Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) Hits of the '90's!

It was a beautiful morning for a workout! There were no FNGs. Nonetheless, the mission, disclaimer, and pledge were recited. We started with a short run from the skate park to the parking lot in front of the baseball field for some warm-ups. Warm-ups Side Straddle Hops Good Mornings Cotton Pickers Sir Fazio Arm Circles Overhead claps Merkins Calf Stretch After warm-ups, we ran to the private school. Thang One Fast feet Curb Merkins Bear Crawl to the other side of the parking lot Repeat x 3 We ran up to the baseball field which was conveniently open. [Read More]

Perfect Timing

YHC rolled into Sovereign Grace Church to notice 2019 HOTY candidate Theisman doing ECP all by his lonesome. Although PAX were gathering in the parking lot, this called for a few ECP to make sure the ol’ QB was not lonely. At 0529 we joined the other 20 in the normal gathering spot for Tortoises. Disclaimer was disclaimed, and off we did not go. Warm Up Circle up, 10 burpees OYO to calm the chatter. [Read More]

Fellowship Run

Three PAX met in the yellowish gloom for a 3 mile fellowship run. We started with the disclaimer and pledge, then jogged through downtown Apex while getting to know each other. Stopping at the Train Station, we soaked up some the history while doing 7s with star fish and burpees. On to Bounty Hunter’s, but no one was there – we were too early. Circling back to the Apex PD parking lot, we did more 7s with merkins and squats. [Read More]

Merkinpalooza

When you arrive at Tortoises early you have to join Theismann in ECPs. Spartan, MaBell, Red Ryder and Theismann were already knocking them out, so I did a couple sets with them. I had prepared music to last 52 minutes, so at 5:23am the mellow piano of Floyd Cramer (playlist is below) greeted the 29 PAX as they stumbled in from the gloom. At 5:30 we moseyed over to the front lot, circled up and did: [Read More]

The Forgotten Hill

22 PAX of all ages, shapes and sizes gathered in the warm, moist gloom of Apex Nature park for a beat down of epic proportions. Little did they know. Warm up Allegiance is pledged, then mosey to the basketball court for SSHs, cotton pickers, good mornings, hill billies, 10 burpees and merkins (on my down AND up). The Thang At the first entrance is where we begin Double 11s. Monkey Humpers here, Peter Parker merkins at the second entrance. [Read More]