Mystery Grab Bag

 Posted on May 23, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  253 words  |  

Today the PAX took fate in their own hands with a game I like to call: Let’s Run Over To Some Hills And Randomly Pull Out Exercises From A Bag Written On Sheets Of Paper And Do These Exercises At The Top And Bottom Of The Previously Mentioned Hills or LROTSHARPOEFABWOSOPADTEATTABOTPMH for short. EC Runners included Sub, Hanson, GTL, Freebird, Orphan and YHC Disclaimer given to our FNG and we circle up [Read More]
denali  freebird  gtl  hanson  imp  michelob  nerf  one-four  orphan  osprey  oxtail  queequeg  qwerty  rooney  schlitz  short-circuit  shut-in  smokey  squatter  sub  the-joker  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

17,884 days down; 1 to go.

 Posted on May 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  

What a great morning! We had EC runners & ruckers; ME boot campers, ruckers, stretchers and rehabbers; 2 FNGs; visitor from New Bern; and a wide spectrum of guys who have been with Carpex from its earliest days to those who have been posting for just a few days. As it was stated often today, “Who has it better than us?” On the eve of my 49th birthday, it’s safe to say that I am in the best physical, emotional and mental shape I’ve been, in a long time. [Read More]
alamo  badlands  bartman  biner  build-a-bear  callahan  chinese-downhill  claven  crimson  cutty  denali  disclaimer  duece  ezekiel  flenderson  frisco  guano  hello-kitty  hi-liter  honey-do  hotty-toddy  liverpool  miagi  ollie  one-four  pbx  pierogi  pigeon  schlitz  shut-in  sooey  squatter  texas-ranger  torpedo  triple-lindy  two-yutes 

Welcome To Camp Frisco

 Posted on May 16, 2019  |  11 minutes  |  2227 words  |  

It was a glorious day at Camp Frisco…uh, Bounty Hunters. 56 PAX showed up ready to work. I realized however that Hi-Liter, Pet Sounds, and Red Ryder were probably alone at their sites. After a few rounds of Rock-Paper-Scissors (and two recounts demanded by Cool Beans–TYFYL) 33 PAX were shipped off to other AOs. There would be penalty burpees in store for them, but none of them had contributed to my HIM of the Year campaign PAC so they were quickly dismissed from my thoughts. [Read More]
badlands  blue-and-out  cool-beans  crimson  deuce  disco-duck  frisco  hotty-toddy  imp  joe-smith  nature-boy  old-maid  one-four  orphan  oxtail  parker  pickles  schlitz  shut-in  smokey  sooey  sub  traffic-cone  triple-lindy 

Core Principal #1....We Need More Core!

 Posted on May 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  380 words  |  

YHC’s goal for the SNS beatdown….don’t stop moving, and engage the core! My challenge to the PAX and future Q’s is to engage the core, and step up the numbers….it doesn’t have to wait for Mary! Though a fine 6-pack…this is NOT what we are talking about! Warm up Quick jog to the community center parking lot, backwards run in a circle to capture the 6 SSH Merkins Calf Stretches w/wide-grip merkins enough…. [Read More]
angry-elf  banjo  build-a-bear  captain-jack  carvana  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  chop-block  denali  flacco  freebird  grease-monkey  gtl  half  hanson  jigglypuff  largemouth  ma-bell  old-maid  ollie  one-four  pet-sounds  prodigal  renaissance  repeato  sabre  shut-in  skipper  slappy  squatter  swag  term-paper  the-commish  theismann  torpedo  two-factor  wonderbread 

Last workout of the week

 Posted on May 10, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  266 words  |  

20 Pax hit up the Naturest of all Parks in Apex for a Friday morning beatdown. YHC pre-blasted that we’d be using the pull-up bars and the turf. Let’s see how it went down. 0545 - Disclaimer and Pledge Warmup - No signature warm up. Instead we pranced the parking lot back and forth with butt kickers, high knees, shuffles, karaoke, and a couple warm up exercises. Thang 1 - We headed to the pond and partnered up, each getting a rock. [Read More]
blueprint  crimson  earhart  gtl  hanson  hotspot  imp  nerf  parker  quidditch  qwerty  red-ryder  shut-in  slappy  snots  sooey  the-commish  theismann  two-factor  wonderbread 

