So About That Hip Flexor...

 Posted on November 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  367 words  |  

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, November 29, 2019. After the triumphant T-day convergence, which sported a CARPEX record of 3,964 PAX including 561 FNGs, most of us practiced a LOT of gluttony. YHC consumed enough calories on turkey day to power a 747 jet on a cross-continental voyage. 11 HIDAs, including one FNG, were here to out-king their queens. Whether they knew it or not. Speaking of kings, Prom King is late so 10 burpees is our reward. [Read More]
cataracts  chicken-fried  deuce  hot-spot  nature-boy  prom-king  red-ryder  sooey  sour-mash  sub  water-wings 

Cinder Block Pyramids

 Posted on November 27, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  454 words  |  

I wanted to make this one brutal so I scoured through F3 Greenwood’s IronPAX challenges and merged a few of them together to come up with this. While I was at my work/geek convention (i.e. KubeCon) in San Diego I ran through this workout at the hotel with a 30lb kettlebell (the heaviest one they had unfortunately). In short, it sucked, but do-able. So I grabbed all of the cinder blocks and two spare KB from Hell’s Bells the night before. [Read More]
16-steves  biner  cataracts  chianti  chicken-little  deuce  freebird  hamm  hotty-toddy  monkey-nut  pbx  puddles  qwerty  ramsay  red-ryder  schlitz  slappy  sooey  sour-mash  sub  term-paper  the-joker  theismann  torpedo  track-star  triple-lindy  yahoo 

5 Years............and Counting

 Posted on November 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  365 words  |  

Hit the PAX with a challenge to post at Kryptonite on the Slacks. And a special request to the 8 other Pax that attended my first workout, 7 of the 8 were there (Burt - Q, Wonderbread, Denali, Hotspot, Michelob, Franklin, and MaBell). Surcharge was unable to make it, although I am not sure he received my request. Anyways, 27 total showed up to see if I learned anything in the past 5 years…………. [Read More]
augmented  bagels  banjo  burt  chinese-downhill  coney  denali  flip-flop-thats-singular  franklin  gtl  hermes  hi-liter  hotspot  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  nature-boy  old-maid  pierogi  pta  red-ryder  shut-in  sour-mash  squatter  staubach  theismann  wonderbread 

Race Ya!

 Posted on November 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  407 words  |  

23 of the finest pax in all of Carpex-sub-region-Apex-Wednesday-bootcamper-regulars gathered in the gloom this morning for a non preblasted beatdown by YHC. Pax pulled in with minutes to spare, EC runners caught their breath, and has 0530 hit we dished out the disclaimer, raised our hands to our hearts for our country, set our Stravas, and took off towards the school. A long lap around the Bus Carpool loop and to the church courtyard for warmup: [Read More]
badlands  chicken-little  crimson  duece  flenderson  franklin  hamm  honeycomb  magoo  nature-boy  pet-sounds  puddles  qwerty  red-ryder  schlitz  shut-in  silver-fox  slim-shady  sooey  sour-mash  sub  traffic-cone  two-factor 

RED

 Posted on November 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  394 words  |  

We had a couple of visitors from out of town this morning, Monk from F3 The Capital (and before that Gastonia), and Red Baron from wherever Living Legends come from. Warm-Up Disclaimer and Pledge, mosey around the parking lot and grab some curb for three rounds of quick feet and curb irkens, then to the top of the deck and circle up for cherry pickers, arm twirlies, seal claps, hillbillies and a round of Good Mornings expertly led by Crimson. [Read More]
chicken-little  chinese-downhill  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  doogie  frisco  hamm  headroom  hello-kitty  henny-penny  honeycomb  intimidator  kwik-stop  magoo  mccants  monk  orphan  red-baron  red-ryder  riptide  short-circuit  silver-fox  sooey  sour-mash  supercell  the-commish  the-joker 

The Great Pain Stick Parking Deck Caper

 Posted on November 21, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  397 words  |  

YHC has had a commitment EVERY Tuesday night for the past 8 weeks. This prevented YHC from posting at Rush Hour…until this week. And the Q slot was open. So the stars aligned and I made my first trip in MONTHS to the finest AO in DTC on a Tuesday evening. A couple of us were there early, including Kevin. You see, Orphan sent us a message earlier in the day that his buddy Kevin, an FNG, would be visiting Rush Hour. [Read More]
cauliflower  disco-duck  kermit  ma-bell  red-ryder  shut-in 

Go outside and warm-up...

 Posted on November 14, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  217 words  |  

… at least that’s the joke around our house lately. Our downstairs furnace hasn’t worked in almost two weeks, as some of you have heard me ‘vent’. The first replacement part didn’t arrive for a week, then they installed it wrong and it failed within a few hours. Now we’re waiting for a replacement for the part and the installer! I’m trying to be nice, but the M lost patience long ago. [Read More]
bobby-bucche  cataracts  chicken-little  crimson  deuce  hamm  henny-penny  hotty-toddy  parker  qwerty  red-ryder  slappy  sour-mash  theismann  two-factor 

A Squatty Party

 Posted on November 13, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  387 words  |  

15 HIM of which 18 were Steve’s ( SixteenSteves + Ryder + Cataracts) were ready to move and warm-up. YHC has been dealing with some shoulder problems and needed to keep this Q below the pits. Having primed the Pax with the upcoming “Leg Day” pre-blast I needed to deliver. Ryder called it a traveling warm-up, I called it “keep yo ass moving” as we lapped a quick run out of the parking lot and around just to get everyone moving. [Read More]
cataracts  chicken-little  hamm  headroom  imp  ramsey  red-ryder  schlitz  sixteen-steves  slappy  sour-mash  texas-ranger  theismann  triple-lindey  wahoo 

OK, Boomer

 Posted on November 12, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  270 words  |  

Google it, if you have to. I did. Hint: it has nothing to do with Oklahoma. 19 PAX + 1 for EC only showed up at a damp and gloomy FMJ as Carpex Respect Week rolls on. Seems like an appropriate week for one of our Respects to ask, “Hey! Can you just tell me what ‘OK Boomer’ means so I don’t have to look it up?” In the meantime, we did do some exercises: [Read More]
biner  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  callahan  cool-beans  doogie  flip-flop  gtl  i-pity-the-fool  largemouth  michelob  orphan  parker  pbx  pet-sounds  red-ryder  squatter  sub  wonderbread 

Just Breathe

 Posted on November 7, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  336 words  |  

So what did Faith Hill have to do with the workout? Nothing. But she sure is easy on the eyes. Oh and she put out an album exactly 20 years ago titled Breathe which was a reoccuring theme in the workout. 10 pax were at the flag ready to roll at 0530 so we got after it. A quick disclaimer, Pledge of Allegiance and off we went. Warm-up: Mosey out to Town Side then head toward Apex BBQ Rd, left on that road until at the back entrance of St. [Read More]
imp  qwerty  red-ryder  sixteen-steves  sour-mash  theismann  track-star  yahoo