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 

Odd Couple

 Posted on July 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  238 words  |  

Pre-Blast 17 (+2 Ruckers) for partner work at #ao-mon-ateam. 6 for great discussion at #qsource. Great start to the week! Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Run to the midway parking lot on the right. Circle up for: GM, WM, CP, Zebra Butt Kickers, Diamond ‘Mericans, WG ‘Mericans. Partner up, size matters. Run to the front of the back lot. Thang 1 Partner Carry across the lot and one time around the circle. [Read More]
carvana  chipper  coxswain  goose  hamm  hi-liter  hotspot  imp  katniss  nature-boy  ollie  press-on  roasters  schlitz  short-circuit  skipper  smokey  soccer-mom  willy-wonka 

Start spreading the news

 Posted on July 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  425 words  |  

Sixteen go-getters decided that the prospect of a 60-minute Bartman Q was somehow more attractive than the spectre of 90 minutes of Banjo, and I don’t blame them. So as not to disappoint, we gathered up, gave what was judged to be a minimally viable disclaimer, and headed to the community center parking lot, with some fortunate restraint shown by ToC’s BFT-wielding CheddarBo. We warmed up. SSH, GM, you know, the popular favorites. [Read More]
bartman  deuce  earhart  flacco  frisco  hello-kitty  hi-liter  liverpool  pierogi  pigeon  smokey  spit-shine  tecumseh  the-joker  torpedo  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

Shawn's Bullpen

 Posted on June 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  310 words  |  

Got word that the Lowther (aka Chanticleer) Household was experiencing some sicknesses so I was ready to answer the call. Thursday 7 PM it was official, I would be running the show at GT. You know, I am the 3rd-wheel site Q there. And it has been a long time since I have Q’d, so it was meant to be. 13 gathered, 2 had on backpacks, one drove a 15 passenger van, and all where hoping to see Chanticleer. [Read More]
bartman  biner  bogo  gtl  hank-williams-jr  hi-liter  largemouth  pbx  pivot  prodigal  repeato  shut-in  skipper 

Q-School: Exam Day

 Posted on June 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  293 words  |  

It was a good day for a VQ, thanks to the perfect mix of humidity, heckling, helpful encouragement, and reminders from Shut-In that the things he brought up in Q school were better applied than remembered. Despite lots of “you’re starting at SNS?” questions we’re off. Mosey in the unusual direction from the flag, getting started at the ropes course parking lot. After a brief attempt to keep up appearances by suggesting that Build-a-Bear was passing the test in observing my counting woes, we found the correct combination of pauses and cadences to get going. [Read More]
angry-elf  bartman  build-a-bear  burt  chanticleer  coney  flacco  franklin  grapenuts  grease-monkey  hermes  hi-liter  joe-smith  katniss  largemouth  liverpool  magnolia  nature-boy  ozone  parker  repeato  roasters  saban  shut-in  skipper  term-paper  the-joker  trike  two-factor  unskinny-bop  www 

Core work at FOD 6-25-19

 Posted on June 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  266 words  |  

3 guys did some ECP or something b/c they think South Cary couldnt handle it. I think it started at 5ish. 5:45 - “Disclaimer” was stated, literally. Follow me, the path around the ball fields is closed, like with a fence closed in case you were wondering. Do some penalty burpees for YHC not knowing this. Jog over to the nice soft field and circle up for some warm up stuff. [Read More]
airbag  biner  bogo  flip-flop-thats-singular  franklin  hermes  hi-liter  katniss  ma-bell  pbx  pigeon  roasters  sky-blue  spit-shine  squatter 

Murph 11 of 19 in 2019

 Posted on June 24, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  122 words  |  

Pre-Blast 16 HIM pushed themselves to their personal limits at HB as part of the 11th of 19 Murphs in 2019. So proud of these guys…everyone was gassed on the last mile. It takes a lot of courage and discipline to push yourself that way. Just awesome. #StrongerBacksStrongerHearts Warmup Because CheddarBo slept in and the gate was locked, we launched from the lower lot. After reciting the Pledge at the Flag, each man grabbed a kettle bell and slow jogged to the pull-up bars. [Read More]
alamo  ashbury  frisco  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  intimidator  kermit  meatloaf  monkey-nut  puddles  qwerty  sega  snooze  the-joker  theismann  triple-lindy 

The answer to Life, the Universe and Everything....

 Posted on June 23, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  943 words  |  

YHC didn’t sleep very soundly the night before Q-ing at Phoenix, and wasn’t sure why - perhaps the anticipation of clocking another year old and wiser (?) or perhaps the gnawing feeling of a half planned Q. Whatever the reason, I found myself wide awake at 5, so used the time constructively to complete the Q plan and put in a solid 45 minutes of EC around the beautiful Bond Park……by 06:25 there were only a couple of other PAX beginning to form a rather anaemic looking circle in the senior center parking lot…. [Read More]
bullit  disco-duck  ever-ready  grinch  hey-there  hi-liter  huckleberry  one-four  pierogi  pigeon  sky-blue  tecumseh  texas-ranger  torpedo 

Ruck-and-Roll

 Posted on June 21, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  102 words  |  

Pre-Blast 2 courageous men joined YHC at Rolling Stone post-ECPYP@GT for almost 2 miles of Ruck-and-Roll. The Warmup No warm-up. Just roll. The Thang Ruck around the soccer field, exit the school property by the trailers, continue at ~14 min/mile pace to the Preston Circle On one side of the circle, perform: 10 OH Presses (with your ruck), 20 St. ‘Mericans (with your ruck on), 30 LBCs (with your ruck on your chest), 40 squats (with your ruck on). [Read More]
ezekiel  hi-liter  katniss