Author: Dealer

HOT Potato Q all the way.

Machismo warmed us up with some slow dawg DQs and some arm circles much to Last Calls’s delight.

I’m really invested here writing this.

Then Machismo made us do various movements between light poles all the way down the hill including high knees, butt kicks, Bernies, murder gorillas, crab walks, lunges, you name it.

Then Belay made us run to light posts, Bernie back one, and hit some Mercans all the way back up the hill.

Then I had the last 5 minutes which is how I got stuck with writing this. Made the dudes run and hit abs. Nuff said.

Prayed for our health, others dealing with physical, spiritual, or mental health issues, prayed for our care takers. Appreciated the men and the work today. Last Call and Scram want to run more next time.

WARMARAMA: Mosey to bus loop for warms that included helicopters, dead man hangs, cherry pickers, mountain climbers, merkins, sprinkling of broga, and some LBCs. 

Mosey down the hill to cul de sac behind turf field. Stop halfway down and hit mountain climbers in cadence. Recover.

After arriving at cul de sac, hit more mountain climbers in cadence. 

COP 1: Starting in the cul de sac and moving uphill, stop at each street light and perform a letter of BLIMPS going up by 10 reps each time:

B.L.I.M.P.S

• B – Burpees 10x
• L – Lunges 20x (single count)
• I – Imperial Walkers 30x
• M – Merkins (no cheat) 40x
• P – Plank Jacks 50x
• S – Squats 60x

Recover. Another set of mountain climbers in cadence. The hardest (physical) part of GTE 47 for me was the combo bear crawl and mountain climbers with rucksack on our first cadre Flight Nurse pushed us through. He smoked us on those exercises for 90 minutes before we even left Forest Hill Park. Today’s mountain climbers were in honor of my GTE brothers. 

Mosey to ramp for Jerkin Gym.

COP 2: Line up at handicap ramp single file for Jerkin Gym. Each man takes a section. 7 jerkins then 7 dips OYO. Leapfrog to next open slot. Repeat all the way up. Dropped to 5 reps a piece halfway up. 

Mosey up to bus loop for another round of mountain climbers I cadence. 

COP 3: Perform a set of exercises, then run a lap around the bus loop for Dirty 100:

• 100 SSHs, run a lap
• 90 2x Flutter Kicks, run a lap
• 80 Squats, run a lap
• 70 LBCs, run a lap
• 60 2x Mtn Climbers, run a lap
• 50 Lunges

Mosey BTTF for 30 seconds of mountain climbers. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Honor our fallen soldiers by doing Murph at Rock n Roll on Saturday at 0700. Hit Tredegar Iron Works (Belle Isle parking lot) on Monday at 0700 for convergence. 

PRAYERS: For graduates this weekend, for those traveling / coming home for the holiday, for lighter times at work, for our fallen soldiers. USA

11 country boys rolled up to the Forge Truck Stop to show off their lift kits and knobby mud tires treads. A few showed up in cars but expressed they’d be trading them in for pickups this weekend. 

WARMERAMA: Mosey to bus loop and circle up. YHC led PAX through SSHs, Dead Man Hangs, Cherry pickers, ‘Mericans, planks, LBCs…

COP #1: The BEAST – 6 exercises, performing 6 reps at 6 stops on the football field). Start at goal line, sprint to 25yd line and do 6 reps, then to 50yd line and do 6 reps, then to 25yd line in other side of field and do 6 reps, then turn around and come back making each stop. Hold Plank until six is in. Exercises: Rd. 1 – Merkins; Rd. 2 – WWIs; Rd. 3 – Walking lunges; ; Rd. 4 – Burpees; Rd. 5 – American Hammers; Rd. 6 – Jump squats

Mosey to wall for a minute of People’s Chair. 

