What does Memorial Day mean to you? Some think of a 3 day weekend, or hanging out w/ family and friends, good BBQ, beverages, corn hole, you name it. Others take a step back and let the reality of what this day truly means resonate – there are over 1 million military members dating back to the Civil war that have lost their lives defending this great nation we call home. That is 1 million…
3Dock Work, Dice and Flag Work Warm-O-Rama 5:15am It’s time to Go! I disclaimed the legal stuff and we circled up for some SSH’s, stretches, produce pickers and Windmills, OYO Burpees. Time to Move elsewhere. The Work Mosey down to the lake while doing butt kickers, high knees and Nurs. Dock Workers: Merkins, Squats American Flag / Lake Wylie Welcome Monument: Circle up for the Pledge of Allegiance then do dirkens, Step Ups, Dips, Rocky…
0Soccer Field, Swings & Monkey Bars Warm-O-Rama 5:15 it’s Go Time! I disclaimed the legal stuff and we circled up for some SSH’s, stretches, Mountain Climbers and Hillbilly Walkers and off we go for a mosey around the school property. The Work – Part I. We ran around behind the school, up and down the sidewalks until we came to a series of benches. There we did 3 exercises: 20 dips, 20 step ups per…
0We had 11 at the Deep including Chardonnay, Dovetail, Tweety, Crosshair, Peg, Ringo, Kick Flip, Royale, Silent Bob, Nemo, and myself (Captain Jack). Last week Quasi played 70s/80s rock and someone brought up the movie Entrapment (related to dive bombers). My best high school job was working at a movie theater in the 90s (when Entrapment was released). Thus, led to this 90s movie trivia Q. I also borrowed some weight timing from a recent…
1Throwin’ Iron and Dropping Wisdom at Cannonball We had 17 on Q (11 bootcamp, 7 walkers) for some kettle-bellin and some thoughts on worrying. Here is how it went down: Warm-o-rama Disclaimer and a brief word about my bum left shoulder SSH, 20 IC Imperial Walkers, 12 IC Low slow squats, 10 IC downward dog, honeymooner 1/4 mile mosey with toy soldiers and karaoke The Thang: Station 1: 5 goblet squats and from the Bible:…
3We had 11 at the Bermuda Triangle with 5 for the bootcamp including Austin Powers, Clutch, Miter, Sparkle, and myself (Captain Jack) and 6 runners including Two Ferns, Peg, Soft Shell, Pitch, Wolverine, and Shakespeare. The 5 of us left warmed up with the typical activities, SSH, merkins, cherry pickers, and windmills, then moseyed over to the basketball court. There we did 4 rounds of work with a lap after each round. Round 1: 10…
0YHC is likely the only guy in the region that was raised by the WW II generation (expect a lot of the pax’s grandads were) so this was a very special day. I grew up listening to these guys tell about it (mostly pretty funny stories) and had an uncle that was the REAL DEAL when it came to war heros in my uncle Roy Fortner who led the 15th Air Force Mission over Berlin…
0So YHC was on deck for Crow’s Nest the day after the famous Lake Wylie Christmas Party, which he did not attend. But apparently a lot of others did so and to great enjoyment! Which is why we only had YHC and Speed Racer in the mix for boot camp and a couple of runners. So YHC fell back on some tried and true things that have worked before. Went like this: COP: SSH X…
08 PAX came out for a recovery workout at the Black Flag. YHC took the Q months ago, knowing that BRR bodies would be beaten and bruised and if I had to post the flag, I wanted control of the recovery. Peg, a fellow BRR runner, also posted knowing what we endured over the last few days. As more and more showed up that were not BRR runners, my mind quickly turned to how can…
12 runners and 7 bootcampers dodged the rain at The Brig. After completing IronPax Week 0 in the AM, Merkins were off limits. Instead we took a short mosey to my driveway and completed a weighted circuit focused on pumping up our beach body muscles. Our poor biceps are often neglected in bodyweight workouts so I thought we would do something that would appeal to the likes of Captain Jack, Dovetail and Ringo. 1/2 mile…
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