7 faithful joined to discuss the difficult topic of Forgiveness. We went over Matthew 18, Romans 3:21-24. Christ tells us all are worthy of grace & forgiveness and practicing forgiveness with others allows us to accept his grace. Lots of good discussion and some good examples of the difficulty of this topic in their own life. Couple of PAX tearing up, including YHC, means we all have work to do.
Plus Boberry’s new 2.0 made an appearance!
8 strong found a frost-free HBR. 7 were there on time and unable to lose Handshake as he came in hot on our mosey to the COP. We did:
COP: Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Freddy Mercurys, Merkins.
Mosey over to PES front for Dora 123: 100 V-Ups, 200 Merkins, 300 Jump Squats. Head on over to the blacktop behind QMS: 10 HRMs each basketball hoop with bear crawl in between. 6 hoops in total.
Grab a spot on DK wall: 40 Donkey kicks & 50 LBCs. Then down to Coupon depository for 3 rounds of: 15 Block Pullovers & 30 Bench kicks. Mosey across football field (unless you’re Ronnie) then 2 min of Mary. Gypsy took us out.
Announcements: 3rd F tonight at 8:00. YHC has the Q. Prayers for kids returning to in-person school. Still time to sign up for the March challenge along with Gypsy and other F3 PAX around the country. See Slack for both.
NMS: Apparently promptness is optional at “The Institute” as Handshake did his best Probation impersonation as this morning’s LIFO. We tried to duck in to the blockyard but he spotted us easily for the COP. Good to have Gypsy back in the Gloom at HBR. Some questioned the Q’s call of 60 HRMs and bear crawl. YHC wanted to get the PAX ample merkin reps this AM. No dangerous frost on the pavement but fields were still plenty soggy.
Mumblechatter after the beatdown great. Gypsy has shed his inner Carolinian self with a 2nd working headlight and we might need to have a charity event to help Bacon Bits buy a new wardrobe with all the weight he has lost.
5 fleet footed faithful came out in search of 60 degree temps. None to be found but 5+ miles and ample hills were waiting:
From Hoedown – Down to UofR and up past stadium, then up college and weave through neighborhood until ending up on the road next to CCV. Back through campus and up long University hill. Turn to cut through Kanawha and then back. 5.3 miles.
NMS: Good to have Kubota out at a run. He used the run to weigh the schooling options while others had ample chatter. Upchuck posed the question: how does one say hi to another PAX’s M while out in public without seeming creepy. Congrats to Handshake on his record month in February. Prayers for all the kids returning to school this week and all the 2.0s as they adjust to new schedules.
Four foolhardy fellows braved the snow and ice at Twin Team. 2 were there at the start while the other 2 found us in the COP:
COP: Don Qs, SSH, Imperial Walkers, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Heels2Heaven.
Partner up – Dora 123: 100 Merkins, 200 Dips, 300 LBCs. Mosey to side side of BW: 2 Rounds of 30 WWIIs and 40 Merkins in covered area. Over to the playground – 5 sets of 8 Pull-Ups and 15 Squats.
Move to side of school for Native American Donkey kicks – 3 PAX B2W while one does 10 Donkey Kicks and goes to end. 2 rounds through. Back to school entrance for Pickle Pounders. Boxing Cockroaches, Windshield wipers. Finish up with some snowball tosses – Hit the car and 10 Squats, miss and do 5 burpees. 2 rounds and we ended up with 25 burpees.
COT and YHC took us out. Prayers for Bleeder’s family, Swirly’s family, and PAX traveling.
NMS – YHC took the Q at TT since Doozy was solo last week. Boberry got some chatter going on Slack last night so YHC felt confident he would not be solo. At the start it was just Doozy and YHC but Boberry and Chaplain pulled in 2 minutes late due to the snow.
Snow was plenty slushy so we looked for covered spots most of the time. Nobody took a spill and the snowball tosses at the end were fun. Only one pax missed on the first round of snowball toss, he shall remain nameless.
8 studs saw the snow and winds from the fartsack but posted anyway. A reluctant Q turned into a Hot Potato and off we went once Probation found us:
COP: Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Pass to Handshake who kept the COP going with more mary. Then split up for Quad check: HRMs, Flutterkicks, & run length of fence up & bernie back. 3 Rounds.
