Author: Bodo’s

  • You Can Do Anything for 5 Minutes

    A perfectly divisible 12 converged at 0530 on the darkest AO in Tuckahoe. Here’s what transpired:

    COP after a mosey down to the bottom of Lindsay Court: Deadman Hang // Helicopters // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // Copperhead Squats // ADPs // LBCs // Peter Parkers // Hand Release Merkins // Pickle Pounders // SSHs

    Up the Hill: parter up. P1 runs to the top of Lindsay and back to P2, while P2 bear crawls up the hill. Switch. Next round: Lunges. Next round: Broadjump Burpees. All the way to the top of the hill. Mosey to Third Church middle lot

    Triple Check: each triad grab a coupon. Round 1: P1 Squat Thrusters // P2 American Hammers // P3 Run the loop. Round 2: P1 Bench Press // P2 Flutter Kicks // P3 Bernie Sanders to end of lot, mosey back. Round 3: P1 Block Swings, P2 LBCs, P3 Bearcrawl to short end of lot, mosey back. Mosey back to TES

    Crash Landing: 2 minutes of mini sixes: 5 merkins + 1 Burpee, 4 Merkins + 2 burpees, all the way up to 1 +5.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Gratefully receive and faithfully steward the gift of life!

  • The Humidity Strikes Back

    7 HIMs, with a recovering TYA chaperoning, gathered for a field trip. With TYA’s permission, we ventured out on our own.

    COP: Soft start in the teacher’s lot. Deadman Hang // Helicopters // DQs // Copperhead squats // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // SSHs. Mosey to corner of Westmoreland and Hanover.

    Burpee Alley: Run the length of Hanover from Westmoreland to Shadwell and perform 3 burpees at every lamppost. Mosey across Grove to parking lot.

    Wall to Wall: Partner up at Jenny Maragy’s lot. Round 1: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2x Chicken Peckers, P2 Wall Sit with overhead press. 3x. // Round 2: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 Donkey Kicks, P2 wall sit with milking the cow (or yak). 3x. // Round 3: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2-count dirty hookups, P2 Wall sit with toes/knees/hands in the air. 3x. Mosey east down Grove to Lock Lane. 

    Lock Lane: Stop at every lamppost, 3 WW2s, all the way to First Pres lot.

    Triple Check in the 1st Pres lot.: P1: American Hammers , P2: Lt Dans, P3: Bernie Sanders to the end of the lot, run back. Mosey down Cary back to Mary Mumford

    Pull Up Circle: PAX incline merkins while each guy takes turns doing 3 pulls up. 2nd round LBCs.

    Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Great work this morning, field trips are always fun. Temp felt great at the beginning but the humidity struck back with a serious vengeance. Good sharing about the need for vulnerability and compassion in our friendships. Strength is not the absence of weakness, but the capacity to admit weakness and having the kind of friends who will hold you up and make you better.

  • Lady Gaga and the Gang

    Nine of RVA’s finest gentlemen converged in the dark lot of Mary for a Thursday morning beatdown. Seeing that YHC drove past the PAX at 5:25 to make a drop off on the blacktop, Pucker asked if there was a “surprise” waiting for later in the workout. Indeed there was…

    COP on the blacktop. Normal COP stuff today

    Chutes and Ladders at the Treeline: Run two trees, Bernie Sanders back one tree, 5 merkins. Then run two more trees, back one tree, 5 more merkins. Rinse and repeat to the last tree.
    Round 2: Same program with WW2s.
    Round 3: Same program with 3 Burpees at each tree

    GAGA BALL: The pax moseyed back to the Gaga Pit, at which point the SURPRISE Q emerged in the person of 10 year old Franny Widmer, aka Lady Gaga, aka Poker face ,aka Gagaball champion of Mary Munford school. Franny instructed the Pax on the rules of Gagaball, although she suspiciously continued to update us on the rules through the play. The pax played several rousing games of Gagaball, the twist being that when eliminated you step out of the pit and perform the exercises directed by the Q. Franny won most of the games but the grown men won a couple too.

    TRIPLE CHECK: P1: Wall sit, P2: American Hammers, P3: run to the benches at the front of the school, 5 dips, run back.

