Author: Honey Do

  • Hot potato via cold snowball

    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.

  • Goodbye Facebook, hello OnlyFans

    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.

  • Not Iron Pax, Frozen Pax

    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.

  • Hoedown starting 2021 strong

    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.

  • A smelly hot potato

    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.

  • To be, or not to be (snipped)

    Six strong in search of snow found none but instead found their way to the bottom of South Ridge with gifts of Coupons and 40 minutes to make it back to the top. Along the way stories were shared of the status of various PAX’s Vas Deferens.

    COP at Triangle Park: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs. Mosey down to bottom of Ridge hill (aka Vas Deferens Hill) and find 4 of the heavy coupons. Partner up for various exercises making upward progress on the hill:

    1st Round: Run & Lunge n’ Press with Coupon.

    2nd Round: Run with coupon 80 yards, then drop and do 40 Block Presses. Other man bear crawls and flapjack.

    3rd Round: Bernie Sanders up while other does Block Swing walk.

    4th Round: Run 100 yards then do 10 WWIIs. Other man murder bunnies with block and flapjack until done.

    5th Round: Run 100 yards then 20 merkins, while man with coupon Bernie Sanders up the hill.

    6th Round: Take block to Triangle Park and do 20 Sit & Press while other does Crab Walk. Flapjack until done.

    Deposit Coupons back and finish with snow day sprints in the middle of River Rd. Back to flag, announcements & YHC took us out. In spirit of the morning PAX said their Snipped Date instead of age.

    NMS: As Handshake noted at the start 6 is perfect PAX number for First Watch. YHC arrived early to deposit the coupons at the bottom of Ridge but Kubota was already in the lot at 4:40 so he knew what to expect. YHC opted for the legit sized Coupons not the mini-blocks Upchuck uses.

    Lots of good mumblechatter stories going up the hill as Handshake had primed the pump with his query on Sunday on Slack. The PAX was split 50/50 in the COT on the status of their Vas Deferens. Also Kubota provided an update that he is moving back up to 2020 out of the 1950’s Ozzie & Harriet sleeping arrangements, although there seemed to be some trepidation in his voice about this. Bacon Bits is 1 week out from Baby #2 slated arrival so he seemed to be taking notes on the morning’s topic.

    YHC confesses he “borrowed heavily” from Upchuck on this workout as he had previously done it this summer. Starting at the bottom of this half mile hill with coupons does take almost exactly 45 minutes with a brief COP at the top. Twin Team may have better marketing with the Sisyphus stylings of Mr. Holland but tackling S Ridge in the Gloom is a taller challenge.

    Annoucements: HDHH at Hardywood West Creek is still on as of now. Snow seems to be a no-show but watch slack if this changes. See you at 5:00.

  • Sabbath for 3rd F

    Six script studies tackled our bi-weekly 3rd F Zoom call with only minor tech issues. Topic was the concept of Sabbath, in both the old & new testament. Lot of focus on 2020, with all the isolation and chaos being similar to a Sabbath year to refocus and renew with yourself and family.

    NMS: Gypsy worked in a good Old Testament stoning verse, so par for the course. Good group and good discussion as always. Apologies for the Q’s spotty reception.

    Next 3rd F is 12/22. Who will bring home the meaning of Christmas for this Q?

  • Well because, we’re men

    An even 8 including a HBR newbie, came out to the coldest day so far this winter to see if YHC could keep the PAX warm. We tried with:

    COP: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicsk, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to covered side of school for Sprints to get our blood flowing: Sprint length, shortening length each round. Sort of like a Michigan but not as much, maybe a UP’er.

    Mosey to Tennis courts: Partner up for 3 Rounds of Wheelbarrow to net then 15 Derkins. Each man goes 3 times. Over to DK wall and partner up: 500 Donkey Kicks between the 2 with other man People’s chair until DK’er switches. Audible to 250 as wall and ground were icy making DKs impossible. Down to the Jerkin Gym and partner up again: 4 Rounds of AMRAP Jerkins. Back up to main lot: Alternate bear crawl & lunge every 4 spaces. Back across alternate Crab Walk & Broad Jumps. Finish up with Polar Bear across entire lot with Merkin at every space. Finish with 1 min of Mary: 23 Reverse Crunches, HTTR! Atilla took us out.

