FNG Friday

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Hipster
PAX: The Bobs, Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, Brian Schneider (Chemical Brother)
FNGs: 1 Brian Schneider (Chemical Brother)
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Pristine

WARMUP: Mosey down to the pond, stop for standard warm-a-rama movements

THE THANG:

Pt. 1 At the south end of Sevier Pond, each man grabs a bollard for 1 min AMRAP for each of the following, with a 1 minute mosey between each movement:

– Box Jumps
– L and R Step Ups
– L and R Split Squats
– L and R Romanian Dead Lift
– L and R Step Downs
– Box Jumps

Mosey to pavilion

Pt. 2 – Murph EMOM

Every minute, each PAX does 4 pullups, 8 merkins, 12 air squats
Repeato 4 rounds

Interlude – mosey over to and up the cave spring path, lunge up the steps, trudge up to the tennis court parking lot then playground

Pt. 3 – Mary and Finisher

Dealer’s choice Mary, with 5 burpees to finish us out thanks to some late “Name That Tune” success from the PAX.

MOLESKINE: Lots of nostalgia for the 90’s music scene, but some struggles with band names and titles at times.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Convergences coming up 9/11 and 9/14, check slack

COT: TAPs for Neal and his crew, and everybody else going through some shit. We’re all in this together my dudes.

The 3 Amigos

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: greyalbum, Daylight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: perfect

WARMUP: Willie mays hays, forward fold, arm stretches,

THE THANG:

100 curls and overhead press with rifle carry every 25 reps

Lunges down and back with 10 squats every 5 paces, 3 trips

200 SSH with rifle carry every 25 reps

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Tomato fest this weekend,
Cornelia Fort concerts end of August

Simple and Complex movements

AO: thebuffalo
Q: DintyMoore
PAX: Hot Route, Ultratecht, greyalbum, Daylight, Sandlapper (David Suggs), Giving Tree
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: Thick

WARMUP:
Simple Movements
shoulder routine, wall sit challenge, high/low plank hold

THE THANG:
Complex Movements
2 rounds x 20 reps
1. Merkin —> Downward Dog —> DryDocks
2. Crunchy Frogs —> American Hammers —> Flutter Kicks
3. Squats —> Single Leg DL —> Single Leg Line Hop
4. Alabama PDs —> V-Ups —> Heel Touches
5. Shoulder Taps —> Incline xMerkins —> Mtn Climbers

MOLESKINE:
A hamstring injury altered my original plan for this Q but made the best of limited mobility

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Take advantage of an opportunity to visit another AO as part of gullivers-travels-challenge with extra encouragement to visit thestronghold with accountability partners.

COT:

Thanks For The Coffee

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, Superchick, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Perfect

WARMUP: Willie mays hays cherry pickers, forward fold, arm stretch, calf stretch.

THE THANG:
100 reps of squats, SSH, and curls in 25 set increments. Rifle carry coupon in between sets.

Adora: 300 ww1 while parter lunges.

Mary

Everest

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, The Bobs, Daylight, Duplex
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Rainforest

WARMUP:

F3

RUN TO COUPON PILE AND DOWN TO WATERFRONT

Warmup
SSH
Seal Claps
Overhead Press
LBAC
Runner’s Stretch

THE THANG:

Partner or trio up (if trio add 100 reps to each set)

THIS IS A RACE FOR DISTANCE. The team that makes it the farthest in the allotted time wins the event.

After completing a set each group earns 20 seconds of running time. The faster you run, the farther you get!

ADD a set of 10 burpees after your 200 reps and get 10 extra seconds of running time!

Mid point between where both runners end up is where they start from next, i.e. one guy runs 100 yds, one guy runs 50 yards the team starts next from the 75 yd mark.

Divide reps up as needed between teammates:

200 squats
RUN
200 merkin
RUN
200 overhead press
RUN
200 lunge walk
RUN
200 curls
– RUN
Surprise! The clock will run for 30 seconds. Do as many Crunchy Frogs as possible. Number of crunchy frogs determines number of giant steps the team can take.

Game Over! Ultratecht and The Bobs are champions!

