Author: Dr Tryhard

  • Headlock Ridge

    A platoon of swarthy Tuckahoe regulars posted to Heartbreak Ridge this morning for the second DTH headlock Q in a row. Last week was in honor of Breezer, while this week was brought to you by brother Banner, who’s work has kept him from the fold for a season. Here’s how the PAX welcomed him back:

    The THANG:

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the Soccer Field
    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • SSH x30 IC
    • DQ x10 IC
    • IW x10 IC
    • Hardywood-approved Arm Circles (balancing on tail) x10 IC ea way
    • Merkins x10 IC
    • DRW x10 IC

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to Heartbreak Ridge
    • LINDSEY:
    • WWII’s Bottom 10 –> 30
    • Groiners Top 30 –> 10
    • ABC’s for the SIX

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to Jerkin Gym
    • Partner Up for x3 Sets:
    • x10 Jerkins each
    • x10 Dips each
    • x10 Cliffhanger Merkins each

    COP #4:

    • Indian Run around the track, last man x3 burpees before AYG sprint to front
    • Front man leads variable moving exercises (bear crawls, high knees, caraoke, crabwalking, bernie, etc)

    COP #5: 

    • Mosey up to the Parking Lot
    • ELEVENS:
    • Heels to Heaven 1 –> 10
    • Lt Dans 10 –> 1
    • Bearcrawl between sides

    COP #6:

    • Mosey over to the grass and partner up
    • x3 Sets of x20 PLT’s each

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 9 (Banner LIFO)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • While NoToll remains YHC’s first love, YHC will use every excuse to enjoy the terrific landscape of Heartbreak Ridge, especially if Headlocking has played a part. Lu Miranda “BANNER” lives in the vicinity and has been in the DTH noose for quite some time, so when he finally relented to come back out, YHC seized the opportunity to fill in the blank next to Heartbreak. The PAX did an awesome job this morning flying through the COP’s, such that YHC had to improv a little bit extra on the end. Way to work fellas! YHC has the honor of Q’ing 3rd week in a row at HBR for Ultimate Frisbee next week, then rumor has it PROBATION will be stepping back into the ring to Q on 7/28. As for YHC, the ever elusive BERNANKE (who was injured at HBR many moons ago) will be back from vaca soon and the full might of the DTH headlock will be applied. May God have mercy on his soul. 

  • SOJ Inaugural PuppyPile

    An extraordinary THIRTY gloom warriors posted this morning to our SOJ inaugural PuppyPile at NoToll, with a few brave men outnumbered at least 3-1 by a veritable herd of adventure-energized 2.0’s! An entirely intimidated DTH noted perfect conditions – sunny, 70 degrees, 0700 – and off we went!

    The THANG:

    Basketball Court Warmerama COT:

    • F3 Welcome & Disclaimer
    • SSH x10 IC
    • DQ’s x10 IC
    • Copperhead Squats x10 IC
    • Merkins x10 IC
    • LBC’s x10 IC

    Playground DORA:

    • Partner/Team Up
    • Running partner runs to top of playground ramps, slides down, and returns to teammate(s)
    • Stationary Partner(s) complete:
    • x50 Merkins
    • x100 WWII’s
    • x150 Monkey Humpers

    GUTBUSTERS:

    • Mosey to pavilion (carry smaller kids)
    • En route transfer bricks from the DTH-mobile to the Field
    • Circle up at the Pavilion
    • Play the Ghostbusters theme song – SSH to the beat, then drop for a Merkin whenever “Ghostbusters” repeated

    Bears & Bricks:

    • Mosey back to the Field
    • Split into 2 teams
    • As a team move your brick pile from the side of the field to half way out, then back again
    • Dad’s Bearcrawl with Bricks in hand and a 2.0 riding on their back wherever possible

    FRISBEE FIVES:

    • Frisbee is thrown by a 2.0, first kid to get it calls an exercise for the PAX to complete x5 reps, then that 2.0 get to throw the frisbee
    • Lots of merkins, squats, burpees, and sit-ups called

    Slip-n-Slide:

    • Hardywood rounded up the gang and had everyone doing Merkins, Squats, or Sit-ups while everyone took at least one turn getting their best move on the slide

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 30
    • Namerama
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Holy moly, and I thought regular F3 workouts were fun! This was AMAZING!!! Such great energy this morning with all the 2.0’s absolutely tearing through the exercises. Many thanks to Seadoo for bringing a speaker (which YHC had forgotten) so we could do the Gutbusters musical number, and of course hats off the Hardywood for bringing that awesome Slip-n-Slide back out for our grand finale today. Also big shout out to the Honeydew Crew who policed up the bricks after COT. Not surprisingly, the watermelon was a huge hit, and YHC is thinking we’ll be seeing more of the watermelonorama for YHC’s summer Q’s to come. And keep tuned – we will be doing this again in August! SYITG!

