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Brotherhood of Stone

Posted on August 2, 2018 | 2 minutes | 320 words |

Pre-warm up: Some of the HIMs gathered by the pull-up bars for some extra credit sets; good job! Warm-up: Good mornings, Hillbillys, and to everyone’s surprise, LBCs (good for later). There was a lot of mumble-chatter at this point and spirits were high. Everyone grabbed a cinder block or a couple of concrete cylinders and we moseyed with them to the lower hill for Thang 1. Thang 1: American Hammers with Coupons on top and Berkins (Block Merkins) on the bottom for 11s with block carrying sprints in between. [Read More]

A Good A Spot As Any

Posted on July 27, 2018 | 3 minutes | 495 words |

EC Run @ 5:10: YHC, Largemouth, Chanticleer, Denali, Chipper, Hermes, Build-a-Bear, Term Paper Lately I’ve been curious what a workout might look like if we never leave the Warm-Up Circle. Today we found out. To help, I brought some fun toys to play with. An agility ladder, jump rope, 40lb sand bag w/ handles and a 30lb sand bag w/o handles. 5:44:30 I give the disclaimer to FNG Cheese Pelt. 5:45:00 we run 50 yards from the upper parking lot to the lower parking lot. [Read More]

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No Themes - Let's Go To Work

Posted on July 25, 2018 | 3 minutes | 533 words |

No Themes - Let’s Go To Work With all of the themed workouts going on lately, YHC wanted to get back to basics. PAX circled around the flag for a Pledge of Allegiance. The PAX were then directed to look up at the cross on top of the Sovereign Grace Church. This vantage point is humbling and serves as a reminder to the price Christ paid for us. We are truly blessed to be able to do what we do. [Read More]

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Cinder Block Mayhem

Posted on July 19, 2018 | 3 minutes | 566 words |

Cinder blocks … $1.68 at Lowes … priceless F3 beatdown material. YHC is always excited to Q at Tortoises to work on shoulders and arms and overall use-able strength. Yes, this is a limited run workout, but it is still a beatdown. Warm-up: SSH IC, good mornings, arm circles forward and backward. Everyone grabbed a cinder block and fast walked from the lower parking lot to the upper parking lot. [Read More]

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Joggin’ with Esau

Posted on July 17, 2018 | 1 minutes | 124 words |

Pre-Blast - 5 HIMs climbed Esau’s ladder. The Warmup - Run down to the deck entrance by the community center in the rain - Paint the lines and circle up for warm-up. - Warm up with: 10 cotton pickers IC. - Jog to the deck. The Thang****s - Esau’s ladder: starting at the entrance, run one length on the deck, complete 5 Freddie Mercuries and run back for 3 burpees. [Read More]

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The Village(s of Apex)

Posted on July 12, 2018 | 6 minutes | 1221 words |

Note: Orphan and Garfield were the co-Q’s for this workout, YHC is just posting the backblast for them. Goal M. Night Shyamalan directed a sleeper movie in 2004 called “The Village.” It was about a group of people who started a new society in the woods, intentionally shunning modern technology to be sheltered from current times. They were escaping the mistakes of their past to start anew, but there was no escaping the pure adrenaline caused from this little jaunt, tour, and beatdown around a neighborhood in Apex. [Read More]

Welcome Back

Posted on July 9, 2018 | 3 minutes | 618 words |

YHC had planned out a nice little kettle bell workout for the Hell’s Bell PAX, but that plan was contingent on having enough kettle bells to go around. Looking around at 0529 it was clear we had just the right number of PAX, but less than the right number of kettle bells, so the original plan was scrapped and a new plan was hatched on the fly. Let’s get after it! [Read More]

The Ultimate Workout

Posted on July 6, 2018 | 3 minutes | 573 words |

A few weeks ago YHC and WWW traveled north to the The Farm to help celebrate Spit Valve’s Q Week. The first half was a typical, well executed and thorough beatdown, but the second half was something new for us. It was a game of Ultimate Frisbee, with penalties doled out whenever the frisbee reached the end zone or touched the ground. It was thrilling and on our drive back we agreed we definitely had to bring it back to Carpex. [Read More]

Fun With Numbers

Posted on June 29, 2018 | 1 minutes | 155 words |

YHC had the idea of doing a mini beast and 7s and so it just grew from there… Warmup: SSW (Signature Shut-In Warmup) Thang 1 - 6s: Mini Beast (6 laps of 3 exercises performed 6 times each) - 6 Merkins, 6 Pull Ups, 6 Monkey Humpers (run a lap) x 6 Thang 2 - 7s: Sprints / Hand Release Merkins Thang 3 - 8s: Shelter Work - This was supposed to be 2 sets of 4 exercises (= 8s) but the group was so chatty I said, let’s keep going! [Read More]

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37 is the new 47

Posted on June 28, 2018 | 3 minutes | 465 words |

It was a hot June night in the year of our Lord 1981. Judy and Ralph (his friends call him Dice) Jodice welcomed their first born son (of 3) into this world. The heavens shook and the Devil pooped his pants, for life as we knew it would never be the same again. 37 years later and YHC drives a small(ish) SUV, has 2 kids, a wife, an IRA and a 529 account for his children. [Read More]