Author: Garbage Plate

  • early confusion

    It started with 5 penalty burpees when YHC welcomed 9 strong PAX to Hoedown, when we were in fact posted at Heartbreak Ridge. Perhaps inaccurate weather apps or a long absence from the Ridge prompted the slip-up. Either way, here’s how it went:

    COP – 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 Crabcakes, 10 Reverse Crabcakes*, 10 Merkins. Mosey to the back of the truck to grab coupons; Ronnie and GP got the special ones. Mosey to the back bus loop.

    Coupon Dora: 100 deep Merkins, 150 crusher curls (squeeze ends instead of normal coupon grip), 200 coupon squats; timer runs around the filling station.

    Unbreakable overhead coupon carry all the way along the loading area fence.

    Move the coupon game: all coupons at the far end of the bus loading area, goal is to relocate all coupons to home base. PAX performs 20x of LBC, FK or jump squats at home base prior to running to move a single coupon 3 poles closer to base.

    Native American coupon carry back to the truck

    We finished the morning up with a Heartbreak classic – 2x over under on the inclined walkway. Crawl bear up the walkway and rail crawl down.

    Numberama, namerama, announcements (Handshake b-day next Tuesday = special Heartbreak Ridge Q) and YHC took us out.

    Solid work by all and a pleasure to be back at the Ridge after so many Spider Run Tuesdays. A couple highlights worth noting 1) reverse crab cakes were the fan favorite COP activity* 2) always interesting when a police officer shows up to top off the cruiser and finds 9 friendly guys in dark clothing, with blocks, by a school, repeatedly running towards him in the gloom. Until next time – GP

  • Nonsensical

    6 men gathered at Hoedown this morning, slightly overdressed and wondering if they’d be rolling in the slush & snow. Here’s how it went:

    COP: Mosey to back Third lot for a warmup with lots of mumble chatter so we did an indeterminate amount of SSH, IJR, these things (IW),& DMH

    Cross Ridge to the medical building for an undercover triple check: HRM, crabcakes & timer runs to touch the dumpster.

    Mosey to Walgreens for an undercover Dora: 100x Carolina’s, 200x jump squats, 300x two count FK’s + wall sit for the six.

    Head across to Tuckahoe shopping center for a long lunge from Pleasants to Pucks with a plank for the six. Upchuck told a story about Navy Seals while the PAX planked.

    Jog to the ES inclined walkway & partner up for an undercover 2x bear crawl / crawl bear up the ramp & jerkins. Mosey to the back lot for 3x of crossing the field to 5x pull-ups, interspersed with people’s chair, dips and BTTW.

    Mosey back to the flag with minor snowball violence for numberama, namerama, announcements (happy hour tonight at West Creek Hardywood) and YHC took us out. I’m thankful to Handshake for contributing the word of the day (nonsensical) and still trying to figure out why Upchuck was running on the beach at 3:30 AM. Until next time, GP.

  • Engineering jokes and no sprints

    The legal limit of 10 gathered for a Hoedown special to start the holiday week off right. Here’s how it went:

    Warmup: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsey for 20xSSH, DMH, 8xDQ, 10xAC forward/back, 10xRussian Soldiers, 3 burpees OYO.

    Partnered up to alternate run/bear crawl back out of Lindsey. Hitch joined us at the top somehow, Al Gore for the six then a tribute moment of Fudd’s wife to honor our guest from Colorado.

    Mosey to the Tuckahoe wall for 5 minute drill round 1: partner up and alternate Donkey Kicks & Squats. DK’s are the timer and ascend by 2s 2,4,6,8…. for 5 minute running clock.

    Head to the back field by way of a crawl bear up the covered walkway. Triple check in the gloom with rounds of wall sits, flutter kicks and 7 perfect pull ups. Several engineering jokes emerged. After the triple check we knocked out 400 WWII’s as a group and headed off for the slippery parking lot for round 2. Audible called to continue to the main lot.

    Round 2 of the 5 min drill: ascending x2 HRM’s and Lt. Dans.

    Mosey to the front lot for 3rd and final 5 min drill: ascending (x1) Burpees and crunches.

    Head back to the flag, numberama, namerama, announcements (no Currahee this Friday, Satan’s Hill New Years convergence) and YHC took us out. No animals were harmed and no sprints were run in the making of this ground and pound workout. Good to be out with such a fine crew; well done gents. Until next time, GP

  • A bold move

    It was a cool, not quite crisp, morning at Hoedown for 11 dudes to kick the week off to a solid start. Here’s how it went:

    COP: a quick jog to the upper parking lot for SSH x 15, DMH x 10, slow DQ x 10, LBC x 10, Scorpion x 10, HRM x 10, 20x Freddy Mercuries and mosey to the back field.

