Burpees plus other stuff
YHC went to bed on a blistery Wednesday night with dreams of hitting SL and a plan for BC. Well, 2am came around and YHC was wide awake and decided to login and do some work. Big mistake. Logging off around 4am, I decided an hour of sleep was needed and passed on SL. My …
Feeling the love at Shawshank
YHC was tired today and was not feeling the whole Q thing. However, accountability said otherwise and he had to push through. There was tons of support, except from Knozit who was targeted with phrases such as “I didn’t know you wanted the Q today” in somewhat sarcastic undertones. There was also Coon Dog who …
Omaha! Omaha!
Marathon training has taken YHC away from bootcamps the last 4 months but today was a scheduled cross-training day. Nothing intense was on the weinke, just a heavy concentration on core. The plan was subverted when we found the blocks were missing. Audible was called and work was done. We did miss some guys who …
Shawn Remembered
YHC signed up for the 10/13 Q for a reason. This is the birth date for his Grandma and brother-in-law. Good memories with each of these folks but today was all about Shawn. 10/13/71 – 2/22/02. Shawn was gone too early by our standards. 30 years old, solid dude, top notch matchmaker (YHC and the …
20 to 15’s at Shawshank
YHC did a different version of this one by himself at Surge last weekend and wanted the Shank PAX to experience the fun. I was able to do more rounds because of less light poles at Surge, so today’s suck factor was pretty high with the extra markers. See below on what we did: Conditions: …
Simple
It’s been a couple of months since YHC has stepped foot onto the hallowed grounds of Shawshank. F3 Midlands Tour, Summer baseball, and work travel have gotten in the way. Good to see some familiar faces this AM and hear the familiar complaining from Passion Fruit. After reading some recent backblasts (especially the latest from …
Big ole loops at Shawshank
7 PAX posted at Shawshank this morning. YHC can’t get over to Shawshank often, but when I do I always enjoy my time there. Good work today men. Weather- about 75 and humid The THANG Disclaimer, Prayer Mosey about halfway around the soccer fields for COT IC: SSH x 10, TTT x 10, Arm circle …
Kenwood’s #7 over at Shawshank
YHC grabbed the Q over at Shawshank without even realizing it would be my 7th year Q. I actually started at Snakepit, then went to Shawshank, then ended up at The Hollow. So an anniversary Q at Shank made as much sense as any. 4 met for StrideLite Weather was muggy, of course 10 for …
Swampy conditions at Shawshank
Some of us have given Shawshank the moniker “Swampshank” for good reason. YHC had a plan to go on one of the top fields today, but the three inches of water we had to run through foiled these plans. We had to settle for work in the parking lot instead. We missed some regulars, but …
Ladder Work at Shawshank
Conditions: High 60s, clear, humid Prayer/Disclaimer COP: SSH x 10 Derkins x 10 TTT x 10 Werkins x 10 LBAC x 10 each way Merkins x 10 Mosey to first corner of track next to the fence: Full body circuits, up the ladder: 10 burpees, then run to next corner 20 Merkins, 10 burpees, then …
Speaker Malfunctions
It’s been a hot minute since BunkBed checked in on his pal Coon Dog. Big Stride Light showing. Furthermore, Shawshank is a tough place to get the Q at as Brick keeps the PAX signing up! Conditions: Humid, but not awful Opening COT and Prayer Mosey to brick pile, pair up and grab a block …
Hard Core at Shawshank
Another Tuesday rolls around and another morning to wake up and face the gloom with F3 men of Lexington. I had signed up to Q knowing that I would be coming off a race and knew I would need extra motivation to get up and moving. I am glad I did. Had a good time …
Shawshank is 8
