Tag: Timberwolf

  • The suffering must be mental as well as physical

    5 PAX met at Timberwolf for a tough beatdown and to remind each other what F3 is all about. Grab a block courtesy of Crabgrass, head to the track. No time for a warm up. WOD is below, we got through 3+rounds, those no cheat merkins were killer! Come out this week to Timberwolf for the Boys Of Sunmer kick off! Be ready for IPC in September!

  • Draft Day!

    (8) grown-boys showed up for YHC’s third annual Draft Day workout. Moseyed down to the field, took a lap, stretched out and got into it.

    (12) total “picks” and each was repeated on the way back down.

    (1) Run to the other end of the football field and back

    (2) Burpees

    (3) Merkins

    (4) CDD’s

    (5) Squats

    (6) Joe Louis

    (7) Steve Earle’s

    (8) Jim Braddock’s

    (9) Crabcakes

    (10) Flutter Kicks

    (11) SSH’s

    (12) Up Downs

    Thanks for allowing me to lead and spread my love for the NFL Draft!

  • Ball Rolls

    The day began with some confusion on the Q: Matlock or Boberry? Both claimed to have signed up and came prepared to lead the assembled group of fine men. Being a great gentleman than I, Boberry kindly gave me the Q and we were off with my bag of tricks.

    Short mosey followed by the traditional Warmarama (SSH, Merkins, Jazzercise, various relatives). Head to the field to put in some work.

    WOD 1: Everyone grab a dodgeball. Ball rolls* 25ish yards, 30 merkins on the ball (10 right hand on, 10 left hand on, 10 both hands on), lunge with the ball over your head 25ish yards, 30 jack knives. Lunge another 25ish yards, 40 squat ball tosses. Repeat.

    WOD 2: team up. HIM 1 ball rolls 25ish yards while HIM 2 do SSH. HIM sprints to HIM 1 and takes up ball rolls while HIM 1 does LBCs. When HIM 2 reaches 25ish yards, HIM 1 sprints to meet him and assumes ball rolls while HIM 2 does merkins. After HIM 1 reaches the end zone, HIM 2 sprints up for 40 ball toss WWIs.

    To get the cardio in, we ended with a few rounds of dodgeball on the tennis courts.

    *Ball Rolls: A ball roll requires one to roll a ball a predetermined distance while bear crawling and using only the head as a means of projection. Commonly used to punish the Grafton High School Football team for swearing at practice or having grades below a B-. They were the bane of my existence during my brief tenure as the worst center in the Bay Rivers District.

    COT: names/numbers. Announcments: Boys Of Summer coming to Timberwolf soon; Memorial Day convergence, check Slack for details. Prayers: Big Rig’s Mom as she moves into the next stage of her treatment.

    Thank you fine men for humoring my lingering ball roll trauma. Special thank you to Boberry. Its an honor to be a member this PAX. Till next time.

  • Bourbon Farts

    The air was crisp and thick as 5 of SOJ’s finest came out to see what YHC’s return to the Q sheet had in store. Attendance was light but mumblechatter was heavy as these HIM’s went to work. According to the early arriving school personnel, this is what happened.

    Mose around front of school to side bus loop.

    COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; Willy Mays Hayes, 10 Each, Jim Duggan’s,  Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperials Walkers, , Copper head squat, Cherry pickers, Merkins, Dollies, Flutters.  

    Old school Light pole alley. Start at both furthest ends and do 100 of called exercise on both ends. Reduce by one lightpole and by 10 exercises each round. Exercises were calf raises, LBC’s, Monkey humpers, Merkins, Drydocks, WWII’s, Not worthy’s. And a few I missed.

    Ended with 6 minutes of Dojo Dan and BTTF.

    Always an honor to lead. YHC took us out in prayer.

  • The Peasant Reminds the PAX why he is the Duke

    Twas a nice humid spring morning and the PAX gathered at the local middle school track for a beatdown. The Q was prepared after getting burned in the group chat by multiple members. A respectable beatdown was to ensue

    Warm-o-Rama
    Circle up for:
    • SSH x20 IC
    • Imperial Walkers x15 IC
    • Cherry pickersx10 IC
    • Merkins x10
    • Some light stretching of the back

    Quick mosey around the track or to the football field to get the blood moving.


    The Thang: Field & track Grinder
    Round 1 – Field Suicides + Strength (Football Field)
    Suicides from goal line: 10yd, 20yd, 30yd, etc.
    At each turnaround:
    • 10 Merkins
    • 10 Squats
    • 10 Mountain Climbers (each leg)


    • 10 LBCs

    We knocked out 4 solid rounds. Plenty of mumblechatter on the longer ones.


    Round 2 – Partner Dora on the Track, but this was a Mega Dora the exploxer


    PAX paired up. One runs a lap (or half-lap), the other works. Switch on return. Cumulative goal:
    • 100 Carolina Dry Docks
    • 200 Squats
    • 300 American Hammers

    •400 Flutters

    Round 3: Basketball lunges

    PAX would lunge around the court for 2 laps

    COT
    Count-o-rama, Name-o-rama, announcements, and prayers/praises.
    Naked Man Moleskin
    Small but strong crew this morning – Taziki, Heist, Matlock, and Hermie showed up ready to work. Loved watching the push on those court sprints and the solid effort on the Dora. Great mumblechatter and accountability out there. Thanks for letting me lead, fellas. Always better in the gloom with the brothers.

