Author: Honey Do

  • Coming soon

    Eleven eager PAX came out to see the pre-launch of the new & improved Hornydo. Upchuck confirmed that the humidity in the Gloom made him feel like home at the Clinic. We did:

    COP in Bodos lot: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Pickle pounders, Reverse Crunches, Merkins, Scorpion kicks. Mosey to the 3rd back lot. Dora 123 of: 100 Merkins, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jump Squats.

    Over to the bonus lot for 4 corners: 10 Burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 WWIIS, 40 SSH. Alternate bear crawl and run in between. Back to school and over to railings for Jerkins. 3 sets of 8. Over to the steambath that was the TES field. Partner up for 3 rounds of 8 pullups & pickle pounders. 3 sets of 25 PLTs then back to flag for 3 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Although the rain last night cooled things off slightly the Gloom was plenty thick. Kind of morning where you can easily sweat out 5 lbs. 1-800 ran to the AO, with his keys. He managed to not lose them while we covered some ground. Good to have Heist and Rosie make the trip north. Although SOJ did not have solid numbers for a supposed takeoever they did send 2 of their strongest to set the pace north of the river. Also great to have Whitesnake back of the IR. You’ve been missed in the Gloom.

    Announcements: 3rd F opportunity in the works for Summer Tour participants. Be on the lookout for more details.

  • Swamp Donkey is back in RVA

    Nine noteworthy gents survived last night’s storm and made it out to HBR. We were joined by a semi-regular visitor from Davidson and off we went:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Reverse Crunch, Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey over to PES front for Triple check: HRMs, WWIIS, and run loop. Mosey to back of school to playground for 4 rounds of 8 Pullups and Squats. Over to blacktop, few rounds of Bear Crawl, Crawl bear, Crab walk and lunges.

    Down to tennis courts for 3 rounds of Wheelbarrow and 15 Derkins. Just enough time to hit the Jerkin Gym with 4 rounds of 10 Jerkins and then back to flag for 2 min of Mary. Atilla took us out.

    NMS: Ample humidity and soggy conditions made this morning a challenge. But the PAX got after it. Good to be back at HBR after some travel and be met with Atilla’s “hospitality” again. Kubota says he has converted to a summer-time HBR regular. Swamp Donkey has posted several times before here and gets after it for someone who is 61. Unfortunately that is only mildly impressive when Pigskin is out keeping up with the PAX as Triple-Respect. Swamp Donkey was introduced to Jerkins and found out what the RVA pax knows, they suck. Hopefully he brings those back to to Davidson.

    Announcements: 4th July Convergence at Dogpile, 7:00.

  • Beatdown in the sun

    Four faithful found their way to The Crucible for a beatdown. We did
    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial walkers, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion Kicks

    Start with 4 corners matching the Hoops. Alternate bear crawl & lunge between hoops. Start with 10 Hand Release Merkins, then increase by 5 each stop. Mosey over to football field. Partner up. 3 rounds of 1 partner runs to other end, 5 burpees, and back while other partner does Benchkicks. Head over to some shade for 3 rounds of 25 PLTs. Head over back to school for Dora 123: 100 Donkey Kicks, 200 Dips, 300 squats. Over to playground for 3 rounds of Pullups. Finish with 3 minutes of Mary and stretching. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Great to meet State Farm this morning. He posted right as we got started and having him as a 4th gave the Q more options. We were missing a lot of the Crucible regulars but we had a good beatdown. YHC encourages the PAX to come out and give the Crucible a try if you have not posted.

  • 8 Years +1

    An appropriate Eight PAX came out to see how gimpy the Q was and if an audibled Hot potato would be served. A light mist kept us cool while we did:

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

    Mosey to main lot for: 4 Corners. 10 burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 Heels2Heave, 40 Jump Squats. Repeato again but add 5 to each corner. Partner up for Wheelbarrow across lot and back. Mosey to HCsP. Partner up in 4s for Quad-Triple check: Merkins, WWIIS, Squats, and run to light and back.

    Over to small lot. Mix of Bear crawls and Crab walks a few rounds then finish with 1 min of Mary.

    NMS: Maybe Bodos posting classes up the collective group’s Mumblechatter but we spent most of the morning debating the pros & cons of Airstream campers instead of falling for the chum in the water that Handshake offered with his pending Snip-Snip news.

    YHC has been doing F3 in RVA for 8 years now. Can’t put into words how impactful this group of men has been for YHC. This group has and continues to challenge/support/encourage YHC through 8 years of Ups & Downs. Those Ups and Downs will continue as such is the nature of life. Having a good group around you makes the journey so much better. Let’s continue to give this great gift away as so many more men need this.

  • True Love is a 100 mile trail ride on a Tandem Bike

    A bakers dozen came out to Dogpile to find the AO crawling with 100s of bikers. With the Amphitheatre taken with the all those Soccer arms we went to the 2nd COP circle:

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

    Mosey down to the Rusty Cage for a Dora: 100 Pullups, 200 Squats, 300 SSH. Extended trail run mosey down to bottom of Pipe Loop for Triple check: Run loop, HRMs, & Heels2Heaven. Mosey to bottom of Love Hill, Dips, then mosey back up with stops along the way for Exercises. Back to flag for 3 min of Mary and some Burpees. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Nice sweaty morning at Dogpile. Lots of mumblechatter about our visiting biker peleton of all shapes and sizes. Apparently Bodos hates Chubby bikers. YHC took the longer trail route with the June light. It is a good distance with plenty of hills.

