left on a charger. I…
0YHC was humbled by the chance to Q the Deep! We had 19 HIMs that showed up and did the hard thing! 8 for boot camp and 11 ruckers for a Two Ferns led TugBoat. Disclaimer was given to all and we set out for a short mosey. Nemo had given his insulated gloves to Grizzly and I ensured him we would not be getting wet in the grass! After the short mosey, a warm-up…
2After a good pre-ruck with a handful of guys and some tight breakfast fast food talk the Boot Camp guys and the rest of the ruck guys began to show up. I threw some bags on the ground from the back of the Hoe and Shades gave a good disclaimer and I added two things to the ruck disclaimer. First, I let the guys know there was a good chance they were gonna slip and…
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