Tag: Timberwolf

  • Kick-Da-VQ

    8 Heroes showed up in the gloom at Tomahawk. A few more stayed home waiting for a postponed VQ that was kicked to another day. Audible called by Meatball to take advantage of the summer 70s and Sunny weather. Options in the car were, Kettlebell, Crossbow, WiffleBalls, or Kickballs. Kickball got the Q when Crossbow Tag was ruled out (not enough arrows).

    Pax Slosey (Slow Mosey) to the tennis courts with half the pax carrying 4 Crabgrass Sand Bags over shoulder to the Warmarama: SSH, Dead Man Hang, 30 seconds of Flutter Kicks.

    COP #1: Stole one from Banksy and his VQ at the Crossing… Rocks, Paper Scissors (RPS), Ruck. 5 LBCs into a WWII, Best of 5 RPS. Looser of each set Rucks to the end of Tennis Courts with Ruck and does a Burpee. Winner stays in place for flutter kicks.

    COP #2: Slosey to the Kickball Field (bus parking under the lights): Teams decided by RPS. Winner stays on the field to create “Home” Team. 3 Rotations completed. Home Team came back to win after going down 8-0 early as Time was called, 12-11. Warby may have saved the game for Team A pegging Meatball with just a half step left to Home Plate for the third out in the Top of 2. Team A: Rudy, Warby, Crabgrass, Cookie Team B: Meatball, Fandago, Knock-Knock, Tzatziki

    • Foul = Hitter Burpee
    • “Wiff” or Out = 10 SSH
    • 2 Fouls = Out = 10 SSH
    • Safe on Base = Fielders do 10 SSH
    • Can Tag Base or Peg Runner for the Out (if you miss, 5 Burpees)
    • Must carry Ruck while on Base. If you forget it after kicking, you need to go back to get it.

    Announcements/Prayers: YHC brought it home in prayer.

    • Nov 30: The Bridge (See Heist)

  • It’s just a game…it’s just a game…

    10 HIM’s took to the field this morning at Timberwolf for some Ultimate Frisbee! YHC brought out the painters lights, extension sords and pinnies.

    WARMARAMA

    Moseyed down to the illuminated field which brought back high-school highlight reel moments for some of the PAX members. Trudged through the morning fog for some stretches on the field. Counted off for teams and got after it!

    Team #1 – Warby, Dumar, Crabgrass, Fandango, Rush Hour

    Team #2 – Rudy, Cookie, Hermey, McGruff, McRib

    RESULTS – Team #1 won…YHC is butthurt so we’ll just leave it at that.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance: Saturday, 11/2 from 7-9p at WEAG
    • VQ Week start 11/4 at The Alamo!

    PRAYERS

    • Dumar’s dad’s recovery
    • Safety in schools
    • Election week

  • See you later, not good bye!

    YHC almost cried when 30 Timberwolves howled into Tomahawk middle for a State Farm pain train. The juices were flowing this morning as all regions of F3 RVA were representing: SOJ, Dirty South, NOJ, New Kent, and wherever @handshake crawled out of 😉 What an amazing group, and they hardly complained during the menagerie of “F3 RVA’s greatest COPs” hits presented below.