    Handshake loves Doras and said his favorite now starts with Pullups. Coffee afterwards covered lots of topics including proper teenage Condom usage, college vists, and Summer tour logistics.

    Announcements: Batteau is now a Pickleball AO on Monday mornings while the sunlight is ample in the mornings. Come out and try the sport and/or the AO.

  • Be careful of the dogs licking your ass

    Three strong took on the great evening weather at Punisher. We did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, LBCs.

    Mosey to shade trees. PLT sets, and 4 rounds of Derkins and Calf raises. Mosey to playground in back but was crowded. So sets of People chair, Reverse crunch, and more Derkins on side of school. Mosey to covered benches but more kids there. Head to field and do 4 rounds of WWIIs and Carolina Dry docks. Scared off the kids at benches so 4 sets of Benchkicks and Dips.

    Head back to flag for some Mary, stretching, and finish up. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Holton was hopping tonight with people all over the school. BB title comes from the guy showing up with his 2 dogs while we were doing PLTs. Good to have Full Nelson back out. Come out to punisher when you can, you get an extra sweat in the sun during the summer months. You can get a beatdown and work on your tan too.

  • The Art of the Elusive Successful Flying EH

    Eight eager stalwarts became 9 with an FNG pickup mid-beatdown since it looked like we were having so much fun, which we were…

    COP: Standard HD stuff including Scorpion kicks

    Mosey over to PES for worst ever teamed-up Quad Check. Exercises were HRMs, Reverse Crunch, & Squats. Head over to Jerkin Gym with stop of Freddy Mercurys along the way. 4 sets of 8 at the Jerkin Gym. Head over to benches for 3 rounds on increasing Bench kicks & Derkins. Finish up with several rounds up and down our namesake hill. Finish with 2 min of Mary back at the flag.

    NMS: Great morning to be back at HBR. The PAX were glad to have their Site Q back as Atilla came up and hugged YHC with what looked like some tears in his eyes, or maybe he was cranky running on 4 hours of sleep. Welcome to Van Damme who jumped right in on the Benchkicks and Derkins. Apparently he is a legit kickboxer who knows a damn good workout when he sees one. Credit to Tater for the invite and reel in.

    The Quad check had 2 unevenly split teams, where the slower group had a Clydesdale as their speedster. A veteran PAX will make it so you’re doing the Hand Release Merkins while Gypsy is running.

    Senor Frog only had one bout of coughing, which means he is basically ready to sign up for his VQ soon…

  • May day

    A strong 13 PAX came out for the start of May and see what fun was in store. We did:

    COP on blacktop: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks. Splinter kid’s fitbit was not there so we moseyed down to bottom of Lindsay. Partner up and alternate bear crawl and lunge back to top. Mosey down to other Cul-de-Sac on Paris Ridge for Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 Flutterkicks, 300 Squats.

    Mosey back to TES parking lot for everyone’s favorite: Ascending HRMs at each arrow and alternate Crab walk and Lunge. Finish up in the petting zoo tent with 2 min of Mary.

    Announcements: CSAUP at Godwin this Saturday morning. Ruck at 6, Bootcamp at 7 and run relay at 8:00.

    NMS: Best way to get yourself back on track is to sign up to Q. YHC was glad he did and was met with overwhelming support, especially from Fudd. YHCs only plan was to hit up the Cul-de-Sac(s) Sax?? since those are not on the normal list for YHC. When the 100 Burpees was called for in the Dora there was barely a groan, guess that means we’ll have to drop the burpees in the 200s some day soon. The Petting Zoo tent still smelled of farm animals but no droppings were found.

  • It’s good to know the Mayor

    10 Cville regulars and YHC posting downrange at the York AO on a chilly morning. Vinny had warned the regulars a RVA celebrity would be in town so the PAX showed up excited. Woody took the Q and lead us through some stretching, then rounds of Merkins, Plank Jacks, Pullups, Burpees and some other fun stuff with running mixed in between.

    NMS: Always good to post in Cville after F3RVA launched it 5 year ago. Even better to be close by to post with Vinny. YHC can’t tell if he wistfully pines for the Old school F3RVA days just when other RVA PAX are around or he does this when we are not there. AO did coffee on location after so was good to chat with the other PAX.

  • A hot potato for the record

    Eight eager PAX posted to 45MoM confused whether Lockjaw had the Q or not. 5:30 and no official Q so Handshake started us off. COP of normal stuff, including incorrect Scorpion kicks.

    Mosey over to Reveille lot for Triple check. All 3 rounds/loops and numbers never worked out correctly. Q passed to Saab. He did a Dora 123 of Merkins, SSH, and LBCs. Q to Bleeder for mosey back to flag and 2 min of mary. Slippin Jimmy took us out.

    BB posted for big data posterity. Handshake too buys looking at Thongs on vacation in Caribbean.