The Skinny
The Skinny

Queue the Ring of Fire

OK Fellas – We showed up to the Flag for another humid beatdown in the Gloom. We ran a full 2.02 miles. 12 PAX for a dozen ready to get stronger. I pointed out to Landing Strip that I thought of him last night. The M and I were watching …

4 on the 4th

“We have a strong instinct to belong to small groups defined by clear purpose and understanding–tribes. This tribal connection has been largely lost in modern society, but regaining it may be the key to our psychological survival.” – Sebastian Junger Four PAX including YHC showed up for The Skinny 4th …

Half-Burpee Supreme

Eleven men gathered in the still, humid and of course hot gloom of ole Audubon.  At precisely 5:31, allowing for Yankee’s obligatory tardiness, we moseyed to the bandstand for the start of a non-traditional Monday workout: First COP: SSH x25, Mountain Climbers x20, Elbow Mountain Climbers x15 (a bit tougher …

Around the Fly

Leading my VeryfirstQ enabled me to get out to Audubon earlier than ever before – approximately 05:20. My Weather Channel app indicates that the humidity was higher than the temperature – 87% vs. 81°, which is hard to believe, because it sure felt hot. We warmed up in place: 40 …

Down and Dirty at the Skinny

Twelve men arrived in the gloom completely unprepared for the hazards that would await them at the Skinny.   After listening to Woop proudly explain the origin of his F3 name, the PAX took off counterclockwise down the jogging path. Stopping right in the middle of some stickers sharp as razor blades, …

CACL- Cardio arms core legs

Nice post Jazz Fest soggy morning full of receding gloom.  Moderate amount of fartsacking today (Captain Morgan and others.)  Left us with a PAX of 9.  Good quorum for getting it done.  Good transitions kept the HR up and let us get 6 COP of 4 exercises each done.  Each …

This is not 40

With most of PAX absent on Saturday, we started the workout with the burpee countdown (thanks to OBT): 10, 9, 8, 7 then a layup of sorts with only 5 more for a total of 39. 39 was the theme of day with YHC hitting the big 4-0 this week. Moseyed …

Hello Lamppost

Seven men arrived in the gloom, ready for a Monday beatdown at the Skinny.  YHC decided to skip the usual loop around the park to spend some quality time under the lampposts.  But first, let’s head over to the bandstand for warmup: SSH x25, Hillbillies x25, LSS x25, MC x25 …

Long Way Home

Seven men set to tackle the park on a chilly Monday morning. Might be the last time we see sub 50 degree weather for awhile…after a quick disclaimer, we’re off. Bandstand: SSHx20, IW x20, LBC x20 & Mountain Climbers x20 To Light Poles (pole to pole): Merkin Walk going left , Lunge …

Pontiff goes down

I love the smell of sweat in the morning.  It smells like victory.  At least victory over those Metairites.    Not many fartsackers today and 4 FNG’s gave us a PAX of 15 as the time change reinstated full gloom.  (Instantly had to redesign some of the exercises – was …