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The Olympics are in full swing, and perhaps you are keeping track of the medal count at home? Tomorrow at the Stable, we will be participating in some games (and teams) of our own. There will not be actual medals handed out, but the memories made will be far better…Bring a coupon, and an FNG.ContinueContinue reading “PB – Mannequin Q – Stable 8.6.24”

Tomorrow at the County we have Man in the Arena – the F3 style fitness test that gives you the chance to get score out of 600 to grow upon! There are 6 components: KIMS Test (Keep in memory challenge) T-Merkins Shuttle Run Thrusters Plank 800M Run You get a possible score of 100 inContinueContinue reading “7.12.2024 – Man in the Arena – The County”

Tomorrow morning at the garden, you’re going to want to come out for a gridiron classic. This football themed, team oriented workout was done on my very first Q. But I’ve made some improvements since then. Grab a coupon, an FNG, and I’ll see you at 0530 in the Gloom!

I can’t begin to tell you how proud I was this morning of all the of HIMs that participated. It was one of the coldest mornings I have experienced in a while. 1 degree above freezing with a constant downpour, it’s one of those mornings that chills you to the bones, yet there we were.  It madeContinueContinue reading “1/6/24 – Patriot Man in The Arena – BB”

Tomorrow at 0630 at the Patriot in downtown La Grange, KY, HIMS will challenge themselves both mentally and physically. This is not your normal Saturday morning, you will get the opportunity to walk away with a possible score of out of 600, have a ton of fun, and access your overall fitness level.   There willContinueContinue reading “Man in the Arena @ the Patriot Pre-Blast”

Ferb’s Dad here, Mannequin. This AM Ferb pulled out his VQ and it was a very proud moment for me to say the least. He started at 5:30 with a crowd of 32 by walking into the middle of the circle and saying, “I’m Ferb, and this is my VQ.” I was impressed he actuallyContinueContinue reading “Patriot – 8/2/23 – Ferb VQ, BB”

It was the first day of summer, but I didn’t even realize it. I might have done something around that had I thought of it. But instead I did a Q I had imagine after hearing a teaching my dad did at our family Bible study recently around promises. 12 PAX rolled in today, 1ContinueContinue reading “Patriot 6/21/23”

It was a beautiful cool morning at the Patriot today, we gathered in 11 HIMs, did a warmup around the block (with some monkey-humpers facing the corner of traffic). We then traversed over to the CityPlace square where I had a tabata workout setup. Here were the stations and the parameters: 60 secs work /ContinueContinue reading “BB: B.O.@ the Patriot – 5.28.22 – Mannequin Q.”

It was my 3rd Q in the last week, and was a bit nervous on how this one was going to come together. I themed it around the Patriot himself, William Oldham, and the historic beeline March featured on the placard stand next to the Patriot. The Beeline March was a 600 mile March thatContinueContinue reading “BB: @ The Patriot – 5.16.22 – Mannequin Q”

You. Time. Work. There is a time for everything under the sun, or in our case, in the gloom. We rise early, not knowing all the challenges of the day before we face them, yet we rise. We band together in the dawn to welcome the sun, and we tell our minds to move ourContinueContinue reading “Pre-Blast – Patriot @ the Range – 5:30”