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2/4/20: CHIEFS

Location: III Pillars

Conditions: 50s and wet

QIC: Pumpkin Spice

PAX: Cowboy, Crablegs, Crawlspace, En Fuego, High Flyer, Money Shot, Right Said, Toothless

THE THANG

Warmorama :

We made our way up to the track, did a single loop, then circled up for some WOR:

  • SSH x 54
  • WMH x 10
  • LBAC x 10
  • rLBAC x 10
  • Mahomes Night Clubs x 10
  • Chinook x 10

After getting sufficiently warm, the PAX received instructions for the Main Event, in honor of the recent Kansas City Chiefs victory in Super Bowl 54. I don’t know about you, but I for one think Andy Reid deserved the heck out of a Super Bowl win.

Main Event

The PAX would perform 50 of each CHIEFS exercise, followed by 4 labs around the track:

  • Clerkins
  • High Knees (each leg 1/2)
  • Imperial Walkers (each leg 1/2)
  • Extenders
  • Freddie Mercuries (each leg 1/2)
  • Squats

After completing the first round, the PAX moved on to a second round with different symbolic numbers. The Chiefs had to come from behind, or what some might call, an incline. Moreover, they ultimately went on to defeat the 49ers, so the PAX did 40 of each of the following exercises each, followed by 9 labs around the track — Chiefs Indian Run style:

  • incline Clerkins
  • incline High Knees
  • incline Imperial Walkers
  • Extenders
  • Freddie Mercuries
  • Squats

After the two rounds of exercises and over 1.5 miles of running, the PAX moved over to the jungle gym to each complete 5+4 perfect Pull-ups.

We then moseyed back to the Shovelflag and that was it!

MOLESKIN

  • T-claps to Crablegs for the idea to incorporate the Indian Run into the 9 labs of the second round. I should have known I could count on the King of Puns to facilitate such an appropriate improvement to the workout.
  • Side Strattle Hops last night may have proven too much for one PAX. The last lap of the Indian Run nearly caused a Pilsner Puke (or perhaps it did, there were no witnesses, so who could ever know??)
  • Coffeteria included some fascinating ideas surrounding an impending Fi-beery, as the merits of passive and active investing were discussed — materialization of this event TBD.

BULLHORN

  • Libeery coming up on March 10th at Fat Bottom Brewery. The book is “Essentialism”. Time TBD, but likely 7pm-ish
  • We continue to pray for Siri, Bad Boy, and Hipster as they recover from injuries/surgeries

– Pumpkin Spice

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1/30/20: KOBe

Location: Atlantis

Conditions: Cold and Gloomy, 10 degrees off from Ironclad Credit

QIC: Pumpkin Spice

PAX: Covenant Eyes, Crablegs, Cub Cadet, Porcelain, TK, Toothless

THE THANG

Warmorama :

We went for the customary loop around the field, then back to the imaginary shovelflag for some WOR:

  • SSH x 24
  • WMH x 8
  • LBAC x 8
  • rLBAC x 8
  • MNC x 8
  • Chinook x 8
  • rChinook x 8
  • Seal Claps x 8
  • High Knees x 24

After getting sufficiently warm, the PAX received instructions for the Main Event, in honor of the late Kobe Bryant. A criminal at worst and adulterous at best, none of us are perfect. Just because he was imperfect like us doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate all the good things he did as a person and an athlete.

Main Event

The PAX would make their way across the parking lot by doing one “KOBe” in each parking space (total of 15), which consists of:

  • Knee-bender (Squat)
  • Overhead clap
  • BurpEe

Once at the end of the parking lot, the PAX then had to bear crawl around the other side back to the start (~35m). Once back at the start, the PAX then rinsed and repeated with the KOBe exercises, except they progressed walking backwards and doing Crawlbears on the way back.

After completing the forward and reverse KOBes, the PAX went for a nice mosey around the Laker (AKA Water Tower) and back to the parking lot. There, we performed one minute each of KOBE Mary:

  • happy Krunchy frogs
  • O’merican hammers
  • Big boy situps
  • Extenders (reverse crunch)

Another Mosey around the Laker and then the PAX rinsed and repeated the whole workout again, with forward and reverse KOBes and more KOBE Mary.

