Author: Honey Do

  • The rain stopped just in time

    Eleven PAX, including an FNG, all heard the downpour before 5 am but posted to HBR anyway. We did:

    COP on back blacktop: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, LBCs. No scorpion kicks much to Lighthouse’s dismay.

    Four corners to start: 10 burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 WWIIs, 40 Jump Squats. 2nd round keep the numbers going: 50 Carolina Dry Docks, 60 Mtn Climbers, 70 LBCs, 80 SSH. Over to DK wall for Dora 123: 100 Merkins, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Squats.

    Mosey across the field all the way down to Jerkin Gym. 4 rounds of 7 Jerkins. Over to Heartbreak Hill to introduce our FNG to the namesake: 5 rounds up & down with 5 Merkins at top and 2 Burpees at bottom. Mosey back to flag for 3 min of Mary.

    NMS: Welcome Sinbad! Impressive to come out in the wet conditions, although the rain stopped right before we got started. The lack of rain made is just swampy and humid with nothing to cool us down but we got after it. Solid work by all the PAX.

  • Young kids and creepy Grandpas in the Gloom

    Eight strong came out to 45MoM to sweep up the grass clippings from the fields and get a beatdown in the process.

    COP: Invisible Jumpropes, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion kicks.

    Dora 123: 100 HRMs, 200 LBCs, 300 Monkey Humpers. Stay with partners: 3 sets of PLTs. Over to soccer fields for Beast: Merkins, LBCs, Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Heels2Heaven, SSHs. Mosey over to tennis courts for some merkins and WWIIs. Finish with sprints down Commonwealth and 3 min of Mary to close us out. YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Sign up for Breaking Bread and The Bridge.

    NMS: We took off a few seconds early and Hitch and Vandalay & Nacho Libre found us in the COP. Senor Frog posted in his namesake’s T-shirt, which we got all dirty in the process. Hitchhiker got his jacket back from Memorial day, be careful what you leave at workouts, just ask Faceplant…

    Solid work this morning from all. Always good to have teens and 60 yr olds in the Gloom together.

  • X

    Seven stalwarts posted early to First Watch, even our Site Q made an appearance, as well as some coupons. We did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey to parking lot for 4 corners. 1st round: Burpees, HRMs, Jump Squats, LBCs. 2nd round keep the count growing by 10: Carolina Dry Docks, Flutterkicks, SSH, Dead man hang.

    Over to side lot: 3 rounds of 10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl, 10 HRMs, Lunge back. Mosey back and pick up Cinder Blocks and over to the fresh cut grass of Henrico’s smallest park. Partner up. 1 partner run to stoplight and back while other does: Block Swings, Block presses, Thrusters, Boat & Canoe. PAX had so much fun 1st round so let’s Repeato. Back to flag and 1 min of Shavasna.

    NMS: Solid group of veteran PAX this morning. A good way to celebrate 10 years of posting. Coffee after was a blast as always.

  • 60%

    Three early risers came out for some Broga in perfect morning temps. All agreed that YHC is a shitty Yogi but we found out about Handshake’s burning taint.

  • Tomatoes in the Mist

    Eleven strong emerged from the fog at Heartbreak Ridge. Several of the PAX were still sore from winning this weekend’s Century Classic but tales of the Westhoe’s domination gave the PAX energy for the beatdown:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, LBCs, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks. Over to covered area for pole smokers Indian run. Then up to PES lot for Dora: HRMs, Heels2Heaven, Jump Squats. Over to playground for 6 rounds of 6 Pullups.

    Back to QMS parking lot: Polar Bear across the lot, lunge back. Called for time.

    NMS: A solid 11 this morning and perfect conditions. The Tomatoes thought so as well as they had a good group formed while we finished up the Pull-Ups. The full Dora took some time but 200 Heels2Heaven gets the PAX ready for pool season coming up. Over half the PAX made it to coffee after.

  • Rebound numbers from last week

    11 energetic PAX chose to start their week of right at Hoedown. Before we started Pigskin was weary off a tax-day theme repeat from last year but YHC grabbed the Q to get his ass out of the fartsack. No tax theme just some basics:

    COP in staff lot: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Reverse Crunch, Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey to the 3rd parking lot for 4 corners: 10 burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 Jump Squats, 40 LBCs. Head over to the RiteAid parking lot and partner up for a Dora: 100 HRMs, 200 Heels2Heaven, 300 SSH. Mosey back over to TES bus loop for Handshake’s Sexteplet-check with partners and an array of exercises while timer runs the loop.

    Finish up with 2 rounds of 25 PLTs and burpees to close us out.

    Announcements: Bridge is starting back up in 2 weeks on Saturday. Century classic on 5/2. Marv was so stirred by the pitch he HC’ed on the spot!

    NMS: No need for long sleeves or cold-weather gloves this morning. Handshake opted for no-sleeves at all, getting the guns out early for summer. Marv shared that is crushed the Monument 10k Saturday with a blistering 44 minutes. Makes sense since he does good work at the Siegel center during the season as well. Good to have 11 out this morning after Senor Frog posted Solo last week.

