The Gipper
The Gipper

Back to the Farm

It was back to the farm with 3 veterans and a FNG this morning at the Covington Trailhead.  Mardi Gras is over, and there are few better ways to get back to work than with farmer carries.  So after a nice dynamic warmup down the platform alley with various stretches, …

“I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day.” ― James Joyce

A Pax of four showed up today, Our fearless leader TurboTax could not make it for Q…something about his fitting appointment for the REX ball. Whatever… so this second-stringer had to Q on the fly. here’s how it went: salutations short disclaimer warmup 20xIC side straddle hops 20xIC arm circles …

“Extreme Couponing”

The PAX gathered at the trailhead on a much colder than expected morning. The thang started with a warmup at the trailhead with ssh, iw, mountain climbers, hillbillies, and arm circles all 15x in cadence. Afterwards YHC supplied everyone in the pax with their very own coupon with which we …

“I’m out there, Jerry. And I’m loving every minute of it!” ~Cosmo Kramer

A Pax of four showed up today under the Gipper statue to “love every minute of it.” here’s how it went: salutations short disclaimer warmup 20xIC side straddle hops 20xIC windmills 20xIC imperial walkers 20xIC toe touches 20xIC hillbillys 20xIC sealjacks 20xIC imaginary kettle ball pickups, alternating leading leg 20xIC …

Walkin’ Tall

Another beautiful morning in the gloom at the Covington Trailhead.  The PAX gathered and got to work straight away with a dynamic warmup using the train platform:  heal to toe walks, lunges, shuffles, skips, freestyle shoulder swing toe walks, backstroke shoulder swing toe walks, carioca and a few other exercises …

Foggy Mountain Breakdown

There certainly are no mountains in Covington but we do have stairs, plenty of fog this time of year, and YHC believes that Einstein could sing a plaintive Bluegrass tune or two if requested.  It was that kind of morning as the PAX converged around the shovel flag in the …

Sandbaggin’

The shovel flag is now a regular fixture at the Covington Trailhead on Wednesday mornings. City employees have embraced the PAX.  One glance at Tank-Up counting out his Merkins have them convinced that we are some sort of retired SEAL collective. So the PAX got down to business this morning with …