Author: Bodo’s

  • By the Light of the Waning Gibbous

    8 studs gathered in the gloom to start the week the right way. With the time change we thought we might have more light, but had to settle for the 97% lunar illumination of the waning gibbous. Still pretty great.

    Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Court.

    COP, all IC: SSH // Deadman Hang // helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Lt Dans (6ct.) // Alabama Prom Dates // LBCs // Merkins

    Up the Hill: Parter up. P1 runs up to the top of Lindsay Ct and back. P2 performs lunges. Flipflop when P1 returns. // Round 2: Bear Crawl // Round 3: Broad Jump Burpees.

    Mosey to middle lot of Third Church

    Flora! (Dora + Coupon). Partner up. 100 Incline Merkins on the Coupon // 200 Reverse Crunches with Coupon on Chest // 300 Squats with Coupon. Plank when done, 25x Pickle Pounders for good measure.

    Mosey to back Third Church lot

    Run + Burpees + Wall: Partner 1. P1 runs to end of lot, performs 3 burpees, runs back. P2 is on the wall with Balls to the Wall. Flip Flop // Round 2: Wall Sit // Round 3: Donkey Kicks.

    Mosey back to the Flag.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Really enjoyed the first truly cold morning today. Very impressed by eHarmony who has posted 4 times since Wednesday. We have a committed brother in the making! Prayers for peace this week.

  • A Bushell and a Peck

    Nine of us, including an FNG, gathered in the paradigmatic gloom for a beatdown. Here’s what happened:

    COP in Amphitheater: Deadman Hang // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Lt.Dans // Imperial Walkers // LBCs // Crabcakes // Merkins // Elbow Planks // Pickle Pounders

    Dora in Amphitheater: P1 runs the circuit, P2 performs exercises.
    100 Jump Squats
    200 Incline Merkins
    300 2-count Flutter Kicks

    5 Burpees OYO. Mosey to Rusty Cage

    Rusty Cage:
    Round 1: 5 Pull Ups // 10 Froggers // 15 LBCs . 3x
    Round 2: 5 Body Rows // 10 Plank Jacks // 15 Reverse Crunches. 3x
    Round 3: 5 Chin ups // 10 Squats // 15 2-count American Hammers. 3x

    Mosey back to the Flag.

    Ring of Fire: Merkins // Werkins // Diamond Merkins // Merkins

    COT: Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Great to have a strong group out today, including FNG Bushell. Welcome bro! Hearing Bushell share about his drumming hobby, Shakedown proposed the name based on a killer girl drummer on youtube named Nandi Bushell. We considered Assless Chaps but passed on it (again). Prayers for Toto’s family and EF Hutton’s dad, recovering from surgery.

  • Kill the Lights

    A lucky 7 emerged from the gloom for WDog on a beautiful fall morning. With no-one on the Q sheet, Swirly took the proverbial bull and kicked off our hot potato.

    Swirly COP: A bunch of stretching stuff, then a bunch of ab exercises and some merkins.

    Oyster on the Field: Oyster kicked us off with a Washington Football Team Run around the perimeter of the field. Next, four corners: Merkins x20, Jump Squats x20, Burpees x10, WW2s x20.

    Shiplap with the Coupons: At the stage, Shiplap led us in a series of exercises with coupons, including bench press, overhead press, curls, merkins, and some other stuff YHC can’t remember. But it was difficult.

    Bodos at the Cage: Triple Check. P1: Burp-ups, P2: Body Pulls, P3: Run to hydrant and back. Mosey back to the flag, end with LBCsx25 and American Hammers x25.

    Numberama, Namerama, Corned Beef took us out.

    NMS: Hot potatoes are always fun to see what everyone comes up with. Nice balance of exercises this morning. The flood lights were so bright on the back of the Amphitheater that none of us could see as we ran from the cage to the fire hydrant. We were all so blinded that Shakedown hit a boulder and Swirly ran so tentatively it almost looked like he had just drunk a 6-pack of Whiteclaw. We thought about shooting the lights out but no one had any ammunition.

  • Jerry Atrick

    A strong 15 converged in the Mary lot for a beatdown. After some noted surprise that a 50-something was not leading us today, we got going at 5:30 sharp.

