Author: Florence

  • We Were There

    SOT BB from 3/16 : POG led bootcampers in a beatdown on a gigantic 4 corners circuit in church parking lot. Many variations and much groaning. Runners ran #BigDataIntegrity

  • THIS…IS…NO TOLLLLLLLL!!!!

    300 Spartans…I mean 12 Spartans…battled the oncoming onslaught of Persians at Huguenot Park. Here’s what the history books recorded :

    Mosey to parking lot next to soccer fields

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    Mosey to Soccer Field

    Spartan : PAX line up and sprint 100 yrds, do 10 merkins at the finish and walk back to the start all together. Continue until you have done 30 x100 yrd sprints and 30×10 = 300 Merkins. (We completed 20 sprints and 200 Merkins)

    Mosey back to basketball court next to Ole Glory for some Mary : Not So Lazy Boys (hold 20 seconds in the middle, to the right, in the middle, to the left, and in the middle one last time), 1 minute of WWII’s

    DONE

    Numberama

    Namerama

    COT : HDHH tomorrow 3/16 at O’Tooles Midlothian at 5:30 pm

    Another Happy Hour this Thursday 3/17 from 6 pm – 8 pm at Capital Ale House Innsbrook. Gomer will buy a beer for any FNG.

    Saturday June 4 Vinny is Q’ing the Bridge. Coordinate your clown cars. I am negotiating with the M as we speak to rearrange family plans so I can make it.

    NMMS : No shame in only completing 20 sets of the Spartan today. Even the Spartans lost some battles to the Persians. We live to fight another day! *Did I have my PAX count right in this BB? Any PAX names I’m missing?*

  • Scouting Wood

    Two fully erect Stallions strutted around at Morning Wood. Moseyed around perimeter of the park between 1 and 1.5 miles scouting areas that had cover for the upcoming Q. Found some nice shelter in the dog park that looked prime for some 80s music and trivia.

  • Quarter Pounder with a Santa’s Ladder and Obama Fries

    A wolfpack of six emerged from the den at Timberwolf. According to the runners avoiding an EH from us, here’s what went down :

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 UKRAINIAN Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC

    Merkin Jax – Done in a 1:4 ratio : 1 merkin, 4 plank jax, 2 merkins, 8 plank jax, up to 5/20 and all the way back down 

    Mosey to football field

    Quarter Pounder – Sprint 25 yards and Do 25 merkins, Bernie Sanders back to start. Sprint 50 yards and do 50 squats, Bernie back to start. Sprint 75 yards and do 75 DOUBLE COUNT Mountain Climbers, Bernie back to start. Sprint 100 yards and do 100 SSH, Bernie back to start.

    Santa’s Ladder from sideline to sideline – run to opposite sideline and do 10 burpees. Run back to starting point then back to the opposite sideline and do 9 burpees. Repeato until you complete 6 burpees then switch to Merkins for the 5 to 1 reps. 

    Mosey to corner wall on the school building facing tennis court

    PAX line up in People’s Chair position on the wall. 1 PAX runs around the corner to the basketball court and back while the rest of the PAX remain in People’s Chair. Rotate until all PAX have run.

    Mosey to Ole Glory for some Mary

    40 Flutters IC, 20 Freddie Mercuries DOUBLE COUNT, 50 LBC’s IC, 30 WWII’s

    Obama – This movement is bear crawl for 4 hand moves then stop to do 4 merkins. (Obama was the 44th POTUS). Repeato from curb to light pole

    DONE

    Numberama

    Namerama

    COT : Saturday June 4 Vinny is Q’ing the Bridge. Looking for a big group to head out there. Coordinate your clown cars.

    This Saturday 3/5 the various Saturday AO’s will be converging upon Dog Pile

    This Sunday 3/6 is the GLOW Run for Galactosemia in New Market at 5 PM. Meet at Satan’s Hill (aka the clubhouse (15300 Sultree Dr, Midlothian, VA 23112)

    Prayers for all PAX on IR. Being injured and missing F3 is always a bummer but we are praying for you all and stay focused on healing up. Don’t rush it.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

    NMMS : Boberry and YHC spotted two runners before the Q. One of whom was on the track but we suspect sprinted away when he saw us doing Merkin JAX. We’ll get you next time! If any PAX want to do lunch next week, let YHC know and we can pick a spot.

  • She Hate Gross Super 21’s

    A rare All Bootcamp transpired at SOT without any rain. The bus drivers said it went a little something like this :

    Mosey down hill to parking lot near football field

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC

    Super 21 – Do 1 Merkin then 1 WWII; 2 merkins / 2 WWII; 3 merkins / 3 WWII; etc all the way to 21 merkins / 21 WWII (total of 231 reps merkins and 231 WWII)

    Mosey to bottom of hill

    2 hill sprints then mosey back down to bottom of hill

    The Gross : Pick 12 exercises, do 12 reps of each. 12×12=144 which is a Gross (We did Bonnie Blairs DOUBLE COUNT, Freddie Mercuries DOUBLE COUNT, Burpees, Squat Jumps, WWII’s, Merkins, Lunges DOUBLE COUNT, Flutters DOUBLE COUNT, Carolina Dry Docks, Squats, LBC’s, Merkins)

