Author: Handshake

  • Who got that Q?

    At 2200 hours on Sunday, March 23rd YHC checked the Q sheet and saw it was empty. YHC felt compelled to rectify the situation and signed up.

    0529 hours on Monday, March 24th YHC pulled into the Parking Lot to see a crowd of men looking for their Q. Cheers of jubilation we let out scaring the neighbors.

    0530 hours we stepped off following Senor Frog. 5 steps in a hard right was taken so that Senor Frog could remember who the Q was. We moseyed down Lindsay for a warm up. Various exercises completed. Next up grab 2 partners for a Triple Check. 1st man runs to the 6th car on the left (not the first car on the right, insert eye towards Valadelay).

    Next up mosey back to the 6th car on the right. P1 Bernies up the Hill, P2 does 5 WWII’s then Bernies, P3 does 10 WWII’s then Bernie. When P1 gets to the top he does 15 WWII’s.

    Mosey from the top of Lindsay Court up the Recess Yard. Four Corners. C1 40 2-Count SSH’s, C2 10 Squats then 5 Pull Ups x 3, C3 10 2-Count Australian Mountain Climbers x 2, C4 100 LBC’s.

    Mosey to the top of the ramp at the Door into the school. Bear Crawl down the Ramp.

    Next up a game of Centipede. Mosey down/up/over/various ramps trying to not get caught by the Q.

    Finish with some Mary.

    Announcements- Century Classic Friday-Saturday May 2nd-3rd (overnight). Breaking Bread, April is full. The Bridge.

    Prayer Requests – none

    NMS – good times. A new exercise was officially released today, The Senor Frog Release Merkin. It will exercise you Arms/Shoulders/Back

  • Substitute Q

    0500 YHC’s alarm goes off, feeling exhausted YHC was on the verge of turning the alarm off and fartsacking when YHC heard his M stirring. YHC knew his alarm had woken her up and if he did not get up she would be heavily annoyed. YHC quietly walked down the stairs and went to turn off his alarm and there was a text from the Q saying he had to bail. YHC was glad he didn’t fartsack or HBR would be Q-less. YHC couldn’t imagine the Pax without a leader to keep in check. YHC would rise to the occasion.

    0530 struck and we’re off, running in a abnormal direction. YHC could hear one Pax member comment that they hadn’t been there in a little bit and everything had seemed to change. We saw the lights of Roger Roger’s truck so we looped back but apparently we will still out of sight so he didn’t see us. Lighthouse volunteered to get him but with a hefty head start Roger Roger ran around the entire school before Lighthouse could catchup. Now that we had the entire Pax we were a perfect 9.

    Various exercises, a Triple Chora. Various versions of Merkins/Squats/WWI’s and II’s. Fun was had by all.

    Announcements – 2nd Lunch at Joeys Hot Dogs at Innsbrook at noon today.

    Prayer Requests – unspoken but many known

    NMS – it’s good to have Roger Roger back.

  • 7 years

    Perfect Triple Check numbers despite road closures for todays marathon.

    We trekked through various road closures and took advantage of empty streets.

    New variations of exercises with excessive counts were completed.

    Announcements – WestHoe 2nd F at Joes Hot Dogs at Innsbrook on Tuesday at noon. 2nd F sponsored by SOJ on March 22nd, Chili Cookoff. See Slack for details. Gypsy is hosting a 2nd F on March 22nd as well, Drinking/Shooting/Chopping (in that order) at his property in Louisa.

    Prayer Requests – Upchucks employee, Anastasia Mohammed, her mother is battling an infection, prayers for recovery and guidance of the medical staff.

    NMS – A lot has happened in 7 years. YHC has seen AO’s grow, YHC seen AO’s shrink, YHC has seen Pax come and go. YHC is appreciative to still be here.

  • Duck, Duck, Goose

    10 men met at an ungodly hour for 45 minutes of exercise

    Various exercises were completed and the limits were pushed with stupid hybrid exercises, most the Squat Imperial Walkers that looked more like something from Billy Blanks Taebo.

    The highlight was Duck, Duck, Goose. To reduce the risk of emotional and physical injury there was no running, only speed walking. YHC has a bruised back from when Splinter tried to cut to corner and ran into Senor Frog and fell on YHC. I guess we found out what happens when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object.

    Announcements – none

    Prayer requests – none

  • Time is almost up to get your Real ID

    A Bakers Dozen joined to see what randomness ole’ Handshake would bring to Heartbreak. Special guests were Lockjaw and EF Hutton who are traditionally at Spider Run.

    We started with a never ending COP after the first exercise we did 10 HRM’s, 10 WWI’s, 10 Squats and then after the second exercise we did 9 HRMs, 9 WWI’s, 9 Squats all the way down to 1/1/1 and then we repeated 10/10/10 to finish.

    Mosey over to the DMV to get in line for our Real ID appointment. First exercise Bear Crawl between the spaces and do 5 Merkins at each Parking Spot (10).

    Get in groups of 3 (with 1 group of 4) for a Triple Check. First man runs around the building, second may LBC’s, third man Squats, 3 rounds.

