Author: Dr Tryhard

  • Pickle Pounders in the Kitchen

    23 gloom studs saddled up for a ride on the pain train. After a 3 month hiatus serving abroad YHC was rearing to go. Here’s how we won the day:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA:

    • Mosey onto the BBall Court and line up
    • Brief F3 Welcome & Disclaimer
    • x5 BURPEE SUICIDES (a suicide followed by 5 burpees, for x5 reps) – one for each flight YHC had to take to get home from the mission field
    • LIFO Snuff arrived just in time to miss the 25 burpees, so we did x5 Body Builders (8-ct burpee) in his honor
    • Circle up for Variable IC reps 
    • Warm? Let’s go wreck the shoulders…

    COP #1:

    • Mosey back to the Tennis courts
    • 4-CORNER SHOULDERAMA
    • x10 Diamond Merkins
    • x20 No Cheat Merkins
    • x30 Werkins
    • x40 CDD’s
    • Bear Crawl between court corners (alt to Crab Walk or Lunge as needed)

    COP #2:

    • Mosey around to the main fields’ chainlink fence
    • CHAINSMOKERS x50 OYO

    COP #3:

    • Mosey back to the Pickleball Courts
    • PICKLEBALL 50’s
    • At each of the individual Pickleball court the PAX is given an exercise to complete – first man to x50 calls out, and PAX moves on to the next court (front runner calls the next exercise)
    • x6 courts completed with variable exercises called: Monkey Humpers, Alabama Prom Dates, Pickle Pounders, LBC’s, American Hammers, SSH’s

    BTTF:

    • Mosey back through trails, stopping a fee times to lunge walk to wait for the Six
    • 2MoM – scrunchy frogs & WWII’s

    COT:

    • Counterama # 23
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • NTB Family Loss
    • Warby & Snuff traveling 
    • DTH settling back in

    NMS:  Beautiful cool bright morning to be back at it with this crowd of fine brothers. YHC’s slaughter start instructions were a little rusty, but recovered with the IC reps. Somebody has clearly been slipping HIM-enhancing drugs into L Woods water bottle – now it’s hard to keep up with that dude! Fantastic to see a bunch of Summer Tourists beef up the NoToll numbers – thx to Hutton for leading this. Highlight of the morning was Gumbo’s hilarious sexual innuendo on the Pickleball Court – he had us all rolling. Kudos to Heist for keeping the Six with us, and to Machismo for taking a moment to grease the palm of the new Park Supervisor. I’ve been all over the world, but you guys are all on the next level – LET’s GO!  Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour
    • Timberwolf Games Challenge weekly
    • Alamo-Bros VQ Week
    • Breaking Bread

  • Repathon Exhaustion & Shots for International Travel

    A dozen HIM’s including one FNG and one brother from Downrange posted to the Grand Finale of the DTH Farewell Tour. There was just one plan – put the musical beatdown album on random shuffle and do a ton of reps. Here’s how the PAX conquered the flesh and sent the good Doctor off in style:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loops around the lot with variable movements and circle up on the BBall Court
    • Music thumpin, PAX directed to do SSH’s and Burpees while YHC provided the FNG with a breathless Welcome & Disclaimer
    • The usual smattering of DTH reps IC

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey around to the playground, and stop off to take another spin on the WHEEL OF DEATH
    • Partner up, one HIM planking on the rail with his partner holding his feet
    • Standing PAX walk clockwise while planking PAX grip the rail and move the Wheel of Death, then their ever-spontaneous Q called Merkins while spinning
    • Switch positions with partners and they also get a clockwise turn with merkins
    • Switch again for unwinding counter-clockwise and this time with Tempo merkins
    • Final switch for the other half to have their turn

    COP #2:

    • Mosey down the road and turn onto the woods paved trail, stopping at the first pavilion
    • Assorted reps called on the benches while tunes thumpin, including Wingnuts, Dips, and Derkins – with jump squats thrown in for every particular lyric heard

    COP #3:

    • Mosey down the trail into the woods a ways, then shift to moving lunges to the beat, then mosey a ways further to stop at the bottom of a hill
    • Partner up for APD’s at the bottom while partner bear crawls back up the hill AND BACK DOWN (thanks Mudslide) for three total rounds

    COP #4:

    • Mosey to the next hill, even steeper, and PAX run a hill loop up and down three times
    • Mosey on to the next Pavilion and plank up in front of a bench
    • To the beat, walk hands from ground to seat to table top and back down in repeat for a couple minutes (until Q exhaustion), then switch to dips, then switch to Moroccan Night Clubs, the Raise the roof, and finally Beam slappers (jump up to the beat to slap pavilion beam overhead with alternating hands)
    • YHC beginning to feel spent at this point but the FNG was wearing a big smile so gotta keep pushin hard

    COP #5:

    • Mosey the path back out toward the baseball fields, with some Bernie Sanders, and then recovery walking and squat dancing for the SIX
    • 3 Matrons of the gloom walking up to the PAX, so PAX directed to plank up on either side of the trail and then drop to low plank salute as they pass – they loved this
    • Line up on the Baseball field for SPRINTS – 50%, then 100%, then 75%, then Bernie

    COP #6:

    • Mosey around the park loop to the grass hill
    • x3 Rounds running up and down the hill, with x10 Hand-release Merkins at the bottom, and x10 Squat Jumps at the top

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Circle up in plank and drop it to low plank for a review of the F3 Mission, Credo, and 5 CP’s. That’s TIME!

    COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer
    • Bourbon shots at the RC Tailgate Bar
    • Group Selfie

    Prayer Requests:

    • DTH leaving Monday for a 3 month medical mission trip in Papua New Guinea. Prayers for safe travels and Kingdom impact. Pls follow our Blog updates:  hendersonsinmissions.blogspot.com 

    NMS:  Beautiful Spring morning to bring the heat to the Rock&Roll PAX, and awesome to welcome Pierogi’s friend TROEGS to the brotherhood! He comes from PA and enjoys brewing beer, hence the nickname. Also enjoyed meeting TAILSPIN down range from Tennessee – works on helicopters and such. It’s been a tiring week for YHC finalizing a LOT of life before leaving the country and there’s also been some tough physical beatdowns through the week, so YHC was honestly gassed by about the 0740 mark. Seems a lot of the PAX were also gassed, so the nonstop high rep counts to music probably contributed. Deeply appreciate the words of encouragement and show of support from everyone. The bourbon was AWESOME Rodeo Clown – thank you for bringing it out. Will certainly miss you guys, but we’ll be back at the end of May. Keep pushing hard and sign up to Q!  Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

  • Fully Erect

    Four hardwoods came to Rockwood fully erect. RC was a true brother and helped NTB keep his upright. Dawn breaking over the lake was glorious. Miles were accomplished without anyone blowing their load. RC hooked us up with farewell bourbon shots at COT. Deeply grateful for these HIM’s standing in the gap. AYE! ~DTH

  • The HIM’s have Crossed.

    Seven swarthy travelers crossed paths in the last light of day, banded together to conquer hard stuff, then each left their way, all the better for it. Here’s what happens when the Good Doctor doesn’t plan anything but the creative juices are flowing…

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey lap around the Annex lot, with variable movements and then complete x10 Broad Jump Burpees
    • Earn a merit badge carrying pine logs from one area to another to help the church out
    • Circle the lot again and then circle up for the Welcome & Disclaimer, and a very brief set of warmup reps IC …like NoCheat Merkins

    COP #1: 

    • Mosey over to the sloped lot and circle up for some more warmerama…with sprints
    • IC stretch reps called at the top, followed by a run to the bottom and back up
    • Probably ran about 4-5x, plenty warm

    COP #2:

    • Mosey over the the DTH Taco and collect three ruck bags – weight varying 30-45 pounds
    • School circle and pass the rucks left in a slow, core-crunching style mirroring an American Hammer …rucks pass a few times around the circle, then reverso on direction to pass Right for a while
    • Return the rucks

    COP #3:

    • Mosey down to the Wailing Wall for a Triple Check
    • P1 – Donkey Kicks
    • P2 – Dirty Hookups
    • P3 – Run to spank the container and back

    COP #4:

    • Mosey backside of the church to a soft pitch for a Core Beatdown
    • x50 Oblique LBC’s (x25 ea side)
    • x50 Flutters – x15 Low IC, x15 High IC, and x20 low rapid IC
    • Partner up for PLT’s – x25 each

    COP #5:

    • Mosey to the church portico for a leg beatdown
    • x15 Monkey Humpers IC
    • x15 Forward Lunges IC
    • x20 Speed Humpers IC
    • x100 Alt Curb Toe Taps OYO (2-ct)

    COP #6:

    • Mosey to find another soft spot of turf
    • x50 WWII’s – all stop when Q completes

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Elbow Plank it up to review the F3 Mission, 5CP’s, and Credo

    COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Lifting up DTH&Fam with Missions trip
    • Prayers for WEAG leadership and transitional season
    • Praise for Snap earning a college scholarship to VMI

    NMS:  What a beautiful balmy evening to sweat it out with the finest brothers a man could ask for. The COP’s were truly spontaneous and random but produced a fantastic beatdown all the same. Deeply appreciative for the powerful prayer warriors around our COT sending YHC into the Mission Field. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    http://hendersonsinmissions.blogspot.com

