Author: Mr Rogers

  • The Venus de Milo of Workouts

    Introduction. Disclaimer. Announcement that this workout would have no arms (savin’ em for Circus). Pigskin made the witty comment, “like Venus de Milo”, and the title was solidified.

    COP done surrounding an intersection in West Broad Village with everyone on a different corner. That was a first. SSHs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, jump 1x, 2xs, and 3xs as high as you can. Recover. Done recovering. Let’s mosey to the Gazebo.

    The thang: 5 Imperial Squat Walkers, 10 Heals to Heaven, 10 single-count lunges, 10 crunchy frogs at the Gazebo and then run around the lake – rinse and repeat.

    BTTF w/ 5 min to spare: Mary was the call (LBCs, FMs, Peter Parkers, 30-sec leg hold). Recover. Mission Accomplished: No arm work at all. Nice work men!

    Numbers. Names.

    Announcements: 1.) There is no set amount of time you must be in F3 before Qing. If you haven’t Q’ed before, give it a go. Ask someone about it and get signed up. You won’t regret it. 2.) Plus One’s band, Heaviside, who rock btw, and can be found on Spotify and Apple Music, will be playing this Sat, 9/27, at Basic City Beer Co (Plus One, if i got that wrong, please correct me in the comments). First band is at 7pm. His band goes on 2nd: Not too bad for any old fogies considering going. 3.) Green Hornet, Gold Digger and Borat know how to drive. They arrived today without Roger Roger’s Clown Car.

    Prayer Requests: Prayers for Roger Roger’s FIL who is currently in the hospital. We missed you today RR – hope to see you at Circus.

    YHC took us out.

    Do something for someone else today! SYITG!

  • Wally Got A Haircut

    After Wally was complimented for going to the groomer and I was told I probably should go too, we were off. Pigskin left a little early to arrive on time and Roger Roger and Green Hornet left a little late to arrive a little late, but we all made it – except for Professor X and Tool Time and Blackout – where are those dudes?!?

    COP at West Broad Village: Introduction, totally forgot the disclaimer (send me your medical bills), arm circles, DQs, cherry pickers, recover.

    The Thang: The Pax was informed that we’d randomly stop and perform MICS (10 Merkins, 10 Imperial Squat Walkers, 10 Crab Cakes & 10 SSHs). MICS were supposed to be the main event. As a little fun aside, I declared that everyone had Executive Burpee Power and could randomly stop the Pax and demand 5 burpees. If these powers were not exercised, then all remaining burpees would need to be completed by all once BTTF. I thought it was implied that everyone could use this awesome power once. Apparently not. I believe it was Pinto that threw his weight around before leaving COP, then Tater started double dipping, it was burpee madness, I only got about 2 MICS in, my bad shoulder starting hurting, Executive Powers had to be revoked, leaving Plus One without even having used his. Roger Roger said we stopped for burpees 15 times (there were 13 of us). 5 burpees each time. Tater did some quick number crunching and let us know we did exactly 437 burpees. Job well done men!

    BTTF: Numbers. Names. Announcements: You are allowed to sign up to Q WTH. Party at Taters for Pinto and Gypsy on Sat, 9/6, starting around 4pm. Bring a side or dessert. Left of July (Whitesnake’s band) plays at Brambly Park (I googled it, this place looks cool) at 8pm also on 9/6. 2nd F at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook on Tues, 9/9 at 12pm. No prayer requests today. YHC took us out.

    Special shout out to the still friendly but no longer new guys: Full House and Fortran, way to keep showing up and getting after it. Great to have you guys joining us!

    Moleskin: Look for a chance to be helpful today. Try to think about others a little more and yourself a little less.

    Thx for letting me lead today gents. SYITG!

  • Welcome Full House & Tool Time

    Warm up on the bus loop with some high knees, butt kickers and karaokes.

    COP: Welcome and disclaimer, especially to Jason and Brennan, two buddies of Roger Roger from his hood. SSHs, 1 burpee OYO, DQs, 2 burpees OYO, Cherry Pickers, 3 burpees OYO, Mt. Climbers, WWIIs, 4 burpees OYO, Merkins & 5 burpees OYO.

    The Thang:
    7s at the loading dock.  We did Mike Tyson’s at the top and Flutter Kicks at the bottom. 

    Next stop by the hill under then black top.  Got the pax to select random numbers by sharing digits from their soc, year of marriage and phone number.  Ran and up and down the hill this many times.  And now I will hack their accounts. 

