Author: Dr Tryhard

  • The FIGO Variable

    6 West-Ender HIM’s donned their toboggans and answered the call to join DTH for a frosty beatdown on the Heartbreak tundra. Here’s how we showed Figo (2nd-ever post) a good time:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • x1.5 Mosey laps around the parking lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom – Nancy Kerrigans, Imperial Squat Walkers, DQ’s, Opus, etc

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey around the the bus loop covered area and every man pick a pole for Pole-smokers x30 IC
    • Followed by WWII’s and Oblique LBC’s IC

    COP #2:

    • Line up on the wall for WALL WORK
    • x20 Hoedown’s IC
    • x15 Hip Slappers IC
    • x10 Dirty Hookup (ea side)
    • Then mosey and sprint around the bus lanes

    COP #3:

    • INDIGENOUS POLE BEARS
    • PAX complete pole smokers while last PAX bear crawls to front and restarts pole smokers. Continue end to end.
    • Mosey around back of school and down to the track

    COP #4:

    • TRACK WORK
    • Mosey around the track stopping every quarter for variable exercises – Dips, Copperhead Squats, Incline Mericans, Monkey Humpers, Raise the Roof in People’s Chair (les by PIGSKIN), Lt Dan’s (led by MR ROGERS), more dips, and then a finale loop with just variable movements

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Been too long since I’ve rubbed elbows with the Heartbreak gang (last time was playing Ultimate!) but having a brother from church “FIGO” living in the Short Pump area seemed like a fantastic reason to introduce him to an AO closer to home. Appreciate you guys coming out on a frosty morning and giving this workout solid effort. Handshake commented it was much better than if YHC hadn’t been looking out for a newer brother. Maybe true… will just have to come back and supply the over-unders in the muddy snow you missed out on. SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

  • Flash Mob Ruck

    A crowd of SIXTEEN mother ruckin heroes stormed the dark paths of Rockwood keeping a 14.5min/mile pace with a few stops to stay together and stretch. Mudslide again provided the course, and a total of 3.2 miles was achieved in about 50min of rucking. Big welcome to a few new ruckers – Meatball, The Block, Tobit and McRib. And welcome back to Doublemint who’s been away too long. LOVE the energy this GrowRuck is spurring in our Region – let’s keep it going and get everyone Registered for GTE#47!

    !REGISTER HERE! — https://growruck.com/event/gte-47/

    TOMORROW (Sun 1/14, 0600) RUCK at Pump House Park – see Slack

  • Getting Hard at Morning Wood

    A dozen hardened SOJ vets gave Rockwood the Morning Wood salute, with 9 GTE HIM’s Rucking 3.6 miles, Boberry joining Big Rig completing a pre-gloom half marathon (no big deal…), and State Farm getting swolt on the pull-up bars working on his “grip strength” …if that’s not the perfect Morning Wood joke, not sure what is… Anyway, way to get after it this morning gentlemen! SYITG, DTH

    TOMORROW: 7am Ruck kicks off at the Stone House at Forrest Hill Park, coffee after

    REGISTER FOR GTE #47 !!! https://growruck.com/event/gte-47/

  • First Forge of 24

    The fiery Forge welcomed 8 blades ready for hammering, including 7 SOJ regulars and 1 WestHo escapee. It seems a hostage exchange with FW may be in order to get NTB back to home turf… JK, we’ll keep Lockjaw and ya’ll can have that bum NTB. Here’s how these 8 HIM’s got after it:

    The THANG: 

    LOVE HILL WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the bottom of Love Hill and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps with a run up and down the hill between sets

    COP #1: 

    • BATTAN DEATH MARCH 
    • Line up at bottom of handicap ramp, Lunge walk length of ramp with last man doing x5 Burpees then running to front

    COP #2:

    • BAR BUDDY
    • Partner up and complete x3 Rounds of:
    • x10 Jerkins each
    • x10 Cliffhanger Mericans
    • x10 Dips

    COP #3:

    • Mosey up to the school awning
    • SIX MINUTES OF MARY
    • Circle up for IC Core reps

    COP #4:

    • Mosey around to the Amphitheater
    • BOX JUMP LINDSEY
    • Mericans on the bottom 30-25-20-15-10
    • Groiners at the top 10-15-20-25-30
    • Box Jump steps between

    COP #5:

    • ECHO CHAMBER
    • People’s Chair
    • Hoedowns IC
    • BTTW, Hip Slappers IC if you’ve got it
    • Milkers IC

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • DEALER took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Balmy with a light breeze the hardened Forge PAX crushed this workout with ease. Lockjaw crossed the river headlocking ruckers like no other. Dealer’s moving like the devil, maybe dry January will set him at another level. Missed some regulars – Last Call, Snuff, NTB, Thugs – will have to check in with those bums. Coming up (April 4th) on The Forge 5 year anniversary, YHC couldn’t be more proud of what this AO’s come to be. That’s a wrap on this rap, SYITG, boom! ~YHC, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • 8pm TONIGHT, 2nd F at Stumpy’s Hatchet House in Stony Point FP 
    • Sign up for GROWRUCK! https://growruck.com/event/gte-47/
    • Sat 6-7am Ruck at Rockwood before R&R
    • Sun 7-8am Ruck at Forrest Hill Park, Coffee at Crossroads afterwards
    • DRY JANUARY – please join us to give up alcohol for the month of January – give your system a healthy reset for 2024, and seek God’s guidance for the new year

    Prayer Requests:

    • Machismo’s M getting surgery today
    • Singer’s Finger healing

  • Seven Years Transformed

    18 Gloom Studs stepped onto the Frozen Tundra of Rock&Roll, some already swolt from crushing the Hardest Mile, but every warrior fixing hard eyes on the grueling DTH beatdown to come. Here’s how these hero HIM’s quenched their appetite for conquering the flesh:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the Basketball Court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Brief warmup reps IC
    • Finish with x7 Burpees in honor of YHC’s first-born birthday today

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey to the large parking lot to meet up with the guys completing The Hardest Mile, and see them to the finish line

    COP #2:

    • Mosey around to the tennis courts
    • SEVEN OF DIAMONDS
    • 7 Rounds, increase reps by 7 at each 4 corners – 7/14/21/28 then back down 21/14/7 – await Six ea round 
    • x7 Burpees
    • x14 Chain Smokers
    • x21 Monkey Humpers
    • x28 SSH
    • x21 Freddie M’s (2-ct)
    • x14 LBC’s
    • x7 Ball-Dippers (2-ct)

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to the muddy hill
    • BEARWAY TO SEVEN
    • Burpees bottom, Squats top – ascending reps from 1-7
    • Bear crawl up, Crawl bear down

    COP #4:

    • Mosey back to the bball court and circle up
    • THE OREO – in honor of 2.0 Pennie Mae, who’s F3 nickname is OREO, YHC presents two painful chocolate wafers double stuffed with beatdown vanilla cream
    • x12 Opus 
    • x30 Rosalita Whips
    • x20 Elbow Slides
    • x16 Opus
    • After each set the PAX took a lap around the court

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 18
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Fellas! Way to GOOOOO!!! Absolutely awesome work, especially to the guys who also completed the Hardest Mile. SOJ continues to embrace each and every challenge and shows UP with solid numbers. My deepest thanks to each of you for permitting me the honor to lead, and to celebrate my firstborn’s 7th birthday. Happy Birthday Penniella Mae, AKA Oreo! YHC is sure the PAX really “appreciated” all the painful reminders. Fatherhood is one of the greatest honors of YHC’s life, as many of you can relate, and it gives us EVERY reason we need to push hard to get prepared for the expected and be prepared for the unexpected. YHC has transformed an unbelievable amount in the last seven years, and with you guys by my side, it’s only getting better! Here’s to even BETTER and stronger in 2024! Yours, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Register for GROWRUCK!!! https://growruck.com/event/gte-47/
    • 45min RUCK tomorrow 12/31 at 7am at Huguenot Flatwater
    • CONVERGENCE on Monday 1/1, 7-8am, at NoToll, coffee after
    • 1/4/24 at 8pm, 2nd F + Final Shoe Drive Collection at STUMPY’s Axe Throwing
    • 1/6/24 6-7am RUCK at Rock&Roll before Rock&Roll (BigRig Q)