That’s all she wrote!

MOLESKIN

  • TK and his wife finalized the adoption of their three kids they had been fostering for around two years. What a tremendous example to us all of selflessness and humility — TK is an inspiration to us all!

BULLHORN

  • Libeery coming up on March 10th at Fat Bottom Brewery. The book is “Essentialism”. Time TBD, but likely 7pm-ish
  • CCR’s son Charlie was able to unexpectedly go home for a brief time before he will need to go back for more treatment for leukemia. Continue to keep Charlie the CCR family in your prayers!
  • We continue to pray for Siri, Bad Boy, and Hipster as they recover from injuries/surgeries

– Pumpkin Spice

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The Buffalo celebrates 1995 and PUSA

PAX: Latin Grammy, Tool (Willy Loman – NOLA), THE Country Gentleman, Hot Route, Brother-at-Law, Vegemite, CCR, Quick Stik

QIC: Floppy Disk

An inspiring level of masculinity was represented by the 9 that posted at The Buffalo this morning. Recognizing music is of great import to our East Nash brethren, I knew that the playlist would need to be both inspiring and thought-provoking. In that vein, it seemed fitting to turn back the clock to 1995, and structure the entire workout around the genius of the Presidents of the United States of America’s self-titled album released that year. The album length is 37:54, just about perfect for an F3 workout, but I knew time would be tight. Accordingly, our warmup mosey and subsequent warm-o-rama was brief.

WoR (all IC)
SSH x15
Good morns x10
Windmills x10
Willie Mays x10
BaC F x10
BaC R x10

Partner up

THANG

Kitty: Caterpillar – 2 lines
Feather Pluckn: Catch me if you can – 5x atomics, then sprint to catch backpedaling partner. Flapjack
Lump: 7s with atomic speed bumps (jump squats, jump lunges, 3x atomic merks)
Stranger: Lt Danger
Boll Weevil: SSH verse and Mtn Climbers chorus
Peaches: Merkin on “peach” or “peaches”
Dune Buggy: Partner Leg Throws – 10x then switch
We’re not going to make it: Suicides
Kick out the Jams: Hop kicks
Body: 8ct Body Builders
Back Porch: Partner 1 low plank, Partner 2 jump over partner then 1 jump lung each leg. 5x then switch
Candy: 10x gorilla humpers, 5x squats
Naked and Famous: Pamela Anderson (burpee with nipple scraper merkin)

Mary
Good morns to tail end of Naked and Famous

Had a blast with this one! Always love going to see the Buffalo crew. Thanks for the opportunity to lead you studs.

Floppy D

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Sharknado Redux

MAHI MAHI

21 unsuspecting PAX got the privilege of YHC’s short shorts and Sharknado BV style.

PAX:
Tiny Dancer, School Girl, SofServ, 85, Old Fashion, Offshore, PSL, D’Mish, Dupree, A/R, Faulkner, Pedialyte, PREVAC, Ludwig, Insync, (FNGs) Liberal Arts, Buster Bluth, Bogey, The Situation, Fr Rico, Bagger Vance (QIC)

Mosey Big Loop w Lunge Walk to Reverse Lunge Walk to Bear Crawl to

WOR:
ALL IC X 13
SSH, IW, HB, GMA

THANG:
Sharknado –
15 Burpees, 20 Diamonds, 20 Squats, 20 CDD, 20 Flutter Kix (4 ct)
Run lower loop
RnR until 0609

Back to main lot for

MARY:
Plank x 1’
AL Prom Date x 13 IC
5 Merkins
Ola Dolly x 13 IC
5 Ranger Merkins
Box Cutters x 13 IC
5 Atomic Merkins
Flutter Kix x 30 IC
GMA X 5 IC

TIME.

NMM:
5 FNGs on the last day of the month? Dang right, hit our quota already.
T Claps to 🕺🏿&🐮🧍🏻on the EH. Hope that yall come back next week.