Every AO on “this” side of Old Chapin was born from Shawshank. It was 8 years ago yesterday (5/13/14) that we headed West and launched Shawshank. Before then, we had Graveyard and Crypt, a 20 minute drive for those on the west side of town. Expanding westward proved to be massive for our region as …
Trip over to Shawshank
YHC was honored to make a trip over to Shawshank earlier this month for a Saturday Q. Been looking to get on the Q sheet for a while but it seems to be booked through the summer. Quality workout with quality men. Apologies for the tardy and likely not 100% accurate backblast. Weather- 50ish and …
8 Minutes
Hated but loved every second of this one. Betterment was achieved. Suck factor was very high. 3 of our guys completed it with a weight vest. Stupid. Glad to share my morning with these fellas. Conditions: 60s, breezy The Thang: Mosey ’round Shank to get the blood flowing COP Hillbillies x 10 IC Catcher’s Squat …
Good Cop, Bad Cop, Runaway Bus
Well half the morning was spent avoid in a big yellow school bus. Somebody musta told the driver to be at LHS at 6 o’clock to pick up a bunch of guys carrying around cinder blocks. He was persistent. But so were we, and we never got on. Today was a good cop, bad cop …
We’ve been here before…
Once again, YHC finds himself rolling with the “Couch to Q” plan. It provides a certain level of accountability, so the chances of sacking are significantly less. That said, if you’re struggling to post, sign up to Q and that should help. Anyways, the men of Shawshank showed up with the usual top-tier mumblechatter. This …
Knuckleheads
Should’ve kept it simple. The quest for the perfect Q continues. But, like YHC told Coon Dog, this is a good workout if you let it happen. Nonetheless, always a good morning to #getbetter with these knuckleheads. Surprise visit from Ranger. Made my day. Conditions: 60 degrees, foggy The Thang: Disclaimer, BOM Count by 3 …
Dunphy Squid Games
2/15/22 Shawshank WO Dunphy Squid Games Pax: RunAway, Knozit, KenDoll, Cheers, Coondog, Hash&Rice, Dunphy, and Buzzsaw (Stride Only) Conditions: Warmer 55 dry The THANG! FNGs Disclaimer Prayer COP • Side Straddle Hops X 20 IC •Imperial Walkers X 20 IC TTT X 20 IC •LBA 10 IC forward 10 backwards •Monkey Humpers X …
10 PAX Get Get Busy Honoring a Honoring a Hero
In the past year and a half or so taking part in this amazing fellowship and brotherhood we call F3, YHC can remember attending Shawshank maybe twice, mostly because they were in direct conflict with home way from home at Surge. Also the #HIM of Shawshank were a tough bunch and YHC recalls that the …
Saturdayvergence at Shawshank, Sandbag-Style
YHC grabbed the first Saturdayvergence Q for 2022 which was at Shawshank. Lots of tough guys out there so wanted to give them a push. The new AOQ Brick sent out a preblast yesterday that included a few buzzwords like “beatdown” and “creative” and “guarantee”. So I put a weinke together that hopefully covered everything …
8 years
Great crowd this AM posted to get a little snotwoggled in this December heat. We totaled a little over 2 miles during bootcamp and did a few burpees and other fun exercises. YHC stole Squat Squat Jumps from Chedda. Those are fun. Hell, everything was fun today. It felt a little old school. The last …
Old School Thangs – Shawshank Edition
YHC has been out of the fold for a large part of this year and has been lacking motivation. The only way to fix that was to get on the schedule and Q. With that in mind, the plan was to take an old school weinke on the road to try to get the engine …
2021 Turkeyvergence
With Thanksgiving upon us, it was time for the annual Turkeyvergence. This makes ~5 years in a row that we’ve gathered for the combined workout with our neighboring AOs. Fun times were had! 1 minute warning, intro, no FNGs, disclaimer, prayer 3 PAX headed out for a five mile run, while the rest of us …
Stretches are good
