Author: Chaplain

  • Big Ballerz

    Light crowd at Morning Wood today….but the show must go on. Lurch did a solo ruck to points unknown. YHC and Touchdown moseyed to the small basketball court:

    Warmups: Leg Pulls, Open the Gate, Mummy Walks
    Rebound drills: lay ups x 3, mid-range jumpshot x3, 3 pointer x 3. Repeat on left side

    Exercise One: shooting contest
    1 merkin for each missed shot.

    5 free throw attempts
    5 jump shots from the elbow (both sides)
    5 three pointers x 2

    Exercise Two: 21
    Apparently kids today don’t play “taps” where you go back to zero. Weak

    Obviously I won all of the aforementioned contests.

    Mosey back to the flag

    Nice job by Lurch putting in some work!

  • Ultimate Gravel Hard

    3 weighted backpack aficionados hit the streets of Chester at 6am. I was unable to spell “CHAP,” so we just walked down random streets. All gravel paths and trails were explored and typically went nowhere.

    Highlights included walking the ultimate frisbee course and encountering a pajama clad maintenance man?? We also chucked a disc into the woods.

    Heading back towards the flag, we reminded Big Rig, Mudslide, and State Farm to use proper form on their exercises, which was greatly appreciated.

    Made it back in 55 minutes and began mental preparation for Tryhard’s savage beatdown.

    A good time was had by all.

  • Is that Called a Reach Around??

    7 Kettlebellers gathered for the latest edition of the Old Hundred. It was hot, but the fellas were ready to throw around some iron. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Leave the Kbells and mosey to the side of the school for Warm Up: SSH’s, Windshield Wipers, Apple Bottom Poppers, LBC’s, Freddy Mercury’s, Hand Release Merkins. Avoid the SUV speeding through the parking lot.

    Mosey back toward the flag with variable movements: Bernie Sanders, Butt Kick, High Knees.

    Exercise One: 4 Corners (Prostitute)
    10 Squat Thrusters, 20 Upright Row, 30 Lawnmower Pulls, 40 Flutter Kicks w/K Bell. Around the worlds in between stations.

    Exercise Two: Indigenous People’s Kettle Crawl

    PAX line up and do Bench Press, LBC’s with Kettle if you need a break. Man in the back Bear Crawls with Kettlebell to the front of the line: repeat until we made it across the parking lot.

    Finish up with 1 plus minutes of Monkey Humpers

    Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: A great effort by all the PAX today and some outstanding mumblechatter. It was great seeing Dorothy back out – rocking that 45 pounder was impressive. Conversely, an unnamed member of the PAX was mocked for having a My Little Pony Kettlebell. That’s how we roll down here in SOJ.

    SYITG

  • Kids Least Favorite Activity

    On vacation in Jekyll Island, Georgia. I was too lazy to drive 30 minutes to the nearest F3 workout. Luckily the Chaplain clan rolls deep.

    Mosey to the beach for warmups: SSH’s, Arm circles, merkins, mummy kicks, heels to heaven, dead man hang.

    The workout: 1 mile run up the beach: stop at each access point and do exercises. Highlights included repeats up a set of stairs and burpees. Same pattern on the way back. Back to the house for 3 miles total. A good time was had by all.

    SYITG

  • The Long Winding Bridge to Discomfortown

    If you decide to Q at Iron Bridge, you gotta bring your A game. The Bermuda Boys push themselves and are always up for some challenging exercises. With that in mind, here is a brief summary of today’s workout for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the basketball court for Warm-Up:
    Side Straddle Hops, Ukranian Soldiers, Suzanne Somers, Mummy Kicks, West Virginia Prom Dates, might have missed a couple.
    On the baseline: Mario Jumps, Karaoke, Butt Kicks, Knee Pulls

    Exercise One: Variable Exercises along the length of the basketball courts:

    Lt. Hillbillies, Murder Gorillas, Jumping Herpees, Flying Monkey Humpers, WWII Crawlbears, Polar Bears, No Cheat Broad Jumps, Crabwalk with Crabcakes.

    Mosey to the Playground for Exercise Two: Muscleman Circuit
    10 pull ups, 25 Incline Merkins, 50 dips, 100 pickle pounders in elbow plank

    Mosey back towards the flag for Exercise Three; Triple Check
    -Curls with Cindy, Squats with Cindy, runner goes across the field to the big tree and back

    Exercise 4: Ab Enhancer:
    25 WWII’s, 50 Pole Smokers, 75 flutter kicks, 100 American Hammers

    Exercise 5: 7’s
    -included Bobby Hurley’s and Chuck Norris Merkins
    Bear Crawl up the hill, Crabwalk down

    Back the flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: Excellent job by the PAX in some extremely tough conditions! These guys were really pushing themselves this morning. Mumblechatter seemed to die down as the workout progressed, but we still got Hardywood storytelling about a youth retreat. Also, Florence came through with the “We do this in the barn all the time” line during Flying Monkey Humpers – classic. But the best part of the workout was Pool Boy’s testimony during COT. As always, it was an honor to lead.