BH:
Prayers up for sure for CCR, Char and the Fogarty family. Please consider supporting them by purchasing a Char t shirt at charliesfightclub at gmail dot com. They are taking pre-orders now.

YHC,

🎒🐜 

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TITAN UP

Tour D Farce

Temp: 37
Gloom Factor: High

PAX: Black Lung, Preacher Man, Bicentennial Man, Drago, Pop a Lock, Reveille, Crawlspace, Crablegs, Porcelain, Bagger Vance

Mass chaos broke out this AM as the parking situation was all FUBAR and the PAX were forces to adapt and overcome. YHC was the loudest of those griping and complaining as usual. Early mosey sent us towards front of park only to double back for Pop, Rev & Preacherman.

Head over to HCA for a Black Miata sighting and
WOR:
SSH x 13 IC
WMH R x 10 IC
WMH L x 10 IC
GMA x 10 IC
ISW x ? IC (the PAX pre frontal cortex weren’t firing properly so we blew this one up)

Mosey past Sand Volleyball Courts where YHC shuddered remembering Sandman & his EH’s near death experience several years back. The rope defining SVC tripped the FNG (Sandman) & he laid there for what must have been 20 minutes as YHC shook my head ashamed of that EH. I digress.

Over to Parthenon for Bear Crawl Burpeepallooza

5 Burpees at Corner I CrawlBear to corner II, 10 Burpees, BearCrawl long stretch, 15 Burpees Corner III, CrawlBear to corner IV
Incline & Decline Bear Crawl to StartEx

All -In, head out east side of Parthenon towards St Thomas then head south towards West End & Lord Kensington. Successfully navigate traffic and arrive at LK. YHC regaled the PAX w tales of the 21 Burpee salute from summers past. We knocked out 21 reverse burpees at the bottom and made our way back to StartEx in Indian Run fashion.

Circle up in West Parking lot area for

MARY :
F kix X 20 IC
10 Merkins

TIME

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MAMBA Mentality

9 PAX including 2 Willy Lomans showed up to celebrate the life of Kobe Bean Bryant, employee #8, AKA Black Mamba, and the 9 total passengers aboard this weekend’s helicopter flight

QIC: En Fuego

PAX: Pumpkin Spice, Cowboy (Respect), Rock Drop (WL, Respect), Reveille, Burrito (WL), DFrost, Trapper Keeper, Money Shot

Conditions: Per Pumpkin, a degree outside of IC credit

Following welcomes and introductions to our WLs, a disclaimer, and assurances to Rock Drop that III Pillars was in fact not a running AO, we mosey’d over to the base of Mt. Covenant to set up WOR shop, in preparation for a workout that could be mistaken as a running AO workout.

  • SSH x 20
  • WMH x 15
  • LBAC x 15
  • Scorpion Stretch x 12 (PAX knew it was coming and delighted in it)
  • GMs x 10 OYO

The Thang:

Head over to Mt. Covenant where YHC tees up that we will be honoring the legacy of Kobe by tapping into our Mamba Mentality (per Kobe: “The mindset isn’t about seeking a result – it’s more about the process of getting to that result.  It’s about the journey and the approach.  It’s a way of life…And you have to work hard in the dark to shine in the light.”).  With that, we recognize his 20 seasons, two jersey numbers (8 & 24), 5 rings and commence with the following:

Round 1

  • Perform 8 Merkins; Bernie to first light pole up Mt. Covenant, run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats; Bernie to second light pole and run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s; Bernie to third light pole and run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s, 8 Bonnie Blairs; Bernie to fourth light pole and run back for:
  • 8 Merkins, 8 Air Squats, 8 Mike Tyson’s, 8 Bonnie Blairs, and 8 Alternating Leg Raises (aka flutter kicks, 4-count); Bernie to top of Covenant and hold plank / SSH for the six.  All in, Mamba mentality fully engaged, we proceed  to base of southern entrance of Covenant for…

Round 2

  • Perform:
    • 24 Merkins at base;
    • Run to the top of hill for 24 Merkins & 24 Air Squats;
    • Run back to bottom for 24 Merkins, 24 Air Squats and 24 total reps of Mike Tyson’s & Monkey Humpers (12 each);
    • Run back to top and in interest of time straight into 24 Alternating Leg Raises

All in, head back to shovel flag and time called upon arrival.  COT / BOM, with T&Ps for healings amongst the PAX, CCR and his family, TK adoption process this Friday, and Pumpkin and Crablegs for their Ms and upcoming 2.0 arrivals.

