Author: Honey Do

  • Honda Accord, official vehicle of Heartbreak Ridge

    11 Pax, including 1 FNG, made for a prime number PAX beatdown at HBR. Mid 30s temps and clear skies. It went down like so:

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

    Mosey to PES for Block Party: Grab Cinder blocks: 4 rounds, each round add new exercise: R1: Overhead Presses. R2: OP + Sit’n Presses. R3: OP, SP, + Ball Dippers. R4: OP, SP, BD, + Block Swings. Finish up Block Party with some Boat & Canoe.

    Mosey to Tennis Courts: 3 Sets of Wheelbarrow to net, 10 Derkins. Head to DK wall for Venezuelan Chair sits, then 2 rounds of Donkey Kicks and Planks. Then pair up for: Take it easy on my shoulders please: 3 sets of 20 PLTs.

    Back to main lot, audible from Jerkin Gym, for Burpee Escalator: Start with 8 Burpees in 1 minute, increasing Burpees by 1 each minute, up to 12 in the last minute. Back to Flag, YHC took us out.

    NMS – If there is a HBR F3 shirt to be made then there needs to be a mid-2000s Honda Accord in the picture somewhere as we average 5 Accords in the lot of Tuesday mornings. Welcome to FNG Cobol, a friend of Ponch. His initial name was revised post workout, who says YHC isn’t compassionate…

    Everyone was having a fine time at the Block Party until 1 PAX member broke their Cinder Block, causing us to end the party early. YHC was surprised to discover DTH’s cryptonite exercise is Boat & Canoe.

    During the Peoples chair sits the PAX discussed revising the name of Venezuelan Chair sits, Earthworm would be proud. Although PAX were disappointed the Jerkin Gym was called off the Burpee Escalator seemed a fair trade off. 50 Burpees in 5 minutes at the end is a good way to finish.

    Annoucements – See GrowRuck pre-blast from last night. Still time to sign up RVA PAX!

  • GrowRuck Info – Please Read

    GrowRuck Info – Please Read

    RVA Pax – Even though there is still time to sign up for the Ruck event starting on Saturday evening 3/23 if you cannot participate (or are too scared to try) then you can still participate in the other activities:

    Friday Night 3/22 – Happy Hour at Triple Crossing (VCU location – 113 S Foushee) starting around 6ish. Come out and meet up with PAX coming in from out of town.

    Saturday Morning Dogpile @ 7 AM – The Q will be DREDD from CLT. We’ve told him this is F3 Nation’s best AO. We need 50+ PAX there to prove it.

    GrowSchool – Around 8:30 after Dogpile winds down we will meet at a local church up the street to hear from DREDD and other F3 leaders until about 10:00.

    GrowRuck – Tough event kicks off from Dogpile at 1800 Saturday evening.

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    We have a lot of out of towners coming in for the GrowRuck event. We need to show them how F3RVA rolls while they are in town.

  • Staying off the grass

    Eight eager warriors said no to the Fartsack and yes to the rainy gloom of GridIron. It went like this:

    Mosey to High jump area of track for dry ground COP of: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Hillbillies. Head to far entrance for Curb Crawls: Up to 6 then back down.

    Head to front of school for Dora 123 of: 100 Burpees, 200 WWIIs, and 300 Jump Squats. Then off to Jerkin bars: 4 sets of 8. Then 3 Sets of 25 PLTs. Indian Run around old school house and courts then back to flag. Some mary and then 40 Merkins to finish. Atilla took us out.

    NMS – Somehow it is always raining when YHC comes out to Q at Gridiron. At least the temps were warmer, but the fields were a mess. So we spent our time on the pavement. The 100 Burpees call on the Dora was received with a mixed reaction. YHC realized his error on the Dora when partnering with Atilla on the Burpees. Atilla’s “Comfort not Speed”mode does not work well when counting.

    YHC enjoyed the chance to meet some new Gridiron PAX, well at least Tater. Vanilla Ice is a nice kid but watching him do 100 Jump Squats in the time it takes a normal man to do 10 is humbling. Ah to be 17 again.

    Without White Deer in attendance the mumblechatter was positive, although comments about WD’s fartsacking excuses were bandied about. Quest and ByProduct put in solid work.

  • If you are us, what number are we thinking of?

    28 Time-traveler PAX ventured back 30 years (and even futher) to celebrate the classic cinema of Bill & Ted and manage in a beatdown along the way. We did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion Kics. Head to other circle for:

    Strange Things are afoot at the Circle K: 69 Burpees broken up into 3 sets of 23. Head down to Amphitheater to pick up first time traveler: Socrates by doing 4 Box Jumps and 10 V-Ups each step to the top.

    Mosey to the Waterloo bowl for some Napoleons ladder. 5 times run hill then 18 Merkins. Then 30 Decline WW-II Situps.

    Head down to the Iron Maiden – Travel to 15th century England and complete 3 sets of: 5 Pull-Ups and 10 Dips. Then head back to field to pick up remaining characters: Freund (Hardywood) APDs, Gengis Khan (Handshake) 30 HRMs, Joan of Arc (Opus) 30 Smurf Jacks, then finish with Lincoln (EF Hutton) 30 Monkey Humpers.

