Light Posts Rocks

 Posted on October 23, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  298 words  |  

So it is another fine day in southern Cary and how else should we start other than with nice cold 5:30am exercise with 12 PAXs. Warm Up It was cold, well at least I was, so we ran from flag toward park and did two laps so we would not be too cold during warm up. Then we started with 12 Good Mornings because the Q was having trouble breathing and counting at the same time and did not know when to stop. [Read More]
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Circle Burpee's finished off with a Lazy Dora

 Posted on October 16, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  271 words  |  

What other way would you welcome in 3 new FNG’s (Milton Bradley, Stetson and Meatloaf) but with some Circle Burpee’s and a Lazy Dora. Warmup 16 Good Mornings 16 Side Straddle Hops 16 LBC’s 16 Mountain Climbers Thang 1 We ran around the pickle with a mixture of karaoke and backward’s running to the corner of Cary Parkway. we proceed 1/2 way up the hill doing 5 merkins at each light pole. [Read More]
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In the words of Jigglypuff "A Kingly VQ"

 Posted on October 16, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  319 words  |  

I almost spilled Merlot during my VQ. I knew I wanted my VQ to be the week of my 30th birthday and no better way to send Kyrie back off to Marine Pilot school than to try to give his Marine boot camp a run for it’s money (yeah right). Accomplishment Adrenaline. The Warm Up The Pledge of Allegiance. Mosey over to the FM parking lot for the warm up which included a little bit of Good Mornings, Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Hillbillies, Merkins and LBCs. [Read More]
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Q-ing from the Sidelines

 Posted on October 9, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  674 words  |  

Flirting with Disaster was my first F3 post last August and I knew that I wanted my VQ to be here as well. It was a full circle as Joe Smith had his VQ at my first post and he was out there with us this morning. My goal was to cover some ground and avoid running in the pitch black (towards the bridge) as I didn’t know how may headlamps we would have amongst us. [Read More]
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Crossing the Busy Road Twice

 Posted on September 18, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  446 words  |  

YHC always try and start his BB listing the number of Pax. It seems the past few Qs that’s been a feat of its own. We had 21 when we left the flag. We had 20 when we got back and we had 21 again when we got to our cars. Let the Q explain (and tell ya what we did!) 0530: Intro and Disclaimer (there was an applause of sorts even. [Read More]
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Two Laps Around Ritter Park

 Posted on September 7, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  267 words  |  

AO: Slippery When Wet QIC: Bayonne September 7, 2018 This being Day 1 of the Blue Ridge Relays, our regular contingent of fleet-footed HIM’s eagerly conquering the mountains of NC, YHC decided on a limited run abs-centric loop around the park. Five eager HIM’s joined for another humid late summer morning. Warm-Up Short mosey, circle up. Good Mornings, Windmills, SSH’s, Calf Stretch Merkins, Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers, Superman Stretch. Mosey to Station 1 [Read More]
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Wow! That's a long hill!

 Posted on August 14, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  452 words  |  

What’s a good way to prepare for the BRR AND enhance overall stamina and endurance at Flirtin’ With Disaster?? The hill on Cary Parkway, of course. But you can’t just run the hill, you’ve got to throw in some exercises as well. All FWD regulars are intimately familiar with this hill, and it shows up in probably 1/4 or more of the workouts, and normally stopping at designated lightposts for Merkins, or Burpees, etc. [Read More]
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FWD Backblast

 Posted on August 8, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  85 words  |  

YHC (anonymous) wants to track his workouts so he’s posting this backblast in order to mark that he was there. QIC doesn’t write backblasts for some reason. Run to office park we go to when it rains Warmup Partner up - P1 run around the building, P2 bear crawl 15/merkin 5 around the fountain - flapjack x 3 or 4 times. In parking garage lunge walk P1 / 6" leg hold P2 Run back to parking lot Mary stuff NMS: 1 pax is missing, sorry! [Read More]
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Up and Over

 Posted on July 25, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  

No rain, no gloves, 16 pax (17 by 0545), 1 FNG: Pin-up, 1 disclaimer. And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for… My backblast! Warm Up Do I have to say? 10 Good Morning, 15 Hillbilly, 20 Merkins, 25 Side Straddle Hops Thang 1 - muscles Grab a partner and both grab a rock 100 Curls / 100 Tricep Extensions / 100 Should Presses - alternating 10 reps while your accountability partner makes sure you’re doing good reps. [Read More]
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