Hanging in the park…

8 PAX turned ice to water in the Blast Furnace on Saturday AM.  What started out cold had the group begging for ice by the end of the beat down.  Tandem Q by Hotwire (F3 Charleston) and Boyant consisted of the following fun activities: Disclaimer Warmup 1/2 mile warmup lap High Knees (IC) Arm Circles / …

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Slippin’ and sweatin’

The cold snap broke in a major way this morning but we were stuck under the pavilion the whole time since the rain was coming down hard. Disclaimer covered and accepted WOR – huggy bear, neck and trunk roles, best stretch ever, abe vigado, grasspickers, ssh, seal jacks, bird dog , Alabama ass kickers, prom dates, …

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In Honor of Football Playoff Season

Started with light stretching of the neck, arms, touching toes, huggy bears. Getting the heart rate up and warming the muscles: Skip in place, football drills: stomping in place, turn left,front, turn right, front and drop! More stretching now that the muscles are warm: Right side: Warrior 1, warrior 2, into a plank Left side: …

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Wednesday Intervals

Four of us gathered this morning in a balmy 29 degrees for some interval work. Downsize led the disclaimer and short warm Rama. YHC lead interval training.  One mile Mosey, followed by 4 sets of 5 minute intervals at threshold pace. 90-second recovery. Prayers for all of the common battles and struggles of the day …

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“Spell your name with your butt”?

PAX,   5 and 2/3 PAX enjoyed a thrilling, black-iced, half mile, vacation from our beloved Blast Furnace to Phoenixville’s newly christened tertiary location dubbed “Da-Club”! Sadly, Hersch and an FNG (Tardy) spent just too much time pampering themselves before arriving and missed the workout. Thus, please give Tardy, the newest PAX a warm welcome! …

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Trojan calm before the storm

Downsize, Iacocca, Uptown,Cougar,Longhaul enjoyed an invigorating workout on a calm ,dark January morning at the Trojan.We warmed up,then moseyed  around the circle interspersed with burpees,merkins,shoulder taps,lbcs,ww ones,Peter Parker’s etc.The number of exercises we’re determined by the date,which was wrong and confused things a bit.We mixed it up with wall sits and balls to the wall …

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3 for 5 at 5:15

At 5:15am, there were three of us in attendance for our 5K run. An excellent way to start the day. Conditions – a crisp 23 degrees and calm, low cloud cover reflected neighborhood lights giving us decent visibility at that hour. Warmorama – (IC) SSH, Merkins, (OYO) Abe Vigodas, Casey Kasums, Neck Roll, Trunk Roll …

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Teachers Only

Only two for the second indoor workout. Warm-up:  OYO -trunk rolls, neck rolls, and hamstring stretch. IC – SSH, Abe Vigodas, side lunge, grass pickers, imperial walkers, Merkins, Peter Parkers, mountain climbers, calf stretch. Alligator crawl to The Thang. The Thang: One partner on the weights while the other partner jumps rope or holds low …

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No Merlot Please

YHC was super excited to see Iocca this morning after a grueling Dr. Suess workout yesterday that left him splashing Merlot.  He was mumbling something about paying us all back as he planned on  running us hard at an upcoming workout where he would take the Q.  YHC decided to pre-deliver an enhanced running workout …

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Contagious Flatulence

The flatulence was flying and the disclaimer was rhyming.  Must have been all that cheap beer we picked up at the beer exchange and consumed to drown our sorrows over The Eagles. (Who brought the Natty Light? Cheap bastard.) Warm up:  IC – SSH, imperial walkers, side lunge, Abe Vigodas, grass pickers. OYO – leg …

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