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For all of us who are in familiar surroundings, around our families and friends, Christmas can be a time of good food, good times, and celebration. Some of us, YHC included, have been eating way too much good food, and hitting the egg nog with frequency previously seen only when Clark Griswold got his Jelly of the Month club bonus. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to those who are unable to spend Christmas with their families, due to being deployed all over the world. [Read More]

When Hola Gato put up a Q spot for the finest AO in NW Cary on a Thursday YHC immediately had flashbacks to the fun we had about a year ago when I took the lead. After a quick discussion with my shield lock about scheduling, it was decided we go for the Triple Crown and bring back the (mini) cooper. After greeting my shield lock at HFT, YHC made the trek to NW Cary arriving at 5:37. [Read More]

Early this morning, YHC, Wrench, Flenderson, Two Factor, Jiggly Puff, and some random Maynard participants gather at the Cary Senior Center. For some crazy reason YHC decided to join in on the EC festivities offered by Wrench on Slack last night. We started the morning at 5:30 setting out for a 5 mile loop. 54 minutes and 5.51 miles later YHC arrived back to the senior center for the ME. I was beat and clearly questioning my life decisions at that point. [Read More]

14 studs met up at Bond Park and didn’t let colder than expected temperatures keep them from being awesome and putting in a hour of hard work. Warm-Up Mosey over to the community center parking lot and circle up for imperial walkers, arm twirlies (forward and reverse), copperhead merkins, copperhead squats and Gooooood Mornings. The Thang Mosey to the back of the community center, partner up grab a rock-yo-body sized rock. [Read More]

//********************************** // Includes //********************************** #include <iostream.h> #include <thread.h> /* pull in Recover, OnYourSix, Stretch, Mosey, Burpee, BearCrawl, Merkin, PlankJack, CircleUp, SideStraddleHops, ImperialWalkers, SirFazioArmCircles, SealClaps, OverheadClaps, MorrocanNightClubs, Plank, PartnerUp, LBCs, SixInchHold, Squats, SquatHold, PickleCompleted, OneHundreds, WorldWarIIs, PicklePounders, AmericanHammers, HaveANiceDay, CountPAX */ #include "Exicon.h" using namespace std; using namespace F3; //********************************** // Defines //********************************** #define I_WORKOUT_TIME_SECS (60 * 45) #define I_MAX_NUMBER_OF_PAX 50 //********************************** // Globals //********************************** int giOverallWorkoutTimer_secs = 0; string gsPaxF3Names[I_MAX_NUMBER_OF_PAX]; bool gbFlagFellAndSourMashHadToFixIt = true; bool gbPartnerCaughtUp = false; //********************************** // Function Prototypes //********************************** extern void LoadPaxNames(string sPaxNames[I_MAX_NUMBER_OF_PAX]); void Thread_TrackTotalWorkoutTime(); void CheckForFNGs(); void WarmUpStretches(); void CircleUpExercises(); void LazyDora(); void BearCrawlCatchMeIfYouCan(); void Mary(); //********************************** // Function Definitions //********************************** /********************************** Author: Brian Newberry Date: December 5, 2019 Function Name: main Arguments: None Return: None Description: This function will hold the structure of the workout and will begin at 5:30 AM. [Read More]

0530 and see something you don’t see very often in the POGL (if ever?). Burt and Coney downtown checking out the lights, and the finest Tuesday morning AO in the POGL. After the pledge we moseyed to the Hell’s Bells/Tortoises parking lot for a quick warmup. Warmup Good Mornings Imperial Walkers Sir Fazio Fwd Seal Clap Sir Fazio Reverse Runners stretch 5 Control Freak Merkins Upward Dog stretch Thang 1: Diego with Partner 50 Inverted Rows/Aussie Pullups 100 Merkins 150 Squats Thang 2: The Burpee Mile Ran back across 55 to the the bottom of W Moore St. [Read More]

Ah, Thanksgiving. Family, food, football. And, if you are like me and my family, lots and lots of travel. With brothers and sisters spread out across the U.S. (and abroad) hosting Thanksgiving at home is a once-every-few-years affair. The rest of the time, it means a flight or a drive. This year, it was drive. And since no one wants to travel 800 miles only to turn around and head back 48 hours later, we saved the return till the last moment. [Read More]

21 PAX arrived at Phoenix expecting a Wrench Q, unaware of the backroom dealings that had transpired in which YHC took the Q. Exclamations of joy and thanksgiving erupted from the crowd upon hearing the news that for the next 60 minutes they’d be treated to a heaping dose of YHC’s shenanigans. One FNG, so in addition to a thorough briefing from Earhart, a quick disclaimer was offered and the 23 of us headed out. [Read More]

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, November 29, 2019. After the triumphant T-day convergence, which sported a CARPEX record of 3,964 PAX including 561 FNGs, most of us practiced a LOT of gluttony. YHC consumed enough calories on turkey day to power a 747 jet on a cross-continental voyage. 11 HIDAs, including one FNG, were here to out-king their queens. Whether they knew it or not. Speaking of kings, Prom King is late so 10 burpees is our reward. [Read More]

I wanted to make this one brutal so I scoured through F3 Greenwood’s IronPAX challenges and merged a few of them together to come up with this. While I was at my work/geek convention (i.e. KubeCon) in San Diego I ran through this workout at the hotel with a 30lb kettlebell (the heaviest one they had unfortunately). In short, it sucked, but do-able. So I grabbed all of the cinder blocks and two spare KB from Hell’s Bells the night before. [Read More]