TIME WASTERS. The PAX whined so we wasted a few minutes doing SSHs, Whirlies, Michael Phelps, and Abe Vigodas. What a freaking waste. We probably could have finished another entire round of real exercises if we hadn’t spent time on these...
Read moreThere will come a day when you will conquer that inner demon that tells you to modify an exercise because it’s too hard. There will come a day when you realize that pain is just weakness leaving the body. There will come a day when you crush the...
Read moreTIME WASTERS. It’s a waste of time to even include this in a backblast. BEATDOWN. Add a round each time through the circuit. At the end of each circuit, run to the end of the coal pit and do 25 Mountain Climbers. 7 360° BURPEES 14...
Read moreTIME WASTERS. Some BS that nobody actually cares about when reading a backblast. BEATDOWN. Spot #1: Mary Katherines x 12 Spot #2: Spider Burpees x 27 Spot #3: Dying Cockroaches x 49 Spot #4: Perfect Merkins x 74 DONE. NAKED...
Read moreThe temperature at last year’s reindeer training for the 12 Pains was quite chilly. This year (364 days later) was roughly the same with the wind providing the unpublished pain of 21 degrees. BEATDOWN. The Grinch doesn’t do things...
Read more“I may be slow, but at least I didn’t leave in the middle of the workout.” – an unnamed PAX (to protect his identity) comparing himself to the recent string of trendy PAX who have been leaving YHC’s workouts halfway through, especially one...
Read moreWARMARAMA. Some time-wasting bullshit with at least a few burpees sprinkled in to get the heart rate moving. BEATDOWN. 1 – CIRQUE DU SOLEIL ABS (10 reps/10s hold) Crunch (hold) LBCs (hold) Legs Straight Up Crunch (hold)...
Read more“I don’t really know what Tabata is.” – Thistle, AFTER leading a 45-minute so-called tabata workout “No shit.” – every single PAX in attendance at said workout BEATDOWN. Run: https://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/5832225430...
Read moreThe workout was described like this … Station 0 is near the playground by the pullup bars. Each corner of the track is a numbered station. At each station, complete the exercise reps 5 times the station number. Start at Station 0, then...
Read moreBEATDOWN. 4 stations on the Hill to Nowhere – bottom, first corner, second corner, summit. Station 1: Rockees x 10, Curls x 10, Overhead Presses x 10, Tricep Presses x 10 Station 2: Diamond Spider Merkins x 15 Station 3: Knee...
Read moreBEATDOWN. Super simple workout. Starting on the bridge for the walking trail between Reynolda Village and the WFU campus, which goes over the part of Silas Creek that flows into Lake Katherine, do 5 Flying Squirrels. Run towards...
Read moreBEATDOWN. Reverse Blockee Peleton from the dumpsters to the far playground. Repeat this routine until the first person finishes: + Run a lap on the track + Pullups x 20 + Blockover Burpees x 20 + Thrusters x 20 + Side-to-Side Merkins x 20...
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