AO formerly known as Tiger Blood

Writing the next great American novel with a typewriter… and Burpees…

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No HCs leading up to Tiger Blood the night before, no inquiries on the plans for the workout, Lipstick went to Carpex to hang out with Peeping Tom, and Accuweather showed a real rain threat.  But for me, this was a redemption Q after sticking Warbucks to run my workout a few weeks prior.  It was doubly important because I wanted to be involved in this Qing challenge.

My worries were unfounded.  First came Axe and 187, then Warbucks – EC was a GO!  187 said “Let’s run the Derek Davis route” and we did…

EC: 187, Axe, Warbucks, UTI

FNGs: Not a one

Warm Up:

  • Squat Hold – Waiting for the EC’ers to get ready to roll
  • 5 Burpees – 187 miscalculated the time it takes to run the Derek Davis 5k route and got back to the start late.  YHC cheated and took a short-cut to get back on time…  Qing so I didnt want to stand the PAX up.
  • Mozy to the top of the bus loop and circle-up – 15x Imperial Walkers, 15x Daisy Pickers, 15x Frankensteins,  25x Side Straddle Hops
  • Mozy to the long parking lot on the side of the school for The Workout.

The Workout:

Thing 1: PAX took a line on the parking lot and stood at the end away from the concrete stoppers (aka wheel stops, parking chocks, curb stops and bumper blocks)

  • 1 Burpee – Typewriter Merkins along the line to the other end – 10 Jump Squats – Typewriter Merkins back to the start
  • 2 Burpees – Typewriter Merkins along the line to the other end – 10 Jump Squats – Typewriter Merkins back to the start
  • Continue this process until you reach 10 burpees

*An audible was called around YHCs 5th or 6th round to swap out Jump Squats for LBCs

I stole this from a workout I once posted to in Carpex – the mumblechatter was quieted there and it had a similar effect here… except for some random warranted complaints here at Tiger Blood – this was a tough one and despite the passing of time and the assumption that I’ve gotten stronger… it still SUCKS!

Thing 2: Mozy to the school wall next to the parking lot – People’s Chair Challenge TL;DR – PIKACHU WINS!!!

  • YHC was the first to bow out and setup shop in a Plank Hold on the curb facing the challenge.
  • As more PAX fell off the wall, the fallen joined YHC for a Plank-O-RAMA while we spectated.
    • Moby gave us 15x Plank Jacks
    • 187 gave us 15x Shoulder Taps

Thing 3: Mozy to the track for Partner Chase BOMBS

  • Partner 1 Started on the run, Partner 2 put down 5 Burpees – Once finished, Partner 2 runs to catch Partner 1 (Repeat this line swapping Partner 1 and 2)
  • Repeat but sub Burpees for 10 Overhead Claps
  • Repeat but sub Overhead Claps for 15 Merkins
  • Repeat but sub Merkins for 20 Big Boy Sit-ups
  • Repeat but sub Big Boy Sit-ups for 25 Squats

Mary: There had been some chatter about an abundance of shoulder work this week in South Wake.  So… Mary remedied some of that

  • Six Inch Holds
  • Box Cutters
  • Homer to Marge
  • Pickle Pounders
  • American Hammers
  • Diamond Merkins
  • Boat Canoes

Announcements:

  • Mark your calendars – Tentatively reserving Oct 12th for the F3 South Wake Picnic – More Info Soon!
  • Derek Davis 5k – Lipstick will be Qing the Warm-up @6:45 in the carpool line
  • U-Turn is still a GO
  • 3rd Cousin will be Q-ing at Ground Pounder
  • Crab Legs wrapping up his tour – SlideRule has plans, get with him for details.

T-Claps (Recognition):  All of the PAX stepping up to fill the Q sheet.  It is slim pickings for picking up a Q at the moment and next week

Prayer:

  • Carolyn in YHCs office – Recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer which has spread.
  • Noah’s Ark and Family – Wife Michelle is headed to Mayo for further investigation of her health issues.  PAX rallied and supported their travels.
  • Derek Davis – Friends, Family, and ongoing supporters of his legacy

I Run. It Hurts. And I like it.