    NMS: Good to have a solid 8 PAX in this cold gloom. Kudos for Bacon Bits for posting at HBR for the first time, where he proceeded to tweak his calf on the sprints but still soldiered through, aye. Sprints were a called to get the PAX warmed up. 500 DKs is possible for a partnered group but the frost and ice made this not the day for it.

    Atilla was heard to remark on the Wheelbarrows that we do not do this exercise enough. Besides YHC calling them they are infrequently used but always effective. The AMRAM Jerkins was a test of veteran vs. newer pax as some pax emptied the tank after the first round. Tater was able to lap the pax on the bear crawls, dude is seriously half grizzly.

    Announcements: 3rd F tonight, talking about Sabbath. HDHH next Wednesday at Hardywood West Creek.

  • Gloom gifts at Twin Team

    Five faithful came out to Twin Team to find mid 40s weather that felt downright balmy after yesterday. With YHC as Q we took off, as Rosie would note, to normal HD COP spot for:

    SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Merkins, & LBCs relocated to the parking lot. Mosey over to our normal Donkey Kick space to discover a wonderful new gift – 5 brand new benches sitting under the cover on the DK wall. With this newfound bounty we did:

    4 Rounds of: 10 Box Jumps, run to middle of lot then 20 Merkins. Why not repeato: 4 more rounds of 20 Dips & 10 V-Ups. Finish our time on the new benches with 30 Derkins.

    Over to stadium for some Zs: Run diagonal across field, 3 burpees, Bear crawl width of field to corner 3 more burpees. Run diagonal across again 3 more burpees & bear crawl back to start. 2nd round was 10 WWIIs at corners and lunge across rather than Bear Crawl.

    Mosey over to mail parking lot: 20 Jump Squats at each of 6 lights with alternating run & bernie. Back to flag for some mary of: APDs, Reverse Crunches, Heels2Heaven, & Pickle Pounders. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Strong PAX this morning. Rosie pointed out on the initial mosey to COP that YHC always does the COP on the field. Not sure if that is a good thing but YHC does like to Q out at Twin Team, she really is a great AO. YHC was hoping he could give a preview of his Stache to Gumbo this am but he seems to be prepping for Magnum PI day.

    What a surprise it was to come over to the DK wall and find brand new benches to play with. Upon further inspection there are 5 of them, one for each PAX. Xmas seemed to come early to TT. The benches seemed to hold up well on their initial test run. Expect future Qs to play with those more, Doozy recommended Dual-partner-carry with one pax sitting on the bench while 2 pax hold each end and run around. Doublemint shared he is already a black belt Ju-Jitsu and now with his boxing training seems to be headed to a spot in the UFC sometime in 2021.

    Annoucements: HDHH seems to be in the works on 12/16 or at least that week. Look for more details on Slack.

  • COP Merkins are just harder

    Eight eager HBR regulars found their way out on a legit fall morning. 5:30 and off to PES for COP: SSH, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys, Scorpion Kicks.

    Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 Merkins, 300 LBCs. Run length of parking lot in between. Mosey down to Benches & grab a coupon:

    4 Rounds of: Coupon Pullovers, Benchkicks, & weighted Step-ups. Deposit coupons back & back to flag for some Mary and some bonus Merkins. Merkin count for the day was 150 merkins.

    NMS: While standing around before kickoff Tater was full of his normal energy, including a Leprechaun like Irish Jig. Handshake loved the Dora to start, especially with 100 Burpees. That and 200 Merkins ate up a good chunk of the beatdown.

    Coupon work on the benches was fun until trying to do the Step-Up with a block in the slick mud.

    In the COP Handshake noted that Merkins during the COP seem much harder than regular merkins during the course of the beatdown. All seemed to be agreement.

    Mumblechatter taught the PAX that if you’re going to Rona-quarantine – do it at Notre Dame, sounds like the Ritz.