Sandbags and reps. Sandbags and reps. Sandbags and reps. Sandbags and reps. Bring a ruck plate If you’ve got one. If not. Just bring yourself. SYITG -Kilo
12/5/19 Backblast The Firehouse BO – 2nd Test
Today was two months from our baseline setting day of Squats, Merkins, Big Boys, Run, and Ladder. Weather – 30s and clear PAX Flip Flop, Uncle Sam (R), Crockpot, Kimble, WILDflower, Captain Crunchberry, Abacus, Cochran, Fungi (Q) COP – 20 SSH IC 10 Grassgrabbers IC Runners Stretches Kendra Newmans Max Squats in 2 Min 1Continue reading "12/5/19 Backblast The Firehouse BO – 2nd Test"
Backblast the Ruiner
Q Nugget 12/7 the Ruiner Wham! Seabass Vincent Violet Jinxie Tammy Faye Baker Tron Deuce Weather 30 degrees and calm winds. Sun even came out at the end. Gearlander Reebok cold gear shirt, Reebok tights, adidas Bball shorts, Mizuno Wave Riders I had foretold some revisiting of another Q and some fun. I figured, ifContinue reading "Backblast the Ruiner"
Preblast 12/7/19 county 0700
Get out to the gloom You'll get better
Backblast blackops 11/28 county
Pax 1. Valdez 2. Fungi 3. Cratchet 4. Dauber 5. Meter maid 6. Jolly rancher 7. Captain crunch berry 8. Sweet tart 9. Fructose 10. Double down 11. Gilligan 12. Giselle 13. Brown water 14. Abacus Q 15. Crock pot 16. Backflop We had fun and got better Running and other things.
Back Blast – Agony & the County – 12/05/2019
OMAHA! OMAHA! Mama's Boy sent out a text on Wednesday morning asking for some help to pick up his Q so he could continue to heal up from a cold. Meanwhile, I was just looking at the calendar the night before trying to find a WO to Q. Problem solved - I jumped on theContinue reading "Back Blast – Agony & the County – 12/05/2019"
12/4 Blender Back Blast
The birth of the pump and push. Wednesday's are usually heavy's at The Mutt, but the storage area is being used, so the equipment wasn't available. I tried to use coupons to make a heavy with what we had. Pax: Sump Pump, Glen Ross, Old Bay (after picking up the morning paper), Dutch Boy (DR),Continue reading "12/4 Blender Back Blast"
12/6/2019 Mary T BlackOps BackBlast
Pax (17) Backdraft, Fall Guy (Respect), Zima, Shaggin Waggin, Tureen, Digiorno, Pork Chop, Fergie, Pope, Plumb Bob, Deuce, Blueprint, Old Bay, PED, Nugget, Buschhhhh, Glen Ross (Q) (would have had 18 if my man Fridge wasn't up in Chicago) Conditions: 48*, light rain Put out the preblast and also asked for some HC’s—I think 4Continue reading "12/6/2019 Mary T BlackOps BackBlast"
Post Blast – Pleasantville 12/6
We came, we saw, we conquered! After a brief Viking warm up, we loaded the up our Viking ship with tools of destruction (coupons)! We sailed to multiple sites in the land of Pleasantville where we unloaded our ship and let the pillage and plundering began (partner based coupon exercises). Once all 4 sites wereContinue reading "Post Blast – Pleasantville 12/6"
Preblast 12.6.19 – The Chopper @ Vets
Iceman is on assignment so we're bringing a co-Q to The Chopper. Come out to get dem legs and arms feeling good. I've heard there's a little hill that we can use since the coupons and pallets are gone. I'm sure Dynomite has a few surprises for you as well. Deep Dish&Dynomite
Preblast Nugget at the Ruiner
Well, Diablo is doing the December Ruck so he needed a relief Q. So here I am. Gonna be pretty warm for the season, so we will take advantage and see if we've improved at all over the last year. Be ready to bet on yourself.
