Tag: #MABA

Make America Burpee Again

  • Seven for Seven!

    A lucky seven (sans Handshake despite his vow to be there) met on a frigid morning for a beatdown. We ventured out at 5:29 because we could barely stand it to sit around in the cold for another minute. Here’s what happened:

    COP: beginning with DQs, Saab was not pleased. Various regulars here.

    Seven of Diamonds: Running and stopping at each of the 4 corners of the blacktop, perform the following: Round 1: 7  squats // Round 2: 14 Merkins // . Round 3: 21 LBCs // Round 4: 28 2x Mtn Climbers // Round 5: 21 2x Flutter kicks // Round 6: 14 Carolina Dry Docks // Round 7: 7 Burpees. 28 Burpees done, only 73 to go ! #maba

    11s in the Pavilion. start with 10 pole smokers, bear crawl to other Side of the pavilion, 1 Jump Squat on the pole. And so forth

    Choose your adventure: at this point, there were 10 minutes remaining. Those participating in #maba could commence burpees, those not participating did rounds of dips and merkins. UPCHUCK- NO ONE WAS FORCED TO DO MABA FYI

    COT: Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Great morning of frigid air, warm conversation and lots of mockery. Well done crew! SYITG

  • Modified MABA Tabata

    3 HIM with coupons ready for an almost mosey free workout came together in the parking lot of the Bermuda Triangle for a Tabata workout with Thrusters instead of Burpees for MABA.

    YHC asked Tiger King yesterday if he was a hard commit for this morning’s workout and he stated his concern for slipping on ice. Turned out YHC was planning on very limited running after rolling his ankle on Sunday, so it all worked out.

    530 rolled in and we did our first 10 Thrusters, followed by a brief warmarama.
    SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Quyotes, Helicopters, Nancy Kerrigan’s.

    The Thang

    10 Thrusters every 5 minutes  10 sets, 100 Thrusters(credit to DTH for the EMOM idea for MABA)

    4 sets of 20 Oblique Lifts (2 each side)
    20 Cindy Swings

    Ab Ring of Fire
    20 WW2s
    20 Pulse Ups
    20V Ups

    30 Curls

    Short mosey to the picnic pavilion and back.

    YHC gently set down his Cindy at the end of a set of Thrusters and it literally crumbled into 6 pieces, at this point we had to do triple checks, since we only had 2 cindies for the 3 of us.

    Triple Check 1

    Curls, Skull Crushers,  20 merkins,  only 1 round

    Ab Ring of Fire 2

    Penguins, APB, Oblique V Ups

    Triple Check 2

    Calf Raises normal stance x25, 2nd Round Pigeon toed, 3rd Round Duck footed
    Imperial Walkers
    Hold Plank

    End with COT

    YHC doesn’t have too much experience leading a workout without any running, but it wasn’t necessary to get the heart pumping!  Great push by the PAX!

    Frozen Triangle Super Bowl Saturday February 8th!

    Broadway took us out.

  • No longer a snow workout virgin

    This is very accurate….I have never done am outdoor snow workout till today(I have been missing something wait I fell into the “it’s too cold or no one will come out etc). Ever since I started F3, my workout philosophy have flipped they the people I used to train with could not even come close). Fact I want to go to Virginia Beach do that workout on the beach Mount Trashmore spots that I would not mind being a part of a travel group. Today, 8 came out after the latest snow to see what does Mudslide offer in this weather. LFGO!!!

    Warmaramma(SSH, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Dead Man Hangs, Gate Crashers, Merkins, plus 5 burpees). To the baseline for a quick run down and back(Boberry with a burst there). Then we took off time to venture out see what insanity the group and I create. First stop… The mini hill near the back area of the trails and where the logs are. A little Rocky IV runs up the hill then burpees(1st round 10 regular, 2nd 5 8 count(burpee with a plank jack), 3rd 5 Navy Seals(there’s also an Army Ranger one I will bring out this year anticipate more burpees a fair amount with my Qs.

