So glad Saban wasn't there...

Wow - love these 530 starts 25 minutes away…. or not. However, it is always a pleasure to lead and this morning was know exception. We started with 15, ended with 15 and had 16 during our mid workout count o rama. Many people that I haven’t seen at all or in a while - that is why it is great to travel. YHC looked through the last several backblasts before his Q at FWD - and noted that they only seemed to a) go to the bridge, b) go across the road to the office park or c) run up and down the Cary Park hill - so my primary goal was to do something different. [Read More]

Monday- Funday!

23 HIM strong in the very moist & gloomy Wolverine – so much for the bright sunshine post time change. T-Claps for 2 FNGs coming out in the rain – nice start! We started with the pledge of allegiance at the flag. Cross Davis to the west sidewalk & head up to the middle school - started the warm up in the front, but moved to the back to avoid the garbage truck… [Read More]

Pre-Blast: Thanksgiving Day

****22 November 2018 – Thanksgiving Day Convergence at Bradford’s Ordinary *0600 – EC wave 1 launches. Banjo (not be be confused with BanGo) is run-Q. 0630 – EC wave 2 launches. Kitty is run-Q. 0700 (60 minutes) – Thanksgiving Day Convergence at Bradford’s Ordinary (all other AO’s closed), Kitty on the Q. 0805 – Post beatdown 2ndF in the parking lot (2ndF Q’s will provide). 0930 – Flag Football at Weatherstone Elementary School, families welcome to attend. [Read More]

Water Wings Week Begins

YHC couldn’t have asked for a more glorious morning to Water Wings Week than what God blessed us with this morning. Water falling from the sky pretty much the whole morning to keep the sweat at bay. We moseyed to the usual warm-up parking lot for some SSH, Merkins, Calf stretches and Good Mornings. Next, Mosey to the far parking lot to find a rock. We setup in the parking circle for the thang. [Read More]

Wet Sounds, Rope Sounds, Pet Sounds

When: 11/05/2018 QIC: Pet Sounds The PAX: Dumpster Fire, Ausfahrt, Quiver, Joker, Monkey Nut., Hottie Tottie, Disco Duck, WWW, Intimidator, Rooney, Heisenberg, Puddles, Cross-Check, and YHC #DRP - check 14 HIM made the tough decision to get out of the fartsack, face the rain and accelerate their F1 Go Time 0530 Warm Up mozy through the puddles and rain, high knees, butt kickers, karaoke then circle back Circle up SSH x20IC, Imp Walkers 20IC, Merkins x20-OMD, Parker Peter 15IC, Side Plank Leg Lifts 10ea IC, Sir Fazio arm circles F/R 10IC Thang One: Grab your favorite kettlebell Some KB work, L/R step ups, more KB work Thang Two: Rope a Dope - overhead, right and left all PAX in a line working together Circle around to stage, set rope around pier. [Read More]

DBDHDE

Pre-Blast 13 HIM joined YHC for 4.65 miles at Phoenix. 2 Bruisers. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Run to the Jersey Mike’s parking lot, paint the lines. Circle up for: Good Mornings, Windmills, Extended Plank Series. Run up the hill in the park east entrance, stop at the first crossroad. The Thang Deconstructed Burpee Double Hill Double Elevens: From the crossroad, run to the top of hill 1 for 1 Prisoner Squat, run back down to the crossroad for 1 Merkin, run to the bottom of hill 2 for 10 Frog Ups, run back up to the crossroad for 10 Star Jumps. [Read More]

My Birthday Q @ DP

When: November 2nd, 2018 QIC: Earhart The PAX: Parker, Ausfarht, Sooey, Grinch, Crimson, Two-factor, Ninjago, Blue-n-out, Theismann, Snots, Water Wings, Sooner, Bogo, Disco Duck, Frisco, YHC Earhart 15 HIM including my 2.0 Ninjago join me on my special day for a Dante’s beatdown. T-claps to Pivot for letting me take his anniversary spot for my day. The weather is perfect, under 70 degrees with a cooling mist in the breeze. [Read More]

A trip to the zoo brought to you by the numbers 7 and 14

Nice warmer weather again this morning brought out 13 of Carpex’s finest to the premier skate park in SW Wake County. YHC tried to solicit some requests for the workout today - didn’t get much but decided to work in what I could 530 - time to start - a few still messing around at a truck trying to find a pair of gloves - so the rest of us went over there and did 1 burpee OYO to start. [Read More]

That's a nice rock pile...

Arrive at the Bradford Ordinary Parking lot for my second Q ever at BO. See Yoga Mat returning from his Solo EC Run, others start showing up including last week’s FNG Cluster. We start with a solid group of 7 HIM’s. Mosey to bank Warm Up: 16 ssh 15 merkins 10 sir fazio forward 10 sir fazio backward 15 good morning Mosey to Rockpile grab rock mosey to church parking lot. [Read More]