12/6/2019 Mary T Black Ops PreBlast
Bringing some new fancy coupons to the pool & its St. Nicks day so I will also have a bag of oranges SYITG
BB – 12/5/19 – The Extender at the Mutt
This morning started early for me as I arrived a solid 5 minutes before the start today. It The weather was perfect at 31 degrees and clear. The PAX today included Dauber, Pope, Wham O, Pepperoni, Zima, PED, Deuce, Sump Pump, Lionel, Glen Ross, Tiger, Larry Flint, Windshield, No Show, Shaggin' Waggin' (FNG) and BlueprintContinue reading "BB – 12/5/19 – The Extender at the Mutt"
12/5 Bayside Backblast KiloQ
If you didn’t barf, you didn’t go hard enough Sprints are hard, long 400meter sprints will take your soul. In a new training regimen from Ruckingfit.com a prescribed workout is 4X400 meter sprints. I completely underestimated this workout. ITS BRUTAL. So I figured I’d give the pax at Bayside a taste of it. The lovedContinue reading "12/5 Bayside Backblast KiloQ"
12/5 Backblast the O #templeofgloom5kforthecure
7 Come 11 5:30:17 Wham arrives and we're on our way. Q - OJ PAX - Wham!, Tron, Plum Bob, Violet, Pixar, Backdraft, Meatball, Escort, Butcher, Flo Jo, Cookie The start was a mosey to the basketball courts for COP 10 Grass Grabbers IC 15 Windmills IC What's that? A car approaching, must be aContinue reading "12/5 Backblast the O #templeofgloom5kforthecure"
December Challenge #BePresent
I have a confession to make.....I’m addicted to my phone I feel like I’m not the only one with this problem. I want to share my struggle with this group so that we can help each other get better, and hold one another accountable. One of the more common COT phrases is “be better fathers,Continue reading "December Challenge #BePresent"
Back-Blast- 12/2/19 The Silo at North Posh
PAX- Viking, Speedbump, Carlton, Dunphy, Milton (Q) Weather: Lower to mid thirties, a little drizzle/snow here and there, all in all a pretty nice little Monday! Coming off the Thanksgiving weekend, and knowing the North has been known to be run heavy at times, I decided to keep that theme to run off a fewContinue reading "Back-Blast- 12/2/19 The Silo at North Posh"
Pre Blast, Pleasantville 12/6
After conquering the North (Posh), the Mutt, and the O, the “Viking ship” is coming Friday to conquer Pleasantville. Many years ago Viking ships required work to row the ship to get places. This “Viking ship” will also require work to get places. We are going to voyage to many sites of Pleasantville. At eachContinue reading "Pre Blast, Pleasantville 12/6"
12.5 Cloverfield PB – Alexa at the Garden
It's been a few weeks since I've been in the gloom and I'm excited to get back. Unfortunately, you all have to pay for my laziness. Tomorrow will be a full body, HIIT, Cardio beat down. There will be running. There will be working. There will NOT be coupons. Bring gloves for ground work ifContinue reading "12.5 Cloverfield PB – Alexa at the Garden"
PB – The Extender @ The Mutt – Blueprint
Come out tomorrow morning and work at the Mutt. We will run, we will sweat and we will plank. Wear your running shoes and gloves are a good idea. SYITG
12/4 RuckOps BackBlast
Snowman, Wiki, Fertile Myrtle, Kilo, Steemer, McAfee, ToolTime, MeterMaid, Tony Malito, Handbook, FannyPack, Valdez For the last several weeks a crew of 6-8 pax have held down the ruckops workout at Vets. For an hour on Tuesday night we absolutely get after some ruck PT. Immediately followed by cold beer and fellowship. Over the lastContinue reading "12/4 RuckOps BackBlast"
12/5 Kilo at Bayside
If you haven't been out to Bayside (Marth Layne Collins HS) make tomorrow the day. The drive really isnt as bad as it may seem. Set your alarm a few minutes earlier, jump out of the fartsack and on the highway. Great group of HIM out there! I promise a good workout with some sprintsContinue reading "12/5 Kilo at Bayside"
Back-Blast – Vincent Q “The TANK”
It was a crisp 35 degrees out and the typical Veteran's Park wind was blowing in from the West. It wasn't as bad as some days so it was not going to take long to warm up. Gearlander - Black tights, Grey Asics running shorts. F3 mudgear short sleeves under an Asics running shirt. 14Continue reading "Back-Blast – Vincent Q “The TANK”"
Pre-Blast : the Agony @ the County – 12/05!
Mama's Boy is on the DL with a cold. So we're calling an audible at the Agony like the great Peyton Manning. Just yesterday I was combing the calendar trying to find an opportunity to Q sometime soon - and not much was available. So, I jumped at the opportunity to help out this HIMContinue reading "Pre-Blast : the Agony @ the County – 12/05!"
12/5 Preblast the O #templeofgloom
Gonna get after it in the morning. Little on the run heavy side. Might bring a headlamp if you have one. Avoid a big plate of fettuccine Alfredo as well. Syitg -OJ
Back-Blast – The Loco at The County – 12.3.19
I was excited to have the opportunity to Q at The County this week. This was also the first time I had "Co-Q'd" and I was motivated to get out there with McAfee and see what we could come up with. As Mac mentioned in the Pre-Blast, Iron sharpens Iron and he and I haveContinue reading "Back-Blast – The Loco at The County – 12.3.19"
12-5-19 PreBlast – 2nd Checkpoint – PWVFD
The second monthly test in the 4 Part improvement series is tomorrow. We are back at the Firehouse. The layout will be the same each of the 4 weeks: COP Max Squats in 2 Min 1 MIN break Max T-Merkins in 2 Min 1 Min Break Max Big Boys in 2 Min 2 Min BreakContinue reading "12-5-19 PreBlast – 2nd Checkpoint – PWVFD"
Bridge Backblast 12/4
It's not a Bridge Post if you don't do something on the Bridge. So, I decided to cook up something that I hadn't seen before. PAX: Dry Rub, Double Down (R), Lady Bird (R), Jitterbug (R), Stickem, Dynomite, VeraDeMylo, Mayhem, Buzzsaw, Maxi, Retainer, Woo, Mr. Kotter Mosey lap to the Coupon Lot for the COP.Continue reading "Bridge Backblast 12/4"
12/2/19 BB The BIG MO Heavy@The Tank-Meatball/Geppetto Co-Q
PAX (6)- Worm, Snow Day, Tureen, Backdraft, Geppetto (Q) and Meatball (Q) Weather- A balmy 29* and a lovely rain, snow, sleet mix. In other words, a great day to lift heavy stuff outside. After arriving at 4:45 to set things up I went to grab some coupons for the Big Mo beat down butContinue reading "12/2/19 BB The BIG MO Heavy@The Tank-Meatball/Geppetto Co-Q"
PB for the Bridge, 12/4
I fartsacked this morning's County post Q'd by McAfee and Catfish, so I'm gonna try to make it up tomorrow morning when I Q the Bridge. Come out and see what I've got in store. I promise: no running, burpees, bear crawls, or box jumps will be called.* 0530. SYITG. Retainer * Representations made inContinue reading "PB for the Bridge, 12/4"