  • Two to Tango

    SOS is well rested this Thursday as 2 of the most mightiest, best looking studs this group has to offer, rolled out of bed and got after it this morning.

    Mosey down to track and around one lap as a warmup, followed by a variety of stretches and warmup exercises.

    Thing 1 – Something Big Rig/Bobbery/David Goggins do

    Around the track for two laps, then 25 merkins. Two more laps at a faster pace, 25 merkins. Two more laps at a faster pace, 25 merkins. Two more laps at a faster pace, 25 merkins.

    Thing 2 – Field Work

    Start at FG post. Perform exercise then run to other end and back. 100x Squats / 80s APDs / 60x LBCs / 40x Heels to Heaven

    BTTF

    DTH Ruck 3/29, Nancy 5k 4/11, TBD SOS Hot Wings Challenge

    Prayers for Woodsman and everyone who shows up to my Q at Satan’s Hill tomorrow. the PAX needs a beatdown…

  • O’Doyle rules!

    5 HIMS including an FNG came out for school this morning. Here’s what went down:

    Warm up: mosey to the bus loop and circled up. SSH, Ukranian soldiers, Imperial walkers, and various stretches

    The thang: BILLLY MADISON. We all went back to school today. Run the bus loop and pair it with an exercise with 12 reps. ladder style.

    Kindergarten: 2 Burpees

    1st grade: SSH

    2nd grade: calf raises

    3rd grade: flutter kicks (double count)

    4th grade: squats

    5th grade: LBCs

    6th grade: merkins

    7th grade: Carolina dry docks

    8th grade: Lunges (6 right, 6 left)

    9th grade: plank jacks

    10th grade: American hammers

    11th grade: HR merkins

    12th grade: diamond merkins

    We ran out of time and had to complete 10th – 12th grade at the end in one final set. We modified the run half way through after Ponch noticed each bus parking spot was numbered and we then ran to the associated number, which shortened up the run. Only a GED this morning for the PAX!

    N/N

    Announcements: -> slack, Glow for Galactosemia 5K, Rudy’s fundraiser for Lighthouse

    Prayers: Ledecky’s father in law is recovering from heart surgery, Pax with unmentioned prayers

    Happy to see an FNG come out, thanks to BRU! He gave us a lot of options for names but we landed on Ledecky. Pleasure to lead you fine gentlemen.

  • 40-somethings Still Got It

    4 HIM rose to the occasion today and made it out for another exciting Timberwolf beat down. According to the opossum in the woods, here’s what went down…

    Grab a block and walk to the track. Left the blocks behind for a quick lap around the track into our warmup.

    Pyramids with blocks > Curls > Skullcrushers> KB Swings > Squats > Manmakers
    Did 10x each and 5x Manmakers. Run across the field (sideline to sideline) in between each exercise.
    Top of the pyramid did a quick lap around the field.

    100 Sprints x7 > Run 100M, walk back

    Did 5 manmakers for good measure and BTTF

    Good work fellas, glad to see us 40 year olds still have some wheels!

  • Just a little Hot Potato

    YHC joined the DK clown car headed to Timberwolf today. The group thought Fandago was on the Q sheet, but he, no doubt, had better plans and ideas. A hot potato was the workout of the day with Orange Crush, Hermie, Ponce and DK taking the lead.

    Warm-a-rama: Orange Crush

    Jog to the other side of the school. Typically warm up with side straddle hops, arm circles, helicopters, Ukrainian soldiers, Merkins, Stretches, LBC’s and Freddie Mercs.

    Thang 1: Orange Crush

    11’s. One side of the parking lot, merkins. The other side of the parking lot, squats.

    Thang 2: Hermie

    DoJo Dan – Kicks front and rear. No doubt we all looked like bad asses and struck fear into every bus driver walking across the parking lot. This was followed by light pole alley. In summary, we did exercises and ran.

    Thang 3: Ponce

    Shoulder Smoke Show. YHC thinks his hilarious Mom joke must have really offended him because Ponce was a bit on the mean side with his exercises. Arm circles forever, cherry pickers forever and something else that really hurt the shoulders. Note to self, Ponce is strong.

    Thang 4: DK

    A little rotating bear crawl with jogs, lunges as we rotated through the PAX. An excellent cap to the day.

    Back to the flag.

    Announcements / Prayer Requests with Ponce taking us out.

    What a great day to be outside, hang out with some cool dudes and be part of F3.

  • The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test 

    Midlothian’s two most handsome HIMs came out to Timberwolf on this beautiful morning to start the day on the right foot. Following a brief mosey and some warm up stretching and calisthenics, the fellas took on the Fitnessgram PACER Test. What is the Fitnessgram PACER you ask? Well, on its own terms:

    The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. . . . The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep] A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. [ding] Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible.

    In layman’s terms: running sideline to sideline laps on the basketball court in progressively shorter intervals. Fail to complete the lap and you’re out.

    Our PACER had a twist: each man owed 100 merkins, WWIIs, and squats but could subtract their PACER laps from those totals (e.g. do 20 laps, only do 80 merkins, etc.).

    Following the first round of PACER and workouts, we decided to run it again for round 2 and glory.

    Finished with a slow mosey back to the parking lot, ended with COT. Took us out in prayer.

    Ponch is the undisputed PACER king, completing 70 and 72 laps respectively to my 60 and 54. Overall a great workout and a honor to lead.