Dang Near Purrfect Weather For The Duckman

 Posted on February 11, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  

February, sixty degrees, light rain, light wind, glorious conditions for a downtown Apex beatdown. Warm-Up Mosey across the tracks and over to the Apex United Methodist Church courtyard and circle up for hillbillies, Sir Fazios, cherry pickers and copperhead squats. The Thang 15 Carolina dry docks, 15 monkey humpers, 15 LBCs, take an abbreviated lap around the church, repeato dropping the count by one each round. Mosey back across the tracks to the front of Apex Baptist Church and count of into 1s and 2s. [Read More]
16-steves  bad-company  bartman  big-red  chicken-little  disco-duck  hamm  hello-kitty  hi-liter  imp  kenny  lucky-charms  pierogi  shank  short-circuit  track-star  two-factor 

Lexicon P, Q, R

 Posted on February 11, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  114 words  |  

16 PAX for a rainy day workout. Some for a run while some had to endure Lexicon P, Q, R. Welcome FNG Daniel - now called Shrubbery. Pledge Prisoner Indian Ran to lower parking lot. Warmup 10 Peter Parker 10 Plank Jacks 10 Prisoner Squat 10 Randys 10 Red Bull Smurf Jack Thang 1 Quadraphilia - 2 light poles backwards, 5 Prisoner Squats, 1 light pole forward, 5 Red Bull Smurf Jacks, Repeato Thang 2 [Read More]
beaker  bogo  clementine  ezekiel  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  gump  nature-boy  parker  pivot  shut-in  sky-blue  spit-shine  trike 

No run = more fun!

 Posted on February 11, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  497 words  |  

“If it ain’t rainin’ it ain’t trainin’” attrib. various rowing coaches. Often followed at this time of year with “If it ain’t snowin’ it ain’t rowin’”. Both followed with helpful coaching tips such as “Row better!”. For those who’ve not been much, or ever (Welcome, Texas Ranger!), Claymore is a limited run ao - I’ve found this can be taken to mean there are only short runs back and forth, round the pickle etc. [Read More]
blowout  frisco  kwik-stop  pickles  texas-ranger 

Playing with nickels at FWD

 Posted on February 11, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  466 words  |  

DATE: FEBRUARY 11 2010 AO: FLIRTING WITH DISASTER QIC: WRENCH PAX: BAGELS, BUTTERFLY, GOOSE, JOE SMITH, LOOKOUT, MA BELL, OLLIE, OOFTA, SCHLITZ, SNIP, SQUATTER, STAUBACH, WRENCH, YOGA MAT 14 gathered under the rain for FWD. 4 got their early and hit the streets for an EC run, I think I heard 3ish miles. Go time. No FNGs, Disclaimer disclaimed quickly, pledge and we’re off. Run around the small loop to circle up. [Read More]

Running Around, in Circles

 Posted on February 11, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  330 words  |  

This week’s version of Red Ryder tours Carpex takes us to Full Metal Jacket. One of my favorite site names, and an iconic movie from the 80s. A few months ago the decision was made to change the workout here from standard boot camp to high tempo, so the PAX are going to expect to keep moving. Luckily it’s been raining off and on so we’ll dodge rain drops and puddles. [Read More]
denali  gtl  ham-sandwich  headroom  i-pity-the-fool  largemouth  michelob  orphan  red-ryder 

DaC is back at home!

 Posted on February 10, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  249 words  |  

Date: 2/7/20 PAX: Meatloaf, Ashbury, Sega, Hansen, Mohawk, Badlands, Nature Boy, Snooze, WWW, Honeycomb, Silver Fox, Bubba, The Joker, The Commish, Orphan, Dr. Evil Huge props and tclaps to I Pity the Fool for taking charge and met with his boss to discuss us using the AO. He was able to convince her of our mission and she was all for it … SUCCESS !!! 0530 … No FNG and Pledge of Allegiance done, we head out on a slow mosey up the hill to the second deck of the parking lot to warm-up before getting after it. [Read More]
ashbury  badlands  bubba  dr-evil  hansen  honeycomb  meatloaf  mohawk  nature-boy  orphan  sega  silver-fox  snooze  the-commish  the-joker  www 

The Captain's Place - KB EMOM

 Posted on February 10, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  832 words  |  

NOTE: Captain Kangaroo was the Q. Posted on his behalf by Wahoo. **WARM UP **Introductions made, no FNG. Mission and Core Principles read. Sir Fazio Arm Circles x10 IC F/R Imperial Walker x15 IC World’s Greatest Stretch + Merkins x 2 sets of 10 **THANG **EMOM (Every Minute On The Minute). Perform called out exercise(s) OYO and recover for the balance of the minute. So if you do them faster you have longer [Read More]
captain-kangaroo  doogie  earhart  frisco  intimidator  jigglypuff  meatloaf  puddles  ramsey  rooney  sega  snooze  theismann  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  wahoo  yahoo 

Wolver-bata

 Posted on February 10, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  90 words  |  

22 men decided to start their week off right at Wolverine, where we attempted to force our collective Garmin watches to register some anaerobic benefit of a workout while logging few miles for my recently-post-long-run knees. And we succeeded with a custom-built Tabata-timed work out featuring only ONE thang, repeated three times. Each exercise was 45-seconds AMRAP, with 15 seconds to transition onward. Hand-release Merkin Flutter Squat Australian Snow Angel [Read More]
big-red  biner  clementine  free-lunch  geek-squad  gump  headroom  hi-liter  honeycomb  loom  ma-bell  one-four  parker  pbx  pierogi  pivot  red-ryder  shoe-horn  snots  sub  the-commish  torpedo 

Deconstructing Decomposition

 Posted on February 8, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  198 words  |  

It was a good day at the Green Mile. You’d never have guessed that we were recovering from school-closing-level inclement weather that terrorized Wake County just one day ago. Eight HIM avoided the well-advertised long run to Durham and worked their whole body while tooling around Cary. The beat-down began as the just-setting full moon lit up the night. We warmed up thoroughly after the weather had dropped about 30 degrees over the last 24 hours: plyo-jumps for length and height complemented karaoke, butt kickers, and high knees during three loops around the track. [Read More]
biner  chanticleer  i-pity-the-fool  one-four  parker  snots  theismann  torpedo 

What happens when you mix Burpees and Jack Webb's?

 Posted on February 8, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  493 words  |  

DATE: FEBRUARY 8 2020 QIC: WRENCH AO: FITNESS PHOENIX PAX: BIG RED, BLOWOUT, CALLAHAN, DEUCE, HGTV, HI LITER, HORATIO, HUCKLEBERRY, LOOM, OLLIE, OPEN OUT, PIGEON, SHIPPER, SMOKEY, SOOEY, SOUR MASH, TEXAS RANGER, THE COMMISH, TRAFFIC CONE, TWO FACTOR, WRENCH - HONORABLE MENTION - GUMP A few weeks ago Disco Duck mentioned that Qs written out always seem worse than they really are. I had this one on the Q sheet with no real plans, so after reading that I knew I had to step it up. [Read More]