    No sense in easing into it… let’s just start off with a set of 11’s… pull ups and burpees. Some groans and little mumble chatter but we rocked it. Followed up with a couple lengths of the back field, partner up and alternate runs with lunges. Round two was alternating run and the all new gorilla shuffle; an instant Hoedown classic.

    Mosey to the upper lot for basketball plank challenge. PAX held various plank positions on the fence side of the lot and completed 3 sets of 10x HRM while each person traversed the lot, made a basket and returned.

    Head down to the asphalt hill for a quickie triple check. Timer was a crawl bear up the hill while others did LBCs and jack squats. Mosey to the railings for three sets of 8 jerkins.

    Finished up the morning with some Mary – 10x WWII, 25x Flutters, 15x Hello Dolly, 10x Rosalitas, 20x LBC and some stretching. Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (RAMM amateur ride on Friday with Spit, Thanksgiving convergence 6a at Mumford, Forest Hill Black Friday challenge) and YHC took us out.

    Moleskine: Great work today gents – I must have had Q energy when coming up with a plan… the workout seemed harder than it looked on a 3×5 card. For those counting Merkins, tally up a 40x total for the morning. Until next time, GP

  • Bateau still floats

    Two gathered at Bateau to kick off the week. Here’s how it went:

    Quick warm up jog, 20x SSH, 10x DQ, 10x CP, 20x LBC, 10x HRM, grab coupons and mosey to the park entry for a Dora: 100x alternating block Merkins, 200x jump over block squats, 300x leg lifts over block; timer runs the loop in front of the stone house.

    Mosey with coupon rifle carry / curls carry to the road at the base of the sledding hill. Partner bear crawl block drag from the bottom up to the playground, alternating runner timer to the top. Mosey back down to retrieve the extra coupon & alternate lunge / curl carry back to the playground. Mosey to picnic benches for 30x dips, 20x WWII, 30x dips, 30x step ups, rifle carry back to the flag.

    YHC was super thankful to have Boberry show up as a solo Q would have quickly turned into south side coffee curl repeats! Until next time, GP.

  • Fat Man & Little Boy

    11 strong gathered at Hoedown this morning to start the week off right.

    COP: Mosey to the side church lot for 20 SSH, 10 DMH, 5 DQ, 15 LBC, 10 MK, 10 Scorpion Honeydo Kicks, 10 bonus HC.

    Jumped right into a regular Dora, partner up for 100 HRM, 200 jump squats, 300 box cutters with the timer running around the church building.

    Mosey back to Hoedown central lawn for some Fat Man & Little Boy (40lb & 10lb coupons). The PAX circled up for Q led core work including Supermans, back extensions, hip dips, LBC, WWII, MK, Carolina Dry Docks, and reverse crunches while the PAX took turns with the coupons for 12x squat thrusts or squats with Fat Man and 12x 4 count American Hammers with Little Boy.

    Head up to the gaga ball pit with just enough time for 6 minutes of fun. Partner up for ascending, alternating partner burpees: 2, 4, 6, 8…. for 6 minutes running clock.

    Slow roll back to the flag for numberama, namearama, announcements and YHC closed us out.

    Announcements: See Honeydo to sign up for Slack, etc. The Bonethug 10k is next Friday at RAMM, 5:15a start time.

    Moleskine: YHC intentionally avoided crawl bear this morning, saving up the GP special for next time. Not sure how many PAX picked up on the WWII coupon reference from 75 years ago but none the less YHC enjoyed planning and mixing things up this morning. Unfortunately the dew is back out for the first time in a long time and the Hoedown lawn hasn’t been mowed in a long time which made for a very soggy start to the workout week. Until next time, GP.

  • 260 + poop map

    6 gathered at Hoedown this morning in light drizzle to start the week off right.

    COP: (New favorite) 9x dead man hang, 9x Cherry Pickers, 15x SSH, 10x DQ, 10x WWII, 10x HRM, 10x Scorpion Kicks. Mosey down Forest Ave to the Trinity church lot

    Big 4 Corners: 10x burpees, 20x merkins, 30x jump squats, 40x crab cakes. Reverse for 40x MH’s, 30x mt. climbers, 20x merkins, 10x burpees

    Partner up and traverse the front parking lot – alternating Bernie run & lunges until both partners reach the top of the hill.