    COP: Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry (carrot) Pickers // Copperhead Squats // Crabcakes // LBCs // Tempo Merkins // Peter Parkers // Pickle Pounders

    Blacktop 100: Plank Position. Run 25 yards, perform 25 Jump Squats, run back. Plank Position for the Pac // Run 50 yards, 50 Monkey Humpers, run back. Plank // Run 75 Yards, 75 2x Flutter kicks, run back. Plank. // Run 100 yards, 100 SSHs, Run back. Plank. Mosey to Field.

    1st & 10s: Line up at the end of the Field. Run to the first tree, Perform 10 Merkins, 1 Burpee (11’s), sprint to the end of the field. Recover jog back to the 2nd tree. Perform 9 Merkins, 2 Burpees, sprint to the end of the field, recover jog back to the 3rd tree. Repeat until 11’s have been completed at the final tree. Plank/core exercise as we waited for the Pax. Mosey to Southwest corner of school.

    Quadruple Check: P1: Dips. P2: WW2s. P3: Incline Merkins on steps. P4: Run to pull up bars, 5 pull-ups, run back.

    Dirty HookUp: 3 sets x10 IC (plank facing wall, place each hand up on wall, then bring them back down.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Great morning, perfect temp. Saab and TYA had one long continuous conversation the entire 45 minutes, never stopped talking. I like to picture them in a nursing home one day together, trying to eek out some DQs.

    Here’s the prayer from St Francis I mangled at the end:
    Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
    Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
    Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.
    Where there is discord, let me bring union.
    O Master, let me not seek as much
    to be consoled as to console,
    to be understood as to understand,
    to be loved as to love,
    for it is in giving that one receives,
    it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
    it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
    it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.

  • Idiocracy?

    4 of F3s finests gathered at WDog for a beatdown. Here’s how we spent the time:

    COP in Amphitheater: SSH // Deadman hangs // Helicopters// DQs // Cherry Pickers // Lt.Dans // Imperial Walkers

    Quadruple Triple-Check: P1: Box Jumps on the first step // P2: Incline Merkins // P3: Dips // P4: Run round the amphitheater. 3 rounds.

    Rusty Cage Routine
    Round 1: 8 Pull Ups // 16 Froggers // 24 Reverse Crunches // Run to Hydrant and back. 3x
    Round 2: 8 Body Pulls // 16 Plank Jacks // 24 LBCs // Run to Hydrant and back. 3x
    Round 3: 8 Chin ups // 16 Squats // 24 2-count American Hammers. No run.

    Mosey back to the flag. 5 Burpees OYO.

    NMS: Beautiful morning with low temps and no humidity. A couple of us were sore from IPC round 3, but not nearly as bad as last week. After COP we talked about the apocalyptic conditions in the world at the moment, which somehow led to a discussion of Tiger King and the 2006 movie Idiocracy. (YHC mis-remembered- not a 90s film). Is the movie dumb or deep? One of the great philosophical questions of our time.

  • A Happy Triumvirate

    Three of us gathered in the gloom for an early start on Labor Day. Clear skies and a glorious temperature!

    COP: Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers// Copperhead Squats// LBCs // Crabcakes // Peter Parkers // Tempo Merkins // SSHs

    7 of Diamonds: On the blacktop, run from corner to corner, 7 burpees in each corner // Next round: 14 LBCs each corner // 21 merkins // 28 squats // 21 two count flutter kicks // 14 carolina dry-docks // 7 Burpees. Mosey to field.

    Triple Check: P1: Wallsit // P2: Dips on bench // P3: run to monkey bars, 3 pull ups, run back. 2nd round, switch to Incline Merkins and Donkey Kicks. 3rd round, switch to Box Jumps and Chicken Peckers.

    Mosey back to the flag. COP: Heels to heaven and some other ab stuff.

    Numberama, Namerama, Socially Distanced COT. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Thanks to Boberry and Upchuck for joining me early today since I couldn’t make the convergence. T-claps to Upchuck for double dipping AOs! Well done sirs.

  • Crossy Road

    An excellently divisible twelve showed up for Hoedown on the the first cool morning in a while. After a hasty sign up for the Q at 5:20, YHC got us going with a mosey to the closest Third Church parking lot:

    COP: Deadman hang // Helicopter // DQ // Crabcakes // LBCs // Merkins // Peter Parkers // Pickle Pounders // Lt. Dans // SSHs 21s. Mosey to next parking lot.

