Studs are made of 2x4's

 Posted on July 30, 2018  |  5 minutes  |  876 words  |  

I must admit, I had several doubts about this morning. I returned from the other side of the world only a few days ago and am just now getting my circadian rhythm back to Eastern Daylight Time. My sleep has been off, and I haven’t been as energetic as usual. To top that off, in true F3 fashion, I did the F3 ENC CSAUP “The Sasquatch” in Greenville, NC on Saturday. [Read More]
ascot  banjo  biner  blue-and-out  bogo  build-a-bear  chanticleer  claven  doogie  flacco  geek-squad  goose  hot-lips  liverpool  ma-bell  pierogi  rooney  sabre  speed-racer  texas-ranger  yogi 

Back to the Future

 Posted on July 27, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  332 words  |  

23 HIMs braved the sticky gloom to re-discover what makes Dante’s Peak the PREMIER site on Fridays in Apex. No new stuff, all vanilla. Just pretend those turf fields aren’t even there. 21 HIMs pledged allegiance and off we go. Warm Up 5 Burpees OYO SSHs Trike shows up at 5:46, so 5 burpees OYO Cotton pickers Beetle rolls in at 5:47, so 5 burpees OYO Good Mornings, Sir Fazio, Hill Billies Mosey to the top of the hill, wake up Monkey Nut’s neighbors with 5 squats. [Read More]
ascot  beatle  bogo  crimson  disco-duck  frisco  goose  hotty-toddy  khakis  kubota  leprechaun  monkey-nut  parker  pet-sounds  pickles  red-ryder  rooney  snots  sooey  sour-mash  trike  water-wings  www 

Death Wish

 Posted on July 26, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  149 words  |  

Pre-Blast Charles Bronson once said, “Maybe I’m too masculine.” He was referring to the fact that he was not getting certain movie roles. After the strong showing I witnessed this morning, the 10 HIM who joined YHC this morning won’t get hired either. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run the long way around the middle school out to the street back down and halfway up Andy Hill. Circle up for: Michael Phelps arm swings, Groiner Merkins, extended plank series with stretches and exercises. [Read More]
banjo  biner  clementine  goose  hi-liter  kilmer  pbx  solder  swag  trike 

Get your flow on

 Posted on July 24, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  208 words  |  

Five stalwarts ignored the impending rain and the specter of a Bartman Q to post at A-Team. It always rains at A-Team. YHC had visited the beach twice this weekend, once for business and once for pleasure. On the second trip, I was thinking “man, I’m really looking forward to BroGa tomorrow.” Then I remembered I had the Q. Well, if I couldnt’t go to BroGa, maybe I could bring some BroGa to Carpex. [Read More]
bartman  coxswain  goose  kilmer  squatter 

#mccantsweek Day 3 - Thanks, Khakis>crowd requests>ON YOUR LEFT

 Posted on July 18, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  696 words  |  

As we wrapped up COT at FMJ on Tuesday, I let the PAX know I’d be Q’ing SNS Wednesday, and invited to the beatdown. “What do you think McCants will come up with tomorrow, another MURPH?” said one. The PAX fell silent for a moment, pondering, praying, wondering whether they should just Vesper. Then an angelic, velvet smooth voice cut through the blissful peace: “I know exactly what McCants is going to do. [Read More]
banjo  bartman  billy  burt  chanticleer  cheddar-bo  coney  goose  hello-kitty  hi-liter  largemouth  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  nature-boy  on-your-left  pierogi  riptide  saban  shut-in  the-joker  wkrp  yoga-mat 

Burpees and Bear Crawls, Oh My!

 Posted on July 17, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  355 words  |  

23 met in the sticky gloom at TB Park. Warm Up Pledge of Allegiance, disclaimer, and 22 men begin what was supposed to be an easy pace Indian run to the front lot. We’ve got an FNG arriving at 5:47 so Sosa makes sure he gets to the warmup circle. The obligatory 10 burpees commence. Your standard fare of SSHs, Good mornings, Sir Fazio and Hill Billies. Thang 1 Partner up, 100 Merkins, 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 Fluttering Supermans [Read More]
air-supply  ascot  beaker  bolton  callahan  claven  clementine  crimson  earhart  frisco  geek-squad  goose  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  liverpool  pbx  pigeon  red-ryder  sky-blue  solder  sooey  sosa  trike 

Kicking off USA Birthday Week

 Posted on July 2, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  

As we come up on 241 years as a country, YHC felt it was appropriate to celebrate with a little victory lap. It’s a beautiful lake with wonderful scenery and a typically well maintained Apex trail running around it. The backblasts suggested A-Team hadn’t run a lap in quite some time (YHC found reference to one such effort in ‘16 led by a “McCants”) so here we go. Warm-up: this was sort of done on the run [Read More]
bartman  build-a-bear  cheddar-bo  coney  goose  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hotspot  imp  intimidator  liverpool  ma-bell  mccants  nature-boy  pierogi  quiver  red-ryder  rooney  shank  smokey  swag  term-paper  theismann  wkrp 

Stairway to Vanilla

 Posted on June 29, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  596 words  |  

YHC had a plan that involved climbing the stairs in the woods when I Q’ed here at Danger Zone a few weeks ago. Alas the rains the night before left things too slick, and that plan had to go into my back pocket for another day. Well this week it has been dry as a bone, so today is that day. Warm-Up Quick trip around the pickle and circle up for side straddle hops, hillbillies, Sir Fazios, plank jacks and one standard merkin. [Read More]
arsenal  bartman  biner  burt  chanticleer  disco-duck  flacco  goose  hi-liter  kermit  leprechaun  ma-bell  ollie  pbx  pickles  pierogi  saban  sabre  squirt 

~~~Ride~~The~~Wave~~~

 Posted on June 27, 2018  |  5 minutes  |  907 words  |  

2nd F event on Tuesday night prior to the Wednesday Q was bad idea. Well the actual event wasn’t a bad idea, but those last 4 Brooksweisers were prolly a really bad idea. But hey, great opportunity for a 2nd F baseball game with your F3 brothers! The mighty Holly Springs Salamanders, affectionately known by the locals as the ‘Manders, are a force to be reckon with…sorta. Anyhoo the plan was to carpool from some shady Cary bar called The 19th Hole Bar and Grill; leaving at 6:20. [Read More]
airbag  arsenal  bartman  bayonne  bluewater  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  chanticleer  cheddar-bo  chipper  coney  denali  flacco  flip-flop  franklin  goblue  goose  hello-kitty  hi-liter  jigglypuff  joe-smith  largemouth  leprechaun  mccants  michelob  nature-boy  ollie  parker  pickles  pivot  prom-king  sabre  shut-in  squatter  staubach  swag  term-paper  water-wings  wkrp  youbetcha 

Sugar Cookie... Yum.

 Posted on June 22, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  319 words  |  

We got your back Suey! Get well soon. With little time to plan where’s the best place to go for new and exciting ideas? The F3 Exicon. Oh the fun… Shout out to 6 HIMs who arrived at 0515 for EC pull-ups! Committed to getting back to back! As per Crimson’s watch, it’s 0545- Pledge of Allegiance. Warm up Side Straddle Hop Steve Earl Fluttering Superman Finkle Swing (another sweet Exicon find) Midget Squats (Earhart was giving me a hard time about something and YHC really likes these so we enjoyed them for a few extra reps) Thang 1 [Read More]
beatle  blueprint  bogo  crimson  earhart  frisco  goose  gtl  hotty-toddy  imp  ma-bell  matlock  open-out  parker  pivot  red-ryder  theismann  water-wings  www