    Mosey to the back parking lot for the main event: Blackjack – total of 21 each rep, starting with 20x Merkins on one side of the lot and 1x LBC on the far side of the lot, repeat with 19x Merkins and 2x LBC, etc…

    Fast mosey back to the flag as YHC went a few minutes into overtime.

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Memorial Murph), YCH took us out.

    Two highlights this Monday morning:
    – Hitchhiker tallied us at 260 merkins today: strong work guys!
    – Pucker opened our world to the wonders of Poop Map.

    Until next time, GP

  • WoPlate

    10 strong showed up at Hoedown, most expecting a Wojo Q & YHC a week early mistakenly expecting a Plate Q. All worked out for an astoundingly smooth “spontaneous” Garbage Plate hot potato takeover.

    COP: 15x SSH, 10x HC, 10x IW, 15x LBC, 10x HRMK, 10x Scorpion kicks in perfect form

    Mosey to West Drive Circle for a Dora: 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBC

    Head back to Hoedown central for a cinderblock coupon quickie:
    Round 1: run across parking lot and Bernie up asphalt hill while partners alternate with cinder swings, curls, overhead presses & dips.
    Round 2: bear crawl/crawl bear to arrows while partners coupon press & coupon WWII. 2x. Ditch the coupons and mosey to the back field

    Memorial Murph prep: Partner one DK/MH/DK by school while timer partner runs across field for pull up sets of 10/8/10

    Mosey back to the flag, stopping for a quick 2x round of 8 jerkins/reverse crunches. At the flag circle up for 20x each of round robin Mary including American Hammers, 6 inches, LBC, APD, & side to side toe touches.

    Namerama, Numberama, Announcements (Memorial Murph) and YHC took us out. A suggestion was made for consideration by corporate of splitting the Memorial Murph into several AO locations due to space.

    Enjoy the day gents!

  • Vegas

    5 all stars gathered at Heartbreak Ridge to try their luck on a Tuesday morning.

    Head to the back lot for COP: SSH x 20, IW’s x 10, DQ x 10, HRM’s x 10, Scorpion Kicks x 10. Enough & mosey to the front picnic area for the main event.

    Simple gambling this morning with the ole Deck of Cards. 200 total exercise reps for each card drawn (40 each x 5 men). Cards drawn at random by various PAX members. As each card is drawn, mosey to one of 4 stations as a group to perform the exercise and then back to base. Home base at the front picnic area.
    – Diamonds at Quioccasin sign
    – Hearts at little library
    – Clubs in the corner lot
    – Spades near the front entry

    Lighthouse cut the deck and we went to work for 40 minutes. First card drawn = ace of diamonds (scorpion kicks). Best card drawn = seven of spades (arm circles). Worst card drawn = jack of clubs (burpees). A significant ruling was made to include side to side as proper pickle pounder form. Sporadic mumble chatter at the casino table and Attila captured the award for loudest Superman.

    Mosey back to the flag for Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (winter tour, welcome Oyster), and YHC took us out. Great work gents!

  • The Far Corner

    10 strong gathered in the Hoedown gloom this morning for some Monday morning fun. Here’s how it went:

    Warmup – Mosey to Tuckahoe front yard for SSH x 20, DQ x 10, IW x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, Wide grip Merkins 10x, Superman 10x.

    The meat and potatoes – Mosey to a prior unknown Hoedown region; the Far Corner (the hill and clearing along Lindsay Drive beyond the parking lot). Start with a set of 11’s on the hill, jog down and Bernie on the way up with HRM’s and Copperhead Squats. Followed up with 30x decline partner WWII’s on the hill then alternate wheelbarrow back to the parking lot.

    After departing the Far Corner we had opportunity for three (3) five minute stations. A running 5 minute clock was started at each station with an ascending count (2…4…6…8….. until time is called), each partner alternating exercises.

    Station 1 (gaga pit): Dips with recovery flutter kicks

    Station 2 (back field): Donkey Kicks with recovery plank

    Station 3 (front sign): Burpees with recovery Al Gore

    Mosey to the flag for a minute of American hammers & reverse crunches.

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements & YHC took us out

    Reminder to order your F3 swag from DTH by close of business on Wednesday. Looking for 5 more orders. Link is here:

    https://f3.mudgear.com/products/f3-rva-shirt-pre-order”

    Moleskine: Definitely great to get out of the fart sack this morning & start the week of right with everyone. Happy to see a Slurpee resurgence and some winter tour travelers. Also thankful for no signs of pets around the no pet signs per Handshake’s observation… Until next time, GP.