Author: Honey Do

  • American-Mexican Relations Are Perplexing

    A Terrific Twelve turned up for WDog for another cool fall morning in the gloom.  The PAX knew it was trouble when YHC brought out the headlamp.

    COP- 15 of SSH, Mtn Climbers, Freddy Mercurys, Merkins, DQs. Mosey to field for: Bunny hops and butter kickers, x2. Then Karaoke across x2. Mosey to Rusty Cage.

    Pull Ups and Chin Ups. 4,6,8 then back down to 4. Then Jerkins, 2 sets of 6 each: overhand and underhand. Back to Pull ups. AMRAP with partner, 2 times  then AMRAP Jerkins x2.

    Mosey to Carillon for Triple check. Plerkins  (Elbow plank and Derkins on partner back) while runner goes up and down Carillon.

    Mosey to field for Honeymoon Suite: Diamond Merkins  (focus on triangle placement ), APDs, Monkey Humpers, more Diamond Merkins, the ln Pickle Pounders. Finish up with Circle Burp. Mosey back to flag.

    COT and BackBay took us out.

    NMS – YHC learned upon arrival he was the topic of discussion at Spider Run yesterday, thanks Splinter. At least that lead to a legitimate chance to use a Lebowski quote in context. YHC was also surprised to see TYA post, given his longstanding aversion to YHC’s Qs, maybe he has heard Honeydo Qs are getting soft, and we can’t have that.

    The PAX spent most of the beatdown in the dark at the Rusty Cage. There was some confusion as to how the 468 was to work but the PAX figured it out. On the 2nd round YHC made the call to AMRAP the pull ups to which some PAX wondered what that meant. Apparently we do not AMRAP enough exercises and YHC will aim to fix that. Also PAX be warned there is a written part of Corporate re-certification that pulls heavily from the Lexicon.

    This 2nd iteration of the Triple Check using Plerkins was a hit again. YHC made a crucial miscalculation by partnering with PAX member with tree trunks for legs making the plank all the more painful.

    The Honeymoon Suite produced very ltitle mumblechatter this time, even with the addition of the Diamond Merkins. Either the PAX was spent by then or the HS has outlived it’s cache. Also good to see Peaches out 3 days in a row this week, Aye!

    Announcements- be sure to EH and sign up to help with a Hampton Roads beatdown in November. DK is leading a 2.0 friendly Gridiron this Saturday.

    1. Pleasure as always to step out and lead this am.

     

     

     

     

  • 100s for Saab

    Seventeen sweaty and soggy faithful posted to Dogpile for yet another rainy and humid beatdown. Theme for the day was 100 in respect to our brother Saab undertaking the Cloudsplitter today.  It went down like this:

    COP:  100 SSH, 100 Merkins, 100 LBCs.  SSH were IC.

    Mosey to field:  100 PLTs, each partner 4 sets up to 100.  Then Elbow plank – Indian run to end of field.  Then Burpee Road, but escalating.  All the way up to 8 burpees at the 8th streetlight.

    Mosey down road to right.  Partner up again.  Bear crawl across street and up hill to top & back while partner does Donkey Kicks.  Switch and repeato.

    Mosey back to Burpee road.  Same thing 1-8 increasing burpees at every streetlight.

    Mosey to Carillon.  10 burpees more.  Partner up again.  Run up and around Carillon while partner does Freddy Mercurys.  9 more burpees.  Mosey back to the rcircle.  American Hammers then round out to PAX’s 100th burpee.  Mosey back to the flag.

    NMS:  YHC enlisted some help from the PAX to call out Cloudsplitter during exercises to change the count to 100.  Lab Rat, always game, started with the 1st call at SSH.  100 of those in cadence is awful.  Calling cadence throughout is even worse, but when compared to running 100 miles today not so bad.

    The rain started back up during the PLTs.  YHC actually enjoyed the rain as it washed off the grass and other muck hitting my face while knocking those out.  YHC was impressed with all the ground the PAX covered that Fudd was able to follow directions without the usual diagrams and printed instructions sometime required.

    The Bear Crawl / Donkey kicks proved to wipe out the PAX.  YHC decided to run down the hill the first time and proceeded to wipe out hard at the bottom.  The audible to 2 rounds instead of 4 was well received.

    The rest of the beatdown was a blur of burpees and rain.  Way to hit the 100 burpees PAX!  Mumblechatter centered around Saab’s race today of course.  During the burpees back on the road Trophy lamented his choice of attending a Honeydo Q.  YHC savors those comments.

    What was even better was seeing Receptile, Flatline, and Taxi Cab posting again.  Great to have some energy from the recent FNGs in the PAX.

