There are a few infamous songs in the fitness community with repetitive lyrics. Thunderstruck and Roxanne came to mind are absolutely terrible. YHC did a little searching on the internets and found a few more and prescribed some exercises to them. The Sturgill Simpson song doesn’t have a repetitive lyric…I just like and decided to …
Our bodies caught a little break yesterday when severe weather caused the postponement of our trip to Smokehouse. After the beatdown at FUEL, we got back to more running up and down a hill this AM at F3LexSC’s original specialty workout, The Reaper. Conditions: 70 The Thang: Disclaimer and welcome by Hemingway, explanation & BOM …
Another great day in the region as 51 men posted for Day 8 of The Gauntlet. The workout and devo hit equally hard this AM. Appreciate Bulldog and Shine for delivering. Conditions: 60s The Thang: Disclaimer, BOM The Halfpipe: 4 Cone Relay. P1 runs to far cone and back, P2 takes over. Every 9 minutes, …
The Gauntlet landed at Shawshank’s Slammer this AM. The calling card or #crowdpleaser for Slammer is bear crawling the bridge that seems to lengthen with each lap. 13 pax remain for the honor of Gauntlet 2024 perfect attendance. Conditions: 66 degrees The Thang: Welcome and Disclaimer by Hemingway, explanation and BOM by Shades The Slammer …
Week 2 of The Gauntlet kicked off this AM at The Viper. If you like stairs, you’ll love this one. The Viper boasts 4 sets of stairs leading down to the WKHS track. It’s a non-stop run up and down the steps with some exercises thrown in. The Beep Test at the beginning is always …
Week 1 of The Gauntlet concluded this AM at Cromp. It’s been a grind but that’s the point. PUSH THE ROCK! Cromp is a combo of Stomp (run group at RBHS – at least it once was), and Crypt (bootcamp at RBHS). Do some exercises and run a loop until time runs out. Always a …
When Hemingway and YHC were putting together the Gauntlet schedule, we both independently had CAT5 on the list even though it went away years back when CAT moved to Lakeside Middle and became Junction. We both felt it was one of the better AMRAPs in our region. The original CAT5 has blockwork but, since those …
Gilbert America flexed its muscle this AM as 32 men posted for Day 4 of The Gauntlet. A few of us started a high intensity workout on Thursday’s at Tomahawk a few months back. Not that other bootcamps aren’t high intensity but 150 burpees and running up and down Goat Hill before, during, and after …
Our rock pushing continued on Tuesday as our original AMRAP, Kamikaze, hosted day 2 of The Gauntlet. Good to see fresh faces join us as 3 more AOs decided to send a representative. So far, 21 pax have posted both days. Appreciate Quisenberry and the men of Turning Point for the hospitality. Conditions: 60s The …
It has been said recently that The Bounty is one of the better workouts in all of F3 Lexington so, when it came time make the schedule for The Gauntlet, putting it on the schedule was a no-brainer. We appreciate Hoist for leading the workout and certainly appreciate the 30 pax that are now eligible …