Tank Top Thursday at BO

 Posted on February 23, 2023  |  2 minutes  |  254 words  |  

DATE: 2023-02-23 AO: Bradford’s Ordinary (Carpex) Q: Pigpen PAX: Coco Crisp, Poncherello, Redenbacher, Hello Kitty, Magnolia, Callahan, Riptide, Sabre, Shoe Horn, Coney FNGs: None COUNT: 11 WARMUP: SSH x20 IC, IW x20 IC, Fazio F x10 IC R x10 IC, Merkins x10, stretching, Mountain Climbers x10 IC THE THANG: The Wendell Gee around First Baptist Church Partner up and run in opposite directions. When you meet, P1 squat holds while P2 does 5 burpees. [Read More]
callahan  coco-crisp  coney  hello-kitty  magnolia  pigpen  poncherello-2  redenbacher  riptide  sabre  shoe-horn 

F3 Carpex 6th Annual CSAUP, The Odyssey

 Posted on October 31, 2022  |  4 minutes  |  688 words  |  

93 PAX and 2.0’s descended on Downtown Cary for the 6th annual CARPEX Odyssey. Special thanks to Bogo and Badlands for doing the heavy lifting on the Q for this event, and to PetSounds for crushing the SAG Q and post-race 2nd F. Also thanks to all of the SAG support volunteers, Site Q’s, shirt designers, and inspirational musical selections. On to the workout…Rooney kicked us off with an opening prayer and then handed it off to Badlands for the warmup at the home of BO. [Read More]
16-steves  amway  badlands  banjo-nomo  bartman  bean-counter  big-red  biner  bogo  bolton-the-hill  bronx-bomber  build-a-bear  bumper-sticker  burt-r  cauliflower  cheap-trick  chicken-little  chiquita-banana  chop-block  claven  clementine  clockwork  coco-crisp  coney  dadbod  decal  disco-duck  doggy-paddle  earhart  franklin  fruit-of  geek-squad  greenbow  gump  hamm  happy-gilmore  hi-liter  high-school-musical-hsm  hobbit  hoppinjohn  horatio  i-pity-the-fool  ic-light  kidney-stone  kilmer  kwik-stop  ldb-lil-drummer-boy  liverpool  lucky-charms-boy-band  ma-bell  magnolia  mr-safety  old-maid  one-direction  overflow  parker  pet-sounds  pigeon  pivot  poncherello-2  pongo  press-2  prodigal  red-ryder  riptide  rooney  saban  schlitz  schroeder  screws  skipper  slugger  smokey  sour-mash  squatter  steaks  stolen-valor  stretch  sunshine  texas-ranger  theismann  trike  triple-lindy  two-factor  verde  viewmaster 

Searching for Bradford's Ordinary

 Posted on September 24, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  561 words  |  

Yesterday YHC did some research on Bradford’s Ordinary…the town. If you’ve been around Carpex a little while you’ve probably been asked “why is it called Bradford’s Ordinary?” so I thought maybe we could take a stroll to the historic site of BO and get our learn on… Well it doesn’t exist. In the 1700s there was an Inn owned by John Bradford called Bradford’s Ordinary and so this area was just called Bradford’s Ordinary. [Read More]
badlands  body-weight  burt  butterscotch  chewie  coney  coxswain  flacco  franklin  gomer  loom  magnolia  nature-boy  sabre  shut-in  sooey 

Sevens on the Seventh

 Posted on December 7, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  422 words  |  

14 studs met up at Bond Park and didn’t let colder than expected temperatures keep them from being awesome and putting in a hour of hard work. Warm-Up Mosey over to the community center parking lot and circle up for imperial walkers, arm twirlies (forward and reverse), copperhead merkins, copperhead squats and Gooooood Mornings. The Thang Mosey to the back of the community center, partner up grab a rock-yo-body sized rock. [Read More]
badlands  callahan  chanticleer  defib  deuce  disco-duck  dr-evil  liverpool  magnolia  pigeon  sooey  term-paper  two-factor  wrench 

49 Feeling Fine

 Posted on November 9, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  193 words  |  

