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Slippery When Wet 4/27/18 -- The 2000's

Posted on April 28, 2018 | 2 minutes | 249 words |

12 PAX braved the weather for a 2000’s beat-down. Shakira, Lady Gaga, and Beyonce joined us on the trek though they were not favored by the PAX present. Nonetheless, YHC truly enjoys workouts better when the tunes are humming! Jog around the pickle to circle up for Warm-ups. Warm-ups Side Straddle Hop, Imperial Walkers, Good Mornings, Merkins, Mountain Climbers Jog to the baseball field. Thing 1 Partner up, 3 rounds of one partner either People’s Chair or Balls to the Wall the other partner bear crawls to 1st base, lunge to 2nd base, bear crawl to 3rd base, lunge home. [Read More]

Shakin' not Stirred 4/25/18 Day 3 -- The '80's

Posted on April 26, 2018 | 3 minutes | 455 words |

The week of Smokey continues with the music of the ‘80’s. Joining us in the gloom were artists like Kenny Logins, Def Leppard, and Bon Jovi to name a few. 36 PAX were there for Vesper and SnS. 28 actually got to listen to the music. We began with a quick run around the parking lot to warm up in front of the senior center. Warm Up SSH Imperial Walkers [Read More]

"Time and tide wait for no man" - G. Chaucer

Posted on April 24, 2018 | 4 minutes | 768 words |

Additionally, time doesn’t wait for the Q either. And while I was well aware of the start time, once we started, I forgot we ended at 6:15, not 6:30. I’m going to blame it on the rain. It actually wan’t too bad this morning. Light drizzle, not heavy downpour and warmish temps. As you can imagine, nobody got dehydrated. It’s 5:30 so off we went. Light warm up jog to the loading dock where we: (reps are approximate) [Read More]

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Apparently a cadence count over 4 confuses people.

Posted on April 23, 2018 | 2 minutes | 319 words |

Some might say it was this PAX’s Kryptonite. (see what I did there?) Warm Up Windmill, Imperial Walker, Steve Earle, SSH Thang 1 Circled up in a nice patch of grass for Absolution. This is an 8 count cadence. Starting in plank position to a groiner, down to chill cut, plank jack, then back up. Trying to keep the PAX together on this one seemed to be a challenge. Not to mention no one was counting except me, so I’m not even sure how many we did. [Read More]

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Estate Double 7s

Posted on April 17, 2018 | 2 minutes | 215 words |

Warm up SSH, HB, GM, Merkins, Plank Jacks Thang 1 Run to the Ederlee Hill and 2 push ups ladder at each light pole to the top of the hill. Then run over to Regency Estates. (I hope they don’t have a google alert on their name. All we are doing is running I swear!) Thang 2 Partner up for 7s up the back hill by the lit-up house. Partner clap merkins and bropees. [Read More]

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Needle-scratch Moment

Posted on April 4, 2018 | 2 minutes | 301 words |

I’ve Q’d enough times (though not as much lately) that I’m not usually nervous beforehand. I was nervous today, anticipating the reaction of the PAX at what I had in store. Still, I had it on good authority that it was a worthy idea. Huh. Two minutes to go, FNG present, big PAX turnout, and aforementioned Good Authority nowhere to be seen. Well, let’s make the most of it. Warm-up Jog to Community Center lot. [Read More]

QDR and only QDR

Posted on March 29, 2018 | 2 minutes | 318 words |

Men, It’s been a, what’s the word I’m looking for? Weird? Scary? Exciting? Few day since the return of Mad Dawg to the Triangle’s number #1 country station, 94.7 QDR. With that, YHC felt moved to host a QDR organized (not themed) workout. With tank tops on, and a disclaimer ta boot, we’re off with the bluetooth pumping the tunes. Warm-up: Over to the lot on Walker for: Good mornings (in radio DJ voice) Quick feet x 9 Donkey kicks x9 Ranger Merkins (don’t google it) x9 Q: Over to the hill on the back side of DTC park for Quadrahill [Read More]

Limited Running

Posted on March 24, 2018 | 3 minutes | 428 words |

The Hi-Literversary Week and the Disco Duck Birthday Week overlapped, giving two brothers an opportunity to co-Q Phoenix, the greatest Saturday AO in all of Carpex. Because some of the PAX were running in the Break the Silence 5K later in the morning, we decided today’s workout would be limited running. Disco takes the first half, Hi-Liter takes the second. Warm-Up Mosey down to the Parking Lot of Pain and circle up for side straddle hops x 10, imperial walkers x 10, Sir Fazio forward x 10, Sir Fazio backward x 10 and warm up burpees x 7. [Read More]

AMRAP God

Posted on March 23, 2018 | 2 minutes | 230 words |

First time Q’ing SWW and within mere moments, I’m already in love with this AO – it has errthing, including a nice 3-mile EC hosted by Hermes. As for the regularly scheduled beat-down. Warmup: From lot 1 to lot 2 for SSH, Good Mornings, Imperial Walkers, 10 Burpees (thanks Jigglypuff). Thang 1: Timed AMRAP for Merkins and LBC In lot 1 for 15 seconds of AMRAP Merkins and LBCs Move to lot 2 for 30 seconds of AMRAP Merkins and LBCs Keep going back-and-forth in the lots for 15-30-45-60-45-30-15 sets of AMRAP Thang 2: Timed AMRAP for L/R step up and people’s chair/B2W [Read More]

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Comfortable Rock

Posted on March 13, 2018 | 3 minutes | 522 words |

Tuesday, a couple days removed from the clocks “springing forward”, not sure mother nature got the memo. YHC showed up early for an Ice Recon. With no significant ice in sight, YHC circled back to the main parking lot to keep warm in the car. As Grease Monkey likes to point out, I am “Cary Soft”. So what if my car has seat warmers and a heated steering wheel….. PAX assemble around the flag, thanks Chanticleer, 545 and we are off. [Read More]

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