    East Coast Vs. West Coast 90s Rap Battle: Count off 1s, 2s. 1s (Team Biggie) go to eastern part of US map on blacktop and 2s (Team Tupac) go to the west coast.  Teams competed to finish exercises first (forget form).  Losers did 5 burpees.  Each team was permitted to have a teammate take on more of an exercise to help a slower pax.  But the correct number had to be done before saying “Done!”.   Exercises: 100 SSHs, 90 Flutter Kicks, 80 LBCs, 70 Cassius Clays, 60 squats, 50 Freddy Mercuries,
    40 Imerperial Walkers, 30 dry docks, 20 wwiis, 10 burpees. The east side won a couple. West side won a couple. I think we all won: No one got shot.   

    Moving on: 7s at the Pull Up bars: Pull Ups and Jump Squats. 

    Finish w/ a Baby Beast at the Blacktop:
    3 stops of 3 counts of Crab Cakes, Imperial Squat Walkers, Diamond Merkins, Box cutters aaaaaaand time! BTTF.  

    Numbers: 11 strong on a Monday.

    Names: Roger Roger delivered us the heroic GreenHornet from his neighborhood. And now, today he brought 2 more. Jason, who once lived in the bay area, has 3 children, 2 of which are twins got saddled with the moniker Full House. Welcome Full House!

    Roger Roger also brought Brennan. Brennan built his own home, has a new baby and I believe builds data centers. He left thinking his name is Meta. But I just dont like it – and I was the Q. So, please let him know, we’re continuing w/ the 80’s sitcom theme and he’s Tool Time. Welcome Tool Time!  

    Announcements: Labor Day Convergence on 9/1 at 7am at Dog Pile. Party at Taters on 9/6 (bring the M and a side dish and plz let him know if ur coming). Party at L Woods on 9/13. 

    Prayer requests: Roger Roger just lost a friend, his age. This family of 2 children and a wife will be left without a dad. And he has another buddy who was hit by a car while walking. This gentleman remains in a coma. Similar family make up. Please pray for both of these families. Strive to avoid our natural tendency for negative bias (to notice and focus on what’s wrong) and count your blessings. Additional prayer request made by Seymore for children/young adults going back to school.  YHC took us out.

    Thx for letting me lead. Go do something good for someone else today. SYITG!

  • Will Magnum PI Ever Return?

    With less regulars (looking forward to the return of Gypsy, Pigskin, Lighthouse, EF and Whitesnake, to name a few) and more new brothers (GreenHornet and Plus One have been getting after it daily – but where is Banjo today – not to mention Magnum PI – will that guy ever come back from Peru or is he leading a tribe of like-minded conservatives living deep within the jungle?), 6 of us headed out to battle the mean streets of Westhoe. Seems like we hit all the hills with a little Falconbridge, then Raintree, past the covered bridge with a new stop at Buffapple (this hill is no joke), up Summerside, down Glen Eagle, then back to the start, but seeing it anew, with fresh eyes, as we all learned much along our journey.

    All made it back to the flag in one piece and with the same number of dogs. Success! Nice work Gloom and Wally.

    Numbers. Names. Announcements. Bridge and Home-grown 1/2 on 8/16. Labor Day Convergence on 9/1 at Dog Pile at 7am. No prayer requests. YHC took us out.

    Look for someone that might need an encouraging word or some help today. Look for these opportunities and seize the moment. Be the man God designed you to be and step up to help.

    SYITG!

  • No Bourbon for Banjo

    14 came out for another installment of Circus Maximus w/ YHC hosting. As a few stragglers arrived, we began:

    COP: SSHs, 1 Burpee, DQs, 2 Burpees, Cherry Pickers, 3 Burpees, Mt. Climbers, WWIIs, 4 Burpees, Merkins and 5 Burpees. While we pushed hard during Burpees, Gypsy drank his coffee.

    The Thang: 15 Overhead Presses, 15 High Pulls, 15 Curls (for the cougars), 15 Sumo Squats, 15 Sit ‘n’ Press, 15 Overhead Pulls, 15 Flutters – all OYO. Take a lap. Repeat, but 12. Then 9, 6 & 3.

    Amandas (Like a Lindsay, but 20 is the magic number) on the picnic tables. We did step ups (with the KB of course) and Lawn Mower Pulls. 15-5, 10-10, & 5-15. Somewhere in there Gypsy had a fall and his left ankle immediately began to swell. If you see him around, tell him to not run on it. He’s stubborn and will need many of us to tell him to rest it.

    Triple check: Timer bear crawls about 40 ft to a light post and runs back. P2 did Curls and P3 did Overhead Press.

