Another WTF Q from the Spring and another fine. After a stop at the Roger Roger cement pad warmup area off John Rolfe, Roger Roger took us to West Broad Village again for an assortment of exercises. Don’t remember much else. Is the fine bigger if you are the site Q? Yes, says the Upchuck book of rules. 40 burpees owed.
Tag: WaThoHuk
Pocahontas Middle School
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Late Fees
Roger Roger had his chance to post this but soon after his Q was in surgery and recovery. This workout was a giant 4 corners in WB Village. I don’t recall the four exercises so will pretend it was 1000 burpees, 800 WW2s, 1200 Merkins and 1 flutter kick. I do remember we did it twice. Guessed who was there–if missing or you should not get credit, let me know.
Late fee is ten burpees per backblast.
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Better late than never, maybe??
Apparently the Q was tired and slept for a long time while the Alarm was sounding. After a 100 MPH drive to the AO I arrived only five minutes late. The challenge with a running boot camp is which way did they go. We vary every week but fortunately I picked the right direction and found some clues on my way to catch the pax. Mosey to westbroad village lake gazebo circle up 10 merkins, 10 LBCs, a few other things I missed probably. Q hand off to Pinto from Lighthouse…Mosey to Golf Galaxy for 5 burpees(punishment for me being Tardy), 20 SSH’s, 20 LBCs. Mosey to Diamonds direct 5 burpees, 20 merkins, 20 WW2s. After that head over to ACAC at west broad village. 5 burpees, 20 merkins, 20 Fredy mercuries,. Head to Ironworks for 20 monkey humpers in from of Manscapes store because he didn’t show up, hopefully he has surveillance cameras. Mosey toward Dave and Busters more of the same 5, 20 and 20. Head to pump and repeat once there. Mosey back to flag but take bus loop two times to hit our 3 miles. Circle up: name and numbers name the 2 FNGs. Thanks for letting me be part and always a great day to sweat and be together as a brotherhood Close in prayer
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Baseball is ninety percent mental, and the other half is physical
Four warriors and one bad softball player met at WTH for some punishment following a 0-2 beating last night for my Christ Church Episcopal softball team.
We moseyed the long way to the Short Pump Park softball field and did some warmups in left field foul territory. Then we did a set of long suicides from foul line to foul line using the 4 light polls as markers.
After that run, we went to the diamond. My team did not get around the bases enough so we made up for it today. Man at first doing Monkey Humpers (switched to Squats for round 2&3), second base doing HRM, 3rd base with Flutters and Home plate doing ten burpees as the timer (switched to 5 for last round) and then runs to first to relieve person at first base and send them on to relieve person at second and so on. We did it once, twice, three times and were out.
We ran north to SPES and Salt Lick thought we made it back to Pocahontas already. Sorry Salt Lick. We continued north until we saw Mr. Rogers car(s) and headed east to Nissan and then back to John Rolfe and all the way back to the flag. One loop of the bus loop still only got us to 2.6 miles. Just like my softball team, I failed! It’s like deja vu all over again.
Announcements: Pickleball Mondays at Forest Hill Park. I am leading the Bridge on 7/19, please consider joining me.
Prayers for Roger Roger, Fireman Ed and Fudd’s sister Mary.
And remember, when you come to a fork in the road, take it!
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Dutch Olympians Unite
Having gotten the memo, 3 gloom stallions descended upon Pocahontas MS, all donning bright orange shirts. The clock struck 5:30am and like Dutch Olympians going for gold, we were off. COT consisted of some SSHs, arm circles, cherry pickers, DQs, Mt climbers, WWIIs & a 60-second leg hold while YHC defined today’s version of BLIMPS (5 Burpees, 5 Lt. Dans, 5 Imperial Walkers, 5 Merkins, 5 Plank Jacks & 5 SSHs). We went behind the school, took Wally (my dog) off the leash, did a lap and then did a BLIMPS. Then another lap. And another BLIMPS. Lap. Blimps. Lap. Blimps. Lap. Blimps. With seconds remaining, we knocked out 30 FMs. And time!
Numbers. Names. Announcements: Joey’s Hot Dogs next week (6/10) at 12pm for 2nd F. The Summer Tour continues. Prayer Requests: Continued prayers for Mary Hart, Roger Roger’s post surgery recovery and having received his final treatment, we prayed that Fireman Ed will have a full and complete recovery. Fun fact: while enduring treatments and this entire process, Fireman Ed leveled up to a heavier kettlebell at Circus Maximus. Far out!
Thought for the day: Each day is a gift. How often do we do something for the last time, unaware this is the case? Tmrw is not promised. Today, treat it like it’s special. Try to stay present. Be kind. Try your best.
SYITG!
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Dry Package Installed
When I was in Charlotte and it rained, there was one person who always asked if the ‘Dry Package was Installed’. Today, we installed the dry package and went to the Dave and Buster’s parking deck. Yes, we drove there.
