Let's Inflate a Blimp (learning to count)

Back in the F3 game after three weeks of work travel, holiday feasts and the not-so-occasional Fartsack, YHC and 13 other HIM’s rallied this Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to inflate a Blimp. Or so we tried (there was a disclaimer that the Q, regardless of all attempts at mathematical education and related engineering training, often loses count). EC preceded the workout with Denali, Joe Smith and YHC for 3 miles around Symphony Lake on a fellowship pace (to avoid losing YHC, sluggish with a touch of a snotty nose…), with a much appreciated last-mile intercept by the ever-dependable Term Paper. [Read More]

Bye Bye November

Scooped this one on Wednesday from Pet Sounds - and I was hoping to craft a workout that he would be proud of. Let’s see how we did… FNG Check - WE HAVE ONE! Disclaimer… during which I remembered the F3 Mission Statement, but not the fact that I’m not a professional. d’oops Head out toward the greenway 10 merkins OMD at the entrance to the greenway Head out and make a left toward the underpass. [Read More]

Crazy Eight Waterfall and BJ Derkins

4 for the EC run. First morning of the Fall the was brisk. It was a nice change and I maybe should have worn my gloves. 11 for the main event. Oofta pulled in just in time. Warm Up - Reverse Shut In warm up. 25 SSH, 20 Merkins, 15 IW, 10 GM Half Dora at the Shelter - Partner up for 50 Box Jump Derkins as Term Paper called them. [Read More]

In the words of Jigglypuff "A Kingly VQ"

I almost spilled Merlot during my VQ. I knew I wanted my VQ to be the week of my 30th birthday and no better way to send Kyrie back off to Marine Pilot school than to try to give his Marine boot camp a run for it’s money (yeah right). Accomplishment Adrenaline. The Warm Up The Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey over to the FM parking lot for the warm up which included a little bit of Good Mornings, Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Merkins and LBCs. [Read More]

10/5/18, The Liuzzo Scale of Magnitude of Vanillaness

5 for 7800° EC 3 mile run around the glorious Symphony Lake. 22 were there for the start of the standard issue vanilla boot camp, one could not handle the pressure and had to leave early. After the Pledge of Allegiance, we jogged to the parking deck for a standard Shut-In warmup followed by 70 LBCs in Cadence. Then went down the stairs and got in position for BTTW 5 count down the line and back, then we did some more LBCs, then we partnered up for Dora 1,2,3 with 100 Merkins, 200 calf raises and 300 LBCs. [Read More]

The Rise of Netscape.

Warm-up 2 Laps - Brisk jog around the famous pickle 20 x Side Shuffle Hops 20 x Hill Billies 20 x Cotton Pickers 20 x Shoulder Taps Main Workout We started out with an old fashion Indian Run - Two Lanes to the infamous Bridge. The heart of the work included a Bear Crawl to center of bridge, then followed by Lunges to the other end. 20 Merkins, then Lunges back to center of bridge, followed by a Bear Crawl and finished with 1 Jump Squat (Explosive Squat). [Read More]

Two Laps Around Ritter Park

AO: Slippery When Wet QIC: Bayonne September 7, 2018 This being Day 1 of the Blue Ridge Relays, our regular contingent of fleet-footed HIM’s eagerly conquering the mountains of NC, YHC decided on a limited run abs-centric loop around the park. Five eager HIM’s joined for another humid late summer morning. Warm-Up Short mosey, circle up. Good Mornings, Windmills, SSH’s, Calf Stretch Merkins, Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers, Superman Stretch. Mosey to Station 1 [Read More]

Thank You For Your Leadership

Sometimes jokes get out of hand. Like the way we all say “Thank you for your leadership” whether we’re being sincere or being silly. It was all grins and giggles until Hello Kitty announced that he was going to be on the radio taking part in a serious discussion about school choice in this great state of ours. Shut-in just had to say it. “If you fit in a TYFYL I’ll give you 100 burpees. [Read More]

Sweating up the stairwells

Not tired, just getting cranked up. Q 7 of 10 at THE Cary/Apex AO, Bradford’s Ordinary. Tclaps to Ollie and Term for escorting YHC in on the meow mile this morning. A sack of tanks are at the ready, Mini Me is in the house, and we’re off sans FNGs at 0545. Warm-up: Mosey towards town hall stopping at the lot by the train tracks. Good morning, SSH, other stuff (I can’t remember anything at this point…) Mumble is strong, even from the Q, this is gonna be a good time. [Read More]

What do they call it when you dedicate part of a Q to a guy who doesn't show up?

In jest only, as McCants was called to remain on the home front, but YHC did set out to dedicate a portion of the beatdown to the one and only, PJ “McCants” Puryear. On what is the calendar date of YHC’s 1-year F3 Carpex Anniversary, I had to grab the Q spot at Carpex’s premier AO in downtown Cary on a Thursday morning. 22 are here, 20 for the beat-down and 2 with sacks of rice on their shoulders. [Read More]