Author: Bodo’s

  • Pickleballers of the Gloom

    8 mighty pickeballers of the gloom (and one late-arriving FNG) gathered in perfect conditions for a bootcamp + pickleball beatdown. Everyone but Warby and I was operating on “lounge-time” and joined us at 5:32 after the beatdown had commenced. Here’s what happened:

    COP: stretch it out

    Four Corners: 10 merkins, 10 merkins + 20 Squats, 10 merkins + 20 Squats + 30 LBCs, 10 merkins + 20 Squats + 30 LBCs + 40 Mountain Climbers 2x. Run back through the corners, downwarn escalator from the top. BONUS corner at the end: 10 burpees

    Dora: 50 Hand release merkins, 100 WW2s, 150 SSHs. Partner run cross court and back.

    Pickleball: as the clock hit 6am the sky brightened with the sun, so we took to the courts. 50 minutes of play! FNG showed up at 6:20am so we folded him in. Welcome El Maestro!

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Gorgeous temps for such a fun morning, great to have such a good turnout. As the sun rises later, PB gets harder to fit in in the early mornings — so let’s make the most of it!!

  • WDog Revival

    Five, yes five! gentlemen of the gloom met in the darkness to prove the depths of their manliness at the best AO in RVA. After some quick introductions, we were off. Here’s what happened:

    COP in the bottom of the amphitheater. Deadman hang/ helicopters / DQs/ Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers/ Copperhead Squats / LBCs/ HRMs/ Elbow Planks/ Picklepounders

    Up the Steps: At each of the 18 amphitheater steps, starting at the bottom moving up, perform 3 Dips, 1 Box Jump, 1 full imperial Squat Walker. Mosey to the Carillon

    Dora: 100 Merkins / 200 LBCs / 300 SSHs. Partner runs up the Carillon steps, around the back, down the other side. Mosey to the Rusty Cage

    Ab + Bar work: the Pax performs an ab excercise together while each man takes turn running to the bars to perform 5 reps of an excercise, returns back to the pax and sends the next man. Round 1: Jerkins, Round 2: Pull ups, Round 3: Burpee-Ups.

    Mosey back to the flag for Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Awesome to have 2 fresh HIMS at WDog today, Blank Space and Stonk! It just about constituted a WDog Revival. Sounds like they may be regulars, so come out out to the Dog if you haven’t been in a while. Prayers for Hitch as he heads up to the Korean Embassy today to do some legal work for his family. He’s under a lot of stress!

    Congrats to Hutton on 2000 posts!

    Peace to all- SYITG.

  • Toga’s Balls

    8 greats found their way to Mary as the first light of day began to dawn. Here’s what happened:

    COP: Mosey to corner of Grove and Westmoreland. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs // SSHs

    Lindsay: 30 Dips at the Picnic Tables // 10 WW2s at the school entrance. Repeato decreasing and increasing by 5, always total of 40.

    Four Square: Mosey to blacktop, each man grabs a square. 10 Merkins. Shuffle to the right to the next square. 10 Diamond Merkins. shuffle. 10 wide grip Merkins. shuffle. 10 Supermans.

    Dodge Ball! : Mosey to the Tennis Courts. Teams of 4. When you get hit, run to the other end of the courts and do 3 burpees, run back and then jump back into the game. Headshots allowed. After 5 minutes, whichever team has the most players on the court wins- or if you manage to take out every player before knocked-out players can get back in the game. We played 3 five minute games, so many great plays!!

    COP back at the flag, American Hammersx30 IC.

    NMS: We didn’t find Toga’s balls, but his spirit was with us. Prayers for Hitch- big decisions to be made as he figures out what to do after his dad’s stroke.

    SYITG

  • The Happy Triumvirate

    A triumvirate of mighty men gathered at Hoedown to start the week off right. Here’s what happened:

    COP: Mosey to the first Third Church lot. Stretching excercises, including DQ, Cherry Pickers, Helicopters, and other stuff, ending with SSH x48 IC to celebrate YHC’s next lap around the sun. Mosey to middle lot.