    Announcements:   Convergence next Saturday, 2 hour.  The 6:00 show is totally different from the 7:00 show.  F3 Hampton Roads kicks off 1st week in November.  See Jville for more details.  Lab Rat has issued the Oct monthly challenge to run 1 mile every day.  There was some debate on whether beatdown mosey’ing counts but the challenge required contiguous (not necessary straight line) running of 1 mile.

    Good luck Saab!

  • A reminder it still is Summer for one more day

    A faithful five disregarded the rain and humidity to post to the gloom for one more summer beatdown. 74 and very humid, it felt more like July than mid-September. Here is what went down:

    COP – 25 SSH,  20 Merkins, 20 Flutterkicks, 20 LBCs, 15 DQs, 15 IWs. Grab a spot on front of school wall. Touch a tree, but first 20 Donkey Kicks. Then repeato but add 25 merkins, then repeato and add 30 Freddy Mercurys, then same but add 35 Jump Squats.

    Mosey to bball court. Wheelbarrow across width of court, switch. Each PAX does it twice. Then 4 corners of court. 2 laps with increasing Burpees, up to 8.

    Mosey to benches. 10 RL step ups, 15 Merkins, then LL step ups, 15 Merkins. REPEATO.

    Mosey to front of school for some Mary. WWII Situps, Flutterkicks,American Hammers, lbcs.

    Then Sprint 2 laps around scholarship loop. COT.

    NMS: Splinter and YHC clown car’ed to Punisher and were debating whether we would be only ones. Luckily when we arrived Toucan had arrived to secure the AO. With 1 min to spare Offshore and Goldberg came in to make it an uneven 5.

    The PAX commented on the comfortable grass at Punisher. We did make use of the wet grass plenty. During the TaT there was some discussion as to whether the saplings counted as trees. YHC reminded all it was UvsU.

    Still 1 week out from BRR YHC’s quads have PTSD from the NC hills. Goldberg says his toe is somewhat better but you can tell he is in pain, he still gritted it out the whole beatdown. Toucan continues to push hard, keep it up man. The humidity was definitely a challenge this am

    Pleasure to get back on the Q with this group.

  • A fitting messy tribute to Grunge

    Twenty “Teen spirited” tallboys took to Dogpile on the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s debut video on MTV.  For the Silver anniversary occassion YHC requested the PAX show up in Grunge garb to enjoy another themed beatdown.  Temperature at 6 was 84 with high humidity, not ideal for extra flannel layers, but still the PAX persisted:

    COP – 30 of all exercises to note 30 million albums of Nirvana’s Nevermind.  SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, IWs, Arm Circles.  Mosey to Amphitheater for

    Modified Beast – 6 sets of exercises, 6 for each step, up to the 6th Step.  6 also was the highest that Smells like Teen Spirit peaked on the charts.    Box Jumps, Derkins, Tuckjumps, Dips, Mtn Climbers, Carolina Dry Docs.

    Mosey to field for Pearl Jam tribute, their first album was Ten so of course we did:  10 Minutes of Burpees.

    Mosey to Rusty Cage (aka pull up bars) for 5 sets of partner Pull ups (4) and Balls to the Bar (5).  Mosey to Carrillon for Alice in Chains triple check-  Plerkins (1 PAX planks while other puts feet on back to do Merkins) while 3rd PAX runs up and back down Carrillon steps.

    Back to the flag for some Mary:  Freddy Mercurys, LBCs, Cross Leg lifts, Russian Twists.  COT & Flashdance took us out.

    NMS – This theme’s genesis goes back to RAMM several months ago, at least 8 months since YHC was running with Rosie which he has not been able to keep up with for at least that long, in discussing music and the fact these Grunge albums us late-hate somethings grew up with are now 25 years old or more.  YHC did some research and determined Smells Like Teen Spirit’s video debuted this weekend so signed up to Q and pleaded to the PAX for plaid attire.  Well done in responding F3 RVA.  However flannel long sleeve shirts and August summer heat do not mix well as this was one sweaty beatdown.

    Mumblechatter was high during the 10 min of burpees, who knew so many PAX hated Eddie Vedder.  One plus of long sleeves is Elbow plank is much better on the arms, there may be some method to the madness of Wilson, who at the end mentioned he might need YHCs speaker for a future beatdown theme.  Looks like the seed has been planted now we will have to see what he comes up with.

    The Balls to the Bar did well this 2nd time out, that one could use a better name but the exercise is here to stay.  The Plerkins/Triple check was a hit as many PAX mentioned their displeasure with the new Plerkin exercise.  YHC encourages all to take that ire on to Offshore for introducing that to F3 RVA at Punisher this week. Also great to see Best Shot back out, hope to see you back out again soon!

