The Uptowner

The Thang Wide Leg Hamstring Stretch Twisting Torso Stretch Split Leg Hamstring Stretch Standing Side Stretch Sun Salutations (x3) Runner’s Stretch Crescent Pose Warrior 1 Warrior 2 Reverse Warrior Triangle Pose Twisting Triangle Pose Right Angle Pose with Grab and Hold Chair Pose Prayer Twist Tree Namaste Moleskin Do your …

Conditions cool and breezy – 59 degrees What is up with the cool temps?  I was wearing a long sleeve t-shirt to a May workout.  Nice to see a couple of Uptowner Kotters this morning, Bogey recovering from a torn rotator cuff and Bubba getting back into it after his …

Week #5 of the Uptowner Yoga Challenge.  Prior to The Thang, Walleye diagnosed YHC with a Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Injury.  He prescribed a Walgreen’s wrist splint and weekly check-ups.  He said it would hurt for a while.  He said I could go see a doctor, but I have learned from …

I’ll start with the Moleskin – As we finished our workout, I noticed a man walking his dog with a ruck on.  I’ve seen this many several times over the past few years.  He is out there every morning with his ruck and two dogs.  Heisenberg and I stopped him …

Temp was a cool 59 degrees this morning in the foggy Uptowner gloom, so I thought it best to start this session off with some traditional warm-up exercises to get the heart pumping. The Thang SSHs IC x 25 IWs IC x 20 Windmills IC x 15 Wide Leg Hamstring …

We kicked off the 8 week Yoga Challenge at The Uptowner this morning with 6 men looking to get stronger, more flexible, and injury resistent.  The idea here is to see what happens if we commit to doing power yoga once per week for 2 months.  What kind of changes …

“Better bend than break” – Proverb Six men (which grew to seven later on) meandered over to the Uptowner AO.  Since Hawg decided to kill us with H8, the Pax thought it would be a good idea to recover with some yoga before the Tough Mudder tomorrow.  Little did they know …