Lots of Thangs to Do

 Posted on June 21, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  93 words  |  

15 pax looked to start off their Friday with a pep in their step. YHC was looking to push us this morning and keep the pax moving through LOTS of Thangs! Callahan and his dumb online poll showed up. Glad to have him out there. 15 pax in all. We ran the bus loops. We circled to the basektball courts We ran the field hills with wall climbers We ran to the shelter We did shelter work We ran a gym lap with playground exercises We did a lot of thangs. [Read More]
biner  callahan  chanticleer  goose  greenbow  largemouth  michelob  old-maid  outbreak  pbx  shut-in  squatter  sub  term-paper  torpedo 

Ruck-and-Roll

 Posted on June 21, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  102 words  |  

Pre-Blast 2 courageous men joined YHC at Rolling Stone post-ECPYP@GT for almost 2 miles of Ruck-and-Roll. The Warmup No warm-up. Just roll. The Thang Ruck around the soccer field, exit the school property by the trailers, continue at ~14 min/mile pace to the Preston Circle On one side of the circle, perform: 10 OH Presses (with your ruck), 20 St. ‘Mericans (with your ruck on), 30 LBCs (with your ruck on your chest), 40 squats (with your ruck on). [Read More]
ezekiel  hi-liter  katniss 

Slippery with the S Word

 Posted on June 21, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  131 words  |  

Warm-up: Over to the front lot for GM, Cotton Pickers, Burt Jacks, Overhead Clap, Seal Clap, Quick Feet… Why is nobody counting?!?!?! YHC dropped an S bomb in front of a few 2.0s. Sorry. 10 Burpees OYO …Quick Feet and Curb Merkins. The Thang: Back to the back-right lot: 5-10-15-20-25-20-15-10-5 Merkins, Squats and LBCs with laps up and down the lot Move the pax to the shelter and partner up 100 LRSU, 200 Dips, 300 Irkens w/ the lot lap Mary: [Read More]
adjacent  ashbury  augmented  chipper  coxswain  denali  fluoride  hello-kitty  hermes  honeycomb  horatio  kitty-litter  meatloaf  mud-buddy  oofta  sega  wonderbread 

4x4 the Cary way

 Posted on June 20, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  109 words  |  

Warm-up: Over to the big lot for GM, SSH, Merkins, Calf Stretch, Merkins, Mountain Climbers The Thang: 4x4 in the corners on 5 Carolina Dry Docks 10 American Hammers 15 Ranger Merkins 20 Yogi’s favorite sit up (WWII) … four times through all dat Move the pax to the back side of Koka Booth for 10,15,20 on LRSU, dips and LBC Move the pax back to the lot for a round of AYG with some football starting positions Mary from a trio of the pax and we’re out! [Read More]
chef  chipper  hello-kitty  joe-smith  lite-brite  ollie  shank  texas-ranger 

New faces and new places in DTC

 Posted on June 20, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  451 words  |  

Standing around the parking lot at the original CARPEx Thursday AO, one of the OGs dropped a bomb: “I hear those boys in Apex are thinking of a separation. With all the growth in Apex, it may be time for them to get their own region” You could hear a pin drop. Sure, these days it seems like a new AO is cropping up on the west side of 55 every other week and Sooey hasn’t let the fact he EH’ed Frisco from EH’ing most of the rest of Scotts Mill. [Read More]
angry-elf  augmented  burt  callahan  cluster  coney  flacco  hey-there  hi-liter  hotspot  magnolia  ozone  pierogi  press-on  roasters  sabre  soccer-mom  speed-racer  term-paper  the-commish  the-count  unskinny-bop  willy-wonka  ya-baby 

Simple Circles at the Circus

 Posted on June 20, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  559 words  |  

QIC: Parker. Date: 6/13/2019. AO: Flying Circus PAX: Badlands, Beaker, Sky Blue, Kilmer, Nature Boy, CRO, Mozart, Perry, Trike, Biner, Yoga Mat, Parker While I was a regular at the nearest British AO to Carpex prior to becoming the site Q at Bounty Hunters, I hadn’t been in over a year. Great to be back in the gloom up in West Cary on a brisk June morning (really! it was 59 degrees! [Read More]
badlands  beaker  biner  cro  kilmer  mozart  nature-boy  parker  perry  sky-blue  trike  yoga-mat 

Yeah, Let's not do that again

 Posted on June 20, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  294 words  |  

As YHC walked around the pax, he noticed a few new faces. Welcome F3 Mozart and his relocation to Carpex from F3 Greensboro. Kotters to 5 Hole. Good to meet CRO and Perry. No FNG’s, Sky Blue led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Start your Stravas, we’re off. Mosey to the bottom of the hill intersection for various warm up exercises including Nature Boy led good mornings, in absolutely perfect cadence! [Read More]
airbag  badlands  banjo  biner  clementine  cro  five-hole  franklin  geek-squad  goose  ma-bell  mozart  nature-boy  pbx  perry  pigeon  pivot  sky-blue  spit-shine  trike 

Introducing the Apolo Anton Oh No!

 Posted on June 19, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  200 words  |  

Wednesday, plenty of options to ensure the sun is fully blotted. YHC on the QIC at SNS. Let’s go! Warm-up: Over to the community center lot via butt kicks, high knees and karaoke Circle up for GM, SSH, SFAC + seal claps, merkins Quick feet + curb merkins at 10, 15, 20 The Thang-a-lang: Get a partner and 1 rock per group Flip-flop running the pickle whilst 1 partner amraps curls, triceps, press and rows Introduce the Apolo Anton Oh NOOOOOO! [Read More]
angry-elf  badlands  disco-duck  flacco  geek-squad  goose  hello-kitty  hey-there  katniss  ma-bell  magnolia  nature-boy  pivot  roasters  snake-eyes  speed-racer  term-paper  torpedo 

Not enough... no problem

 Posted on June 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  357 words  |  

Filling in for the legendary @www is no easy task. Prepped the workout and all plans are in place. Until Texas Ranger posts on slack “might not be enough cinders”. When I showed up on site and ran quickly to see the cinder count, I thought I should be good with about 10 or so Pax standing around and roughly 9 min to “go time”. But… cars continued to roll in and by the time we began it was 19 solid HIMs waiting for some fun. [Read More]
alamo  cataracts  crimson  deuce  doogie  everready  ezekiel  honeycomb  hotty-toddy  intimidator  leprechaun  meatloaf  pickles  short-circuit  texas-ranger  traffic-cone  trike  two-yutes  wichita 

Sit down Waldo we have a new AO to announce on Thursday’s in Apex and it will be EPIC

 Posted on June 19, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  376 words  |  

YHC and @slappy are site Q’s for the new Thursday AO beginning 6/27 soft launch and 7/11 Hard Launch. But first we need to tell you a true story. In 1983 Van Halen with David Lee Roth recorded a new album entitled 1984 set to release… you guessed it in 1984. To this day 1984 along with their debut album was their best selling. Who can forget “Jump” running on MTV day and night (when MTV showed videos). [Read More]