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PAX: Snap, Cupid, Third Cousin, Slide Rule, Bernie

1st time BackBlasting, 2nd time Q’ing.  Yogurt was begging for a game of Ultimate earlier in the week, but he and the rest of the team didn’t show.  Probably too dark this time of the year anyway.  The 4 of us hit it hard at the track and stayed out of the wet grass.  We’ll be feeling it tomorrow morning…

FNGs: None

Warm Up: Side straddle hops, overhead claps, seal claps, Good Mornings, Windmills

The Workout:

Blimp: 5 burpees, 10 lunge each leg, 15 imperial walker, 20 merkins, 25 plank jacks, 30 squats

PEAK 8 on the track: 30 second sprint as fast as you possibly can, recover for 90 seconds (or just puke, whatever feels better), repeat 8 times

Another blimp: 5 burpees, 10 lunge each leg, 15 imperial walker, 20 merkins, 25 plank jacks, 30 squats

Announcements:  Derek Davis Memorial Run a week from Saturday, run it or volunteer for it.

Prayer: Cupid’s work

My Best UTI Impersonation

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YHC arrived a few minutes prior to 0505, ready for an EC run with UTI. He rolls up at 0502 with a dilemma, run EC with Warbucks and $h!+ his pants or take his stomach bug home and abuse his own toilet. Thankfully UTI made the right decision and kept it out of his pants… YHC volunteered to run the workout and got a quick rundown of what UTI had planned. Lots of new exercises, but manageable. YHC took off on a solo EC. 7 PAX were hanging out waiting on UTI to arrive. YHC broke the news to them of his unfortunate circumstances, gave a quick disclaimer to FNG Kevin aka Cookie Monster, and 0530 hit and we were off.

FNGs: Welcome Cookie Monster!

Warm Up:
Short mosey to grassy area in front of school. Circled up for:
SSH x20 IC
Windmill x10 IC
Sir Fazio Arm circles x10 forward / x10 backward IC
Imperial Walkers x10 IC
Hillbillies x10 IC

The Workout:
First up from the UTI playbook was Bear Crawl Ring of Fire. YHC did his best to explain this. PAX circled up and held plank position. 1 PAX bear crawls around the circle and does 10 merkins upon return. Rinse and repeat until all had a turn. YHC also used this time to quiz PAX

After 1 round, we moseyed over to the long parking lot. We traversed the lot by way of Lt. Dan’s and wheelbarrow (partners switch halfway between islands), changing modes of transport at each island. There was some great mumblechatter about where the names of exercises came from, many were enlightened.

At the other end of the lot, we found a grassy spot for 20 prisoner get-ups and repeated the Lt Dan’s and wheelbarrow back across the lot.

Circled up for another round of Bear Crawl Ring of Fire and moseyed back to the lot for something new.

YHC again followed UTI’s guidance and we traversed the lot this time by way of Walk Like an Egyptian. PAX formed a line and look 1 lunge step and held in the down position while PAX in the back ran to the front, indian run style, and PAX took the next lunge step. This was done to the other end of the lot. 20 prisoner get-ups IC and a return trip via Walk Like an Egyptian.

With a few minutes remaining, YHC led an Indian run around the front of the school while we waited on Mary to show up. During the indian run, YHC pointed out a bunny that hopped in our path and challenged Lipstick to catch it. This led us to some bushes where the chase ended. Lipstick came up short. Bunny – 1, F3 – 0. Finished with a mosey around the parking lot and circle up for Mary.

Mary:
American Hammers x20 IC
PAX almost completed the round of American Hammers before we were graced with visitors. WebEx, his 2.0, and K9 Spark made an appearance. They were out on a morning stroll and couldn’t resist the temptation of Mary. WebEx joined us for the following exercises while Spark panted heavily.
LSF x20 IC
Freddy Mercury x20 IC
Pickle Pounders x20 IC
Homer to Marge x20 IC x10 Right/x10 Left

Announcements:
SUP workout this weekend, F3 testimonies being collected by 187,

T-Claps (Recognition):
UTI’s toilet, way to hang in there!
Wiggly and Steamboat for headlocking FNG Cookie Monster.
Tetanus for his memorization of the F3 mission and core principles.