Pass to Pinto: Polar bear the length of the building, stopping at every pole.
Over to the brick courtyard for another quad check: Donkey Kicks, Wall Sit, Burpees, & run. Pass Q to Tater: back to covered section for more Mary & some burpees thrown in. Mosey back to Flag. YHC took us out.
NMS – With Dry January done some PAX embraced the Wet February last night and weren’t 100%. No regrets as posting in the snow is always a blast. With 8 PAX nobody wanted to serve up a Dora and Handshake’s Quad check instructions were confusing enough that by the last round the PAX had it figured out.
Probation pulled in LIFO, on brand, and while the PAX moved around to make him work he found us not too far in. Pinto led us into the never before used brick courtyard, where there is ample wallspace to choose from. Bacon Bits was dying for the Q to be passed to him but we ran out of time. Hopefully he’ll get the Q passed to him soon and this doesn’t turn into another #SplinterSituation…
5 grown men and one 2.0 all turned into kids playing in the snow on a Sunday Funday at Hoedown. The Q was passed via Husky’s snowball aim and according to the snowplow drivers passing by here is what we did:
Honeydo COP: SSH, Navalny Freedom Kickers, Biden Energy Plans, Imperial Walkers, Merkins. Q passed to an unsuspecting Upchuck, mosey to Triple check wall for 3 rounds of:
10 Donkey Kicks, 5 Derkins, Bear Crawl to sign & back. Over to covered area by gym: WWIIs while other partner runs up entrance and does 10 Derkins. Pass Q via snowball to Last Call – 11s on the skating rink of: Heels2Heaven & Lt Dans.
Pass Q to Kubota – mosey back to the field. Partner 1 runs to pull-up bars & does 3 then back. Partner 2 does Skullcrushers. 3 times through.
Fireman Ed Q – Down to bottom of Lindsay – 4 corners of- 10 Burpees, 20 WWIIs, 30 Mtn Climbers, 40 Flutterkicks.
NMS – A text to First Watch regulars prompted this OTB snow beatdown and glad to have 6 out. Posting in the snow is never as cold as it seems, as the inner child awakens. Husky was the only 2.0 to brave the snow. Watching him do Imperial Walkers was worth the price of admission.
Upchuck was flat footed when the Q was passed after the COP but only for 2 seconds as we were off. We started out mostly dry then on the 11s with the Heels2Heaven the gloves we off. Fireman Ed upped the ante at the end with Mtn Climbers in the snow.
Last Call pulled in 5 minutes late. Apparently he had to consult his Owners Manual to see if the Caddy had 4 wheel drive. Husky took us out with a better prayer than any of us could have done. what a way to start a beautiful snowy Sunday. And a great way to finish up a tough January.
Seven strong sounded the early bell at First Watch on a fine gloomy morning, 3 of the PAX having ample antibodies. The tale goes something like:
COP: Invisible Jump rope, Don Qs, Navalny Freedom Kickers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, NO Scorpion kicks since Handshake wasn’t there…
Mosey over to RR(b) lot for Lindsays: HRMs and WWIIs. Mosey over to Henrico’s smallest park for Triple Check: Squats, Reverse Crunches, & run the triangle.
Back to the Coupon Depository: 60 Blockpresses, 20 SitNPress, AL Softball players, finish with 40 Coupon Swings. 3 min of Mary with Hells2Heaven, LBCs, American Hammers, & Pickle Pounders. COT & YHC took us out.
NMS: YHC thought we had the perfect 6 PAX number until Bacon Bits rolled in at exactly 5:00 after responding to Upchuck’s early morning “You up?” text.
Not much complaining about the HRMs in the Lindsays although there was a lot of groaning. During the Triple check the PAX learned that some are moving away from traditional Social media and turning towards other avenues of connection…
YHC awards today’s oversharer to Upchuck for his request on proper form on how to secure one’s cinderblock correctly during weighted APDs. It really does depend on the hole size in the block.
Continued Prayers for those dealing with COVID, Wojo shared he’s a one man shop as of today with the rest of his office out with it. Be on the lookout for a new bar with tackle dummies and blocking-sleds in the west end in 6 months.
Eight strong took on the gloom to see what a COVID-free YHC beatdown would look like. Here is what was served up:
COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Freddy Mercurys, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey down to coupon drop zone and over to middle of field for Frozen PAX.
