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When: 8/26/2018 QIC: Pet Sounds The PAX: Mabell, Goose, Theismann, Speed Racer,Navin, Coney, Burt, Pet Sounds Warm up: Slow mozy to cul de sac Circle up for, SSH, 40x Merkins OMD, Plank Jax, Imp Walkrs, 1 arm plank hip dips 10ic/flip Chatter stopped… Mozy back to driveway Imp Walkers down drive, partner up Wheelbarrow back up (best effort) repeato with other partner The what else would you do on hills but sled… P1 grab a pallet, P2 two bricks Back up hill to road P1 bearcrawl sled push ~25yards, P2 Plank 1 arm brick reverse fly (run to catch up w P1) flop / repeato twice / Second set P2 offset merkins on 1 brick Who said hills: Light run up and down some hills ~1. [Read More]

When: 8/25/2018 QIC: Pet Sounds The PAX: Mabell, Goose, Theismann, Speed Racer, Khakis, Pet Sounds “F U Pet Sounds” - brought a smile to my heart Warm up: Very slow jog (YHC IR still) to Cul De Sac and back Circle up for, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Theismann arm/let cirlce thing The Suck: Double 7 Hammers at bottom1, 10 Burpees at top, LBC at bottom2 Something like 120 burpees total - spread out just enough Timber Time: Mozy to log pile Pick your favorite 4’x8”x8” Log Mozy it back to road overhead Man Makers 3 Partner press The Reward: Drop the log and Mozy down the hill to the lake Drop shoes/shirt - 100 yard swim (damn the water was perfect) Announcements [Read More]

2 Years of F3. It’s a sickness that I just can’t seem to kick. One that has resulted in lack of sleep, frequent muscle aches, and lack of cell phone battery. I just can’t stop setting my alarm in anticipation of that brotherhood, the laughs, and personal growth. 2 years of F3 is something to be celebrated. What better way to celebrate than pain. Warm-up Welcome the Meow-Mile Pax Mosey over to the bank and circle up SSH IC X 25 GM IC X 10 Imperial Walker X 15 Standard Merkin mixture of slow cadence with normal cadence x 20 [Read More]

Lots of EC going on at Tortoises this morning, three PAX for a fellowship lap around beautiful downtown Apex, multiple other PAX for all or part of EC pull-ups. No Theismann to keep track of the total count, but Rooney was there and he brought Def Leppard with him. PAX were warned that today’s workout would be no running, and any running would be met with bonus burpees. Warm-Up Brisk walk to the flag for the Pledge, then brisk walk to the front of the church and circle up for imperial walkers, Sir Fazios, standard merkins (on my down), hold it, mountain climbers, hold it, standard merkins (on my down), hold it, plank jacks, hold it, standard merkins (on my down AND on my up) and hill billies. [Read More]

21 Pax dodged the rain and puddles to post at Field of Dreams this morning. YHC used to be a FOD regular. YHC even started the FOD Twitter handle, that’s how tight they were! Then more sites joined Tuesdays… Then a kitchen remodel relocated the family to far east borders of Cary… And just like that YHC’s regularity vanished… Franklin even sent his thugs, Nature Boy and Badlands to YHC’s house to repo his #TeamFOD shirt! [Read More]

‘Twas a coolish morning, relative to the last two months, and not quite as dank. The skies were still angry from the previous night’s storms, still spitting the occasional rain drop but hinting at lashing out again. This palpable uncertainly is perhaps why a relatively small PAX tentatively gathered at the flag. The flag itself had been tentatively planted by Smokey, creating an uneasy tension. There remained, however, an underlying current of optimism amid the groggy remains from the weekend. [Read More]

When: August 16th, 2018 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Biner, PBX, Liverpool, Goose, Hotty Toddy, Geek Squad, Slice, Franklin, Sooey, Crimson, Red Ryder, Ma Bell, Solder, Disco Duck, The Joker, Nature Boy, Camel, Badlands, Doogie, Swag, YHC: Earhart After a quick warm up run with some of the regulars, YHC was ready to lead a group of HIM for a rare appearance at Flying Circus. Start with Pledge of Allegiance, then a quick jaunt around the parking lot, mixing in karaoke, high knees, butt kickers, and other random running stuff until we circle back at the beginning for: [Read More]

Fresh off my first merlot induction at BO, YHC accepted the challenge to deliver a tough workout at the great AO, Tortoises. With little buzz and marketing, 20 other HIM wanted to see as well. Or maybe it was the EC Pull-Ups. Yeah, probably the ECPs. Also, there were another 5 who joined in for the traveling IR Bruisers AO for a total of 26. Add in the 3 young men shooting ball, and the place was poppin’! [Read More]

YHC has driven past North Cary Park many times on the way to various destinations. However, this is the first post. Luckily Google maps gives some very detailed satellite photos of what is rumored to be the premiere site in Cary on Fridays. There is cluster-Q potential with this one, after YHC sees the collection of HIMs who have decided to post. Nineteen, in all. Warm Up Standard fare of SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Sir Fazio, BURPEES, Plank Jacks, and Merkins (and my down AND my UP). [Read More]

It had been a while. I mean, I have made my semi-regular appearances at BO this past year. but it had been a while since I’d Q’d there. It had been a while since I’d Q’d anywhere. So as I started to fill up the empty googly slots, it was fitting that YHC start at the birthplace of Ma Bell. Anyway, enough history. YHC was feeling like putting the hurt on some PAX today. [Read More]