10 men came together on a beautiful Saturday morning here on SSI. I've been having my share of time in the fartsack recently, so showing up for a workout wasn't in my plans, much less Q'ing it. But sometimes you gotta force it. That's what Uptown did a month or two ago. He put me [...]
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Running for Sgt Boehm
9 HIMs gathered to strengthen their bodies and spirits with the Sailors Warning Q. This is my last day gathering miles for Valor for fallen officers. I told the story of Mike Boehm, a friend of mine who was the kind and caring police officer everyone wants to have who adopted a special needs child [...]
Running for Hakim
8 HIMs gathered in the chilly morning to get after it. My Department is doing a Miles of Remembrance for our fallen police officers. I lost two friends in the line of duty and today I dedicated the Q to Hakim Farthing. After a warm up to include Loveseat's favorite stretch, the finkle kick we [...]
The 12 sided die
8 HIMs and a faithful mut gathered in the warm morning for a Q that depended on the roll of the die. Warm ups and disclaimers then mosey to pier. We sprinted from one end to the first light post and back then rolled the die. 12 options from push ups to squats to abs [...]
Shine the Light
Eight pax met on this warm, foggy morning to get the day started in the right way. Started with some warmups and a mosey to the bus lane. The seven pax other than myself were assigned a number, one to seven, and an exercise. They called out the cadence in sets of fifteen. Between exercises [...]
Morning fog
12 men gathered in the thick foggy morn to get some work done. Started with warm ups to include weed pickers with a @warchickenssi variation of clapping your hands behind your back on the standing position. Mosey around lot then shuffle cones, hand release push ups for 4 rounds Mosey around lot then partner cone [...]
Tires to be tired
9 HIMs gathered to battle the tires on Christmas Eve. Co-Q'ed by @yogibearssi and @jeterpatrick we split the workout and the group into two teams. After a short warm up of SSH, LBAC. Weed pickers, squats and planks, we demoed the correct form to lift a big tire. Da thang: 2big tractor tires, two teams, [...]
Haw Week… the final countdown
We ended the Haw Week of Hero WODs with a good one. Disclaimer was mentioned, conditions were hot and muggy, and we WENT TO WORK! After waking up an hour early, enjoying a cup of coffee and a poop... I picked my my neighbor FNG and we headed toward the AO. Upon arrival, I realized [...]
Tough Tuesday
Tuesday, September 8th This morning 8 pax showed up for a classic Ironman workout The warm up consisted of arm circles and walkouts and the workout was two fold Short intervals (2-4 minutes) of weighted exercises - Squats, bent over rows, merkins', thrustersfollowed by a very short ruck - 75 yards or so repeat until [...]
LABOR DAY
10 PAX including YHC convened on Labor Day at the modified time of 7:00 AM at the pier. Folks were running a little late on this holiday. Loveseat woke up late, but still made it in time for the last warmups. Heehaw showed up long enough to drop off the flags then scooted off to [...]
