Conditions: Real Feel of 74 degrees and less humidity than Tuesday Disclaimer Prayer Pledge of Allegiance Logistics The Graveyard PAX got a surprise visit from some Guest Stars this morning….you know when you’re watching the opening credits to a movie and all of the guest stars are being mentioned…..kind of like this Also starring…Dunphy, Ranger, …
Work was put in this morning by the residents at Shawshank during a perfect morning with a real feel in the low 60s. If you missed it, here’s a recap 12+ hours later. We took the Grout approach to zero warm-up and took off for one of the more straightaway areas of the Shank with …
The Backblast construction is a bit rusty these days. So, hang in there with me. Can you believe Graveyard is quickly chasing down the Fast & Furious film franchise for most chapters. Year 7 was celebrated this morning and it was great to see so many come out for a little twist on the normal …
YHC is always keeping a watch out for an open spot at Boneyard. Love these dudes. They’ve got a core group that you can always count on being there. And, it’s always great to visit these dudes of RESPECT and bring them a workout that might make them remember throughout the workday…..or for some of …
Some of the best “kick in the tail” Q’s, always come from the guys the lay back in the weeds and Q once or twice a year. These guys are always quiet, sometimes keep to themselves, are always out front, and are absolute stand-up gentlemen when you finally get them out of their shell and …
It had been too long since YHC had visited Turning Point. So, it was time to take the pain stations on the road and get them set up for the TP Pax to navigate this morning. We chose the back parking lot as our staging area for this morning…so everything stayed well hidden from the …
Slid myself in on the Q sheet to get warmed up for next week’s Turning Point Q on Tuesday. Felt great to get back to leading the Graveyard PAX. Short Haul has been doing a fine, upstanding job of getting the Q-Sheet filled in his first month of GY leadership, so why not help him …
PUTTING THE FULL BODY WORKOUT IN AT GY THIS MORNINGRead More »
Who knew there were still Saturday morning bootcamps. Been a crazy holiday schedule this week. So, felt like a Saturday morning Q at Shawshank was a great idea. Weather has been crazy warm and we were approaching the 60s when we got started this morning. Really appreciate Field Goal and Gypsy helping YHC set up …
Revisiting the Saturday morning bootcamp……at ShawshankRead More »
Always great to get over and lead the PAX of Detention. First class dudes over there and they enjoy a well-executed beatdown…even after a stride lite early morning 3 miler. We were racing against Cantori this Tuesday morning. Felt like August out there. Conditions: 65 degrees, breezy, and rain on the way The Thang: 20 …
Conditions: 29 degrees and crisp The Thang: Call to the bullpen Q…..combine what you know into one Q Mosey down to football field and warm-up with SSHs x 20 IC and TTT x 20 IC Split into groups of three. Send two to one sideline and the other to the opposite sideline. One person sprints …
YHC always seeks out a Friday the 13th Q opportunity each year just to see what craziness prevails. It always seems to be the weather. Yesterday certainly didn’t disappoint…..so where does one go to Q on a Friday? Urban Legend…downtown 29072. These guys didn’t disappoint. They show up and they do the work…..dry conditions were …
Always great to take a Q at another AO and check up on them to see how they are doing. Was really impressed with this group this morning. Voltron and 7-Eleven have done a great job building up this AO and they were certainly up for the challenge of the 15 pain stations this morning. …
It was great to have Tumbler back out in the gloom to join us. We had to dial back the running for this Q so YHC decided to incorporate a touch of Iron Pax week 4 into this Q and give it a team feel. So, here’s what we did. Disclaimer Conditions: 70 degrees..perfection Mosey …