  • TryCrush

    OC posted on time for therapy with the good Doctor, and while the PAX went to work shaking off the holiday fat suit, OC detailed his problems between the silky sheets. Among all the gruesome details the real zinger was that cat being present remedied the situation… you’ll have to ask him about it…

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey onto the BBall court and circle up
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1: 

    • SUICIDE LADDER – reps performed each time the baseline is reached, so x4 sets of each of the following, for x5 rounds total
    • x10 Monkey Humpers
    • x8 Ball-Dippers (2-ct)
    • x6 Sumo Squats
    • x4 High Knee Jumps
    • x2 Burpees

    COP #2:

    • PAY THE TOLL
    • x20 Incline Mericans
    • x20 Dips

    COP #3:

    • DIME POUNDER COUNTDOWN – run to set distance (decreasing from 100 yards down to 10 yards by 10 yard intervals), complete called reps, Bernie back
    • x100 Chain Smokers
    • x90 Shoulder Taps
    • x80 LBC’s
    • x70 SSH’s
    • x60 American Hammers
    • x50 Mericans
    • x40 Yards of Bear Crawl
    • x30 Copperhead Squats
    • x20 WWII’s
    • x10 Burpees

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Variable MARY to close time

    COT:

    • Counterama # 2
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS: Very thankful to have OC’s presence and conversation today. Something like the x100 Chainsmokers would have absolutely gotten an audible if this was a solo DTH workout. Pretty wild for the NoToll PAX to drop from 47 to 2 in the span of a week but entirely expected with the holiday. Hope to see you other guys start to trickle back into the gloom as the week progresses. Safe travels for everyone! Yours, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Sign up for GrowRuck!
    • Jan 1 Convergence – location TBD

    Prayer Requests:

    • Family Time, Safe Travels

  • (singing) Happy Birthday to meeee, I brought 3 FNG’s!!

    10 Forge regulars + 3 DTH raw recruits gathered in the frigid pre-dawn gloom of DTH’s 41st Birthday to catch a ride on the pain train, and have a damn fun time doing it! Some anticipated a canoe hiding behind every light pole, but there was something better in store…

    WARMERAMA:

    • Mosey around to a lower lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom …8-count Opus reps did the trick toward the end

    The THANG: 

    Mosey on down to the end of South Coleman Lane to the culdesac, stopping twice to stretch then sprint a distance

    Pair up and select a CABER (heavy oak limb), all lined up ready and waiting, to the PAX’s great chagrin. Step onto the perfectly indestructible turf field and line up along the end zone. 

    #1 – Caber Squat Flips – P1 squats to lift and flip caber end over end down field while P2 runs to end and back to switch

    #2 – Caber Kicks (PLT’s) & Curls – x25 PLT’s each while stand partner curls caber

    #3 – Murder Cabers – P1 drag/hops the caber down the field while P2 runs to end and back to switch 

    #4 – Posthole Diggers – completed in place by P1 while P2 runs length of field and back to switch 

    INTERMISSION

    • Plank up in a tight circle
    • Down to 6”
    • FLORENCE recites to F3 Mission
    • back up, hold, back down
    • SNUFF recites the Core Principles 
    • YHC adds some You VS You wisdom
    • Recover

    #5 – P1 Caber Twists while P2 x25 WWII, switch

    #6 – Bernie Caber Drags – partners alternate length of field AND back

    #6 – Burpee Caber Jumpovers – completed in place by P1, while P2 runs length of field and back to switch

    #7 – Caber Crabs – caber balanced on hips while P1 crab walks down field, P2 runs to end and back to switch …this was hard …some lunged with cabers instead …crabbers got halfway down field and PAX ran out of time

