The Thang: TORRENCE Hero WOD in honor of CPL Joshua Torrence, KIA in Iraq (2005). Today, we honored my cousin and friend Lance Cpl. Joshua L. Torrence. He was always mischievous and always fun. I was fortunate enough to have him a a close friend...
Read moreThe Thang 0600 – The Murph @ Alcatraz12 HIMs showed up to throw down the standard of selflessness and sweat.1 mile + 100 pull-ups + 200 merkins + 300 squats + 1 mile = a perfect start. 0700 – IronPAX: Mythbusters EditionTotal PAX: 19The...
Read moreAfter a Q swap due to hockey tickets, my time has come to lead the most elite evening workout held on a Tuesday in Dash Pax-landia. So let’s get this workout in, get all the Fs, and get on with the evening. What a solid crew rolled in. It...
Read moreParliament was called to order at 0530 and a rowdy bunch of parliamentarians came and got it after their wild night celebrating Cinco de Mayo. They say every picture tells a story but alas YHC forgot to snap one. Raised on promises, the...
Read moreWhat a great morning! Low 50s and a bit humid – enjoy it while we can this week. I was thrilled to see the turnout for the re-launch of the Launchpad AO that has laid dormant for about 18 months or so…Oak Summit Park is right by casa...
Read moreThe 20×25 workout has been a fun approach to Qs so far this year… but it’s heavily reliant upon running. This creates a potential issue at TRQ, so what are some ways to get around it? Just bear crawl? Just lunge walk? Oof… what about… 25...
Read moreRollback was nursing an injury, so he called many people to try and Q for him. When they all said no, he lastly turned to me and I humbly accepted the responsibility. The theme was easy – my favorite sport just started the playoffs, so the...
Read moreFirst F Warm-o-rama: SSH, Imperial Storm Trooper, Hillbillies, Abe Vs, Whirlies, Michael Phelps – 12 IC The Thang Main session: The RAY (Coupon/Rock required) One end of parking lot – 10 modified manmakers* Murder bunny to the...
Read moreBack last February, YHC had a first iteration of this workout. It did not go well. Overall, lets just blame a local resident asking YHC (politely) to be quiet. This time around, the plan was to explain things away from the residents, across the...
Read moreThere’s a group text out there in the e-world in which a few of us dummies who EC run regularly will share our ideas about upcoming EC opportunities, among other things. Schlitz is one of the participants, so you can only imagine what some...
Read moreYHC arrived at Sherwood a few minutes early. Spotted the Wobegon Wagon and knew he was getting in an EC 2 miles. Tami strolled up and soon it was 530. We warmed up with my usual, making sure to limber up shoulders and back. The Plan called for...
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