Author: Handshake

  • Baptized in a Urinal

    8 regulars met for a Saturday morning beatdown led by YHC. 60 degree weather and a slight breeze.

    Mosey to the Vita Course for some grab ass and a COP

    Mosey to the Monkey Bars to watch grown men struggle to not rip their arms out of the sockets and watch Upchuck bang his knee.

    Mosey to Burpee Lake and get in 2 groups. Both groups do the same exercises but run the opposite way around the lake. At each light pole the groups do 5 HRM’s, 10 Deep Squats, 15 LBC’s.

    Meet at the opposite side of the lake and wonder how long Senor Frog and Mudslide continue to move while the rest of the pax follows the directions to stop at a certain light pole.

    Mosey to the Benches at the Lake building. Bench Kicks, Decline Merkins, Incline Merkins.

    Mosey to the front of the Lake Building for Swirly’s World Famous Touch a Tree.

    Mosey to the former Columbus statue location fountain and do Bench Kicks. Upchuck and Senor Frog exchange foreplay and it ended up with a soaking wet Senor Frog.

    Mosey over to the back of the school to Vinny’s Swingset and complete 4 rounds of planking knee rises, or whatever they are called.

    Mosey back to the flag with 12 seconds to space

    Announcements – Summer Tour Week 2: The Deep, Raider Run, Dogpile, Home Grown Half Marathon in Augusts, Flatty’s Happy Hour (this has already been completed by the time this backblast was released).


    NMS – beautiful morning for a beatdown. YHC was glad to lead.

  • B-ROGA

    3 cheeky Bros joined for Broga. Lots of stretching.

  • Memorial Day Convergence

    66 on Memorial Day.  If this wasn’t a record then it has to be close.

    COP led by YHC with various exercises with an escalating Burpee after each exercise.  5 exercises followed by Burpees up to 5.

    Count off in 4’s.  Pax splits in 4 groups for 10-12 minute breakout groups: Mudslide, Snuff, Nancy Lopez, Tater.

    Snuff Q – Triple Check on the Carillon steps and questionable dancing

    Mudslide Q – Build a Beast repeats 

    Nancy Lopez – Jazzercise to Madonna’s “Like a virgin”

    Tater Q – Thunderstuck Burpee-fest followed by Abs of Steel

    Finish in front of the Carillon where Gomer Pyle spoke about the sacrifices our troops and we recognized the men and women the Pax knows who have lost their lives protecting our freedoms.

    Mosey back to the flag for Numberama.

    Announcements – L Woods food drive on June 13th, see Slack for details.  Breaking Bread needs a Q for next weekend. The old-school Google Sheet with ICE information is going away for security reasons.  Gypsy made a compelling plea for people to get Road ID’s, essentially you will die and we need to quickly let your M’s know.  Flatline going away party this Friday 5/29 @ 4:00 pm at Twin Hickory Tavern.  

    Prayer Requests – non spoken

    NMS – Great morning where the weather was unseasonably cool but we also missed the rain.  Thank you for everyone who attended and for those that volunteered to participate.

    ***Many thanks to Offshore and Lighthouse for providing drinks and Bagels and Coffee**

  • Hottest Hits of 2002

    12 is the perfect number. You can do anything, whether it be solo work, partner work, Triple Checks, Quad Checks, etc. Today, we had this perfect number at The Forge. We completed a couple of Triple Checks, partner work, and solo work, all while listening to the hottest hits of 2002, the year YHC graduated from high school.

    With graduation season in full swing, YHC is taking note and using it as an opportunity to reflect on his own life. During the workout, a very vocal Last Call asked YHC what he was like in high school, what kind of car YHC drove, etc. YHC thinks about the summer of 2002 and the excitement of graduation and what was to come. It makes YHC excited for the young adults in our lives who are feeling that same excitement. There is so much opportunity ahead of them and so many unknown places and experiences they will have. We are fortunate to have these young men and women in our lives to help us appreciate that every day is a new opportunity for a new experience and a new chance to make a difference. Go out today and think not of what is, but of what it can be, and seize the opportunity.

    Announcements – Memorial Day Convergence – Dogpile, 0700 on 5/25; Breaking Bread is opening the weekend of May 30th; L Woods is involved in a food drive on 6/13.

    Prayer Requests – The consistent group in need of prayer: Fudd’s sister Mary, Roger Rogers’ FIL, Charlotte, and Wojo’s mom and family.

    NMS – YHC worked late yesterday and was too tired to make a true playlist, so YHC phoned it in and used the “2002: Hits Radio” station on Pandora. There were some bangers, but there were also some duds. Fortunately, Last Call was there every step of the way to provide ample constructive feedback on where each song fell. At the end, Scam commented that he had never heard a single song that was played.

  • Last Calls Rub-Tug Special

    4 joined for Broga. Stretching happened.

  • Foot Race – Senor Frog vs. Saltlick

    A merry band of 8 met to kick off Monday. We were fortunate to be at 60% capacity which also included Big Data himself.