Honored as always to lead the men of Shawshank this AM. Among the embarrassing low-hanging-fruit TWSS jokes, Brick forgetting his gloves, Duff’s continued counting issues, and that time Coon Dog made me laugh, the men of The Shank put some work in. Oh, and the stretching. We’re getting old. We don’t stretch enough. Let’s change …
Shawshank Enjoys Some Man Maker Mayhem by Knozit
Conditions: Comfortable 45 Degrees and dry The Thang: The Shawshank boys like to chat during the workout… so YHC wanted to keep the Pax quiet… but failed miserably. 1-Min Warning/Disclaimer/Prayer Mosey around parking lot to stopping along the way for mini COP’s SSH 53 IC (YHC is 53 Years Old) Windmills 20x IC Smurf Jacks …
Form Focused
Form was the focus of the morning. Buzzsaw would have been proud, but, alas, he wasn’t there. It wasn’t a fast-paced smokefest but it was an effective workout. The 9 men in attendance got better today. Here’s what we did: Conditions: High 60s, Humid The Thang: Disclaimer, BOM Mosey around toward blocks COP Hillbilly x …
Saturdayvergence at BeechHouse
Coming off the GoRuck HTB in NYC, YHC knew he would be in recovery mode this weekend. Seeing that the Q sheet was open, I grabbed the lead today to make sure I got a chance to work out any sore muscles. I chose to do another run of the 52 card pick up routine …
Blocks, Cones, Dolphins
Good to be back out at the Shank. It’s been a while. 13 other men including an FNG awaited YHC in the gloom. Familiar faces and familiarity were a comfort. Also, good to see our most recent FNGs continuing to post (Garth, Duff, Runaway). It was a good morning. Here’s how it went: Conditions: 70 …
9/11 Never Forget Dedication at Shawshank
YHC is feeling some FOMO about not being able to do the 9/11 Challenge this year, so he decided to incorporate it into a Weinke. This is an outstanding event and one that you should try to do if you can. The symbolism behind each exercise brings with it a sense of pride. Never Forget …
Shawshank Shenanigans
Conditions: Muggy morning in FLexington SC. YHC was glad to show up and pay back the pain that Coon Dog brought to Spur! Disclaimer Opening Prayer Mosey to the brickpile and grab two bricks Circle of Pain SSH X15 IC TTT X10 IC WM X10 IC Hillbillies X10 IC Slo-Mo Squats X10 IC Lunges 10 …
20’s to 10’s at Shawshank
It was a hot one today at Shawshank, but it was great to see Bing back, not to mention our newest member of Shawshank, Runaway. Shawshank had all the usual elements, swampy, hot, muggy, lot of mumble chatter, and some good dudes. Nice work today, men! Let’s keep these numbers high. Here’s how it went …
CLAM DIP SODA: Under the Shelter Edition
The PAX stayed somewhat dry today with a generous sprinkling of “That’s What She Said” jokes thrown in there. Most of YHC’s jokes made sense as always, but I’m not sure about everybody else. CLAM DIP SODA made it’s return today after a few month’s hiatus, probably for good reason. It was great to see …
Bunch of Idiots
YHC means ‘bunch of idiots’ in the nicest way possible. Maybe. I don’t know. Could’ve been worse as one of the main ones was Qing elsewhere. Too bad Soaker wasn’t there to reign in the pax. He’s the biggest adult we have. Nevertheless, it was a good morning. Work was done. Fellowship was had. And …
Wearing grass at Shawshank
We had a great crowd today at Shawshank and there was a lot of the usual mumble chatter, with corrections on form given out by Uncle Ron. YHC wouldn’t have it any other way. We did a lot of the same exercises, throwing in some burpees and Bear crawls, all of which are YHC’s favorites. …
The no plan plan
Well YHC had the Q today at Shawshank’s Saturdayvergence. Admittedly I may not have been there had I not Q’ed. I had a long week and coulda easily fartsacked. That is one of the reasons today’s weinke had a few blanks to fill in. The guys stepped up and picked out a few winners to …
What is your Motive?
