Q School 101 Revisited

 Posted on October 5, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  285 words  |  

Week 1 of Carpex Culture Month is “Q School 101.” A scan of the crowd reveals some Carpex Legends, so I am quick to invite audience assistance. Disclaimer. “This is a free, volunteer, peer-led workout. I am not a professional. I have no knowledge of any injuries or fitness considerations. It is each person’s responsibility to be safe and modify exercises if you need to. Don’t get hurt.” Mosey to the Pickle. [Read More]
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Out of Order

 Posted on June 22, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  406 words  |  

17 PAX trickled into Marla Dorrell park through the thick and chunky atmosphere to join YHC for some exercise this morning. Here’s what we did! Gather at the flag for disclaimer and the F3 mission… and follow me. No FNG check, because everyone looks at least vaguely familiar. Into the park we go… Warmup at the inner lot (8cGM, SSH, SM, IW) and follow me into the playground for a micro-Dora with a partner (50x Merkins, Squats, LBCs). [Read More]
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Fourth Year Celebration Part 1

 Posted on April 10, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  443 words  |  

This past Tuesday (4/6/21) marked the 4th year that YHC’s first post of F3 Carpex, and what an awesome ride its been! Time sure is a weird thing, as I like to say. It feels so long ago and yet it doesn’t feel like hardly any time at all, but I’ve certainly enjoyed getting to know and workout with all you guys and all the adventures ta boot! To celebrate YHC had planned out a special two part Q on this day. [Read More]
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The Name Game (and Gerald Owens)

 Posted on November 24, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  747 words  |  

It’s been a loooong time since YHC has been to FWD. Wonder if anything has changed? YHC got out of the car and could hear Hermes squeaky, but booming voice, telling dad bad jokes. Nope, nothing has changed. After a lengthy disclaimer orated by YHC, the eleven of us were off on a warm-up run that included the FWD baby gherkin pickle and continued to the parking lot where we used to do Monkey Humpers in front of the Crossfit place. [Read More]
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Pearls on an Elastic String

 Posted on November 19, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  383 words  |  

It was a beautiful, crisp morning in the gloom. Eleven men set out to exercise. Much to the disappointment of the younguns, there were no respects wearing Depends. The younguns thought it would be an easy workout and they’d get a real workout later. They would learn differently soon. The rule of the day was if you arrived at the meeting spot before the Six was in, you were to circle back to Pick Up The Six so that all the PAX would arrive together. [Read More]
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Bean Bag Toss & a Little Bit of Everything

 Posted on October 28, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  364 words  |  

Some workouts seem to focus on one particular thing: today is leg day or arms or abs, etc. I like to do a little bit of everything with a Q, and that’s how this morning went at Point Break. Warm-up: started with the mission of F3 and the pledge, then moseyed across the street to a long parking lot. Stopped for several rounds of some quick feet and curb merkins. Moseyed again down to the back parking lot and painted the lines until the end of the lot where we stopped for SSH, GM’s, and Hill Billy’s. [Read More]
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Dodgerless Point Break Vanilla Beatdown

 Posted on October 21, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  229 words  |  

16 Pax showed up on a unseasonably warm October morning including about 5 of the standard EC runners. Started with the pledge and circled up. Was prepared to start off with 15 burpees if there were any Dodger fans in the house but no one took the bait. Did the usual Warmarama instead with SSH, Good Mornings, Tappy Toes, Box Cutters, Homer to Marge, Runners Stretch and Squat Holds. Mosey to the Main Pavilion doing butt kickers, high knees and Karaoke on the way [Read More]
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Long. Hard. 11

 Posted on October 13, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  160 words  |  

Short. Sweet and to the point. Start with the Pledge. Warm Up: Bear Crawl the circle then… Mosey to the satelite parking lot for… Windmills IC Good Mornings IC Side Straddle Hops IC Break into 2 groups “slow and fast” for Indian Run to the bottom of the ramp leading up to the bridge. The Thang: 11’s: 1-Jump Squat at bottom of the Bridge Ramp Run across the Bridge to the other side [Read More]
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If you can do this, you can do the Odyssey

 Posted on October 6, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  234 words  |  

11 pax gather in the lot with perfect fall weather. No FNGs, 3 headlamps and we are off. Warm up jog followed by SSH, daisy pickers, Good Mornings etc. Mosey to base of bridge for instructions on the Thang from Braveheart From middle of bridge, partners go in opp direction with one way being bearcrawl and the other lunge (both to end of the bridge). Run to base of each hill and perform exercise. [Read More]
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Orpheus in the Underworld

 Posted on September 29, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  

Build-a-Bear relinquished his Q yesterday. I assume he built a submarine, so that he could run up and down the continental shelf. YHC was glad to step in. 2 for EC (Oofta and Staubach) and 2 for 10-Mile ECME (Lookout and Chops). Mosey the long way to Lowes Foods parking lot. Warm-Up. Lots of stretching, inspired by (our boy) Bluewater last week. Thing 1: Santa’s Ladder From the Exicon: “Pick a spot in the distance. [Read More]
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