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 

The Great Triumphant Return of Napster, and other February Birthday (not mine) Shenanigans

 Posted on February 5, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  450 words  |  

Does anyone really know how many PAX post at the original weekly convergence known as Shaken Not Stirred? Or is it Vesper? Or is it Insomnia? All YHC knows is you pull into that parking lot off of Maury O’Dell drive, and there are likely to be cars and PAX scattered about. With the rapid growth of Carpex, there was some concern that opening new Wednesday sites could detract from the nostalgic allure of SNS. [Read More]
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 Posted on January 24, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  106 words  |  

Pre-Blast 11 HIM for 3.25 and *. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Burpee Mile: 48 total 5 GM 5AV The Thang *BLIMPS* From the center of the Preston RoundAbout, run to the edge of the circle, for 10 Burpees, back to the center, AMRAP Monkey Humpers + 10 exercises. Rotate one hour clockwise in the circle, head back out for 10+20, etc. until the BLIMPS are complete. After each set, return back to the center for AMRAP Monkey Humpers + 10 exercises. [Read More]
bartman  biner  build-a-bear  chanticleer  gtl  hi-liter  largemouth  old-maid  spitshine  torpedo  www 

2020...Year of the Absolution

 Posted on January 8, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

Small crowd for Insomnia this morning: YHC, Michelob, Largemouth, GTL, Callahan & Beaker. 5:45. Disclaimer was “given.” Vespers go left, SNS’ers went right. Off to the grassy area behind Senior Center & Circle Up. Good Morning, Windmill, Arm Circles, Overhead Clap. Side Straddle Hop, Imperial Walker, Steve Earle, Mnt. Climber, Absolution. [Q NOTE: The Absolution is a simple 8 count exercise that I will continue to call at all of my Qs until all PAX present at the afore mentioned Qs knows how to do it and can perform 10 flawless reps. [Read More]
bartman  beaker  callahan  chanticleer  coney  dr-evil  farm-boy  flacco  frank  franklin  gtl  gump  hasselhoff  hi-liter  hotspot  how-how  largemouth  liverpool  loom  michelob  nature-boy  one-direction  press-on  shoe-horn  sky-blue  smokey  squatter  swag  the-joker  the-noid  the-u 

Miles and Merkins

 Posted on January 4, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  558 words  |  

Preamble Last time I signed up to Q Gran Torino, there were some shenanigans. I felt bad about pulling the wool over the PAX’ eyes with that masterful switcheroo in our annual Ninja Q Swap. So when I saw the opening on the Q sheet right after New Year’s I jumped on it to make amends. The pre-blast was apparently just ominous enough that a couple of PAX decided to ruck instead. [Read More]
bartman  biner  chanticleer  ezekiel  ghost-pepper  gtl  gump  largemouth  ma-bell  mate-churham  michelob  pivot  shut-in  toothless  torpedo 

We rucked and picked up a straggler (the oldest of Old Maids)

 Posted on December 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  256 words  |  

Date: 12/20/19 AO: Rolling Stone PAX: Bartman, Disco Duck, Old Maid, Skipper, Trike, WWW Day 5 / Q #5. I had things planned with pain stations but when a cold or flu bug hits, you modify as needed. It was a balmy 28 degrees this morning and I had 4 rucking beast ready to get our ruck on. Ma Bell pulled the classic bait and switch with the GM boys and they had some Churham boys waiting in haste to get their party started. [Read More]
bartman  disco-duck  old-maid  skipper  trike  www 

Time flies when your in a beatdown.

 Posted on December 14, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  400 words  |  

Date: 12/10/19 PAX: FNG Side Out, Theismann, Traffic Cone, Sixteen Steve’s, Bartman, Wahoo, Yahoo, Imp, How How, Chicken Little, Slim Shady, Bobby Boucher, Deuce, The Commish, Big Red, Hamm, QWERTY, WWW. I had a plan going into DTP. Sometimes, the plan does not always pan out. So, modify as needed. Read on to know what else I had in mind but could not get to. Next time! FNG in the group. [Read More]
16-steves  bartman  big-red  bobby-boucher  chicken-little  deuce  hamm  how-how  imp  qwerty  side-out  slim-shady  the-commish  theismann  traffic-cone  wahoo  www  yahoo 

Rockin' around the Christmas tree

 Posted on December 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

Rockin’ around the Xmas tree - Photo courtesy Frisco 9 rocked around (a very small) Christmas tree while 4 rucked around them. Warm up After a short mosey round the pickle, the PAX gathered for side-straddle hops (15), daisy pickers (15), hamstring stretches, plank hops (15) and calf stretches, then proceeded to the “play area” for… Thang 1 - Tempo fugiemus? Tempo-based series in 1:3 ratio featuring dips (15), bear crawl to raised heel half squats (15), crab crawl to curbkins (15), turkey trot (duck waddle). [Read More]
bagels  bartman  blowout  earhart  frisco  half-pike  hello-kitty  ninjago  pickles  skipper  sputnik  trike  www 

It's not what you might think

 Posted on December 1, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  471 words  |  

21 PAX arrived at Phoenix expecting a Wrench Q, unaware of the backroom dealings that had transpired in which YHC took the Q. Exclamations of joy and thanksgiving erupted from the crowd upon hearing the news that for the next 60 minutes they’d be treated to a heaping dose of YHC’s shenanigans. One FNG, so in addition to a thorough briefing from Earhart, a quick disclaimer was offered and the 23 of us headed out. [Read More]
bartman  build-a-bear  chipper  claven  crimson  earhart  frisco  hgtv  miyagi  ollie  one-four  pigeon  schlitz  sooey  sosa  sour-mash  tecumseh  texas-ranger  the-commish  theismann  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  wrench 

Revenge Tour Kick Off

 Posted on November 27, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  277 words  |  

No need to get into details, but the last time YHC posted at DTP he almost left in an ambulance. Some guy probably once said “you can break my body, but you can’t break my spirit.” That guy was also probably concussed. But whatever. Let’s call it a mantra and get this revenge tour kicked off. No FNGs so we go to the Pledge. Warmup: Mosey around to the other side of the church and circle up: [Read More]
bad-company  bartman  bobby-boucher  chef  chicken-little  crimson  deuce  ezekiel  hamm  hoppin-john  scorpion-king  shank  short-circuit  slim-shady  term-paper  the-joker  traffic-cone  triple-lindy