BACKBLASTS

DATE: July 18th, 2018 My M and I have been struggling a bit lately. Up until May when I started F3 she and I were chronic Fern -> Fartsackers -> Fern…etc. But like a lot of guys after posting for a while I stopped my weight’s upward climb and dropped 10 lbs. She didn’t change the cycle. I have a good amount of patience for kids (Cubmaster) and people who are struggling but working hard (Navy Brat). [Read More]

Go Time 0545 Jog to end of lot - circle up 20x IC SSH 20x IC Imperial Walkers 20x Plank Jacks 20x OMD Merkins 15x IC Peter Parkers 15x OMD merkins Mozy out (backward Run, Kariokie etc) Stop along the way for Irkins on the fence BTTW walk across the bridge (crowd favorite) The Thang Uno: Pair up (p1 w rock / p2 around pond to pullup bars 5x) Flip AMRAP Rock curls/Rows/Press/Extension/Man Makers 5 trips to pullup bars Head out - Mozy to parking lot Crawl Bear the bridge for good measure The Thang Duo: Grab brick - Circle Up Plank with one hand on upright brick 10x OMD Merkins (brick in other hand) + 10x OMD Merkins 15x brick reverse fly (left arm up/right arm up) 15x brick front raise (left arm up/right arm up) LBC w brick WWII w brick Announcements [Read More]

40 years ago today, Mr and Mrs Puryear experienced that miracle of life that is childbirth, and brought into this world a bouncing baby McCants…….Who would have thought that momentous event 14,600 days ago would have a chaos theory affect, a RIP-ple if you will, on 7/19/2018 and completely change the day for 16 HIM’s who chose to post at the finest AO in NW Cary on a Thursday morning. [Read More]

For those living under a rock, I turned 40 today. But the real focus should not be on turning 40, but on closing out your 30s. Can I get an amen? And man, my 30s were something. Divorce, law school, second marriage, kids, ink, F3, a world of debt, foreign travel, a few nights I don’t remember, 50 or so Phish shows, a black president and a cheeto president. What a long strange (but wonderful) decade its been. [Read More]

Cinder blocks … $1.68 at Lowes … priceless F3 beatdown material. YHC is always excited to Q at Tortoises to work on shoulders and arms and overall use-able strength. Yes, this is a limited run workout, but it is still a beatdown. Warm-up: SSH IC, good mornings, arm circles forward and backward. Everyone grabbed a cinder block and fast walked from the lower parking lot to the upper parking lot. [Read More]

With Tour de Carpex in full swing, you just never know what kind of crowd you’re going to see. So I was pleasantly surprised when the cars kept rolling in and the PAX kept rolling out, including a nice group from Raleigh. Of course this also means the mumble chatter will be on high, but nothing YHC couldn’t take care of with a little beatdown. So after I greeted our FNG (Welcome Fiddler) we were off with a short josey over to the baseball field. [Read More]

As we wrapped up COT at FMJ on Tuesday, I let the PAX know I’d be Q’ing SNS Wednesday, and invited to the beatdown. “What do you think McCants will come up with tomorrow, another MURPH?” said one. The PAX fell silent for a moment, pondering, praying, wondering whether they should just Vesper. Then an angelic, velvet smooth voice cut through the blissful peace: “I know exactly what McCants is going to do. [Read More]

July 17, 2017. I ventured out a boy in search of Fitness, Fellowship and Faith. I found it at the Monday site, Kryptonite. Here we are one year later, YHC leading the PAX for my 1 year Anniversary at Flirtin With Disaster. Quick awkward intro to the PAX and we are off. Your leader/guide/q for the morning…. Warm Up Fellowship pace jog over to the CrossFit parking lot Random Warm up at varying cadence/count: Good mornings, SSH, Merkins, Hillbilly, Merkins, Lastly, “free” Monkey Humpers facing the windows of CrossFit. [Read More]

To the Nantan: NOW COMES McCants, your YHC, and respectfully moves Your Honor for approval of this first installment of #mccantsweek. In support of this motion, YHC shows unto the Nantan the following: 21 PAX and Hot Spot appeared at Apex Community Park for Day 1 said #mccantsweek. Each of the PAX knew, or exercising reasonable care and diligence should have known, to expect a McCants-style beatdown. In honor of this great country, YHC arrived at 0545 after running in with the FMJ shovel flag adorned with Old Glory, which YHC continued to carry through the workout. [Read More]