    COP, COT, Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out

    NMS: Thanks for welcoming the surprise Q today. Last night when talking to Franny about my ideas for the workout this morning, Franny suggested Gagaball , and suggested that she herself could come and teach us how to play. Kudos to the kid who was willing to wake up at 5am on summer vacation and show us the ropes!

  • It’s not a Joke

    A perfectly divisible twelve gathered in the gloom for 45 minutes of Marian joy. Once it was clear that Fudd was indeed present and it was not just an apparition, we moseyed forth at 0530. Here’s what went down:

    COP on the blacktop: normal Bodos stuff

    Triple Check: P1: Copperhead Squats // P2: Ab exercises called by the Q // P3: Run to the pavilion, 50 jump ropes, run back. Switch.

    Dora on the tennis courts: 100 Merkins // 200 LBCs // 300 SSHs

    Ring of Pull ups: Plank up around the pull up bars and each pax member jumps up in turn to preform 5 pull ups. Second round:3 pull ups while pax performed incline merkins.

    Numerama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: We’ve all been talking about Fudd moving back to RVA for a while, but Swirly thought it was a big joke until today. Anthrax just learned what a “backblast” is and didn’t know about “Slack.” Fudd kept complaining about how humid it was, apparently no one sweats in Colorado. Welcome back buddy!

  • Balls in the Mist: Reprise

    12 warriors and the ghost of Toga gathered in the mist for 45 minutes of Mary. Here’s what transpired:

    COP: Mosey to corner of Grove and Westmoreland. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Acorn Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // 1 legged APDs // LBCs // Hand release Merkins // Inverted Crabcakes // Elbow Plank to Pickle Pounders // SSHs 21s // 5 burpees

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

    Dodge Ball! : Mosey to the Tennis Courts. Teams of 6. 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. We played 3 five minute games, Team A (aka “shitheads”) won one game and Team B (aka “awesomeness”) won 2 games.

    COP back at the flag, American Hammersx50 IC.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: It felt like a reprise of the most commented BB ever with the misty weather and plenty of slippery balls. Many amazing sports-center worthy plays, and many terrible middle aged men throws. Handshake had some highlight moments, TYA is surprisingly wily, and Shiplap likes taking out men nearly twice his age. so much fun!

    Praying for comfort, peace, justice and change for the people of Uvalde and for our violent society.

  • Messed Up Math

    Ten of RVA’s finest convened in a dark parking lot to start the week out strong. Here’s what transpired:

    COP: Mosey to back lot at Third Church office building. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // 1 legged APDs // LBCs // Hand release Merkinss // Inverted Crabcakes // Elbow Plank to Pickle Pounders // SSHs

    Elevens: Bear crawl to other side of the lot, 10 Merkins, Jog back to where you started, 1 Squat. 9 then 2, 8 then 3, and so on.

    Triple Check: Mosey up to the middle Third lot and each triad grabs a coupon. Round of 3s: Squat Thrusters // WW2s // Run the circle. Round of 2s: Kettle Bell swings // American Hammers // Run the circle. Round of 1: Block Burpees // WW2s // Sprint the circle.

    Grab a partner and a coupon. Round 1: Each partner 30 Curls while other other partner APDs. Round 2: 30 Shoulder Presses // Copperhead squats. Round 3: 30 Bench Press // SSHs. Round 4: 30 Body Rows // High Knees. Mosey to back lot of Third Church

    Suicide + Burpees. Sprint to the end of the lot, 1 Burpee, rest 5 seconds. Sprint to other end, 2 Burpees, rest 5 seconds. Repeat until the Q says stop. Mosey back to the flag.

    NMS: Great to have slightly cooler temps and a light breeze. Math was a bit messed up today – thought we had 9 guys for triple check but had one extra, then thought we needed 6 coupons for partner work but only needed 5. Arithmetic is not YHC’s strong subject.

  • Intermitent Fasting?

    No Q on the sheet today. Most runners ran the serpentine route, bikers biked, good cardio was had by all.

    Make a good one guys.

  • New Picnic Tables? Claimed by the PAX

    Nine intimate friends of Mary rendezvoused with her in the pre dawn darkness. After sparring with Saab who attempted to steal the Q, we were off at 0530.