    And time!

    Numbers. Names.

    Announcements: 8/16 – Homegrown 1/2 and see UpChuck about a trip to The Bridge. See Fudd and Green Hornet about playing 100 Holes of Golf.

    Prayer Requests: Continued prayers for little Charlotte, Fireman Ed’s recovery, Fudd’s sister Mary and now Gypsy’s ankle. YHC took us out, asking that God, the great healer, heal our wounds, those seen and unseen, those spoken and unspoken.

    Thx as always to Offshore for providing coffee, which leads to a great chance for 2nd F. Today, some Bourbon Cream got set out by the coffee. Banjo, computer scientist slash coder extraordinaire and recent graduate of Penn State, claims he’s 22, but we all needed to see some ID so we wouldn’t get charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor, while drinking at 6:15am behind the local high school. Just another day at the circus with these clowns.

    Have a great day fellas! Go do something for someone else.

    SYITG!

  • This was a wet one.

    Decided against seeking shelter and instead chose to embrace the suck, which was due to plenty of rain from tropical depression Chantel. Take a field trip and Mosey to orthopedic parking lot in Green Gate. COP: Arm circles, cherry pickers, DQs, SSHs, Mt. Climbers, WWIIs and Merkins.

    The thang: Since we were already completely soaked at this point, why not roll around the entire parking lot. We lined up at the base of the lot and Hopped to the next parking space and then did 3 merkins on each white line. To get back, lunge and do 5 FMs. Then Bear Crawl and 2 Jump Squats. Lastly, crab walk 1/2 way back, w/ 2 LBCs.

    Mosey and Grab some curb.  Toe taps in cadence. Then 10 Merkins in cadence. 3Xs.

    Time for fun on Strange’s Hill:
    Run up it.  10 AHs. Mosey down. Back up for V-ups. Mosey down. Back up for Reverse crunches.

    Next, I took a page out of Tater’s book and we did 1 Burpee at each parking space along Stranges parking lot running parallel to Broad. Tater said he took that page from Atilla’s book. Blue Moon suggested we get rid of the book. Chicharon suffered in silence.  

    Stop for an Amanda (Lindsay’s go to 40, Amanda’s go to 20) at the elbow of the parking lot. 
    15 SSHs and 5 WWIIs.   Then 10 & 10.  And lastly 5 and 15. 

    Triple Check. With an awkward 5 today, 2 people became P1, the timers, who ran about 1/2 way along the front of stranges parking lot and back.  2 more people became P2 and did squats (JS if ya got ’em).  P3 was just one person and he did Heels to Heaven. 

    Mosey BTTVF aaaaaaand TIME! Recover.

    Numbers. Names. Announcements: See Whitesnake about a trip to The Bridge on 7/19. See Tater about a workout, fun in the sun and boating at Lake Anna on 7/26. Prayers for our brothers digging deep to battle vices this Dry July. Prayers for more Patience and Understanding as we trudge forth becoming the men God intended us to be. Go do something for someone else today. SYITG!

  • Dutch Olympians Unite

    Having gotten the memo, 3 gloom stallions descended upon Pocahontas MS, all donning bright orange shirts. The clock struck 5:30am and like Dutch Olympians going for gold, we were off. COT consisted of some SSHs, arm circles, cherry pickers, DQs, Mt climbers, WWIIs & a 60-second leg hold while YHC defined today’s version of BLIMPS (5 Burpees, 5 Lt. Dans, 5 Imperial Walkers, 5 Merkins, 5 Plank Jacks & 5 SSHs). We went behind the school, took Wally (my dog) off the leash, did a lap and then did a BLIMPS. Then another lap. And another BLIMPS. Lap. Blimps. Lap. Blimps. Lap. Blimps. With seconds remaining, we knocked out 30 FMs. And time!

    Numbers. Names. Announcements: Joey’s Hot Dogs next week (6/10) at 12pm for 2nd F. The Summer Tour continues. Prayer Requests: Continued prayers for Mary Hart, Roger Roger’s post surgery recovery and having received his final treatment, we prayed that Fireman Ed will have a full and complete recovery. Fun fact: while enduring treatments and this entire process, Fireman Ed leveled up to a heavier kettlebell at Circus Maximus. Far out!

    Thought for the day: Each day is a gift. How often do we do something for the last time, unaware this is the case? Tmrw is not promised. Today, treat it like it’s special. Try to stay present. Be kind. Try your best.

    SYITG!

