Redemption

 Posted on October 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  236 words  |  

So it was a day to redeem myself for my less than strong Q at Hells Bells the previous day. The workout was well designed—maybe the best is Carpex’s history—but I had not considered the effects of the Odyssey on my body. 5:45: We had an FNG (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it) so I rattled off the disclaimer (“we won’t leave you where we found you, but we will leave you in a well lit area. [Read More]
blow-out  chernobyl  crimson  frisco  half-back  kwik-stop  pickles  press-on  sabre  wkrp  www 

Limited Run, Not Limited Fun

 Posted on October 15, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  459 words  |  

Claymore is one of the tougher AOs I’ve had the pleasure of Q’ing. I’m slowly but surely trying to make my way around to all the AOs. I naturally gravitate towards running, and find it a nice reprieve between the reps of misery (merkins, burpIEs, etc.), but as Claymore is “limited run”, I had to fill the time with reps on reps on reps. That’s a lot of counting for this ol’ boy. [Read More]
blowout  chop-block  frisco  hgtv  hoppin-john  how-how  kwik-stop  press-on  sabre  slappy 

Some Things Look Better On Paper…

 Posted on October 9, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  416 words  |  

Like clockwork my birthday came again this year. It has happened every year around this time for as long as I can remember. But I am a good sport so I picked up the Q at finest kettlebell workout on a Monday in Carpex at a church parking lot. I had an odd bout of Q nerves and sleeplessness the night before so when I overslept and subsequently rolled into HB one minute before start I knew it was going to be a productive morning. [Read More]
16-steves  ashbury  betsy-ross  chicken-little  earhart  frisco  hamm  intimidator  meatloaf  peeping-tom  puddles  roasters  sega  shipper  theismann  traffic-cone  wahoo  yahoo 

Always Charge the Hill

 Posted on October 2, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  118 words  |  

Pre-Blast 15 charged the hill at Lion’s Den The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Snake around the parking lot, circle up for: SSH, GM, Calf Stretch ‘Mericans, Victory Burpees The Thang Run to the church entrance, partner up. Partner 1 runs down the hill and across the street continuing to the bottom of the big hill and back up while partner 2 performs 20,30,40 reps of ‘Mericans, LBCs, SSH. [Read More]
16-steves  chanticleer  chicken-little  couch-fire  frisco  hamm  hi-liter  magoo  michelob  pet-sounds  qwerty  ramsey  red-ryder  short-crcuit  sour-mash 

Dawgpound Yoga

 Posted on September 30, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  435 words  |  

It had been a few weeks since YHC last did a Q in Carpex so YHC figured he would kill 2 birds with 1 stone and Q an AO that he had never Q’d either. PAX of 20 showed up for an old school South Wake inspired beatdown with a special guest - The Dawgpound (SW’s Kettlebell Master and Crazy Ivan Site Q) Warm Up YHC had a goal to keep things under a mile today. [Read More]
ashbury  ausfahrt  crimson  earhart  frisco  hotty-toddy  intimidator  johnny-utah  meatloaf  peeping-tom  quiver  qwerty  roasters  sega  shipper  the-dawgpound  the-joker  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  wahoo 

Bricks and Burpies

 Posted on September 26, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  669 words  |  

My name is Chicken Little and I began F3 on June 5th, 2019 with Banjo as the Q at Lion’s Den. I feel that I was hooked almost immediately, after several other PAX that I’m friends with told me that I needed to come to F3. I was like, “yeah right, who begins to work out at 5:30 anyway?!” And then I remembered that I was fat… and realized that what I WAS doing was not working. [Read More]
16-steves  cataracts  chicken-little  crimson  earhart  flenderson  frisco  half-back  hamm  oxtail  queequeg  qwerty  red-ryder  short-circuit  shut-in  slappy  sooey  term-paper  theismann  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  wahoo 

Blackjack 21 – Split Hand

 Posted on September 25, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  607 words  |  

Claymore BB Date: 9/24/19 QIC: WWW PAX: Blowout, Calvin, EarharT, Frisco, Half Back, Kwik Stop, Ninjago, Pickles, Pivot, Press On, Skipper, Sosa, WWW There were some EC’ing to run and ruck. Hats off to those that participated. I was not one of them. Frisco Q shopped and chose my Q because Claymore and WWW is limited to no running. I was not expecting to hit the miles that we did but you will need to read on to know what we clocked. [Read More]
blowout  calvin  earhart  frisco  half-back  kwik-stop  ninjago  pickles  pivot  press-on  skipper  sosa  www 

Brought my weinke to a church parking lot

 Posted on September 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  283 words  |  

Opening- Working on a short notice from Banjo that he couldn’t Q this morning, YHC quickly threw my name on the Q-sheet. No FNG’s this morning. No sense in wasting any time so recited the Pledge and let’s get working. Warm-up- After a slow mosey around the pickle we circled up for a Crimson favorite of extremely slow Good Mornings, SSH, Sir Fazio, calf stretch, and windmill. The Thang #1- First we counted off into two groups. [Read More]
ashbury  crimson  earhart  flenderson  freebird  frisco  half-back  hotty-toddy  intimidator  johnny-utah  meatloaf  pickles  qwerty  roasters  sega  shipper  snooze  the-joker  traffic-cone  triple-lindy  wahoo 

Glory Days at Dante’s Peak

 Posted on September 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  343 words  |  

Mission: Revisit Al Bundy’s legendary four touchdown game for the Polk High Panthers with a football practice style workout Warm Up: Mosey around the outside of the park back to the end of the parking lot at a *medium* pace, stretch a little (good mornings / calf stretches) then pay the piper (59 SSHs (with a break for half time), one for every point the Dolphins allowed in Week 1, plank for a 43 count, one for every point allowed in Week 2, and 23 merkins for the spread in Week 3) - Tanking for Tua has a price, people! [Read More]
captain-jack  compound-w  freebird  frisco  grinch  half-back  ham  headroom  hello-kitty  hotspot  hotty-toddy  intimidator  puddles  roasters  shut-in  sixteen-steves  slappy  the-joker  two-factor  wahoo  water-wings  www  yahoo 

See Ya!

 Posted on September 18, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  765 words  |  

AO: Tortoises PAX: ASHBURY, CRIMSON, EZEKIEL, FLENDERSON, FRISCO, HALF BACK, HELLO KITTY, HOTTY TODDY, INTIMIDATOR, LOOKOUT, MEATLOAF, ROASTERS, SEGA, SHUT-IN, SUPERCELL, TRAFFIC CONE, TRIPLE LINDY Today brought something that I thought was years away, my VQ. In June I connected with Liverpool at a neighborhood party and asked what he had been up to, he replied I’ll pick you up at 5am Monday and you’ll see this thing called F3. After almost tossing merlot with a Hello Kitty Q at A-Team I survived and kept coming back for more pain. [Read More]
ashbury  crimson  ezekiel  flenderson  frisco  half-back  hello-kitty  hotty-toddy  intimidator  lookout  meatloaf  roasters  sega  shut-in  supercell  traffic-cone  triple-lindy