Category: Northshore

Twas 14 nights AFTER Christmas, and though a baby delayed, the Nightmare debt from ’22 was repaid.

This workout tests one’s fortitude, for none participating can hope to elude; the pain derived from such a foolish endeavor, the fullness of which takes days to discover. Every inch of your back will ache once you’re through, your shoulders destroyed, and your core won’t work too. And what, might you ask, is the reward for this pain? A $5 beer from the man you “disdain”.

This year was Hogs breath, Jose, and JV. The lone first-timer True Coat and your host, Grundy

What we completed can be hard to comprehend, here’s the list of what we did by the end…

150 burpees
2 miles of running
150 man-makers
2 miles of rucking
100 Merkins
100 Sit-ups
100 Squats
100 4 count SSHs
100 4 count mountain climbers
100 4 count flutter kicks
100 Ruck Presses
100 2 count Ruck twists (American Hammers)
100 Ruck Pull Throughs

Jose intensified this workout yet again; it makes me think that when he’s cut, he pours on it cayenne. In years past Jose ran miles beforehand, this year he did burpees on his knuckles, drawing pity for his poor hands. And yet, it’s just another crazy thing he’s done throughout the years; Jose’s intensity has always earned respect from his F3 peers.

True Coat hails from the state of Minnesota, he smiles so often that you may think he does so to fill a quota. He squats deeper than most and always seems to do things the right way; every workout puts his grit, strength, and character on display. I feel that True Coat’s shown what working hard in life will getcha; respect, friendships, and the only right way to say “You betcha!”

Hogs Breath shared a tale from when away in a foreign land, a tale that I’ll keep cryptic here (once you’re older I can expand). To keep it rated G, I’ll share it like the story of the Grinch, a task one might find difficult, I can manage in a cinch. So “what was the tale?” Well, in F3 circles they will say – that the Hogs breath’s small “heart” grew three sizes when away.

JV’s future might take off literally to the sky, and if he’s ever “top gun” someday, I won’t need to wonder why. The ‘Stache we’ve seen before from him allows one of two careers, let’s pray to God he flies a plane, the other would make moms tear. But looks aside, the reason he’ll “land” in places one would envy, is that when you need a friend (or help), you can always count on JV.

The pain is high, and the reward seems lacking, but most who were there knew what they were attacking. The men (minus True Coat) knew what was in store, for all had completed this workout before. So, if you’ve never done this workout, please add it to your wish list, for all finishers come to love the Nightmare “After” Christmas.

See you all in December of 23’!
Grundy

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