Moleskin

Excellent effort by the PAX – Mamba leading to 3.05 miles traversed with 51 stories climbed.   As previously coined by PA, those Driveway to Heaven suicides are brutal, especially when Bernied.   Great having Burrito & Rock Drop join representing Chattanooga and Lexington, SC.

Always appreciative of the opportunity to lead.  YHC will leave you with a quote Louisville basketball coach Chris Mack told his team when breaking the Kobe news:

“I told my team today how lucky we are to breathe, how lucky we are to have problems, how lucky we are to have one another.  Sometimes in the midst of all our problems we need to realize we’re having the time of our lives even if we don’t know it.  Find it in the little things man.  In things like driving your kids to school.  Like telling your son a bedtime story…”

En Fuego

 

 

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Bears & Burpees

 

Gloom Factor: Clear skies and cold enough for 2 layers except for Tebow

Pre-Party: Stats.  May have been Han Solo because he didn’t tell me if anyone else joined him or not.

PAX in Attendance: Pocahontas, Humpty, Deliverance, Staples, Best Balls, Professor X (Respect), Barney,  Sex Ed, Tebow, Nimbus 1500, FNG (Weed Whacker), FNG (Land Shark), FNG (Baby Shark), MicDrop, Huggy, Creeper,  Numb Tucks, Typo Positive, Bieber, Numb Tucks, and Stats

Warm Up:  Lap around football field back to parking lot. Disclaimer, 10 “L” Reaches (5 each side), 10 Dwarf Kicks (5 each side), and 10 1 Legged Toe Touches (5 per side)

Thang 1
4 trees as markers and each represent a set + repetitions (4 sets – 10, 20, 30, 40 reps) – “Deconstruction of a Burpee” exercises with Sideway Bear Crawls as MOT in between sets.

10 Burpees
20 Burps
30 Double Knees
40 Merkins

At end of exercises, parking lot “Box Bear Crawls.”  Bear Crawl using parking space as a “square,”  MOT Bear Crawl to next parking space until reach other end of parking lot.  3 total squares on the way up and on the way back – 6 total “Box Bear Crawls.”

Thang 2

Rinse and repeat Thang 1, but in descending order with Sideway Bear Crawls still MOT.

40 Merkins
30 Double Knees
20 Burps
10 Burpees

Thang 4
Parking lot partner work Bear Crawls aka “Awkward Bear Crawls if Partner Stops Suddenly.”  Partner 1 assumes Bear Crawl position while Partner 2 provides resistance while grabbing the shoe heels of Partner 1 while they do Bear Crawls to the 1/2 way point of the parking lot (light pole).  Partner 2 does his best to look straight down and not straight ahead because hard to have that visual so early in the morning.

Thang 5
Parking lot “Stationary Bear Crawls” in parking space (10 total – 3 sets) Bear Crawl to next parking space, repeat until reach other end of parking lot.  Rinse and repeat on way back.

Thang 6

Cool down w quick mosey and “Loaded Beasts” ( 1 minute)

Number Off/Name-a-rama/COT – 3 new FNG’s – Weed Whacker, Land Shark, and Baby Shark
Prayer Requests
Continued prayers for LMP’s wife
Announcements
Ironclad signups – encourage everyone to step up to the challenge, Yardwork for

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McDeuce in the Morning

PAX: Paw Patrol, Juicy Juice, Gold E Lox, Benjamin Button, Major Pain, Day Day, Lil Joker, Titan Man, Hedgehog, Baby, Redskull, B&B, Geek, Hot n Ready, Bagger Vance, Reveille, Boone’s Farm, Danosaur, Black Widow, The Country Gentleman, Pop a Lock, Toga (QIC)

Gloom Factor: Sunny and 70

22 tackled the Dirty McDeuce this morning, and it went something like this:

Capri lap then mosey to bball court for warmarama.  Stay in circle to execute ye ol’ Dirty McDeuce (4 sets of 3 exercises with 12 reps ea)=

  • merkins, squats, WWII
  • Lap around the quad in columns
  • Werkins, lunges, leg raises
  • Lap around the quad in columns
  • Clerkins, Lt Dan, flutters
  • Series of bear crawls, crab walks, braid jump burpees
  • burpees, side lunges, dollies
  • sprints

Circle back up for some Mary then Bagger took us out in the COT.  Be in the present moment!