    2 hill sprints then mosey back down to bottom of hill

    2 sets of SheHateMe – Do 20 lunges, 10 Groiners, and 10 Merkins from one end of the parking lot to the other. (There and back)

    2 hill sprints and finish at the top of the hill on 2nd sprint

    Mosey back to Ole Glory

    5 Burpee penalty for YHC’s bad planting of Ole Glory which had fallen down

    2 MOM : 1 minute LBC’s, 1 minute Alabama Prom Date

    DONE

    Numberama

    Namerama

    COT : Flatline has a clown clar departing from SOT this Saturday at 6:05 am to head to the Bridge Q in Buckingham. Vinny will be leading the Q.

    Gypsy is still looking for a couple more volunteers to serve this Saturday at Virginia Home for Boys and Girls from 10 am – 2 pm sorting out clothes. Masks are required. Pizza will be provided. Contact Gypsy for more details.

    Vagabond has the Q at Rock N Roll this Saturday at 7 am. Pre Run with Bone Thugs at 6:30 am.

    NMMS : Great push this morning fellas. That was a hard Q. Super 21 looks good on paper but adding up all those sets gets painful. Glad we knocked that out first.

  • Starbucks > Dunkin

    Lucky Number 8 Brothers posted at Rock N Roll today. The onlookers walking around the park were dismayed at the grown men performing the following workout :

    Mosey to basketball court

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    BLIMPS : 5 Burpees, 10 Lunges DOUBLE COUNT, 15 Imperial Walkers DOUBLE COUNT, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jax, 30 Squats

    Mosey to bottom of stairs in between baseball fields

    Jacob’s Ladder – do seven sprints up the stairs with increasing reps of burpees at the top of the stairs each set. Start at 1 burpee and go up to 7 burpees.

    Mosey to Nature Center and down the trail to the left

    Stop at 2nd Workout Station

    Partner Up, Perform Exercise at each station for 1 minute then rotate to next station. Exercises we did were WWII’s, Dips, Sitting Leg Extensions, Pull Ups. RINSE AND REPEAT

    Mosey back to bottom of stairs in between baseball fields

    Everest : On the stairs, lunge up the steps and do a squat at the end of each lunge. Alternate legs. Repeato to the top of the stairs. 

    Grizzcalator : Bear Crawl up the steps and perform a Merkin at each step all the way to the top

    Mosey to closest parking lot near stairs

    Black Jack : Start on the side of the parking lot. Perform 1 Merkin – run to other side – perform 20 LBCs. Run back and do 2 Merkins. Run back for 19 LBCs. Repeat until you do 20 Merkins and 1 LBC, running between the sides of parking lot. Always adds up to 21 – BLACK JACK! (Doozy got to the set of 19 Merkins before time expired. Everyone else lagged somewhere behind that number)

    Mosey back to Ole Glory

    1 Minute of Not So Lazy Boyz : 15 seconds in the middle, 15 seconds to the right, 15 seconds in the middle, 15 seconds to the left

    DONE

    Numberama

    Namerama

    COT : DOUBLEMINT IS GETTING HITCHED TODAY! Congratulations brother and enjoy tonight 😉

    Bone Thugs is starting a Pre Run at Rock N Roll starting at 6:30 am on Saturdays that shall NOT be named Breakfast Club haha. The run will start in the parking lot and do a loop around the paved trail at the Nature Center.

    Vagabond has the Q next week at Rock N Roll

    YHC shared his appreciation for Doozy pushing him to stick it out with Rock N Roll. YHC initially started Rock N Roll on Mondays at 5:30 am which was a bad choice of day/time by YHC. It wasn’t serving the needs of the PAX. YHC was ready to throw in the towell on this AO but Doozy took the lead on it and encouraged YHC to stick with it and move this AO to Saturdays at 7 am. It was a game changer. We’ve had 4 FNG’s post at Rock N Roll (still working on EH’s to get them back out haha). And there is a prime opportunity to recruit the plethora of basketball players that play there in the Spring and Summer. YHC already has 1 on the hook who gave a HC to come.

    NMMS : Great push today brothers! Loved the timing of Black Jack coinciding with Vagabond’s charity fundraiser for his work tonight that will feature all sorts of gambling.

  • Jericho’s Walls Came Tumbling Down

    7 Brethren landed at Twin Team to win the daily battle against Sad Clown Syndrome. 4 Pyschopaths thought it was a good idea to run up and down Twin Team hill for 45 minutes : Tobit, Orange Crush, Bobbery and Don Draper. 3 Sane Minded brothers took on this bootcamp :

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Mosey to nearest corner of School Building

    Walls of Jericho :

    Just as Joshua was instructed to do in the Bible – performed around a large building so we used the school building, pick 7 different exercises and complete 7 reps of each then run a lap around the building. Complete for 7 laps. Exercises we did before each lap were Squat Jumps, Merkins, Freddie Mercuries DOUBLE COUNT, Ball Dippers DOUBLE COUNT, Merkins, WWII’s, Lunges DOUBLE COUNT

    Timeout so YHC can wizz behind a building before he pisses his pants

    Mosey to hill on the side of Bettie Weaver

    Triple Nickel : Start at bottom of the hill, run to top and complete 5xcalled exercise, run to bottom and complete 5xcalled exercise, 5 repetitions (5/5/5=Triple Nickel). The exercise we did was Burpees. 

