WE READY

 Posted on January 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  372 words  |  

AO: Slippery When Wet QIC: Staubach It was an honor to do my VQ with this great group of men. I am very appreciative for F3 and all that is has done for me in my life. Thanks to @bluewater for getting me out there last June. Here is my VQ backblast: It was pretty nice, about 40 degrees and a little damp. My nerves were high as I headed out for my VQ. [Read More]
bluewater  coxswain  denali  grease-monkey  jigglypuff  joe-smith  oofta  shank  smokey  staubach  term-paper  wonderbread 

Friday Morning Murph

 Posted on January 12, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  216 words  |  

12 HIM’s posted on a chilly January morning for what YHC announced would be a Murph. Well, it turned out kinda that way, with legendary mumblechatter. Joe Smith - you shoulda bought a Maytag. EC departed 0510 on schedule, route modified due to ice: YHC, Poolee, Wonderbread, Denali, Chanicleer, Joe Smith , Grease Monkey. Warm up: Good Mornings, Windmills, Michael Phelps (in consideration of the Murph to come) The Murph: [Read More]
adjacent  bayonne  bluewater  chanticleer  denali  grease-monkey  joe-smith  oofta  poolee  smokey  staubach  term-paper  wonderbread 

Workout at BO

 Posted on January 10, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  104 words  |  

14 dudes worked out in 32 degree weather with a nippy wind chill. Mission of F3 Safety Warm up with stretching, exercises and sprints Double 7s in Baptist Church Lot. Burbees, Hand release Merkins and Jump Squats ManMaker Ladder on Academy. Up to 5. I.E (1, merkin, 1 plank jack, 1 jump with a clap) up to 5 man makers with 5 Merkins, 5 plank jacks and 5 jumps with a clap) [Read More]
angry-elf  burt  callahan  chinese-downhill  coney  ezekiel  hello-kitty  joe-smith  lawn-dart  pickles  puck  ratchet  sabre  wonderbread 

Plan B. Think anyone noticed?

 Posted on January 9, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  542 words  |  

YHC signed up to Q arguably the toughest of CARPEx AO’s last week and immediately set to thinking about what to bring to the PAX. Pullups? Not at this sprawling hey pull-up-bar lacking site. Celebration Merkins? Ditto no… although the big shelter has plenty, there’s just not that much room? Compass Merkins? There’s a thought. But one of my fave’s are the baseball fields, providing an nice setting for low-mileage beatdowns. [Read More]
bogo  chinese-downhill  chipper  denali  ezekiel  flacco  flip-flop  gap-year  hello-kitty  hotspot  jigglypuff  joe-smith  largemouth  liverpool  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  ollie  one-four  parker  pierogi  prodigal  random-house  saban  sabre  squatter  the-commish  the-joker  two-factor  wkrp 

Carpex Challenge 2018 is in the Books

 Posted on January 8, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  171 words  |  

Congrats to the 36 that participated in this year’s challenge. In the end, very few completed all 3 Fs, and in fact, not many were able to post at every AO in 2018. Perhaps I made it too difficult this year, or maybe I didn’t do a good enough job marketing the challenge. But I think it’s more likely a statement of our growth. In the end, it was successful, because I know that it made some number of PAX push themselves a bit more and get out of their comfort zone. [Read More]
banjo  beaker  biner  bogo  butterscotch  ck  crimson  disco-duck  franklin  frisco  half  hello-kitty  hermes  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  jigglypuff  joe-smith  mccants  moped  nature-boy  pet-sounds  pierogi  quiver  red-ryder  repeato  riptide  sabre  shut-in  sooey  squatter  term-paper  theismann  tubeless  www  yoga-mat 

Blocks + Rain = Pain

 Posted on January 4, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  337 words  |  

After posting several times with our fine F3 brothers in Hickory, NC this fall, YHC came to appreciate the versatile, yet potentially lethal concrete masonry unit (CMU aka “cinder block”) in a workout. Call it an implement, a coupon, whatever you’d like…they’re 38 pounds of jagged edged concrete. After a quick run to Lowes’, where CMU’s can be found for under $2 a piece, YHC decided to create a morning around them. [Read More]
adjacent  ashbury  bayonne  bluewater  build-a-bear  chipper  denali  half  joe-smith  meatloaf  staubach  stetson  term-paper 

19 Murphs in 2019 (1 of 19)

 Posted on January 3, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  99 words  |  

Pre-Blast 10 HIM for the first of 19 Murphs (in 2019) at BH. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the…the site Q didn’t bring out the flag so it wouldn’t get wet?! 10 penalty burpees. Run like 10 yards, circle up for…Smokey and Joe Smith request the shelter for warmups…so we dropped for Superman Holds and WWII sit-ups. We also did a few GMs. The Thang Do a Murph (run to Baucom Elem. [Read More]
gtl  hi-liter  honeycomb  joe-smith  pet-sounds  rooney  smithers  smokey  sub  tootsie-roll 

PopUp CSAUP: The Burpee 400+

 Posted on December 29, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  68 words  |  

Pre-Blast

  • 12 for the first ever PopUp CSAUP: The Burpee 400+
  • We crushed 420 burpees and covered 2 miles in 60 minutes.

The Warmup

  • Pledge of Allegiance at the flag
  • Run around the pickle, circle up for: 5 GM, 10 WM, 10 mountain climbers, 10 merkins.
  • Run to the parking lot exit.

The Thang

  • PAX alternate calling 20 burpees OMD. Walk/jog between each set. Do 420 total.

COT

ck  hi-liter  joe-smith  kermit  netscape  ollie  one-four  sosa  texas-ranger  theismann  traffic-cone 

FOR THE RECORD

 Posted on December 28, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  

They said it couldn’t be done. It was just too far in too short of time. Too many variables to avoid the dreaded asterisk. They said Hello Kitty defined “up tempo”’ for the CarPex region with his official non-asterisk AO record of 4.55 miles. He was the champ. Our job was just not to be chumps. Well gentlemen, six PAX showed up on a crisp Christmas Eve morning to prove it could be done. [Read More]
denali  dice-f3-new-bern  gtl  joe-smith  oofta  wonderbread 

Choices

 Posted on December 21, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  288 words  |  

11 PAX braved the balmy drizzle to gather ‘round the flag at Harold D. Ritter Park. 1st exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance. As Coxswain was the last HIM to arrive, he got the honor of choosing one of two envelopes. Inside each envelope was a workout. Choose wisely. Warmup SSHs, then mosey to the big ‘ol parking lot off across Centergreen. Circle up again for Good Mornings, Sir Fazio, Burpees, Seal Claps, and Cotton Pickers. [Read More]
adjacent  ashbury  coxswain  frisco  horatio  joe-smith  meatloaf  milton-bradley  oofta  red-ryder  smokey