Author: Bodo’s

  • Go for the Headshot

    4 men ready to dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge converged at Mary for an early morning dodgefest. Here’s what happened:

    COP: standard fare

    7 of Diamonds on the blacktop: 7 Burpees in each corner. 2nd round: 14 4x Flutters // 21 Merkins // 28 squats // 21 Carolina Drydocks // 14 LBCs // 7 WW2s.

    Dodgeball! Seymore + Bodos v. Last Call + Hitchhiker. If you get hit, run to the other end of the tennis courts, 3 burpees, run back and jump back in the game. If both men get knocked out before the other is back, game over. Team Seymore + Bodos edged out the win 2 games to 1.

    Play of the day goes to Hitchhiker, who caught a ball hurled at him by Seymore while holding 3 other balls.

    SMS: Apparently dodgeball is not a draw for the pax. Really want to do this again with a bigger group- it’s SO MUCH FUN . We did find TYA huddled in a corner of the blacktop trying to repair his bike, but he would not join us. Neither would 4 other guys working out around the playground. And Handshake slept in. ?

  • Mr. Rogers, we really should coordinate next time

    With the menu all planned out and all the ingredients bought for dinner for our friends at the Daily Planet on Sunday night, I was ready to cook up the meal for 10: Baked Spaghetti, caesar salad, bread, and cookies for dessert. Then I happened to see Mr Roger’s backblast from what he brought the night before: Baked Spaghetti, caesar salad, bread, and cookies for dessert. I guess great minds think alike?

    Anyway, Oyster said it was no big deal, so one of my 2.0s and I brought the meal and it was joyfully welcomed despite the repetitive menu. If they were sick of baked spaghetti, they didn’t let on.

    This is a great way we can quietly serve, and a great way to include your 2.0s. Thanks Oyster for coordinating and Upchuck for leading it all those years.

  • Born to Burpee

    7 studs said no to the fartsack and gathered for a beatdown at Mary. Here’s what went down:

    Quick COP on the corner of Commonwealth and Grove.

    Burpee Alley: Run the length of Hanover from Commonwealth to Shadwell and perform 3 burpees at every lamppost/streetlight. Crunchy Frogs IC for the six. Mosey across Grove to parking lot.

    Wall to Wall: Partner up. Round 1: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2x Chicken Peckers, P2 People’s chair 3x. // Round 2: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 Donkey Kicks, P2 wall sit. 3x. // Round 3: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2x Dirty Hookups, P2 Chicken Peckers, or balls to wall. 3x. Mosey east down Grove to Lock Lane. 

    Lock Lane: Stop midway for ab exercises IC

    Triple Check in the First Pres lot P1: WW2s // P2: Hand release merkins // P3: Run to fence, Bernie back. Audible after 2 rounds. Mosey back to Mary. Stop on the corner of Westover and Cary for more ab exercises.

    COP : LBCs, end with some up downs.

    NMS: a fun group this morning, lots of good mumble chatter, also lots of running. Shakedown is happy to take his shoes off and show you his five finger toe socks.

  • Bleeder’s Revenge

    An intrepid six convened for 45MOM. After some COP stretching, we jumped right in.

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

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

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Is the track at MM really .25 miles as claimed? Lots of mumblechatter and testing of distances to determine the answer. Bleeder saved all his energy for the very last sprint back to the flag- the man’s still got it.

  • The Violent Bear It Away

    Eight, no nine, no eight morning warriors with simmering violence in their souls converged at Hoedown at 0530. Here’s what went down:

    COP at the first Third Church lot: standard fare.

    Merkin Jax (c/o Florence) 1:4 ratio : 1 merkin, 4 plank jax, 2 merkins, 8 plank jax, up to 5/20 and all the way back down. Mosey to middle lot

    Triple check: P1: Block thrusters , P2: American Hammers , P3: Run the lot. // Round 2: P1: Chest Press, P2: Flutter Kicks, P3: Run the lot. // Round 3: P1 Block Swings, P2: LBCs, P3: Run the lot. Repeato the whole thing with P3 running Bernie Sanders. Mosey to back church lot.

    11s: Burpees and WW2s. Mosey back to the start.

    COP: Oblique Merkins, Elbow plank

    NMS: Having watched John Wick 4 at the theater last night and having drunk 64 ounces of coke, the Q was running on little sleep and lots of violent fight scenes in his head. One of the first semi-humid mornings where a towel and change of shirt is needed for the drive home. A portent of things to come. Great to have Snuff up north of the river, hope Singer’s GI is ok. SYITG

  • Prime Time

    The perfect prime of 11 men gathered in the gloom on the 23rd of the 3rd month in the 23rd year of the current age. Here’s what transpired:

    COP on the corner of Grove and Westmoreland. Dead man hang / helicopters / DQs / Russian Soldiers / Imperial Walkers / APDs / LBCs / Plank Jacks / Froggers / Elbow Planks/ Pickle pounders/ SSHs

    10×10: At the picnic tables, 10 incline merkins, 10 dips, 10 boxjumps or step up, run to the sidewalk and back. That’s one round. Do 10 sets. Mosey to the Tree line.

