Moving on to Plan E

 Posted on February 23, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  340 words  |  

Have I told you how sick I am of cold, rainy weather? Luckily today we were expecting highs to get into the 60s. With sunshine. WITH SUNSHINE!!! However this morning, it was still 30s and the ground was wet from rain we’ve had in the past 1,231 hours. Six for EC run of about 3 miles. Return to the flag, and I initially thought I was in the wrong place. Maybe I should post at DTP a little more often - apparently it’s now the place to be in Downtown Apex on Tuesdays at 0530. [Read More]
16-steves  all-hours  big-red  chicken-little  decal  deuce  earhart  egon  hamm  hanson  henny-penny  hi-liter  honeycomb  imp  lucky-charms  mohawk  open-concept  peeping-tom  prodigal  ramsey  revere  short-circuit  slim-shady  smithers  squatter  steaks  suck-up  track-star  triple-lindy  wahoo 

Time is relative

 Posted on January 19, 2021  |  2 minutes  |  285 words  |  

We started within the 5:30 minute window. Side Straddle Hops Good Mornings Tin Soldiers - (yes those hammies were tight) Sir Fasio Arm Circles (forward) Overhead claps Sir Fasio Arm Circles (backwards) Merkins (no recover) Calf Stretch - one side only Mountain Climbers Now the other Calf Stretch More Merkins and then Recover Mosey to Apex UMC lot and split into 3 groups for stations as groups Station 1 - Squats [Read More]
16-steves  coxswain  hamm  henny-penny  lucky-charms  open-concept  ramsay  rock-lobster  saban  short-circuit  slim-shady 

Boy Band Tour 2020

 Posted on December 12, 2020  |  10 minutes  |  1929 words  |  

Some call it a shield lock. When a group of HIMs connect and strengthen their relationships through accountability, both in F3 and in life, and push each other to be stronger and better in all phases – physical, mental, social and emotional – again, in F3 and in life. Sometimes these shield locks form as a result of F3 and its ability to bring like-minded, positive HIMs together that want to be pushed and held accountable. [Read More]
16-steves  chicken-little  hamm  henny-penny  lucky-charms  short-circuit 

little bit of the POGL Goodness

 Posted on November 24, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  122 words  |  

Pledge Mozy to church circle up for warm up (SSH IC, Imp Walker IC, Merkins, Mtn Climbers, Plank Jacks) Thing 1 grab yourself a softball/melon sized rock circle back up and drop it quick mozy around the church Circle Up & Squat Hold for the six Plank hold 1 arm reverse fly with rock Plank hold Skaira with rock held high Circle Up & Squat Hold for the six Standing Rock raise side [Read More]
big-red  chicken-little  chipper  clockwork  decal  hello-kitty  henny-penny  honeycomb  imp  lucky-charms  pet-sounds  ramsey  short-circuit  silver-fox  snooki  the-joker  track-star  yahoo 

Tour De Peak

 Posted on November 9, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  323 words  |  

Here’s what we did at Dante’s Peak on Friday, November 6. YHC picked up the Q from Headroom after he posted that he needed to drop it the night before. Pet Sounds and YHC for some EC pullups and running before the ME. Warm Up Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. Then mosey to the back side of the park - bear crawling the bridge along the way. Finish warming up with SSHs, Steve Earles, Moroccan Night Clubs, CF Merkins, Runner’s stretch and calf stretch [Read More]
blue-and-out  freebird  hamm  imp  lucky-charms  open-concept  pet-sounds  puddles  red-ryder  robinhood  short-circuit  smithers  snooki  steaks  suck-up  tang  track-star 

Vanilla or Spicy?

 Posted on October 2, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  185 words  |  

That was the question leading into this Q. Was this going to a plain vanilla standard bootcamp or will I think of something spicy to throw at the Pax. Let’s wait to answer this at the end. FNG was present so standard disclaimer given to also include social distancing and avoidance of fist bumps. And we’re off. Mosey up the hill and over to the basketball court for warmups. Also included the first 5 reps of Jack Webb. [Read More]
16-steves  compound-w  crew-chief  decal  hamm  headroom  henny-penny  imp  juicy-fruit  orphan  robinhood  schlitz  short-circuit  sir-chicken-little  snooki  steaks  theismann  triple-lindy  wahoo 

Peace Disturbed

 Posted on September 29, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  243 words  |  

Its been a long time since I wrote a back blast. I think I have skipped writing one for the last 5-6 times I’ve Q’d. With trying to keep track of Pax attending workouts I better write this out to keep us all safe. So I’m going to keep this simple too. Standard warmup/stretching in Apex PD parking lot. Mosey to bottom of hill and partner up. Time for some Catch me if you can. [Read More]
16-steves  big-red  chicken-little  decal  earhart  egon  hamm  hanson  henny-penny  mohawk  peeping-tom  revere  short-circuit  the-commish  theismann  track-star  triple-lindy  wahoo  yahoo 

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

 Posted on September 4, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  627 words  |  

OK, so the Apex PAX (A-PAX for short) are clearly more smarter, better looking, and enjoyable to workout with than the Cary (basically Durham) PAX (CAR-PAthetiX for short but not really). I rolled out my new Dora et Trois concept again in today’s DP Gloom and they took to it like moths to a flame. It definitely had nothing to do with my ability to explain the workout, or an arguably better setup at DP than at Whoville earlier this week. [Read More]
16-steves  big-red  chicken-little  deuce  garfield  hamm  henny-penny  imp  mr-safety  orphan  pet-sounds  ramsey  red-ryder  short-circuit  sour-mash  tang  track-star 

OCD is no laughing matter

 Posted on September 2, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  350 words  |  

Aside: Kudos to BRR Team COT on the Quaranteam concept. T-CEPS, even. Driving to #DTP this morning around 5:15, I see one car after another turning in to David Dr Park. “Man, that’s a lot of cars for a team of 12”, thought I. Found out later that a massive run club meets at Wolverine on Tuesday mornings as well. LOL. So much for social distancing… :) But seriously, great initiative. [Read More]
chicken-little  egon  hamm  henny-penny  pet-sounds  pierogi  ramsey  short-circuit  snooki  the-joker  track-star  triple-lindy  wahoo  ya-baby  yahoo 

Merkins in the time of Blue Ridge

 Posted on August 22, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  539 words  |  

I have never seen “Love in the time of cholera”. Now there is “Love in the time of Corona”. Haven’t seen that either. But Friday at DP, we had something better. Arm work in the time of run-heavy Qs. But as with many workouts nowadays, this one started the night before with mindgames from Headroom. EC at 5am tomorrow. Let’s get in some miles!!! Headroom… circa 8pm Sure, sounds good. HC. [Read More]
16-steves  blueprint  chicken-little  hamm  headroom  imp  lucky-charms  pierogi  puzzles  qwerty  schlitz  short-circuit  slim-shady  smithers  theismann  wahoo