One Year - You get a clock!

 Posted on October 29, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  270 words  |  

One year ago I showed up to Apex Nature Park on a Monday and asked some guy named Disco Duck if this was the “workout group.” A couple of days later I’m running laps next to a dude with a monkey taped to his crotch. To try and sum up even just one year of highlights and memories would be a muggo sized feat. The current task at hand is to provide a worthy beatdown to the 32 PAX that chose to grace FOD on a beautiful Tuesday morning. [Read More]
banjo  beaker  betsy-ross  biner  brosef  buzz-lightyear  claven  clementine  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  goose  gump  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  kilmer  lawn-dart  liverpool  ma-bell  mai-tai  moped  pbx  pigeon  pivot  scarecrow  sky-blue  sooey  spit-shine  swag  the-commish  the-departed  trike  two-factor 

DORA Figure Eight

 Posted on October 22, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  381 words  |  

QIC: Gibraltar Date: 09/20/2019 After 7 years of not exercising in a disciplined way and with only one month of training with F3, Pivot told me if I would like to be a Q. At the beginning it sounds to me very challenging, to lead the workout with people who are really in good shape but I did not want to miss the opportunity and thanks to Torpedo I was able to schedule my Q for the last day of the VQ week. [Read More]
bartman  beaker  biner  build-a-bear  doogie  earhart  geek-squad  gibraltar  gibralter  gtl  hi-liter  kermit  krusty  largemouth  ma-bell  mccants  michelob  old-maid  one-direction  one-four  parker  pbx  red-ryder  schlitz  skipper  snots  spit-shine  steak-knives  the-departed  theismann  torpedo  trike  triple-lindy  wonderbread 

Lexicon JKL

 Posted on October 17, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  144 words  |  

Coldest morning of the week, 42 degrees in the gloom…..17 PAX came out for the Exicon J-K-L…2 had a good excuse…1 did not…you know who you are… Warm Up Jog, Low&Slow Good Mornings (yes, I cheated a bit on that one) and Jumping Jack Burpee Flash (10 Jumping Jacks & 10 burpees) Thang 1 Run up and down staircase, jog around the track & over to play ground Jumping Jack Burpee Flash Pull Ups (10 Jumping Jacks, 10 Burpees, 10 pull-ups) Repeato twice Jog over to the big track Thang 2 [Read More]
airbag  badlands  bedpan  buzz-lightyear  clementine  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  lawn-dart  nature-boy  pigeon  sky-blue  swag  trike  trudeau 

A surprise in every corner

 Posted on October 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  347 words  |  

YHC, Michelob and Largemouth for a 4 mile “Hope we don’t get lost and it turns into a 9 mile” EC run. It’s been awhile since I stepped out of the corn stalk onto the Field Of Dreams, so it was nice to be back and see all the smiling faces…and Banjo. No FNGs so off we went. Quick run around the lower parking lots and circled up. **Warm Up [Read More]
banjo  beaker  bedpan  bogo  clementine  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  five-hole  geek-squad  gump  hi-liter  largemouth  lawn-dart  liverpool  michelob  moped  sky-blue  sooner  sosa  squatter  swag  trike 

Barrel of Pickles

 Posted on September 25, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  324 words  |  

It feels like it’s been quite a while since my VQ, but I’m glad Q #2 was finally here! Last week I made sure to do recon during Hamm’s VQ and was please to see there were 4 pickles, making 5 different running lanes. I now had a plan… 1 FNG, so struggled through the disclaimer and part of the mission and whatnot followed by the declaration of allegiance to Old Glory. [Read More]
biner  blueprint  cataracts  chanticleer  chicken-little  pbx  peeping-tom  pet-sounds  qwerty  ramsay  schlitz  short-circuit  slim-shady  smithers  sooey  sour-mash  squatter  theismann  trike  triple-lindy  two-factor  wahoo 

Exicon DEF

 Posted on September 24, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  201 words  |  

Some of you know I am on a mission to go through the Exicon A-Z over the course of many workouts. Today, 16, took part in Exicon D, E & F. 4 came in strong for IronPAX. Warmup - Duck & weave (probably to never make another showing) 10 Daisy Pickers Thang 1 - Descending Deconstructed Double shot of jackees at each light pole. Perform the deconstructed jackees, decreasing by 1, and run to the back parking lot. [Read More]
airbag  beaker  bogo  brosef  dirty-bomb  franklin  geek-squad  goose  gump  hi-liter  kilmer  mabell  moped  pbx  pigeon  red-ryder  shut-in  spit-shine  theismann  trike 

It Looked Better On Paper

 Posted on September 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  549 words  |  

There is something interesting, something magical, that happens when you lead a group of men in the Gloom, but more on that later. My oh my, what an honor to VQ today. After a pledge of allegiance, 18 PAX moseyed up to the large pickle. Nature Boy, my trusty fall back in case I faltered in my inaugural Q, reminded me of the definition of Mosey. It is indeed not a saunter, and most definitely not a sprint. [Read More]
badlands  beaker  bedpan  brosef  buzz-lightyear  clementine  dirty-bomb  ezekiel  five-hole  franklin  hi-liter  kilmer  nature-boy  pigeon  spit-shine  swag  the-departed  trike 

Parking Lot Tour

 Posted on September 15, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  

20 PAX gather in the gloomy and humid morning for a flashback Q for YHC. I have many fond memories of posting and Qing in this great site and was excited to bring some new faces some of my old-school, vanilla beatdown. Disclaimer and pledge done, we head around the parking lot and down the dark path to the street where we oval-up for: Warm Up Good Mornings Sir Fazio [Read More]
beaker  bedpan  brosef  buzz-lightyear  clementine  earhart  ezekiel  five-hole  goose  gump  hi-liter  hotty-toddy  katniss  kilmer  liverpool  ma-bell  mai-tai  nature-boy  pigeon  trike  what-for 

People actually showed up

 Posted on September 9, 2019  |  7 minutes  |  1294 words  |  

As it was the Friday of the BRR, and having not seen much activity on Slack for people planning to show up for the Rolling Stone workout, and knowing there were only moderate SCs for the only official ruck AO in all of Carpex, I really didn’t have much planned out in advance for the crew that was anxiously awaiting my arrival at 0527. That all being said, there was a surprisingly large turnout for Rolling Stone, which in fact, blotted out the Bootcampers at GT by an almost 2:1 ratio. [Read More]
bartman  franklin  liverpool  lookout  nature-boy  skipper  trike 

Riptide substitute

 Posted on September 6, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  151 words  |  

As you know, the responsibility of a site Q is to cover when a committed Q can no longer commit…just didn’t think it would happen week 1 as one of the two new site Qs. And where is Sky Blue and Goose? They are nowhere to be found… Welcome FNG Derby! Warm up 20 SSH 10 Good mornings 10 each fazio arm circles forward and backward, seal clap and overhead clap oh…and don’t forget 5 burpees for not counting this morning…except for beaker! [Read More]
beaker  bedpan  buzz-lightyear  clementine  disco-duck  ezekiel  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  gump  kilmer  liverpool  mai-tai  shut-in  swag  trike  two-factor