9 hooligans gathered in the gloom for 45 minutes of Mary. Here’s how it happened: COP: SSH // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Copperhead Squats // Plank Jacks // Froggers // Carolina Dry Docks // LBCs // American Hammers Big Bang: Plank in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, with a headlamp at the center. On the YHC’s command, the pax EXPLOSIVELY jumps up from plank position, runs 10 paces, performs 10 burpees, then runs back to the circle to plank position // Next Round: 20 paces, 20 Jump Squats // Round 3: 30 paces, 30 merkins // Round 4: 40…

Eight veteran warriors of the gloom chose the narrow path once again this morning, posting to Mary for the sure glory of a DTH beatdown. With grim and knowing smiles, the PAX paired up and accepted oaken cabers from their Q. What follows is how these brave men squashed the Temptation of the Flesh: The THANG: Mosey to Grassy Area for COP #1: Welcome & F3 DisclaimerCaber Hops x20 IC (like SSH but with feet alternating steps on caber)DQ’s x10 ICIncline M on Caber x10 IC Mosey to the BlackTop for COP #2: CABER 1-2-3:x100 Derkins – Partner 1 x10…

Seven men pulled themselves from their beds and donned their rain gear for a weather radar morning. Thang: Mosey to courts. SSH, Don Q, Squats, Werkins, Mountain Climbers Mosey to corner of Commonwealth and Cary. Partner up. Partner 1 run perimeter of school – Commonwealth to Grove to Westmoreland to Cary and back to start. Partner 2 complete 40 burpees. Switch. Mosey to large soccer field corner. Partner 1 run around field in rectangle fashion, partner 2 complete 40 WWII sit ups. Switch. Mosey to dirt track – partner 1 run track, partner 2 complete 40 derkins. switch. Mosey to…

10 studs posted this morning for Mary and here is how it went down. Two dudes walked . One nursing an injury the other not leaving a man on his own. The other 8 attacked Mary. We thought it was 7 but Flipper appeared out of nowhere as Hardywood was talking to the pax about Flash being the best chiropractor he’d ever seen 🙂 Warm ups : 10 burppees – windmills, helicopters, Iw’s RS’s plank. Incline merkins while one does 7 pull ups at the rings and switch – 3 sets Mossy – Decline merkins – 3 sets of 10…

A magnificent 10 took a tour of the neatly trimmed landscapes outside the perimeter of Mary Munford. This is what transpired, more or less: Run to Windsor Farms with intermittent stops for Merkins and WWII’s Red Barshetta: Run out and back 4 times with stop for each of the following: 100 M-Climbers, 75 LBC’s, 50 Hello Dollies (Esther Williams Style), 25 Merkins Field near Baptist church: Lindsays….30/10. Flutter Kicks and Hello Dollies Run to next church…Box Cutters and Merkins along the way Crawl across and back parking lot: Alternating Bear Crawls, Crawl Bears, Crab Walks along the way. Catch me…

Ten of my brothers posted at 45 MOM to help search for why. We all have a why, and today we all went in search of it. COT – 1: Eighteen years ago today, a law school classmate of mine went on a campus shooting spree. It was a day none of us who were there will ever forgot. We lost dear friends. We lost family. We senselessly lost people close to us. We may never know why, but we’ll never forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for all of us. Today, we honored them the only way we…

Eighteen shivering somebodies emerged from the headlights with unabated excitement for today’s iteration of 45 Minutes of Mary. After minor banter about the possibility of the tuckahoe early risers leaving a deposit in Saab’s driveway, the PAX scurried off to the center of the basketball courts for: COPSSH x0Donald Quixotes x10Helicopters x10Mountain Climbers x20Russian Soldiers x10 The ThangShort mosey over to Reveille via Willetta and Ashlawn for a field trip, stopping at the Cary St side of the parking lot for our first segment of fun with partners. Wait a few seconds for Lab Rat’s mumblechatter to subside before relaying…

10 regulars and Toga, visiting from TN, assembled for a 45momm beatdown that went something like this: Long mosey around entire block COP – SSHs, DQa, Copperhead Squats, Russian Soldiers, Bob & Weaves, Crab Cakes, Hand Release Merkins, Boxcutters Mosey to side of school to Sharks & Minnows square. Partner up for Bear-i-meter Mosey to field for Traditional 11s: Monkey Humpers & Tempo Merkins Q passed to Toga. Mosey to pull up bars for Pull Up Pyramid to 7 & back down Mosey to side of school, form groups of 3 for Triple Check: Wall walkers, atomic merkins, run to…

5 Warriors looking to unload some Christmas calories posted up at Mary Munford for the day after Christmas edition of 45MOM. 5:30am, lets mosey. Around the block North of the school and back to the corner of the schoolyard for: COP: Helicopters x 15 SSH’s x 20 DQ’s x 10 Copperhead Squats x 10 Merkins x 10 Scorpion Kicks x 10 Reverse Scorpion Kicks x 10 LBC’s x 20 mosey over to bus loop for: Curb Crawls: 1 Merkins, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 with bear crawl/crawl bear in between Mosey over to the front steps…

7 surly gents and one geriatric descended upon a frigid Mary to see what she had in store. This is what transpired more or less: COP: Helicopters, DQ’s, Russian Soldiers, and Scorpion Kicks (all Gerry-friendly) Solo Doras: 100 Merkins, 200 LBC’s, 300 Flutter Kicks. Run out and back(wards) across court after each 100. Track run/WWII’s/Jump Squats: (It was a cluster. YHC didn’t explain it well during the workout nor will he attempt to explain it here…) Partner up: Alternating incline merkins and Derkins while partner runs out and performs 15 dips. 3 rounds each. Finish: A few minutes of Mary.…