The PAX have to be getting tired of YHC….so, YHC has to keep bringing something different to keep the Graveyard boys entertained. Tough crowd, a lot of RESPECT out here. So, YHC decided to take the PAX to little Reaper Hill by the tennis court for some core work, upper body work, and some cardio …
Knowing the PAX were pretty worn out, including YHC, Taper Thursday was implemented on this day. Don’t get me wrong, work was done. Sweat was produced. And hopefully some soreness was worked out of the body. Here’s what went down on this post 9/11 morning. Conditions: lows 70s and noticeably cooler than Tuesday morning. Disclaimer …
Its important to keep the PAX guessing this month…and every now and then, throwing in a full body workout. So, we spent the full 45 minutes busting our tails today. Proud of the guys as they pushed themselves today to navigate 15 pain stations while throwing in a little cardio and LBCs to keep Spackle …
conditions: Dorian was trying to blow up a storm but it never materialized in the ‘072. No rain, even though the playlist was fashioned with a “rain theme”. Temps in the mid 70s and a tropical muggy feel to the morning The Thang: mosey from flag up to Pressbox area for warm-up SSHs x 20 …
Conditions: Low to Mid 70s The Thang: the goal was to work our arms today Mosey down to the goaline SSHs x 15 IC OHCs x 15 IC mosey to 25-yard line and down for a Half-Merk hold for 25 seconds; mosey to 50-yard line and down for a Half Merk hold for 25 seconds, …
Second trip over to Arena as the Q so decided to make a little improvement to the first attempt. Always good to see the Arena boys and very appreciative of the travelling band of fans. They are a loyal bunch. Here’s what went down. Conditions: low 70s and a noticeable breeze Prayer and disclaimer We …
An open Q slot on the Graveyard Tuesday sheet meant it was time to dust off the logs and get the Graveyard boys running up and down the stairs. A few music requests for ABBA were delivered in the beginning, but Spackle and Rebar couldn’t handle it so we switched to a more appropriate playlist …
It had been too long since YHC had visited The Hollow. So, when the call came from AOQ Scotch, YHC jumped at the opportunity. Now, legend has it that these Hollow boys have been putting up great attendance numbers and are absolute beasts. So, figured it was super important YHC bring something a little different …
The new Friday morning norm for many F3LexSC PAX is Urban Legend…a bootcamp option on Friday mornings at 5:15 (starting point is the 9/11 memorial in downtown Lexington). Why? Because who really wants to run three days a week! Better answer is: just another fantastic option for F3LexSC PAX if they want 3-4 bootcamps per …
Arena…located at Governors Grant University Elementary…otherwise known as New Providence Elem. Been there once before for the Gladiator stop of The Gauntlet. Voltron has been on YHC’s case to return the favor of him Q’ing Graveyard last month. So, with some tremendous assistance from Toe Ring, we brought a little bit of the Graveyard pain …
Typed this one out on the phone while flying back from the National Championship game. Girl sitting next to me creeped me the whole time I was typing it out. She finally asked, what are you typing out? I said Detention’s bootcamp workout for tomorrow morning. Got another funny look…..went down each exercise and shared …
Fun with logs has become a last bootcamp day of the month thing…or, YHC has made it a thing. Can’t really tell if the PAX enjoy this one or not…but it’s a solid workout and by the 4th rotation, muscles are weak, sweat has occurred, and the black lines on the bleacher stairwells are blurry …
So YHC has enjoyed putting together a little partner workout for the last Bootcamp day of each month. This was the second attempt at it yesterday. And, the PAX seem to enjoy it….errr….feel like they have gotten their 45 minutes worth. Conditions: 48 degrees and a nip in the air Here are the Thang details: …
A LITTLE STADIUM BLEACHER STAIRS, LOGS, BLOCKS, & METALLICARead More »
So, we started with 2 PAX and this little Sprint Q (taken from a former PYT / YHC Q collaboration) has turned itself into a real thing…or an official AO inside of an AO. However you wish to look at it. Word has spread. Twitter marketing and text messages have been produced. The PAX have …