Prayer:
UTI’s toilet, UTI, Crablegs, Steamboat’s upcoming trip

Rinse and Repeat

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EC: Axe, Nemo, 187, Lipstick, Bernie (+PC back home!)
Warm Up: Mosey over to Elementary parking lot and circle up. SSH x51, Daisy Pickers x15, Monkey Humpers x15, Fazio Arm Cirlces x8 fwd and x8 rev, overhead claps x15, seal claps x15, Dropped to plank for Merkins x10, Wide Plank Merkins x10, Diamond Merkins x10.  Paired up based on speed but it took to long to pair up and YHC called for 5 Burpees OYO.
The Workout: Mosey over to playground around back. In our pairs, partner 1 did Turkish Get Up Star Jumps, while Partner 2 did 10 pullups. Rinse and repeated this x3. Next we Mosied over to the track where the gates were open like the red sea, for us to take action.  In our pairs, partner 1 held plank, while partner 2 did 400M loop in < 1:45/lap (roughly 7:30/mile pace or less) We rinsed and repeated this………6 times  🙂
Mary: LBC x20, Low Slow Flutter x15, Downward Dog and Runners Pose Yoga moves.
Announcements: UTI has a 2yr workout on July 22nd – Can we get at least 1 HC so he doesn’t workout alone?
T-Claps (Recognition): Abe was at R4TJ yesterday and then put up with me again at Tiger Blood.  Based on my reputation, he had a good feeling it would be running intensive.  T-Claps to Abe for the work he is putting in to get stronger at running! Tetanus for posting for the 3rd time in 4 days of his first week at F3!
Prayer: Bernie’s Father’s Sister and Wife are both battling cancer.  187 neighbor Tom who passed away. UTI Co-Workers son who is experiencing dry drowning and is in a coma.

 

Thanks for opportunity to lead this morning

Lipstick

Tiger Blood (Chewbacca)

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Pax of (11) for a  Chewbacca style workout at Tiger Blood

UTI, Warbucks, 187, Pikachu, Snap, Yogurt, Axe, Da Business, Lipstick, Skidmark and Breach on the Q

Warm Up: On the move to the front of the school for 22 counts of Imperial Walkers, SSH, Frankensteins, Prisoner Squats, and Daisey Pickers

The Workout: 5 Rounds of Chewbacca style (30 secs on 10 rest between exercises) 10 cycles for each round, Mosey to a different spot around the school between rounds

Round 1 Burpees and Squats

Round 2 LBC’s and Merkins

Round 3 Jump Lunges and Frankensteins

Round 4 Low Slow Fludder and Mountain Climbers

Round 5 Side Straddle Hops and Star Jumps

Announcements:

Prayer:

On the Trail of Bonnie & Clyde at Tiger Blood

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YHC maintained his status as the History-lovin’ Q… and brought a Bonnie & Clyde themed workout for the PAX today at Tiger Blood.  May 23, 1934 was the end of the road for those two depression-era bandits as a group of lawmen led by 2 retired Texas Rangers tracked them down over a period of months, finally killing them in a shoot-out on a back road in rural Louisiana.

FNGs: None

Warm Up:
Slaughter Starter: 13 Burpees OYO (B&C killed 13 people throughout their rampage)
Jog around the school, circle up next to baseball field for
15x SSH
15x Imperial Walkers
15x Daisy Pickers
15x Good Mornings
15x Hillbillies

The Workout:
Made our way to the track.  Partner up.
Clyde (Wheel) Barrows & Bonnie (Peter) Parkers across the width of the football field.  Approx 13yds of wheelbarrow with partner 1, stop and both partners do 13 Peter Parkers. Flapjack and continue across the field until both partners have done two sets of wheelbarrows.

