Triple Crown

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

When Hola Gato put up a Q spot for the finest AO in NW Cary on a Thursday YHC immediately had flashbacks to the fun we had about a year ago when I took the lead. After a quick discussion with my shield lock about scheduling, it was decided we go for the Triple Crown and bring back the (mini) cooper. After greeting my shield lock at HFT, YHC made the trek to NW Cary arriving at 5:37. [Read More]
badlands  bogo  clementine  dr-evil  ezekiel  franklin  geek-squad  goose  gump  ma-bell  nature-boy  skipper  sky-blue  sooey  the-commish  trike 

7s and Victory Burpees is what we did … Pull-up and Cinder-Coupons were used.

 Posted on December 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  393 words  |  

AO: Tortoises Date; 12/18/19 PAX: Ausfahrt, Bubba, Chanticleer, Doogie , Ezekiel, Freebird , Fridge, Hotty Toddy, Intimidator, Quiver, Rooney, Traffic Cone, WWW F3 mission, core values and credo cited. Pledged Our Allegiance to Old Glory and off we go into the wild blue yonder around the pickle and back to the flag to warm-up with Ausfahrt. You heard right, Ausfahrt is out in the gloom and looking awesome. He is not using his cane. [Read More]
ausfahrt  bubba  chanticleer  doogie  ezekiel  freebird  fridge  hotty-toddy  intimidator  quiver  rooney  traffic-cone  www 

Putting the B in Burpee, and Other B Words

 Posted on December 18, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  327 words  |  

I never know exactly how many PAX are boot-camping and how many are Vespering, but there were 20+ gathered at Bond Park expecting some sort of exercise routine. Warm Up A couple laps around the pickle to get the gams loose. Do the Pledge and recite the F3 Mission, circle up for SSHs, Sir Fazio forward and back, Seal claps, Steve Earles, Plank Jacks, and CFMs. The Thang Mosey down to the end of Maury O’Dell, hang a right and go to the nicely lit parking lot adjacent to fields 5/6/7. [Read More]
burt  ck  compound-w  denali  flacco  flip-flop-thats-singular  goose  grease-monkey  ham-sandwich  happy-gilmore  hot-spot  joe-smith  krusty  loom  ma-bell  michelob  old-maid  pavarotti  prom-king  red-ryder  saban  smokey  snots  tubeless  wahoo  wonderbread 

12 Days of Schlitz-mas

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  484 words  |  

Are you looking at my Weinke? 20 HIMs were kind enough to show up on this glorious day to see what YHC had in store for them. Full disclosure, I signed up for this Q before this AO went high tempo and really just to get that Q-zie. Parker mentioned last week that his wife was Qing at FIA and doing the 12 days of Christmas as a theme for her workout and that sounded like a great idea so let’s go! [Read More]
16-steves  build-a-bear  callahan  chicken-little  denali  gtl  ham-sandwich  hanson  i-pity-the-fool  largemouth  mccants  michelob  orphan  pet-sounds  schlitz  sub  tubeless  wonderland 

A Flock of Seagulls and a Bigger Pickle

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  223 words  |  

When Yoga Mat invokes Flock of Seagulls and Monty Python in the pre-blast everyone knows that the actual workout will never live up. But we’re all here so let’s give it a shot. We have an FNG so a full disclaimer and mission statement are delivered. The Pledge and we’re off. Warmup: Mosey a while and end up in a well lit parking lot within sight of our friends at Crossfit: [Read More]
augmented  bagels  bayonne  captain-jack  chipper  full-house  hgtv  lite-brite  moneyball  oofta  snip  staubach  yoga-mat 

All about the Pride rock … feed off it, be prideful, use it to accelerate, but be humble.

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  496 words  |  

AO: Claymore Date: 12/17/2019 PAX: CK, Freebird, Frisco, Half Pike, Kwik Stop, Pickles, Press On, Richie Rich, Sputnik, Squatter, WWW No FNG. Mission, Core Values, and Credo cited. Pledged Our Allegiance to Old Glory. Mosey around and back to the flag for warm-up. Warm-up: GM, Sir Fazio, burpees x10 for the shovel flag falling down, calf stretch, CFM x5, more calf stretch, Eskimo Merkins x10. Mosey to rock pile to get your pride rock (non-traveling rock) and circle up for the thang. [Read More]
ck  freebird  frisco  half-pike  kwik-stop  pickles  press-on  richie-rich  sputnik  squat  www 

Start of Birthday / 4-yr F3-versary Week; McCants is a Beast who gladly shared the gloom beatdown with YHC

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  3 minutes  |  552 words  |  

AO: A-Team Date: 12/16/2019 Q: McCants & WWW PAX: Bagels, Banjo, Build-A-Bear, Crimson, Frisco , Hamm, Henny Penny, HGTV, Honeycomb, Hotspot, How How, McCants , Press On , Prodigal , Prom King, Shank, Schlitz, 16 Steves, Short Circuit, Slim Shady, Smokey, Sour Mash, Two Factor, WWW This all started a few months ago when I began planning my Birthday /4-year F3-versary week. As I was in the Q sheet, I noticed McCants had the Q slot for 12/16. [Read More]
16-steves  bagels  banjo  build-a-bear  crimson  frisco  hamm  henny-penny  hgtv  honeycomb  hotspot  how-how  mccants  press-on  prodigal  prom-king  schlitz  shank  short-circuit  slim-s  smokey  sour-m  two-factor  www 

Will Q for coffee!

 Posted on December 17, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  304 words  |  

Apex was decorated for Christmas, and YHC thought the PAX would enjoy seeing some of the lights. After moseying through DTA, we stopped at the RR station with the purty Christmas tree, all a-light (see what I did there?). Warm-up Sprinkler Windmill Steve Earle Sir Fazio Bonus Burpees Not to be caught napping, we mosey to our next location. YHC saw a path between buildings that looked okay but turned out to be kinda mucky. [Read More]
adjacent  big-red  bobby-bucche  hamm  imp  qwerty  rooney  short-circuit  silver-fox  sour-mash  the-joker  theismann  traffic-cone  wahoo  war-eagle  yahoo 

Is it mumblechatter or grumblechatter?

 Posted on December 16, 2019  |  1 minutes  |  158 words  |  

The grumblechatter was strong at Wolverine this morning, led by Her-‘I can’t get wet’-mes and Frank-‘a mosey can’t last longer than 0.4 miles’-lin. But we persisted. And YHC is grateful to get to improve. **Warm-up: **Jog (or was it a mosey)? over to the school lot Good Mornings; Imperial Walker; Hill Billy; Calf-stretch w/ Merkins; Butt Kicker; High Knees; Karaoke Thang 1: Groups of three for new-max pull-ups. First time through, set your baseline max. [Read More]
biner  bogo  chipper  dr-evil  flip-flop  franklin  gump  headroom  hermes  ma-bell  nature-boy  one-four  parker  the-commish  torpedo 

Release The Hounds

 Posted on December 16, 2019  |  2 minutes  |  383 words  |  

16 for the main event and 8 for the pre-run on what started out as a pretty normal Monday morning - 40ish degrees in December, a plan to cover some ground with a few exercises thrown in, and Burt yelling my hospital name before we even left the parking lot. But we eventually got into the Regency neighborhood where someone released their pair of attack dogs as we were doing hill repeats in front of their driveway. [Read More]
bluewater  burt  chanticleer  chianti  coney  denali  grease-monkey  gtl  half  imp  joe-smith  largemouth  michelob  oofta  staubach  wonderbread