  • Stones for Scooter

    Seven gloom studs packed out some rucks and rocks at Ruckhenge in the latest edition of the DTH Farewell Tour. RC’s long EH finally paid off with bringing out FNG Antonio, a colleague from the DMV world, who’s got a passion for motorcycles – welcome SCOOTER! We also strong-armed out brother SCOBY to swing down from his SCCC stomping grounds and join the ruck fun. PAX speed-rucked through some Bon Air neighborhoods sharing around the added burden of the two 40-pound rock bags that served as Team Weights for the Growruck. Variable reps were also achieved at a few stopping points, some called IC for Scooter’s benefit, and the PAX also enjoyed a nice long elbow plank under weight to review the F3 Mission, 5CP’s, and Credo. Proud of these men pushing through it this morning – never seen a group of brothers so eager for their turn to carry a bag of rocks. Haha. Cofeerama was a joy, and can’t WAIT to get back to Ruckhenge after YHC’s return from the mission field (soooo, June 4th). Probably gonna Q it, you know, cause that’s the MO. Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Team Work Makes the Boaty Dream Work

    A solid 14-PAX showed up to see what nonsense their departing Doctor had in store, and of course novel oddity awaited them:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA

    • Mosey onto the BBall court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • The usual DTH top to bottom IC Reps

    PAY THE TOLL

    • En route to the fields, stop at the bridge for x10 Derkins and x20 Dips

    THE AO FERRY

    • PAX happily discover YHC’s Old Town Canoe awaiting them at the parking lot
    • Two PAX get into canoe, everyone else lifts canoe to waste level and shuffles about 50 yards. Felt very much like a one-arm Farmers Carry with about 30-50 pounds. 
    • Circumnavigate the fields, stopping every 50 yards or so for a COP – Squat Jumps, NoCheat Merkins, DR.W’s, Lunges, Dancing Bears + Crab Cakes, etc

    OVERHEAD TRIAL #1

    • YHC directs PAX to lift canoe with just YHC inside up to shoulder level and carry about 30 yards – worked out just fine, very smooth ride, nobody died.

    THE IDITAROD

    • Line up canoe on the path adjacent to Field #1
    • Three PAX in the canoe, about 6 PAX on the tow ropes, the rest pushing the canoe sides
    • Canoe sled moved at lightning speed 100 yards down the length of the field
    • Rotate positions and repeato another two rounds

    HAPPY PECS

    • Leave Canoe and go collect NTB’s extremely solid retaining wall blocks
    • Circle up on your SIX and complete perfect coupon chest presses IC
    • x2 rounds of 10 IC
    • x2 rounds of 5 IC

    OVERHEAD TRIAL #2

    • Belay was our happy volunteer to ride the canoe at PAX shoulder level all the way back to the cars

    COT:

    • Counterama # 13 (+LIFO DK)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • DTH Family leaving 3/3 for 3 months medical mission trip in Papua New Guinea – prayers for final preparations and blessed travels – please follow along via Blog: http://hendersonsinmissions.blogspot.com

    NMS:  Final stretch before our 4th return trip to the Western Highlands of PNG. YHC is Q’ing a few other times this week so come on out to join the farewell fun. Blessed to have amazing brothers join me for some wild times in the gloom. Always new muscles discovered hauling a brother’s body weight around. And truly nothing stretches and strengthens us more than carrying our brothers’ weight – may that extend into every aspect of our lives! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    SLED WOLVES AT WORK
    KING BELAY

  • Family Time!

    A 16-count crew of PAX brothers and their families gathered at The Forge for an OTB trail blazing hike through the woods. Handshake and his family proudly represented NOJ, and while most of the PAX wore rucks, Bromance wore his adorable 2.0 in an awesome military grade carrier. Shortly after 2pm, we launched down to the railroad tracks and walked West along the tracks and then trail blazed South to Crestwood Elementary. In the melee of 2.0’s pouring through the playground gate, DTH’s 2.0 Banjo caught the sharp side of a metal latch on the cheek and the good doctor/Papa applied a snowball compress and then moleskin (thank you Sable) so he could join the rest. After 20 minutes at play, the rabble was rounded up for a looping hike through the woods and back to The Forge to complete the 1 hour adventure. Sunny and 50’s, the weather was truly perfect for this hike! Everyone then converged at Casa de DTH for backyard play and bonfire time – complemented with archery, axe throwing, zipline, trampoline, swing, s’mores, and bevvies. This is what being family is all about and we’ll miss all of you guys while we’re away in PNG the next few months. Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Velvet Handcuffs

    The Lounge looked bromantic with just Rosie and DTH doing some loungy lazy latecomer loops in the lot until Salt Lick showed up to make it a perfect Menage A Trois. The trio ambled down to join the hottest Swamp Party of 2025 and found a gaggle of endorphin-driven Draper-lovers making casual conversation as they finished Mile 4. The bootcamp trio joined the pack for a lap, then broke off for a brief warmerama. Triple Check was the obvious choice, with one man joining the Draper-ites for a lap while the other two stayed for variable reps. Each bootcamper got in a total of 4 laps and a ton of reps, then bid farewell to the Birthday Boy and moseyed up to the playground for a Mini Murph Sesh – which consisted of x3 rounds of x5 Pullups + x10 Merkins + x15 Squats. Mosey BTTF.

