With a FNG joint us today I proclaimed the five core principles. After posting in Boone NC and Franklin TN this summer, I decided to borrow a little from each. Warm-o-rama: Old man stretches SSH x 10 (IC) Plank jacks x 10 (IC) Imperial walkers x 10 (IC) Shitzers x 10 (IC) Good Mornings Lucky/Unlucky …

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Seeing some familiar faces

After making some contact with some pax I had not seen in awhile we had four for a Celery Beatdown this morning. Good to have Clutch, Diesel and Slater join me today. 5 core priciples Mozey around the Audubon building. We then began withOld man stretches, SSH, Strawberry, Michael Phelps, and Good mornings. We then …

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Let’s have a Picnic!

Weather: 62 degrees, really humid with a 100% chance of excessive security QIC: BRUTUS Happy 42nd Birthday to Sir Wallace! PAX: 30!  Big Mac, Bing, Brutus, Chili Pepper, Clutch, Condenser, Coop, Crabcakes, Dasani, Defib, Diesel, Freon, Goob, Hang Ten, Lancelot, Manziel, Mr. Clean, Papa Smurf, Props, Ringo, Ripken, ShamWow, Sir Wallace, Slater, Sniper, Stagecoach, Steel, …

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Ruck’n Up The Pax and a Soldier’s Creed

Good morning Suncoast and to the F3 Pax that calls it home! Temps: It is 67 degrees and gusty and windy this morning. No humidity in sight today unlike yesterday so the “Heaters” aka “Rucksacks” will prove their value today. A.O.: This morning we are at NBP and the Tower of Terror. I have a …

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Playtime with S.A.C.K.

Warm-Up 10 Sprinklers …an Aggetater version of the Imperial Walker, [maybe to someday become known as dance steps] Motivators, declining count from 10… [we really need to work on this coordinated Kinesthesia] 10 Tappy-taps …per the “Exicon” we have been improperly calling these strawberry pickers [and will most likely continue in rebellion] Mosey to the …

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Train hard, but train smart- Dasani – 2.25.20

Weather: A cool 70 degrees in the gloom QIC: Dasani PAX: Trane, Banjo, Steel, Stagecoach, Slater, Ringo, Trump, Papa Smurf, Shamwow, Goob, Hang Ten, Dinghy, Condenser, Chili Pepper, pepperoncini -FNG, Snapshot. 0515 sharp we circled up and covered our bases – 5 core principles were announced, 1 FNG was identified and we began with a …

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The Refrigeration Circuit

QIC: Condenser It’s about disruption. There is no work able to be done in a refrigeration cycle without a metering device, something that causes pressure. Without it the compressor just pushes the refrigerant around the piping loop like a wet noodle on a foggy morning in the swamp. COP WARMUP: Imperial walkers Hillbilly walkers SSH …

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R-U-C-K in the USA, “Rucking in the U-S-A”

Pax- Lancelot, Snapshot, Clutch, Mopar, Slater  & Coop 63°, Cool and breezy 5:15,  After the 5 core principles were recited and  mozied over to a warm parking lot , downtown With the disclaimer from last week, stating that not every Q by me will be a “Ruck” beatdown, however, Coop contacted me at the last …

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2020 New Year Convergence

Weather: 60’s and cloudy QIC: Bing, Drake, Ripken, Sir Wallace, Chili Pepper, Rowdy Pax: Ace, Sterling, Diesel, Sir Wallace, Manziel, Tex, Banjo, Trane, Messi, Pincher, LG, Big Mac, Smudge, Dirt Dart, ShamWow, Rowdy, Drake, Bubbles, Snapshot, Ozzy, Coop, Lambeau, Fin, Rock, Papa Smurf, DeFib, Aquaman, Wahlburger, I-Beam, Flash, Deep Dish, Cotton Tail, Lancelot, #Law, Dash, …

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