Drop Your Sticks for a Route 66

AO: Phoenix August 18, 2018 Keeping with the mid-August pain pticks theme, and not to be outdone by Bluewater’s Death by Dora mini-Murph at Slippery When Wet yesterday, YHC and Build-a-Bear dutifully planted a minefield of concrete and PVC for a lovely morning’s fun. Site Q Texas Ranger led a pack of 4 HIM’s for the EC run (+ Ollie, Sosa & Chipper - who had a rare Saturday M-pass to join us). [Read More]

Stop #3 on The Pain Stick Express

So when Build-A-Bear messaged me on Monday to “ask” me to incorporate the pain sticks into my Q on Wednesday, of course I said yes. You’ve seen him right? So with my original workout put back on the shelf for another day, I started drawing up some new plans. Big group this morning of Insomniacs, Vesperers and SNSers. The boot campers broke off and headed toward the community center to find the afore mentioned pain sticks waiting for them. [Read More]

The BEST Stretch

Pre-Blast 23 HIM converged at FMJ for some work. 9 for IR Bruisers. Burbeez are the BEST stretch. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Mixed run around the school, paint the lines. Circle up for: 50 Burbeez. Run to Hill #1, discover the Pain Stix. The Thang****s 7s on the hill - Worst Burbee Evers at the top (a Burbee with a Pain Stick Military Press) and Pain Stick V-Ups at the bottom. [Read More]

BRR Prep

Pre-Blast 19 for BRR prep at #ao-sat-phoenix and the Feline 15K. 3.75+ miles of hillz, Wolverines, and burbeez. The runners just ran. @Jigglypuff was there. EC run of 2.5 too for a few. @Texas Ranger, et al. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag 1 (or so) mile warmup run around to the east entrance of the park and down the hill to the Jersey Mike’s parking lot at the bottom of the hill. [Read More]

Hi Tempo with a side of Burpees

It wasn’t too hot, but it was about 1000% humidity as 14 HIMs braved the Booth to get Monday started the right way. Warm up Pledge allegiance, then mosey over to the Booth parking lot for SSHs, Cotton Pickers, Sir Fazio forward and back, overhead claps, and imperial walkers. The Thang Four Corners/The Cooper Hybrid At each corner of the lot, we will complete 10 burpees/10 prisoner squats/10 CDDs/10 Peter Parkers. [Read More]

He Missed The Warm-Up Spot

EC Run: YHC & Water Wings EC Pull-ups: Goose, Ma Bell, Rooney, WWW, Cataracts, Theisman EC Mumble Chatter: Crimson, Nature Boy I was impressed with the group of HIM out there this morning. We had EC runners, EC pull-upers, Traffic Cone (who I was meeting for the first time,) Blueprint (who hasn’t been out in awhile,) and it’s always great to see Snots getting after it. No FNGs so off we go. [Read More]

This anniversary beatdown brought to you by the number 11

Today is my 1-Year F3 Anniversary!!!! First post was a year ago today at Flirtin’ with Disaster. Funny story about that…… Blue Water EH’d me, but due to a mix-up, I posted in Carpex and he posted in South Wake. Joe Smith was was the Q that morning. It was his VQ, and I learned who “Dora” is, and how to get to the “Bridge of Pain.” Sosa and I were both named after COT. [Read More]

Burpees and Running and Burpees and Hills and Burpees and Running and...

It was a “cool” 78 degrees and 85% humidity this morning at 5:30 a.m….no FNGs, lets do this. Fast-paced Mosey to the top parking lot for a warm up Warm Up 15 Side straddle hops 15 Imperial Walkers 7 Good mornings 15 Plank jacks 15 Merkins 10 Burpees OYO (a taste of today’s theme) Mosey to the track Thang 1 The Mucho Burpee Mile (thanks Disco for the inspiration!) 10 Burpees and a lap around the track x 4 (start each lap together) [Read More]

Nonstop Smiles and Other Exercises

Q DATE: JULY 23, 2018 Thirteen smiling HIM and YHC showed up for some fun in the gloom. Warm Up Pledge of Allegiance Jog down to the Pleasant Grove Church parking lot Good Mornings, Sir Fazios, Calf Stretches Thang 1 Run around the pickle Squats - about 30 seconds AMRAP Plank Jacks - about 30 seconds AMRAP Lunge Jumps - about 30 seconds AMRAP CDDs x20 Mucho-Chesto American Hammers x15-20 LBCs x20-25 Box Cutters x10-15 Bear Crawl around the island Repeat all the above 2 more times Jog back to the basketball courts Thang 2 [Read More]

5 Burbees OYO

Pre-Blast 13 lean mean running machines convened at Kryptonite for a sweatier-then-normal high tempo jaunt through the darker-every-day gloom that enveloped CarPex’s exclusive AO designed to push even the most elite athletes to grow stronger by challenging themselves and one another to go further and faster than they ever have or thought they could because they had inadvertently placed self-imposed limits that God wants for them to break. The Warmup [Read More]