Clyde loved his Ford V8 and even wrote a letter to Henry Ford to tell him so (just before he was captured).  Fords were built in Dearborn, MI and YHC hates Michigan.  But that reminded me of Michigan sprints we used to do with O.G. F3’er Bret Michaels back in the old school Mutiny days.  So, we did a ladder of field sprints down the length of the football field.
1/4 way sprint, jog back
1/2 way sprint, jog back
3/4 way sprint, jog back
Full field sprint, jog back
1/2 way sprint, jog back
1/4 way sprint, jog back

As the PAX were sufficiently gassed from the sprints, we stayed in one spot for a bit and did a brief round of BOMBS.  Rep count derived from 5 points on the Texas Lone Star & 85 years since the couple were stopped.
85 / 5 = 17
17 reps it is.

17x Burpees
17x Overhead claps (while in a squat)
17x Merkins
17x Big Boy Situps
17x Prisoner Squats (even though B&C never made it to prison)

Next, we setup a Posse Chase around the track. Half the PAX took off on an Indian Run, remaining PAX stay behind and knock out 17 LBCs; when finished, chase down the posse and flapjack.  Completed ~2x around the track.

Following the Posse Chase we circled up for a couple rounds of GITMO.

Upon completion, YHC led the PAX on a jog back toward the front parking lot.  But just before we arrived – we lined up the PAX for a final JAILBREAK sprint to the finish.
Moby & Blue Hen were neck and neck til the finish.

Mary:
Popcorn Cooldown.
Moby led us in Picklepounders
AAA added some stretching
Da Business threw in some box cutters

 

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“Maney” Gault (L), Frank Hamer (R)

To honor the man who came out of retirement to track down Bonnie & Clyde, YHC finished up with a round of Frank “American” Hamers

Announcements:
Run the Quay coming up

T-Claps (Recognition): Slide Rule was a beast today in slightly warm and humid conditions as he completed the whole workout while wearing breathtaker.

Prayer:

Prayers lifted up for family and friends recovering from illness, significant losses, and many unspoken requests.  Thankful as always for our health, our families, our many blessings and our brotherhood of F3.

 

Naked Moleskin: 
This was really a delayed Anniversary Q for YHC — having celebrated 4 years of F3 camaraderie on April 15.  Thankful for all the guys who encouraged me and brought me along on this journey – especially Peak Week for the EH to get me on board going all the way back to Oct 2014.   Aye!

Ain’t Nothing But Mammals

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8 PAX showed up for a primal beatdown at Tiger Blood, 7 survived. YHC arrived at 0455 for a quick jog around the school to scout out the site. At 0505, 4 PAX set off on an EC run down to Crossway. This isn’t the normal route, but wanted to work some hills into this morning. Aquaman volunteered to show us the standard route, but I must have not heard him… Either way, we had our hills and were back in plenty of time to see the rest of the PAX, including 1 “visitor” from Carpex, Peeping Tom. There was some mumblechatter about mumblechatter and at 0530, we were off! At CoT, PAX were inspired by a passing Bunny and decided we don’t have enough “humpers” already, so Bunny Humpers should make an appearance in SW soon…

EC: Aquaman, Maybelline, UTI, Warbucks

Warm Up:
Mosey back to parking lot for:
SSH x25 IC
Windmill x10 IC
Sir Fazio arm circles x10 forward/x10 backward IC
Arm stretches
Moroccan night clubs x10 IC
Mountain climbers x10 IC

The Workout:
Mosey to soccer fields.

PAX lined up on the end of the soccer field. We did the following:
3 exercises
sprinted to mid-field
repeated exercises
sprint to end of field
repeat exercises
**Counts ranged from 15-25 for each exercise as needed.

