YHC lost power early this morning, and as I rolled up to The Stage, it became immediately clear why –an electrical pole was down across the highway, and it had caught the fence in front of the neighborhood on fire. Enron and Kilo had to fight hard to find a …
Dense bayou gloom surrounded the stage this morning for what was planned to be a traditional beatdown. YHC and JBL were in the middle of some light stretching when a bus full of PAX arrived: Eminem, Led Zeppelin, the Peppers, AC/DC, and Axel Rose stepped off a tricked-out tour bus …
YHC has a love/hate relationship with sprints. I’ll blame it on deep seated psychological trauma from high school football conditioning. YHC’s ancestors likely invented the spear to avoid sprinting from the sabertooth. Like “oh well , lets takes our chances with this stick cus running fast sucks”. Recently YHC has …
It’s tough when FNG’s come on weekdays. Smaller number of PAX means there’s nowhere to hide when you’re just trying to survive, but the soon to be named Roughneck never gave up despite the feeling of drowning that we all remember too well from our own first beatdowns. With YHC, …
“I guess it comes down to a simple choice, get busy living or get busy dying”- Andy Dufrene “Owens, you have to stop opening essays with Shawshank Redemption quotes”- YHC’s Junior English teacher Birthdays make YHC emotional. This is a known fact. A day for self-deprecating humor about YHCs body …
YHC wanted to crank the intensity diving into Holy Week so when 3 Pax gathered at the stage a disclaimer was given that we would be following Holy Mondays scriptures and YHC would read these Gospel excerpts during a deep squat hold. (Deep Squat Disclaimers TM) Once a traditional Goose …
4 PAX gathered in the gloom of an ominous Holy Thursday morning. Lightning flashed and rain threatened throughout, but off in the distance, there were breaks in the clouds that promised a hopeful future. But, until then, there was much to endure: Warmup: SSH, AC, Cherry Pickers, Chinooks (gonna be …
YHC had an interesting idea that could either be a memorable challenge, chock full of valuable life lessons, or it would be a total cluster, and nothing in between. So, with a record 6 PAX gathered at The Stage in the gloom of a gorgeous morning, we commenced. Warmup: SSH, …
“Once I was sad for a PAX who must jog, until I met a PAX who had no log ” – Ancient Chinese Proverb YHC found inspiration deep in the hardwood bottoms of north La this weekend after a trip to visit parents. A recent storm dropped a fine red …
As three PAX rolled in right on time on a windy morning, mumblechatter was subdued by both the news of a major change in the life of one PAX (answered prayers!) and the major pain that YHC knew awaited them. Warmup: usuals plus some Moroccan Night Clubs to warm some …