    Treeline: Round 1- 5 Squats at each tree. / Round 2- 5 WW2s at each tree / Round 3 – 3 Burpees at each tree.

    Final COP – Various Plank Exercises

    NMS: That 10×10 took a lot longer than anticipated! 11 is a great prime number but not so great for parters or triple checks, so good to do group work together today. Thanks for letting me lead! SYITG

  • First for the First

    10 crazy ruffians arose long before the dawn was even contemplating the new day to exercise and tell jokes. Here’s what went down:

    COP on the front church patio after a mosey. Dead man hang / helicopters / DQs / Russian Soldiers / Imperial Walkers / APDs / LBCs / Hand Release Merkins / Planks to Peter Parkers/ Plank Jacks / Elbow Planks/ Pickle pounders not to be confused with Chicken Peckers / Plank. SSHs 21s- 5 Burpees

    Dora in the back lot. 100 Jump Squats / 200 Merkins / 300 2x Flutters. Parter runs to half point, bernie back, full lot, bernie back.

    Wall exercises: Wall sits with body taps / Dirty Hookups/ Donkey Kicks, all IC

    Triple Check back at the starting lot: P1 Squat Thrusters with coupon/ P2 Reverse Crunch / P3: Run the loop

    COP: Up Downs x20, end with some yoga

    NMS: Happy to be received as a First Watch stepchild and lead my first Q at this auspicious AO. Apologies to the Pax for the swearing and hard driving, but better it comes out with the Pax than at the church. Upchuck made an incognito appearance at some point and left a case of Yuengling for Kubota, but disappointingly Kubota did not share with the pax. Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • 7 Years Strong (well, not really, sorta)

    9 mighty men and 3 walkers on the IR showed up in the pre dawn darkness for a Thursday beatdown. Here’s how it went down:

    COP on the Blacktop: Deadman hang // Imperial Walkers // Ukrainian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs // Hand release Merkins // Pickle Pounders // 21s SSHs, Hitchhiker strikes again

    7 of Diamonds: 4 corners on the blacktop with exercises in increments of 7 in each corner: 7 Plank Jacks x 4 // 14 Merkins x4 // 21 LBCs x 4 // 28 Jump squats x 4 // 21 Flutter Kicks x4 // 14 Carolina Dry Docks // 7 Burpees x 4

    Steal the Bacon! 2 groups of 4, number called and race to the bacon. Losing team does 5 burpees.

    COP: Flutter Kicks // LBCs // Oblique LBCs // Freddy Mercuries

    SMS: On this day 7 years ago YHC showed up and received the name Bodos by one Honeydo. It was many months before the 2nd post, and it was several years after that before the VQ. Swirly demands that I subtract the first 3 years from my record, but I’m just grateful that it eventually stuck. It’s the small everyday habits that ultimately define a life, and this is a good one.

    Noted that Steal the Bacon always ends up with an injury, apologies to Upchuck for the slide tackle. Ask TYA to kiss your boo boo.

    SYITG

  • No Presidents For You

    A perfectly divisible six converged on President’s Day. With some regulars no doubt heading to the Batteau revival, the six faithful Hoedowners forged onward. Here’s what happened:

    COP in the first Third Church lot: Yoga stretches // Imperial Walkers // Ukrainian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs // Hand release Merkins // Pickle Pounders // SSHs. Mosey to middle church lot

    Triple Check #1: P1: Squat Thrusters with Coupon // P2: American Hammers // P3: Run the lot

    Coupon work: Curls // Kettle Bell Swings // Bench Press. ICx20, 3 rounds. Mosey back to the school

    Elevens: Bearcrawl up the Concrete slope. Merkins and WW2s.

    Triple Check #2 at the Drop off loop. P1: Dirty Hookups on the wall // P2: Burpees // p3: Run the loop

    COP: Flutter Kicks // LBCs // Oblique LBCs // Freddy Mercuries

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    NMS: The legend of YHC’s destructiveness continued as a coupon spontaneously exploded apparently with the sheer power of the hand grip. Great morning, great temp, great to be with you guys to start the week. SYITG

  • Hit the Deck

    10 of Richmond’s finest celebrated TGIF with an early morning run/walk/mosey. For those of us who started at 5:30, here’s what we did:

    > West on Grove
    > Right on Granite
    > Left on Patterson
    > Run past the new Westhampton Commons and take immediate right into the back parking area
    > Mosey to Parking Garage Entrance

    4 milers: Run up to Level 3 of Parking Deck, run back down, back to Mary the same way
    5 milers: Run 2x all the way to the top of level 6 of the Parking Deck, run Back Down. Then Run back to Mary the same way
    6 milers: Run 2 x all the way to the top of level 6 of the Parking Deck, run back down. Run past Mary Munford, Left on Malvern, Left on Stuart, Left on Woodlawn, Right on Grove. End at Mary

    NMS: Have wanted to employ the new parking deck on Patterson into a run or workout for a while. Our GPS watches were thoroughly confused running up and down the levels, but the mileage worked out somehow. Splinter nearly soiled his briefs and took the Lord’s name in vain but you’ll have to ask him about that.