In preparing for this week’s Q at Purgatory, the idea of doing Dora formulated in my mind. Then one thing led to another, and poof! Why not do Dora for the entire workout? YES! Arriving early enough to strategically place cardboard...
Read moreOn a beautiful Spring morning, 22 ready and willing pax gathered at Purgatory for YHC’s first bootcamp Q as a double respect. This called for a workout that was both challenging but easy for the Q to remember what we were supposed to do...
Read moreThe AMAZING RACE at Purgatory is a competition consisting of (1) a QUALIFYING portion that is identical for all teams, (2) travel to an exotic location on a continent that is unique to each team, (3) a task that will be similar for each team, and...
Read moreMarch 6th is Independence Day in Ghana, and since it was the first sub-Saharan African country to throw off the yoke of English colonialism, seemed like a worthy theme for the dashpax! 1957 is the year of said yoke throwing. YHC is thankful for...
Read moreIt’s Super Bowl weekend so YHC wanted to make that the theme of the workout, knowing this red blooded bunch of guys would enjoy it even more! Problem: the last pro football game the Q saw was last year’s Super Bowl. 🤷♂️ Then YHC found out Tom...
Read moreYHC is not sure how I ended up with such a large crowd this morning. It seems that every time I Q a workout, there are always loud and frequent complaints about how hard and awful and no fun and, recently, how cold it is. Never have I overheard...
Read moreSaw it on the Q deep-state insider conspiracy website: Jan 23, ‘21 is really code for: do 10 of the things at the bottom of the hill, 20 things halfway up the hill, 30 at the top, 20 halfway down the hill, and 10 again at the bottom. 1-2-3-2-1!...
Read morePAX: High Cotton, Nitro(WD), Parquet(WB), Burlap, Lace, Lemming, Boomerang, Starfish, D Day, Rust Bucket, Pony Express, BAM, Splash, Huckleberry, Turnover, Bull Dog, Singing Cowboy, Root Canal (Q) Braced against the damp, foggy, cold morning, 18...
Read moreGiven the ongoing dealings with Covid, the Nantan and Site-Qs thought a true convergence might be in poor taste this year. In a show of creativity, the idea of a “virtual” convergence with a shared beatdown across 3 locations came to...
Read moreDampness. Fog. Colder than the forecast led us all to believe. More than one pax was heard to remark that The Gloom really lived up to its name today. The idea of heading home and regrouping around 2pn was floated and voted down, so let’s...
Read moreYHC essentially dislocated a rib last week and was out of commission for 7 days. After having gotten it “fixed” and lots massage and tiger balm, I’m back! So now it’s time to make up for those missed workouts … right? Warm-o-rama Mission...
Read moreSo we all gathered on a fine Saturday morning like Purgatory usually does. The Q knew this site usually had good turnout so a plan was derived to accommodate social distancing, the only question was will it be understood by the rest of the pax...
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