To be late April it was quite chilly this morning at the Shank. It would be easy to stay in the fartsack on a day like today but 10 pax showed up to push the rock. The mumblechatter was on point as was the effort by all the guys. Thanks for having me out, below …
Slightly Dazed and Somewhat Confused
13 Pax showed up at Shawshank this morning and we all left a little dazed and confused. YHC was the one who was most confused as it’s been awhile since I’ve been on the Q sheet. Tunes were rockin’, courtesy of the Dazed and Confused soundtrack…as it was 4:20. (I don’t know the significance but …
#Springbreak2021 tour- Shawshank
9 PAX posted for YHCs first Q over at Shawshank in a few years. Had a nice little intro lap to get reacquainted with the area. PAX there have to contend with the sprinklers a lot I’ve been told. We stayed fairly dry. Weather- about 60 and perfect The THANG: Disclaimer, prayer, pledge, Lord’s prayer …
Campus Collection Circuit
Great morning for a workout! 14 of Lexington’s finest showed up to get their day started off the right way. Thanks for posting! See pic for the workout. Announcements: 4/2 Cross Ruck Prayer Requests: Notebook, No Show, Slim Jim.
Station Work on the Pitch at Shawshank
11 pax posted at Shawshank got in their daily acceleration with station work around the field. Here is what went down: Conditions: Clear – 38°, Winds SW 6.3 mph, 66% Humidity, felt like 35° Disclaimer / Prayer Mozey around the walking path and circle up on the field 3 back from the front of the park. …
BAM! How Ya Like Me Now?!
Ramrod was in rare form today, but something tells me that this may be more of his natural form. During MARY, Ramrod threw out “double pickle pounders” and he just yelled “BAM!” each time he lowered himself to the ground. Then, for some reason, one of those times he yelled “how ya like me now?!” …
Hug it out
Weather was #realnice for the Tuesday edition of Shawshank, however, the fields were a little damp. While the damp fields were a source of complaining for some pax, others went into Michael Scott mode. Dunphy wanted some #mantouching but, alas, there was none. It was a pretty good morning in the #gloom. Here’s what we …
The Merkin Man
Weather Conditions: 50° & Not Raining 5 Pax came together this morning relieved that the rain had finally cut out for a bit. Tapering has been the “it” word for the week as teams are getting their bodies ready for the Dam to Dam Relay this coming Saturday, but YHC knew the pax of Shawshank …
5 Years and Counting
5 years…when you say it like that, you wonder where it went, to loosely quote Morgan Freeman in Shawshank Redemption. YHC remembers that morning, 2/9/16, like it was yesterday, because in some ways, it feels like it WAS yesterday, while in others it feels like I have known these men all my life. The brotherhood …
#Fiddy
5 men dropped the #DRP and posted at Shawshank in hopes of getting a little better. YHC knew that these cats like to get after it, so the plan was to run, work, run, work, run, etc… etc… etc… Hard work put in by the Shankers today.. Conditions: Low 30’s and frosty Disclaimer and …
First Shawshank of 2021
Great morning at The Shank started with a Soaker-led discussion at The Rock. Others chose to train up for the D2D Relay. A surprise rain (to me, anyway) hovered slightly above us. Nothing too bad. Then we did a lot of planks and merkins and squats and other stuff. Enjoyed it, Men. Strong work. Conditions: …
Working Off Christmas Cookies at Shawshank
YHC indulged a bit on some bad food all week last week and has been trying to work it off ever since. Christmas Eve was met with a Special Ops soldier who visited Shawshank and nearly made YHC toss his cookies, so that helped. Ken Doll basically did the same thing on Saturday. The goal …
PREBLAST: 2021 New Years Day Convergence
(Please check back regularly for updates this week) Who: To all Lexington Pax, Past – Doesn’t matter how long it has been since your last post. The next one is the most important. We miss you and look forward to seeing you return to the gloom Present – We need to you to engage that …
Buffs, Meats, Blocks
The title means nothing if you weren’t there. We’ll just have to leave it there. Dunphy took a blood oath not to disclose what was talked about during the hour of work that was put in this AM. T-claps to the men that posted in 21 degree weather. YHC felt it necessary to make it …