    Mosey back to Ole Glory for 1 minute of LBC’s

    DONE

    Numberama

    Namerama

    COT : Coffeeteria after Rock N Roll is switching to Starbucks instead of Dunkin. It’s slightly closer and better service. Never should’ve doubted Boberry’s employer.

    Continued prayers for all PAX battling through injury and on IR. We love you, are praying for you, and are here for you.

    NMMS : It’s crazy how the increase in temperature and humidity can affect endurance. YHC was gassed by the time we reached the Triple Nickel.

  • Lots O’ Corners

    YHC dragged himself sleep deprived from crying baby 2.0 to welcome 4 of his Brothers to the Gloom. Here’s how YHC woke up :

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Mosey to basketball court for copious amounts of 4 Corners variations. Each variation had a different movement between the corners :

    Bear Crawl 4 Corners : exercises were 10 HRM, 20 merkins, 30 plank jax, 40 mountain climbers single count

    Lunge 4 Corners : exercises were 10 ball dippers double count, 20 lunges double count, 30 squat jumps, 40 squats 

    Front facing crab walk 4 corners : exercises were 10 crab cakes double count, 20 WWII’s, 30 flutters double count, 40 LBC’s

    Kangaroo hop 4 corners : 10 burpees, 20 groiners, 30 Peter Parker’s single count, 40 Monkey Humpers (THANKS MCGRUFF FOR THE MONKEY HUMPERS IDEA)

    Sprint 4 corners : 10 Heismans, 20 russian soldiers double count, 30 imperial walkers double count, 40 SSH

    Mosey around school and parking lots on a big loop back to Ole Glory

    7MOM : 60 LBCs IC, 60 WWII’s IC, 30 Flutters IC

    DONE

    Numbers

    Names

    COT : Prayers for the Johnson family as they mourn the loss of Brandon Johnson (best friend of Vagabond)

    Prayers for YHC’s friend Kristi Sanders. Her son named Lyric is in ICU after a really bad crash. As of now, the 2 prospects from the Docs are death or needing 24/7 care if he survives. Please pray for a miracle healing and for this young man to be able to walk and talk again. He’s only 20 years old.

    NMMS : YHC has to constantly remind himself and be intentional about being grateful for every day – family, health, A/C, food, clean water, medicine, clothing, shelter, job, transportation and the list goes on and on. Many people don’t have these gifts. Love you all and appreciate the push this morning. WILSON, SORRY YOU MISSED ALL THE ANIMAL MOVEMENTS

  • Stay in the Grass

    3 crazy dudes posted to find more snow than they were expecting. So the grass was our best friend today to avoid falling on ice. According to the guy walking his dog in the snow, this is what happened :

    warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry pickers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC

    THE THANG : fartlek with 9 stops for BLIMPS (5 burpees , 10 Lunges double count, 15 Imperial Walkers double count, 20 merkins, 25 plank Jax double count, 30 squats)

    Mary on basketball court : Not So Lazy Boys (20 seconds to the middle, right, middle, left, middle) ; 50 WWII’s IC ; 50 LBC’s IC

    2 laps of runs on the grass

    DONE

    numbers, names, coffeeteria in parking lot

    COT : prayers for Durden’s family as they mourn the loss of two family members and as they wait for heat to be restored in their house

    Dunkin near Rock N Roll now offers indoor seating so we’ll switch coffeeteria to the warmth indoors for future posts.

    NMMS : great fellowship after the Q discussing tough topics our society and children are dealing with

  • Gambit

    Just like the best super hero of the X Men, we attacked the day with a deck of cards.

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Russian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    Mosey to track

    Pick a card, do the exercise then run a lap. Repeato until time expires. The cards we picked were : 10 Heels to Heaven IC, Sprint 200 meters, 10 Rosalitas IC, 10 Ball Dippers IC, 100 arm circles, 25 Mountain Climbers IC, 100 SSH, 60 Second low plank hold

    Mosey back to Ole Glory for 2MOM : 20 Freddie Mercuries IC, 20 Flutters IC, 10 WWII’s IC

    DONE

    Numbers

    Names

    COT : Prayers for Durden and his M’s ultrasound appointment today for their twins. This is a very important appointment that will help them determine the health of their twins. Also pray for Durden’s house situation as their heater stopped working and the part needed to fix it won’t arrive until February. For now they are relying on space heaters.

    Prayers for McGruff’s hip injury to be healed.

    See slack for upcoming announcements from Nancy Lopez for Galactosemia 5k taking place in New Market and Rugged Maniac OCR taking place in Petersburg.

    HDHH on Wed Feb 2 at the new Triple Crossing in Midlothian (That day is also Nancy’s 50th Respect birthday)