    Coupon Triple Triple: Three rounds of three triple checks with coupon work. Round 1: P1 Goblet Squats, P2 Kettle bell swing, P3 run the loop. // Round 2: P1 Lunge pass throughs, P2 overhead press, P3 run the loop // Round 3: P1 – alternate rows 10x P2- Bench press, P3- Run the loop. Deposit the coupons and back to school parking circle

    Final COP: end with some ab work. LBC 25xIC, Freddie Murcury 25xIC, American Hammer 25xIC, WW2 x 25 OYO, Shoulder Taps 10xIC, Merkins 10xIC. Plank/Elbow Plank/Plank.

    Namearama, Numberama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Small numbers but strong men today at Hoedown, grateful for Salt lick and GP, grateful for the new day, the sunny skies, and good company. Grateful for another year of life. SYITG.

  • Not a VQ

    It all started with Fargo challenging me about 3 weeks ago to do a Murph with him on Saturday May 24. I said I’ll do it, but only if you do it at an F3 AO. He said he would think about it, so I went ahead and signed him up on what I thought was May 24, but I accidentally signed him up for May 31. Also, I announced on Slack it was his VQ, but was then informed by the local F3 police (ahem, Handshake) that someone could not use a well-known pre-set workout for their VQ, so although this would be the first time Fargo had ever Q’d, it could not be considered his VQ.

    So all that brings us to Saturday when 7 of us showed up to do a Murph together. We ran a mile, attempted to perform 100 pull ups/200 merkins/300 squats, and then run another mile. Nobody got through the full sets, but we had a lively time and Fargo was mocked excessively, as well as YHC.

    That’s it. Fargo VQ still to come. SYITG.

  • The Ghost of Toga

    A giant swarm of 17 Pax converged at Mary for Day 3 of the Summer Tour. Grateful for some dry weather, our synchronized watches all struck 0530 and we were off. Here’s what happened:

    COP on the blacktop: Deadman hang / helicopters / DQs / Cherry Pickers / Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers / Copperhead Squats / Reverse Scorpion Kicks / LBCs / Merkins / Pickle Pounders. Finished with SSH 21s! Mosey to treeline.

    Chutes and Ladders: Run two trees, perform a set of excercises. Bernie Sanders back one tree, run forward 2 trees, perform excercise. and so forth. 3 rounds. Round 1: Jump Squats 5x / Round 2: WW2s 5x / Round 3: Burpees 3x. Mosey to corner of blacktop

    Triple Check: P1: Jump Squat / P2: LBCs / P3: Run to pull up bar, 5 pull ups, run back. Mosey to Tennis Courts

    Descending Jacobs Ladder Suicides: Round 1: 50 2x Mtn Climbers / Round 2: 40 2x American Hammers / Round 3: 30 Merkins / Round 4: 20 Heels to heaven / Round 5: 10 Burpees

    Mosey around school back to Flag

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Love the way Hutton organized this summer tour! Was really fun to see guys from all over the region come out today. Toga’s ghost was everywhere this morning- but no one got too freaked out. SYITG

  • Live a Bigger Story

    4, no 5, gentlemen of the gloom staggered in for 45 MOM. After processing Gumbo’s relief that he was not abandoned as a lone wolf today, we commenced our beatdown at 531. Here’s what happened:

    COP on the blacktop: Deadman hang / helicopters / DQs / Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers / Copperhead Squats / APDs / LBCs. Mosey to edge of blacktop.

    Descending Jacob’s Ladder: Starting at 100 reps, the Q calls an excercise and a mode of transportation across the blacktop. Modes of transport included a mosey, karaoke, Bernie Sanders, High Knees, Lunges, Broad Jumps, and Sprint. Excercises as follows: 100 SSHs / 90 2 count Mtn Climbers / 80 LBCs / 70 Carolina Dry Docks / 60 2 count American Hammers / 50 Squats / 40 Merkins / 30 WW2s/ 20 Jump Squats / 10 Burpees. Mosey to Tennis Courts

    Quadruple Check: P1: Wall sit on the fence / P2: Shoulder Taps / P3: Pickle Pounders / P4: Run to pull up bars, 5 pull ups, run back. 3 rounds. Mosey back to the parking lot

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Small but great group today. Fargo has made it out twice this week so far, but he’s still working on arrival time ;). Live a story today that is bigger than your own comfort and success!