    Toss cabers into woods edge

    Mosey BTTF

    COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Another year around the sun thanks be to Jesus, and as expressed in COT, YHC is extremely thankful to have the community of you guys adding such extraordinary flavor to my life! It is an incredible honor to run this race alongside you, and I so much appreciate ya’ll humoring my ridiculously challenging Q’s. There is NO way any of us would have done all that caber work on our own, let alone in the freezing cold dark. Special thanks to our FNG’s saying yes to the headlock – what a special Birthday gift! FIGO (AKA Artur Alvez) and BIODOME (AKA Stephen Dale) are brothers from YHC’s church small group, and BUGGY (AKA Grant Stewart) is another awesome Dad from my Peds practice who just welcomed his second daughter into the world. All of these guys absolutely CRUSHED this tough workout – look forward to seeing you all regularly in the gloom! You get out what you put into it! Yours, Dr Tryhard

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Shoe Drive! Bring extra/old shoes to DTH
    • 12/9 Magnum PI at Dogpile
    • 12/19 Rosie’s 12DOC at NoToll
    • GrowRuck is coming to F3RVA on May 3-5 !!!

    Prayer Requests:

    • SNUFF – daughter Novie in serious car accident yesterday, but walked away fine – praise and prayer for recovery

  • Tunnel of Fudge

    Taking the latest 1st F challenge seriously, a solid SEVENTEEN studs of the SOJ gloom (including one FNG) converged on Rock&Roll to burn off those extra slices of Thanksgiving pie. Here’s how they stayed warm adding a legendary beatdown to the revered annals of “Tryhardian feats you’ve always dreamed of…”

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey on the Court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom
    • Between each set of reps do 5 burpees …probably 40 burpees completed

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey back to the lot and partner up
    • P1 – Burpee Broad Jumps
    • P2 – runs to end of lot and back to switch with partner
    • Continue switching until end of lot

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the tennis courts
    • TRIPLE CHECK
    • P1 – Chainsmokers
    • P2 – No Cheat Mericans
    • P3 – Runs courts perimenter

    COP #3:

    • Moseyrama to big center lot
    • BOOYAH CATERPILLAR:
    • Partners face each other in plank lined up on adjoining parking spaces
    • While partners do Booyah Mericans, last pair box jumps the planking PAX to the end
    • Traverse Lot

    COP #4:

    • Mosey to THE WALL:
    • Hoedowns x20 IC
    • Dirty Hookups x10 IC (ea side)
    • Donkey Kickoffs – up to 15

    COP #5:

    • Back to the main center lot
    • ESCALATOR 4 CORNERS:
    • Add reps sequentially at each corner
    • C1 – x5 Burpees
    • C2 – add x10 WWII’s
    • C3 – add x20 Jump Squats
    • C4 – add x40 Flutters (2-ct)
    • REVERSO, hitting C3-C1 again

    COP #6:

    • Mosey onto the baseball field
    • TUNNEL OF FUDGE:
    • PAX line up with partners back to back in Peoples Chair
    • Last pair Army Crawl through tunnel and reform back to back at the end
    • Traverse Field

    COP #7:

    • Mosey back to the bball court
    • FIVE MINUTES OF MARY:
    • American Hammers
    • Rosalita Dips
    • Oblique LBC’s – ea side
    • Alabama Prom Dates
    • Starfish Crunches

    COT:

    • Counterama # 17
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  SOJ shows UP ya’ll. Way to take that beatdown in stride fellas. And welcome to STEAMER from New England – TClaps to Melville/WetBandit/Deepdish for headlocking him out. Let’s keep the Rockwood Momentum going at win that Jan 1 Convergence Q! Yours, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Shoe Drive! Bring extra/old shoes to DTH
    • 12/9 Magnum PI at Dogpile

    Prayer Requests:

    • Florence – hip pain
    • Machismo – shoulder injury

  • Forging Memories

    A 9-pack of HARDER Lemonade enthusiasts converged at The Forge and embraced the suck. Many were surprised to learn the Forge is an acronym for the 5 core principles. Many were not surprised that a DTH beatdown is in fact challenging. 