    When the bell struck 0530 we were off, as we began our mosey Fudd drove past us. Fudd has a unique way of being 1 minute late to every AO no matter how close or far from his home, but YHC digresses.

    Mosey to Third Church Parking Lot for COP.

    We started our Mosey behind Third Church as Senor Frog sprints by which then required the Pax to make a hard right and to take another route. Mosey around the front of the church and make a right on Silverspring and mosey down the hill and pause at Carriage Lane. Mosey from Carriage Lane to Spottswood and make a left on Spottswood and stop at the end of the road.

    Left Driveway Extravaganza. Starting with the first driveway we completed 5 of an exercise then Moseyed back. Then down to the second driveway and 10 of an exercise then back. We completed this all the way to the 8th driveway and 40 of an exercise. Once we complete the 8th driveway we started again with 40 reps then worked our way back stopping at every driveway. When this was complete it was 0610 and we had about 1/2 mile to travel.

    Mosey back to the Flag for 1 minute of LBC’s to close out 0615.YHC didn’t use the GPS, but it was 4,000 steps which is about 500 more than an average F3 45 minute Bootcamp.

    Announcements – Memorial Day Convergence at Dogpile Monday, May 25th at 0700. Oyster says Breaking Bread for May is open.

    Prayer Requests – Fudd’s sister, Roger Roger FIL’s, Wojo’s Mom, Charlotte.

    NMS – Warmer morning than we’ve seen in quite some time. YHC is glad to have the Q to determine what we would (and wouldn’t) be doing.

  • If Hardywood asks you to Ruck say no

    7 men said yes to showing up in a city park at 0500 on a Saturday to do tough stuff. Hardywood had the great idea to do a pre-ruck before the Flatline Celebration Q. Several of us said yes and were excited until Hardywood opened the trunk of his car and we saw his “toys”

    Everyone grabbed a tool of masochism: (2) Cinder Blocks, (3) 40 pound Sandbags, (1) 70 pound Sandbag, and (1) 40 Pound Testicle Trauma Bag.

    Every 5 minutes we rotated through the Pleasure Tools.

    50 minute Ruck with our bodyweight plus no less than 60 pounds.

    NMS – Great times. Everything today felt like a OG Dogpile

  • Westhoe 2nd Tuesday, 2nd F Lunch

    First time in 7/8 years YHC has been able to make it to a 2nd F lunch.

    7 men gathered at Tres Machos – Innsbook and talked about real estate and other things. No problems of the world solved but several identified.

  • Honeydo’s Blocks of Pleasure

    7 men at First for some Coupon Fun

    Man 1 uses (2) of Senor Frogs Cock Rings and Moseys around the Parking Lot while the rest of the group does Coupon exercises. Rotate after each man runs. Overhead Presses, Curls for the Girls, Block Swings, Around the World, Chest Presses, Overhead Rotations, etc. Two Rounds

    Four Corners: Mosey to corner 1 for 10 HRMs, Mosey to corner 2 for 20 WWII’s, Mosey back to corner 1 for 10 HRM’s, Mosey to corner 3 for 30 LBC’s, Mosey back to corner 2 for 20 WWII’s, mosey to corner 4 for 40 SSH’s, mosey back to corner 3 for 30 LBC’s. Do 20 Block Presses and then do 40 SSH’s again.

    Circle up for some Mary.

    Announcements – Memorial Day Convergence at Dogpile at 0700 on Monday, May 25th. Flatline has the Q this Saturday at Dogpile.

    Prayer Requests – Avery Peay’s passing and his family. Charlotte and the Evans family, Roger Roger’s FIL, Wojo’s Mom, Fudd’s sister, Mary.

    NMS – Great morning with the crew. Sorry to have missed some of the Homies.

  • Atilla’s Kryptonite

    A Bakers Dozen met in a Middle School Parking Lot for a beautiful morning of exercises. 0530 we step of and mosey to the northern end of the Football Field behind the Goal Posts for a COP of various exercises to finish with Gomer demonstrating the Gurpee.

    Line up on the Goal line and start a 10 round set. Each round has the same start: Mosey to the other Goal Line and back followed by various exercises that YHC can’t remember the order

    • 100 SSH’s
    • 90 LBC’s
    • 80 Single Count Flutters
    • 70 Single Count Mountain Climbers
    • 60?
    • 50 WWI’s
    • 40?
    • 30 HRM’s
    • 20 Regular Mekins
    • 10 – Double Burpees

    Bernie down to the opposite side of the field.

    Bear Crawl to the 50 yard line.

    Mosey back to the flag

    Announcements – Memorial Day Convergence at DOGPILE on Monday, May 25th at 0700 hours. Second Tuesday Lunch next Tuesday 5/12… Be on the lookout for the location.

    Prayer Requests – Charlotte and her family as her health begins to decline and moves towards hospice. Prayers for Roger Roger FIL and family, Wojo’s mom and family, Fudd’s sister, Mary, and her family.

    NMS – great time today, beautiful weather. Thanks to the Pax for putting up with a beatdown that even YHC didn’t want to do. Based on GPS watches we clocked between 1.8 and 2.1 miles