Ineffective Exercises or: How I Learned the Difference Between Voodoo and Hoodoo

Date: 2026-01-10 AO: olympus Q: Krzyzewski PAX: voodoo, flipper, Emoji, Toto, Pepsi, Gapper, Schedule C, The Worm, MARTA, Blanks FNGs: None COUNT: 11 Despite being hoodwinked by the weatherman that feeds forecasts to weather apps, the pax took to the lot outside the hotbox this morning. Conditions were favorable enough (although a touch warm perhaps, at least for January), but after gathering in our usual circle, the pax quickly realized why we don’t workout in the lot near the hotbox. Bluntly, it’s lopsided terrain on an odd incline. Despite this, the pax powered through the longer than usual weinke, which ironically included the Balance Complex. Awesome to see such high numbers turning out each week – YHC appreciates each man who takes the time to come out and heckle YHC post. This odd hobby of ours has grown on YHC and it’s cool to see it catch on for others and help each pax improve and get in better shape. YHC is running behind as he has to prep for a dinner at Red Rocks (not THAT Red Rocks, Emoji :wink:) so he’ll keep the write-up streamlined…apparently the blue plate special sells out quickly and the elbows are sharp amongst the 70+ crowd, gotta jet so let’s get into the recap. WARMUP: Swings (10x), prying squats, hi-pulls (5x e/s), synovial circles, one-handed swings (5x e/s), slingshots (7x e/w) THE THANG: 1) Pelosi Ladder 2) Voodoo Complex (2 sets) 3) Hoodoo Complex (1x e/s; 2 sets) – Single-bell row – Swing – Clean – Snatch – OH reverse lunge 4) Clean ‘Em Up 2.0 (3 sets; variety of chains/complexes) – Double clean (6x) – Double squat (6x) – Double snatch (6x) – Double press (6x) – Double swing (6x) – Double renegade row (6x e/s) 5) FIVE ARISE Complex (3 sets) – Gorilla rows (5x e/s) – Upright row (5x) – Chest press (5x) 6) Balance Complex (5 sets) – Single-handed swing – R (10x) – Lawnmower row – L (10x) – Staggered merkins (10x) – Repeato with other hand (each set subtract 1x each element) MARY: A round of static holds for 1 min. each side; Flipper upped the ante by introducing the off-side leg raise for each element which YHC loved ANNOUNCEMENTS: THE PR:o:D – First Friday of the month – see Slack for details for February’s edition. :pancakes: Second F Friday (2/13) – second Friday of the month at Stacks. See Slack for details. :beers: Brew Ruck (March-ish) – see details on Slack. :drop_of_blood: Blood Drive – details coming soon, but the Candlewyck locale appears to be the place. :scroll: “Lack of moderation is the plague of pleasure. Moderation is not the scourge of pleasure, but the seasoning of it.” – Montaigne, Of Experience COT: Flipper took out the joint groups with The Rock