13 PAX partook in a loosely themed 44th birthday workout. 44 reps were completed of Freddy Mercs, Merkins, Jump Squats, Heals to Heaven and LBCs at the end. Just under 4 miles were covered. Mumblechatter was strong and counting was weak. Grease Monkey was welcomed back to the Triangle. We need to get him on the South Cary Slack. Thanks all for helping make it a great morning.

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1 Scary guy went to visit some old friends at Phoenix with some beautiful views of New Hampshire. Discussed ‘Peak USA’ and the 2 opposing factions of Norwegian Death Metal. 100% attendance at Cofeteria at LaFarm.

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Beautiful morning at PB!

The EC run crew came blazing in with a sub 8 pace and after a quick mission and core principles we were off!

Quick show lap of the burpee relay that we would hit later and quick warm ups on the green pavilion. Shout out to Bubba’s grundle.

Headed to the wake parking garage for Thang 1.
YHC didn’t realize how many floors it had so what started as a beast – quickly turned into 69. Ay O! 6 reps on each 9 floors.
– monkey humpers
– world’s worst merkin rotation
– lunge + LBC + H2M

Travel back to the pavilion for our burpee relay!
2 teams racing the pickle with burpees at designated spots while PAX hit Mary until their turn. Started together – finished together.

Announcements- summer swoltice next Thursday. + greater Carpex burpee + no sugar challenge to raise money for a diabetes cause.

Prayers – travel mercy’s and safety. Lifting Bubba up for his visit with his dad. Ma Bell’s move to Alpharetta in July. Prayers for safety on the roads.

MIAGD Gents! Welcome Cowbell!

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14 HIMs out this morning! My first post (not counting the first 5 or so 4 years before) was 6/13/22 so I wanted to recreate that workout for a 2 year celebration. A uninformative backblast from HG didn’t give me much to go off of (see replies), so I did what I could.

Mosey over to the dangerous culdesac for warmups and then back to the park for the thangs. We did escalating exercises with cones.

Thang one was 3 rounds of 3 stations with 3 exercises at each…lunges, merkins and LBCs. 6 reps of each at each of the three stops and then back to the start. Then 13 at each. Then 22 at each.

Thang two was at the back of the park with rocks and three stations. Curls, tricep extensions, and rock rows. Overheard carry between each station. 6 reps for first round, then 13, then 22. Hustle back to the flag just in time.

Welcome to FNG Independent.

Announcements made, prayers for Dan and Laurie. It was an honor to have OG Carpex nantan in attendance! MIAGD!

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Preamble: After being directed away from some other interloping workout group who were sitting in their cars, YHC was informed with only 4 PAX we were below the Waffle House line and, as the Q, I had the option of just going there. Surely you jest. We’re working out.

WARMUP: Little jog around the park loop and over to the pickleball court for SSH, plank jacks, mountain climbers, and of course, merkins

THE THANG(s): stop by BFT2 to pick up a sandbag.
Thang 1
Indian run with the sandbag down – what else? – Lawrence Rd a ways. Each PAX took a turn running back to the park to do 20 CDDs while rest of PAX did 5 clean and jerks with the sandbag along with alternating merkins and squats.
Thang 2
Indian Run back to basketball court. 1st round: Each PAX runs to the opposite end with the sandbag to do 5 clean and jerks while rest of PAX does people’s chair. 2nd round: repeato but with flutter kicks when not on sandbag duty.
Thang 3
Mosey to playground. Each PAX does 10 sandbag clean and jerks while the rest do alternating left/right step-ups. Finish off with a cooldown jog ‘round the park.

MARY: A 4 minute speed round of box cutters, hello dollys, Pamela Andersons, Rosalitas, and hundos.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: nah, not really

COT: yes, with trunk coffee in hand even. 3 respects, 1 meh. Prayers for Greenbow facing decisions about his shoulder. YHC took us out.
Good fun and great conversation while getting a solid workout in. Despite the absurdly long and nonsensical name of the AO, this park is a gem. Awesome place to work out. Lots of options.
MIAGD, Go Pack, and as always, GTHC.

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Day 4 of The Resolution. Another solid backblast wherein Ma Bell discusses boobs.

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We did NOT run The Maynard, we ran The Sleeping Kangaroo as part of The Resolution presented by the original Carpex Nantan. Hermes is grateful for the Harris Teeter at mile 8ish being open this morning and nice clean facilities.

