Terrapin Zoo
YHC wanted to do something a little different this morning at Terrapin. It stemmed some from Alpo’s Q last week at Talon when he mentioned the importance of being able to dead hang to improve pull-ups. That got the wheels a turning and this is what we did this morning. Disclaimer was given. Warm-up SSH […]
Polly saw the light
Conditions: 33° and windy YHC was pleased to see pax start rolling into the Epicenter parking lot around 5:10. Everyone stayed in their warm vehicles until right at go-time. 5:15 – The warmup is to mosey to the coupon cage, secure your coupon and meet at the roundhouse. The Work – Star Workout YHC set […]
There’s No Shame in Getting Knocked Out…
I read this quote over the weekend and it resonated, particularly as I watched poor Nate Robinson get knocked out cold on PPV at Triple Bogey’s house Saturday night. “There’s no shame in getting knocked out. The shame comes in when you throw in the motherfucking towel…” 11 guys decided that they weren’t going to […]
4 Horseman
The Work went like this : 6 workouts burpees hand release merkins big boys jungle boi’s Monkey humpers Mountain Climbers we had 25,50,75,100 yds marked off and we did as followed. jog to the 25 do 5 burpees, jog back 5 burpees jog to the 50 do 10 burpees, jog back 10 burpees jog to […]
Thanksgiving Day – Descending 10s
Thanksgiving Day Q at Talon, 11/26/20 Warm up – 25 reps (on your own) of the following: side straddle hop, imperial walkers, cut the grass, air squats, calf raises, merkins, lunges; 10 reps in cadence of the following 6 exercises: Little baby arm circles, forward and reverse; T claps; front claps; raise the roof; Moroccan […]
You can only get so wet
On this glorious Thanksgiving morning 5 dudes took on the Gobbler Challenge and made small work of it. Here’s the challenge round 1 10 KB swings 10 HR merkins 15 KB Swings 15 HR Merkins 25 KB Swings 25 HR Merkins 50 KB Swings 50 HR merkins Run 1/4 Mile ROUND 2 10 KB Swings […]
APFT The 2020 Finale
21 PAX tackled the last installment of the APFT for 2020 amid the slightly chilly November morning at the local YMCA oddly measured 1/4 mile track. If you missed it today, there’s a make-up date on 12/4. Disclaimer given. APFT 2 minute max effort merkins 2 minute max effort sit-ups 2 mile run Proper instructions […]
Fatigue Factor
10 pax showed up for Talon and got their Saturday work in. At least 5 showed up early and got some miles in as well. Lucky for them, we went mobile. Here’s how it went down: Mosey to top of Parking lot 25 merkins 25 abs 25 Air Squats Mosey to Hunter’s Creek […]
The Wet Bandits
Weather: Clear and 35 Dislcaimer: Given The work: For time 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Pull-ups 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Merkins 2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20 Alternating Lunges 1 mile run 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Pull-ups 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Merkins 20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 Alternating Lunges Results: Crayola – 24:25 Tootsie Roll – 26:28 Foreclosure – 27:12 Chipper – 27:17 Inspector – 31:31 Tickle – 33:32 Alpo – 33:53 (I’m pretty sure Alpo did […]
Frosty Mornings
Weather = 33 degrees and clear = Perfect One min warning = Given Disclaimer = Given Warmup = 25 SSH IC, 25 Cut the grass IC Work = Mosey to the entrance of the Talon and do 25 merkins, 25 air squats, and 25 LBC’s Mosey to the entrance of Hunters Creek and do 25 […]