Rain Dance for Flo

 Posted on September 13, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  433 words  |  

Hurricane’s a-comin’… calves are burning… maybe we do want a little bit of rain! No FNGs, Follow Me! Head out the road on which we came in, stopping to give time for Scarecrow to catch up for Good Mornings. Continue to the intersection for 10 Penalty Burpees OYO, followed by Imperial Walkers. Turn left toward the schools, stopping at the next intersection (pickle) for Windmills, Calf Stretches, and Standard Merkins. [Read More]
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Serendipitous Kettlebells

 Posted on September 13, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  585 words  |  

When: September 13, 2018 QIC: Pickles PAX: Billy, Disco Duck, Ezekiel, Sparky, WWW YHC asked Disco Duck at Tortoises on Wednesday about IR workout options for Thursday. Paraphrasing, his response was essentially “Freed to Lead, brother.” All righty then. Let’s see what sort of IR side dish can be cooked up to go along with Red Ryder’s BO beatdown. Note: you can read all about that part of the workout, including COT here. [Read More]
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You're So Extra

 Posted on September 13, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  370 words  |  

YHC comes tearing in to the parking lot at Waldo Street in DTC @0540…there is a large crowd gathered nearby. Larger than normal. What ever shall we do? Sabre has an FNG in tow, so YHC gives a quick disclaimer. This is gonna be fun. Warm Up First exercise, Pledge of Allegiance Calf stretch Mosey to the big circle to show off for early commuters Lots of mumblechatter SSHs x 50 Less mumblechatter Cotton pickers, Hill Billies, Plank Jacks, Merkins on my down AND up, maybe something else YHC forgot Extended warm up with Jack Webb - counted up to 10 merkins/40 air presses Did I say 10 burpees? [Read More]
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Recover!

 Posted on September 12, 2018  |  1 minutes  |  192 words  |  

Pre-Blast 25 HIM for SNS/Vespers for a post BRR/Stair Climb recovery sesh. The Warmup Pledge of Allegiance at the flag Mixed run to the West Lot, paint the lines. Circle up for: Good Mornings, Groiner Merkins/Runner’s Stretch, Standard Merkins, SSH, Hillbillies. The Thang****s Grab a partner. Catch Me if You Can: Bear Crawl while your partner performs ten StarJumps and Lunge Walks to catch you. Flap Jack. Circle the Pickle. [Read More]
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Rocking the Kettle Bells

 Posted on September 12, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  504 words  |  

Rocking the Kettle Bells Nothing fancy. Kinda vanilla but any vanilla workout with 80’s rock music is all good. YHC went back to the good old days of rock and pulled out 10 all time favorite songs so we could rock the bells at Hells Bells. On the musical agenda were: Journey - Wheel in the Sky Bob Seger - Night Moves (Mandatory for Disco Duck) Guns N Roses - Sweet Child of Mind Heart - Barracuda Ozzy - Crazy Train Boston - More than a feeling Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin' [Read More]
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9/11 Remembered at FMJ

 Posted on September 11, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  583 words  |  

When: September 11th, 2018 QIC: Earhart, Crimson The PAX: Trike, Ezekiel, Disco Duck, Clementine, Intimidator, WWW, Hotty Toddy, Imp, Freebird, The Joker, Crimson, Sooey, YHC: Earhart 13 HIM men gather for an alternate workout to the stair climb to commemorate the infamous day in history. This special occasion will be an hour long, with two of the bruisers in attendance. Crimson, my compatriot in arms, starts us with the pledge of allegiance and then some laps around the small parking lot. [Read More]
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Storm Chasers

 Posted on September 11, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  296 words  |  

Hurricane Florence is on her way, but two dedicated storm chasers would not be scared away from the region’s premier afternoon workout. Warm-Up Rain was coming down pretty hard so quick shuffle over to the parking deck and circle up for imperial walkers, Sir Fazios, squats and mountain climbers. The Thang Bear crawl, stopping at the first line for one merkin, then adding one more merkin at each line, up to five. [Read More]
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Peaceful Transitions

 Posted on September 10, 2018  |  3 minutes  |  471 words  |  

A few months ago at regular Wolverine coffeteria Hi-Liter and Biner were talking about who would be the next Site-Qs. That’s when our eyes met and the rest is history Biner did the same thing to BOGO, but it looked like this: It was weird, but it worked. All kidding aside, I think I can speak for BOGO in that we were both excited to take on the role and really look forward to seeing how the site evolves over the upcoming year. [Read More]
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Two years of F3 - Kryptonite style

 Posted on September 10, 2018  |  2 minutes  |  322 words  |  

With 9/9 a Sunday (and YHC attending Wood Badge training with Chop Block somewhere in the nether regions of Carthage, NC), my Q-nerversary was scheduled months ago at Kryptonite. But between work, Scout training and various work-related shennanigans, YHC had been averaging ~4.5 hours of sleep since last Wednesday so Q’ing Kryptonite was going to be less than ideal. Then realization dawned. With the BRR only days behind them and the annual 9/11 stair climb the following day, it was likely that many of the CARPEx faithful would be ok with taking it a bit easy. [Read More]
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Double your Pleasure

 Posted on September 9, 2018  |  4 minutes  |  715 words  |  

DATE: SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2018 QIC: SOOEY & LIVERPOOL AO: PHOENIX PAX: BAYONNE, CALLAHAN, DISCO DUCK, EARHART, FORTRAN, HI-LITER, KERMIT, LIVERPOOL, MA BELL, ROONEY, SCARECROW (FNG), SMOKEY, SOOEY, TEXAS RANGER, THEISMANN, TRAFFIC CONE, WWW, YOGI It was an exciting day when YHC found out about the opportunity to Co-Q with Sooey and bring double the Q pleasure to the PAX at Phoenix. Warm-up Pledge Run to the lower lot and circle up SSH x 20 Good Mornings x 10 Windmills (forward/backward) x10 Merkins x 15 Mountain Climbers x 10 [Read More]