Author: Handshake

  • Multi Region Downrange Convergence

    2 hombres (F3 Charlotte and F3 Richmond) joined for our own impromptu downrange convergence at Sandbridge Beach. YHC had the Q and this is what transpired.

    0730 hard start. We launched from Jose Tequillas parking lot a The Sanctuary at False Cape condominiums. Mosey about 1/4 mile to the Little Island City Park for our AO. COP with various exercises (it was there that YHC learned the different creative ways other regions count). YHC introduced Scrappy to Inverted Scorpion Kicks and Saab’s Ball Lickers.

    First on the docket was Parking Lot Suicides. 12 parking spots, run to farthest spot and then run back, then to one parking spot closer, then back until all 12 parking spots were reached.

    Second on the docket was Tennis Court Sora (Solo Dora). 4 Rounds. Round 1 – 25 Merkins, run to the far end of the court and back, 50 LBC’s, run to the far end of the court and back, 75 SSH’s, run to the far end of the court and back. Rounds 2/3/4 were repeats of round 1. 100 Merkins/200 LBC’s/300 SSH’s in total.

    Third on the docket we moseyed over to the covered picnic area for 3 Rounds of 30 Bench Kicks, 20 WWII’s, 10 Picnic Bench Decline Hand Release Merkins.

    Mosey back to Jose Tequillas and over to the beach boardwalk for 4 minutes of Mary. Last exercise was Balls to the Wall Toe Taps. 3 count, to 20. (Apparently in Charlotte when you do Balls to the Wall you actually T-Bag the wall).

    COT to close us out.

    Prayer Requests – Scrappy’s mother just entered hospice. Prayers for his mother, father, and his family has they close the final chapter of his mothers life.

    NMS – It was nice to see another F3 guy at the beach. Scrappy was walking onto the beach on Saturday wearing a F3 shirt. Scrappy went to high school with Vinny. He wrestled in elementary/middle/high school and wrestled on scholarship at Cornell. He’s been doing F3 in Charlotte for 11 years.

    I hated to miss the RVA Convergence but we made it happen down here.

  • Sunrise Beatdown

    17 regulars, 1 out of towner (YHC) and a FNG joined for the sunrise bootcamp on the the sands of Va Beach for a straightforward (but painful) beatdown.

    Quick COP and we got into it.

    Round 1 – 2 exercises, Exercise 1 – 10 reps, Exercise 2 – 9 reps, then back to Exercise 1 all the way down to 1 rep and then repeat Exercise 1 for a full 10 reps.

    Mosey to the surf and complete Round 1 of BLIMPS – 6 Burpees, 6 LBC’s, 6 Iron Mikes, 6 Plank Jacks, 6 SSH’s

    Mosey back to the top of the beach and complete Round 2

    Mosey back to the surf for Round 2 of BLIMPS

    6 rounds total. Finish with 3 minutes of Mary. Followed by a dip in the ocean to rinse off.

    Prayer Requests – prayers for on one Pax going through Cancer treatments. Prayers for Freefall as his wife undergoes a procedure to help with their infertility issues.

    NMS – the sand makes everything harder. Not much running today other than quick mosey back and forth, but the Ground and Pound was tough. If you’ve never posted in Va Beach you should make the effort, its worth it.

  • The longest .85 miles ever

    11 gents gathered for Futon’s Q, however, other plans were in motion, YHC was coming with the RVA Ghost Flag to steal the Q.

    0530 we launched running up the sultry Sultree stopping at a couple spots for a traveling COP. We ran up to W Millington and hung a left and ran until we hit the dead end, this is where the fun started, the arduous journey back. The progressive regressive is always a great way to make distances take longer. We did a 3 step forward, 1 step back, using the mailboxes as our markers. The mailbox in the progressive we did 10 of an exercise, the mailbox in the regressive we did 20 of an exercise. Various Merkins, Ab exercises, squats, SSH’s, etc.

    We were running low on time to we went from 3-1 to 2-1 and finally 4-1. We landed back at the parking lot at 6:14 and did a little stretching and finished with 5 Burpees. 2.45 miles covered.

    Announcements – Labor Day Convergence at Nuckols Farm Elementary at the new West End AO. 0700. Coffeeteria to be directly after. Family friendly river float Sunday, September 8th. Whitesnake is looking for volunteers to help with drinks/etc. Meatball is coordinating the 10 year convergence Pot Luck, see slack for details. Team Brightside donations for the 10 year convergence, the goal is $60,000 and its currently at $55,000.

    Prayer Requests for Katniss/Katniss’ family. Please be praying for them

    NMS – YHC was glad to return to Satan’s Hill. YHC always feels welcome. Not too much mumble chatter since we were constantly on the move, but it was good to see Chipper out for the second time this week and TSG for his second post. Chipper said he is going to make M/W/F a routine and he already has 3 commits for next Wednesday at Green Mile. Futon is now in possession of the RVA Ghost Flag, expect to see it make an appearance again in the new future.