By the way, Jim Thorpe’s birthday (AKA: Wa-Tho-Huk, May 22 or 28, 1887) might be today! Thorpe was an American athlete who won Olympic gold medals and played professional football, baseball, and basketball. Often considered the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th Century.
And congratulations to Lighthouse who got a paper published on the effect of more frequent external reporting of accounting results and short term thinking in business management. (You’ll have to ask him if I understood it correctly!)
Warm-up
- 20 SSHs
- 20 IWs
- 10 Don Quixote
Next, we ran up and down the ramps doing the following (more or less accurate description):
- 10 Merkins at each turn on the way up
- 10 Hammers at each turn on the way down
- 10 Hand release merkins at each turn on the way up
- 10 Crunchy Frogs at each turn on the way down
- 10 Shoulder Taps at each turn on the way up
- 15 Flutters at each turn on the way down
- 10 Crab cakes at each turn on the way up
- 15 APDs at each turn on the way down
Ran out of time!
No announcements
COT
I have read that we are evolutionarily predisposed to be pessimistic because the pessimist anticipated problems (is there a tiger in the grass over there?) and survived while the optimist got eaten by the tiger. As Christians, perhaps we should be optimistic because God is over everything on earth. Maybe a realistic outlook on life is a combination of both perspectives. Something to think about!
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WTF Attila??
Six of us did some of Attila’s greatest hits but also ran ~ 3 miles because he was not here.
We moseyed to the Wells Fargo for warmups and did his routine of SSH, IW, DQ, Arm Circles, Helicopters, DMH, Merkins and LBCs (sorry for APDs).
Then ran to Flo’s parking lot and visited 5 light poles and did 10 HRM at each (50 total). Then did a 3X check of running, jump squats and Freddies.
Ran back to the Wells Fargo and partnered up. One ran around the bank while the other did Heals to Heaven, then LBCs and finally Flutters.
Made it back to Pocahontas in time for a little Mary.
Attila only comes to WTF when someone is injured and plans to do a walking workout around the school. Thankfully, everyone attending is healthy and was ready to run in the humidity.
Prayers for Roger Roger, Fireman Ed and Fudd’s sister Mary.
Looking forward to Attila getting Respect at his Kettle Q tomorrow before coffee.
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These are the Days
what a glorious day to be in the Not so Gloom…
here is what went down: Mosey to short pump park circle up 10 don Qs, deadman hang, 10 merkins. Mosey to water park for triple check: Merlin’s, Ww2s, pacer laps park. After that head over to gazebo at lake in west broad village. The rounds of 20 dips, 15 derkins, 20 bench kicks. Head back to flag long way around lake, take bus loop. Circle up: 30 LBCs in cadence and 30 American hammers. Close in prayer
great morning to be out with the sky lit with color as we moved about. Nice to have Fudd join us today. Lunch next week at the new Fish and Pig in innsbrook.
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WaThoHuk Challange
The Preblast said it all.
The WaThoHuk Challenge is a different F3 workout, no cadence, no COP, no Mary.This is you vs you to set a baseline to compare back to at a future challenge (end of October) It goes like this…Perform exercise 1 using whatever time you need to still have the best form you can muster. Once complete you will run, walk or crawl a predefined lap around the perimeter of the parking lot which is about 1/4 of a mile.Get back and complete exercise 2, do lap, etc. Get through as much as you can until time is called.
If you cheat or cut corners you are only hurting yourself and your baseline. I don’t care if it takes the whole time to get through one or two things, that will be the baseline you will work towards crushing the next time. For example, bend those elbows on a merkin, at the same time do the full rep, don’t race and “bounce” the merkins, etc.
The THANG:
- Mountain Climbers – 100 (count each leg as one, i.e. civilian count)
- Lap
- Calf Raises – 150 (50 regular, 50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)
- Lap
- Merkins – 100 (25 wide, 25 regular, 25 narrow (elbows close, also called “perfect/Ranger Merkin”), 25 diamond)
- Lap
- WW2 – 50
- Lap
- Carolina Dry Docks – 100
- Lap
- LBCs – 100
- Lap
- Jump Squats – 100
- Lap
- Dollies – 200
- Lap
- Squats – 100
- Lap
- Rock Hoppers – 100
- Lap
- Russian Twists (American Hammer) – 100
- Lap
- Burpees – 100
- Lap
- Burpees – 200
4 showed up to test this challenge.
All 4 got through the Rock Hoppers.
Salt Lick and Pinto completed all Rock Hopperd
Lighthouse finished 3/4 of lap after Rock Hoopers
YHC finished full lap after Rock Hoppers.
Hope to see more in October to suffer with us. It’s a bitch of a challenge!! Maybe we should try it at Heartbreak next.
V/r
John (Gypsy) Boles