Tag: Timberwolf

4 men today as we took on one of the last humid days before cool down approaches.

Mossy to the track for a little warm up

15 SSL

20 Imperial Walkers

Mossy around track for a lap stopping 2 times to knock out some bleacher work with dips, incline and decline pushups.

To the grass football field for the show:

Q called for the beast:

Round 1 – Merkins

Round 2 – Mountain climbers

Round 3 – Squats

Round 4 – Monkey Humpers

Round 5 – Carolina dry docks

Round 6 – Burpee

Back to a mossy as we explored the AO finding a new trail thru the woods that had plenty of cob webs!!  Also lost bag phone in the woods, sorry man glad you paved your on path.

 

Strong work always good to Q and see new PAX continuing to come out!

It was 70 and sunny for 5 SOJ regulars along with YHC’s 2.1 and 2.2 to hit the parking lots and fields of Timberwolf.  It was a last minute decision to Q so YHC could control the workout for my 2.0s since they have missed the 2 Puppy Piles so far this year.

THANG

COP with SSH, DQ, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Hand release merkins and flutter kicks varying counts with some in conversation while DK tried to have a conversation with the Q.  Follow that up with some parking lot tracers.

Mosey to the freshly mowed field that was softer than the fields of No Toll.  15’s just like 11’s but you know, adding up to 15 – Merkins and Squats and a run across the field.

BLIMPS down the field – 5 broad jump burpees, 10 lunges each leg, 15 Imperial Walkers (traveling forward), 20 merkins, 25 plank jacks, 30 jump squats (jump forward) – finish the length of the field with a bear crawl to the end.

Love Field – Partner up – P1 runs P2 exercise down the field until P1 gets back – Russian Soldiers, Polar Bears, Lunge

Mosey up to the tennis courts for Mary – American Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, 6 inches, Crunchy Frogs, Peter Parker, Superman

Double Round Ring of Fire with Al Gore after the first round and Plank after the second.  Flair optional.  Close out with 5 burpees OYO to fill the last few seconds.

NMM

Great to see Bag Phone as a regular at SOT and TW, unfortunately Digger tweaked a hammy and is out but he seems to be another regular too.  Today is YHCs 15th anniversary, hence the 15s instead of 11s, I know the PAX appreciated the extra rounds.  It was fun to have my 2.0s out today, Sweet n Sour has been itching to get out recently, especially since her brother got to play Ultimate a few weeks ago.  Cliffhanger will certainly be back for more and Sweet n Sour is already cooking up a plan to hit the July 4th convergence.

The Timberwolf field was freshly cut soft grass.  It was cut nice and high and the grass clippings were plentiful.  One round back and forth and everyone was covered.  The PAX suggested requesting the school bag their clippings.  YHC is not advocating this since it is not the environmentally friendly option and is better for the grass to leave them.  However, it would be nice if I didn’t have to vacuum the car after every workout.  The 2.0s are not used to having to wipe down after a workout so YHC has some extra work to do.

DK, Gumbo and Mr. Roper may all be in the market for new shoes.  There was discussion of contacting Lab Rat for info on volume shipping discounts.

Come on out to Dogpile on Saturday to send Gumbo off for a month, I’m sure he’s got something good in store since he’s going to be out west without F3 until August.

Convergence July 4th 7 am at Tredegar, breakfast afterward is in the works.

It was a pleasure to be able to lead this morning, thanks for following along.

10 Warriors broke the Fartsack on a not so cool morning at Timberwolf to make it Double Digits for the second week in a row on the SouthSide!

COP-

SSH x 20

DQ x 10

Helicopters x 10

Copperhead Squats x 10

Merkins x 10

LBCs x 20

Mosey to Lightpole Alley

Sequence – Start at light pole and do called exercise, then run to last light pole and repeat exercise, then run back to light pole #2 and plank to await next exercise. Repeat until you arrive at final light pole.

Exercises Included – Burpees x 2, Merkins, LBCs, Arm Circles, Monkey Humpers, Jump Squats, Bear Crawl, Lunges, and Box Cutter

Mosey to Basketbal courts.