  • No FNGs Today

    Circle up for COP: Introduction, Disclaimer, SSHs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, Arm Circles, Mt Climbers, WWIIs & Merkins.  Recover. Start walkin’.

    Walking w/ the Bell: we walked towards the front of the school doing High Pulls, Overhead Press and Curls – each exercise interrupted by 5 Burpees (OYO).  We stopped along the way to do some Pull Throughs & Calf Raises on the curb. 

    Triple Check along the front of the school.  P1 runs to a tree and back.  P2 Sit & Press.  P3 Lawn Mowers. Recover. Rest the arms for moment: 20 Heels to Heaven (OYO).

    Back to walking while doing High Pulls, Overhead Press and Curls – each again interrupted by 5 Burpees (OYO).

    Next Up? “Don’t Touch My Bell Bro”:
    How to play: Step 1.) Go to front parking lot, to attract FNGs 2.) Form 2 parallel lines.  3.) Both lines do 10 AMs, then leave your Bells in place and Crab Walk to the parallel line.  4.) Pick someone else’s Bell and execute 10 AMs (those arriving first got their pick, I got stuck with the behemoth that Off Shore calls a Kettle Bell).  5.) Same idea but with Bunny Hops.  6.) Then Lunges. 7.) Lastly, Bear Crawls. 

    Start walking back towards our Coffee Club House, where no girls are allowed, while doing High Pulls, Overhead Press and Curls – each, this time, punctuated by various core exercises. 

    Regarding our walk to the front of the school, to honor Gomer on his bday week, I took his suggestion for attracting FNGs and moved the workout today. We tried to look awesome doing our reps to attract local Westhoians, but that didn’t seem to work. Next, we tried accosting people. Salt Lick took a stab at it first. He got ignored as he called out to a man running. White Deer wanted to recruit a hot lady runner, but the wisdom of the Pax got him to cool his jets. We considered it might be safer for the community to have us tucked away behind the school. Back there, we found a man walking his dog. He acknowledged our invitation, but didn’t show interest. However, I could tell, his dog wanted to join us. So, there’s hope. But for now, the coffee pot and the workout will remain behind the school. The jogging women of Westhoe can rest easy.

    On the way back, we stopped by the picnic tables for an Amanda (Lindsays go to 40, Amandas go to 20). 
    15 Step Ups on the picnic table and 5 WWIIs.   Then 10 & 10.  And lastly 5 and 15. 

    BTTF for a lil Mary (FMs, Flutters, 60 second leg hold). Done!

    Numbers. Names. 

    Announcements:
    Showing of “Join or Die” on 4/28 at 6:30am w/ OBT at The Byrd, discussion on Connection/Loneliness to follow.

    Bridge Sat Apr 26 Corned Beef.  May 10 Big Herm. 

    Csaup May 2.

    Westhoe Csaup Team Meeting after Circus Maximus next week, 5/1. Honeydo & Hutton, come join us. Offshore will make coffee just for you guys.

    Prayer Requests: None today. YHC took us out.

    Moleskin: We all want others to be patient with us, to give us grace and kindness. Let’s move into this day intentionally and make an effort to extend the same to others. Thx for letting me lead. SYITG!

  • Rudy Gets the Ghost Flag – Again?

    Rudy had an excellent beatdown dialed up for his SOJ brothers only to have Mr. Rogers and Handshake, the Westhoe Bros, arrive with the Ghost Flag, snatching away the Q. Apparently, this is Rudy’s 2nd time having the Ghost Flag. What are the odds? And just what are these Westhoe Bros all about? 16 strong at The Alamo found out.

    Warm up: Run around the horse shoe (high knees, butt kickers, karaoke). 

    COP: Introduction. Disclaimer. SSHs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, Mt Climbers, WWIIs, & Merkins. Recover. Enough of that: Let’s roll!

    Westhoe Bro Mr. Rogers was up first w/ some Parking Lot Fun: Hop to the next parking space and crank out 5 Merkins. Go all the way to the end. Go back with a Crab Walk to the next parking space and knock out 5 Jump Squats at each. Then Lunges w/ Plank Jacks and finally Bear Crawls w/ WWIIs.

    Next up? 7s w/ Mike Tysons and FMs.

    The Q was then passed to the other Westhoe Bro, Handshake, who improvised, jumped right past a Septouple Check and introduced an F3 first: The Octouple Check. 8 men on a line. The other 8 form a parallel line. Men facing each other pair up. One line picks an exercise. First pair runs the horse shoe while the remaining pairs perform their exercises. Runners return, go to the opposite end of the line, all pairs shift down a spot and perform the next exercise. If this doesn’t make sense, it’s because it’s a friggin’ Octouple Check and you just had to be there.