    Dora with a Coupon: 100 Curls // 200 2x Flutter Kicks // 300 Squats with Coupon. Run the circle. Mosey to back parking lot

    Windsprints: Group 1 sprint to other side of lot and back, Group 2 plank. Switch. 5 times. Mosey to Field behind School.

    Triple Check: Merkins // WW2s // Run to bars, 5 pull ups, run back.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Crossing over Forest Ave. has never been so dangerous. As we crossed, multiple vehicles came speeding down the street both directions, breaking up the pax and causing confusion and at least one fall. Why so many people were driving around so fast so early in the morning we do not know. Thankfully no one was flattened.

    Pray for Wojo- he’s getting married on Saturday! We suggested he get married at Hardywood’s on Saturday and his bride could come down the aisle on an El Paca. He seems very interested.

  • Table Tumble

    7 warriors woke in the dark and gathered in the gloom at MM. Here’s how it went down:

    Field Trip day! Begin with .7 mile mosey west on Grove. First stop: a parking lot on the left near Lexington.

    COP: Deadman Hang IC // Stretch to the Sky // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Copperhead Squats // Alabama Prom Dates // Crabcakes // LBCs // Merkins // SSH 21s

    Wall to Wall: Partner up. P1 does Balls to the Wall on east wall, P2 runs to the other side of the parking lot and does 10 Donkey Kicks on west wall. P2 runs back and switch. 3 rounds.

    Mosey west on Grove. 2nd stop: St Giles Church parking lot.

    Table Madness: Grab a table and a partner for some partner table exercises.

    Exercise 1: Wingnuts. Sitting on picnic table, feet under bench, lean back to approx. 15 degrees with back and neck straight, fists touching in front of chest so that elbows point parallel with shoulders, rotate waist so that each elbow touches the table top. 4-Count IC, x20.

    Exercise 2: Coyote Uglys. Starting in a wheel barrow position with partner, P1 starts on the ground and steps up to picnic table ‘seat’ with his hands, completes 1 Merkin, steps up to top of the table top , 1 Merkin, steps back down to the ‘seat’, 1 Merkin, steps back down to the ground, 1 Merkin. That’s one rep. Each Partner does 5.

    Exercise 3: Hail Marys. P1 elbow planks on ground, P2 places his legs on P1’s back and performs 20 dips with his hands on table bench. Each partner does 3 sets of 20.

    Mosey to the back lot of the church for the final stop: basket ball goal.

    Knockout! The Pax played a rousing game of knockout. While waiting in line, pax performs SSHs. When knocked out, waiting pax performs WW2s, then American Hammers, then LBCs. YHC and Swirly battled it out for the win, YHC inched by.

    Mosey a mile back to the school.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: The picnic table excercises were an experiment, and the report card is out on whether they were successful. Unfortunately we discovered that this particular set of picnic tables is pretty cheap, and we nearly broke several of them. Had to modify some exercises as a result. Knock out was a lot of fun and the Pax remarked how difficult it was to shoot well after all the merkins. Never have you seen a group of men shoot a basketball so badly.

  • Apocalyptic Rainbow Promise

    10 heroic he-men gathered in the gloom to start a new week in the right way. To the best of our memories, here’s what happened:

    COP: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Ct. Deadman hang IC // helicopters IC // DQs IC // Imperial Walkers IC // Copperhead Squats IC // LBCs // Crabcakes (interrupted by paper delivery person) // Merkins // Peter Parkers // Picklepounders // Elbow Plank // SSHs 21s // 5 Burpees

    Up the Hill: Parter up. P1 runs up to the top of Lindsay Ct and back. P2 performs lunges. Flipflop when P1 returns. // Round 2: Bear Crawl // Round 3: Broad Jump Burpees.

    Mosey down Forest Ave. to middle Third Church parking lot

    Flora (Dora + coupon): Grab a coupon and a partner. 100 Derkins on coupon // 200 LBCs // 300 Squats with Coupon.