    Warmarama

    • Mosy, Intro, Disclaimer
    • SSH, UK’s, Grass Grabbers
    • Plank Up: Mission, Credo, Principles
    • Name that Pax! ALMOST made it around the circle – Merkins for all
    1. COP 1 – Merkin Jax Suicide
      • A creation of YHC from my early days at Rock n’ Roll
      • 1 Perfect Merkin
      • Bear Crawl to Free Throw
      • 4 Plank Jax
      • Crawl Bear Back to baseline
      • Repeato each phase of the suicide but ladder up to 2 merkins/8 plank Jax —> Up to 4 perfect merkins and 16 plank jax
      • Seemed innocent at first but the SWOLDIERS were on fire by the end
    2. COP 2 – Catch me if you can
      • Mosy to the hills at the entrance of school
      • An ode to DTH from one of my first beatdowns at Source of Truth (RIP). And basically every week at Satan’s Hill, ha
      • Partner up – All XO’s up the hill
      • Pax 1 – Crawl Bear up hill
      • Pax 2 – 3 Burpees – run to your partner, and swap
      • Shoulders have failed to function at this point
      • Round 2
      • Pax 1 – Reverse Lunge up the hill
      • Pax 2 – 10 Firecracker jumps (jump knees to hands)
      • The heavy breathing is picking up
    3. COP 3 – PFT (2minute max) – burpees
      • During the prep for Grow Ruck, myself and some others (Namely Big Rig) got into some “2 minute maximums” as a way to benchmark your fitness and really push your V02 max
      • Today’s 2 minute max?? Burpees! Groan
      • The PAX were offered a “special prize” if they completed over 30 burpees in the 2 minutes
      • About 75% hit the mark! Their reward – full sprint around the school. Less than 30, Mosy to tennis court and back
      • Wildcat needs his head checked – 41 burpees in 2 minutes might be a world record!
    4. Finisher – CAPTAIN THORS
      • Picked this little gem up in F3 Kansas City. YHC’s parting gift for future Mary’s
      • 1 EA WW 2 sit-up followed by 4count American Hammer
      • 2 EA WW 2 Sit-up followed by 8 count American Hammer
      • —> Proceed up to 10 reps! (10 WW2’s and 10EA 4 ct American hammers)

    Sufficiently smoked – we stretched for 60 seconds to close it out.

    • Names, Numbers (Thax to meatball for scooping his phone to video, YHC could NOT remember 30 names)
    • Announcements: Camping, VQ week coming up

    NMS: Suffice to say that my cup is overflowing. I shared this morning that F3 found me when i needed it most. I was struggling to be the supportive/strong husband i needed to be in order to support my wife going through a tough season in her life. With the strength, fellowship, resolve, and purpose i found in F3RVA I was able to be that man both at home and in other areas of my life. I think it ultimately gave me the courage to help relocate us to be closer to family so the M and I can start the next phase of our life together with family there to support.

    I now feel i have the strength and foundation to spin off F3 Altoona (about 1.5 hours from the nearest Pittsburgh AO). I am excited for what God has planned next. Also – it’s NOT goodbye – my work will bring me here a 1 or 2 times a month and I’ll be ghosting into various AO’s when you least expect it, but my leadership role will be relatively absent. But i know the F3RVA Pax are going to continue inspiring, headlocking, and making people splash merlot across this city!

    Give F3 to someone who needs it! Thank you to all the HIM’s who came out today – it means the world. Much Love, and see you in the gloom!

    -State Farm

  • BEAST

    COP

    5 dudes rolled up to do the thang. brisk mosey, ssh, merkin, mary, dojo dan

    THANG

    build a beast with merkin, dry dock, squat, jump squat, ww2, burpee

    wrapped up with Mary and good stretching

    thanks for leeting me lead boys

    number/namarama, check slack, YHC took us out

  • Thursday Morning Lights!

    11 grown-boys made their way to Timberwolf this morning. 8 of the PAX members played some off-season Ultimate while the other 3 PAX members opted for a standard beatdown to save those knees! YHC can speak to Ultimate. Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed down to the football field to find an illuminated arena thanks to painter lights, extension cords and a 4:30am alarm clock for YHC. Let’s gooooo!!! Grabbed some grass and stretched out. SSH’s, DMH, Leg Stretches, Arm Circles, Shoulder Stretches, LBC’s, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife.

    The THANG – Split into (2) teams of (4) and passed out the pinnies. Team “No Pinnies” put it on Team “Pinnies” and it got ugly. After gaining a 7-1 lead, Knock Knock and Cookie swapped teams. A little offense for defense trade! This transaction proved to level the playing field but Team “No Pinnies” still prevailed ~ 7-6.

