Category: The Buffalo

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Days of Thunder

AO: thebuffalo
Q: The Bobs
PAX: Giving Tree, Ultratecht, Goose, Hot Route, Space Baby
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
CONDITIONS: Ideal weather-wise; OSHA compliance of the AO was questionable as Shelby Community Center gets a makeover

WARMUP: SSH, Good Mornings, Willy Mays Hays, LBACs w runner’s pose stretch, mosey around the hood

THE THANG: Find a partner. One exercises, one runs around community center

While Partner A runs, Partner B does:
• Merkins
• Squats
• Dips
• Lunges
• Repeat x2

Swap each time the partner returns and cycle through list

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Pickin’ Party (last one?? Gasp) tomorrow at the Airpark

COT: prayers for Hot Route and his family as they have recently experienced the loss of a family friend. Peace, wisdom, strength to Space Baby as he is traveling to AL today to be with his father for medical tests. Gratitude from me as my son took his first steps all by himself this week

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That is a really big hill.

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Strutter
PAX: Hipster, Hot Route, Ultratecht, Hank Hill (F3 Plainfield), Makita (Anderson Fader), Strutter, The Bobs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 7
CONDITIONS: The gloom, she is warm.

WARMUP:
Short Mosey to
THE THANG:

MOLESKINE:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT:

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Leftovers for breakfast

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: The Bobs, Ultratecht, Goose
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS:

unseasonably cool

WARMUP:

Mosey down to the pond

SSH
Good mornings
Seal claps
Arm circles
Overhead press
Overhead claps
Arm circles
Runners stretch

THE THANG:

5 Burpee buy-in

DORA ….sort of

P1: 30 crunchy frog
P2: Run up the hill and back then switch

P1: 100 squat
P2: Run up hill and back

P1: 100 each leg Step ups
P2: Run up hill and back

P1: 100 Dips
P2: Bear crawl out and back

Run across field

Lunge walk up through woods

Sprint up stairs

Mosey to bball court grab coupons

Squat thrusters 1 min
Curls 1 min
Skull crushers 1 min

COT

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The Three Amigos

AO: toratoratora
Q: Goose
PAX: The Bobs, Assange
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: Chilly

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Arm Stretches

THE THANG:
-Lunges
-100 Squates, Curls, Press, SSH with run every 25 reps
-100 Dips OYO
-100 Calf raises OYO
-Circle of Mary

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Friends By The River tonight
Night Moves Saturday Hipster house

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Temple of Doom

AO: thebuffalo
Q: greyalbum
PAX: The Bobs, Ultratecht
FNGs: None
COUNT: 3
CONDITIONS: cool, crisp

WARMUP:

SSH
Imperial Walkers
Hillbillies
LBAC
Willy Mays Haze

THE THANG:

After a chaotic brawl in a nightclub, Indy flees aboard a plane with nightclub singer Willie Scott and his young sidekick, Short Round. However, the plane is secretly owned by Lao Che, and the pilots abandon them mid-flight, leaving them to crash-land in the Himalayas.

Mosey to playground

30 second dead hang
5 Merkin
10 squat
15 tricep dip

Rinse and repeat x 3

Mosey to coupon pile

At first, the palace seems normal, ruled by the young Maharaja, but Indy soon discovers its dark secret. Beneath the palace, an ancient Thuggee cult, led by the sinister Mola Ram, is conducting horrific rituals. The cult has stolen three of the five Sankara stones and enslaved the kidnapped children, forcing them to mine for the remaining stones. The stones, when brought together, grant immense power.

Lunge walk along the top of the stone wall and over the hill to the lower parking lot

20 reps of each exercise. 2 Rounds of each set. Between sets rifle carry block up hill and back down.

1
Squat Jumps
Overhead Press
Swings

2
Curls
Skull Crusher
Rows

3
5 Blockees
20 High Knees
20 Mountain Climber

Mosey up to park gate entrance

20 step ups
30 second wall sit
X3

Temple begins to crumble! GET OUT!
Sprint back to coupon pile

MARY

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

I am so grateful for the opportunity to lead the #buffalo, but it’s time for some fresh energy! I am so encouraged to announce that The Bobs has accepted the call to step into his role as OUR NEW AOQ!!! Please welcome our new leader! I’m excited to see where he takes us.

TAPS:
We took some silent time to, as Mr. Rogers encouraged us, consider all the people who have loved us into the person we are today. Let’s go forth and serve and care for our neighbor this day!

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Ask Not

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: LogJam, 40 Minutes, The Bobs, Daylight
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: chilly

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

THE THANG:
-Mosey to Roy’s and back.
-100 pushups and squats with run every 25 reps.
-Lunges
-with coupon: 100 squats and curls with rifle carry every 25 reps
-100 dips

ANNOUNCEMENTS: congrats to Daylight, friends by the river starts in April

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Get That Heart Rate Up

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Hair Band
PAX: Ultratecht, Sandlapper (David Suggs), Hot Route
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: a bit nipply with a side of can’t see the line can ya Russ?

WARMUP: led by Ultratecht because Hair Band was 6 minutes late

THE THANG:
Hair Band gave disclaimer and started up the 80s Music

Mosey 3 laps around parking lot

30 sec high knees + 10 perfect merkins
Repeat 10 times

15 Drop squats + Sprint curbs
Repeat 10 times

Lunge walk around parking lot once

4-5min of 10 burpees + 10 v ups alternating

MOLESKINE:
The goal today was to get our heart rates up and we accomplished that pretty well
Ultratecht is still the fittest person I know, he ran circles around me for much of this workout. This… is always a humbling experience.

Lots of 80s music musings

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
– AOQ Grow School in March, date TBD but being discussed on SLT
– Spring Fling led by Natural Ice – CBO in April at the Warner Parks
– Mid Tennessee CSAUP coming in May

COT:
– prayers for family members health, praise for work successes

Always a pleasure to come out and be humbled by the buffalo.

Rock on,

Hair Band

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Feels Like Rain

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Goose
PAX: Ultratecht, Sandlapper (David Suggs), LogJam, Hawktooth
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
CONDITIONS: Wet

WARMUP: Willie Mays Hays, Forward Fold, Arms stretches

THE THANG:
-Deck Of Cards
Clubs=squats
Diamonds=merkins
Spaids=crunches
Hearts=SSH

-Lunges to sidewalk and back
-100 calf raises OYO
-Mosey around the block

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Friends by the River starts in April
Prayers to Sandlapper’s father
Welcome to the Buffalo Hawktooth

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Tour of East

AO: thebuffalo
Q: Chunks
PAX: Hot Route, LogJam, The Bobs
FNGs: None
COUNT: 4
CONDITIONS: Cold

WARMUP: Quick Warm of some stretches

THE THANG:
Party Pace Mosey stopping on occasion for some Merkins, Squats and Big Boy Situps.

Simple but effective.

MOLESKINE:
Always honored to Lead The Buffalo. You men were there for me when I needed an anchor. I’m eternally grateful. Don’t forget to reach out to other HIMs that might be in need of some encouragement or a swift kick in the ass. Progress over Perfection!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

COT: