Author: Honey Do

  • 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.

  • 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…