Author: Honey Do

  • I swear benches are over there

    Seven strong came out to Twin Team on a perfect Friday morning. Some were expecting a Kettlebell friendly beatdown but Westhoe brought 4 at stole Chaplain’s Q. Upchuck got us started:

    COP: Imperial Walkers, Dead man hang, Calves stretch, merkins, LBCs.

    The THANG: 11s with Dips in front of school on bench, merkins in back of school on the smoke break benches. Hand Q to EF Hutton:

    2 rounds of alternating Step ups. Mosey to front of school. Lunge in assorted range of directions around student gardens. Over to bus loop for Ark loader: Bear crawls, crawl bears, bunny hops, Couponless Murder Bunnies, Gorilla crawls. Hand over Q to Hornydo.

    Mosey to back of school for 4 corners: 10 burpees, 15 HRMs, 20 Jump Squats, 25 Heels2Heaven. Few rounds of Pickle Pounders, then back to flag for 3 min of Mary.

    NMS: Another nice morning for some October Ghostflag Q stealing challenge. Even better when the Q starting off has a vague idea about the AO. YHC gassed himself trying to keep up with Hutton on the bear crawls. Time to start thinking of Celebrity mashup challenge options. YHC has dibs on: Nick Walker, Texas Ranger.

  • Honoring a favorite of Atilla

    Six strong veterans of HBR were surprised when the Q took off in a new direction for the COP. Here is what we did:

    COP on football field: SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, Ukrainian Walkers, Merkins, LBCs. Stop to do some Suzanne Summers in honor of her passing. Over to Jerkin Gym. 3 Rounds of 8 Jerkins. Up HB hill and back down 3 times with 10 Heels 2 Heaven. Back over to Jerkin Gym for 3 rounds of 7 Jerkins. Over to bleachers for HD favorite: Benchkicks. 4 rounds starting at 30 Benchkicks, increase by 10 each time. 10 Derkins in between. Another 3 rounds of Jerkins, 6 this time.

    Mosey up to DK wall for Triple check: Balls2Wall, Flutterkicks, & run blacktop & back. Finish with alternate bear crawl and lunge on basketball court. 10 Squats each hoop. Back to flag, 2 min of Mary then out.

    NMS: It’s been a while since we varied the COP from our normal spot. Pigskin said he’d never had a COP down at bottom of the field. Always good to shake things up. Our normal Mumblechatter machine is on the IR but plenty of fun with this small but strong PAX. YHC almost forgot Atilla’s favorite Suzanne Summers in the COP. Days like today remind YHC how great an AO Heartbreak Ridge is. Surprised SOJ did not forge the James and take this AO over.

    Annoucements: 2nd F ShovelFlag date coming soon. If you do not have a ShovelFlag now is the time to make one.

  • Get in group for Triple check based on hair follicle count

    Six strong found a traveler taking the Q upon their arrival. 6:30 and off we went with Mr Holland to find us in the COP. We did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Mosey to back of school to courts. 10 HRMs at each of 4 hoops with Crab Walk and Bear Crawls between. Over to field for a triple check: Reverse Crunch, Squats, & run field and back. Head over to tennis courts: 4 rounds of Wheelbarrows and 15 Derkins at net. Then few rounds of movements across courts. Finish up over on parking lot with burpees per spot and then mosey back to flag for 2 min of Mary.

    NMS: Been a while since YHC has Q’d at Daville but doing it in the sunlight makes things come back easier. YHC arrived to Opus who was surprised YHC had grabbed the Q to finish part of the Summer tour. While announcing the Triple check it just so happened that the 3 guys with full heads of hair were next to each other while the shiny head brothers were standing together. PAX grumbled some about Wheelbarrows but knocked them out anyway.

  • We will pay our respects for Respect

    Five Faithful HBR regulars found the humidity and heat on the last Tuesday of August. We started with 4 but Whitesnake found us quickly in the concrete COP spot. We did:

    COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks

    Head over to covered area. Everyone grab a pole and do Boxing Roaches while end man does 5 Merkins then runs to next pole. Finish then back with Pole Smokers & Squats. Mosey over to PES playground for 50 for 50: 50 Pull-Ups to honor Oyster hitting Respect today. Break them up in whatever fashion you like, squats while you rested. Over to the blacktop behind QMS to the benches. 3 rounds of 40 Benchkicks & 15 Derkins. Over to DK wall for tribute to Pigskins: 4 Wall stations while 5th PAX runs blacktop and back. Wall sections were: Peoples Chair. Lalaines, Upright Merkins, & LBCs. Back to flag for 3 min of Mary then done.