Loop of: Start from center of field, run to benches – 10 Derkins. Run to concession stand – 20 Donkey Kicks. Run to other benches – 30 Bench Kicks. Back to middle of field and grab coupon – 40 Swings. That’s one round. Repeato but increase reps at each station by 5. Keep going for 25 minutes. Totals were 100 Derkins, 150 Donkey Kicks, 200 Benchkicks, 250 Swings.
As PAX finished at 25 minutes – 5o Block presses. Deposit coupons back then return to field – Sprints, bear crawls, and backwards run. Back to flag for 2 min of Mary.
NMS – Nice to have a solid 8 out this morning. YHC wanted to a circuit timed beatdown with coupons. PAX dominated it with Handshake and Lighthouse setting the pace. All PAX completed 5 rounds around the same time as the Coupon Swings slowed down the faster PAX. At the start some PAX mentioned that Iron PAX workouts were for September not January. Bacon Bits put in solid work and continues to get stronger. This Frozen PAX circuit will make an appearance again this winter.
Ronnie created a slight breach of etiquette in the COT by having the numberama go to the right rather than left. This took some PAX to grasp.
Prayers for the country and patience this week.
14 resolute resolution-holders came out to celebrate the WFT playoff berth with some fun. We did:
COP in front of school: Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Flutterkicks, Merkins. Mosey across street to the dark 3rd lot. 4 corners of 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIS, 30 Jump Squats, 40 SSHs. Then repeato but increase reps by 5 each station.
Over to office area. Bear crawl spaces with 2 HRMs at each space. Back to the horseshoe for Triple check fun: Donkey Kicks, Reverse Crunches, & run the loop. Stop to commemorate the Former-Skins victory with 20 Burpees.
Then onto skating-blacktop for 3 sets of PLTs. Over to parking lot arrows. Alternate Lunges & Broad Jumps with 3 HRMs at each arrow.
Announcements then YHC took us out.
NMS: Hoedown blowing it out starting 2021 with 14 PAX. Been a while since F3RVA’s darkest AO cracked a bakers dozen. Maybe the promise of 30 degrees and foggy was too much to pass up for this first Monday of 2021. PAX blew threw the beatdown, and YHC saved the 20 Burpees for midway instead of in the COP. Kubota would be proud. Strong work by all the PAX this morning. Good to have some non-regular Hoedowners attend like Oyster and Ronnie.
Announcements: 3rd F tomorrow night at 8:00. Gomer Pile has the Q.
6 studs swore off the fartsack to post for a Hot Potato Q at HBR. We did:
Honeydo: COP at end of track: SSH, Don Qs (modified Cherry Quixotes), Russian Soldiers, Merkins, & LBCs. Mosey to coupon repository for a block then onto the field. Dora 123 of: 100 Squats, 200 Bench Presses, 300 Block Swings (audible to 200 for time) while runner does width of field & back.
Pinto Q: Murder Bunny half of field, run the rest to fence, then run back to block & Murder bunny back to fence. 10 Burpees. Repeato 2nd time with 15 Burpees at the end. This was NOT fun.
Handshake Q: Gorilla Shimmie (?) with block to halfway then Bear Crawl to fence. Same way back.
Atilla Q: Jack Webbs up to 10 then 5 rounds of Bernie up the small hill. Back to flag for Reverse cruches & America Hammers. Atilla took us out.
NMS: Lots of flatulence in the gloom this morning, but not by any one PAX. All equal opportunity stinkers except Bacon Bits. Handshake and Atilla made a testy pair on the Dora. Handshake’s feelings were still hurt from last week’s BB apparently.
YHC almost took the Q back when Pinto dropped the Murder Bunny & Burpee combo. The murder bunny has become quite popular after a month or so break after it’s first annual debut in the IPC in September.
Bacon Bits is officially 1 week away from Baby #2 arrival. He seems to be weighing posting at HBR next Tuesday, maybe a great chance to spring a VQ and then head to the delivery room. You’ll have ample time to write a solid BB while in the hospital.
Announcements: New Years Convergence at Satans Hill next Friday. Come for the 7:00 beatdown, stay for the parade of unnecessary golf carts at 8:00.