COP #2: Build a Beast – Find a hill then: 5 Burpees, run up and back; 5 Burpees, 5 Scrunchy Frogs, run up and back; 5 Burpees, 5 Scrunchy Frogs, 10 Ball Dippers

COP #3: Sprint for the Stars and Stripes – 75% sprint across parking lot to flag. Drop for 10 Americans at flag. Jog back to start line; 100% sprint across parking lot to flag. Drop for 10 Shoulder Tap Pushups

Circle up for plank and 10-count of Mountain Climbers in cadence. MOSEY BTTF

COT: Counterama #11; Namerama; Announcerama; YHC took PAX out in prayer

NMS: Good crowd today. Inspiring to see so many men pushing themselves to be better. Glad to welcome FNG TIN MAN into our fold. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Register for GrowRuck. Practice on Saturday at 06:00 before Rock n Roll. Or on Sunday at 06:00 at Forest Hill Park Stone House (ends 08:00). DTH will have a treat for those who show up on Sunday. 

PRAYERS: Prayers for Marie (Machismo’s friend) and anyone/anything else we were thinking about this morning but did verbalize.

8 studs hit some track work for the win in the balmy spring weather. 

WARMERAMA:

Mosey to turf field and circle up on 50 yard line. YHC led PAX through SSHs, Dead Man Hangs, Cherry pickers, ‘Mericans, planks, LBCs, and a smidgen of Broga to tickle Last Call’s fancy. 

COP #1 (and only)

Affectionately called “Don’t Let Doozy Lap Ya,” all but one of us (shout out to DTH) succumbed. 

Perform a set of exercises, then run a loop around the track.

• 100 LBCs, 10 burpees, run a lap
• 90 Flutter Kicks, 9 burpees, run a lap
• 80 Mountain Climbers, 8 burpees, run a lap
• 70 Freddie Mercurys, 7 burpees, run a lap
• 60 American Hammers, 6 burpees, run a lap
• 50 Scrunchy Frogs, 5 burpees, run a lap
• 40 WW2s, 4 burpees, run a lap
• 30 Rosalitas, 3 burpees, run a lap
• 20 WWIs, 2 burpees, run a lap
• 10 Plank Jacks, 1 burpee, run a lap

MOSEY BTTF

Stayed tight as a group since workout was a lot of you v. you.

COT

Counterama #8, Namerama, Announcerama, YHC took PAX out in prayer

NMS

Enjoyed the opportunity to lead you boys this morning. It was a good you v. you fight so keep that drive alive by showing up to F3. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Register for GrowRuck. And, attend a weekly ruck: Wednesdays 0530 at Huguenot Flatwater; Saturdays 0600 before Rock n Roll; Sundays (missing details).

PRAYERS

Prayers for DTH and Machismo’s travels, Last Call’s son, NTB’s growing fam, and anyone/anything else we were thinking about this morning but did verbalize. 

11 scouts warmed the 24 degree air with exercise and mumble chatter.

WARMUP: Mosey down hill for warmup. Side straddle hops, DQs, cherry pickers dead man hangs, planks, and some mericans. Run back up hill but stop at each light to perform B.L.I.M.P.S. Street light #1: B – burpees x15. Street light #2: L – lunges x 20. So on and so forth:

B.L.I.M.P.S

• B – Burpees 15x
• L – Lunges 20x (single count)
• I – Imperial Walkers 25x
• M – Merkins (no cheat) 30x
• P – Plank Jacks 35x
• S – Squats 40x

JERKIN GYM: Stop at handicap ramp/jerkin gym after 1 round. Line up single file; each man takes a section. 10 jerkins then 10 dips OYO. Leapfrog to next open slot. Repeat all the way up.

Mosey.  

FOUR CORNERS WITH HILLS: Prostitute style. Corner 1 – 10 mericans. Corner 2 – 20 squats. Corner 3 – 30 American hammers. Corner 4 – 40 monkey humpers. 

End with B.L.I.M.P.S. x5 reps at each street light back to flag. Hold plank 6” off ground for 1.5 minutes. 

Pray for Richard. Pray for us. Show up when you are needed. 

9 brothers hit the HHS freezer to honor the snake.

Mosey to bus circle for some curb-to-curb merkins/bear crawls and dips/crab walks. Mosey to another parking lot for side straddle hops, DQs, cherry pickers, and a sampling of Broga to complete the warmup.

Mosey to the soft, dry comfort of the turf football field for The Snake.