THE “HIDDEN” AO AT GRAVEYARD GETS NAMED AFTER 60N45Read More »
YHC has been excited to break this one out on the boys ever since securing a few new toys for Graveyard. Boo Boo was kind enough to switch Q dates and we Augverged with Detention this morning at GY for a solid log beatdown. Thanks again to Toe Ring and Netflix for helping YHC set …
Conditions: 75 degrees and muggy (typical) Took the Boneyardigans for a little field trip Saturday morning. Thanks to Dirty Bird and Netflix for the use of their PKPs. We travelled down to the track by way of PKPs. Blocks were set up for the PAX on the track (thank you Dirty Bird for the set-up …
Got the call to the bullpen to run the show at Stomp this morning….so this has historically been our little hidden AO sprint morning for those that do not prefer distance, love a soft surface, jam out to some motivational tunes, and cram it all into 45 minutes. So, Baconator asked for the Sprint Q …
Been trying to get the legendary Baconator to slide down from Crypt and give Graveyard an ole Beatdown…thought we had it all set for this morning….but his incredible work ethic dragged him to the Dirty Myrtle….so, call to the Bullpen Q. Conditions: 75 degrees and a slight breath of wind. Humidity in full force. Disclaimer/No …
Excited to get back to the Herd. It has been way too long. Can’t believe the new construction of Northside Middle University. That wasn’t there last time YHC visited the Herd. Looks plenty of new opportunities for The Herd when that Taj Mahal opens up. Anyway, falling a day after the 74th Anniversary of D-Day, …
Wanted to try something new at GY this morning so I pulled some ideas from my boy MoneyPenny’s Q vault and gave it a try with the PAX this morning. We required a football, some new bricks, and some Elton John for Spackle. Conditions: 74 degrees and 100% humidity The Thang: Disclaimer and BOM Mosey …
Surge: A budding AO at Rocky Creek Elem equipped with dudes that run fast. Got to bring something to slow them down. Good luck with that. These guys know how to keep going and keep going just a couple more times….appreciate the opportunity to come out and Q this morning. Hope to see you guys …
There is always some anticipation getting back to the ‘Shank as these dudes are 100% beasts. So, YHC knew he had to bring something with some sustenance to make sure the Shank Pax went home feeling like they worked out. But who knew the mumblechatter from Notebook was going to be what it was. And, …
Excited to get back to Turning Point this morning and see Wapner’s face when YHC broke out the Yeti cooler with a Post Workout surprise (chocolate milk and Entmanns’s donuts). Conditions: Upper 40s and perfect conditions Disclaimer The Thang: Mosey to the grassy knoll at front of school. SSHs x 18 IC; TTTs x 18 …
Thank you to Juice for tweeting out last night that I had the Q at Ambush. Totally had forgotten. So, thank you to Juice for reminding me. Really glad I got to make this trip to Ambush. Tight group and every second with Paper Jam is entertaining. Conditions: 34 degrees with a real feel of …
CONDITIONS: CHILLY IN THE 40S The Thang: Iron Crosses x 20 IC SSHs x 20 IC TTT x 20 IC Hold the Line mosey to bottom of Reaper Hill LBACs x 10 IC into Overhead Claps x 10 IC into LBACs x 10 IC backwards Hold the line mosey to 2nd light Group Calf Raises …
Always a pleasure to visit the men of Boneyard. Full of mumble chatter as always. Appreciate Chum and Dirty Bird for assisting with early morning set-up. conditions: chilly 37 degrees The Thang: SSHs x 20IC TTT x 20 IC LBACs x 20 IC forward into Overhead Claps x 20 IC into LBACs x 20 IC …
Getting asked to be Reaper AOQ about 18 months ago, I still kind of laugh at it. But, we all made it happen. We’ve had a great run with our very first Specialty AO in F3Lexington. It’s been a competitive event. It’s been a fun event. It’s been combined into a CSAUP event at anniversary …