Announcements:

  • Prayers for the CCR family, see BAL’s post in General and more ways to help will follow
  • Game night tomorrow at 4:13
  • Flag football tournament with 4:13 team is coming.  Redskull will be posting the details
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1.22.20 “Ups and Downs” (The Racetrack)

Today’s workout was inspired by the chaotic ups and downs of our recent weather patterns. PAX experienced lots of elevation change during some gloomy low 20’s temps.

PAX: Umbrella, Bagger Vance, Boone’s Farm, Leatherneck, Toga, Not a Sport, Old Fashioned, Soft Serve, Ochocinco (QIC)

Disclaimer:
Started off on great footing (literally and figuratively) with some sage advice “modify at your own risk!” This foreshadowed 3 minutes into the mosey when YHC modified the paved track in favor of a shortcut through the grass–only to end up leading a few men into several inches of wet muck.

WARMUP:
Mosey through the park, up the grand staircase, and to the parking garage for some warm up exercises, including Good Mornings, Willie Mays Hayes, Toe Touches/Stretch and Hop Kicks (in remembrance of CCR who was home with a sick child).

THANG 1: (Ascent: Parking Garage Stairs):

Start at level 1 (1 burpee), then up to level 2 (2 burpees), down to bottom, then repeat all the way to the top (up and down) stopping at each level for said amount of burpees, to level 6.

THANG 2: (Four Corners at the Top)

  • Corners 1, 2, 3, 4: SSH x 25 each corner OYO
  • Long sides: mosey to next corner
  • Short sides: side shuffle to next corner

THANG 3: (Descent)

We worked our way down six levels of the garage, stopping at each end to perform 5 slow and low merkins. Alternated methods of movement from one end to the other, including sprints, back-pedals, bear crawl, lunge, Lieutenant Dans, and side-shuffles. At the bottom, mosey back to the grand staircase by the park.

THANG 4: (Grand Staircase / Reverse Jacob’s Ladder)

  • Run down stairs; 7 jump squats; Run back up
  • RnR (decrease reps by one each round)
  • Cut short for time (only finished 3 rounds)

  • Mosey back to start for Mary and COT

MARY/COT

  • Plank alternates (High, elbow, low) for 30 seconds each
  • 10 WWIs OYO
  • 20 LBCs OYO
  • 20 Prom Dates OYO
  • Finish with Good Mornings
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1.22.20 – “BOMBTRACK” – Titan

Jan 22, 2020

Gloom: 21 and clear

PAX: Pumpkin Spice, Rightsaid, Rev, PopaLock, Cub Cadet, Defrost, Blue Mule, Hambone, Drago, MotorBoater, Bnb, Crablegs and FNG: Ri-Co-LA!

QIC: Crawlspace

Warm up: quick jog around the park , side straddle hops, Willie Mays Hayes, squats, LBCs, air presses, shanooks, RLBCs , squats, merkins etc…

Work: 2 rounds of Bombtrack!

2 groups of seven formed parallel lines with the first PAX running around the “track” to the end of their line. When the lap was completed the PAX all advanced to the next letter in the acronym BOMBS performing corresponding exercise while high fiving their counterpart in the opposing line/team. Ex: clap merkins, high five burpees… after everyone progressed through all exercises twice we each did 20 box jumps on the way to Mary.

Mary: hello dolly, LBCs, leg lifts etc…

Hot chicken lunch this Thursday (Jan 23, 2020) also it is hot chicken week in Nashville!

SYITG,

YHC Crawlspace