    Back to Flag, YHC took us out.

    NMS – YHC had been wanting to spring another Theme Q for a while and then a conversation with Sippy Cup while rucking a few weeks ago reminded me of this film YHC loved as a kid. A quick check found out Bill & Ted debuted 30 years ago this weekend.

    The 69 Burpees was what the PAX came out for and everyone knocked it out easily. The Socrates (SO-crates) 4 -10 took a while but the real fun was the WWII on the hill. Lots of dizziness and a few PAX flipped over.

    Hardywood made YHC proud by nailing the exercise choice for Freund of APDs. Then Handsake upped it with 30 HRMs, ouch. EF Hutton and Opus chose wisely for their called upon exercises.

    Kubota in doing research on YHCs hints for this Q found out several other classic movies came out this month 30 years ago, Major League, etc. Reminder a theme Q only requires some minor creativity and willingness to look potentially foolish. Thanks as always for undulging YHC, and remember to do as Bill & Ted say: Be Excellent to each other!

  • Perfect temps for January

    Eleven eager men came out to Hoedown for the start of Super Bowl week.  38 degrees felt warm to many PAX some were still having flashbacks to last week’s 14 degree Phonics beatdown.  We did:

    COP:  SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Hillbillies.

    Head to Bodos parking lot:  5,10, 15, 20 of:  HRMs and V-Ups.  Then 2 sets of 30 Wilson’s Boxing Dying Cockroaches (time for a better and shorter name!)

    Head to other lot for 4 corners of:  10 Burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 Jump Squats, 40 WWII Situps. Bear crawl between each corner.  Mosey to TES back field, partner up.  3 rounds of Run field & 5 Pullups.  Other man does Donkey Kicks.

    Down to Triple check loop for Triple check:  B2W, Freddy Mercurys, and loop run.  Finish up at flag with 25 American Hammers.  Announcements:  Time to sign up for Growruck!

    NMS – Great to have Gomer Pyle back from his mission trip and back in the Gloom!  Would have been nice to have 1 more Hoedown regular attend to get us to the magical 12 but we got after it anyway.  High 30s temps is just about perfect weather according to several PAX, don’t get too sweaty and still hands do not freeze.

    Several PAX lamented the 30 WBDCRs after V-Ups, it is Super Bowl week so YHC wanted to get a head start fighting off the gluttony of the big game on Sunday.  On the Donkey Kicks the lights came on literally as soon as we started.  Way to get the week started men!

  • Trading in your man card for a remote starter

    Five foolish PAX braved the 14 degree temps in various methods of layering to get their work week started right by:

    COP – SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks.  Mosey off to PES and to the Coupon zone.  Grab a coupon for:

    25 Overhead presses, 25 Squats, 20 Sit & Presses, 25 Curls, 20 Ball Dippers, 20 Boat & Canoe.  After each exercise drop Coupon and run around the loop to keep blood flowing.  2nd Set same exercises but double the counts.

    Mosey to basketball courts:  Bear Crawl court, 50 Donkey Kicks, Crab Walk back.  Head to bars for:  Hot Lava Indian crawl.  Then back to flag and finish with 40 Freddy Mercurys.

    NMS –  Temps were lower than yesterday but lack of wind made the temps tolerable. YHC tried to plant the Shovelflag but ground was 100% solid.

    Atilla arrived in full Kenny from South Park mode with every square inch of his body covered expect his eyes.  BB title comes from Handshake who pulled up in his Ms Toyota Sienna.  Apparently his Ms remote starter in her car to warm the Minivan up is worth the ribbing from the PAX.

    The lack of building on Pemberton ES continues to give us all the coupons we could want.  The Ball Dippers with Coupon in hand you felt immediately.  Small but strong PAX this morning was a lot of fun.

    Silent assassin signing off.

  • Growruck Information call – 1/17 at 8:30 PM

    Growruck Information call – 1/17 at 8:30 PM

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  • Grab your screenshot of Big Data for today

    32 came from across the RVA converged upon Heartbreak Ridge for their first 2019 post.

    Honeydo:  COP of SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, Hillbillies.  Grab 2 Cinder blocks.  10 Deep Merkins on your Cinder blocks.  2 laps of Catch me if you can with 1 man carrying 2 blocks.  20 Overhead presses.  10 Sit & Press.

    Handshake:  Head to Pemberton ES Bus Loop.  Wheelbarrow up and back with Merkin at each pole.  Crab Walk up hill while other man Flutterkicks.

    Mr Holland:  Drop coupons back off and head down to Heartbreak hill.  Triple check-ish of Jerkins, Bernie Sanders up heartbreak hill, run lap with 5 Burpees at the 50 yard line.

    Atilla:  Hot Lava Shimmy then 4 corners on blacktop:  10, 15, 20, 25 WWII Situps.  Back to Flag.  TYA took us out.

    NMS – Despite Kubota’s lobbying to start at 5:30 the 7:00 crowd was strong with 32 pax including FNG Swinger.  Flipper got an early start at Spider Run apparently.  Several PAX were sweating off  the previous night excesses and not at 100% (including YHC).  Each PAX grabbing 2 Cinder blocks was a little much, had Fudd been there he’d ask us to build him another shed with them.  It is good to get some use out of all that fancy new material that the Henrico Co. meals tax we are paying for.

    Handshake must’ve been gunning to have someone spill Merlot with his Wheelbarrow/Merkins.  Not sure he accomplished that goal but guessing some pax were close.  Then why not burn the shoulders up more with a good 100 meter crab walk? Swiper lamented on the run back that between the Cinder blocks, Wheelbarrow, and Crab Walks that this morning was not the day to forget his gloves.

    Mr Holland said muddy shoes be dammed, we were going to the Jerkin Gym which was muckier than ever.  On the 4  Corners Jville blew the PAX away, hitting Respect hasn’t slowed him at all.

    Mr Holland treated the PAX to coffee for those making it to Starbucks.  Pretty sure we won’t be asked back there, definitely not the same as ETs but still good times.  If you want to put a goal down in writing put it in the comments below.  For today those posting, 31 of us can enjoy we are tied for 2019 Big Data with Swirly.

    YHC arrived home and talked with a neighbor while cleaning up from our combined NYE party.  She asked how many men where there and when I said 32 she said “That’s amazing” and you know what she’s right.

  • Redeeming Coupons on Christmas Day

    A strong (or stupid) Six broke free of the holiday slumber on Christmas morning.  Hot Potato Q was a gift to all.

    Honeydo:  COP stuff then mosey to Pemberton ES.  Scout the materials and Lo a bunch of Cinder Block Coupons were grabbed and redeemed.  Run lot with blocks in each hand, 1 Burpee , then back, 2 burpees, on up to 5.

    Atilla:  Bear Crawl across lot, 5 WWII, back and increase by 5 all way up to 20.  Then Wheelbarrow lot and back.  Lunge back across lot with blocks.

    EF Hutton:  Partner up, 1 man runs lot & back with blocks in hand while other did:  Block assisted Merkins, then  Overhead presses, then Curls.  Handoff to Handshake, deposit coupons and head to dropoff area for Pemberton ES.  10 Burpees, run loop then 9 Flutterkicks, then alternate down to 1.  Back to Flag.  Conspiracy called for Clap-Merkins ROF and out.  Atilla took us out.

    NMS – Great to see 6 out this AM.  YHC wasn’t sure  if it would be just Atilla and YHC.  Those construction materials have been calling to the PAX for some time.  The Cinder Blocks are longer and narrower than normal ones, being govt procured are probably 10 x’s as much, so gripping those while carrying was tons of fun.  We spent all but the end in the lot with our Christmas Coupons, EF Hutton especially put the hurtin’ on our forearms.  Note for future HBR Qs there are a lot of other coupon types to play with.

    Glad to have Greenbow out at HBR.  Always welcome back!  Merry Christmas all F3RVA pax and families!

  • Leaving the AO ISO: dry ground

    18  posted to Blackout on the Saturday before Christmas to see what presents YHC would provide.  5 Shovel flags were planted and we got after it:

    COP:  Invisible Jump rope, Don Qs, Hand Release Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, Hillbillies.  Head to the hill, Bernie Sanders up then run to triangle in between Grady & Preston.  First present:  3 Sets of 25 Wilson Boxing Cockroaches. 20 Merkins then up Grady to Venible School.

    2nd Present:  Merkins Wheelbarrow up school steps.  Each PAX up twice.  Back down Madison, stop in parking lot for 3 sets of PLTs.  20 Merkins, then back to AO base.  100 Monkey Humpers then up hill to benches.  3rd present:  Benchkicks.  30 of those & 10 Derkins, then increase kicks by 10 & Derkins by 5 two more sets.  Up to field:  5 Box Jumps, Bear Crawl across, 10 Box Jumps & back up to 20 Box Jumps.

    Head back to bottom of AO to blacktop.  Crab Walk length, broad jump back, then spring length and back. Finish up with some time in the Honeymoon Suite:  Diamond Merkins, APDs, Monkey Humpers, and finish up with Pickle Pounders.

    NMS:  Good to see several veteran Cville Pax and a lot of new ones.  YHC was considering dropping the 12 days of Xmas on the PAX but it appears Poison already has that lined up for Monday, Rosie would be proud.  YHC started off the giving mood by ensuring the PAX was plenty muddy in the COP.  The Wilson Boxing Cockroaches were a hit and the groans up Venable ES front steps were interpreted as appreciated.  To YHC’s knowledge those and the Benchkicks have not made their way up to Cville beatdowns as of yet, enjoy!

    Props to True North bringing his dad FNG Unplugged who as a double respecter put in solid work.  Great to see how strong the Cville PAX has become.  Thanks for the strong showing of 18.

    Announcements:  Running group will be starting in new year on Tuesday at UVA track.  GrowRuck is March 23-24 in Richmond, see YHC for more details.