  • Westside Story

    The Forge Diner opened early this morning and served a dozen free range Hardywood Farm eggs sunny side up. Here’s how DTH (wearing nothing but a short apron with an F3 logo) added the hot sauce:

    The THANG:

    COP #1 at the Culdesac:

    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • SSH x20 IC
    • DQ’s x10 IC
    • Russian Soldiers x10 IC
    • NoCheat Merkins x10 IC
    • LBCC x20 IC (Little Baby Cross Crunches)
    • Freddie M’s x20 IC
    • Wilson’s Stretch
    • CDD’s x10 IC

    COP #2:

    • ZIGZAG ELEVENS:  11’s with descending Decline M’s on one side of the road, ascending Burpees on the other, moving zig zag down the road so DM’s at each light pole
    • Variable Mary for the SIX

    COP #3:

    • Over-Unders on the handicap rails to the top, Mary for the SIX
    • Partner up for x3 set each of:
    • Jerkins x10
    • Dips x10
    • Cliffhanger Merkins x10
    • Mo Mary for the SIX

    COP #4:

    • Partner up for Triple Check:
    • Moving partner ascends stairs with ToothFairies, runs around top back to team
    • Other guys are doing Monkey Humpers and WWII’s

    Mosey BTTF:

    • x3 Groiners at each level of Mount Chaplain back to the Flag

    COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • The Fresh Prince of Bon Air took us out

    NMS:

    • Solid numbers today at the Forge, and perfect for partnering up in 2’s or 3’s. Sticking to the West side of Hugenuts High for the morning, YHC pulled in a couple new ideas today including the Little Baby Cross Crunches and ZigZag 11’s, which both seemed to work well. Also revisited some favorites at the rails and reintroduced ToothFairies. Overall a very impressive effort from the men – and swimming through the humidity was no joke! Welcome back to Waterwings from CARPEX – we’ll be seeing more of him.

  • B Team Heroes

    Defying the gravitational pull of the annual Tball Derby, eight freedom-loving gloom warriors posted to Heartbreak Ridge for a DTH sweatfest. According to legend it went a little something like this:

    The THANG:

    COP #1 – Mosey up to Soccer Field:

    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • SSH x30 IC
    • DQ x10 IC
    • Imperial Squat Walkers x10 IC
    • No Cheat Merkins x10 IC
    • WWII x20 IC
    • DTH’s x10 IC

    COP #2 – Prostitute 4-Corners:

    • x10 Merkins
    • x20 WWII
    • x30 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
    • x40 Monkey Humpers

    COP #3 – Mosey to the Wall

    • Partner up for OPP’s – P1 assumes Peoples Chair with Overhead Claps to cadence of P2 completing x20 PlankJacks …switch to complete x3 rounds each

    COP #4 – FRISBEE FIFTIES:

    • Mosey to the DTHmobile
    • Frisbee is thrown, first man to reach frisbee calls exercise, PAX completes x50 then same man is next to throw frisbee. Repeato x15min…
    • Completed exercises included:
    • Flutter Kicks (2-ct)
    • Squats
    • Groiners
    • Merkins
    • SSH’s
    • Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
    • Monkey Humpers
    • LBC’s 

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • GREAT work today gents! We can’t all make the cut for the Homerun Derby A Team, but YHC is sure as hell proud to have such fine men on the Frisbee Fifties B Team. Welcome Breezer! Been a long time head locking your tail into coming. Also welcome to Gypsy who’s a transplant from the Carolinas, BFF’s with our F3 Nation nantan Dredd, and has been around the country starting more AO’s than all of us combined. Look forward to having your injection of F3 Nation leadership and helping get your Speed for Need events going here in RVA. SYITG!

  • SOJ is Ultimately Cooler!