    Announcements: Finish Summer Tour & Labor Day convergence.

    NMS: Solid PAX this morning while missing several HBR regulars. Whitesnake’s addition to 5 threw out YHC’s planned partner-work ideas. 50 Pullups are a good challenge. PAX were confused when we left the Donkey-Kick-Wall without doing any actual Donkey kicks.

  • A perfect number PAX plus Atilla

    Seven sweaty and swampy PAX posted to HBR, with a SOJ Summer Tourist in tow, we took off to find a dry spot to roll around on with mixed results. We did:

    COP: Invisible Jump rope, Don Qs, Ukrainian soldiers, Squats, Helicopters, Merkins, Reverse Crunch, Scorpion kicks. Mosey over to PES side lot for a Triple check: Hand Release Merkins, WWIIs, & run lot and back.

    Mosey over to PES playground. Partner up for 4 rounds of 8 Pull-ups and alternate Flutterkicks. Head over to QMS basketball court for HD favorite: 8 HRMs at each basketball hoop while alternating Bear Crawl and lunge between hoops. Down to, but passed the Jerkin Gym, for 3 rounds of 40 Benchkicks and 15 Dips. Sneak onto the football field for a sprint across, 10 burpees in the end zone. Back to flag and finish with 2 min of Mary & Ring of Fire.

    Announcements: Pickleball tournament next weekend, Roger Roger looking for a partner still. Summer Tour wrapping up – look for some 2nd and 3rd F events coming to check those off your list.

    NMS: Good to have 7 out at HBR while missing regulars Handshake, Pigskin, and Lighthouse. Nancy Lopez is flying through his STC having punched off Punisher and now HBR in last 12 hours. It was good to cover some of the HBR classics for Nancy Lopez as we gave him a tour of one of the Best AOs the West End has to offer. No need to run off campus and do Monkey Humpers in a strip mall parking lot at HBR. EF Hutton put the PAX to shame as he ran to the AO and refused YHCs offer to drive him back. The Gloom was extra thick this morning but the PAX pushed through while we covered some ground.

  • Why are there chicks at the AO?

    One downrange traveler posted to Smoke & Mirrors in F3 Cary. YHC was confused as he arrived early at the AO, waited for PAX to arrive but as cars arrived noticed these were FIA ladies. Turns out the parking lot is a joint AO on Tuesdays while guys go off-campus WTH style.

    Pyrogie took the Q and ran us just shy of 3 miles with merkins, squats and dips thrown in along the way. Finish back up at AO while FIA is wrapping theirs up as well. YHC Shared with Cary PAX that he was checking off Summer Tour Bonus point with the Downrange post. They were impressed with the ST concept.

  • Thursday night paddling

    3 kayakers took to the water on a warm Thursday evening. All 3 stayed in their kayak and good times were had. Need to do more of this while weather is good!

  • Come for the oversharing, stay for the Corn

    A titillated ten came out to see what the Q had to share and which of the 4 FW quadrants YHC was able to achieve in the last 24 hours. For those wondering the answer is: 3

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, APDs, Scorpion Kicks

    Mosey all the way down to bottom of S Ridge. Stop for some pickle pounders on the way. Partner up and work way back up: Alternate Bear crawl & lunges with 5 burpees and chase. Switch to 10 Merkins and chase while partner Bernies. Stop for Diamond Merkins, then keep going up with side lunges and 5 burpees again. Back at top switch partners for a Dora 123: 100 Merkins, 200 Flutterkicks, 300 LBCs.

    Over to parking lot: new partners for Wheelbarrow half way across. 3 Sets of 25 Dips and 15 Reverse Crunches. Finish back at flag with more pickle pounders and some slow & steady Alabama Prom Dates.

    Announcements: New morning option coming soon: F3 Croquet. Get your white shirt and shorts ready!

    NMS: Strong and rowdy bunch at FW this morning. You know it’s going to be a fun one when Last Call shows up with a trashbag full of corn at 4:57 in the morning! Oyster made the trip to FW and although he has posted 5 times in the last week this was his 1st bootcamp in a while…

    Florence made the trip to FW and tried to win OSOTW with his Snip-Snip countdown clock. Alas YHCs activities were able to secure the award for the week. Hopefully more of those to come.

    Coffee after was great as always. If you get injured at Coffeeteria Ronnie will be happy to represent you, he’s a closer.

  • 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.