    Next…a staple of my workouts(DORA). 100 SSHS, 200 squats, 300 toe taps. The run I had to change up due to the conditions but Rubble crossed from one corner to the next so after my first one, I went corner to corner. All the footprints you see and you see mine the big ones that look like a bear came around.

    Side note: this year is the 50th anniversary of Rockwood Park. All the fields and other things are being worked on with a summer date to be done. So next was nifty 50s(50 reps of a certain exercise chosen by someone). Monkey Humpers, Don Quixote, Double clutch squats, Snow Angels, LBCs amongst those chosen). We interrupt for a trip to the wheel and Death Planks. DTH brought it out last week, I enjoyed it said ok let’s try it again and now I have ideas into what we can do there next…. Stay tuned

    Coming to the end……4 corners(10 burpees, 20 groiners, 30 double count MCs, 40 SSH man killer style. Oh the way back, I saw an opportunity to do some walking lunges in the snow(why the F not). There was a little ice patch in a spot but with the fields open right now chances to really do some leg and other things

    Final little bit..20 burpees do 10 take a little breather, final 10 fast as you can. Hour was up, finished up numbers, names prayer led by YHC to close the session. That was fun, yet need more to come out lead Qs simple things or even split it with someone I have done that come on out 2025 lead 1 Q in January, the bug hits ok I want to do another. Let you know the nifty 50s the runs up the hill(last night and this morning thought of). The lunges across the field(thought of it right there looked at it said ok).

    Check Slack upcoming events there’s a few plus if you doing the MABA challenge(stay on top) I am in great shape not keeping a total but I know how many I have in the bank plus I am trying to see if the last Saturday at Rock and Roll is open(I think it’s time to do a Burpee CSAUP where we do them for say 25-30 minutes get a total perhaps if there’s someone who needs help or assist them. We donate a set amount it all goes towards them. I can fill you in more I did this 2020 1 hour 540 burpees helping a woman going thru a rough time with breast cancer. See you next time

  • MABA Hill Repeats (Frozen Iron PAX)

    2 MABA Maniacs training for distance races met at Providence Elementary for a Graveyard Shift that had an Iron PAX feel type workout. Boberry came out for one hill but wasn’t feeling so hot and decided to head back to the smart sack

    40 Thrusters then 5-10 burpees at bottom and top of each hill repeat
    10 and 10 Thruster/Burpee finish

    Total Thruster/Burpee count 116

    4 Miles logged

    Prayers for Bo to be back to full speed.

  • Burpee-Rama

    8 Gloom warriors ice skated their way to the Green Mile for a State Farm beatdown. Apparently I’m the only PAX participating in the 100burpee/day challenge, so in order to catch up YHC centered the beat down around every variation of awful burpees possible. The PAX were great sports entertaining this terrible rendition of the most burpees I’ve ever done in a 45 minute period (200+!!). Crabgrass’ speedo plowed through the following.

    • 10 Burpees –> Mosy
    • Intro/Disclaimer/Mission/Credo
    • Warmarama: SSH, UK’s, Helis, Merkins
    • 10  mas Burpees
    • COP 1 – EMOM 11’s – Burpees + Toe Touches
      • Minute 1 – 1 burpee + run to end of lot + 10 touches (Dbl count)
      • Minute 2 – 2 burpees + run to end of lot + 9 touches (Dbl count)
      • Repeato thru 10 burpee and 1 toe touch
    • COP 2- Blockee Triple Check
      • Pax 1 – Run down and Back
      • Pax 2 – Blockees (keep Count)
      • Pax 3 – Monkey Humpers
    • COP 3 – 21/15/9
      • 21 – Burpees
        • Bernie up lot. Run back
      • 15 – Yurpees (Hand Clap merkin at bottom plus tuck jump)
        • Bernie up lot. Run back
      • 9 – Navy Seal burpees
        • Bernie up lot. Run back
    • COP 4 – Partner
      • Partner AMRAP Burpees – 5 minutes
        • 1 stops – other picks up
        • Keep total count
        • Max reps in 5 minutes
    • Total burpee Count = 50 + 45 + 30 + 55 + 20 = 200!
    • Names
    • Numbers
    • Announcements
    • Prayers
      • Wildcat praise for healing. Prayers for health for Denise Heist’s coworker.
    • COT
      • YHC passed out the flyers I’ve been using as promo to launch the F3 Hollidaysburg AO (my new hometown). I let this group know just how impactful giving F3 to another man can be. Guys like Heist and Hardywood helped fire me up on F3 almost 2 years ago. That has led to a launch almost 500 miles away to a small town where F3 can hopefully change lives. Making these positive changes in other people’s lives is what it’s all about. Much love to this group always! SYITG.