    COT:

    • Counterama # 3
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    A loungy fun time was had by all. No STD’s were harmed in the making of this intimate gathering. Happy Birthday Don Draper!!! 43 has never looked so young and manscaped. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • CSAUP TOMORROW! Frozen Triangle – two options with Run/Boomcamp VS Ruck – kickoff at 0600 at Dogpile
    • 4/5, Mudslide recruiting for Spartan Race 10K in Concord (HUNDREDS OF F3 PAX GOING!)
    • April Hike/Ruck with Rodeo Clown to support Make-A-Wish

  • Forge Foursome Dip the Wick in James

    A balmy 34 degrees greeted four ruckers at The Forge location tackling a pleasant 5 mile jaunt to the James and back in a speedy 1:25. Probably 5+ degrees cooler down by the river, and Shirley’s incline was quite the wakeup call after our long descent. Phenomenal conversation as usual, and deeply grateful for these fine brothers in YHC’s life. COT prayer for a couple men facing hard times. We can always do more for those the Lord places in our path. Yours AYE! ~ DTH

  • 4th F Theory

    Five WestHo studs especially endowed with 4th F power welcomed an SOJ takeover in subzero temps. Marking YHC’s 10th Q for 2025 and (per Big Data) YHC’s 410th documented Q, YHC put experience to work ensuring we all stayed warm.

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop around the lot, completing x10 Broad Jump Burpees en route
    • Second lap picked up Handshake arriving late and completed another x10 Broad Jump Burpees so he wouldn’t feel left out
    • Circle up near the Virtual Shovel Flag (because YHC’s truck camper-shell locks were frozen and therefore unable to access the real shovel flag…)
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • The usual DTH top to bottom IC Reps

    GETTING THERE:

    • Mosey down River Road toward UofR with Gumbo’s headlamp leading the way
    • x10 Monkey Humpers IC in Saab’s driveway
    • Keep running, avoid the deer carcass
    • Access the training fields

    DIME POUNDER COUNT DOWN:

    • Like a quarter pounder but stops at every 10 yard line, and reversing order to start with the 100 and counting down to 10
    • Run x100 yards, x100 SSH, Bernie back
    • Run x90, x90 Plank Jacks, Bernie
    • 80yd, x80 Oblique LBC’s, Bernie
    • 70yd, x70 Monkey Humpers, Bernie
    • 60yd, x60 Dry Docks, Bernie
    • 50yd, x50 Flutters (2-ct), Bernie
    • 40yd, x40 Lunges (1-ct), Bernie
    • 30yd, x30 Merkins, Bernie
    • 20yd, x20 WWII, Bernie
    • 10yd, x10 Burpies, Bernie

    USE THE HILL:

    • No good hill left behind!
    • Bear crawl to the top
    • x10 Chain Smokers
    • Crawl bear back to the bottom

    GETTING BACK:

    • Mosey back up River Rd
    • Avoid getting hit by a car
    • x10 APD’s in Saab’s driveway (scolded by Handshake for counting cadence too loud)
    • Return to Virtual Shovel Flag

    MARY:

    • x10 Scrunchy Frogs IC
    • x10 Rosalita Dips IC

    COT:

    • Counterama # 6
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • HUTTON kindly took us out in Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Chaplain’s M’s Uncle Charles – stroke
    • Fireman Ed under treatment
    • Kubota illness

    NMS:  During our little field workout YHC was astonished with the frequency and volume of the West Ho’s 4th F expression and developed a new F3 4th F theory – the earlier your AO starts, the less time your body has to leave the F in the Fartsack, thus increasing the F-factor during the workout. Anyway, it was a good little beatdown, no MABA madness though the early broad jump burpees had Handshake nervous. Nice to see Atilla twice this week, and excellent coffeerama at Starbucks! Look forward to next time gents – thanks for tolerating SOJ’s takeover! Gonna aim for hitting 500th Q this year, so just 90 to go. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • This SUNDAY (1/26) – 8pm OTB Ruck (watch Slack for details, ALL are welcome!)
    • 2/8, 0600 Frozen Triangle – two options with Run/Boomcamp VS Ruck
    • 4/5, Mudslide recruiting for Spartan Race 10K in Concord (HUNDREDS OF F3 PAX GOING!)
    • April Hike/Ruck with Rodeo Clown to support Make-A-Wish
    • Watch Slack for updates on The Bridge