The Hardest Part of the Day

Have you ever planned a workout that ratchets up the 1st F a little more than normal, and as you’re driving to the AO you just start secretly hoping the parking lot is empty so that you can go home instead of putting yourself and your...

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Memory Lane

The 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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Tribute to Analog at Distillery

Well…it was that time again. Let’s get after it at Distillery!   Frostbite shot me a message and asked if I could Substi-Q as he was still on the recovery road. I was going to have to come up with something quick. Think Adobe, think… Ahhhh...

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20x25v5

  Madoff reached out a while ago for YHC to Q. Initially 5/1 was eyed, but Drip beat me to it. The 24th seemed just about as good, so why not spice it up with a 20×25 beatdown!? For those who don’t know, the challenge from YHC this year...

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Got Tha Vapors at Distillery

Soooo, here we go again. DISTILLERY! #WeFoCo. Always super stoked about a Beatdown at the still. The PreBlast alluded to the definition of Distill. Something along the lines of vaporizing, condensing…ya know, make it sweat. So that’s...

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q return to distillery

been a minute since yhc q’d, made the return to distillery this am. arrived followed by a few folks posting, a good number for the AO. mission and core principles recited, warm up side straddle hop, imperial storm troopers, forward arm...

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Distillery Retro Beatdown

Has been a while since YHC has posted at Distillery and it brought back fond memories of the IPC, so dusted off a highly modified version from one of the challenges a couple of years ago. A solid crew of 9 showed up to enjoy the festivities. WARM...

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Frosty #HIMs

It was a lovely morning to venture westward to #TheDistillery — an AO I do not normally frequent. To be honest, I think this was only my 3rd time out that way. @Madoff put the EH on me a few months ago when he was filling out the Q Calendar...

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Running of the Guardians

Well….Backblasts do technically happen after a workout, right? Better late than never? It snowed in NC this weekend? All excuses, I know. But, I’m gonna stick with option 2…. ( Better Late Than Never ). So here we go…   It was time to bring...

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