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 

West meets East

 Posted on October 7, 2021  |  1 minutes  |  175 words  |  

Men of Carpex, thank you for having us. We had a blast, and your mumble chatter game is truly second to none. Q - F3 GODRUSH’s Happy Meal and Bilbo 13 pax The Thing: Active warm-up: People’s chair w/ bat wings, copperhead squats, and alligator merkins. 11s on the grassy Hill. Bear crawl uphill, Scorpion Dry Docks (Cali kids legally can’t do Carolina Dry Docks in NC), crawl bear downhill, and Turkish get-ups. [Read More]
banjo  bilbo  chewy-2  coco-crisp  frisco  happy-camper  happy-meal  ldb  one-four  seahawk  sunscreen  super-cell  texas-ranger 

Making Tortoises Great Again

 Posted on August 11, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  537 words  |  

Approximately 4 years ago, after months of EH’ing by CHiPs from South Wake, YHC made his F3 debut at the premier Wednesday limited run AO in all of Carpex. I say approximately because there is no backblast for the workout. But it was the 2nd Wednesday in August, if my feeble 51 year old memory is doing me any favors today. It was rough. Yogi had the Q and I’m pretty sure I coded at least twice during the workout. [Read More]
ashbury  ausfarht  bolton  bootlegger  bronx-bomber  bubba  cataracts  cauliflower  crimson  earhart  flea  left-cheek  meat-loaf  milton-bradley  peeping-tom  red-ryder  reentry  rikers  roasters  rooney  spicoli  steaks  texas-ranger  track-star  wahoo  www  yogi  zamboni 

50% Winkie • 50% The Commish

 Posted on April 23, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  280 words  |  

6 HIM showed up this brisk evening for what would become a fantastic beatdown in the dusky gloom. Of course my pro-grade winkie was mentioned, but as it turns out, I called a few audibles. Blue 22, Blue 22. With that we’re off. Starting with the pledge. Mozy pickle and head to shelter for warmups consisting of Good evenings seal claps Overhead claps Sir fazio sir fazio - backwards Steve Irkles? [Read More]
chewie  deuce  little-drummer-boy  one-four-3  texas-ranger  the-commish 

Getting Swole on Thorsday!

 Posted on April 8, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  445 words  |  

I was pretty excited for this workout. It was the first true Spring evening workout (in my opinion) - the weather was perfect. I decided to grab some weapons for the thang and utilize the Asgardian Warrior Training Grounds. My goal for this workout was to push everyone for 45 straight minutes. Workout together but against yourself. No FNGs. We Pledged to the good ‘ole US of A and moseyed to the Asgardian Warrior Training Grounds (Elevate Course at the park) for a quick warm-up. [Read More]
five-hole  gomer  little-drummer-boy  sabre  snapback  tang  texas-ranger 

4 corners and 7s at the basketball court, busting the Nantanogram bracket

 Posted on April 2, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  543 words  |  

The biggest April Fools I had today was the weather, treating us all to one last dose of winter. We needed 44 HIMs to show up to reach the Nantan success metric of 100…we made one of those digits, despite my recruiting efforts beforehand at the AAZ. Warm up Mosey with some backwards, forwards, and karaoke strides to the Basketball court in honor of the close of March madness season. [Read More]
chewie  clockwork  tang  texas-ranger 

Ragnarockin' Over the Wall

 Posted on March 12, 2021  |  4 minutes  |  719 words  |  

Greetings, Carpex! YHC just completed my 2021 Q Challenge in Raleigh (Q 21 different AOs) and I am spreading my wings. I’ve posted in Carpex a few times in the past (Danger Zone, Carpex Dads, Werewolf, and most recently Rush Hour). You might’ve noticed a few of us Raleigh guys dropping in to get points for a challenge we have going on this month. It was one of our Raleigh (ahem, Garner) brothers, Bouchér, who recently posted Rush Hour and opened my eyes to the evening workouts in Carpex. [Read More]
boitano  chewie  doggy-paddle  drummer-boy  horatio  mojo  ollie  pigpen  snowbird  spit-valve  tang  texas-ranger 

Don’t be a pressure cooker ... learn to release the ANGER so you don’t go #ao-sat-offtherails.

 Posted on March 6, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  495 words  |  

Date: 3/6/2021 I really did not have a theme for this workout until I had some fellowship/bruiser time with my boy Crimson. It is amazing how simple but yet powerful a question could be to help a Brother release some weight off their chest. That question is, “How is life treating you?” When a Brother is ready to unload, it is time to put on the listening ear. It’s your time to shine and comfort a Brother in their time of need. [Read More]
bootlegger  crimson  franklin  memento  shipyard  sooey  sour-mash  texas-ranger  two-factor  www 

Record 16 Pax

 Posted on March 2, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  351 words  |  

The night was looking to be a very glorious time for a beatdown! Many other pax thought so too as 16 HIMs in all descended upon Ragnarok to tackle the evening gloom, which we were all pretty sure set a new record for the site! When the clock hit 8pm YHC gave, and slighty bumbled my way through the disclaimer and mission of F3 (It was one of a few times I realized I was a little rusty). [Read More]
build-a-bear  chewie  clockwork  disco-duck  drummer-boy  hgtv  jigglypuff  katniss  kennyg  kermit  kwik-stop  mockingjay  mojo  ollie  prodigal  texas-ranger 

a cardinal workout

 Posted on January 11, 2021  |  3 minutes  |  500 words  |  

A Day Late, but here we are! 10 Phoenicians showed up in the 30° chill to do some work on a Saturday. Here’s what we did: Pledge with the 2 Bruisers, and then follow me! Around the home pickle and out the North Side to Maury O’Dell, grab the path to the Community Center lot, back through to Metro Park Dr and hang a right to convene at Warmup Intersection for 8CGM, SSH, SM/PJ/SM, IW. [Read More]
big-red  en-garde  flip-flop  jigglypuff  ma-bell  ollie  pierogi  press-on  texas-ranger  www