A Circle, 10 guys, and some toys. (no that doesn't sound right. Where is the delete key on this thing? What does this blue button do?)

 Posted on February 25, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  212 words  |  

EC run with Wonderbread & YHC Because I know it is loved by so many, I dusted off the home gym equipment and trucked it on over to Claymore for another round of that circle workout that still needs a really cool name. It couldn’t have worked out any better today. I had 10 stations, 10 guys and a cool new Tabata clock app on my “brand new” iPhone 7. [Read More]
captian-jack  frisco  jigglypuff  kermit  schlitz  squatter  term-paper  wonderbread  www  yoga-mat 

Teaching Ponies Some New Tricks

 Posted on February 25, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  561 words  |  

Preamble Good thing Kittibonz posted the Q sheet on Slack Sunday or I might have forgotten I had the Kryptonite Q. Once reminded, I was all in pre-blasting my intention of throwing some blue collar beatdown on these one-trick ponies that gallop around the AO. Not to worry; I know these thoroughbreds gotta eat. That said, methinks they were all a’skeered they weren’t going to get their miles in - which is why the parking lot was unusually full of cars and devoid of PAX when the West Cary clown car arrived. [Read More]
augmented  biner  box  burt  chipper  coney  denali  full-house  gtl  gump  heartbreaker  honeycomb  imp  largemouth  lookout  ma-bell  old-maid  parker  puddles  snots  staubach  water-wings  wonderbread 

6 Years of F3: Motivation to Pick Up the 6 at Whiplash

 Posted on February 15, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  482 words  |  

6 pax for 3.5 mile EC run (Banana Seat, Banjo, Manram, Michelob, Midget for Life, Slater, Wonderbread) + 2 for EC to bridge and pull-ups (Chanticleer and Soul Glo) M.E., PUT6 with 19 pax for 13 stops over 5.5 miles (Strava Flyby) Warmup SSH, burpees, Imperial Walker, Good AM: After a ton of SSH, everyone was thankful for Regal Beagle arriving late, 10 penalty burpees at stop #1. Plank, pigeon, Windmill, Pigeon stretch Plank, Squats 5 squat jumps, 5 heismans left, 5 squat jumps, 5 heismans right 10 burpees, 2x # 5 above. [Read More]
banana-seat  banjo  burt  chanticler  curves  flip-flop  frey-daddy  honey-do  man-hands  manram  michelob  midget-for-life  my-pleasure  pluffy-mud  regal-beagle  shut-in  slater  soul-glo  wonderbread 

Disruption

 Posted on February 13, 2020  |  4 minutes  |  702 words  |  

disruption the act or process of disrupting something : a break or interruption in the normal course or continuation of some activity, process, etc. There were 20 dudes who were at the AO known as Bounty Hunters, by the time it ended. Some of them were doing a run, others did the Main Event. YHC didn’t have a count of exactly who was doing what. And this backblast really won’t focus on that little detail. [Read More]
biner  deuce  frisco  gtl  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  imp  kenny  kermit  michelob  mud-buddy  one-four  orphan  parker  red-ryder  rock-lobster  rooney  smokey  sour-mash  wonderbread 

Rain makes you feel like a kid again

 Posted on February 7, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  379 words  |  

Date: 2/6/20 PAX: Water Wings, Rooney, I Pity the Fool, Term Paper, Henny Penny, WWW, GTL, Smokey, Texas Ranger, Lookout, One Four, Honeycomb, Wonder Bread My normal routine prior to posting is to always see what Steve’s forecast would be. He has a lot of moisture planned in the gloom. So, when I hear that, I prepare myself mentally that I’ll be quite moist during the beatdown. Term Paper sends a Slack post to Hello Kitty and me wanting to know how dry we will be. [Read More]
gtl  henny-penny  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  lookout  one-four  rooney  smokey  term-paper  texas-ranger  water-wings  wonderbread  www 

"A Near Flawless Q" (their words, not mine)

 Posted on February 3, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  300 words  |  

0500: A little EC run with Michelob, Wonderbread, GTL, OOfta, and YHC 0530: Circle up for **Mary **Good Morning, Windmill, SSH **Thang 1 **Bataan Death March (w/ a twist) Break up into two groups for a little Indian Run; Catch Me If You Can; Group Exercise Combo. The entire group performs an exercise together, EXCEPT, the HIM at the back of the line. He performs his own exercise. When the group is finished, they take off. [Read More]
augmented  biner  denali  gtl  honeycomb  imp  michelob  oofta  silver-fox  squatter  wonderbread 

Capture the Duck (not of the Disco variety)

 Posted on January 28, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  478 words  |  

This was my third Q in the seven months posting with F3…my goal is to accelerate that number this year (see what I did there?). I have experienced a clear, positive change in my life since I began coming out and I am grateful. Grateful to Denali and Captain Jack for encouraging me to jump in and welcoming me and to the rest of the PAX, even those I don’t know well, for setting an example. [Read More]
augmented  bagels  burt  chinese-downhill  chipper  coney  denali  grease-monkey  gtl  hermes  imp  joe-smith  largemouth  michelob  staubach  term-paper  wonderbread 

Are We Gonna Do This The Whole Time?

 Posted on January 17, 2020  |  2 minutes  |  321 words  |  

Slippery When Wet - home of the EC run as well as where YHC completed week 1 of the 2019 IronPax Challenge. In celebration of how much that sucked the first time, we’re gonna do it again today. Several PAX did some kind of EC run, 2 PAX for EC pull-ups. At 0545, there were 15 gathered round the flag. First exercise, Pledge of Allegiance. Warm Up 2 laps around the pickle with some high knees and karaoke. [Read More]
adjacent  augmented  bayonne  bluewater  denali  full-house  greenbow  hgtv  hi-liter  red-ryder  schlitz  shipyard  smokey  staubach  wonderbread 

There's nothing wrong with a little vanilla now and then

 Posted on January 16, 2020  |  3 minutes  |  583 words  |  

23 PAX showed up on a beautiful Thursday morning for a little fun and some exercise. On the run in to the AO YHC was still working on the plan for this morning. Here’s what was come up with: Warmup: One FNG, so the typical disclaimers given, but YHC struggled to remember the mission statement on the spot, so we pledged allegiance and off we moseyed to the community center. [Read More]
16-steves  big-red  chinese-downhill  freebird  garfield  gtl  hamm  hello-kitty  honeycomb  i-pity-the-fool  imp  jigglypuff  mud-buddy  one-four  orphan  pet-sounds  rooney  schlitz  short-circuit  silver-fox  smokey  sub  the-joker  tweener  wonderbread 

Figure 8 and some healthy competition

 Posted on January 10, 2020  |  1 minutes  |  104 words  |  

Who doesn’t love to get pushed by their brothers? 16 HIM pushed and pulled each other along at GT. Warm-up: Mosey to the greenway parking lot for some cadence-counted Good Mornings, Hillbillies, Calf stretches, Merkins, and Side Straddle Hops. Thang 1: Burpee-intervals, with the winner of each interval earning the chance to rest and pick up the six. But mostly we saw Beaker’s back. Then a group run to the figure-eight flagpole. [Read More]
beaker  chanticler  clementine  crusty  ezekiel  five-hole  gtl  hi-liter  largemouth  michelob  one-four  pivot  squatter  torpedo  trike  wonderbread