Mathletics

 Posted on February 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  332 words  |  

Eleven HIMs gathered in the fairly well lit, narrow parking lot of Annie Jones Park expecting a limited-run boot camp workout. This is, in fact, what was to be delivered to said PAX. First exercise, the Pledge of Allegiance. In a well-disguised foreshadowing of things to come, a high knee/karaoke mosey to the lot next to the tennis courts for… Warm Up SSHs, Good Mornings, Moroccan Night Clubs, Overhead Claps, Plank Jacks & Control Freak Merkins. [Read More]
carvana  ck  ezekiel  frisco  intimidator  pickles  red-ryder  saban  silverback  the-truth  theismann 

Millennial Mayhem

 Posted on February 18, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  440 words  |  

‘Twas a lovely morning on the border of Cary and Apex, where Miss Laura Duncan once cooked some chard on a stone. 18 men gathered to pay tribute to the Millennial generation with a goal of 2000-count exercises: 1000 reps and 1000 meters of running. Dodging the expected deluge of rain, we had a fine time in the cool, soggy gloom…one might even say “moist.” YHC had found the Millennial workout on the Exicon and thought it would be a great way to challenge the PAX to a well-rounded beatdown. [Read More]
bartman  coney  disco-duck  flacco  hasselhoff  honeycomb  hotspot  jigglypuff  ma-bell  red-ryder  saban  sabre  shut-in  silverback  smokey  sub  term-paper  two-factor 

Get Off My Lawn

 Posted on February 14, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  628 words  |  

Disclaimer, this is NOT a GT backblast. This was the first Q that I signed up for in 2019 because 2/14 has always been a notable day for me in F3. More in the NMS. YHC cruised in post-recon with a minute to spare. Scooped up the PAX after determining that the mustachioed Puck was NOT an FNG, and headed out with the most non-compliant of disclaimers: “My name is Jigglypuff, and I’ve been doing this ish for 2 years. [Read More]
burt  callahan  ezekiel  hello-kitty  hi-liter  jigglypuff  loom  puck  saban  term-paper  www 

There’s no vanilla in these Burpees … Burpees, Burpees, and more Burpees - does a body good!!!

 Posted on February 14, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  386 words  |  

Date: 2/13/2019 QIC: WWW AO: SnS, Maynard / Insomnia / Vesper, and Ruckers PAX: Badlands, Banjo, Bartman, Bogo, Build-a-Bear, Burt, Buzzfeed. Chanticleer, Coney, FNG EZ Bake, Franklin, Grease Monkey, Hansen, Hello Kitty, Hi-Liter, Hot Spot, Khakis, Large Mouth, Ma Bell, Michelob, Mohawk, Nickel, Ollie, One Four, Pivot, Random House, Saban, Sabre, Shut-in, Sky Blue, Smitten, Sub, Wonder Bread, WWW Warm-up: GM, hamstring stretch, Sir Fazio forward, seal claps, overhead claps, SF backward, calf stretch with CFMs. [Read More]
badlands  banjo  bartman  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  buzzfeed  chanticleer  coney  ez-bake  franklin  grease-monkey  hanson  hello-kitty  hi-liter  hotspot  khakis  largemouth  ma-bell  michelob  mohawk  nickel  ollie  one-four  pivot  random-house  saban  sabre  shut-in  sky-blue  smitten  sub  wonderbread  www 

Hills for the Kulak Krew!

 Posted on February 1, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  479 words  |  

Wow – beautiful morning at the ole Danger Zone – crisp & cool with beautiful stars and a sliver of a moon. My man Flacco had the Q, but asked me to step in as he is under the weather – “my pleasure” as they say at Chick-fil-a – hope you feel better quickly! The PAX gathered with the site Q expertly giving parking commands – Klown Kar of Kulaks was a most welcome sight! [Read More]
flip-flop  liverpool  pelican-brief  press-on  prodigal  push-it  random-house  saban  sabre  sosa  swag 

Hot and Fresh

 Posted on February 1, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  395 words  |  

YHC went to bed last night with a great workout planned, the perfect preparation for the upcoming Krispy Kreme Challenge. Unfortunately weather and circumstances conspired against me, so a new plan was formulated shortly before we began. Warm-Up Start off with the Pledge at the Flag, then mosey over to the bank for side straddle hops, imperial walkers, good mornings, mountain climbers and calf stretches. The Thang Stay at the bank for 22’s. [Read More]
burt  callahan  cheesesteak  coney  disco-duck  franklin  lex-luthor  liverpool  nature-boy  open-out  prodigal  puck  quiver  saban  term-paper  yoga-mat 

Frisco don't know Jack

 Posted on January 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  272 words  |  

Warm Up – all done with random numbers SSH, GM, Hillbillies, Plankjacks, Merkins Thangs – all done on the tennis court to classic rock 4 Corners of Jack Elevator, 5-10-15-20 Burpee Jacks, Seal Jacks, Smurf Jacks, Jack A$$ Merkins Ring of fire in seated squat position with increasing squats Ring of fire in low plank with increasing merkins Down the Jack Elevator, 20-15-10-5 Lunge walk the tennis courts with increasing squats every 6 lunges Bear crawl burpee suicides with increasing burpees at each court 7’s with monkey humpers and diamond merkins Ab work thrown in occasionally Mary [Read More]
cataracts  deuce  earhart  frisco  goose  kenny  ma-bell  ninjago  pickles  saban  term-paper  www 

A new Dora, was it 24 or 22?

 Posted on January 28, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  253 words  |  

Great morning a Wolverine – excellent group of high impact men! All familiar faces - no FNG to to brief…. The Warm-up: Start with the pledge, mosey around the pickle to basketball court & circle up Good mornings, windmills (tough to count for some reason!), SSH, calf stretches with merkins, air chair with chinooks The Thang! Mosey south along the running trail to the big parking lot. Fast feet, bear crawl, curb dips, crab back…. [Read More]
banjo  bogo  build-a-bear  clementine  coney  doogie  ezekiel  flacco  geek-squad  lawn-dart  ollie  pierogi  pivot  prodigal  random-house  saban  sabre  snots  squatter  the-commish  theismann  trike 

Speed-Dating

 Posted on January 24, 2019  |  4 minutes  |  668 words  |  

Lots going on at Shakin’ Not Stirred this morning. The Maynerds were off early, Insomnia runners, departed just after the last Maynerd group, and at 5:45 the Vesper and Bootcamp group were ready to get going. The Bootcamp hosted a baker’s dozen, and it went down like this: Tight circle and each man was instructed to identify a fellow PAX that he didn’t really know so well. That was to be your partner throughout the workout. [Read More]
badlands  captain-kirk  chipper  flip-flop  nature-boy  pierogi  press-on  random-house  riptide  saban  smokey  the-commish  water-wings 

I've Never Seen Vertical 4 Corners

 Posted on January 18, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  158 words  |  

In keeping with the spirit, I’ll be brief. 11 PAX (including Great Britain’s ambassador to Carpex; great to have Arsenal out) showed up in downtown Carpex for some parking deck fun. Jogged to the little used Town Hall parking lot for warmups (The usual) Mosey over to the top of the parking deck for some vertical 4 corner 7’s (or, as some people call them “Sabans”). Starting at the top with 6 Burpees. [Read More]
angry-elf  arsenal  callahan  hello-kitty  jigglypuff  ollie  pickles  prodigal  saban  term-paper  the-joker