Rock City
Rock City

The Sound of Silence

After LSU spanked Arkansas and the Saints squeaked out win in the final seconds of the game, 17 men appeared out of the gloom on a frigid Monday morning. After the standard disclaimer, they were off to the rock pile for a warmup. Warmup SSH (x20), Hillbillies (x20), Arm circles- …

11 11 11 and Saban what?

Veterans Day occurs on November 11 every year in the United States in honor of the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” of 1918 that signaled the end of World War I, known as Armistice Day. It had been a few weeks (50+) since I had last Q’d a workout …

The 300….almost

12 pax arrived for a humid morning at Rock City. Started with the standard disclaimer and an Indian run to parking opposite end of Pontiff. warmup Arm circles x 15 each arm shoulder taps x 20 Ricky balboa in squat position x 20 Hillbillies x 15 Self love x 15 …

Rockless City

On Saturday, YHC discovered that the Q Sheet for Rock City was mysteriously blank for the upcoming beatdown. Knowing that these opportunities do not occur often. YHC jumped at an opportunity to lead his home AO. Since the end of IPC, coupons have been the preferred weight of choice for …

Iron PAX Prelude

YHC had plans for his 52nd birthday Q at Rock City (hint: what other workout option includes the number 52?). But Sunday night, Hawg posted the Iron PAX Prelude. And Tanner jumped in immediately – “Hey Rudy, lets do this!” So what option did I have? The belated 52-birthday-Q will …

Rock City Rocks

YHC hasn’t been at Rock City for few months because of the launch of Sweaty Bells, which is a Sunday workout with kettle bells. Willie and YHC had thought of bringing their kettle bells to a Rock City workout one day but could only imagine the mumble chatter from a …

Honoring Sgt. Joseph Bovia

Sgt. Joseph “Joey” Bovia, USMC, was a native of Metairie, Louisiana.  He served in the Marine Corps for six years.  Sgt. Bovia volunteered for two deployments to Iraq and his last deployment to Afghanistan.  He was the leader of a combat engineering platoon and was building an outpost to protect …

Not Spartacus

For those who expected Spartacus, they were disappointed……at first.  After the DISCLAIMER, let’s mosey and take a left out the gage.  In life you have to expect the unexpected.  We circled up in a parking lot by the backside outdoor gym. -SSH X 30 IC -IW X 30 IC -Mt …

One Trick Pony

YHC generally has one favorite Rock City exercise. So in his first Q in many months, and with many new PAX since then, time was right to break it out again. So 5:30 am, time to start with the running disclaimer (we’ve got places to go, PAX….) and off to …