    SYITG

  • Flexible Fellas

    3 for an early morning Broga session at Rock N Roll. YHC had to dig deep into my bag of stretches for this one. I dont pretend to have Mudslide’s flexibility, or Last Call’s soothing voice…..but we were able to power through. Highlights included the Super Pigeon, Happy Baby, and an old school Butterfly Stretch. With the high humidity, we were already sweating and ready for the Big Rig beatdown.

    SYITG

  • It Was Hella Hot

    4 men gathered at WEAG for the latest round of The Crossing. In YHC’s estimation, this is now F3 RVA’s hottest AO……But the PAX were ready to roll nonetheless. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the front of the church and circle up for Warm Up:

    Side Straddle Hops, Mummy Kicks, Toe Taps, LBC’s, Pickle Pounders, HR Merkins, Heels to Heaven.

    Across the parking lot: Karaoke, Mario Jumps, Bernie Sanders, Mummy Bernie’s

    To the North side of the Church for Exercise One:

    4 Corners around the perimeter of the parking lot with variable movements between stations:

    Crab Walk – 10 hand release merkins
    Appalachian Lunge Walk – 20 merkins
    Backwards Frog Jumps – 30 Wide Grip Merkins
    Broad Jump – 40 Carolina Dry Docks

    Exercise Two: Ab station
    20 WWII’s, 40 American Hammers (singe ct), 60 LBC’s, 80 Alabama Prom Dates

    Mosey inside the church for WATER STOP

    Exercise 3 – Dora
    100 Donkey Kicks
    200 Squats
    300 Flutter Kicks
    Runner goes across the parking lot and back

    Mosey back towards the flag
    Merkin Ring of Fire
    A couple ab exercises
    Monkey Humpers until time is called

    Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: Alexa told me it was 100 degrees when I left my house. Upon arrival, we got some cloud cover and checked in at 95 to start the workout. Ab exercises on the asphalt appeared to be around 200 degrees. Great job by the PAX pushing through! Birdman has begun contemplating a VQ that consists of track style interval training – may have to schedule a vacation for that one. Shout out to Woodsman who has been posting regularly all over the place – well done, sir. Trying to figure out how to get on House Party’s team if we do a tug of war on July 4th.

    SYITG



  • Butt Kicked

    Sauna like conditions at Bettie Weaver Elementary School……..and with Doozy and the young guns pushing the pace, YHC was in a fight to survive. Here is an extremely brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Ran on the paved trail through Robious Landing Park, then back out towards JRHS. Access trail behind The Swamp to River Downs. Left back up to Robious Road. Up Twin Team until you hit the intersection with Robious. Back to the Flag.

    Final Thoughts: A few us had to hold down the fort at River Run, but thoughts were with Wildcat and his birthday celebration. His speech at the Grow Ruck was a bright spot for me amongst multiple hours of misery. Tough conditions this morning…………….I had contemplated enjoying a fine glass of merlot last night. Definitely glad I passed that one up!

    SYITG

  • A Homage to Morning Wood Past

    Morning Wood has evolved over the years – you can pretty much do whatever the F you want before Rock N Roll. This morning House Party and I ditched our Rucks and brought back the traditional run. Completed the paved trail loop plus half a lap around the park. Finished just in time for Broga. Always a great time catching up with HP!

  • The Stupidest Mile

    With the Summer Tour and SOJ Takeover in full effect, YHC packed my day bag and headed east to hang with the Bermuda Boys. The PAX were ready to put in some work! As is customary, I have included a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    Mosey to the parking lot for Warm Up:
    Side Straddle Hops, Ukranian Soldiers, Mummy Kicks, Windshield Wipers, Biodomes, Hand Release Merkins, Freddy Mercuries, Alabama Prom Dates

    Mosey to the Track that apparently does not exist:

    Exercise One the Stupidest Mile:
    400m Bernie Sanders around the football field
    200m Lt. Dans
    200m Crawl Bear
    100m Reverse Frog Jumps

    Bernie Sanders Raise the Roofs across the parking lot, then back to the flag.

    A couple of minutes of Grow Ruck situps and Flutter Kicks until time is called.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: The Stupidest mile is actually less than a mile, but proved to be a time consuming, leg burning son of a bitch. Great job by everyone for pushing through! Always enjoy getting down to Bermuda Triangle – this definitely needs to be a stop for all this summer! Nice seeing Shaw-Shank back out. Respect to the teens for getting up early and getting after it.

    Check Slack for details on the new Saturday AO at this location – starting in a few weeks.

    SYITG