BACKBLASTS

A couple of months ago YHC thought it was only right to honor the Carpex tradition of Qing on your Birthday, so I signed up for a Friday, July 6th Q at the infamous Slippery When Wet. Why is it infamous? Well, legend has it that back in the 80s Bon Jovi’s tour bus broke down as it was passing through Cary in the early morning hours. Back then, Cary was just a zygote that would later develop into the boisterous town we now know. [Read More]

Pre-Blast 27 HIMs got wet and got stronger at Phoenix. We were reminded that Franklin is 48 years old. The Warmup - Pledge of Allegiance at the flag. - Mixed run to the West lot. - Circle up for: Supermans, LBCs, SSHs, Freddie Mercs, Merkins. - Small group Indian Run to the community center. The Thangs - Grab an ego rock and a partner. - On the wall, complete AMRAP Australian Nipplers while your partner completes 15 each: rock curls, rock rows, rock tricep ext. [Read More]

A few weeks ago YHC and WWW traveled north to the The Farm to help celebrate Spit Valve’s Q Week. The first half was a typical, well executed and thorough beatdown, but the second half was something new for us. It was a game of Ultimate Frisbee, with penalties doled out whenever the frisbee reached the end zone or touched the ground. It was thrilling and on our drive back we agreed we definitely had to bring it back to Carpex. [Read More]

DATE: July 5, 2018 QIC: LIVERPOOL AO: FLYING CIRCUS PAX: CHINESE DOWNHILL, QUIVER, HOUSE, DISCO DUCK, GO BLUE, CHATTER BOX (FNG), TRAIL MIX, TRIKE, PIGEON, ROUTER (FNG), DOOGIE, BADLANDS, LANDMINE, FRANKLIN, BUILD-A-BEAR, LULU, BOGO, HI-LITER, SKY BLUE, CHEDDAR BO, BUTTERMAKER, AIR SUPPLY, KELMER, NEYMAR (FNG), PROM KING, SWAG, LIVERPOOL “We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. [Read More]

Baffling. That’s the only way I can describe this morning. It was hot like tomato soup, it was humid like a car sitting in 110-degree heat with wet beach towels stewing for a few hours, and it was…quiet. YHC felt like garbage this morning. Nevermind the physical toll the 1776 beatdown put on me. The head cold I was so graciously given by the M has put me in surrender mode. [Read More]

What Board the Amtrak in Cary. Take it to Raleigh. Ruck back. It’s about 14 miles. When July 13, 2018. We’re aiming for the 6:08 train departing DTC. We will update Slack and Twitter @ruckCarpex with any delays. This should put us DTR at around 6:30, and it’s about a 4-hour ruck (yes, I’m pretty sure) back. The finish line is at Bond Brothers. The later train is at 10-something, and if it were delayed, we’d be in for a late night. [Read More]

With the men of Carpex set to demolish another 1776 workout, YHC and Carpex seniority Burt set out to host a beatdown worthy of our nation’s birthday celebration for DR Pax at Ocean Isle Beach. The Carpex regulars (reg-you-larz) in-toe included: YHC, Burt, Half, Open-Out and Flacco, with a tip o’ the cap to Big Bird and Viking, also on-hand. As it should be, we launched from the OIB pier at 0704 with YHC taking the lead out the gate (in full RW&B regalia, ta boot). [Read More]

Big crowd this morning for a holiday week, lots of familiar faces, some new guys I hadn’t met, and two FNGs. Give the FNGs the Disclaimer (in perfect cadence) and we’re off! Warm-Up Take a lap around the parking lot then mosey over to the lot next to the pavilion and circle up for side straddle hops, imperial walkers, prisoner squats, plank jacks, merkins and Good Mornings. Because you can’t Have A Nice Day without a Good Morning. [Read More]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.” We were all created equal, and these 17 HIMs met in the early morn on this Independence Day Eve 2018 to fight gravity and humidity in an effort to better themselves, and their fellow man. With several pax heavily anticipating the 1776 convergence tomorrow morning, the objective today was the keep the pax moving, and spread the workout focus without overemphasizing any particular body part. [Read More]

AO: Full Metal Jacket QIC: Pickles Twelve PAX were assembled in the soupy pre-dawn gloom, and ready to go for YHC’s first ever FMJ Q. Gather at the flag for the Pledge of Allegiance and we’re off on a nice easy mosey. A couple of cars came rolling in as we pulled away – someone’s tardy, and we’ll all have to pay. Circle up at the first drive way for… WHOAH! [Read More]