Author: Honey Do

  • 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.

  • Range of weight choices

    Five faithful found their way to Twin Team to breathe in the yellow pollen air and toss around some weights. YHC’s watch died so according to OCs watch we took off at 5:30 for:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks(tempo speed)

    Mosey to front lawn and grab a bench. 4 rounds of: 20 Lawnmowers & 10 step ups. 3 sets of 15 Pullovers and 20 Reverse crunches. Another 25 pullovers. Mosey over to 2nd grass loop: 4 stations: 1) Swings 2) Squats, 3) Boat/Canoe 4) Curls. 5 PAX runs the loop as time. Drop KBs and head over to playground at BWES back. 4 rounds of 8 Pullups then back to KBs. Some more Pullovers and Alabama Softball players. Merkins and Boat/Canoe then back to flag. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Solid 5 man pax this morning, EF Hutton came out to attempt a VGF Tuckahoe takeover of the SOJ AO but Footloose arrived to tip the scales SOJ. Stations is always good to swing different weights. Florence opts for a barbell while OC is on the Play-it-again KB leasing program where he can trade it in when he is ready for an upgrade. YHC thinks he’s ready for a 35 lb one.

    Mumblechatter turned from jabs at Florence about RVA Comic-con to full on discussions of 90s wrestling. We’re all nerds about something, just depends on what you’re passionate about.

    Prayers for Oyster’s In-Laws and family as well as of Slippin Jimmys family as well.

  • Sure doesn’t feel like Spring

    Five frosty faithful came out to Batteau for the first day of spring to find sub-freezing winter temps. Flatline planted the flag and off we went:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soliders, Merkins, and Reverse Crunches.

    Over to field bowl for 11s of Merkins and WWIIs. Run up and down between. Mosey over to lake path and do various exercises at each lamp post. Exercises of HRMs, Squats, LBCs, Burpees, etc. Make way back up hill to flag. 3 min of mary and 10 more burpees.

    NMS: Good to Q with a solid 5 pax. This morning felt Old School with all veteran pax. Congrats to Flatline for passing his Army APFT test. He was lapping dude half his age apparently. EF Hutton kept us moving by farting every time we were stationary an required a relocation. Plenty of mumblechatter about baskeball and brackets, congrats to the CNU Pirates for winning the D-III Championship.

  • Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell

    Nine Brutus-wannabes avoided Q-regicide and the weather report to post at FW in better than expected temps. Our FNG ran to the AO (avoiding the ride with Kubota or just wanted to warm up, we’ll never know) to borrow a pair of gloves and off we went:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, LBCs. Off to covered area of main lot for Triple check: HRMs, Heels2Heaven, and run loop. Then 2 round of 4 corners:

    Rnd 1: 10 Burpees, 20 Flutterkicks, 30 Jumpsquats, 40 SSHs. Rnd 2: 20 Merkins, 30 WWIIs, 40 Mtn Climbers, & 50 Jumpropes. Instead of running between corners there was Bear Crawl, Lunge, Bernie Sanders. Back to FW parking lot: Run the lap stopping at every jut-out to do a Burpee but add 1 burpee more each one.

    Finish with 3 rounds of 20 PLTs and 90 seconds of Mary. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Welcome Finkle! You know someone who runs to a 5:00 am AO his 1st workout is our kinda dude, even if he knows handshake… Solid work by all PAX, Bodos appeared to be upset there were no cinder blocks to destroy. There is still some confusion as to the actual powers of a Site Q as Kubota continues to push the boundaries towards totalitarian authority. Rumor has it he will start to require all Qs to pre-submit a weinkie for his approval. Appropriate that on the Ides of March the Bard once wrote: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

  • Party of 5

    Five faithful veteran PAX posting in perfect March weather for a HD beatdown. We did:

    COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Scorpion kicks. Mosey over to covered end of school: Alternate between bear crawl and Lunges with 5 HRMs and 10 Squats at change overs. Mosey over to PES pullup bars: 4 rounds of 7 Pullups and WWIIs.

    4 Corners on PES field with 20 HRMs, 25 Flutterkicks, 30 Jump Squats, 35 Carolina Dry Docks.

    Mosey over to QMS track: 10 Step ups, 20 Diips, 40 Bench kicks. Repeato +5 reps each. Per PAX request over to Jerkin Gym: 4 sets of 7 Jerkins. Finish with few rounds up and down Heartbreak hill with burpees at the top. 2 min of mary back at Flag and YHC took us out.

    NMS: Small but strong pax at HBR. Always good to Q with a small but strong group, no 10 counts or waiting around for the 6, just consistent movement.

    No real barbs between Handshake and Atilla, besides the flatulence kind. The ladies workout group was getting setup as we blew past them after knocking out our pullups. PAX age range was quite narrow between 39 and 47.

  • Downrange with Lancaster

    showed up as only one SOP for a cinderblock Q.

    BB here: https://www.f3lanco.com/items

  • Lights on and full moon

    F3RVA’s darkest AO was anything but on a moderate February morning. The conditions, and Silent Assassin on the Q sheet, drew a bakers dozen PAX out to see what we could do in the light. We did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, IPs, Merkins, Reverse Crunch(es)

    Mosey up to soccer field for Triple Check: Run across & 5 Pullups, Donkey Kicks, & Jump Squats. Head over to 3rd back lot for a Dora 123: 100 Hand-Release Merkins, 200 Heels2Heaven, 300 SSH. Back over to main TES for Fudd’s favorite, Bearrows. 3 Burpees at each Arrow while alternating Bear crawl and Crab walk between. Finish up with 3 min of Mary and done. YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Breaking Bread is now open to PAX to go in and serve and eat with those there. This is good news and a great experience if you have not done so. And we’re going back to 2017 for a relaunch of Batteau on 2/20.

    NMS: Nice to see 13 strong out to start the week off right. Oyster said he had to get up early and make the drive to spice things up from his normal Satans Hill on Monday. Hoedown is always welcome to be his, and any PAXs, side piece AO. PAX stayed together well during the Triple check but on the Dora had some wild variances in finish times. Some said form was abandoned, Handshake wasn’t there to critique Hand-release merkin form. Fudd was so excited we came back to do the Bearrows that he pushed through and finished first. YHC was worried he would try to get injured by the dumptruck to get out of it but we all stayed safe.