There was a theme, I swear. July 7th….7/7…1977…the year Star Wars and Smokey and the Bandit came into our cultural lives…but leaving the speaker at home killed whatever tentative connection there was to the theme…so we were deprived of...
Read moreWarm-Up: At Crash’s request there was a warm-up. SSH – IC Abe Vigoda – IC Mosey to the back lot The Thang: End-to-End Circuit One end of the parking lot and back. Exercises on both ends. The mode of transportation changes each round...
Read moreWarm-Up SSH – IC Abe Vigoda – IC Arm Circles – 10 forward/back High Knees – 10 Connect Four The PAX were divided into two teams. Each of the four 2.0s received 5 tokens each. All PAX did the following exercises. 10 Merkins 10...
Read moreFriday was my oldest daughter’s 14th birthday, so YHC decided to theme today’s beatdown in her honor! My daughter is smart, strong, competitive and independent, so we can’t make it easy… Warm-o-rama Mission Statement / Core Principles! No...
Read moreYHC was looking forward to cooler temps and humidity in the northern latitudes where the Launchpad lay. Burns had given YHC the heads up that the field had gotten soaked on Sunday, so YHC scoped out the track pre-EC run. It too was in no...
Read moreThe sunny, humid, but not crazy hot morning greeted the intrepid PAX. As usual, I had a simple, unimaginative plan for the crew. After a short stretchy warmorama, we ambled to acquire coupons. My plan was to get the heart rate up with no running...
Read moreConditions: Hot, humid, and relentless. AC was turned off and the heat was turned up. A full-body beatdown awaited. Warm-O-Rama Stretch on your own while YHC welcomed the group, introduced the summer tour, and encouraged everyone to explore new...
Read moreWARMARAMA PARKING LOT: 20 SSH IC 15 IW IC 15 Whirleys IC 7 Abe Vigodas IC Mozey to the shady pavillion THE THANG: Given the temps and humidity, YHC thought it would be fun to play some uno (not my own idea, inspired by Burlap) where we stay in...
Read more“Easy to Q, Hard to Do” was the old saying at Supermax 2021-2022. Don’t get me wrong, YHC loves the weekly Murph, but there was just something about th at old school SuperMax beatdown in the early days of the AO, before the Pull-up bars were...
Read moreConditions: Perfect summer morning – warm, dry, and full of dad jokes. Warm-Up: Stretch on your own while the Q hyped up the crowd and explained what the summer tour was all about and how to win the champtionship belt. SSH x 25 IC The Thang:Four...
Read moreWarm-O-Rama: We kicked things off with a standard warm-up to get the blood flowing and the mumblechatter rolling. The Thang: We dove into a 4 Corners of 11s beatdown. Each corner featured a pair of exercises done in classic 11s fashion (10/1...
Read moreThe rules were simple; the pain was inevitable. The Thang Each PAX picked up a concrete block and gathered at the far end of the parking lot. This morning, 30 identical wooden blocks were arranged in a grid, facedown, each with a different...
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