    ETs afterwards went on for what seemed like a record amount of time with, as usual, a wide array of topics ranging from Lab Rats graduation party, capital murder, circumcision, HR policies, and of course BRR. TYA was there as well with his drone to do some taping.  We’ll see what he was able to record.

    Pleasure to lead this AM, thanks for going along with this loose flannel thread of a theme!

  • Battling low energy at CM

    5 faithful posted to Circus Maximus on what seemed to be collectively 20 hours of sleep to toss around a kettlebell rather than a pillow. Here is how it went down:

    1 Lap around loop Waiter carry. COP – SSH, Merkins, DQs, Flutterkicks, KB Crab Cakes, 25 Swings

    Mosey to curb – 10 Jump ups w/ KB, Lunges, 20 HaLos R, repeato x4 alternating Halo side.

    Mosey to grass – Situp press escalator up to 10. 2 sets Clean press and 1 arm swing, each arm twice. 2 sets Figure 8s. KB Russian Twists. 10 more KB Crab Cakes.

    Lawnmowers and cleans x2. Back to grass for 1 more set of Situp escalators to 10, Mary of- Hello dollys, Freddy Mercurys, LBCs.

    COT , Atilla took us out.

    NMS – Apparently YHC was not the only one who got little sleep last night. Before the beatdown Atilla and Jville shared they were both running on fumes. Once the PAX got moving everyone woke up.

    Having tried KB Alabama Prom Dates on YHC’s original CM Q the next logical normal exercise to try with the KB was Crab Cakes. This was met with mixed results for the PAX.

    Mumblechatter was light and consisted mostly around the lack of attendance by Earthworm. Sounds like he has a lot going on at work, but YHC thinks he was wary of excessive Lunges possibly being on YHC’s Weinke. Instead of lunges the PAX got their fair share of another Earthworm favorite the Situp Press Escalator, doing that up to 10 twice got the PAX grunting. Nice work by all and good to see Flip Phone out at CM.

    Announcements- Bring your KB, ropes, etc. To Gridiron this sat. And at Dogpile be sure to wear a flannel shirt, and any other Grunge related attire.

    Honeydo Out.

     

  • A new strategy for EH’ing

    A record 16 regulars and one interloper stoned out of his mind posted (albeit briefly) to WDog on an especially humid morning.  After leaving our chemically altered friend in the dust the PAX went on to:

    COP:  20 SSH, 15 DQs, 12 Merkins, 12 Freddy Mercury, 15 Hillbillies.

    THE THANG:

    Mosey to Carillon.  Run up steps, bear crawl to end of Carillon, 20 Merkins, then run down other side, 20 4 Ct Mtn Climbers (unless you are Toga).  Repeato x3.

    Mosey to bars for:  Balls 2 the Bar (?).  Partner up, one PAX grabs others feet while on the dip bars and he does underhand chin/pull ups.  4 Sets, 12 reps each man.

    Mosey to Amphitheater:  Bunny hop up all steps, 3 Squats per step down, Bunny hop up again, 1 burpee per step down.  Rnd 3 hop up then 3 Derkins per step down.

    Mosey back to Circle:  Mary of APDs, Flutterkicks, ?  then Burpee shuffle and then Ring of Fire.  Mosey back to the flag.

    DK took us out.

    NMS:  So apparently we’ve been doing it all wrong.  Why get guys to post at 5:30 when they have to wake up early when we can EH guys who are already up?  All the PAX saw our trippin friend on the way in.  Then he doubled back and walked back towards us as we were leaving.  He even ran with us for a few steps.  Lucikly Corporate had secured the perimeter and confirmed he was too wasted to even open a car door, let alone find the keys. This led to much discussion of new EH methods of going to the Bottom of Sunday morning to EH guys walking home who are not in their right mind to say No.

    The 3 rounds on the Carillon got the PAX started off sweating.  Most of the PAX opted for the called for 4 Ct Mtn Climbers while some opted for only 2 count.  Hey it is U against U.

    The Balls to the Bar/Partner hangs were a hit, in that they completely worked over the PAX.  YHC did not anticipate the level of difficulty of getting to 4 sets of 12.  The difference of having a partner hold your feet vs on the ground is huge.  Pretty sure we’ll be seeing that again, aye!

    The sets in the amphitheater were fun and made sure the ST’ers doing slow laps around the circle heard us grunting through the Derkins and Burpees.  Then the PAX grabbed the circle and owned the it with a burpee shuffle and ROF.