    A perfect 14-count Pax posted to NoToll for a little Ultimate Frisbee today. All present were honored to have the one and only LabRat back out in the gloom after a long quarantine hiatus. YHC led a brief Warmerama COP while Labrat set the cones, and we divvied up black shirts against everyone else, making a perfect seven-V-seven split. In honor of today’s date, YHC called 6 burpees each time a team scored, while the losers would walk the field and complete 30 LBC’s. From the very start the men in black demonstrated an uncanny capacity for effective short throws winning a steady stream of touchdowns and burpees. The other-colored gentlemen also put together a few handsome plays to get their share of burpees and prevent the all blacks from a shutout. All together we saw some very impressive skills from our veternas Labrat and DK, while a few other men made their mark for quality throws (Snuff), defensive picks (Draper), sliding touchdown (Flange), and of course the trifecta of Fresh Prince’s speed, vertical jump, and flawless frisebee handling (having NEVER played before – whatta natural?). Sorry if I forgot to mention many of the other lads’ phenomenal plays and touchdowns. The men in black were in double digits for touchdowns and at least 70 burpees by the end. All present were entirely drenched in sweat, field dew, and sticky humidity by the end of an exceptionally enjoyable morning. Thanks for letting me lead fellas – we’ll do this another 1-2 times this summer at NoToll and/or Heartbreak Ridge. 

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama #14
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

  • !F3RVA Events at NoToll!

    6/30 – THIS Tuesday – Ultimate Frisbee – 0530-0615

    7/4 – F3RVA July 4th Convergence – 0600-0700

    7/12 – SOJ PuppyPile – 0700-0800

  • Summertime Sweat Party

    An honorable eighteen gentlemen of the gloom assembled at Dogpile to seize the day. Here follows the good Doctor’s recipe to success:

    The THANG:

    Mosey to the Putting Green for the Welcome COP:

    • SSH’s x20 IC
    • DQ’s x 10 IC
    • The Opus x10 IC
    • WWII x20 IC (properly done)
    • Leg-Up Merkins x10 Each Side

    Mosey around to the Carrillon Field:

    • Partner Up for x25 PLT’s each
    • Quarter Pounder:  Sprint to each quarter to complete exercise, Bernie back to start between
    • 25 yard line – x25 Werkins
    • 50 yard line – x50 Jump Squats
    • 75 yard line – x75 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
    • 100 yard line – x100 Gas Pumps
    • Repeato x25 PLT’s each
    • AYG sprint length of Carillon Field

    Amphitheater COP:

    • x3 Dips each step going down
    • PLT’s x25 each at the bottom
    • x3 Box Jumps going back up
    • Front Runners bring in the six
    • PLT’s x25 each back at the circle

    Mosey to the Cage for a Rusty Dora:

    • Partner up to complete the following:
    • x50 Pullups
    • x100 Jerkins
    • x150 Hanging Crunches
    • While one partner adds reps, the other runs to hydrant and back 

    Mosey to the Grassy Hills:

    • ExerClock – Start at hilltop to complete x5 WWII at 1 o’clock, run down to bottom and back up to complete x5 WWII at 2 o’clock position… continued until out of time
    • BTTF

    COT:

    • Counterama # 18
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Phenomenal weather today for a smoker sweat party. Thanks for letting me lead fellas. SYITG!!! *See comments below for some great upcoming NoToll events*

  • The KILODORA

    A lucky number 13 warriors exchanged a warm fartsack for the cool dewy embrace of NoToll “Turfection” (ie: turf perfection). Here’s how YHC and Cooper rallied the troops for victory:

    The THANG:

    Mosey to the field for COP #1:

    • SSH x20 IC
    • WELCOME HARDYWOOD
    • DQ’s x10 IC
    • Hairy Rockettes x10 IC
    • Merkins x10 IC
    • Dancing Bears x10 IC
    • Crab Cakes x10 IC
    • DR.W’s x10 IC
    • Wilson/Fudd Stretches

    Mosey lap around Field to COP #2:

    • The KILODORA = ONE THOUSAND reps divided into:
    • x100 Merkins
    • x200 Heels to Heaven
    • x300 Box Jumps
    • x400 LBC’s
    • Moving partner runs across width of Field and back to alternate reps with exercising partner. 
    • LIFO FLATLINE EXITS STAGE LEFT

    Brief COP #3:

    • Partner up for PLT’s x20 Each
    • Complete x3 Sets

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Another beautiful NoToll morning, and we’re keeping up the numbers with another solid turnout. Way to post gents! The KiloDora took WAAY more time than YHC was anticipating, but a decent burn nonetheless – TClaps to Hardywood and LongPole and any of you other bad*ss boys who actually kept up the Box Jumps all the way to 300! Let’s keep headlocking our Covid-Hybernating brothers into coming back out with us!!! SYITG, DTH

  • Homecoming Q-ueen

    “Now you must free yourself from sloth,” my master said, “for sitting down or lying under covers, no one comes to fame, without which whoever consumes his life leaves such vestige of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water. Therefore get up, overcome your panting with the spirit which wins every battle if it does not sink with its heavy body…”

    Dante’s Divine Comedy, CANTO XXIV – Vanni Fucci, 46-54

    A stunning 15 bodacious beauties assembled on The Forge stage as this year’s Homecoming Court nominees. Many judges gave favorable nods towards young DTH, who’s recent heroic return from abroad carried the momentum of juicy gossip, but the ever-stunning Hardywood vied for the crown with dazzling popularity and charm. As the nominees pranced about stage, warming up for the talent show ahead, the sun broached the horizon and a temperate 70 degrees indicated the time had come. BANG! The starting gun fired, and off they twirled and skipped with dynamic energy to contend for the honor.

    The THANG:

    Mosey to the Knoller Coaster:

    • SLAUGHTER START with Bear crawling the 3 knolls, and completing x5 Burpees at the bottom and top of each knoll (x35 total)

    Mosey to COP #1 in front of the School:

    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • DQ’s x10 IC
    • Imperial Soldiers x10 IC (that’d be an Imperial Walker alternated with a Russian Soldier… )
    • The Opus x10 IC
    • Freddie M’s x50 IC

    Mosey to the Amphitheater for COP #3:

    • Dora the Explorer
    • Partner up to complete the following:
    • x100 Derkins
    • x200 Box Jumps
    • x300 Mountain Climbers (2-ct)
    • While one partner hammers Dora reps, the other Explores the area to lay hands on x1 tree, x1 stone, and x1 metal  object before teturning to relieve their partner (each time the runner mist find a DIFFERENT tree/stone/metal)
    • ABC’s for the SIX

    Mosey to Field for COP #4:

    • No Cheat Merkins
    • DTH’s x10 IC
    • Over-Unders! …nope, AUDIBLE, too intimate for COVID… 
    • Merkins x10 IC

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Copperhead Squats x10 IC
    • Cherry Pickers x10 IC
    • Carolina CD’s x10 IC
    • Nancy Kerrigan’s x10 IC
    • Protractor of Variable Degrees
    • Kimchi Twists x10 IC
    • Plank 6” HOLD IT, a few times

    COT:

    • Counterama # 15
    • Namerama (Welcome ALIBI!)
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • ROGER ROGER took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • The annex of Richmond City stretched the legal limits to host a whopping 15 fartsack escapees protesting the return of DTH. There were some laughs as DTH knocked off the cadence rust (the F3PNG PAX were less about the cadence and more about the beatdown). We had the honor of welcoming a Doublemint FNG, birth named Dontae Buck, to the finest PAX in the land. Dontae is a budding lawyer, so nicknamed “ALIBI”. Welcome brother! Two new DTH originals made it into today’s beatdown, the “Imperial Soldiers” will need some getting used to, while “Dora the Explorer” produced a solid burn. YHC definitely felt the love this morning – you guys have no idea how much I missed your camaraderie. Thank you!!!

  • Shovel Flag Supremacy

    Brothers, YHC writes to you again from Papua New Guinea, proud to report we now boast a terrific PNG Shovel Flag and have been maintaining a solid three-member PAX (latest addition is “Cinco”, Dr Nathan Mason, father of five). Continuing the Tue/Thur/Sat bootcamps, this morning marked YHC’s 19th Q for F3PNG. It has been nice to start running some Triple Checks now that we’ve consistently had three men attending. While the headlock is steadily applied every day around Station, there seems to be an ongoing reluctance for most to escape the fartsack, or for those who have tasted the pain, to return. YHC has received a few messages from F3RVA brothers back home and it means the world to hear from you guys. Thank you! Honestly it doesn’t sound like YHC is missing much back in RVA, which is good because our return has been delayed another 6 weeks or so. We can all pray COVID soon becomes a weird memory, and we can reunite in the Gloom as in days of yore. Yours Truly, DTH