Fellas, we are going to postpone tomorrows BBQ at the Hardywood family farm in Amelia. We have a brutal case of poison ivy that has taken down the M. We are gonna get her back in good shape and reschedule soon.
So sorry for the late notice.
Your pal,
Hardywood
Gents, here’s an open invite to the Hardywood Family Farm in Amelia Court House, VA. This will be super low key. We’ll have burgers and hot dogs, so please bring anything else you’d like and something to share.
If you have any questions, shoot me a text.
Your pal,
Hardywood
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. – Another group of middle aged men trying to take a principled stand.
21 independent warriors arrived to greed the dawn of a new day. It may have quite literally been 70 and sunny on this most blessed day in which our colonies that have turned to states celebrate Independence from the Queen Mother and her misguided attempts at trying to control a few so she could control her fortune. According to legend and naughty Ben Franklin, it went a little something like this:
Mosey to SW field.
Hardywood COP: SSH X 20, WWII X 10, FC X 10, AH X 10, AHAC X 20, HRM X 20, Lunge X 10 and an Arm Circle for our little cat burgular in the sky. One is more than enough.
Mosey To Pavilion
DTH Bulls On Parade: DTH busted out his favorite jam, by that one english band that was pretty famous. If you guessed The Beatles or Rolling Stones you would be wrong. Hell, it’s not even flipping Oasis. May the lord have mercy on his soul, he chose the song Tub Thumping by Chubawumba. Whenever the chorus came on, do a burpee on the line: “I get knocked down, but I get up again.”
Old Hundred Teen Slayer aka The Fresh Prince Sprint Show
Bust into two teams based on your preference for Ginger or Marianne. This is a 10 round sufferfest that goes like this. Start at the pavillion, run to other side to complete exercises as prescribed. Run back to pavillion. Team that finished first gets a point for something that is akin to bit coin or a Schrute Buck.
Round #1 100 LBC
Round #2 90 SSH
Round #3 80 2 Count Flutter Kicks
Round #4 70 Squats
Round #5 60 American Hammers
Round #6 50 Carolina Dry Docks
Round #7 40 WWII
Round #8 30 Merkins
Round #9 20 two count ball dippers
Round #10 Burpees
Mosey to NE field
Slippery When Wet Triple Check
Bust into teams of 3. The exercises for this classic are ball dippers and American Hammer Arm Circles. The real star of the show here was the timer, The Independence Hall Slip N Slide. Please see the great shots that our very own Shakedown took on Instagram, TicTac, MyFace, etc. There was so much style, that awards simply had to be handed out.
Hard-e-Wood Shuffle Dora
DTH just could not wait for everyone to get a hold of his wood. Here’s how this worked out; split back into the original teams. Each team gets 5 cabers. DTH gets one huge smile. Now for the Dora part. The exercises are done by all the pax who are not running with cabers. Exercises are done in cadence as a group. Cabers must be motion at all times.
Excercises:
100 HRM in cadence
200 Reverse Crunches
*1776 Burpees With Cabers
**Unfortunately we only had time to finish the 200 reverse crunches.
Mosey back to flag
Numberama, Namerama, Flatline opened his heart and spoke the truth on his way to taking us.
News: Puppy Pile is next Sunday from 7am – 8am at No Toll. The slip n slide may make another appearance. And if you were concerned that Seymour would be in his speedo, I can confirm his restraining order does not allow him to come that close.
Moleskin: Gents, thank you so much for making the time today. In all seriousness, it’s a really important day. I appreciate you for showing up, showing your enthusiasm and not being silent.
It’s as much of a time to celebrate as it is a time to reflect. The signers of the Declaration Of Independence were not perfect. Scratching just beneath what was taught to us in school shows that they were profoundly flawed men. Aside from the powdered wig and pantaloons, they were much like us. It would have been easier to be submissive to the largest military force the world had ever known. Most American colonists were opposed to a revolution of any kind.
Perhaps they sensed what would happen is they remained silent and obedient. Tyranny unchecked knows no boundaries. The following sums it up pretty good and is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”
So on this most wonderful of days, as you hold a cool beverage in one hand and an imported explosive in the other, pause for a moment to think about what is worth lending your voice to? What principle needs a champion in todays world? What thing are you wishing for some one else to do that you can and should be doing?
Big cheers to you all.
-Hardywood
3 glorious studs arose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend it went a little something like this.
COP
SSH x 20, Deadman Hang, WWII X 10, AH X 10, AHAC X 20, HRM X 10, DQ X 10
Mosey to baseball fields
Triple Check: Runner circles the bases. Exercises are burpees and dips.
Simuldora: One pax at each end of the track. Both start the same doras. The timer is when the runner reaches the exercise spot. Exercises: 100 merkins, 200 WWII, 300 alternating squats.
Modified Curb Crawl: Start on one side of the field. Complete 1 merkin. Bear crawl to the other side of the field. Complete 2 merkins. Bernie Sanders back to the start and complete 3 merkins. Repeato up to 5 and back to one.
Mosey back to flag.
Numberama, namerama, YHC led us out.
News: Tomorrow is the July 4th Convergence at No Toll. 6am to 7am. Be ready to bring it!