Round 1 – Run length of court, run backwards back x 2

4 Corners- Corner 1- Dying Cockroach, Corner 2 – WWIIs, Corner 3- Mountain Climbers, Corner 4-SHHs

Back to Baseline for Round 2

Round 2 Carioca – length of court and back x 2

Round 3 – Lunge forward to half court, backwards lunge coming back

Round 4 – Suicides x 2

Mosey to Flag

LBCs x 30

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out!

Announcements:
PuppyPile this Saturday at 7:05am at Dogwood Dell

Homer Run Derby this coming Tuesday, do not go to regular No Toll – See Pre-blast from Gumbo

July 4 Convergence

NMS :

It was great to be back out as YHC has not been able to post much, but is looking to change that.  Great group of men this morning . Welcome to Floppy Disk (FNG), he killed his first day and hope to see him back out soon. Also kudos to Digger for posting 2 days in a row after just starting yesterday.  Good to see Opus and Lockjaw make the trek down south as the summer tour continues.   Awesome group and a great morning in the gloom with you guys!  The PAX can thank Honeymoon for the extra suicide, he still had gas in the tank!

Honor to lead you gents, have a great day!

Marmaduke

 

11 warriors, including 1 FNG, posted to Timberwolf on this glorious morning.  With no name on the Q sheet, YHC took the reigns and led off the hot potato that went something like this:

Mosey to the front parking lot for COP, including

• DQs
• Helicopters
• Cotton Pickers
• SSHs
• Hillbillies (hop mandatory)
• Tempo Merkins
• Flutter Kicks

THANG:

4 Corners Prostitute Style

• Corner 1 = 10 merkins
• Corner 2 = 10 merkins, 20 jump-squats
• Corner 3 = 10 merkins, 20 jump-squats, 30 2-ct Freddy Mercuries
• Corner 4 = 10 merkins, 20 jump-squats, 30 2-ct Freddy Mercuries, 40 SSHs
• Run the long sides; lunge the short sides, finish back in corner 1 planking for the six

Plank-o-rama and Pickle-pounders (miss you Wilson!)

YHC passed the Q to Mr. Roper (I would like this decision back) for the following:

Bear crawl across the side grass patch to the light poles

Lightpole 11s with WWIIs and BURPEES (yep, he called Burpees…ouch!)

Partner carry lightpole to lightpole back to the starting point.

Crab-walk across grass patch back to parking lot and sprint from Corner 3 back to Corner 1.

Q passed to Flange for the following:

Donkey-Kick 200 – partner up and complete 200 DKs together Dora-style taking turns running to the nearest lightpole and back.

Merkin ROF – quite a variety show.  Lots of flare.

Mary, including:

• LBCs
• Flutterkicks
• Alabama Prom Dates (or Wedding Dates?)
• American Hammers
• Superman

COT, COR, NOR and YHC took us out

Announcements:

• Field Day at Dogpile this Saturday – t-shirt from your youth has been requested.
• Puppy Pile 6/23
• Get in on the Summer Tour – Phonics, Vinny, Offshore and others are checking them off fast.
• Amateur Hour (or 45 minutes) at RAMM Gears tomorrow
• HR Derby coming up 6/26 at Robious Elementary/Huguenot Little League INSTEAD of No Toll.  Pre-blast forthcoming.

Moleskin:

Great to have double-digits at Timberwolf again.  First time in a while.  We learned that Roper is starting to like the power of the Q, and YHC apologizes (its all the rage these days) for passing it to him.  Those 11s sucked.

Phonics is putting in the miles.  On the bright side, the SOJ customs folks recognize him now and waive him right through.  Thanks for coming out Phonics.

Offshore also made the trek SOJ again – well done!

Also, great to see Bag Phone back out after his virgin post yesterday.  Great job.

Great to have FNG Superfly out with us.  Another wrestling buddy of Sugar Sock and Flange.  Getting close to our wrestler quota.  He crushed it today.

Hot potato Qs are always challenging and today was no different.  Way to bring it fellas.

No More Gumbo For You!

A PAX of 4 gathered in the re-dawn gloom and shared a few minutes of fellowship before the clock struck 0530, EFH noticing YHC’s lack of gloves and sharing his excitement after doing “like 300 squats with KBs yesterday”…sorry brother, its LEGS and ABS day at Timberworlf #BeachBody.  It went something like this:

Mosey down to the entrance to the school for Calisthenics up the hill — lunge to first light pole, butt-kickers to second, and high knees to third.

