Hot and Fresh

 Posted on February 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  

YHC went to bed last night with a great workout planned, the perfect preparation for the upcoming Krispy Kreme Challenge. Unfortunately weather and circumstances conspired against me, so a new plan was formulated shortly before we began. Warm-Up Start off with the Pledge at the Flag, then mosey over to the bank for side straddle hops, imperial walkers, good mornings, mountain climbers and calf stretches. The Thang Stay at the bank for 22’s. [Read More]
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Half-Century Mountain

 Posted on January 30, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  411 words  |  

Upon checking the weather last night, I posed the ‘more PAX than degrees Fahrenheit challenge’ to the Twittersphere. This ended up being way closer a proposition than we thought it’d be! 25 > 22. With our strong crew of 8, take a lap around the parking lot, and venture into the park. Pause for a warmup consisting of 10 x GM (here comes Pivot) 1 penalty burpee 10 X IW [Read More]
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A new Dora, was it 24 or 22?

 Posted on January 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  253 words  |  

Great morning a Wolverine – excellent group of high impact men! All familiar faces - no FNG to to brief…. The Warm-up: Start with the pledge, mosey around the pickle to basketball court & circle up Good mornings, windmills (tough to count for some reason!), SSH, calf stretches with merkins, air chair with chinooks The Thang! Mosey south along the running trail to the big parking lot. Fast feet, bear crawl, curb dips, crab back…. [Read More]
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The double Convenience Store!

 Posted on January 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  249 words  |  

I know Burt doesn’t like themed workouts so I kept my mouth quiet from the start. Warm Up - Jog to the school for the SSH, Good Mornings, and Planks Jacks. Enough of that. Large requested distance so we needed to start the Thang 7s - Merkins and Jump Squats to the light pole and back Jog to recover. 11s - Jump lunges and spiderman merkins Jog to the basketball court. [Read More]
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Well, That Sucked

 Posted on January 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  

Nicely put, Pickles. More on that in a minute. As for any Q YHC rolls in about 15 minutes before the start to walk the grounds. (This was not as necessary today as I had been there the afternoon before with my 2.0 and 2.1 to scout and confirm a few things. North Cary Park is truly the nicest park in Cary.) Shortly behind me the Site Q runs in carrying the shovel flag. [Read More]
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Cold Open

 Posted on January 17, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  375 words  |  

On “The Slack” when I see Hotspot’s week of upcoming Q’s. Hmmm. No Q at DZ. That ain’t ‘bout to happen. Snatched that bad boy up and came up with the plan. Warm Up: Harder than normal this am since everyone was in their own world conversating. Could not get this bunch of 12 in gear at all. Saben even gave me the eye. Never have I felt so inadequate as a Q. [Read More]
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Workout at BO

 Posted on January 10, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  104 words  |  

14 dudes worked out in 32 degree weather with a nippy wind chill. Mission of F3 Safety Warm up with stretching, exercises and sprints Double 7s in Baptist Church Lot. Burbees, Hand release Merkins and Jump Squats ManMaker Ladder on Academy. Up to 5. I.E (1, merkin, 1 plank jack, 1 jump with a clap) up to 5 man makers with 5 Merkins, 5 plank jacks and 5 jumps with a clap) [Read More]
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Not My Finest Hour (and 20 minutes)

 Posted on January 4, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  657 words  |  

Where do I start? The beginning is always a good place. So I woke up at 5:10 am, the exact time I posted the Danger Zone EC run would start. Feeling completely refreshed and well rested, and not yet comprehending what was going on, I went to the bathroom to get ready and take care of some business. Still in no particular hurry because I wasn’t yet grasping the situation. [Read More]
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Yoda, you seek Yoda

 Posted on January 3, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  

On NYD Yoda’s manhood was attacked by a 12 year old. Today he was invited to Carpex to defend his honor. Hear more about it here: https://soundcloud.com/f3pickupthesix/pick-up-the-six-yoda-ep-17 Now, to the reason we’re really here, a beatdown. 13 gathered on a cool and misty day in downtown Cary, with a site-Q leading the way. Warm-up: Run over to the bank for GM, SSH, Sir Fazio + Overhead clap + Fazio, Imperial Walkers The Thang: [Read More]
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What's Your Kryptonite?

 Posted on December 31, 2018  |  5 minutes  |  905 words  |  

Conditions were 51 degrees, 50% foggy, and 50% gloomy. I inserted a pre-blast for coffeeteria at NY Bagels. Other pre-blast material was request from Burt for Agility City (see original Agility City here: (https://f3carpex.com/2017/05/09/agility-city/) , and a request from Largemouth for EC run because “the QIC was soft”. Of the three pre-blasts, only two were partially true. Then yesterday afternoon, the M informed me we would be hosting the cul-de-sac game night at our house. [Read More]
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