  • this ain’t no democracy

    Nine fantastic gentlemen gathered for the best AO between Commonwealth and Westmoreland. After discussing the surprisingly chilly tempature and debating what Hitch would be wearing when he leapt out of his car at 0530 (answer: tights, shorts, long sleeve shirt, hoodie, neck gaiter, and sub-zero winter gloves), we were off.

    After a little warmup COP, we jumped straight into the OLD ONE HUNDRED

    OLD 100. Perform a set of exercises, run the track, wait for the six

    • Round 1: 100 Squats. 
    • Round 2: 90 2x Mountain Climbers. 
    • Round 3: 80 2x Flutter Kicks. 
    • Round 4: 70 LBCs. 
    • Round 5: 60 Carolina Drydocks. 
    • Round 6: 50 WW2s. 
    • Round 7: 40 Merkins. 
    • Round 8: 30 Jump Squats. 
    • Round 9: 20 Lunges
    • Round 10: 10 Burpees.

    All in all, lots of good body work, plus at least 2 miles on the track (there is some debate about the distance). There was some attempt to lobby for changes to the routine, but the Q resisted with autocratic might, other than Splinter’s appeal to run a different direction on the track. Nacho Libre wins for most dedicated Pax!

    Great work gents!

  • Big Bang Theory

    Nine of the finest gentlemen of the gloom (plus 3 walkers) converged this morning for 45 minutes of Mary’s best beatdown in RVA. After some complaining from Oyster about various subjects, we moseyed out at 0530: Here’s what happened:

    COP on the blacktop: Deadman hang / helicopters / DQs / Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers / Copperhead squats / LBCs/ other various stretches!

    Big Bang: Elbow Plank in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, with a headlamp at the center. On the YHC’s command, the pax jumps up from plank position, runs 10 paces, performs 10 burpees, then runs back to the circle to plank position // Next Round: 20 paces, 20 Jump Squats // Round 3: 30 paces, 30 merkins // Round 4: 40 paces, 40 LBCs // Round 5: 50 paces, 50 SSHs. Back to plank position for Pickle pounders IC. Mosey to Tennis Courts

    Dora: 100 WW2s / 200 Merkins / 200 Squats. Mosey to corner of school

    Triple Check: P1: Body Rows on Bars / P2: People’s Chair on Wall / P3: Run to pull up bar, 3 solid pull ups, run back. Mosey back to the flag

    COP: some ab work to close

    NMS: Great morning in some last lingering chilly weather! Hitch regaled us with tales of bliss from Dubai. His kids now expect full time maid service.

    There’s so much trouble in the world! Don’t ignore it, but prioritize gratitude. SYITG.

  • Texting with AI Jesus

    It was a lovely morning for five gentleman to convene at the cheapest country club in RVA. Following OBT’s design, and each with our kettlebell or weigh of choice, we worked through 6 sets of Tabata of 4 minutes each, 20 seconds on and 10 second rest. After some quick warm up, we commenced:

    Tabata 1: Goblet Squats. Run a lap.

    Tabata 2: Kettle bell Swing / Romanian Dead lift. run a lap.

    Tabata 3: Alternating Lunge Pass unders. run a lap.

    Tabata 4: Grab a Hurdle, Bent Over Rows (alternating). Run a lap.

    Tabta 5: Tricep Presses. Run a lap.

    Tabata 6: Ab work. Run a lap.

    NMS: Hitchhiker was predictably late. My tabata timer shut down mid workout. Good conversation about AI horrors and opportunities, March madness, and ongoing debate about Hitch’s hair growth products. This is one of the best full body + cardio workouts in the region! well done sirs.