COP, including SSHs, DQs, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, LBCs and Flutter Kicks.

THANG:

11s – around the bus lot lightpole to lightpole with Jump Squats and box cutters.

Mosey to the hill and field being the basketball courts.

Doras – 150 1-ct Freddy Mercuries, 200 Dollies, 300 Rosalitas.  Other partner runs up the hill, does 10 Moses Malone’s on the fence and runs back.

Field work:

• Matriculate down the lower field by various means called by the Q.  Each time we change, first drop and do 20 LBCs OYO.  Methods included: lunges, bounders (i.e., “skipping” per Mr. Roper), side lunges, sprints
• Up to the nice field for more – sprint to mid-field, do 20 2-ct mountain climbers and 20 2-ct Freddy Mercuries, then sprint to far endline.

PLTs – partner up and do 4 rounds of 25 PLTs each for a cool 100 each.

Mary – Mosey back to the parking area for Mary, including 2 rounds of ROF – hold six inches and when it is your turn do 20 1-ct American Hammers.  Then 20 Rocky Balboa situps IC.

Finish with 3 Burpees OYO.

COT, COR, NOR and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Puppy Pile 6/23 0705 – Sippy will kick it off.
• Hardywood looking for a Listing Specialist – see him for details.  Let’s help him fill the position.
• Mr. Roper is looking for interest in a Wednesday biking AO – considering Bon Air pool as a start/end location.  See him if you are interested.
• Send-off for Flashdance and Fudd  — discussion about trying to get something on the calendar and Hardywood WEST was thrown out as a location…anybody want to take the lead or pick a date?  Flash/Fudd – any particular date or week that would work for you guys?

NMS:

Not much mumblechatter today, but we got some work done and Mr. Roper declared that he is now ready to break out his two-piece at the pool.  Kudos my friend!

Always a pleasure to lead such a fine group.  Thanks for following along.

No More Gumbo For You!

Nine men assembled on a muggy morning at Timberwolf, 2 of those who traveled a touch longer distance to be a part of a epic beatdown.

COP –

5 Burpees OYO

SSH x 20

5 Burpees OYO

Helicopters x 10

Copperhead Squats x 10

Merkins x 10

LBC x 20

5 Burpees OYO

Mosey to tennis courts

4 Corners –

Corner 1 – 5 burpees

Corner 2 – 10 burpees

Corner 3 – 30 LBCs

Corner 4 – 40 Monkey Humpers

5 Burpees OYO

Hand Q off to Honeymoon

Mosey to Grassy Hill Beside the Track

HorseShoe

Work each exercise starting with the first all the way up to five adding an exercise after each loop of the horseshoe, and then bring it back down from the fifth exercise back to one.

Exercise 1 – 5 Burpees

Exercise 2 – 10 Merkins

Exercise 3 – 15 Carolina Dry Docks

Exercise 4 – 20 LBCs

Exercise 5 – 20 Mountain Climbers

One Minute Elbow Plank

Mosey to Flag –

Ring of Fire.

Numberama, Namerama, Honeymoon took us out

NMS

Apologies for the delay in the back blast, there was some confusion on who was handling it yesterday between YHC and Honeymoon.  Hats off to Phonics and Vinny for making the drive to the deep south to check the box on the summer challenge.  Great morning and a tough beatdown laid out by Honeymoon!  Of course Rosie and Phonics set the pace on the horseshoe, which certainly silenced the PAX quickly in the morning humidity.  Strong work by all fellas!!  Have a great day and see you in the gloom!

