Tag: Timberwolf

  • Fly, Boy!

    I wish I had more time to give this backblast the TLC that it deserves but I’m currently sitting at Midlo High School, hooked up to my HotSpot and am getting ready to announce their game tonight. GO TROJANS!

    Long story short, FLY BOY NEARLY POOPED HIS PANTS!!

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed over to the bus loop, stretched out, gave the F3 mission and got into it.

    COP #1 – Ran the bus lines with a mix between running, Bernie, side shuffle and high knees.

    COP #2 – Lightpoles

    • Stopped at each lightpole and the PAX performed called excercises. About (8) stops along the way with QTY’s rising by 5 at each light. Returned back to the starting point after each exercise.

    COP #3 – 4 Corners, LOTN Style

    • Corner 1: CDD
    • Corner 2: Freddy Mercury
    • Corner 3: Squats
    • Corner 4: Arm Circles

    COP #4 – Ring of Fire (Abs)

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • CSAUP – Hit up Hesit
    • 4/14 – The Alamo, Woodsman’s 1-year

    PRAYERS

    • Big one here. Warby’s wife’s father passed away this week. Prayers up for her, Warby and the whole family.

    Love y’all and you KNOW I mean it!

  • The message on the window

    6 HIMs came out to Timberwolf this morning, 3 chose rucking and 3 chose the bootcamp. It was foggy, humid, and a lot of running, but we got it done. The Q was not claimed, so we did a little hot potato full of triple checks!

    Round 1

    Triple check by Tzatziki: Merkins, squats, and the runner to the curb

    Triple check by Woodsman : Dips, toe taps, and the runner to the light pole

    Triple check by Mudslide: Lieutenant Dans, inchworms (with a merkin), and the runner to light pole

    Round 2

    Triple check by Tzatziki: Flutter kicks, LBCs, and the runner to the curb

    Triple check by Woodsman: SSH, Firecrackers, and the runner up the hill

    Not enough time for a second Triple check by Mudslide, so he took us out with some Broga in the rain.

    We met back up with the ruckers (TSG, Crabgrass, and FlyBoy) as time expired and TSG took us out. Timberwolf has been light the past two weeks but happy to be there and start the day off right!

  • Numbers, Annoucements, wait… GO F3!

    6 gloom warriors rolled into a dark, foggy & misty morning at Timberwolf. As Led Zeppelin says, “So I’m packing my bags for a misty mountain, where the spirits go now, over the hill where the spirits fly!” It’s 5:30, time for FlyBoy to make his decision; boot camp or ruck? YHC got excited when he saw the weighted vest emerge from the trunk of his car. Crabgrass joined for moral support. And we were off, 3 ruckers (Crabby, FlyBoy, TSG) and 3 boot campers! I don’t think anyone signed up for bootcamp Q, so I think they rotated, TSG took the ruckers.

    Ruckers made their way to the track for a little interval training, while the others went off to do their thang.

    The Rucker Thang

    1 mile interval: 400M shuffle/ 400M ruck / 400M shuffle/ 400M ruck

    4 corners mile of pain; start at corner 1- 5x overhead press (changed to merkins after a mighty struggle and complaints from the gallery of having to take weighted vest on and off). Shuffle to corner 2 for 5 squats, ruck to corner 3 for 5 jump squats, shuffle to corner 4 for 5 pickle dippers, ruck back to corner 1. 4x400M rounds going up 5 reps each round finishing with 20x reps per corner.

    We had about 7 min until 6:15, so we made our way over to Kitten Lip’s, I mean FlyBoys moms classroom where she said she left him a little note in the window. Sure enough, we rounded the corner and saw GO F3 in the window. Very cool. After that, we made our way back to converge with the bootcampers to wrap things up.

    COT

    • Count/ Namerama (Of course I forgot to do names, thanks for correcting me Crabgrass)
    • Announcements: CSAUP coming up- sign up!
    • Wins/ Prayer Request- Pray for all PAX, family and friends who may be facing challenging circumstances. Mudslide took us out.

    Enjoyed the company as always; F3 has truly changed my life around for the better and I’ll always be greatful for all of you. Thanks for continuing to push me to become a better man both physically and mentally. Look forward to the next one!

  • Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated

    Here we go, back in the saddle. YHC was happy to find an open spot on the Q sheet. After months of travel and some down range posts, there is no place like home. Great to have FNG from Monday, Festivus, back out today. Woodsman was ready and waiting as the clock struck 530, Hermie and Dumar came in on 2 wheels at the bell. According to the trash man, here is what transpired.
    warmarama: 20 SSH waiting for Hermie, mosey to back of school for rest. 10 each: DQ’s, helicopters, squats, Ukrainian soldiers, merkins, LBC’s, Rosalita’s

    proper Lightpole alley: starting with 100 on each end and depending by 10. Squats, LBC, Merkins, calf raises, Drydocks, box cutters, SSH, and a few more that are known only by those that were there, besides me. That left 4 minutes to lunge, high knee and Andy Dufrane back at the flag.

    prayers to all those traveling for spring break. YHC took us out in prayer. Always an honor to lead! Lucky to lead.

  • 4 days for flyboy

    COP

    picked up the q late last night, 6 dudes showed strong, warmarama, ssh, merkins, etc

    THANG

    PLT’s for 10×4, dora 100 merk, 200 squat, 300 ssh, triple check with ww2/plank, truncated LPA with burpee/merk/and some other stuff

    COT

    Name/numberama, announce, Warby brought us out with a good word. Flyboy – keep killin it

  • Capture the Flag

    6 HIMs came out for a new rendition of grown men doing grown boy things – Capture the Flag

    Rudy led the pax to the front parking lot for a warmarama. Then split the group into teams of 3.

    Round 1

    Team Blue headed to basketball courts, Team Black to the front of the school. YHC headed around to the bus loop and surprised the piss outta Rudy, spooking him into the 1-2 combo of a Dumar Hermey defensive trap. With the advantage we pressed to the flag. McGruff is really good at hiding in bushes and gave YHC a good chase. Hermey and Crabgrass couldn’t find the flag and eventually were tagged out. Dumar and McGruff were locked in to a draw. Lesson learned, don’t hide the flags and condense the field of play

    Intermission – BLIMPS on the hill

    Round 2

    Team Blue in the bus loop, Team Black at the Tomahawk Creek sign. Both teams felt the best strategy was to loop around from the street. Aisle 5 and McGruff struck early, grabbing BLUE flag but Dumar turned on the speed and recaptured the flag. Hermey knows that you attract bees with honey, and he gave Rudy some honey to look at. Enamored by Hermey’s fluid movements, YHC maneuvered along the tree line and made a move in the flag. A quick snatch drew Rudy’s attention and the race was on. Rudy forgot YHC got some new shoes and never stood a chance – smoked him! (YHC reserves the right to embellish)

    BTTF for a ring of fire Squat style.
    announcements and prayers and we were out. Prayers for Dumar’s dad and celebrate Rudy’s recent victory with his job search.

    Was fun out there today. There may have been some uncertainty of what Crabby and Rudy had in store, but we all walked away with a big smile on our face today.

  • 12:1

    7 grown-boys ran around the parking lot at Timberwolf this morning. Here’s what went down.

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed around the perimeter of the parking lot and pulled up to stretch. YHC slowed things down to buy some time for Ponch. Gave the mission and stretched out.

    COP #1 – 11’s. Started at the bottom of the bus loop and ended at the top.

    • Exercise #1 – Merkins
    • Exercise #2 – Carolina Dry Docks

    COP #2 – The F3 Exicon has this labeled as “The Jeffrey Leonard” but YHC made some tweaks so it shall now be known as “The Cycle.” Cones were set up to mimic a baseball diamond. The PAX started at home plate, spaced out to give each other room and began…

    • Sprint out a single, jog back to home, QTY (1) called exercise
    • Sprint out a double, jog back to home, QTY (2) called exercise
    • Sprint out a triple, jog back to home, QTY (3) called exercise
    • Sprint out a Homer, QTY (4) called exercise
      • Round #1: Burpees
      • Round #2: Squats
      • Ring of Fire (Abs)
      • Round #3: Lunges
      • Round #4: Lt. Dans

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00pm- SOJ Leadership meeting at Heist’s place

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • WIN – Ponch has hit the 20-year service mark with the Army. Appreciate you, Bro!
    • PRAYER – YHC has final interview today for a new gig.

    Love y’all and am always so proud to lead!

  • New Shoes

    YHC got some new shoes so what better way to break them in than hitting the track at Timberwolf!? 7 HIMs joined me and had a blast!

    Mosey down to the track for a rock solid warmup. Hit the usual hits and made sure we stretched the legs.

    The THING

    Short Run – Long Run – Short Run – Exercise

    Start off with a 100M sprint, followed by 300M jog, followed by 100M sprint, then circle up for group exercise. We did 4 rounds with the exercises being 500 squats, 400 jump squats, 700 side straddle hops, 300 merkins.

