I will not leave you

 Posted on May 10, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  561 words  |  

Men, Two years ago today I showed up in the F3 Carpex Gloom at the invite of my fraternity brother, Jamie “Repeato” Roseborough. I had been back in North Carolina for about eight months and things were going well. I was getting in workouts about three days a week in the gym and crushing a strong 2-3 mile solo run on the weekend. Things were fine, right? Wrong. Something was still missing, and as they say, you now know the rest of the story. [Read More]
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Bunch of Half-Dead Romanians (Friday, May 3rd)

 Posted on May 5, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  343 words  |  

SWW remains one of my favorite AO’s and with the stash of CMU’s (Cinder Blocks) acquired by Bayonne….it’s even more versatile! I try to keep most of my workouts to fairly high-tempo, constant movement type stuff, and I also try to ensure we hit at least one lesser-used muscle group. Today was no different and the targeted lesser muscles were the back and hamstrings. 25 HIM’s showed up to see what was in store, and I’m not one to disappoint! [Read More]
adjacent  ashbury  bayonne  build-a-bear  captain-jack  chanticleer  denali  grease-monkey  joe-smith  mccants  michelob  milton-bradley  oofta  peeping-tom  roger  sega  smokey  squatter  stetson  term-paper  titanic  uti  whirlie 

The Hill is Alive

 Posted on April 30, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  362 words  |  

Perfect morning at FWD! Site I don’t get to a whole lot – great to get together with some fine high-impact men. 14 HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the parking lot & painted some lines. With all that running out of the way, we rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, good mornings, windmills, imperial walkers, hill billies, calf stretch merkins, etc. [Read More]
bayonne  greenbow  kermit  lite-brite  oofta  roger  sabre  scarecrow  stetson  term-paper  texas-ranger  titanic  whirlie  yoga-mat 

B-day Q-Week Begins!

 Posted on April 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  

As I reflect on the year that has been and prepare to celebrate the completion of my 58th trip around the sun, I busted out the music from the decade of my birth and started the beat downs. Warm-ups The mission, disclaimer, and pledge were recited. There were no FNGs. We ran from the flag to the top right parking lot listening to Aretha sing “Respect” where we circled up. Warm-ups consisted of Side Straddle Hop, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, Sir Fazzio Arm Circles, Merkins, and Plank Calf Stretch. [Read More]
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On the hunt

 Posted on March 30, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  578 words  |  

OK fellas, YHC was feeling a little something extra this week in prep for a Phoenix-lead beatdown. I showed up at 0600 with a pocket full of scavenger hunt clues. Before setting out to strategicly place them around Bond Park, Brother Snots pulled into the lot. With that we rolled out… …back in time for some mumble before the beatdown, seeing no FNG’s YHC dropped the F3 mission statement and credo on the pax, and we’re off. [Read More]
bayonne  biner  callahan  captain-kirk  cataracts  disco-duck  earhart  hello-kitty  kermit  never-ready  smokey  snots  texas-ranger  theismann  torpedo  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

World's Best 11s

 Posted on March 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  290 words  |  

YHC arose at 04:50 with great anticipation of Q’ing a site not visited as often as it should by us Apexians. FWD has quite a signature structure - the bridge over US 1. With the weather appropriately gloomy, 13 lucky PAX gathered at the flag to get the disclaimer and two laps around the tiny pickle. Warm Up SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Steve Earles, Good Mornings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Control Freak Merkins, and 5 burpees OYO. [Read More]
bayonne  bluewater  chipper  disco-duck  greenbow  kermit  peeping-tom  quiver  red-ryder  smokey  staubach  term-paper  yoga-mat 

Oil Can and Meatballs Along Route 66

 Posted on March 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  396 words  |  

Thirteen HIM’s gathered this morning for YHC’s 1-year F3 anniversary Q. Perfect spring weather for a run around Bond Park. Warm-up: Mosey to the upper lot, circle up for Good Mornings, Side Straddle Hops, Windmills, Hillbilly’s and a few stretches. PAX in full chatter mode today with Yogi and Liverpool leading the mumblechatter, noting the Q’s rather stylish flexibility on display. Mosey to the rockpile for Thang1 Thang 1: Find an ego rock and circle up for Rock Rows, Squats, Curls, Overhead Press, Lunges and Triceps; PAX traded rocks to keep everyone honest. [Read More]
bayonne  biner  build-a-bear  cataracts  duece  earhart  liverpool  pierogi  smokey  texas-ranger  torpedo  triple-lindy  yogi 

Whose Scent Is That?

 Posted on March 12, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  483 words  |  

Having a hard time getting the pax into the tag section of the BB via wordpress. will work on it later though. Red Ryder, Pivot, Peeping Tom, Greenbow, Yoga Mat, Ollie, Lite-Brite, Texas Ranger, Hermes, Smokey, Oofta, Chipper, Bayonne, Captain Jack, Term Paper Warm Up SSH x 15 ** 5 Bonus Burpees – Welcome Greenbow Merkins x 5 GM x 10 Merkins x 10 Hillbillies x 10 LBCs x 10 Merkins x 20 Thangs [Read More]
bayonne  captain-jack  chipper  greenbow  hermes  lite-brite  ollie  oofta  peeping-tom  pivot  red-ryder  smokey  term-paper  texas-ranger  yoga-mat 

All About Preparation

 Posted on March 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  367 words  |  

AO: Slippery When Wet QIC: Staubach 18 Wonderful Pax learned a valuable life lesson today. Preparation and practice is the key to success. I entered the the morning well rested with a perfectly timed and orchestrated plan that both started and ended on time. Many Pax will say Staubach got back from Atlanta very late, had less than 3 hours of sleep and had over 2 hours of exercises planned for the 45 minute time slot…. [Read More]
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Friday Morning Murph

 Posted on January 12, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  

12 HIM’s posted on a chilly January morning for what YHC announced would be a Murph. Well, it turned out kinda that way, with legendary mumblechatter. Joe Smith - you shoulda bought a Maytag. EC departed 0510 on schedule, route modified due to ice: YHC, Poolee, Wonderbread, Denali, Chanicleer, Joe Smith , Grease Monkey. Warm up: Good Mornings, Windmills, Michael Phelps (in consideration of the Murph to come) The Murph: [Read More]
adjacent  bayonne  bluewater  chanticleer  denali  grease-monkey  joe-smith  oofta  poolee  smokey  staubach  term-paper  wonderbread