Marmaduke

 

 

7 SOJ regulars posted to Timberwolf this morning.  6 got the memo and split evenly, Red Shirts vs. Gray Shirts.  1 was LIFO (and extra LIFO to swap crocs for Brooks), and he came in wearing a blue shirt…odd man out.  Nonetheless, all 7 managed to work up a sweat doing the following:

Mosey to the front parking lot for a Gumbo-led COP, including:

• DQs
• Helicopters
• Cotton Pickers
• Copperhead Squats
• Imperial Walkers
• Tempo Merkins
• Box Cutters
• Freddie Mercuries

THE THANG:

Mosey to the near corner of the parking lot for 4-corners:

• Corner 1 = 10 merkins
• Corner 2 = 20 Jump Squats
• Corner 3 = 30 2-count mountain climbers
• Corner 4 = 40 SSHs
• Run from Corner to Corner stopping at each median/island for 3 burpees along the way.  6 medians in all, so 18 burpees along the way.  Add 1 more at the end for 19 total — punishment for VMI baseball’s 19-0 loss to Mercer in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament yesterday…OUCH!

Aforementioned, LIFO (Mr. Roper), somehow didn’t see us in the front parking lot as he drove by, so after swapping footwear and running around the school, he came in from the East and joined the PAX in Corner #2.

Gumbo passed the Q to Wilson

Numbered Door Variety Show

• Mosey to Door #21 for 21 merkins OYO
• #20 for a wall sit while Gumbo did a 20 count
• #19 for Homer to Marger (AKA Heels to Heaven)
• #18 for Donkey Kicks
• #17 for something YHC can’t remember, but I’m sure it hurt
• #16 for Hello Dollies
• #15 for Carolina Dry Docks

Wilson passed the baton to Rosco…off to the track (YHC thinks Rosco was looking for the wooden benches for partner overhead presses, but thank goodness (for YHC’s shoulder) they were gone).

Rosco’s Field Games

• 20 Dips on the bleachers OYO
• Mosey to the long-jump pit for tire flips — 2 tires (1 large, 1 medium) = 2 teams (Red (and Blue) vs. Grays) – flip the tires the length of the runway…TIE
• Mosey to the track for 2 laps around the track
• Back to the tires for another tire-flip race…switch tires…TIE again
• Back to the track for Human sled drills and then sprint relays (about 75 yards)
• Back to tires for another race – Bobber defected from the Gray Shirts to join the 40+ crowd of 5 men on the large tire vs Rosie and YHC on the medium tire…TIE again (questionable judging).

Rosco passed the baton to Bobber for a Mosey back toward the flag and Mary

Bobber’s Mary

• 15 Merkins OYO
• Crunchy Frogs (a Balzer company favorite apparently)
• Monkey Humpers
• Merkin ROF

COT, COR, NOR and YHC took us out

Announcements:

• Convergence on Monday for Memorial Day – 0700-0800 at Tredegar/Brown’s Island.  Meet in the parking lot.  Bring a friend.  Plan for ET’s afterwards if you can. No other AOs in action Monday.
• Opus takes on the big stage at Dogpile for his Dogpile VQ on Saturday – come out and support Opus.
• NEW SOT at Midlo Middle is up and running.  LugNut (the original SOT Captain) laid  his ship to rest with a solo send-off yesterday — well don, sir.

NMS:

A great crew today at Timberwolf.  YHC personally was hoping to see Cougar Bait post again but it sounds like us old men put a whipping on him yesterday at SOT.  We must build out Bait’s stamina before we release him to the Cougars…looking forward to seeing you post again soon.

The color scheme and numbers were all set for some triple-check team madness until Mr. Roper sauntered in LIFO.  But, no worries, we made do.

Man oh man, that standing water on the edge of the field and track and the smell emanating from it instantly brought YHC back to muggy/muddy football practices.  Darn that stunk.

YHC always enjoys Rosco’s feats of strength and mano a mano combat drills.  Today, YHC, was able to establish some leverage and use it to his benefit…I’m sure a rematch is in the plans for the near future.

Great job today guys.  Take this energy into your day and make it great.

No More Gumbo For You!