Start on corner of the field where goal line and sideline meet. Run along the goal line to opposite sideline. Run up sideline to 5-yard line, then run along 5-yard line to opposite sideline. Run up sideline to 10-yard line then drop for 10 merkins. Run along 10-yard line to opposite sideline, up sideline, back across 15-yard line, up sideline to 20 then drop for 20 mountain climbers. Repeat – 30 merkins at 30-yard line, 40 mountain climbers at 40-yard line, 50 merkins at 50-yard line. 

Halftime guest performance by Doozy singing his hit single “Man Killers.”

Do The Snake run on the back half of the field doing 50 American hammers, 40 flutters, 30 hammers, 20 flutters, and 10 hammers.

Mosey back to flag but hit Peoples Chair for a two minute hold.

Enjoyed the fellowship and mumble chatter and prayer. I’m not bringing my mom next week.

WARMARAMA
Mosey to the MS parking lot and ease into the warm up with dead man hangs. The copious amounts of groaning and moaning from the PAX during dead man hangs set a strong tone for the rest of the morning. Also mixed in Cherry Pickers, Merkins, DQs, Freddie Mercurys, LBCs, and helicopters.

THE THANG
Experimented with a new pearl called Clockwork Orange. Each man stands on side of hill. With feet in the center of the clock, do 1 burpee (at 1 o’clock), 2 WW2s (at 2 o’clock), 3 burpees (at 3 o’clock), 4 WW2s (at 4 o’clock), all the way around the clock until 12 o’clock. Needs improvement (i.e., do on flat surface or less steep hill).

No Mercy Mile was next on the list. Line up on track. Lap 1: 25 Merkins at midpoint of straightaway, run to curve, Bear Crawl curve, run to midpoint of straightaway, do 25WW2s, run to curve, Lunge curve. Lap 1 done. Rinse and repeat. Lap 2: wide grip Merkins, Bear Crawl curve, Alabama Prom Dates (even more moaning than the Dead Man Hangs during Warmarama), Lunge curve. Lap 3: More of the same but swapped Bear Crawls for Bernie Sanders and Lunges for Reverse Lunges. Only finished 3 laps because of time.

BTTF
Moseyed back to start after 25 Jerkins on an unsuspecting pole.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Machismo’s office is coming along. Possible destination for a beer (not work) in the future.

NMS
Good to be with you boys this morning. Enjoyed the laughs and the rolling down the hill during Clockwork Orange. Also appreciate the life and family updates during our No Mercy Mile – really 3/4 mile.

7 roughnecks played 7 of Diamonds dealt by Dealer and enjoyed a burpee sandwich for dessert (Last Call’s favorite).

COP – Mosey to tennis courts for a mish-mash of side straddle hops, Ukrainian soldiers, dead man hangs, merkans, WWIIs with a few others. Eagle eye Machismo spotted Hardywood and Don Draper a quarter-mile away at the top lot and cat whistled for them to join us.

THE THANG – Played 7 of Diamonds on the plush turf football fields to protect our soft hands and old backs. 7 rounds of exercises done at each of the four corners of the diamond. Rounds 1-4 increase reps by 7; rounds 5-7 decrease reps by 7. For the first round, we did 7 burpees at each of the 4 corners with a mosey in between corners. Rd. 2 – 14 WWIIs at each corner with a mosey in between. Rd. 3 – 21 merkans at each corner. Rd. 4 – 28 squats…Rd. 5 21 mountain climbers 2-count…Rd. 6 14 LBCs…and finally Rd. 7 7 burpees hence the burpee sandwich.

Moseyed to ramp to practice a slice of Old Glory in honor of Dr. Try Hard (DTH) who is practicing good halfway around the world. Bear crawled halfway up ramp; lunged second half of ramp; 20 jerkins at top. Threw in 5 more burpees for good luck and mounted a 1-minute offensive on a coupon Machismo had in tow (work trailer).

Numberama, namerama, announcements (Diamond Billards tomorrow at 5/530 PM) for beers, pool, and fellowship. Prayed for Machismo’s growing business, DTH’s mission, and generally showing up well on all paths we walk.