Entering AREA 51

 Posted on May 9, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  123 words  |  

Thanks to you guys, I’m a better man at 51 than I was at a decade or two ago. That’s an understatement, to be sure, but I won’t bore you with details. Just wanted to say that my body is sore but my spirits high, and I attribute most of that to the excellent group of HIMs that I’ve come to associate with. Fight the good fight, finish the race, keep the faith. [Read More]
build-a-bear  captain-jack  hermes  lite-brite  ollie  repeato  shut-in  sourmash 

The Best of Bradford's Ordinary

 Posted on May 9, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  417 words  |  

Solid group of 20 gathered in the parking lot ready to do some work. Kitty gives the disclaimer, quizzes the PAX about the 5 core principles and we are off. Warm up at The Bank ending with Jack Webb’s to 5 Cluster Indian Run to Parking Deck for Pain Stick fake out and some Hand Release Merkins Parking deck tour with LBCs, Jump Squats and Freddie Mercs Pocket Park for Bear Crawls, Lunges, Derkins and Dips [Read More]
banjo  burt  callahan  captain-kirk  coat-factory  coney  disco-duck  hello-kitty  macho-man  pickles  prodigal  puck  red-lobster  shut-in  silverback  skipper  staubach  term-paper  the-joker  viking  yoga-mat 

It's Gonna Be May

 Posted on May 2, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  

Mall Walkers: Chinese Downhill, CK - These guys walked and talked. Mall Walkers with Backpacks: Hotcakes, Skipper, Carvana - These guys walked and talked with heavy stuff. Joggers: Hermes, Bogo, Denali, Largemouth, Old Maid, Hasslehoff, Hotspot, One Four, Coney, Chanticleer, Grease Monkey, Michelob, Bart, Half Baked - These guys jogged around and talked and listened to music. Baddass Bootcampers: Banjo, Build-a-Bear, Flacco, Franklin, Hi-Liter, Pivot, Saban, Sabre, Shut-In, Snots, Swag, Term Paper, Torpedo [Read More]
banjo  bogo  build-a-bear  burt  carvana  chanticleer  chinese-downhill  ck  coney  denali  franklin  grease-monkey  half-baked  hasselhoff  hermes  hi-liter  hotcakes  hotspot  largemouth  michelob  old-maid  one-four  pivot  random-house  saban  sabre  shut-in  skipper  snots  swag  term-paper  torpedo 

Two Bricks in Hand is better than One in the ... nvm

 Posted on May 2, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  401 words  |  

When Frisco asked me to Q Claymore, I was more than happy to oblige him. We settled on a date until we didn’t. In typical Frisco fashion, he had already promised the agreed upon date to another PAX. So YHC happily shifted to the right on the calendar and here we were. On a lovely 62 degree morning, Annie Jones Park was our oyster. Twelve gathered for the Pledge of Allegiance where in the shadow of Old Glory sat a yard cart full of landscape bricks YHC pulled from his garage that morning. [Read More]
crimson  disco-duck  frisco  pickles  press-on  repeato  rooney  saban  shut-in  sooey  sputnik  www 

YOLIO (You only lose it once).

 Posted on April 29, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  525 words  |  

8 brave (or just sympathetic/misguided?) PAX came out to HARES @ Sovereign Grace Church this morning to attend YHC’s VQ! Rookie mistakes were made. Lessons were learned. The mumblechatter a constant. But in the end we all got to play with some coupons, hopefully got slightly wrecked, and we all came out the other side better than when we began. 0500 - Sub and 3 others kicked the morning off with some EC mileage and pullups. [Read More]
ascot  hanson  peeping-tom  red-ryder  shut-in  slappy  sub  term-paper