The scheduled Q, Sooey led with Disclaimer and Pledge. He then explained that YHC reached out 2 weeks back indicating a BDAY and requesting the Q. The gift was given. Follow me: mozy parking lot near baseball fields Warmup: 4 Good Mornings 9 Prisoner Squats 49 side straddle hops At the Baseball fields: 9 of Diamonds (9/18/27/36) consisting of merkins, lbcs, starjumps, homer to marge Partner up for suicides. Partner 1 balls to the wall. [Read More]
callahan  deuce  disco-duck  headroom  hello-kitty  hermes  hgtv  huckleberry  liverpool  loom  magnolia  pet-sounds  pigeon  shut-in  sooey  sour-mash  spit-shine  squatter  texas-ranger  the-commish  wrench  www 

Morticia Addams, Wonder Bras, and Depends

 Posted on October 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  385 words  |  

A beautiful autumn morning, perfect for an F3 workout. YHC rolls in to Annie Jones Park to find Quikstop walking up and down the stairs holding a rucksack over his head. Frisco was supposed to join him for an EC run, but we didn’t see him. I wondered why the lot was so empty, and asked if Claymore starts at 05:30 or 05:45. Turns out it’s the latter, and I’m not the first Q to make that mistake recently. [Read More]
captain-kirk  cataracts  disco-duck  frisco  hoppin-john  magnolia  press-on  quikstop  riptide  sabre  sosa 

Andrew Dice Claymore

 Posted on September 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  581 words  |  

Dodecahedron Of Pain I had been really nervous about the day I was going to be asked to lead a workout. More or less hoping I would just blend into the background with the rest of the PAX. Mainly just because Im not usually a person who likes to be the center of attention, which its a literal requirement during a VQ. But when the guys I am close with decided VQ week was going to be when they did it, I decided to get over my nervousness and I signed up. [Read More]
crimson  flacco  frisco  hamm  magnolia  peeping-tom  pickles  press-on  qwerty  qwikstop  sabre  skipper  sooey  supercell  the-joker  two-factor  wahoo  www 

Q-School: Exam Day

 Posted on June 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  293 words  |  

It was a good day for a VQ, thanks to the perfect mix of humidity, heckling, helpful encouragement, and reminders from Shut-In that the things he brought up in Q school were better applied than remembered. Despite lots of “you’re starting at SNS?” questions we’re off. Mosey in the unusual direction from the flag, getting started at the ropes course parking lot. After a brief attempt to keep up appearances by suggesting that Build-a-Bear was passing the test in observing my counting woes, we found the correct combination of pauses and cadences to get going. [Read More]
angry-elf  bartman  build-a-bear  burt  chanticleer  coney  flacco  franklin  grapenuts  grease-monkey  hermes  hi-liter  joe-smith  katniss  largemouth  liverpool  magnolia  nature-boy  ozone  parker  repeato  roasters  saban  shut-in  skipper  term-paper  the-joker  trike  two-factor  unskinny-bop  www 

New faces and new places in DTC

 Posted on June 20, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  451 words  |  

Standing around the parking lot at the original CARPEx Thursday AO, one of the OGs dropped a bomb: “I hear those boys in Apex are thinking of a separation. With all the growth in Apex, it may be time for them to get their own region” You could hear a pin drop. Sure, these days it seems like a new AO is cropping up on the west side of 55 every other week and Sooey hasn’t let the fact he EH’ed Frisco from EH’ing most of the rest of Scotts Mill. [Read More]
angry-elf  augmented  burt  callahan  cluster  coney  flacco  hey-there  hi-liter  hotspot  magnolia  ozone  pierogi  press-on  roasters  sabre  soccer-mom  speed-racer  term-paper  the-commish  the-count  unskinny-bop  willy-wonka  ya-baby 

Introducing the Apolo Anton Oh No!

 Posted on June 19, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  

Wednesday, plenty of options to ensure the sun is fully blotted. YHC on the QIC at SNS. Let’s go! Warm-up: Over to the community center lot via butt kicks, high knees and karaoke Circle up for GM, SSH, SFAC + seal claps, merkins Quick feet + curb merkins at 10, 15, 20 The Thang-a-lang: Get a partner and 1 rock per group Flip-flop running the pickle whilst 1 partner amraps curls, triceps, press and rows Introduce the Apolo Anton Oh NOOOOOO! [Read More]
angry-elf  badlands  disco-duck  flacco  geek-squad  goose  hello-kitty  hey-there  katniss  ma-bell  magnolia  nature-boy  pivot  roasters  snake-eyes  speed-racer  term-paper  torpedo