Author: THE Yankee Aggressor

A perfect ten warriors emerged from the fartsack this morning and started the day with a ground and pound style beatdown.

Mosey to playground. Extended COP with SSH, LBC, Imperial walkers, Russian Soldiers, Freddy Mercuries, WWII setups, and windmills.

Mosey to the corner of the playground for four corners. 10 merkins, 20 jump squats, 30 WWII and 40 SSH. Shiplap asked to pick a number between 1 and 10 chooses 7, add 7 to previous total reps. 17 merkins, 27 jump squats, 37 WWII, and 47 SSH. Garbage plate asked to pick a number from 1 to 10, chooses 0 (which is outside the requested range), subtract 0 from previous reps. 17 merkins, 27 jump squats, 37 WWII, and 47 SSH. PAX asked to pick a number, either 1 or 2, chooses 2, Cut the number of reps in half (rounding up). 9 merkins, 14 jump squats, 18 WWII, and 24 SSH. Mosey to end of playground, teams of two. One member runs to fence and back backwards x2, other pax does peoples chair, then WWII, then SSH. Mosey to tennis courts. Run to end of first court, 1 WWII, run backwards to line, run to end of 2nd count, 2, WWII, run backwards to line….all the way up to 4. Next iteration, instead of running backwards back, either bear crawl or crab walk back with increasing number of WWII. Mosey back to flag and finish. Circle K took us out.

NMM

Great day to be out in the morning. Weather was perfect for a workout and all was quiet around MM. Saab is on a diet, please help him on his journey to drop 1 pound.

6 Warriors posted on a Thursday morning. Weather was sunny and 70.

As I had the Q today, I decided to fulfill Bodo’s goal of a couple of weeks ago by doing the entire workout in the Gazebo. We did an initial run around the school, then headed to the Gazebo. COP followed by a set of lindsey’s with pole smokers and WWiI situps with bear crawls in between. Next up was jumping rope and lunges in teams. Last set of lindsey’s was merkins and SSH. Short version of Mary and then out. We finished the workout and COT under the Gazebo. 45 minutes in a cold freezing rain, a great workout and we finished up dry. All in all a good day. Should you want to hear about the mumble chatter, see Bodos. He led us in a long discussion of grooming for men.

I took us out with a thought that I had the other day. The thought: I know we are going through tough times and there is a lot of suffering in the world. It is true that these times are challenging. But in context of what our ancestors went through, and the quality of life that we have, I have been trying to be more grateful for what I have been blessed with. Society, and us as individuals will go through challenges, and we should always strive to improve, but let’s not lose sight of how blessed we are. A little bit of positivity might brighten your and other days. YHC just wants to acknowledge that this sound pretty preachy typed out. It is not meant to be that way and hopefully was delivered with a tone of aspiration.

TYA OUT

14 studs posted for a beautiful 70 and sunny day in RVA. A little bit of snow on the ground this morning. Felt like a 5 year old kid when I woke up.

Mosey to side of school. 20x SSH, 10 x snow angels, 20x imperial walkers, 20x Freddy Mercury. Mosey to church. Triple check, double check and then triple check at the church. Mosey back to school for COT.

Prayers for Swirly’s 101 year old grandmother who has been diagnosed with COVID. Prayers to Bleeder’s Mom. TYA took us out.

TYA OUT

8 studs and one half asleep Q posted on a glorious morning in January

The Thang: a bunch of random, ill advised exercises that we poorly thought out, pitifully explained and at some times dangerous to the PAX. Exercises were completed in and around Mary Mumford, Windsor Farms, and sometime in the middle of Cary Street Road with traffic roaring by at 40+MPH.

You win some and you lose some. Today the Q was a big L for me. I was thinking after the workout what went well and what went wrong. The list of things that went wrong are far too long to capture here. Two things went right. We started on time and we ended on time. Between that it was a complete disaster. Had I been a PAX member and not the so called leader this morning, I would have mutinied. My only positive gift to the PAX today was that when they are in the throws of some self inflicted disaster later today, they can think back to the Q that I laid out there today and take comfort in the fact that whatever they screwed up was less of a mess than I made of the first 45 minutes of their dayI have the Q once again next week at Mary. You have my commitment that it will be a whole hell of a lot better than today (honestly, that’s not really much of a promise, but its all I have right now.).

I have the Q once again next week at Mary. You have my commitment that it will be a whole hell of a lot better than today (honestly, that’s not really much of a promise, but its all I have right now.).

22 dedicated warriors posted on a gloomy Thanksgiving morning.

The Thang: Mosey to side of MM for COP of Don Quixotes, WWII, Merkins, SSH. Mosey to basketball court for double triple check. Peoples chair, WWII, and run forward and backwards 2x. Mosey to field for The Beast (SSH, Merkins, LBC, jump squats, WWII). Mosey to end of field for suicide 11’s of SSH and merkins. Mosey back to the flag and COT.

NMM

Thanksgiving talk abounded. Lots of discussion about where the first Thanksgiving was. Lots are on the Virginia bandwagon, a few of the history buffs guessed Massachusetts and there was a vote for Florida and Detroit Michigan. A few facts about Berkely VA. They did have a Thanksgiving in 1619. It was to celebrate the arrival and safe travel across the seas. It consisted of a prayer (no meal). It was so successful, that according to the sign on the capital trail wasn’t immortalized until 1958 – 339 years later. Oh, and it was in December. Massachusetts facts. November date. Feast to celebrate the harvest. Included family and friends including many native americans. Details of Detroit and Florida are unknot, except that in Detroit the turkey was cooked on the engine block of the car. So…take the facts and you decide what event our current Thanksgiving was modeled after.

We have a lot to be thankful of. The bounty that we have in our lives is unbelievable. I hope everyone enjoys the day and their families.

TYA OUT

23 or 24 posted on a perfect November 12 morning. Seventy and sunny.

The Thang

5 Don Quixote’s to start. 5 Don Quixote’s every five minutes during the workout (real crowd pleaser). Ball lickers for 55 seconds…Swirly was counting too slow so we moved on. Run to the tarmac and Triangle Up (Yep, Saabski loves a good triangle). Bunch of exercises, topped off with 55 SSH. Move to the side of the school for a triple check. Peoples Chair, WWII, run forward then backwards (twice). Repeat 5x. Mosey to the tennis courts for four corners. First corner 15 Merkins, second corner 20 jump squats, third corner 25 carolina dry-docks, last corner 30 SSH. Mosey to side of school for some more exercises and 55 side straddle hops. SAAB lead us in Esther Williams style scissor kicks and then 55 seconds of 6 inches. Mosey to the parking lot for COP where Saab took us out

NMM

55th Birthday for Saab. Great celebration and awesome to have such a big crowd out there. We tried to stick with his favorite exercises along the way. When Saab started F3, he dipped his toe in the water and decided he was a run only guy. After the first BRR, he went all in and has been fully committed to F3 since. Cannot think of a better guy to be part of the group. It has been an honor to have you part of the group. Plus, if you ever get in a fight, he is well versed in Queen’s rules boxing.

For anyone wishing to continue the birthday celebration with Saab, he is going to go to the China Buffet tonight for a late dinner at 3pm. He said he would buy and Ensure for all that attend.

TYA OUT