    Team “Pinnies” – Warby, Fandango, Tzatziki, Cookie

    Team “No Pinnies” – Rudy, Knock Knock, Crabgrass, McGruff

    BREAKDOWN

    McGruff – George Pickens: “Open F’n Always” hahah

    Cookie – Patrick Surtain II: Lockdown Defender. Go Broncos!

    Crabgrass – Brock Bowers: Owns the middle of the field. Chiefs suck!

    Tzatziki – Mike Evans: Consistent as they come.

    Knock Knock – Malik Nabers: Youthful and skilled!

    Rudy – Amon-Ra St. Brown: Scrappy and productive.

    Fandango – DK Metcalf: Vocal leader with excellent instincts.

    Warby – Deebo Samuel: Always in the action!

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Saturday, November 2nd – Daddy Daughter Dance from 7-9. Check Slack for invite. Hit up Meatball, Big Rig, Pool Boy or Rudy.

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • PRAYER – Safety in schools
    • PRAYER – Safety for those in FL

    Had a BLAST playing some Ultimate in the dark and am looking forward to the next chapter of Thursday Night Lights!

  • Cornhole: Breakfast of Champions

    11 HIMs kicked off Rosh Hashanah with a bang. YHC looked at his watch and saw it was 5:29:55 which meant two things – Tzatziki was pulling in the parking lot, and it was time to mosey. Indigenous run with 5 squats, did one lap around the track. Hermey thought it was Wednesday and he had mistakenly showed up to Miles of Truth. YHC put him at ease and let him know it would all be over soon. Headed to the other side of the school in the bus loop and arrived at the main event. Quick warm up to get the shoulders going.

    The main event – Cornhole!

    First half was the Individual Event of 1-v-1 cornhole, the second half was a Team Event of 6-v-5. A lucky PAX member would roll a dice twice, first roll decides the workout, second roll decides the scoring. PAX went with the Luck-of-the-Irish and had Rudy roll. Here were the options:

    Workouts
    1) Winners run to bball court and back, losers run around the school
    2) Winners 25 merkins, losers 25 merkins with a band
    3) Winners 20 squats, losers 20 squat thrusters
    4) Winners 100 single count toe taps, losers 100 double count toe taps
    5) Winners 10 8-count Shazams, losers 20 8-count Shazams
    6) Winners run to bball court and back, losers run around the school

    Scoring Methods
    1) one bag toss only, closest to hole wins
    2) three bag tosses, most points wins
    3) three bag tosses, most in the hole wins
    4) two bag tosses, most points wins
    5) Long distance. Take 5 steps back, most points wins
    6) three tosses bag furthest away from hole but on the board wins

    We squeezed in several individual events and two rounds of team events. Swoop’s Eagles-branded cornhole boards were often blamed for poor performance, but YHC witnessed a lot of tosses that looked like a Hurts pass over the middle…

    Punishments were evenly distributed, the PAX was glad to not have any rain today, and fun was had by all.

    Announcements – VQ Week, Daddy-Daughter Dance, Father-Son Camping, The Bridge – check Slack for details

    Prayer requests – Boberry’s brother and everyone else impacted by the hurricane, State Farm and his wife as they get ready to move to Pennsylvania, the students, parents, and faculty of Tomahawk Creek Middle School.

    Next week at Timberwolf is Rudy’s rendition of Thursday Morning Lights, see you all there!

  • David Bowie’s Codpiece

    As it was a 5 year celebration, the PAX was looking for brewskis or bourbons. Unfortunately all that was in store was a beatdown and some “5” themed tunes. 5:30 hit and we were off. According to the trash truck driver making us run fast, this may have happened…..

    Indigenous ppl run with 5 squats around to the basketball courts

    Fav warm ups including Jazzercise, deadman hand, Andy Dufrains, scorpion kicks, invisible jump rope, collard pickers, hairy Rockettes, flutters, Freddie mercury’s, and merkins

    Captain Thor 1 ww2 4 American hammers, 2-8, 3-12, 4-16, 5-20 then back down the ladder

    Donkey kicks and peoples chair , then some we’re not worthy’s 

    Merkin jacks, same thing with 1 merkin and 4 plank jacks

    1 Boberry biscuit, slow on the turns, sprint on the straights. 

    Lady of the night style 4 corners w merkins, jump squats, flutters, and LBCs

    Indigenous pppl run back the way we came to finish with a ring of fire and a little broga. 

