Four dudes and a sandbag

 Posted on August 2, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  718 words  |  

After the storms last night, it was a super humid morning at Carpex’s finest official Ruck AO. We had a PAX making his Virgin Ruck, so YHC decided to make it pretty basic. Remember that basic does not mean easy. Warm Up After a solid mile or so EC ruck with Carvana, we were joined by Geek Squad and Torpedo (Torpedo). With my trunk of goodies opened up, we provided Torpedo with a 20# rucksack, and I brought out a 40 pound sandbag, which would be our travelling buddy. [Read More]
carvana  geek-squad  skipper  torpedo 

heh, heh, heh

 Posted on August 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  259 words  |  

Picked up the Q the night before so not too much time for planning. Decided to keep it simple and get some BRR hill training in. Arrived early with PBX and put in a couple miles before the main event. By 5:45 we had 11 PAX. Warm up Disclaimer fail Pledge of Allegiance Mosey to the bottom of Andy Hill and circle up for: SSH, plank jacks, and something else. [Read More]
airbag  biner  dirty-bomb  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  mozart  pbx  sky-blue  swag  trike 

All the hillz

 Posted on July 29, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  162 words  |  

19 HIM gathered at ao-wolverine for a great start to the week with some hill repeats not-so-cleverly disguised as sevens. Mosey to the Park Village Pool lot for Warm-up: - Side-straddle-hop, Calf-stretch, Calf-stretch ‘merkin, Hill Billy, Sir Fazio forward and reverse The Big Thang: Sevens on the full half-mile hill; burpees at the bottom and squats at the top. Grumbling slowed down as everyone realized just how much fun it is to start their week off right. [Read More]
angry-elf  bogo  build-a-bear  cool-beans  doogie  geek-squad  hi-liter  how-how  j-edgar  krusty  parker  pierogi  pivot  sky-blue  snots  the-commish  theismann  torpedo  water-wings 

Up Hill Both Ways

 Posted on July 26, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  116 words  |  

Pre-Blast 13 at #ao-fri-gt / Rolling Stone on a glorious morning in NW Cary. One thing led to another…and we ended up at Starbucks for #Coffeteria - the BEST #Coffeteria north of Biscuitville (thx, @Pivot). The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Run to the cutout across from Heritage Pine Rd. Circle up for: GM, WM, Cherrypickers, Calf Stretch, ‘Mericans, Mt. Climbers, Plank Jacks, LBCs. The Thang Cross the street. [Read More]
bartman  biner  bogo  ezekiel  geek-squad  hi-liter  honeycomb  muddy-buddy  ollie  pbx  peeping-tom  pivot  www 

Oops

 Posted on July 9, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  155 words  |  

11 pax came for the beatdown. 4 for the first time to Claymore. 1 site Q was there (Frisco was not the one.) TCLAPS for Earhart making his way back out after a scare with his digestive system (and praises!) Sometimes you plan a workout and then you get to the site and realize there are 2-3 more tennis courts than you thought there were. Oops! I intended to keeps our bodies moving for 45 mins, and we did, but in doing so maybe we did too many miles. [Read More]
earhart  flacco  geek-squad  hermes  leprechaun  pickles  press-on  sabre  shut-in  skipper  sputnik 

The Freedom Trail July 4th Convergence

 Posted on July 5, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  572 words  |  

@Qwerty, @Red Ryder and YHC met last week to plan the 2019 July 4th Convergence hoping to create something special. Our goal was to keep the PAX together in order to preserve fellowship and maybe a few exercises in-between. The disclaimer was disclaimed, the F3 Mission was delivered and Whitney Houston’s Star Spangled Banner put the PAX in a USA state of mind that included a Fly Over courtesy of Delta. [Read More]
augmented  banjo  bartman  big-red  biner  bluewater  build-a-bear  captain-jack  carvana  cataracts  chanticleer  chicken-little  clementine  coney  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  earhart  ezekiel  garfield  geek-squad  grayson  greenbow  hamm  hanging-chad  headroom  hermes  hi-liter  honeycomb  hot-spot  hot-toddy  how-how  jigglypuff  joe-smith  kermit  kitty-litter  lights-out  madoff  michelob  mufasa  nerf  olay  one-four  orphan  ozone  pierogi  pigeon  pivot  press-on  qwerty  red-ryder  riptide  roasters  saban  short-circuit  skipper  slappy  smokey  snots  soccer-mom  sooey  sour-mash  spice-girl  spinal-tap  squatter  staubach  tecumseh  the-commish  traffic-cone  triple-lindey  two-factor  whirlie  wild-beaver  wkrp 

Shoulders - need I say more...

 Posted on July 2, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  98 words  |  

21 showed up for a surprise shoulder workout. Only one Thang for the day - Wolverines and Crab Cakes. Warm up Barry Sanders up the hill to grab two small rocks 10 each Fazios forward and back 10 Overhead clap 10 Seal clap 10 Good mornings 10 windmills Return rocks Thang 1 (and only) 11 - Wolverine and crab cake (L & R = 1) Mary Mosey to field 10 Toe touch V Roll up - learned it in Atlanta and not sure if there is an actual F3 name for it. [Read More]
biner  bogo  chinese-downhill  clementine  ezekiel  five-hole  geek-squad  goose  hi-liter  kilmer  liverpool  one-direction  one-four  pbx  peeping-tom  pivot  roasters  rooney  sky-blue  spit-shine  trike 

Yeah, Let's not do that again

 Posted on June 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  294 words  |  

As YHC walked around the pax, he noticed a few new faces. Welcome F3 Mozart and his relocation to Carpex from F3 Greensboro. Kotters to 5 Hole. Good to meet CRO and Perry. No FNG’s, Sky Blue led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Start your Stravas, we’re off. Mosey to the bottom of the hill intersection for various warm up exercises including Nature Boy led good mornings, in absolutely perfect cadence! [Read More]
airbag  badlands  banjo  biner  clementine  cro  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  goose  ma-bell  mozart  nature-boy  pbx  perry  pigeon  pivot  sky-blue  spit-shine  trike 

Introducing the Apolo Anton Oh No!

 Posted on June 19, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  

Wednesday, plenty of options to ensure the sun is fully blotted. YHC on the QIC at SNS. Let’s go! Warm-up: Over to the community center lot via butt kicks, high knees and karaoke Circle up for GM, SSH, SFAC + seal claps, merkins Quick feet + curb merkins at 10, 15, 20 The Thang-a-lang: Get a partner and 1 rock per group Flip-flop running the pickle whilst 1 partner amraps curls, triceps, press and rows Introduce the Apolo Anton Oh NOOOOOO! [Read More]
angry-elf  badlands  disco-duck  flacco  geek-squad  goose  hello-kitty  hey-there  katniss  ma-bell  magnolia  nature-boy  pivot  roasters  snake-eyes  speed-racer  term-paper  torpedo