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Backblast

Posted on November 26, 2018 | 2 minutes | 365 words |

Is it gonna rain, or isn’t it. Last night Steve said it was likely to rain. This morning, he’s saying it won’t. 17, er, 18 HIMs braved the uncertainty that is the iPhone weather app and posted on a near-perfect 50 degree November morning. First exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance Warm Up Pet Sounds arrives. Slow count Good Mornings, Sir Fazio arm circles, overhead claps, Steve Earles, Cotton Pickers, and Merkins (on my down AND up). [Read More]

tortoise - Burpees, Pullups and Merkins

Posted on November 25, 2018 | 1 minutes | 152 words |

Lonely PAX of 1 doing EC Pull Ups. Where is Theisman when you need him. Crimson brought the Mumble Chatter early so had to do several rounds of Burpees throughout workout to keep it in check. Warm up 10 Good Morning 15 Hillbillies 15 OH clap 10 Burpees OYO 15 Merkins 15 Plank Jacks Runners stretch Thang 1 Mosey to driveway 11s 1 Burpee at top of hill and 10 Merkins at bottom. [Read More]

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Thankful (especially for FNGs on Thanksgiving)

Posted on November 23, 2018 | 4 minutes | 685 words |

YHC is thankful for many things; my loving family, a full table this Thanksgiving, and a purpose-driven career. But, above all things, I’m thankful for the blessings of FNGs on Thanksgiving Day. More to come, but first: The annual Thanksgiving Convergence means the men of Carpex descend upon the finest AO in all the land, Bradford’s Ordinary, and this year the weather right-perfect for a proper beatdown. EC run waves launched at 0600 and 0630 (psst, Frisco showed up at 0538 texting YHC, “um when are we starting? [Read More]

10 old-ish HIDAs & The Kid

Posted on November 15, 2018 | 3 minutes | 428 words |

37 degrees and sideways rain. Sounds like a great day for a Flying Circus splashdown. To add intrigue, YHC teased a mystery guest co-Q on the Slackosphere the day prior. Just at the right moment, Earhart delivers Ninjago to the site of today’s beatdown. Warmup First exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance. Then, circle up and turn it over to Ninjago for some Hillbillies, Good mornings, and get this…Ninjago calls warm up Merkins. [Read More]

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Rotate. Rotate. Rotate. Rotate.

Posted on November 14, 2018 | 2 minutes | 369 words |

- EC Pullups: Theisman, Red Ryder, Joe Smith, Parker, Bluewater - EC Run (that’s right I said EC run): Michelob, Wonderbread, GTL, Hi-Liter, Snots, Chanticleer, Largemouth, Denali & YHC I’ve done a variation of this workout once before at SWW but I thought it would be perfect for Tortoises so I dusted it off, loaded up the Pontiac P.O.S with some fun toys to play with and the rest is soon to be Carpex History. [Read More]

The 2018 Odyssey: It’s a Journey, Not a Race

Posted on November 10, 2018 | 29 minutes | 6037 words |

In CARPEX, we have a saying “if there’s no Back Blast then either it was a Riptide Q or it didn’t happen”. But the Odyssey did happen (I have the t-shirt to prove it) and so it must to go down into the annals of CARPEX so that someday future generations will read about it and ask themselves “What the #*@(#* were those morons thinking?!?!!” So what the #*@(#* were we thinking? [Read More]

Water Wings Week Part Tres

Posted on November 7, 2018 | 1 minutes | 28 words |

11/7/18 We had a blast doing pull-ups, monkey humpers, rock your bodies, fast feet, curb hops and Australian mountain climbers. Most complained, but all delighted in the punishment.

Bear Crawls, Burpees and Boppits

Posted on November 6, 2018 | 3 minutes | 503 words |

Week two at Claymore, the best lit limited running AO in all of Carpex, and the parking lot is filling up fast. Can YHC handle a big crowd? Let’s find out. Warm-Up Mosey up the parking lot and around the island then circle up. Count off, 17 PAX. YHC is fair and kind, only 10 burpees OYO. Continue the warm-up with side straddle hops, imperial walkers, copperhead merkins, mountain climbers, copperhead squats, then pick up the other 7 burpees OYO. [Read More]

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Water Wings Week Begins

Posted on November 5, 2018 | 2 minutes | 304 words |

YHC couldn’t have asked for a more glorious morning to Water Wings Week than what God blessed us with this morning. Water falling from the sky pretty much the whole morning to keep the sweat at bay. We moseyed to the usual warm-up parking lot for some SSH, Merkins, Calf stretches and Good Mornings. Next, Mosey to the far parking lot to find a rock. We setup in the parking circle for the thang. [Read More]

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A trip to the zoo brought to you by the numbers 7 and 14

Posted on November 1, 2018 | 3 minutes | 530 words |

Nice warmer weather again this morning brought out 13 of Carpex’s finest to the premier skate park in SW Wake County. YHC tried to solicit some requests for the workout today - didn’t get much but decided to work in what I could 530 - time to start - a few still messing around at a truck trying to find a pair of gloves - so the rest of us went over there and did 1 burpee OYO to start. [Read More]

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