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If I woke up tomorrow morning with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn’t be more surprised than I am right now.

It was a bit nipply this morning so it was the perfect time for Clark W. Griswold to come out for a Christmas Vacation Q. While some were out running The Cleaver, we started out as always by saying grace, and then we set out on a quest to find the Griswold family Christmas tree.

After some running around, we finally found it, but the snow was deep so we had to lunge walk our way to it. When we got there, we realized we didn’t bring a saw, so we had to uproot the tree with some Al Gore jump squats. Then we did some Good Mornings to show you where we’re going to put a tree that big. WIth my Christmas bonus, I’m putting in a swimming pool, so we did some Michael Phelps’, and even threw in some South Cary stretches for good measure.

Then it was time to go shopping. We went blousing from storefront to storefront where we met Mary.

After that we had to get ready for our family to arrive, so we ran to a parking lot and it turns out Cousin Eddie showed up in his RV, so we did some Rocket jumps and V-ups around the pickle.

I wanted to try out a new non-nuclear cereal varnish my company is working on, so we found a hill and attempted to set a new saucer sled land speed record.

When we got back, Uncle Louie burned down our tree, and at least it was out of its misery, but we had to cut down a new one with some buzzsaw chillcuts.

It turned out the tree we cut down had a squirrel in it, so we partnered up and did some Catch The Squirrel If You Can, and when your partner caught you he yelled “squirrel!” and smacked the squirrel with some American Hammers.

Despite the many challenges, we ended up having the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with you-know-who.

Remember to not take yourself too seriously as we go through any challenged we are faced with this holiday season. Be a leader in your family and community to remind people what Christmas is really all about–something we seem to get further and further away from each year. We are extremely grateful for this group so let’s continue to share it with other men in our lives.

Merry Christmas to all, and Make It A Great Day!

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A fiesty group of Pax ran some suicides over by the medical center along with some other exercises mixed in. 3 burpees every time you got back to the start. The first two rounds were variations of merkins at each of 4 stops, plus 30 dips and 30 squats at the end. The last round had various ab exercises plus 30 derkins and monkey humpers. Finished with some Mary. It was good to see a few of our favorite visitors. Lots of events happening around the super region. Circled up for COT and thought about the men on either side of us. MIAGD.

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Perfect 0515 start. Warm Up was merkins, freddy mercuries, squats and Wind Mills. @Ma Bell said it felt more like Wind Turbines, but YHC ignored and proceeded. To get the juices flowing we moseyed to the stop sign

Thang 1:
Partnered up for a 4-round circuit. Partner 1 lapped the parking lot while Parter 2 knocked out 11 burpees, 11 merkins and held a high plank. Partners swapped did all over again. We ended with an indigenous people, native american, indian, commander run around the parking lot.

All Pax ABCs

Mosey to fountain.

Thang 2:
Partner up for a little stair climb, box jump/merkin combo. Partner 1 ran up the stairs around and down with Partner 2 did 5 box jumps, 5 merkin/derkins and held a squat.
Swap and repeat x4.

All Pax 112’s–with some number and counting difficulty from YHC

Mosey to the office building

Thang 3:
3 Station Bermuda Triangle. Spring to station 1 and do 11 jump lunges. Bear crawl to station 2 for 11 Peter Parkers. Sprint to Station 3 for 11 Froggers. Mountain climb till the six arrives. Do it again 3 times.

All Pax 50 American Hammer

Mosey to the office building wall

Thang 4:
112 second wall sit

Mosey to the Comfort Suites entrance

Thang 5:
Partner up for a little hill work. Partner 1 sprint down to the bridge and back. Partner 2 knock out 25 Freddy Mercuriea in cadence followed by a low plank. Swap and repeat x4

Mosey back to the parking Lot

Thang 6:
Mary was a low plank with all PAX giving an 11-count.

Announcments:
Things got out of hand and PAX filled the calendar till Feb. 2024!

Prayer:
Water Wings father-in-law has a heart-related doc appt in the morning. Prayers lifted up and appreciated!

All in all, yours truly is a rookie Q and the O.G. Pax were a solid balance of grace and truth!

If Jesus got out of the grave, he’s got plenty in the tank to empower you to lead and love well today! MIAG and GATA!

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