  • Show me the F**kfax

    Eleven eager PAX, including a visitor from SC, found perfect April conditions for a spring Dogpile. Newly placed tariffs on sections of the AO made for a vague theme that was NOT the stupidest idea of the week somehow.

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Down to bottom of the amphitheater. 10 Burpees tariff for using it. Alternate up incline merkins and dips each step up to top.

    Over to front of memorial, 50 Upright APDs tariff. Run up steps: 10 merkins, 20 WWIIs, 30 Jump squats, run back to circle and 10 burpees. 2nd round: 20 CDDs, 30 Reverse Crunch, 40 Squats, and 10 burpees back at the start. Head over to Bermuda Triangle: Bear crawl to 1st spot: 20 Merkins, down to bottom, 30 Flutterkicks, Bernie up hill, 40 LBCs. 2nd round: HRMs, 30 LCs, 40 Penguin cruches.

    Head over to Rusty Cage, tariff was 10 Chazz Michael Michaels! Then we did 3 rounds of 6 Pullups & 10 Jerkins. Over to the Jacobs Ladder bowl for the namesake exercise set. Then back to flag for 2 min of Mary. YHC took us out with some quoted scripture.

    Announcements: Bridge is starting back up later this month. PAX are needed to step up for this important F3RVA staple. Also May 2nd CSAUP is coming up fast. If you can attend a boot camp you can do this.

    NMS: What a way to start the weekend. Solid group of PAX that pushed the whole morning. It was great to give Decible a tour of our crown jewel AO. Just as Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, and Thomas Sowell have repeatedly said “Tariffs are a terrible idea” so were the burpees and Chazz Michael Michaels as well. But it was a loose thread for a theme for YHC to grasp.

    Coffee lasted a good while and was a blast as always. Lots of great ideas shared and Faceplant was able to find a babysitter to thwart Upchuck stealing his evening plans.

  • Fancy Best Westerns and Pink Tow Trucks

    Six strong homebody Spring Breakers came out for a WTH-ish type beatdown. Mr Rogers made his first trip to First Watch to soak in the oversharing.

    COP: SSH, Don Qs with groaning in unison, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Reverse Crunches, Scorpion kicks. Mosey to back lot of RRbC for a Triple check: HRMs, LBCs, run to buses and back.

    Mosey off campus and down Ridge to Cameron. Wheelbarrows, lunges, and burpees. Do loop and back for some more Wheelbarrows. Back to Ridge for Dora 123: Merkins, Jump Squats, and LBCs. Back to flag and 2 min of Mary.

    NMS: Solid PAX this morning of 6 with several regulars out of town or still on Brokedick Brigade sideline. The grunting en masse on the Don Quixotes was something to behold. While off campus it may have appeared the Q was confused on directions but it really was just a ploy to get in some more Wheelbarrows. Nothing makes a guy move faster on Wheelbarrows than the guy holding his legs pushing his way up closer to the Taint, Bleeder style.

    Coffee was well attended while the group observed the lack of consideration to Handicapped spaces as heaven forbid someone walk an extra few feet when picking up their morning Mochacrapachino.

  • Too many layers for spring

    Seven strong PAX for a beatdown and 4 walkers took off at 5:30 on their various routes. The bootcampers did:

    COP: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Donkey Kicks.

    Mosey to Triple check spot for just that: Carolina Dry Docks, Donkey Kicks, run to fence & back. Then over to field for 11s on the soccer field. Exercises were: HRMs and WWIIs.

    Over to the tennis courts: Several rounds of sprints and exercises, then over to covered pavilion: sets of Pole Smokers, merkins, and Burpees. Back to flag for American Hammers to close us out.

    NMS: Always good to come out to lead at 45MoM. Another morning with pax dressed for wildly different weather. Ample running this morning hopefully kept everyone warm. Beaver was leading the pace with ample energy while Hitch gave us the longest 20 count ever. Bodos shared his apparel struggles and the preconceived notions that accompany it. The walkers joined us at the end.

  • Awakening Whitesnake’s Special Purpose

    A durable dozen PAX came out to HBR on a mid 40s morning. Some were dressed for a summer beatdown, others to shovel snow. Once we got moving we all stayed warm:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Freddy Ms, Scorpion kicks.

    Mosey to back to tennis courts: 3 rounds of Wheelbarrow and 10 Derkins. Then 5 burpees. Over to back of PES for Triple Check: HRMs, Heels2Heaven, run blacktop and back. A few rounds in the parking lot to give the Tomatoes setting up for their beatdown something to look at.

    Mosey down to Jerkin Gym. 4 Rounds of Jerkins, then off to benches. 4 rounds of 40 Benchkicks & 20 squats. Back to flag with stop at other side benches for 50 more benchkicks. 1 min of Mary then done.

    Announcements: Century Classic is back. May 2-3rd. Overnight while rest of your family is sleeping so no excuse: Sign up pussies! Word is even Atilla might run…

    NMS: Handshake signed YHC up to Q this morning last week so YHC wanted to cover all the HD faves of HBR. BB title comes from Whitesnake’s appreciation of the Qs attire. Salt Lick offered a solid alternative option when he shared the Jerkin Gym was the first time he’s done Jerkins with a partner. Apparently they do it solo down in TX.

    Solid numbers, good weather, and even better fellowship. Always a pleasure to lead.