  • Cultural missteps

    6 dudes met for various exercises on -or- around a high school campus today. New exercises were completed, Phonics was too tired to be chatty, and Mr. Holland made it known he was not a fan of Pencil Rolls.

    This was YHC’s second post at Dapile and YHC’s first time Qing. A few cultural missteps were made on YHC’s part. Apparently Dapile is more like Dagridiron, but the Pax was still very gracious.

    Announcements – Labor Day Convergence – at Nuckols Farm new AO. Maybe to be named “Nuckols Deep” or at least it’s officially unofficial.

    Prayers – Bulkhead had Knee Surgery yesterday. Continued prayers for his mother as well.

    NMS – Thank you to Daville for the opportunity to Q. Also, Lab Rat has recovered the RVA Ghost Flag and its back in action.

  • Does anyone have any food (exercise) allergies (restrictions)?

    2345 hours Friday night and YHC was checking the Q schedule for Dogpile and noticed an open Q for Gridiron. Quick math was completed and YHC realized that not only could he lead his Virgin Q but he could also get an extra hour of sleep, so YHC grabbed the Q and immediately went to bed. At 0630 when YHC work up he hadn’t begun to think about what to do. At 0650 as YHC approached Gridiron YHC saw a neighborhood on the left of densely packed homes and thought to himself, “I wonder if they’ve ever gone over there?” And the ideas started to percolate.

    0700 and the workout commences, 8 strong to include 2 out of 3 of the Huddle Crew. We moseyed over to the track for a COP with various exercises. We had to relocate because of the lady walking the track, we would have blocked her route. We made over way over to the neighborhood and YHC stole a page out of EF Huttons playbook: Car/SUV/Van workout rotation. 5 Merkins at every SUV/Truck, 10 WWII’s at every Car, 1 Burpee at every Van and if we spotted a Cyber Truck then 10 Burpees would be done. It was a densely packed neighborhood, luckily the people of Glen Allen don’t love SUV’s as much as the people of Tuckahoe. This rotation seemed to go on forever.

    It was time to make our way back towards campus so YHC asked White Deer to lead the way. YHC said that we’d run as far as White Deer could go and when he stopped we’d do some exercise. We made over way over to the Kid Med/ Kids Experience parking lot and YHC called on Tater to pick our poison. 10 Crunchy Frogs and 10 Squats at each parking spot.

    As time was coming to a close we did an Indigenous Peoples Walk back towards campus. As we approached the Football field we saw a lone person doing exercises. We all thought it was Seymour at first, but it turned out to be Piglet. Apparently he arrived about 10 minutes late and after searching for us he decided to do a solid Beast, The Hard Way. It’s clear that Piglet has been fully indoctrinated into the Huddle family, since a solo Beast would totally be On-Brand for Pigskin. YHC decided to jump into the routine until YHC realized he was doing it The Hard Way and we’d run out of time.

    We moseyed back to the flag for 2 minutes of stretching to wrap things up.

    Announcements – Pickleball Tournament next Saturday. 10 year Anniversary coming up on September. Additional announcements will be posted in the comments section on Slack.

    NMS – YHC realized since this was his first time Qing at Gridiron that it is a special responsibility. It’s akin to being a wait staff at a swanky restaurant where you need to ask if anyone has any food allergies, or in this case any exercise restrictions (sorry White Deer). YHC mistook “can’t run” with “didn’t want to run”. Apparently with his knee replacements he shouldn’t run. YHC will do better next time.

  • Dogpile

    5 grizzled veterans joined for this weeks dogpile. The crew was ready for a beatdown and we crushed. YHC has to work this weekend so no time for the details but we all left exhausted.

  • A classic audible

    11 men gathered for this weeks episode of The Forge: Tuckahoe Takeover edition and this is what transpired

    Arrival 5:27:36 when YHC arrive the AO was already secure, 9 men ready and waiting with bated breath. 5:29 Snuffaluffagus arrived and off we moseyed. Extra long mosey with a few circles until Last Call started to complain.

    COP to include various exercises to included Scorpion Kicks and Inverted Scorpion Kicks, also a couple of Pencil Rolls.

    Mosey down towards the Track and stop at the Softball Field. The first gate we looked at was locked so we hopped the Fence. Easily task for some. Get in groups for a Triple Check. Man 1 does HRM’s, Man 2 Squats, Man 3 runs the track next to the fence for the entire field, 3 rounds.