9 SOJ redwoods beat the draw of the FS to post on a wet Thursday to greet the day. The beatdown went something like this:

Slaughter Start – 10 burpees OYO

Mosey to front of school for COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead squats, Flutterkicks, Dead/Dying Cockroaches

Mosey front loop

Partner up for Triple Check: front loop, dips on benches, elbow plank

Mosey to back of school to hill below basketball courts

Jacob’s Ladders
Set 1: run up, 1 burpee, run down, 2 burpees – increase by 1 up to 6, repeat 6 then descend back to 1
Set 2: run up, 2 monkey humpers, run down, 4 monkey humpers, increase by 2 up to 12, repeat 12 then descend back to 2
Set 3: run up, 2 donkey kicks, run down, 4 merkins, increase by 2 up to 12, repeat 12 then descend back to 2

Mosey to football fields
Partner up for Love Field
Set 1: partner 1 bearcrawl width, partner 2 run to end line and backwards run back, switch, repeat until complete.
Set 2: repeat-o
Set 3: partner 1 lunge width, partner 2 run to end line and backwards run back, switch, repeat until complete.
Set 4: repeat-o

Mosey to tennis courts
Quick Mary: LBCs, American Hammers, Dead/Dying Cockroaches

Mosey back to VSF

COT – Flashdance took us out

Naked Moleskin

YHC was not excited when his alarm woke him this morning…but he felt better 1 min in!

The donkey kicks on the Jacob’s Ladder were not well received…neither was using the hill in the first place. Still, Rosie set an impressive pace.

Flashdance is moving to Florida and provided some moving words about what F3 has meant to him. We wish him well on his new adventure. Reach out to him before he takes off.

Announcements: Let’s hope the rain holds off for Wilson’s golf tournament tomorrow!

6 Gloom Gladiators broke the warm hold of the sheets and comforters this morning and posted to Timberwolf to start their Thursday in the best way possible.  YHC tried to accommodate as follows:

Mosey to and around the track and circle up at mid-field for COP, including:

• DQs
• Helicopters
• Cotton Pickers
• SSHs
• Freddie Mercuries

THANG:

The Gunner

Line up on the 50-yard line, complete 20 2-ct American Hammers and 20 jump squats then sprint AYG to the end zone.  Plank up for the 6.  Repeato x 4 with some plank-o-rama in between rounds.

Indian Run around the track the long way to the basketball court

The Wilt

Line up on the end line of the basketball court, complete 100 LBCs, spring 100 feet to other end line, complete 100 squats, sprint, 100 2-ct flutter kicks, sprint, 100 1-ct lunges, sprint back.  Al Gore for the six.

Indian Run to the far light post at the end of the bus loop.

Light Post 11s

Starting at the first light post with 10 merkins and 1 2-ct mountain climber – sprint to next light post for 9 and 2, and so on around the loop stopping at all 10 light posts.

Love and Hate Hills

Partner up and work your way down hill (4 light posts) to the school entrance with the following exercises and sprints to the end and back, flip-flopping roles. Once we reach the entrance, turn left and head uphill toward  the flag to the 4th light post at the top of the hill.  Exercises were Lunges, Broad Jumps and Polar Bears.

Mosey to Flag area

ROF x 2

First Round = hold 6 inches, complete 10 heels to heaven, pass it along (and take it off Mute Mr. Roper)

Second Round = hold a good Al Gore (hug that tree), drop and complete 10 merkins and pop back up to Al Gore

2 MOM

Box Cutters x20 IC

Rosalitas x10 IC

COT, COR, NOR and YHC took us out

Announcements:

• HDHH – Wednesday, May 16 at Independence Golf Club.  5:30-6:30 range time, 6:30 – ? Tavern 19
• Wilson’s Golf Tourney – Friday, May 18.  Find a team or start a team.
• Puppy Pile – Sat., May 19 0700 (right after Dogpile).  Bring out your 2.0s
• Shakedown and Mr. Holland are raising money for Childhood Cancer and will shave their heads for it.  Support them.
• SOJ (Shakedown) has the Ghost Flag and plans to put it on the block May 23 at Dogpile.  Get your clown cars together and post.
• Several folks within F3 or friends/family are facing obstacles.  Let’s support when and how we can and keep the prayers and positive thoughts flowing.  Together ever obstacle can be overcome.

NMS:

Great work today with all the sprints.  Never EVER seen Mr. Roper run so fast.  Man on a mission on the football field.  Probably pissed when YHC called for more sprints on the b-ball court.  Rosie paced the group as usual…Machine!

Great to have Bobber out and great seeing Roper, DK and Flashdance making Timberwolf a regular weekly post.

Search party formed to find the Emerging Nano Region of New Market…

No More Gumbo For You!