Orbiting Planet Tortoise

 Posted on October 4, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  807 words  |  

Twelve other PAX gathered at Tortoises on a crisp moonlit morning to see what YHC had in store for them. Good mumble chatter as the PAX gathered and Crimson performed some sort of contortionist stretches to warm up, complete with moans and groans. With everyone ready and no FNGs, we set off for a warmup loop around the front parking lot and back to the side lot for warmups: SSH x 20 IC IW x 10 IC GM x 10 IC Sir Fazio x 10 IC Mountain Climbers x 10 IC For the featured part of the workout, we’re recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Sputnik launch (October 4, 1957). [Read More]
529  bocephus  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  lulu  pickles  sooey  sour-mash  spartan  texas-ranger  www  yogi 

Mucho Beasto

 Posted on October 2, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  673 words  |  

I was about a hot minute away Sunday evening from texting Goose to see if he wanted to go to Kryptonite when Hot Spot’s weekly Q summary came in. And guess what? There was my name for A-Team! You see, I knew that. I was just testing y’all to see YOU knew that. Yeah. yeah. As we rolled up to the Park entrance, no cars. That can only mean 5 things: [Read More]
airbag  angry-elf  aristocrat  bartman  billy  blue-and-out  chop-block  dice  disco-duck  ford  franklin  goose  hotspot  imp  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  pickles  smokey  sosa 

Brought to you by the letter B

 Posted on September 29, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  364 words  |  

YHC was dismayed last Friday to learn that the one day I was taking off last week was the day F3Carpex went burpee crazy, and I missed all the fun. Fortunately I had the next Dante’s Peak Q and an opportunity to help make #burpeefriday a thing. Warm-up Mosey to the circle for side stradle hopes, burpees (the best warm-up exercise), imperial walkers, merkins and mountain climbers. Thang 1 Mosey over to the basketball courts, count off by fours, each group takes a corner. [Read More]
banjo  beatle  blueprint  bogo  ck  disco-duck  high-tower  jigglypuff  leprechaun  malpractice  michelob  nature-boy  nerf  pickles  road-rash  snots  sooey  sour-mash  water-wings  wilbur 

Pain Sticks with WKRP Leading the Way

 Posted on September 27, 2017  |  4 minutes  |  737 words  |  

When: Sept 26, 2017 QIC: Earhart, WKRP (VQ) The PAX: Riptide, Ma Bell, Disco Duck, Kermit, Pickles, Pinball (FNG), YHC Earhart Rolling into an AO I have never posted and one that I will try to make more often now that the weather is getting cooler, eventually, because the site has so much to offer for pain and beatdowns. I had convinced WKRP over sodas last week that his time had come to Q a workout and that I would be there to help. [Read More]
disco-duck  earhart  kermit  ma-bell  pickles  pinball  riptide  wkrp 

3rd Annual Franklinaversary

 Posted on September 25, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  532 words  |  

On the last Monday in September in 2014, YHC was privileged to be an FNG at an A-Team workout. Today, YHC took the opportunity of his anniversary to repeat his inaugural F3 workout, this time as the Q, just as I did on the last Monday in September 2015 and 2016. Following the first time I participated in this workout (under the leadership of Denali), I couldn’t raise my arms above my head for 3 days and couldn’t walk properly for 6 days. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  bartman  billy  chinese-downhill  dice  disco-duck  ford  franklin  goose  hotspot  imp  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  nature-boy  red-ryder  saban  smokey  sosa  sour-mash  wilbur 

Pocket Park Blues

 Posted on September 21, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  540 words  |  

I rolled in early and saw a few guys already stretching next to the church and wondered if I had gotten mixed up on the time. Turns out they were part of the #meowmile crew, and off they went. They returned a few minutes with Hello Kitty and a few others looking for extra credit. 5:45, everybody’s here, no FNGs, welcome to our brother Matlock from F3ENC, let’s roll. Warm Up [Read More]
angry-elf  bartman  billy  build-a-bear  callahan  disco-duck  fluoride  hello-kitty  hermes  hi-liter  joe-smith  lite-brite  ma-bell  matlock  ollie  pickles  repeato  riptide  sky-blue  term-paper  wkrp  yoga-mat 

Rock on, A-team

 Posted on September 18, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

Strong showing of 14 PAX at A-team on the launch day of another new Carpex AO. I wasn’t sure what kind of attendance to expect after all the hype surrounding the first day of Wolverine, but you can always count on allure of one of Carpex’s original workouts. No hype, no nonsense, not even a Twitter account. Just hard work and clean livin'. Welcome FNG SunPass! Warm Up Progressive warm-up to get us from the locked gates toward the back of ACP 20 Side Straddle Hops, IC 15 Imperial Walkers, IC 10 Windmills, IC 20 Merkins 20 Mountain Climbers, IC Thang 1 [Read More]
bartman  crimson  disco-duck  flip-flop  ford  imp  michelob  old-maid  pickles  pierogi  red-ryder  smokey  sosa  sunpass 

It's a numbers game......

 Posted on September 15, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  606 words  |  

Numbers here, numbers there. We are inundated by numbers. How fast were you driving, what was your GPA, how much did your house cost, what is your income, how much did you pay in taxes, how many times have you posted, how long have you been doing F3. Numbers are everywhere and some are good and some are not so good. Today was a celebration of numbers for Crimson. The first number of celebration was 19. [Read More]
biner  blueprint  bogo  crimson  disco-duck  gtl  hotspot  khakis  malpractice  monkey-nut  parker  snots  sooey  wilbur 

No Stairs, No Squats, No Lunges

 Posted on September 13, 2017  |  2 minutes  |  345 words  |  

Three PAX showed up on a rainy afternoon for a workout that promised no stairs, no squats and no lunges. Unfortunately none of our 9/11 stair climbers posted. Next year we’ll promise lots of stairs, squats and lunges. Warm Up Mosey over to the parking deck to get out of the rain, find a few empty spaces so we don’t get run over. 15 side straddle hops (YHC did them Nature Boy style - WOO! [Read More]
asystole  crimson  disco-duck 

Dazed and Confused

 Posted on September 11, 2017  |  3 minutes  |  603 words  |  

When: Sept 11, 2017 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Freebird, Crimson, Sooey, Saban, Shut-In, Middler, Ascott, Hotspot, WKRP, Aristocrat, Texas Ranger, Smokey, Disco Duck, Pickles, Wilbur YHC Earhart Welcome to Kryptonite, my first time here to post and Q, hence I mostly was wandering around, dazed and confused. 15 PAX show-up (eventually), many of whom this was their virgin post, for a “regular” tempo beatdown care of YHC. No FNGs, we head out for a warm-up run around the parking lot, picking up several PAX along the way and then circle up for: [Read More]
aristocrat  ascot  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  freebird  hotspot  middler  pickles  saban  shut-in  smokey  sooey  texas-ranger  wilbur  wkrp