The Dragon's Tail (or is that tale?)

 Posted on June 3, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  738 words  |  

Luckily, YHC was in bed by 10:00, so plenty of rest before the Q at SNS. But, it was a long day. It was my day to home school my two girls so the M could work. After dominating the Letterland lesson, we crushed counting to 100 by fives and tens. I was mentally exhausted. YHC did rebound for science and P.E., and then, in the spirit of my kids missing being at school, cooked up some droopy square pizza for lunch. [Read More]
asthma  build-a-bear  chop-block  compound-w  coney  flacco  flip-flop-thats-singular  goose  moped  prodigal  random-house  saban  sabre  sandlot  schroeder  ya-baby 

If you want to be number one, train like you are number 2, yep, another BRR inspiration

 Posted on July 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  

No one claimed the clean gloves I picked up two weeks ago at wolverine, they are clean. Gloves are optional this morning. No new guys. Mosey to the Park Village pool parking lot to warm up with various exercises including runners stretch and pigeon pose. Recover Mosey to top of hill at the second island, on Park Village Drive. Low squat waiting on instructions: - Run to playground at bottom of hill. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  biner  bogo  build-a-bear  honeycomb  loom  macho-man  pbx  pivot  prodigal  random-house  term-paper  the-commish  torpedo  trike 

148, 44, 54, 6, 3, 2

 Posted on May 31, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  582 words  |  

Angry Elf and YHC had it all planned out. Until 50 guys showed up at Danger Zone! Too many to take down into the bowels of the park. But we have a glorious field that fits 50 perfectly. Anyway, today was a big day. A day of numbers one might say. 6 - Carpex’ 6th Anniversary. Evidence shows the first Cary F3 workout occurred on 5/31/2013 at North Cary Park and was named Danger Zone. [Read More]
angry-elf  archetype  aristocrat  asthma  banjo  beaker  bodet  captain-kirk  claven  dozer  flacco  fluoride  free-lunch  fuhgetaboutit  goose  hacksaw  hello-kitty  jonah  karma-chameleon  leprechaun  ma-bell  macho-man  mr-miagi  orphan  ozone  pet-sounds  pickles  pierogi  pigeon  press-on  prodigal  random-house  ripcord  sabre  scarecrow  shut-in  slim-shady  sosa  speed-racer  spit-shine  steve  tangier  the-count  the-joker  two-fer  wicket  wonk  yoga-mat 

It's Gonna Be May

 Posted on May 2, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  

Mall Walkers: Chinese Downhill, CK - These guys walked and talked. Mall Walkers with Backpacks: Hotcakes, Skipper, Carvana - These guys walked and talked with heavy stuff. Joggers: Hermes, Bogo, Denali, Largemouth, Old Maid, Hasslehoff, Hotspot, One Four, Coney, Chanticleer, Grease Monkey, Michelob, Bart, Half Baked - These guys jogged around and talked and listened to music. Baddass Bootcampers: Banjo, Build-a-Bear, Flacco, Franklin, Hi-Liter, Pivot, Saban, Sabre, Shut-In, Snots, Swag, Term Paper, Torpedo [Read More]
banjo  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  carvana  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  ck  coney  denali  franklin  grease-monkey  half-baked  hasselhoff  hermes  hi-liter  hotcakes  hotspot  largemouth  michelob  old-maid  one-four  pivot  random-house  saban  sabre  shut-in  skipper  snots  swag  term-paper  torpedo 

Kettlebellers

 Posted on April 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  283 words  |  

Beautiful morning at Hell’s Bells for some fun! My first kettleball workout Q, so I did my homework & hoped to do a proper job…. 14 HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the pickle – front/back/left/right, etc…. With all that running out of the way, we rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, prisoner squats (deep stretch style), homer-to-marge, lunges, hip rotators, merkins, and spidermans. [Read More]
ashbury  duece  earhart  flacco  intimidator  meatloaf  milton-bradley  peeping-tom  random-house  rooney  sabre  snooze  triple-lindy  www 

Shakin' & Stirrin'

 Posted on April 10, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  390 words  |  

Warm & beautiful morning in Cary’s Bond Park for Shaken not Stirred – great group of hard workin’ men too! It was my pleasure to lead such a group & I thoroughly enjoyed it! No FNGs, only familiar faces. Started with the pledge & moved out to a close-by parking lot. The group was informed that this is F3 – modify as necessary! We rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, good mornings, windmills, cotton pickers, calf-stretch merkins, mountain climbers, etc. [Read More]
bartman  carvana  chinese-downhill  chipper  chop-block  coney  denali  doogie  freebird  grease-monkey  ham-sandwich  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  joe-smith  liverpool  ma-bell  malpractice  mccants  ollie  one-direction  parker  pet-sounds  pickles  pierogi  prodigal  random-house  sabre  scarecrow  skipper  sky-blue  smokey  swag  term-paper  torpedo  tubeless  two-factor 

Reflection Rock

 Posted on April 5, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  363 words  |  

Good morning. YHC was on the Q sheet, then Pickles asked for it for his anniversary, then Pickles had a tooth fall out or something, so I’m back baby. Fresh off a fulfilling, yet taxing, 30-minute block for #F3Pray24 and I was ready to lead the pax for a solid beatdown.Seeing 1 FNG, and taking time to mention Pray 24, a quick bow of the heads before we left the lot; pax were witnessed to a prayer + mission statement + disclaimer combo. [Read More]
burt  coney  disco-duck  flacco  hello-kitty  liverpool  ollie  press-on  random-house  sabre  shut-in  spit-shine  the-commish  tone-deaf 

Topless Broga

 Posted on April 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  343 words  |  

One never knows what to expect on April 1st. YHC decided to play it straight, and keep the PAX wondering. At 05:29, twenty PAX had gathered around the flag in anticipation - April Fool’s jokes or not? After the Pledge of Allegiance, we’re off. Warm Up Two laps around the pickle with some backwards running, Karaoke both ways, and high knees. Circle up for SSHs, Good Mornings, Steve Earles, Moroccan Night Clubs, Overhead Claps, Plank Jacks and Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]
angry-elf  bogo  build-a-bear  clementine  cool-beans  deuce  doogie  ezekiel  geek-squad  ollie  one-direction  pivot  prodigal  random-house  red-ryder  sabre  snots  the-commish  trike  water-wings 

#F3MentalBattle

 Posted on March 27, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  483 words  |  

37 shakers and vesperers came in to the gloom on special day across F3 Nation, a day where we set aside some time during COT to talk about mental health. But first we have to squeeze 45 minutes of pain into 35 minutes. To help us out, and to illustrate a point, we’re taking one of the Rolling Stone coupons with us, a solid, sturdy log, large and heavy enough that it requires two PAX to carry it. [Read More]
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