    Numbers names announcements YHC took us out. 

    Reminder for the next anniversary is Try Hard at Rock and Roll this Saturday. Rumor has it the logs may appear at Morning Wood. 

    NMM

    Great mumble chatter today. Lots of great choices for backblast titles. But when one of the options is David Bowie, there really is no other choice… Thank you to the guys who posted today and all the pax I’ve gotten to know over the last five years. This group truly is more than just a workout. The relationships built are what it’s all about. YHC has been through a lot in the last five years. This group has really kept YHC staying positive, and trying to get better everyday. We push each other and are there for each other. Thanks yall. 

  • Human Centipedes and Peanut Butter

    11 centipedes crawled into the gloom for a State Farm beat down. YHC wanted to bring a tasting menu that included selections from each of the last few weeks of Iron Pax. The Timberwolf PAX, while apprehensive at first, were great sports about it and pushed hard through the pain train. “Karen’s” SUV almost road raged through the following production…

    • Warmarama
      • SSH, UK S, Stretch
    • Human centipede
      • Line up 6 cindies in long parking lot (15 Yards apart)
      • Bear Crawl to first Cindy –  Incline Merkin, Decline Merkin – crawl and repeato to next
      • Side Crawls to first Cindy – 1 armed merkin on each side – crawl and repeato to next
    • Partner Cindy Catch me
      • 1 PAX does MOT (Mode of transport) with Cindy across lot, 1PAX runs to end of lot and Bernie back. Swap. Repeato until end of lot.
      • ROUND 1
        • Pax 1 – Lt. Dan Magic Legs (Lunge, Lunge, Thruster)
        • Pax 2 – Run Down and bernie Back
      • ROUND 2
        • Pax 1 – Bricklayers
        • Pax 2 – Run down and Bernie back
      • ROUND 3
        • Pax 1 – Rifle Carry
        • Pax 2 – Runs around lot
    • DORA
      • Pax 1 – Cindy Work
      • Pax 2 – run to end of lot and back
      • 50 Blockees
      • 100 OH Press
      • 200 Curls
    • Finisher (2 rounds)
      • Pax 1 – Coupon plank Jax
      • Pax 2 – Toe touches

    Names, Numbers, Announcements (10 year convergence, 5am, 6am, and 7am options. Coffee to follow. 3pm cookout).

    Prayers for Tank and the guys at the bridge as well as Dumars dad going through cancer surgery.

    I always love making the trek up to Twolf to mess around with with a solid group of PAX. Motivated by Peanut Butter, everyone pushed hard while having some fun. Props to crabgrass for throwing down hard during the Cindy workout. Thanks to Heist for bringing the additional Cindy. Good luck to Rudy and team getting their first taste of iron pax with @boberry at Satan’s Hill tomorrow! Pleasure to lead. SYITG!

    -State Farm

  • 2nd Annual Timberwolf Hollow Open

    If I mess up, we all mess up. Luckily for the 8 HIMs who came out in the gloom – with McRib literally emerging from the gloom, YHC doesn’t make mistakes!

    Borrowing a Q idea from Doozy, we had the 2nd Annual Disc Open at Timberwolf Hollow!

    Mosey around the bus loop and settled in at the corner of the lot where we could get up close and personal with each other for some solid stretching. Traditions were thrown to the side and no SSHs were done, instead a curtailed list of high-intensity stretches were performed to get us ready for the event. Middle School arm stretches, overhead stretches, jazzercise, helicopters, ukrainian soldiers, merkins, roscoe’s mom.

    The Main Event

    Rules are simple. At the beginning of each hole, we rotate which HIM calls out an exercise x10 and picks an object to be “the hole”.