    Mosey towards the Football Field only to find out it was locked. The Audible begins. Mosey over to the Loading Dock and partner up. P1 Wheelbarrows up the Ramp and then both partners run down and around. Switch.

    After the debacle of jumping the fence it is obvious work is needed. Same partners. P1 hop up and down the Loading Dock 5 times while P2 Squats. Switch.

    Line up for Pencil Roll Train. First stop Merkins, 3 count. Pencil Roll to the right, 3 count. Next step 10 WWII’s, Pencil Roll left, 3 count.

    Wall Walk – tight rope walk up the wall. Walk down the railing.

    Start the mosey back, stop by some Toe Taps and Dirty Hook Ups on the wall.

    Continue the mosey back to the Parking Lot. Crawl Bear to start then Bear Crawl. Mosey the rest of the way to the Flag and do 5 Burpees in Cadence.

    Announcements – Tuckahoe Takeover continues, Homegrown Half this Saturday at 0600 at Robious Landing Park. 5k/10k/Half Marathon, 2nd F at Tryhard tonight, see Slack for details.

    Prayer Request – Recovery for Bodo’s after his Deer attack. Safe travels for Sunspot on his way back to Pennsylvania.

    NMS – good times today, there is no shortage of things to do at The Forge. YHC’s ideas were thwarted by a locked gate but there were plenty of audibles that kept us busy. YHC was glad to bring Pencil Rolls back to The Forge.

  • I’m not sweating, you’re sweating

    12 men eagerly gathered to see a rare Upchuck Q but there was no Upchuck. So the Smash Bros took the Q.

    Honeydo Q –

    • COP with various exercises to included Scorpion Kicks
    • DORA 100 Derkins, 200 Bench Kicks, 300 Jump Squats. P1 runs to the top of Heartbreak Ridge and back while P2 does the exercises
    • Jerkin Gym, partner up for 3 rounds of 8 Jerkins

    Handshake Q –

    • COP # 2 to included proper Scorpion Kicks (Inverted) and Pencil Rolls
    • Triple Check on the field. P1 Run to the 80 yard line and back. P2 HRM’s. P3 LBC’s.
    • Line up on the field. Gorilla Shuffle right 30/40 yards. 30 WWII’s. Gorilla Shuffle left back to the line.
    • Bear Crawl back to the line

    Announcements – Whitesnakes band is looking for their next gig. Be on the lookout for the next show.

    Prayer Requests – Upchuck had a Colonoscopy yesterday and he got the “all clear” this is great news after last year.

    NMS – hot morning today so there wasn’t too much mumble chatter. Atilla mentioned he’s been working like crazy the last 2 weeks so we were glad to have him out. Pigskin is leaving today for Spain/Portugal for 2 weeks. Safe travels!

  • 1776 – Hampton Roads beatdown

    16 men gathered for the 4th of July in Chesapeake City Park a Piglet beatdown.

    A quick COP/Warmarama and the festivities commenced. Get in groups of 3 (with one group of 4) and complete the necessary exercises:

    R1 – 200 Merkins

    R2 – 200 Block Curls

    R3 Block Shoulder Press

    R4 Run 1/4 mile to the Skate Park and complete 200 Flutter Kicks 4-Count (Upchuck-style) and run 1/4 mile back

    R5 200 Squats

    R6 Run 1/4 mile to the stage and complete 200 WWII’s and run 1/4 mile back

    R7 200 Jump Ropes

    R8 run 300 yards over to the Basketball court and complete 200 Dips and run 300 yards back

    R9 run 1/4 mile to the playground and do 100 Pull Ups and run 1/4 mile back

    R10 complete 76 Burpess.

    COT – Prayers for Free Fall for going into his 8th round of IVF with his M. Prayers for another Pax member who wasn’t there about Cancer treatments. Thanks we were given to some of the Pax members who have recently had good news/outcomes from prayer concerns.

    NMS – YHC doesn’t travel much, and when YHC does its rarely to a place with F3. This was my second time posting in Hampton Roads and I’ve enjoyed both beatdowns. The 1776 is tough, thankfully we completed it in groups or else we’d likely still be doing it…

  • Running with a PYT

    When YHC started F3 it was a hard and fast rule you could post one downrange non-F3 sanctioned workout backblast on vacation, and this is said backblast. YHC found a PYT and the two went for a jaunt in the cool, rainy weather at Sandbridge. The PYT looked a lot like YHC’s M but seemed to be too chill for a lady who was on “vacation” in a 2-Bedroom Condo with husband, kids, and her parents. Anyways, we took off from The Sanctuary at False cape and ran south through Little Island City Park and down into the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge but didn’t make it as far as False Cape State Park. Conversations were had about various topics. We also ran briefly with a guy from Midlo who lives in Tarrington and YHC mentioned F3 and took the opportunity to try EH him.