    Way to push today men.  Great to see Peaches out again after posting as an FNG at NoToll yesterday.  Apparently he couldn’t get enough of YHC’s beatdowns.

    Announcements:  Sign up for the ReeseStrong 5k soon or LabRat will withhold beer from the PAX.

  • Defending the home turf

    With an elite group of Southsiders, aka the Army of Northern VA, dispatched across the James to wage a campaign on Daville 8 other regulars and 1 FNG posted to NoToll. 70 degrees and rainy at the start, but when is it not raining at NoToll?

    Mosey to parking lot for COP and disclaimer: 25SSH, 20 IWs, 10 Merkins, 20 Flutterkicks, 15 DQs, 10 Burpees.

    4 laps around parking lot- Sprint 1st leg, jog remining 3, increase sprint section each lap until sprintin whole thing.

    Mosey to benches- 3 sets of: 15 Derkins,  10 Step ups RL, 20 Dips, 10 Step Ups LL. Partner up for PLTS – 4 sets of 20 each. Then 20 Derkins OYO.

    Mosey to bleachers for Chiabattas- Muscle Ups and bench kicks. Mosey to Basketball court-

    Run to mid court, 5 Burpees, run to end of court, 10 burpees. Bear Crawl to mid ct, 10 close grip merkins, crawl to end of ct, 10 more merkins. Circle up for some Mary-

    APDs, Hello Dollys, Freddy Mercurys, American Hammers. COT

    NMS- Welcome Peaches, way to post on a rainy morning. Glad that Hardywood could at least LIFO to show you the ropes.

    Strong group this am. Lots of Ab work between elbow plank, PLTs, and bench kicks. Hey, YHC needs to get ready for the beach. Wedding Singer was pushing through a sore back like a champ.

    The PAX did play on the fields, defying the Campos sign. Peaches naming went very quickly and Wilson was pleased with the outcome.

    Again once we started the PAX didn’t even notice the rain, just dove right in.

    Announcements- See Flashdance about Festy 10k, but note do NOT each the brownies at the finish line.  New possible Sunday AM boot camp in the works, see YHC or Swirly with AO suggestions.

     

     

     

  • It doesn’t feel like 5:30

    Six strong started their week off right at Punisher. There was more activity around the school than normal but we made our way around in the gloom:

    COP: 25 SSH, 15 DQs, 12 merkins, 17 Flutterkicks, 18 Imperial Walkers. Mosey to side of the school and pair up.

    Partner 1 balls 2 wall, partner 2 run across street, dropping before, at median, and other side to do 10 Merkins. Switch. Next round wall sit and 10 Jump Squats. 3rd round – Donkey Kicks, 5 Burpees.

    Mosey to benches. 20 Dips, 10 Box Jumps, repeato. Then up reps to 30 Dips, 15 box jumps. Last round 40 dips, 20 box jumps.

    Then partner up again for PLTs. 4 sets of 20 each partner. Mosey to Basketball court.

    Suicides round 1. Round 2 add 6 burpees each stop.  Mosey to front of school,grab a piece of wall again.

    15 Donkey Kicks, 15 Derkins, then bear crawl 20 yards, jog back. Repeato x3. Mosey back to flag, 30 Freddy Mercurys to finish. Upchuck took us out.

    NMS- All the PAX seemed to notice theRe was more traffic on the roads coming in to Punisher. As well more people out walking and biking led us to wonder was it really 5:30 am? Wonder if Batteau and River Run felt the same phenomenon.

    YHC served up a lot of non-knee friendly exercises but Bleeder persists as always. Upchuck hung in the whole beatdown where he has struggled during YHC’s last 2 Qs. He is definitely getting stronger, aye!

    Mumblechatter was the norm – Donkey Kicks suck. Upchuck was confused during the Balls 2 wall, as to whether that required pulling down his shorts. Luckily the PAX informed him on the preferred method of the exercise.

    After the BOM Offshore told us about his most recent travels, this time to Chicago. Apparently Lollapalooza was there at the same time and he was surprised at the age of the crowds, they were young kids not middle agers. Guess this shows the enduring impact of the early 90s music scene and specifically how Grunge influences kid’s even to this day with music that spans generations. We should find a way to honor this as a PAX somehow..

    Day 1 of 3 Qs in a row for YHC. Pleasure to lead this strong group today.