Sunday July 12 7-8 is Puppy Pile.
Notes: If you haven’t read the Declaration of Independence in a while, it is worth doing so. The founding fathers weren’t perfect or motivated exclusively with the purist of intentions. But they were a great example of what happens when your principles and the rules don’t align. Do yourself a favor and read this inspired text.
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
A personal favorite and certainly relative selection
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Something we can all learn from the formation of this document; you must have a personal line in the sand so that when your principles are tested, you have made clear far in advance what events you will tolerate and those you will not. Men who have no specific boundaries are prone to endure suffering. To endure suffering with no end in sight and not actively participate in your own rescue is a fast way to die slowly. This applies to your job, your family, yourself and your city. If you aren’t clear on what is acceptable and what is not, you are inviting the hysterical and tyrannical to use you as doormat to their irrational endeavors. Doormats get walked on, fence posts set boundaries. Which one are you?
9 stud muffins rose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend and the unemployed staff at the on demand hugging company “We’re Just Friends” it went a little something like this.
Long mosey to far side of the school
COP: SSH X 20, Lunge X 20, WWII X 15, FC X 15, AH X 15, AHAC X 15, 7 burpees OYO
20 & 06
Starting at the first of 7 light posts, complete alternating sets of 20 merkins and 6 of a prescribed exercise. Light 1 20 merkins, Light 2 6 squats, Light 3 20 wide grip merkins, Light 4 6 WWII, Light 5 20 shoulder tap merkins, Light 6 6 Lt. Dan, Light 7 20 HRM
Mosey to Giant Stairs
There are 7 stairs. Complete 14 count of a prescribed exercise on each stair. 4 rounds total.
#1 Box Jumps
#2 Dips
#3 V-Ups
#4 Incline Merkins
Mosey to well kept soccer field; shoes off for freedom loving Americans
Alternating jog and sprint as prescribed by The Q
Mosey back to flag
Numberama, namerama, DTH led us out.
Prayer requests: Please keep Alibis family in your thoughts and prayers.
Welcome Snots: Snot’s birthname is Eddie. He is cousin Eddie to Bone Thug. If we didn’t name him Snots then it was going to be Ruby Sue. Welcome Snots. Snots had not seen Bone Thuge in about a year. He was so impressed with Bone Thugs slender figure he asked if we gave him a tape worm.
News: July 4th Convergence at No Toll. 6am – 7am. DTH and YHC have the Co-Q. There will be teams, there will be fun, there will be competition. There will be no broken bones you bunch of old farts. Fact; if your July 4th injuries are related to hurting yourself at a workout for old guys instead of blowing off your hand with fireworks from South of The Border like a real American, then you will have to drive yourself to the ER.
**Updated: The following Sunday 7/12 there is a Puppy Pile at 7am at No Toll. Bring the little ones and show them their old man still has it. To be sure we can keep up the illusion, there WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO MOUNTAIN BIKING. Mountain biking has wreaked such havoc among the pax that the CDC is now requiring all F3 men to wear helmets at all times. This is a safe spot fellas, there will be no helmet shaming. Helmet up boys, we are in this together. #nogginstrong
There are whispers that the 2020 HR Derby is being negotiated for a possible date of Tuesday 7/7 on the fields behind Robius Middle School. Apparently Gumbo is trying to live out some fantasy in which he brings a childhood crush onto the field. Rumor has it that he had a HUGE crush on one of the cast members from League of The Own and as luck would have it an agent of hers is some how connected to him through some legal contacts. He said it was the hot one that made his pre-teen Gumbo pants go crazy, but would not give YHC any specifics until all the details were nailed down. Any way, YHC really hopes to finally meet Rosie ODonnell in person.
Moleskin: My oldest 2.0 turns 14 today. Some key numbers for the workout were 07 02 20 06 14. She is one of the best things that ever happened to my M and I. May I be wise enough to see the world through her eyes and a good steward of her gentle spirit. God bless our kids and the incredible patience they have with our flaws.
Three studs gathered for some sweat and salvation at WDog on this glorious 70 and sunny morning. According to legend and local balladeer Elliot Yamin, this hot potato beat down went a little something like this.
Hardywood starts it off
Long mosey in front of The Carillon.
COP: SSH X 20, CS X 10, IW X 10, WWII X 10, FC X 10, AH X 10, HRM X 10
Mosey to Rusty Cage
Triple Check: Pull ups, Jerkins, run to fire hydrant
Pass to Bodos
Mosey to the bottom of Pipe Loop
Another Triple Check: Run Pipe Loop, bear crawl forwards and backwards across street, dips on the rock.
Pass to Hitchhiker
Long Mosey back to flag
5 minutes of mary
Numberama, namerama, Bodos led us out
Prayers for Hitch and his family. His kids are making the transition back to day care and our prayers are for a smooth transition.
Prayers for Bodos as his leadership will be put to the test tonight as he leads a dialogue for his entire congregation on how to use the current challenges of the day as an opportunity for growth, community and compassion.
News: July 4th beat down. 6am at No Toll. Bring it.