    COP on the blacktop: Deadman hang // Helicopters // Cherry Pickers // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs // Hand release merkins // Peter Parkers // Elbow Plank // Pickle Pounders // SSHs. Mosey to corner of school campus to the new picnic tables.

    Picnic Table Madness

    Exercise 1: Wing Nuts
    Sitting on picnic table, feet under bench, leaned 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. Complete in 4-count cadence. 3 sets of 10.

    Exercise 2: Marios
    Box Jump up to seat. Then box jump to table top. Step down to the other side all the way to the ground. That’s 1 set. Do 10 sets.

    Exercise 3: Coyote Uglys
    Starting in a wheel barrow position with partner, P1 will start on the ground and step up to picnic table seat with their hands, step up to top of the table, step down to the seat, step back down to the ground. That completes 1 rep. Goal is 5 reps, then switch with Partner.

    Exercise 4: Hail Marys
    First man planking on ground, second man with his legs on first back doing 20 dips with his hands on picnic table. each do 3 sets

    Doracide at the Tennis Courts

    Runner: Run to 50, Bernie Sanders back to 25, Run to 75, Bernie sanders back to 50, Run to 100, back to the start. // Team: 100 Merkins, 200 WW2s, 300 Squats.

    BONUS ROUND: Suicides OYO, at each stop do some burpees. 2 then 3 then 4 then 5.

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

    NMS: Lots of ridiculous mumble chatter today. Could hardly hear the cadence count in the COP, there was so much mockery happening. Nevertheless, a glorious morning with good friends. Well done sirs.

  • Spring Break Special

    Garbage Plate showed up at the last second this morning to round out a perfect Triple-Check-ready nine. We took off in the gloom at 0530 ready for a new week. Here’s what happened:

    COP in the parking lot behind the Center for Christian Counseling : Arm Circles // Helicopters // DQs // Ukranian Soldiers // Crabcakes // Hand release merkins // LBCs// Inverted Crab Cakes // Elbow Plank // Pickle Pounders // SSHs. Mosey to Lot behind Third Church

    1st & 10s: Run to the first parking space line, perform 10 Merkins, 1 Burpee, sprint to the end of the lot. Jog back to the second line, perform 9 Merkins, 2 Burpees, sprint to the end of the lot, jog back to the third, and so on, until the 10th line (1 merkin, 10 burpees). Mosey to middle Third lot.

    Triple Check: each triad grab a coupon. Round 1: P1 Squat Thrusters // P2 WW2s // P3 Run the loop. Round 2: P1 Curls // P2 Flutter Kicks // P3 Run to end of lot, bernie sanders back. Mosey around TES to the field behind the school.

    Lindsays: Start with 30 Swerkins (pumping leg exercise on the swing set), 10 Jump Squats. Next round, 25 and 15, and so on.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    NMS: Spring break week for public school kids meant a slightly smaller group, but lots of fun with us 9 knuckleheads. Coffeeteria afterwards included stories about the surprising vocations of strangers encountered while traveling.

  • March Gladness

    An elite eight made their way out of the fartsack to gather for 45 minutes of beatdown. According to the running man circling us like a bat out of hell, here’s what transpired:

    COP: Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Ukrainian Soldiers // ADPs // LBCs // Merkins // Elbow Plank // Pickle Pounders

    7 of Diamonds: On the blacktop, run from corner to corner, performa exercises in increments of 7. 7 Jump squats // Next round: 14 Merkins each corner // 21 LBCs // 28 squats // 21 2-count flutter kicks // 14 carolina dry-docks // 7 Burpees.

    Knockout! : We played 3 rousing rounds of knockout at the basketball court. SSH while waiting in line, American Hammers and WW2s when you get knocked out. Honeydo won 1 game, Upchuck won 2!

    Final COP: Crunchy frogs, 5 Burpees OYO

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: Being the last day of March, and having not enjoyed basketball in the darkness thus far this month, YHC thought it was fitting to end the month with a game of knockout. It was shocking how many of the guys had never played this game! Super fun time and thanks guys for giving it a go.

    In this season of Lent, let’s all be brave enough to face up to the darkest places in our own souls, and ask God and other people for help.

    peace+