When you Q Crypt, you know you got to attempt to bring it. These dudes are absolute PROFESSIONAL athletes. So, you got to keep them interested in what they’re doing. No easy stuff, like Ken Doll says. So, YHC figured he’d make the Crypt PAX run today. So, here’s a little recap of the work …
Thrilled to start a great thing this morning…F3LexSC’s very first basketball AO. And, we had a blast. Thank you again to all that made this happen….Ken Doll, Lt. Dan, Hopper, Ranger, Hoboken, Wiggles, Julep, & Emmy. This will be a great thing and we got off to a great start already bringing 2 FNGs to …
Tuesday night, saw Treadmill talking about Bear-Crawling at Crusade the next morning if nobody took the Q. So, we just couldn’t have any of that. So, why not VQ Crusade. Been wanting to choose this route for a while now. So, here’s how it went: Conditions: I think it was around 40 degrees. Disclaimer: I …
YHC has always believed in making the most of his AOQ duties by asking other AOQs or PAX from other AOs to make the trip over to Graveyard and Q there. Keeping the AO fresh with workouts from other AO PAX goes along way in my opinion. But, that also means when other AOs Pay …
Originally, this morning was reserved for The Detention’s Hot4Teacher. But, he had to make a call to the Bull-dog-Pen when fatherly duty called. No worries, H4T, we got your back and only hope that you’ll make it over to GY real soon. Here’s what YHC came up with on the fly. And, the first time …
With the cold weather and no one around by 5:25 am, YHC felt he was gonna be a solo ! and would just put the 8 blocks away. Then the doors opened and at 5:26 Spackle drove up only to sit in his truck solo without his sidekick House, who was suffering from a headache …
This was a solid group that showed up this morning to punch the Christmas calorie consumption in the teeth. YHC had two Qs planned and chose 1 based on who showed up. We had PAX from three different AOs show up to put in some good work this morning. Well done, dudes. Here’s what happened: …
POSTING TO PUT A HURTIN’ ON THOSE CHRISTMAS DAY CALORIESRead More »
Basketball is a limited contact sport (Thumbs Up didn’t understand this) played on a rectangular court. While most oftern played as a team sport with five players on each side, three-on-three, two-on-two, one-on-one, and even four-on-four (like this morning) competitions are also common. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches …
The United States Marine Corps Birthday is celebrated every year on November 10th with a traditional ball and a cake-cutting ceremony. We didn’t have the funds to pull together a Ball, so Tipper decided to bust us in the _ _ _ _ (s) with a top notch Reaper Hill workout with a true “Gung …
242nd Marine Corps Birthday celebrated at The ReaperRead More »
Conditions: Real Feel of 42 degrees with a slight breeze. Crisp Halloween morning Disclaimer FNGs Prayer Mosey to the field Corner 1: 5 exercises IC, then run 100 yards to Corner 2 Corner 2: 10 of the same exercise IC, then run the endzone to Corner 3 Corner 3: 15 of the same exercise IC, …
4 CORNERS OF EASINESS + BLOCKS & STAIRS TO MAKE RANGER HAPPYRead More »
Conditions: finally a cool morning for the Reaper below 70 degrees The Thang: We combined all three version of the Reaper into a 1-Hour workout. Start at the bottom of Reaper Hill, run to the top and complete 21 Deep Squats, run to the top of Spooky Trail and complete 21 Merkins or 21 Block …
CONDITIONS: 75 DEGREES AND HUMID DISCLAIMER THE THANG: Q Sheet was open for the day after a 3-day weekend so had to get it filled. Didn’t have anything planned so asked my good Chapin buddy MoneyPenny if I could borrow his Q from the previous week. Thought it might be fun. It ended up being …
Graveyard revisits the Natty Champs and their regular season scoresRead More »
CONDITIONS: A CRISP 58 DEGREE MORNING WITH A FULL MOON DISCLAIMER THE THANG: PYT had a private jet to catch at 7 am so he had to bolt by 6 am. Here’s what he put us thru before leaving: Warm up jog around the football field and circle up at the 50 20 x SSHs …
