The Village(s of Apex)

 Posted on July 12, 2018  |  6 minutes  |  1221 words  |  

Note: Orphan and Garfield were the co-Q’s for this workout, YHC is just posting the backblast for them. Goal M. Night Shyamalan directed a sleeper movie in 2004 called “The Village.” It was about a group of people who started a new society in the woods, intentionally shunning modern technology to be sheltered from current times. They were escaping the mistakes of their past to start anew, but there was no escaping the pure adrenaline caused from this little jaunt, tour, and beatdown around a neighborhood in Apex. [Read More]
banjo  blue-jay  bogo  burt  coney  crimson  disco-duck  earhart  freebird  frisco  garfield  gtl  hotty-toddy  imp  jigglypuff  ma-bell  marmalade  michelob  midget-for-life  open-out  orphan  orwell  parker  quiver  red-ryder  rooney  short-line  sooey  sour-mash  staubach  term-paper  water-wings  wonderbread  www  yellow-card  yoda 

Not-So-Soft Serve

 Posted on July 9, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  129 words  |  

Pre-Blast - 9 HIMs kept it simple at A-Team. The Warmup - Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. - Run to the bottom of hill number one. - Circle up for: Good mornings, windmills, cotton pickers, groiner merkins, imperial walkers. The Thangs - Sevens on hill number one with Burpee’s at the top and Burpee’s at the bottom - Run to hill number two - Sevens on hill number two with Burpee’s at the top and Burpee’s at the bottom [Read More]
ascot  hermes  hi-liter  imp  kermit  kilmer  mcenroe  nature-boy  theismann 

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 

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 

Is that a phone in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

 Posted on June 19, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  440 words  |  

12 HIMs met in the not-so-gloomy, yet balmy 80 degree / 85%RH morning. Aiming to be a responsible Q, I let the Pax know I was carrying my phone in the event of any emergencies. Never one to be shy, McCants jumped at the opportunity to ensure is presence was welcome and enjoyed by the Q! This heat and humidity can easily cause mild heat exhaustion or worse. Stay Hydrated, folks! [Read More]
banjo  build-a-bear  callahan  cataracts  chinese-downhill  imp  mccants  michelob  nerf  red-ryder  shank  www 

Arrivederci

 Posted on June 18, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  435 words  |  

It was November 2014 when YHC and Michelob first posted to Ateam. At our one year F3aversary in November 2015, then Site Q’s Denali and Grease Monkey handed off the shovel flag to us to man for the next 2.5 years. We supposed it was time to share the honor with some HIM who hadn’t had the opportunity to do so yet. McCants already had the Q for today, so YHC requested it from him under the guise of “I’m leaving town and wanted to Q before I leave” – He bought it :-) [Read More]
chinese-downhill  chop-block  hasselhoff  hotspot  imp  largemouth  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  pickles  quiver  smokey  theismann 

Guns out for Summer

 Posted on June 15, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  181 words  |  

So pumped to have pull up bars at DP! Best Friday AO Go Time 0545 Jog to end of lot - circle up 25x SSH 15x Peter Parkers 20x merkins Mozy long way to pond Stop along the way for pulsing squats for 6 and short loop back for 6 The Thang: 3 groups of 5 for 5 rounds (maybe) P1, Rock curls P2, run from rocks to pull up bars, P3, pulls up to failure P4, spot P3 for extra pullups P5, run from Pull ups to Rocks Plank hold at top of Pickle for doublesided Shakiras 10IC The Thang Duo: Mozy to to bridge CrawlBear by request from Hotspot! [Read More]
ascot  ausfahrt  badlands  earhart  hotspot  imp  monkey-nut  nature-boy  parker  pet-sounds  red-ryder  sour-mash  theismann  water-wings  www 

No Pull-ups, No Problem

 Posted on June 11, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  461 words  |  

YHC started the morning with a nice little fellowship run with Hello Kitty. Got back to the flag and the PAX were already gathering. Nice mix of vets and new guys and guys we haven’t seen recently. 05:45, let’s roll! Warm-Up Mosey over to the parking lot next to Power Line Hill and circle up for hillbillies, side straddle hops, burpees, Sir Fazios and plank jacks. The Thang Mosey over towards Power Line Hill but take a surprise right turn and head down the stairs to the baseball field. [Read More]
ascot  burt  chipper  chop-block  coxswain  disco-duck  hasselhoff  hello-kitty  hotspot  imp  liverpool  ma-bell  parker  quiver  red-ryder  smokey  water-wings  yoga-mat 

Superman Protocol

 Posted on June 10, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  687 words  |  

19 of the finest HIM in all of Apex descended upon the Apex Nature Park probably thinking of a nice easy transition into the weekend by the old man Q. Let me tell you boys, us RESPECTs still got some whup-ass in us. 0545 - let’s go Warm-Up Line up in 4 lines for a cadence run sung to the F3 principles jody written by a Hampton Roads PAX. I understand some of you weren’t able to hear me; sorry about that. [Read More]
ascot  blueprint  bogo  cataracts  earhart  gtl  imp  kubota  ma-bell  matlock  monkey-nut  pet-sounds  pickles  rooney  snots  sooey  swag  theismann  www 

10-counts for dayz

 Posted on June 4, 2018  |  6 minutes  |  1078 words  |  

Disclaimer, even with no FNGs. Better safe than sorry. Ready to go at 5:44:45, but…waited for official start. Warmup: Run ¼ mile to softball field lot (backwards run, karaoke right, regular, karaoke right(left), regular, karaoke right, backwards run, regular, curb slalom to loosen up the hips) Circle up near the playground for GM x 10 SSH x 36 Thang: Split up 1s and 2s. 1s go do 10 pullups at the playground OYO, 2s LBCs. [Read More]
cheddar-bo  disco-duck  hasselhoff  hotspot  imp  ma-bell  michelob  old-maid  quiver  red-ryder  theismann  water-wings