The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. The original Hanover Hype Man, Mr. Patrick Henry.
9 stud muffins gathered in the gloom for a reportedly perfect 70 and sunny. According to legend it went a little something like this.
Mosey to the soccer field that was simply inviting to be used.
COP: SSH X 20, Lunge X 20, 5 burpees OYO, WWII X 10, FC X 10, AHAC X 20, HRMRL X 10, HRMLL X 10
Escalating Four Corners: On each of the four rounds work your way to the corresponding round/corner and repeato on the way back to the start. Corner 1 5 Burpees, Corner 2 15 HRM, Corner 3 30 Jump Squats, Corner 4 60 2 count flutter kicks
Double Dora: Break out into teams of three. There are two exercise stations, one on each side of the field. The timer is the runner going between the stations.
Merkins X 100
FC X 200 two count FC
LBC X 300
Mosey back to flag.
Ring of Fire
Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.
News: July 4th is apparently a really big deal in Hanover. They take their fireworks and tomatoes very seriously. Also fun on the 4th of July is the F3RVA Convergence at No Toll. 6am start for an hour long beat down declaring indepence and counting appendages before they are blown off later in the day. That’s what she said.
“Mastery requires both impatience and patience. The impatience to have a bias toward action, to not waste time, and to work with a sense of urgency each day. The patience to delay gratification, to wait for your actions to accumulate, and to trust the process.”-James Clear
Three studs fresh of of Father’s Day festivities arose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend and the Karens on NextDoor, the hot potato Q went a little something like this.
Hardywood takes the first shift.
COP: Mosey down to the lake.
Deadman hang, SSH, IW, AH, AHAC, Lunge, HRM
Triple Check: Timer runs the hill to the first light post, the exercises are dips and box jumps.
Pass to Upchuck
Mommy Daddy Sheet Monster:
Grab a coupon by the bridge and mosey to starting light post. 8 rounds total that include 10 of a coupon exercise and 10 of a flutter kick variation.
-10 curls, 10 Swirly Kicks X 2
-10 squats, 10 regular flutter kicks X 2
-10 overhead press, 10 Hardywood Kicks X 2
-10 some strength exercise YHC can’t remember, 10 Vinny Kicks X 2
Pass to Swirly
Mosey up the path to First Landing;
3 Rounds of Incline Merkins X 10, Dips X 10
Mosey up the steps and grab another freaking coupon.
3 Rounds WITHOUT DROPPING YOUR COUPON of squats X 10, overhead press X 10. This one made the muscles hotter than a junebug in July.
Mosey back to the flag for a little ring of fire; leg raises, Alabama Prom Dates, LBC
Numberama, namerama and YHC took us out.
News: July 4th Convergenct at No Toll. 6 am and be ready to bring it.
Upchuck will do anything to save a life and for pita chips. See him for lung transplant recommendations.
6 warriors arose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend, it went a little something like this.
COP: 5 burpee OYO, Lunges X 20, dead man hang, SSH, WWII, AH, AHAC, FC, HRM
Mosey to stage and grab coupons, head to amphitheater.
Double Dora: Teams of 3 set up two exercise stations, one on the top step and one in the bottom. The runner goes between stations. Each station must complete the following:
100 Coupon Merkins, 200 Squats on coupons with alternating hands touching the ground on each rep, 300 two count flutter kicks.
Long Walk Back
Gather pax and coupons on stage. Start with 10 merkins and 10 squats. Walk up hill to complete 15 merkins and 15 squats. To the light post for 20 merkins and 20 squats. To the gate for 25 merkins and 25 squats. To the grass circle for 30 merkins and 30 squats.
Mosey to the tables behind The Carillon
Triple Check; dips, WWII, runner takes coupon to the back of the stage.
Mosey back to the flag.
Numberama, namerama, Upchuck led us out.
News: July 4 convergence at No Toll. 6am start time for an hour long beat down.
“Because a body of men, holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” The original T. Paine
Three freedom loving men exercised both choice and conscience without interference on the rights of others before dawn. They were not reactionary to the whims of the hour, but purposeful in laying the foundation for a life of long service and usefulness. According to legend it went a little something like this.
COP Swirly: Deadman Hang, Cross Leg Hang, SSH, Merkins, Fudds Wife, Wilsons Wife, Flutter Kicks.
Triple Check (Swirly): One partner runs the main circle, one partner does does, one partner does incline merkins.
Mosey to get coupons at the bottom of the hill and pass to Hardywood.
Escalating Four Corners With Coupon For Personal Growth
Corner 1 10 squats
Corner 2 10 Ground To Overhead Press
Corner 3 20 American Hammers
Corner 4 10 Burpees
Mosey Spring Valley and pass to Faceplant
Double Dora
One partner stays at bottom of the hill, one partner waits at the top of the hill and one partner starts running up the hill. The men at the top and bottom begin the dora exercise. The change over happens with the runner going up hill switches with the person exercising and they run down the hill to switch with the man exercising at the bottom of the hill.
100 Merkin
200 LBC
300 SSH
Mosey back to the flag.
Numberama, namerama, YHC led us out.
News: July 4th Convergence. 6am at No Toll