17,884 days down; 1 to go.

 Posted on May 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  

What a great morning! We had EC runners & ruckers; ME boot campers, ruckers, stretchers and rehabbers; 2 FNGs; visitor from New Bern; and a wide spectrum of guys who have been with Carpex from its earliest days to those who have been posting for just a few days. As it was stated often today, “Who has it better than us?” On the eve of my 49th birthday, it’s safe to say that I am in the best physical, emotional and mental shape I’ve been, in a long time. [Read More]
alamo  badlands  bartman  biner  build-a-bear  callahan  chinese-downhill  claven  crimson  cutty  denali  disclaimer  duece  ezekiel  flenderson  frisco  guano  hello-kitty  hi-liter  honey-do  hotty-toddy  liverpool  miagi  ollie  one-four  pbx  pierogi  pigeon  schlitz  shut-in  sooey  squatter  texas-ranger  torpedo  triple-lindy  two-yutes 

Limited Run Spartan Training (#2)

 Posted on May 16, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  467 words  |  

QIC: Parker AO: Tortoises (5/15/19) Yep, Build-a-Bear is still in my head about the grip strength for this Spartan Super in July. Having the Tortoises Q, YHC knew there were plenty of options to work on some upper body and grip strength at the loveliest AO in central Apex on a Wednesday. So let’s get after it! Warm up: Mosey about 500 feet and circle up. Even that was too far for Frisco, of course chanting the standard “I thought this was a limited run AO! [Read More]
ashbury  dust-bowl  ezekiel  frisco  hotty-toddy  intimidator  malpractice  matador  meatloaf  parker  triple-lindy  water-wings 

Welcome To Camp Frisco

 Posted on May 16, 2019  |  11 minutes  |  2227 words  |  

It was a glorious day at Camp Frisco…uh, Bounty Hunters. 56 PAX showed up ready to work. I realized however that Hi-Liter, Pet Sounds, and Red Ryder were probably alone at their sites. After a few rounds of Rock-Paper-Scissors (and two recounts demanded by Cool Beans–TYFYL) 33 PAX were shipped off to other AOs. There would be penalty burpees in store for them, but none of them had contributed to my HIM of the Year campaign PAC so they were quickly dismissed from my thoughts. [Read More]
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And now for something completely different......

 Posted on May 10, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  418 words  |  

In the ever brightening gloom as we giddy up toward summer, 15 brave and intrepid men made their way to an outpost in the northernmost western AO in Cary, for an early morning beatdown by Carpex legend Petsounds. Petsounds has other ideas and was thousands of miles away in sunny CA whilst all this was going on, so instead YHC stepped in as a makeweight Q whilst Petsounds googleplexed in Palo Alto…. [Read More]
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The 4th F is for Flexibility

 Posted on May 7, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  179 words  |  

Was happy to bring a little yoga to Claymore, excited that everyone was up for it, and ecstatic that all agreed to the NO mumble chatter request. For what it is worth, please consider stretching more or incorporating yoga into your routine. Your body will thank you fo it. **The Thang **Mountain pose Wide feet forward hamstring stretch w/ Torso twist Split leg forward hamstring stretch Standing side stretch Sun Salutations [Read More]
billy  earhart  frisco  hotty-toddy  ninjago  pickles  skipper  sputnik  squatter 

May the Carpex 4th be with you!

 Posted on May 5, 2019  |  5 minutes  |  860 words  |  

YHC is not known for Theme workouts, and to be fair, this is the only themed workout I’ve ever done, and could very possibly be the only. I’m just not very creative. I saw the Q spot open and grabbed it….LONG before realizing it was on May the 4th…..AKA Star Wars day. So, I had to come up with something. I even created a playlist, then left my BT speaker at home. [Read More]
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The Jim Parsons Project

 Posted on May 2, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  255 words  |  

YHC rolled into the grounds of Flying Circus, arguably the finest AO in west Cary on a Thursday, to see a couple of HIMs already on the grounds. A few pull-ups are done at the baseball field, and eventually there’s a solid dozen ready for a good sweat-fest. Disclaimer is disclaimed, Allegiance is pledged, watches are started, and we’re off. Warm Up Mosey around the parking lot and circle up for Good Mornings, Steve Earles, Moroccan Night Clubs, Seal Claps, and Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]
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Tortoises musical beat down!

 Posted on May 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  298 words  |  

I couldn’t have asked for a better morning to host my first Q, along with Squatters help. We did have an FNG, so the pledge was recited, F3 Mission and disclaimer. The only running of the morning was a quick mosey around the lot and then circled up for our warm-ups. Warm-Ups Side Straddle Hops Good Morning Abe Vigoda Cotton Picker The Thang #1 Bearway to Heaven- bearcrawl 2 parking lot spaces followed by 7 burpees, mosey back to start line, bearcrawl 4 parking lot spaces followed by 6 burpees, continue until 0 burpees remain. [Read More]
ashbury  clementine  disco-duck  duece  earhart  ezekiel  frisco  honeycomb  hotty-toddy  intimidator  ma-bell  meatloaf  milton-bradley  muddy-buddy  parker  rooney  sega  slappy  snooze  squatter  traffic-cone  trike  triple-lindy  www 

Spartan Training #1 at A Team

 Posted on April 30, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  527 words  |  

Date: 4/30/2019 QIC: Parker YHC signed up for the Asheville Spartan Super later this summer, following in the footsteps of Build-a-Bear, GTL, Malpractice, Spartan, and I’m sure a bunch of other PAX who enjoy this sort of thing. BaB just keeps telling YHC to work on grip strength, so that’s what we set out to do today at A-Team. 15 PAX gathered at the gate, disclaimer and F3 mission statement given, Pledge said, and off we go. [Read More]
captain-jack  cataracts  disco-duck  ezekiel  hasselhoff  hotspot  hotty-toddy  imp  kitty-litter  ma-bell  parker  press-on  repeato  snots  two-factor 

50 Ways to Saturday Midnight Convoy on a S.W.A.T. Rollercoaster while You Shake that Funky Boogie Duck Fever

 Posted on April 27, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  811 words  |  

Taking a page from Smokey’s playbook (although truth be known I had been planning this for years and YEARS so… yeah), YHC wanted to bring a soundtrack to this morning’s beatdown. Sadly, it turns out 1976 was quite a transitional year. The world was introduced to the Space Shuttle and the Concorde as people were not longer satisfied with the regular ways of getting from point A to B. Now we needed to do it in style! [Read More]
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