    Head-Shoulders-Knees-and Toes!: Everyone grab a coupon. Start with coupon on ground in front of you, feet shoulder width apart. 1/ Deadlift coupon to thighs 2/ Front Lateral Raise coupon, straight arms 3/ Pull coupon, laterally, to chest 4/ Press coupon overhead 5/ Lower coupon behind your head, elbows pointing up 6/ Extend coupon back over your head, keep elbows up 7/ Lower coupon to chest 8/ Extend coupon out laterally from chest, until arms straight 9/ Lower coupon to thighs, arms straight 10/ Lower coupon to ground, via reverse deadlift. That’s 1 rep. 10 Count IC x 10 plus 1 more for fun! Mosey back to TES

    Final COP: Flutter Kicks IC // Alabama Promdates IC // 10 Burpees OYO.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Great to have so many at Hoedown today. During mumblechatter in the parking lot, we caught a rainbow sighting in the western sky. If you don’t know, a rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing in the sky. It’s also a promise from God that he will not destroy the earth. A welcome promise for a new day in these crazy times! SYITG.

  • Ninja Warrior Dreams

    June 29th being the occasion of YHC’s 43rd birthday, the dream of designing and running a ninja warrior course was in order. After greeting the pax and conducting a quick COP including 43 SSHs, we moseyed through the course so YHC could explain the various obstacles and exercises.

    After returning to the start of the course in the parking circle of TES, we divided into pairs. The first pair, YHC and Doozy, took off at the sound of the starting buzzer and the race began. The second pair, GP and Probation, started after waiting one minute, then the third pair after another minute, and so on, while the rest of the waiting pax conducted more COP (thanks Splinter for leading the COP).

    Course was as follows:

    • Run to the handicap ramp, perform under/overs on the ropes suspended across the railings. // Second set of railings: Bear crawl in the air horizontally up the second set of railings // Third set of railings: Crab walk in the air horizontally up the third set of railings.
    • Mosey up to the field to the exercise equipment. Shimmy across the parallel bars with arms in locked position // Perform 3 pull ups on each of the escalating pull up bars // Swing across the horizontal ladder // Run across the spring bench // Climb up the chain link wall and down over the other side // Monkey swing across the rings using only one color of ring.
    • Mosey to the swing set. Perform 25 swerkins on the swing set (Get in plank position with feet rest on a swing, Pull legs in to a reverse crunch position, extend legs back out and then do a merkin).
    • Mosey to the front southern corner of the TES school property. Run up the large mulch pile then scale and jump over the chain link fence. Run around the back of the office building and then across Forest Ave. into the middle Third Church parking lot.
    • In the Southeastern corner of the parking lot, grab a coupon. Perform 25 squats with the block // Run to the next corner, 25 Overhead presses // Run to third corner, 25 curls // run to next corner, 25 incline merkins on the block // run back to the original corner, deposit the coupon back in the pile
    • Bear crawl through the center retainer ditch and out the other side. Once through, run to the back parking lot of Third Church.
    • Mosey to the playground. Jump, leap, or climb over the playground fence using the green bench. Climb up to the top of the slide then slide down face first on the nobbly slide, at the bottom, keep feet on slide and perform 25 Derkins.
    • Mosey to the fire escape. Original plan was to climb rope ladder suspended on the outside of fire escape, but better judgement (M’s lecture) prevailed. So modified instructions were to bear crawl backwards up the fire escape, but YHC and Doozy discovered it was pretty much impossible, so we modified to lunges. Lunge forwards up fire escape stairs, perform 25 WW2s on the top, lunge backwards down the stairs.
    • Mosey to side parking lot. Burpee Suicides. Start on the curb, run to the first parking lot line, perform 1 burpee, run back to curb. Run to second line, perform 2 burpees, run back to the curb. All the way up to 8.
    • After 8th burpee round, run back to touch the curb, then run back across Forest Ave., around the front of the school, and back to touch the tree for the finish.

    First finishers performed COP while waiting for the pax. Once pax was in, we finished with some ab exercises and a merkin ring of fire.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Tclaps to Doozy, Garbage Plate and Probation for finishing the course in just under 20 minutes. Well done!

    Thanks so much guys for bearing with me this morning in this experiment. I had a ton of fun and I hope you did too. It’s a rare gift that 40+ year old men can get outside and do stupid stuff together for fun and fitness, and I’m really grateful for this group. Also grateful for my sweet M who delivered donuts and coffee to us at 6:20am sharp! Great to hang out.

    Have a great day guys. peace+