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

Gauntlet

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Giving Tree, Sandlapper (David Suggs), @baconator, @duplex, @sweetnlow
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
Warmup:

Mosey
SSH
Seal Claps
Overhead press
LBAC
Runner’s Stretch
WMH

The Thang:

11’s on Long Ave Hill
Merkins/Squats

Ab Work
LBC
Crunchy Frogs
American Hammers
Flutter Kicks
Plank
Side Planks

Coupon Work on Bball court
Overhead Press Waterfall 10-1
AMRAP Rows, Curls, Chest Press

MARY

TAPS:
Sobriety, Adoption, Birthday

Dick Winters Memorial D-Day Workout

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Ultratecht, Hot Route, The Bobs, Daylight, Hipster
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Mild

WARMUP:

Mosey to waterfront
SSH
Seal claps
Overhead press
LBAC
Runners Stretch

THE THANG:

MISSION OBJECTIVE #: Secure enemy position at the picnic shelter. First man full sprint to the shelter and back to drop his fictitious grenade and get back before it “explodes.” His time becomes the bar for the PAX.

Each subsequent man must make it back in equal or faster time. Any man who misses the time is wounded and must be healed by the PAX doing 10 burpees.

While each man makes his run the PAX alternate between Merkins and LBCs.

Once enemy position is secured PAX do 3 rounds of 10 pull ups, 10 dips, 10 WW2 sit ups.

MISSION OBJECTIVE #2: Get entire platoon 100ish yards from picnic shelter, across the grass field, to edge of woods into safety.

First man bear crawls across the field and then stands with raised fist once he reaches safety. His time becomes the bar for the PAX.

Each subsequent man must bear crawl in equal or faster time or he is considered wounded and must be healed by PAX doing 10 burpees.

While each man makes his way across the PAX will alternate between Squats and American Hammers.

1 man didn’t make it across in time and the PAX completed 10 burpees.

Slow mosey up the stairs through the woods. At random points Q yells “get down” and everyone planks and waits until cleared to continue moseying up the hill.

MISSION OBJECTIVE #3: Group wall sits behind rock wall at edge of parking lot. Keep your heads below the wall for safety! Everyone jumps over the wall, runs to the coupon pile, and carries a coupon over their head.

Once at the basketball court complete 20 overhead press, 20 curl, 20 row, 20 chest press, 20 skull crusher, 20 coupon crunches.

MARY
Leg raises
Prom dates
Radars
American Hammers

PLAYLIST: Band of Brothers Soundtrack

Triangle of Sadness

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Chunks
PAX: Hot Route, Hipster, The Bobs, Giving Tree, greyalbum
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Cool and Dry

WARMUP:
Moseyed a lap around the block stopping at each intersection for some burpees
Stretching back at Startex

THE THANG:
Thank you Sunshine for this workout.

Partnered up and grabbed two coupons and headed to the baskeball court

Station 1 w Coupon
Curls
Overhead Press
Decline Merkins

Station 2
Bolt 45s

Station 3
Big Boys
American Hammers (2=1)
Leg Lifts

Perform 5 reps of each exercise, then move on to the next station. After completing all 3 stations, go up 5 reps to 10 total. Next round, 15 reps. So on until Mary.

MOLESKINE:

Always an honor and privilege to Q at the buffalo. Thanks greyalbum. You men are true HIMs!

-Chunks

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:
Taps for those that shared in the COT

Queen Of Hearts

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Daylight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: wet

WARMUP: Willie mays hats, forward fold, SSH, arm stretches

THE THANG: Deck of Cards
Clubs=squats
Diamonds=merkins
Hearts=crunches
Spades=ssh
Face and Aces=Mosey to street and back

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Friends of Shelby party tonight at Shelby Bottoms

Shouts and Whispers

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: Hot Route, Right Said, Daylight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Mild, cool

WARMUP:
Mosey to picnic shelter
SSH
Seal Claps
Overhead Press
Good Mornings
WMH

THE THANG:

A mix of high intensity / low intensity based on whether the song playing is more of a “shout” or a “whisper”.

I can’t remember the order of things, but just chose randomly from the list below. 20 reps of each exercise until the end of the song or until we decided to skip to the next one.

Shouts

Rapid overhead press
Burpee
Squat jumps
High knees in place
Broad jumps
Merkins
Wood Cutters
Squat kicks
Iron Mike
Sprints
LBC
Mountain Climbers
Decline Merkin
Incline Merkin
Dips
Side Straddle Hops
Jump Squats
Mosey
Cherry Pickers
WW1

Whispers

Planks – front, side, low, high
Low and slow merkin
Squats
Lunge walk
People’s Chair
Rows
Hold Overhead
Prom Dates
Forward fold
One leg balance
Hollow Body
Leg lifts
Slow flutter kicks
Wall Sit
Bear Crawl

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Party at the home of Chunks – Saturday 5pm. See Slack for deets.

COT: Family health situations. Prayers for Hot Route’s family and celebration of the life of his grandmother.