    Stay in your groups for Boo-yeah Heels to Heaven and then Boo-year forward reaching HRM’s

    Line up in the parking lot parallel to the spaces. 10 parking spots with various traveling exercises and 10 of various exercises at each line.

    Line up for and Indigenous Peoples Run around the back of the school back to the Flag.

    2 minutes of Larry, like Mary, but slightly different.

    Announcements – Book Club Shield Lock tonight at Dunkin’ at 7:00 pm

    Prayer Requests – non mentioned but there are always people to be praying for. Keep all those in difficult physical health/family/job/mental health/emotional heath situations in your prayers

    NMS – YHC was thankful to lead today. Heartbreak might be YHC’s favorite place to Q because there is plenty of space/opportunity and it’s the perfect line of demarcation between Tuckahoe and Fart West End. Certainly Currahee and Circus Maximas have the same crowd but this is the only traditional Boot Camp of the 3.

  • What was his name?

    A lucky 6 gathered for this weeks Hoedown. With no name on the Q sheet at 8:00 last night YHC took the opportunity to sign up. Perfect numbers for partner work or a Triple Check but neither were to be found today.

    Mosey down Forest with a left on Spottswood and after some quick Monkey Humpers in 1-800s driveway we moseyed up all the way up Spottswood through the Dogleg and all the way to the end. Mosey to the first mailbox then complete 10 of an exercise, then mosey back and to the second mailbox and 20 of an exercise repeating all the way to 100 exercises. Quick stop at 1-800’s driveway again on the way back and we made it to the flag with 20 seconds to spare.

    NMS – good times, Honeydo was a good sport after being made fun of for his fabulous shorts. Also, with his “busy” weekend he be became the butt of the jokes.

  • 41 years and more Pencil Rolls to come

    9 Gathered for YHC’s birthday celebration. YHC had no plan in mind, the Pax was very patient as we did every random exercise under the sun.

    Announcements – Century Classic is coming back. Thanks for Last Call and Orange Crush for taking Breaking Bread.

    NMS – Thanks for everyone who came out, especially for Heist and Purple Rain who aren’t regular attendees of Dogpile

    Prayer Requests – please be mindful of those who work for the Federal Government who are nervous about their jobs. People are scared and not sure what to do. It’s a tough spot to be in and nobody wishes it on anyone.

  • Slush Bros, non-Asynchronous style

    2 of Tucka-Ends finest joined for this weeks FW. One didn’t want to leave his Wingman hanging and other was Streaking (in Big Data) not literally.

    We started by Moseying over for the Church for COP under the Overhang. Followed up with a Pencil Roll-A-Thon. 3 Pencil Rolls and 10 WWII’s x 4 and then (3) Pencil Rolls and 10 HRM’s x 4.

    Mosey down to the bottom of S. Ridge and compete various exercises on the way back up the hill.

    No announcements.

    Sorry to miss the regular crew, see y’all next week.

  • Googling **ward ***derson

    Sunday night, February 2nd NTB posted on Slack about needing a Q for The Forge. He commented about it was 5 straight weeks of different Q’s and YHC felt it was a good reason to get back out to The Forge.

    Wednesday night February 5th YHC looked at the weather and eye rolled at the thought of 34 degrees and rainy, would YHC be alone at 0530?

    0529:23 YHC pulls into the Parking Lot and realizes YHC will not be solo. 9 F3 Brothers were waiting and wondering where the Q was.

    YHC had decided on an off-campus Stratford/Lansdale loop but quickly realized that the Pax would not be able to make a double loop in 45 minutes. YHC had also considered figuring out exactly which house was Tryhards and taking advantage of the opportunity to add his property to the AO. Luckily his address is easily googable.

    We did all the fun things today: Throuple Checks, Pencil Rolls, 10-Count Star WWI’s. And it was even better since the rain held off until the end of the workout.

    NMS – Good times, new faces.

    Announcements – Frozen Triangle 0600 at Dogpile. Ruck option is also available.

    Prayer Requests – Tryhards M’s Father has Lung Cancer and will start treatments about the time they leave for New Guinea. Prayers for Tryhards FIL and his M while she comes to grips with not physically being with him

  • Fit-ish for your 40’s (or more)

    A Bakers Dozen gathered for this weeks Heartbreak to see what Handshake had to offer.

    Mosey to the Office Parking Lot for COP. Alternating Up/Down exercises.

    Mosey to the entrance to the Bus Loop for the start of an extended 4 corners. Partner up and go opposite directions. 4 exercises 1) SSH’s 2) LBC’s 3) Merkins 4) Squats. This Four Corners burned a lot of time.

    Mosey to the PES Elementary School Office Parking Lot for a Triple Check. P1 runs the Loop P2 HRM’s P3 WWII’s.

    Mosey the back way to the Flag. Holla at the Tomatoes on the way, stoop near the Gas Pumps for some exercises. Finish with Heels to Heaven.

    Announcements – Frozen Triangle this Saturday at Dogpile, 0600. Gridiron will meet at 0700. Joeys Hot Dogs Tuesday, 2/11 at 12:00, Pinto Housewarming Party Saturday Night, see Westhoe Slack Channel.

    Prayer Requests – only those unspoken

    NMS – Nice to a crew of 13 at Heartbreak. Good mumblechatter.