    State Farm

  • NO TOIL

    Eight CSAUP-loving SOJ studs accepted the 4WD challenge and whatever MABA madness might be in store. Here’s how we counted to 100:

    The THANG: 

    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • #MABA… x10 Burpees OYO

    COP #1: 

    • WARMERAMA = BURPEE TRAIL
    • Mosey around the woods loop periodically stopping to complete x5 burpees
    • TOTAL x30 Burpees

    COP #2:

    • QUARTER POUNDER PLUS
    • Line up on the end of the Field
    • Sprint to 25yd, x25 Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • Sprint to 50yd, x50 Michael Phelps holding People’s Chair, Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • Sprint to 75yd, x75 LBC’s, Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • Sprint to 100yd, x100 SSH’s, Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • TOTAL x20 Burpees

    COP #3:

    • PAVILION LADDER
    • x8 Burpee, run around Pavilion
    • x7 Burpees, run around Pavilion
    • ETC, down to x 1 Burpee & Run
    • TOTAL x 36 Burpees

    F3 PLANKORAMA REVIEW

    COP #4:

    • PAVILION COOL-DOWN …you know, since we didn’t do the usual Warm-Up at the start
    • x6 Burpees
    • x10 DQ’s IC
    • x10 ISW’s IC
    • x10 Soldiers IC
    • x10 Cherry Pickers IC
    • x15 Tempo Werkins IC
    • x5 Ranger M’s IC
    • x10 WWII’s IC
    • x10 Left Oblique WWII’s
    • x10 Right Oblique WWII’s
    • x20 Heels to Heaven
    • x10 Suzanne Sommers (ea side)
    • x20 APD’s
    • x30 Moroccan Nightclubs IC

    Mosey BTTF:

    • x10 Final burpees to complete today’s MABA 100 Burpee Challenge – BOOM! 

    COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Power outages, City Water Out

    NMS:  The DTH+Sable caravan arrived on scene and another 6 joined the party. GREAT numbers for 20 degrees and black ice everywhere. Extra emphasis was given for the Disclaimer this morning! Effort was made to spell NO TOLL in the snow while cranking 100 SSH’s, but Bromance thought the beatdown wasn’t hard enough and spelled NO TOIL instead. L Woods continues to accelerate and earned the name “L rabbit” as YHC tried to keep up with him. Belay’s fitness level and high quality form continues to set the standard. YHC did not take the bait and leap the gate today – nobody needs a broken leg. And hey, we stayed warm and crushed 100 burpees! (Actually 102 cause addition apparently isn’t my talent). Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • TONIGHT!!!  7pm SOJ Meeting at Rodeo Clown’s house, open to ALL SOJ PAX
    • Thur 1/9, TIM MAN VQ at The Forge!!!
    • Sat 1/11, Split BDay Q at Dogpile
    • MABA JANUARY CHALLENGE = 100 Burpees per Day x31 days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8mbKXzRZw
    • DRY JANUARY – abstain from your usual indulgences this month! 
    • Ongoing opportunities (details on Slack): Breaking Bread, The Bridge, SOJ OTB monthly Ruck
    • February CSAUP – Frozen Triangle