21 for 22's

 Posted on May 8, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  437 words  |  

Warm-Up Mosey out of the park and safely across Cary Parkway to the office park and circle up for imperial walkers, Sir Fazios forward and reverse. Notice Red Ryder’s smiling face as he sneaks into the circle, ask the site Q’s what time we start, confirm my suspicion that he’s late, reward his tardiness with ten burpees OMD (#noOYObro). Close out the warm-up with good mornings and criticism of my cadence. [Read More]
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The Hill is Alive

 Posted on April 30, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  362 words  |  

Perfect morning at FWD! Site I don’t get to a whole lot – great to get together with some fine high-impact men. 14 HIMs gathered – No FNGs, only familiar faces. F3 intro given & we started with the pledge. Moseyed around the parking lot & painted some lines. With all that running out of the way, we rolled into: The Warm Up Circle up for SSH, good mornings, windmills, imperial walkers, hill billies, calf stretch merkins, etc. [Read More]
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Y2K was not the best decade for music

 Posted on April 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  251 words  |  

Rain threatened, but we did not care. 23 HIMs strode into the gloom to do battle with ourselves and be AWESOME! There were no FNGs. The mission, disclaimer, and pledge were recited. We moseyed to the green way parking lot for warm-ups. Warm-ups Side Straddle Hops Good Mornings Cotton Pickers (my hammies were really tight) Sir Fazio Arm Circles Merkins Calf Stretches Thang One We ran through the darkness of the green way heading for the bridge. [Read More]
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One for the Record Books

 Posted on April 24, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  417 words  |  

YHC apparently forgot why Rush Hour got its name! Waze said 5:43 arrival and it was dead on. Popped out the car and noticed a LOT of people waiting around for a Q. 19 to be exact. It was said that’s a record, not sure the accuracy of that but YHC will take it! Why so many guys!? 1. The weather, bro! It was gorgeous out there! 2. The beers that would soon follow. [Read More]
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Making Good Friday Even Better: Stations of the Cross

 Posted on April 20, 2019  |  8 minutes  |  1703 words  |  

QIC: Crimson, Wonderbread, Flacco 42 HIM gathered in the gloom to commemorate the the final days of the greatest HIM of all time. Stations of the Cross is a Catholic tradition that marks each of 14 notable events the Christ endured on his final day on this Earth. From his condemnation by Pilate and the Sanhedrin to his final (well…not-so-final) resting place in the tomb. Below is the full text that was read and the accompanying exercises for the workout. [Read More]
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50 Challenge Vanilla ... NOT!!!

 Posted on April 13, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  603 words  |  

PAX: Ashbury (hate), Captain Jack, Chipper, EarharT, FNG Fedora (hate), Honeycomb, Joe Smith, Kermit (Hate), Kitty Litter, Meatloaf, Milton Bradley (hate), Sega (hate), Smokey, Staubach, Term Paper, Titanic, Whirlie, WWW My original Q slot was supposed to be last week because Blue Water was not going to get back from his trip until later that day, so he needed someone to step in and Q. I thought I was the first to respond but Riptide was quick on the draw and beat me to the punch. [Read More]
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On the hunt

 Posted on March 30, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  578 words  |  

OK fellas, YHC was feeling a little something extra this week in prep for a Phoenix-lead beatdown. I showed up at 0600 with a pocket full of scavenger hunt clues. Before setting out to strategicly place them around Bond Park, Brother Snots pulled into the lot. With that we rolled out… …back in time for some mumble before the beatdown, seeing no FNG’s YHC dropped the F3 mission statement and credo on the pax, and we’re off. [Read More]
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World's Best 11s

 Posted on March 26, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  290 words  |  

YHC arose at 04:50 with great anticipation of Q’ing a site not visited as often as it should by us Apexians. FWD has quite a signature structure - the bridge over US 1. With the weather appropriately gloomy, 13 lucky PAX gathered at the flag to get the disclaimer and two laps around the tiny pickle. Warm Up SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Steve Earles, Good Mornings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Control Freak Merkins, and 5 burpees OYO. [Read More]
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Just in Time Training

 Posted on March 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  401 words  |  

I still don’t wear a watch during these workouts. While it’s always good to see Biner, unless he’s Qing of course (then you just have to channel your inner Spartan warrior), he provided the necessary time checks along the way during this particularly time sensitive workout. It was only time sensitive in that we were traveling a long way from the flag and everyone likes arrive home on time. 17 showed, 2 kept Sooey company as he continues his recovery walks, so 14 of launch for a trip around the Apex Lake. [Read More]
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Taco Tuesday

 Posted on March 13, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  369 words  |  

A half dozen High Impact Men came out to the sunniest gloom in all of Carpex to get stronger. Let’s go! Warm-Up Mosey around the Page-Walker building and circle up for side straddle hops, imperial walkers and cotton pickers. Here comes Ollie and Mojo, so let’s do another round. The Thang Mosey over to the big fountain and split into two groups, one group AMRAPs dips while the other group runs up the stairs and around the courtyard, then flapjack. [Read More]
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