    1. Perform exercise x10
    2. Throw first shot, run to disc, do 1 merkin
    3. Throw second shot, run to disc, do 2 merkins, etc
    4. Once hole is hit, do a burpee for each stroke
    5. BONUS – if you catch a HIMs disc, they do 10 burpees, if you attempt and fail, you do 10 burpees

    All in all we played 12 competitive holes, some in well lit areas, some not so well lit! YHC’s scorecard showed 120 random exercises, 122 merkins, 56 burpees, and 1.35 miles – not bad for a Thursday morning! The PAX learned a few things along the way:

    1. If frisbee golf was a profitable sport, Rudy Scheffler would be raking in the dough! He was playing by himself most holes while the rest of us were getting honked at by Karen.
    2. Don’t get in Karen’s way. She wants to get to school first to get the best parking spot, a group of grown men playing games will not get in her way.
    3. Bring a flashlight.
    4. Skip shots are the way to go if you can’t Bend-It-Like-Rudy

    Great time was had by all, no one got taken out by a flying disc, and we recovered the two lost along the way. Thanks for the fun today everyone, low-key really good workout.

    Announcement – 10 year events next weekend / Heist leading the Bridge / New AO’s, check them out / VQ week in November

    Prayer Requests – Pray for the Babin’s as they travel across country this weekend. Prayers for the Demay’s and their son. Prayers for the Yoakam’s, a friend of YHC who passed away this week after a 3 year battle with a very rare Colon Cancer.

  • The Sport of Kings!

    9 grown-boys kicked the NFL season off by playing a little football of their own!

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed over to the parking lot for a quick stretch. SSH’s, DMH, CP’s, AC’s, Shoulder stretches, LBC’s, Rosco’s Mom, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife.

    COP 1: Strolled over to the bus loop to run/bernie/carioca up and down a few bus lines. Stopped half way through and broke into (2) teams. Team #1 and Team #2 were each assigned a bus lane to throw the footballs around.

    • OBJECTIVE: Spread ~25 yards apart and throw the ball to a teammate. If caught, team completed (1) Burpee and took (1) step back. If dropped, that butter-fingered PAX member stepped to the side and planked for the 6.
    • RESULT: Team #1 followed directions and took (1) step back after each completion. Team #2 claimed to have done the same but somehow only extended the distance between them by ~5 yards at the end. The call on the field was a Team #2 win. After further review, there is no conclusive evidence to overturn the call so the ruling on the field stands. WINNER: Team #2

    COP 2: Moseyed to the tennis courts for some agility drills and a modified “Oklahoma” drill.

    • AGILITY – Each team took to one side of a tennis court and faced each other. One PAX member from each team stepped up and stood at the middle of the court and waited for the call. On go, the runners touched a total of (4) lines on the court and sprinted to the finish. YHC was the only one left standing from Team #1 after Round 1 so the battle was declared a TKO. WINNER: Team #2
    • OKLAHOMA – YHC’s favorite football drill of all time! YHC stood at one end of the tennis court with both arms out. On the other end of the court, each team sent a representative to the line to lay on the ground and face up. On go, the PAX members rolled over/stood up/sprinted to YHC to slap the hand first. This is where Team #1 shined! WINNER: Team #1

    COP 3: The original plan was to play on the football field but it was way too dark so the PAX called a quick audible and moseyed back over to the bus loop for some football! Fandango won the tryout for all-time QB and did not disappoint!

    • Each team started from a light pole and was given (4) plays to make it to the next light pole for a first down. Once the team crossed that light pole, they had (4) plays to score.
    • OBSERVATION: Slow starts by both offenses, Crabgrass can run the seam route like a BOSS, Team #1 implemented the zone-defense to perfection, it’s hard to locate the football in a dimly-lit parking lot, Fandango has a CANNON.
    • Due to time, the game resulted in a TIE so the WINNER of today was Team #2.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • 9/20-9/21 – F3 Convergence at Dogpile! Let’s hit 100 PAX members!

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • PRAYER – For the city of Winder, GA. Prayers for strength to battle the fear/anxiety.

    As always, I had a blast leading this morning! Big game tonight, Fandango and McGruff!