Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler

We had lots of things to celebrate this morning at Parliament.  It’s this AO’s 11th anniversary (congrats and #Tclaps, @DramaQueen).  It’s Wake Forest Baseball’s Home Opening Day.  And it’s also Fat Tuesday aka Mardi...

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Parliament with a Twist

When I was asked to Q Parliament, I was excited to lead a group of men for a block only, no running beatdown. Prepped and ready to go, mother nature had other plans. The twist part of this Parliament beatdown was it was held at Village Idiocy...

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4 corners of 11’s at Purgatory

14 Pax showed up for the first Parliament of 2026 on not too cold but very foggy morning. After formalities and some  warmorama, we got our blocks and got to it. 4 corners of 11’s went like this: Center – 5 burpees before each corner...

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Fibonacci Ugly

During Tonka’s most recent beatdown at Alcatraz, as we were doing painful increasing reps of exercises, YHC asked if he ever did the Fibonacci beatdown. He answered in the negative. YHC quickly learned he had the Q at Parliament after reading the...

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Grumpy Frosty

YHC had they keys to #Parliament this AM. Knowing I had missed a beatdown yesterday, I wanted to inflict pain mainly on me. Turns out that turned outwards to others #Cobains. YHC spent his Monday an all-day, company-wide townhall. If you...

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12, 9, 19 and 61

Not an overly creative workout this AM the start of YHC’s  birthday, but hey might as well start the next year doing something that gets the heart rate up, right! The numbers in play were 12, 9, 19 and 61. Warmarama: 12 Imperial...

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Freedom!!!

Darkness and cold.  That is what greeted the 13 Pax this morning at the premier Tuesday AO.  A clear sky allowed for excellent star gazing and plenty of opportunity to see an occasional meteor!   This was YHC’s first Q since moving...

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Tabata at Parliament

Blind Date had scheduled his Q for this date before having  to get unexpected hernia surgery recently, so YHC agreed to a last minute switch and had to rummage through a big stack of cardboard to find a suitable beatdown. Decided on a tabata...

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Happy Birthday Dad!!!

Today would have been my dad’s 88th birthday.  When @Adobe asked me several weeks ago to Q today, I jumped at the chance to honor my hero dad on his birthday.  At the time I didn’t know that @Superfly was also going to plan his...

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Remembering John Richard Kenny

My dad passed away a little over a year ago. Today would have been his 92nd birthday so I put together a workout to remember the man who helped me become who I am today. After the formalities and some warmorama, we got our blocks and got to it...

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