    Up to bball court for a Dora – 100 squats, 100 jump squats, 100 SSH, 100 merkins. Runner to the gate and back.

    found a wall and did some We Are Not Worthy while holding position in between. 30 total.

    last, but not least, a final 100M sprint to Tzatzikis car before COT. Hermey saved his best for last and blew away the competition!

    circle up, announcements and prayers. Thanks for helping me break in my new shoes fellas!

  • “No Schnivel, No Mercy”

    Seven foolishly brave souls stepped into the gloom, fully prepared for battle against the cold, snow, and ice. Then Crab Grass showed up in nothing but a single layer and shorts. In a moment of sheer peer pressure—or questionable judgment—we all stripped down to match. Because if one suffers, we all suffer, except most of us had to keep our pants on.

    With the cold biting at exposed skin, we started with some light stretching (which felt useless in this weather), then took off toward New Market Village, determined to hit every cul-de-sac it had to offer. And boy, did we.

    Over the next mile-plus of running, we made sure to make every stop count:

    🔥 Sprints between cul-de-sacs to keep the blood flowing.

    🔥 Calisthenics at every stop, hammering chest, abs, and shoulders.

    🔥 Burpees sprinkled in for good measure—because why not suffer more?

    🔥 Hops, mountain climbers, and ball dippers—not just for fitness, but as survival tactics to keep from freezing solid.

    The lack of schnivel gear made things… interesting. Every gust of wind was a reminder that poor decisions were made, but no one backed down. The cold was real, the discomfort was undeniable (at least for me), but the PAX pulled through.

    Mumblechatter Highlights:

    “I’m pretty sure my shoulders are warm but my soul is frozen.”

    Crab Grass, you better be at every workout from now on—we suffered for you.

    Wildcat offered his arctic plunge and sauna for the next one.

    Mudslide was awkwardly quiet, if you know what I mean.

    Hermie was still too scared to come out.

    Final Thoughts:

    We came, we froze, we conquered. No schnivel, no mercy. Seven entered, seven left—slightly frostbitten but stronger for it. Until next time, when we once again make choices that normal people would question.

    Continued prayers for the Britt family out west, the struggle is really, let’s continue to look out for each other.

    SYITG – No Excuses, Just Results. 💪❄️

  • Timberwolf Ice Ruck – Slipping into the gloom!

    The gloom hit different this morning. 22 degrees, snow-covered ice beneath our feet, and five mildly intelligent men who thought rucking through it was a good idea. We met at the AO known as Timberwolf, an area that—like its namesake—has no mercy. Rucks were strapped, headlamps flicked on (at least mine did), and with a deep breath (or maybe a regretful sigh), we stepped into the frozen unknown.

    From the very first step, it was clear that this wasn’t just a ruck; it was a battle against physics. Every footfall required precision, every shift in weight a calculated risk. The ice beneath the thin layer of snow made the ground an unpredictable adversary. It wasn’t a question of if someone would go down, but who and how spectacularly.

    The 2.5-mile loop around Timberwolf was slow-going, not because of exhaustion, but because our primary focus was survival. It quickly became a test of core strength, agility, and humility, as each PAX had at least one close call that made them reconsider their life choices. At one point, a particularly treacherous crossing turned our steady pace into something resembling a toddler learning to walk. Arms flailed, feet skidded, but somehow, against all odds, no one went down. That didn’t mean there weren’t casualties—dignity took some hits, confidence was shaken, and more than one man gave the ground a death stare.

    Mumblechatter was strong despite the cold. Does Shake Shack make better burgers than Five Guys, who has the best fries? Talking about the fellas who made a better decision to hit the fartsack rather than freeze, Fandango and Hermie, yeah, you. It was Tsaziki’s first ruck and even the most seasoned ruckers found themselves second-guessing every step.

    As we made our final approach back to the starting point, the relief was evident. Five PAX entered, five PAX left upright—but only just barely. Timberwolf had thrown everything at us: snow, ice, sub-freezing temperatures, and the ever-present temptation to give up and go back to bed. Yet, we conquered.

    COT prayers out to Crabgrass’ fam out west, dealing with grief over the loss of a young man who last his battle with the demons in his mind. Reminder that we have to look out for each other, and take care of our minds and mental wellness. Prayers to Rudy’s dad as well, recovering from a short hospital stay.

    Until next time, when we decide—against all better judgment—to do it again. SYITG.