    F – Free

    O – Open to all men

    R – Rain or Shine

    G – Guys rotate the Q

    E – Ends with COT

    The THANG:

    MOUNT WARMERAMA: 

    • Circle up on top level/lot of Mt Chaplain, which we will call Level 1
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Level 1 – Don Q’s x10 IC
    • Run to top of Knolls, x5 burpees, run back down to next level down on Mt Chaplain
    • Level 2 – Smurf Jacks x20 IC
    • Run to the top for x5 burpees, run back down
    • Level 3 – Mericans x30 OYO
    • Run up, x5 Burpees, run down
    • Level 4 – Hallelujah Flutters x40 IC
    • Run up, x5 Burpees, run down
    • Level 5 – Monkey Humpers x50 IC
    • Run up, x5 Burpees, run down
    • Level 3 – WWII x60 OYO
    • Run up, x5 Burpees, run down

    HANDICAP MOVERAMA:

    • Form up at the bottom of the handicap ramp and Q calls variable movements for the PAX to eventually reach the top
    • Examples: Bear Crawl, Lunges, Broad Jumps, Crab Walk, etc

    WRECKING THE ROTATOR CUFFS:

    • Mosey over to the bottom of the stairs
    • LINDSEY:
    • Dips at the bottom 30–>10
    • Tooth Fairy up steps (x16 merican hops)
    • Donkey Kicks at the top 10–>30
    • Mosey around grassy slope to bottom

    TOSSING LEGS:

    • Partner up for PLT’s
    • Complete x3 Rounds of x20 each

    MINI WALLORAMA:

    • Stop to complete a painful set of Hoedowns on the faux brick wall

    BTTF:

    • Merican Ring of Fire – PAX successfully and admirably chose a different style of mericans for their 10-count set
    • Snuff served the PAX a moment of breathing meditation

    COT:

    • Counterama # 9
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Someone has been enjoying Harder Lemonade at The Forge, and we all suspect Machismo. Mount Warmerama is more than just a warm-up …OOF!  The stench is back, but not nearly as bad as years past. Doublemint shared stories from his glory days – surprise tattoos, STD’s, near-miss pregnancies and maybe paying a chick to pee on his face? Tough to say whether that was a joke or not… Appreciate Mudslide bringing the ShovelFlag since YHC had left it at BWE after the Ruck. Good to have you at the Forge brother! And thanks to Snuff for reminding us of the gift of every breath. Always an immense pleasure and honor to lead the Forge PAX! Yours Truly, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Shoe Drive ongoing – being your used shoes to The Forge on Thursday!
    • 11/23 Thanksgiving Convergence at Mary
    • 12/9 Magnum PI at Dogpile
    • MORE Ruck Opportunities coming!

    Prayer Requests:

    • Chaplain’s MIL is sick and now living with them

  • Limbered – check!

    14 beatdown junkies flash-mobbed NoToll, some of us seeking a limbering up of all the post-ruck/marathon soreness. The music was loud, mumble chatter abounded, and much limbering was achieved. 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey onto the Bball court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer barely heard over the thumping beats – Rosie complained bitterly
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    The THANG: 

    • Mosey out to Field #1, stopping en route to pay the Bridge Toll (x20 dips, x20 incline mericans)
    • Circle up in the pool of light
    • Select 3 cards from the Beatdown deck
    • PAX to mix&match reps (any way/order they want) to burn out all three exercises during the duration of the song being played
    • Mosey across field and back between songs
    • At least 5 song sets completed
    • Mosey BTTF stopping to pay the Bridge Toll again 
    • Circle up for cool-down stretching

    COT:

    • Counterama # 14
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  With all the recent deer hunting (four bagged so far!), it’s been a minute since YHC has Q’d but felt GREAT to have a solid PAX to serve this beatdown to. Also, the workout stretched whatever hip flexor issue happened doing the ruck, so YHC isn’t limping everywhere now. Favorite moment this morning was watching House Party performing enthusiastic Nancy Kerrigans in perfect jig step to Dropkick Murphy’s Irish tune – someone put that man in stage! Appreciate ya’ll coming out – always a pleasure and honor to lead. Love, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Shoe Drive ongoing – being your used shoes to The Forge on Thursday!
    • 11/23 Thanksgiving Convergence at Mary
    • 12/9 Magnum PI at Dogpile
    • MORE Ruck Opportunities coming!

    Prayer Requests:

    • Doozy’s brother hospitalized with Pancreatitis – prayers for his recovery and for both him and his wife find recovery from alcoholism