Round 1 exercises: Mountain climbers, Catalina wine mixers, and merkins
After round 1, we had our 1st casualty. Aquaman, exhausted from being Thunderstruck last night, didn’t want to over do it and headed home. YHC confirmed he made it home without issue. Rest up Aquaman!
Round 2 exercises: Monkey humpers, shoulder taps, squats.
For round 3 we did an animal walk across the field with YHC calling different modes of transportation. It went something like this:
Bear crawl (Moby is an extremely fast bear)
Crab walk
Duck walk
Crawl bear
Flamingo (lunge walk)
Cheetah (sprint)

PAX then mosey’d over to the lot beside playground and grabbed some wall for:
BTTW x15 IC
Pistol squats x10 per leg
Australian mountain climbers x20 IC (unfortunately no blood was spilled)

Next up, parking lot suicides with PAX calling exercises at start
Sprint to 1st island and back to start for exercise
Sprint to 1st island + back to 2nd island + back to start for exercise …
Repeat to 4th island

Suicide exercises:
Plank jacks x15 IC
Pickle pounders x10 IC
LBCs x10 IC
Crab humbers x10 IC
PAX loved crab humper so much that we did another set before going to find Mary.

Mosey back to start for Mary.

Mary:
LSF x20 IC
Homer to Marge x10 IC – YHC planned to work each leg individually until CAR was called. PAX scattered out of the way as Mary came in hot pursuit of her parking spot.
After this brief interruption, we finished up with:
High slow flutter x20 IC – last exercise
Box cutters x15 IC – really, the last exercise
Have a nice day

Announcements:
Carpex CSAUP 6/8 – Crazy Train – 14 mile run – 8am start
Carpex T-shirt order

T-Claps (Recognition):
Third cousin – Strong start to F3! Keep up the good work.
EC crew – Strong pace on the Crossway hills.

Prayer:
Warbucks dad’s back, Lauren, Peeping Tom’s cousin, Moby’s dad, Aquaman

Fresh Blood

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EC: Aquaman, 187
Warm Up: Mosey to the backlot by softball diamond.  SSH x50, Daisy Pickers x12, Sir FAC x10, reverse x10 and overhead clap x15, Demonstration of the Ski Burpee (aka J-Lo Burpee)  5OYO + 5OYO for UTI being late.
The Workout: Mosey over to Elementary side and stopped along way for BTW x15 with Shoulder Taps.  Mosey to back road by playground and partnered up.  Partner 1 crabwalked to playground and did pull ups x10. Partner 2 stayed back and SSH. (switch and repeat)  On second go round Partner 1 bearcrawled to playground and did pull ups x10. Partner 2 held plank.  (switch and repeat)  Next we mosey to the far lot and partner wheelbarrows 7 spots at a time.  Once we both did 7 spots we did 5 Ski Burpees and continued to wheelbarrow until end of lot.  We repeated this twice for the full length of the lot.  Next we mosey back to the BTW location and partner 1 BTW x15 count while partner 2 Al Gore (switch and repeat), Round 2 BTW right arm up, left arm up, regular, while partner 2 Al Gore (switch and repeat, Round 3 all PAX BTW x20 Shoulder Taps.
Mary: Nipplers x15, Mountain Climbers x15, Peter Parkers x10, LSF x10, 6 inches and 45 x10, Homer to Marge x15, Pickle Pounders x20
Announcements: Dad’s camp, Fill the Q Sheet up or you will have to continue to listen to my country cadence!
T-Claps (Recognition): All Pax for getting out of bed this morning
Prayer: Aquaman’s friend Jennifer battling cancer, Moby’s father Tom and his road to recovery, UNCC shooting, Crablegs

Mucho Chesto

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It was a great day to get after it at TigerBlood with perfect temperatures.  The QIC anticipated a low turnout after the epic double overtime win by the Canes in game seven, however the PAX was ready to go with many lacking some sleep.

Warm Up:

Quick mosey over to the field in front of the elementary school with a combination of karaoke and shuffle around the small dirt track before circling up.

  • SSH IC X 20
  • Good Morning IC X 10
  • Windmill IC X 15
  • Fazio Arm Circle X 10 rotate repeat
  • Hillbilly IC X 10
  • Imperial Walker IC X 10

The Workout:

Mosey over to the curb running along the retaining wall along the side of the elementary school. Everyone was instructed to get down in the dip position on the curb.  The last person crab walked to the front while the rest of the PAX shuffeled in the dip position on the curb.  The PAX quickly realized that the shufflers were moving quicker than the crab walker and the shuffling slowed.  Once all PAX had completed the crab walk everyone did a round of plank shuffle and bear crawl.

