Thin Wafers on a Fluffly Hydrox

Date: 2026-01-17 AO: Olympus Q: Krzyzewski , PAX: Mountain Momma, Wabbit, Emoji, Blanks, The Worm, MARTA, Toto, Pepsi, Krzyzewski, Loogie FNGs: None COUNT: 10 A very North Carolina “January” type daybreak greeted the pax at our usual spot, nowhere near the hotbox (thank you, kettlebell gods). Dreary, cold, and a mild lingering threat of sprinkles. Nevertheless, the pax continued to pack the house on Saturdays in 2026 with a solid 10 men making the choice to kick the fartsack aside and get better this morning. Mountain Momma won the early bird award with a pre-walk, but around 0700 the pax descended upon our hallowed patch of blacktop. Solid mumblechatter as usual that included a delightful Freudian slip by The Worm. Great to see Loogie today on his pilgrimage back from the beach. Awesome to be joined by many of the usual suspects as we put the penultimate week of Clean ‘Em Up v2.0 to rest. 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) Easy Does It Complex (3 sets) – Single bell swings (3x) – Hi-pulls (2x) – Clean (1x) – Thruster (1x) – Switch hands and repeato – Last set did 2x times through 2) Clean ‘Em Up 2.0 (4 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) 3) Twenty / Ten Complex (10 Min. EMOM) – A: Swings (20x) – B1: SLDL (10x) – B2: Lawnmowers (…or chainsaws?) (10x) – B3: Merkins (10x) – B4: Gorilla rows (10x) – B5: Sumo squats (yes, actual sumo squats this time – YHC did some research…no monkeys involved!) (10x) 4) Carries! Carries! Carries! – Variety of single bell carries with 4x goblets at the end of each MARY: Pax 1: I recently encountered a phenomenal waitress, but can’t recall her name…she did have a distinctive face though – do you know her? Pax 2: Was it Mary? Pax 1: Well, she did look a bit like a horsey, but quit foaling around! 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: SOB Brew Ruck (3/7) – see details on Slack. :owl: Pepsi got the gears turning about not allowing things that aren’t in our control to affect our decisions and it reminded YHC of this classic banger by Epictetus…good reflection at the outset of the year: “Thus in life the chief task is this: distinguish and separate matters, and say, ‘Externals are not in my power: will is in my power. Where shall I seek the good and the bad? Within, in the choices that are my own.’ But in what does not belong to you call nothing either good or bad, or profit or damage or anything of the kind.” -Epictetus, Discourses, 2.5.4-5 COT: YHC took out the joint groups in the COT