Author: Garbage Plate

  • Crabs and Bulls

    13 strong posted at Hoedown on a foggy Monday morning.

    THANG
    Mosey to the back office lot for a warmup of 20xSSH, 10xMK, 20xLBC, 15x Hillbillies

    Mosey to the circle of Paris Ridge.   En route we honored 16 Redskin points with 16 strong burpees. Partner up for a trip up the Ridge, trading off for inchworm Merkins and Bernie runs.    Celebrated at the top with two sets of PLT x20.

    Return to Tuckahoe for four sets x8 of Jerkins and a four corners extravaganza in the back lot – 20x WWII, FK, Carolina Dry Docks & Burpees, then reverse direction.

    A Garbage Plate Q would not be complete without some crawl bear.   Incline crawl bear.   3 sets of 20x copperhead squats + incline crawl bear at the concrete ramp near the cafetorium.  More work for the arms with a round of crab soccer in the beautiful, dry, warm grass of the bus circle.  Wrapped things up with a ring of fire – well done by all.

    Welcomed ~FNG Matador to the mix – friend of Hardywood.  Solid effort and respect for hanging in without gloves!  A veteran of Best Bully Sticks, there was little question or chatter on a name; Ollivander crushed it.

    Announcements –
    Hardywood’s daughter may have a book signing Wednesday at Crossroads – TBD…
    HDHH Wednesday 12/19 Midlothian Capital Ale House, 5:30

    GP

  • Democratic Process

    5 brave Americans posted this morning at Heartbreak Ridge for a choose your own adventure, democratic style workout.  PAX members had the opportunity and responsibility to select by majority rule from predetermined choices each evolution for the morning (today also happens to be 1 week from last Tuesday, election day, when Garbage Plate mistakenly thought he was on to Q… #recycle).

    Started out with a mosey to a perfect COP spot for 20x SSH, IW 10x HC, MK warmup.

    Election #1 – Heartbreak Ridge prevailed:  3x up Heartbreak Ridge – Bernie, Lunge/squat, Regular style

    Election #2 – Over Under took a narrow victory: 3x each on the inclined walkway of crawl bear uphill, 20x Copperhead Squats, railing crawl down, 20x MH’s.

    Election #3 –  Roxanne beat Dora in a tiebreak election:  3:07 of Roxanne Burpees intermixed with jog in place, emceed by our friends Sting & the Police.

    Election #4 – Dry 11’s was the clear favorite: 11’s on the covered porch side of Quioccasin MS with Carolina Dry Docks & 4 count Flutter Kicks at each end.

    Election #5 – Special Election took the final morning slot:  curb crawl 1 to 5 to 1 Merkins followed by 20 PLT’s

    A traditional Native American saunter back to the flag for announcements and closure.

    Great work to all getting out on an awesome drizzly Tuesday!

    GP

  • Little Breakdancers

    9 strong PAX gathered at Hoedown for a perfect 60 degree morning workout.   A Conspiracy sighting was confirmed at 5:26a.  Mr. Holland arrived way early at 5:28a.  Warmup at the Tuckahoe ES flagpole with 25 SSH, 15 IW, 15 HC, 15 Merkins, 15 LBC & 20 plank to Merkin.  Mosey along Forest Ave towards the corner and happen upon a stack of bricks on Silverspring Dr. – line up for American Hammer time, passing the bricks down the PAX line and back.

    Continued on to the corner office building on Ridge Road for a little 4 corner work.  Cumulative 10x Dive Bombers, 20x Monkey Humpers, 30x LBD’s (Little Breakdancers – totally unsanctioned yet unbelievably awesome exercise), 40x Flutter Kicks.

    Mosey across the street & partner up for Rite Aid roundup – 3x around the building, partners alternating with people’s chair, donkey kicks & decline plank.  Victory lap with lunges, backward jog & karaoke.

    Rewind the tape and mosey back the way we came for a 4 corners remix of 15x DB, MH, LBD and FK and American Hammer time deja vu on the way back to the flag.  Circle up for a ring of fire 10x merkins with exceptional style points awarded to Upchuck, Mr. Holland, Fireman Ed & BT.  Wrapped up with a Mary finale of heels to heaven, hip dips and side v-ups.

    Announcements: Hammers & Ales 11/10, Marmduke Jackets, Puppy Pile 10/28, CSAUP 10/20

    GP

     

  • Curls for the girls

    7 prime PAX joined in a post twister Heartbreak Ridge edition.   Warmup with 20 SSH, HC’s, wide grip Merkins & LBC’s.   Start it up with a 4 corners – 20 each compounding for calf raises, jump squats, flutters & mt. climbers.   No longer will our biceps be ignored at Heartbreak – concrete props allowed for 30x “curls for the girls” while the PAX held plank.  Mosey to the walkway for a 2x backwards bear crawl up / rail crawl down followed by 30x decline WWII on the ridge.      Since there happen to be 131 fence posts around the track infield, it was fitting that we partnered up and ran 1 lap including 131 Merkins and 131 bench kicks (where was Honeydo?) and a 2nd lap with 131 American Hammers.   Wrap-up with 30x additional curls alternating while the crew ran hills on Heartbreak Mini.    Bulging biceps – complete.

    GP

  • MSA

    5 brave posts to Heartbreak Ridge for a Garbage Plate VQ this morning.  Those with kids know how much time you spend just moving stuff around (MSA) the house.  Today was MSA Heartbreak Ridge.

    The pax warmed up with 15 x SSH, 10 x HC, JL, merkins.  MSA kicked off passing a pile of bricks down the pax line while doing squats.  First person goes to end of the line after passing all the bricks and the pattern continues in true Native American style.   After about 90 brick squats each, mosey to the retaining wall for 30 x dips & donkey kicks.

    Next on to triple check MSA with monkey humpers, flutter kicks and a run to retrieve a book from the Quioccasin little free library.   After emptying the little free library and finishing the triple check, group MSA books back into the library.  Pax left the library better than we found it and added two books.   That’s just what we do at Heartbreak Ridge.

    Mosey to choose your own adventure on the far side of the school – each could travel the length of the bus lane doing either 23 x burpies, 46 x squat jumps, or 60 x merkins.  Followed up with 30 inclined WWII’s with a partner on Heartbreak Hill.   Traversed to a bear crawl beast on the upper basketball courts with 6xSSH’s at each stop.  Finally made our way to the track & wrapped up a MSA morning by transporting 105 golf balls from the bottom to the top of Heartbreak Ridge, carrying 1x forward or 2x Bernie style.

    Great morning – super humid.  Well done by all.  Thx to Mr Holland for a brief cameo ~6:20.

    GP