Everyone partnered up and then joined another group of partners to Indian run in small groups over to the middle school track.

Let the fun/pain begin… Merkin Mile.  Each partner would start running opposite directions around the track, when then met 25 merkin claps were completed and running continued.  This was continued until 4 laps around the track were complete and 200 merkin claps.  Groups went to the pole vault area for some six inch leg hold until all groups completed.

Mosey over to the street running along the side of the middle school between the track and parking lot.

Everyone dropped down to the plank and was instructed to sprint to the next lightpole and hold the plank.  This was repeated until we reached the parking lot.

To ensure we fully exhausted the chest it was time for Body Hits the Floor. The song Bodies by Drowning Pool was played and on each 1.2.3.4 the PAX would perform 4 merkins and when the words body hits the floor a donkey kick was executed.

Mary:

Quick round of Guantanamo and they took us right to the end of time.

Announcements:

See Pikachu’s comprehensive menu of F3 Southwake announcements on the various communication platforms.  Reminded to attend the first aid training tonight.  See Pikachu’s announcement for more information. Pax discussed the importance of CrabLegs advice on nsuring you have Long term disability and Life Insurance.

T-Claps (Recognition):

Prayer:

Moby’s dad is still recovering and should be getting out of the stroke rehab center to go home.  Continued prayers for CrabLegs.

Cinder Blocks & Pull Ups & Sprinting Oh My!

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EC took the form of swinging by Nutcracker and stealing all the cinder blocks for Cowboy & YHC (thanks for the help Cowboy!)  Arrival at 5:20, Banana Seat finally found us, the disclaimer was delivered, and we were off.

FNGs: Shocker!  (I’m so sorry)
Warm Up:

2 laps around the parking lot; second lap included Karaoke/ Butt Kickers / High Knees

1 Legged SSH x20, Imperial Squat Walkers, Hill Squat Billies, Merkins

Grab a block / weight, and head off
The Workout:

Man it’s a long way from the parking lot to the play ground.  Pax stopped along the way to learn the exercises-du-jour:

Goblet Squat: Keep weight vertical in front of you; forces good form with back

1 Legged Romanian Dead Lift: 1 legged (duh), keep legs straight, extend off-leg straight back behind you, bending at waist.

Finally arrive at playground.  Pax splits into 4 groups, doing 1 of exercise above + pullups.  All in reps of 12.

After completing all 4, meet up for 12 Catalina Wine Makers

Repeato

Part dos:

Mosey to front of school doing curls / triceps extensions with blocks.  Stop along the way to learn Merkins w/ Overhead Press (aka: Block-ees?  Block Burpees?  whatever)

Pair up by speed.  Pax1 runs a lap, Pax2 does AMRAP Blockees.  Switch

Repeat, only Pax1 needs to finish before Pax2 does 2 fewer Blockees than before

Repeat, only Pax1 needs to finish before Pax2 does 3 fewer Blockees (basically all out sprint)

Part tres?

A Tiger Blood Staple: 2 footed “the floor is lava except the paw prints”.  You’re welcome @BlueHen

Mary:

Reps of 12, 11, 10, 9 … of a bunch of ab exercises
Announcements:

Check Slack (and facebook, sigh).

First responder course Thursday

Breach doing an RTP workout next Monday

Carpex is doing a CSAUP that involves Trains.  Sounds fun

T-Claps (Recognition):

Great to see Bernie & Pilgrim out on the regular.  Miss working out with those guys.

Prayer:

Pilgrim’s dad & cancer issues.

 

Today is Maundy Thursday, the day Jesus was betrayed by his inner most circle.  What’s amazing to me is that, after all of it, He still welcomed them back with forgiveness and good relationship.  Maybe, this Easter season, think about those with whom you’ve lost relationship and need to restore.