  • A directive from Splinter

    Twenty strong converged to Dogpile on yet another muggy Saturday morn.  With a request from Splinter from the evening before to deliver a solid beatdown YHC commenced with:

    COP:  50 SSH, 20 Flutterkicks, 14 Merkins, Arm Circles – front and back, 20 Hillbillys, 18 Burpees (in honor of the RNC convention and 18 GOP presidents)

    Mosey to side of Carillon for TAT – TAP. Partner up, one partner does Touch a Tree while other does designated exercise.  Round 1 – 8 Trees & Donkey Kicks,  Round 2 –  6 Trees & Mtn Climbers, Round 3 – 4 Trees & Russian Twists.

    Mosey to Pull-Up bars.  Partner up.  3 Sets of Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups.  8 for first set, then 6, then 4.

    Mosey to bowl behind Amphitheater for Jacobs Ladder– Up to 8.  Then over into Amphitheater.  Derkins down the steps:  5 every step to the bottom.  Then escalating back up with Jump Squats 1 up to 18.  Then mosey over to field for:

    Jacobs Ladder (Halloween version): Same Jacobs ladder concept but instead of Burpees up the hill do Merkins, up to 6.  And oh yeah instead of running the PAX will bear crawl and Crab Walk between the sides.

    Mosey back to the Flag.

    NMS:  YHC received a text from Splinter last night announcing he was back in town and in need of a good beatdown.  Considering Dogpile Qs are expected to be the toughest of RVA each week so with the added pressure YHC decided to double up on the Jacobs Ladder, while reprising the Halloween version from last year with the Bear Crawl / Crab Walk in between.  YHC hopes the PAX enjoyed the extra effort with the lack of overall theme.

    Good to see Slurpee out at Dogpile put in a strong post today and very good to see Singlet come back for more, especially after Hardywood’s beatdown last week. Also Upchuck went again this morning to bike the trails after Dogpile for qseudo-double dip of his own.  Glad to see him as a Dogpile regular now.

    Again it is cool to see how Swirly’s Touch A Tree has evolve into a true deliverer of pain, and how much better it is to do in the sunlight, Aye!

    It’s been a while since the PAX has done the true Jacobs Ladder in the Bowl behind the theater. That, coupled with the heat & humidity seemed to wear out the PAX.

    To YHC’s knowledge none of the PAX needed the Blue Relief stations today, offsetting the recent trend.  Toga continues to show glimpses of the Old Toga during the beatdowns but does his best to hide his true sarcastic nature.  Maybe the PAX can negotiate a truce whereas New-kinder gentler, restrictor plate Toga appears only when Fudd is in attendance, and when not then the Old Toga is allowed to be freed.

    Prayers went out for Toga’s father, Emoji’s wife, and Spit.  The PAX is praying for all of you.

    Announcements:  Less than 50 days for the BRR.  A Convergence/Grow school is happening August 6th (?) at Dogpile at 7:00.  See Toga or coming Pre-blast for more details.

    What a privilege it is to lead a fine group of men this morning!

  • The Hounds of NoToll-Ville

    A tenacious 10 and 1 FNG took to the No Toll fields of Gloom this am. Here is how it went down:

    Mosey to Field 1 for COP- 30 SSH, 20 Flutterkicks l, 20 Merkins l, 15 IWs.

    Sprint half field 1, jog the remainder. Sprint 3/4 field, jog the rest.

    Line up for NAPR- Native American Plank Run. PAX lines up in row holding Elbow Plank. Last PAX hurdles over plankers to end, all they way across field.

    Mosey to covered benches. 4 corners around bench area- 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 30 Jump Squats, 40 Boxcutters. Bear Crawl length, bunny hop width between. Repeato x3.

    Modified Lindsay: derkins & Dips up to 30, starting at 25& 5 and down to 5& 25.

    Mosey to Poles in parking lot- 25 Pole Smokers, run across parking lot & back. Repeato  x3.

    Mosey back to Flag, Flashdance took us out.

    NMS: Great to have double digits back at NoToll. Trojan Drone and Buzzkill now qualify as NoToll regulars. Good to have Flashdance in town in between his busy vacation schedule.

    During the 4 corners in the distance was a lot of howling that sounded quite awful. It was unclear the origin, maybe Coyote or hellhound, until Rosie confirmed it was a dog tied up as 2 tomatoes were walking the perimeter.

    Mumblechatter centered on YHC’s demeanor during the Q, ala Angry Jville. YHC will take this as a compliment as Angry Jville, as he has come to be known, has put a hurtin on YHC at many a beatdown.

    Strong showing by Buzzkill  again and welcome Sin Bin. You put in a good effort on your first post. Also glad to have Shooter back in the mix.

    Announcements: HDHH tomorrow, see DK’S BB. Come for the run, stay for the beers, which is BYOB.