Conditions: Crisp, Cool, 58 degrees with a Full Moon…..and Grout pulling an Elvis The Thang: Spooky Trail, .29 mile trail of fun with Merkins and LBC stations along the way. Go for 45 minutes The contestants: Whisper, Fast Casual, Bulldog, Boo: Couch to 10K training PYT: selection training Wapner: Wander Rucking Cueso: strangely following PYT …
Conditions: 68 degrees, breezy, and drizzle. Where did that drizzle come from? The Thang: Slowsy to blocks/bricks set up for the Pax over by the basketball court. Choose a spot between blocks or bricks. Tricep Extensions x 5 IC with Block or bricks and then move to the right Merkins x 10 IC on bricks …
Conditions: 73 degrees with a real feel of 76 degrees and mostly clear skies Disclaimer and Prayer The Thang: Mosey to practice field and grab two bricks (any size you wish) and circle up 5 x Merkins IC on bricks 10 x Curls IC with bricks while on knees 15 x Shoulder Presses IC with …
Conditions: Conditions were prrrrrfect baby, 70 degrees with a touch of mugginess Welcome 2 FNGs, Disclaimer The Thang Warm-up at Stadium gate: 25 x SSHs IC, 25 x TTTs, IC 25 x Plank Jacks IC 25 x Flutter Kicks IC 25 x Curb Merkens (down-up on QIC call) 25 x LBCs IC 25 x Little …
Working out every part of the body–dudes got better this morningRead More »
A balmy 70 degree morning and YHC’s first trip to Shawshank in over a year. Always look forward to seeing the ‘Shank Pax. Especially, when presented with an opportunity to incorporate a Shake Weight in the Q. And, who knew there were all these rules over at the ‘Shank? I appreciate Buzzsaw for pointing out where we are …
How about some shoulder work…..and a Shake Weight appearance all in one Q?Read More »
YHC’s first Q at Turning Point today. Was really looking forward to visiting and working out with this group. TClaps to Treadmill and this group for pushing thru times of low turnout and forming a tight knit group with one solid AO for all kinds of Fitness fun. I encourage all to visit and lead …
Turning Point deemed “not Gauntlet worthy”….Do what Ranger?Read More »
28 Faithful PAX showed up for another Bulldog Block Party Thursday morning. Temps were in the low 60s and conditions were prrrrrrrfect. The Thang: SSHx x 15 IC, Squats x 15 IC, Tank Busters x 15 IC Little Arm Circles x 15 IC – Reverse, Overhead claps x 25 IC, Carolina Dry Docks x …
At 6:14 a.m., QIC receives a text from PYT. “You working out this morning? Can you Q for me? I’m sick.” Wheels immediately started spinning…..how many PAX would be there? Maybe the Race for Hunger would keep all a way……Oh no, Graveyard always brings a crowd. What should we do? QIC remembered PYT’s shoulder taunt …
It only makes sense to put together your own beatdown knowing you’re going to the Beer festival that same afternoon. So, why not share it with 25 of your F3 brothers. Conditions: 30 degrees, Cold, clear, birds being shot at in the distance The Thang: Disclaimer/Prayer COP (All IC) SSHs x 15, Imperial Walkers x …
Bulldog Cinder Block Fest in preparation for the 2015 Beer FestRead More »
The PAX arrived to an abnormally smaller group and had to be wondering what what is in store for them with so many QICs missing while away at ManCamp, errrr, GoRuck simulation. They quickly remembered The Thang from a week and a half a go, but with a few new twists. Disclaimer One FNG …
The PAX arrived to find themselves split into groups of three to start and were told to stay with their groups. Anticipation levels were on the rise. Just what would they encounter today? Mosey to the track starting line: 15 x SSHs IC, sprint to corner of track 15 x TTT IC, sprint to corner …
35 Pax showed up for the 1,000 rep/ice bucket challenge at Graveyard. No FNGs and Disclaimer The Pax were led to the practice field where they each found their own concrete block and brick to become friends with for the next 45 minutes. The 1,000 rep challenge was designed to pay respect to Individuals diagnosed …
The Thang 35 PAX, no FNGs. We moseyed to the track and circled up on the interior field. Side straddle hops x15 IC, LBCs x15 IC, Arm circles x 15 forward then backwards x 15 IC, Flutter kicks x 15 IC, Big boy sit-ups x 15 IC, Merkens x 15 IC. Then, we split …