Author: Big Rig

  • 7 Heaven

    2 Premature Accelerators took to the trails and streets in and around Rockwood Park for a nice easy 7 miler this morning. Final mile was a good push to finish strong. Great conversation with Broberry as usual. We both headed home to pick up our 2.0s for Bo and Rubble’s Co Q of RocknRoll

  • Bermuda Cabana?

    Two Bermuda Boys did a Twin Team Lounge inspired workout this morning. With YHC in peak marathon training, the pair decided a mild workout would be a good way to start our morning.

    No warmarama necessary, just a mosey lap around the parking lot.

    Various exercises followed by a mosey to the dumpsters and back that included, but wasn’t limited to
    Merkins
    Side lunges
    Plank jacks
    Oblique Pickle Pounders with Mountain Climbers

    Over to the Carousel for various exercises
    Johnny Cash Carousel
    Pool Boy came up with a more traditional Bermuda Boys exercise handwalking the Carousel around for a lap with feet elevated on the handles

    Back to the parking lot for some more merkins, Cindy Presses, and Goblet Squats

    YHC was glad to have a mild workout, this morning, and even more grateful for Pool Boy’s company. We’re definitely looking forward to some warmer mornings in the Triangle.

    Prayer Requests
    YHC’S mom has been waiting to get back surgery scheduled for well over a year, and she finally got scheduled at the end of May. It’s pretty far off but I’m feeling pretty nervous about it. Hoping for a successful surgery and recovery.

  • Right On Time

    YHC rolled in right at 5am for our weekly Extra Credit Pull Ups and Dips Session. Pool Boy was ready and waiting. We made our way to the jungle gym.
    Did the usual stretching, Hollow Rocks, then 8-10 minutes of Pull-ups, and 8-10 minutes of Dips

  • Those miles aren’t gonna run themselves

    2 Runnas, hit the track at Swift Creek Middle School for the latest, or should I say earliest edition of The Graveyard Shift. As if 430 wasnt early enough, we had 8 miles of speed work to get in, and we had to get out even earlier at 410.

    Today’s format was as follows

    1 mile warmup about 9-930 pace

    Alternating miles at about 830 and 730 pace (Boberry was hitting 7s!)

    1 mile cooldown

    Always great to catch up with Boberry for a run. And grateful to have someone willing to get up so early to hit those miles on the training plan.

  • Great To Be Back

    2 Bad dudes hit the jungle gym at Ecoff Elementary. Pool Boy and Big Rig keeping the pull up and dip session going.

    This session was pretty simple. A few minutes of stretching, followed by about 10 minutes of EMOM Pullups, then 10 minutes of EMOM Dips.

    After missing the last few weeks, it was great to be back out in the gloom with Pool Boy on a Tuesday.

  • Bermuda’s Still Here!

    A trio of SOJ HIM, descended upon Goyne Park for the latest edition of The Bermuda Triangle. It’s been a few weeks since our last beatdown, with illness and weather keeping us from our regular Tuesday workout, but we’re still here and here to stay.

    Broadway led us with a mosey to the lower parking lot then a standard warmarama which included the following exercises in cadence

    SSH
    Ukrainian Soldiers
    Don Quyotes
    Butterfly WW2s
    Merkins

    Next, Pool Boy had us mosey Taco Truck Hill for our first COP

    Bernie up the hill and Crawl Bear down
    Repeat 10x

    We then moseyed to the picnic pavilion for the next COP

    20 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg
    10 Decline Merkins

    Pool Boy then handed off the Q to YHC

    Mosey to the flag where there conveniently were 3 coupons.

    20 Double Clutch Goblet Squats
    Run lap around parking lot
    2 rounds
    20 Curls
    Run lap around parking lot
    3 rounds

    Mosey to the Carousel for the Johnny Cash Carousel
    1 PAX performs 20 reps Ab exercises in the Carousel while another planks on the handle with the other PAX holding their legs
    Changing directions when Ab exercises get to 10
    3 rounds

    Mosey back to the flag for various ab exercises until time

    Names, Numbers, Announcements, and Prayers (COT)

    Good luck to State Farm, he has an interview with his local news station in PA to promote the launch of his new AO and region in Holidaysburg PA.
    Way to go Brother!!

  • I Beat Oprah!

    2 Mountain Goats headed for the neighborhood of Sunset Hills before sunrise, from the friendly confines of Rockwood Park. With YHC’s Blue Ridge Marathon, and Boberry’s River Rock Half fast approaching the miles are adding up, and so are the elevation changes. We ventured onto every side street to get every hill we could, and did the same in the Providence Creek neighborhood.

    YHC read somewhere that Oprah ran a marathon in 4:29 which made YHC double check his time from Shamrock last year. 4:28. Get some, Oprah!

  • Where is everyone?

    YHC got an early start just after 440 this morning, but was hoping to get started before 430. Getting into some long runs for the marathon training plan, with 16 scheduled. And hit every hill I could out there. Came back at the 8 mile mark to find Orange Crush, who was hoping to get a ruck in, but he opted to go get breakfast. We were surprised no one else came out on the warmest morning we could remember in months. YHC headed back for the hills.

  • Arnold and Tony have something here

    It was a balmy morning at the jungle gym at Ecoff Elementary. YHC didnt want to miss the first morning in awhile where the dip, and pull up bars werentt frosty. So, Tiger King and Big Rig made the best of it. Here’s what went down.

    Good mix of the following

    Hollow Rocks

    Dips

    Jerkins

    Band assisted Pull ups

    Non Band assisted Pull Ups

    Key point today was to make those last 3 reps count! As instructed by Arnold and Tony Horton.

    Great to get out for the Early morning Pull up Session again!

  • Stay Up Wind of Big Rig

    2 Premature Accelerators launched from Rockwood Park for some training miles for their upcoming distance races. Boberry’s got his coming in just over a week, and YHC has his in just under 3 months.

    We took to the hills of the Mayfair Estates neighborhood and got those miles in. Discussion was great as usual, and at one point led us to wondering how long the Farts tag has been available when posting Backblasts. Boberry’s sure that Draper was responsible for it.

    We headed back to Rockwood for some hydration. YHC continued on to get some hilly miles, and Boberry went home to pickup Rubble to bring back for DTH’s Rocknroll beatdown.