    Squat Walk to the bend in the lot. Form 2 lines again. First pair Bear Crawls alllllll the way down to Big Blue, Handshake’s truck. Next pair waits 10 seconds, then follows. And so on.

    Pair up again. P1 runs to the fence and back. P2 Squats. Then WWIs. Then more Merkins. 6:15am!

    Numbers. Names.

    Announcements:

    Century Classic 2.0 CSAUP May 2-3. Don’t think about it. Just sign up. What could go wrong?

    Rudy will be doing a Draft Day themed Q soon. Rudy is a bigger football nut than me. And apparently Draft Day is his biggest football day, bigger than the Super Bowl. What?! This Q should be epic!

    Corned Beef will be leading a crew at the Bridge on April 26 and Big Herm’s got it on May 10.

    Prayer Requests: Flyboy asked for prayers for his neighbor’s M, who is suffering from Liver Failure.

    YHC took us out.

    Moleskin: Man, I just love F3. Fun to buddy up w/ Handshake, steal the Q & meet some new dudes. All before 7am. What a great way to start the day. Good to visit SOJ. It’s been a little while. The Alamo has tons of new guys, and everyone is 30. Heist and others have done a fantastic job of inviting new guys to join and giving away this awesome thing that was shared so freely with us. In fact, Heist is working on another FNG right now. Wildcat had a good lung scan recently. And despite his ailment, he was still the fastest one out there today. What the heck?!? Great to briefly chat w/ and share some laughs w/ guys I’ve never met before like Toby, Matlock and Flyboy. Always a pleasure to see Warby and I”m looking forward to him Qing Circus Maximus soon. It’s a blessing to be a part of this brotherhood. Rudy, thanks for letting Handshake & I crash your party. Lookin’ forward to seeing what you do w/ the Ghost Flag. Have a great Monday gents and I’ll SYITG!

  • Really Roscoe? 

    Instead of attending RVA’s own Monument Ave 10k today, we did a run-heavy beatdown. 

    After Fudd’s dog, Roscoe, made a beeline for my shovel flag and proceeded to piss on it, we were ready to begin. 

    Warm up: Run around the parking lot (high knees, butt kickers, karaoke).  

    Circle up for COP: Disclaimer, SSHs, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, DQs, Mt Climbers, WWIIs, & Merkins. Recover. Enough of that: Let’s roll!

    Line up on the saturated Gridiron. 
    25 MH on the 25 yard line, run back to the start. 
    Repeat and add 50 Shoulder Taps on the 50 yard line, run back.  Repeat, add 75 LBCs (we got nice and soggy here)…
    finish with 100 SSHs. Roscoe had a ball running all over the place, when allowed. Besides his antics within 30 seconds of showing up, he was a perfect gentleman otherwise.

    Next up: Track Attack
    Run the track twice.  If you get passed, do a Burpee.  This was gonna be fun, in my mind.  IRL, we just ran around the track twice. 

    Eye of the Storm
    Audible to a parking lot instead of another saturated field.  5 Jump Squats in the center between each corner exercise, which the Pax picked in random order (20 Merkins, 20 AHs, 20 Lunges, 20 Plank Jacks).  Just for funsies, we did it twice. 

    Triple Check in front of Short Pump MS
    P1 runs loop.  P2 Balls to the Wall.  P3 WWIIs. 

    Mosey BTTF, but we stopped for 5 burpees OYO.  Mosey, stop, 5 more burpees.  Mosey, stop, 5 more burpees… I think we did about 40 burpees in total.  Some grumbles here.  I let Chum know that we ran out of time and got off easy.  I had a 100 burpee Dora planned.  There’s always next time.  And I still have the ghost flag. 

    Circle up for some Mary (FMs, Heels to Heaven, finish with 60 second elevated leg hold). 

    Names.
    Numbers.
    Announcements: Piglet has another little piglet joining the litter on Tuesday, 4/15/25, as his M. will be induced at 12pm. Prayers for a healthy M and baby piglet. Century Classic 2.0 May 2-3.  Don’t think about how Completely Stupid And Utterly Pointless it is – just sign up. 
    Prayer requests: prayers for GomerPyle’s upcoming (possibly?) knee surgery.  Prayers for Fudd’s wife’s cousin, Hannah, who at only 23 yo is facing serious health concerns. 
    Moleskin: If you’re breathing today, you have something to be grateful for and the ability to do something for someone else.  Make it happen. 

    SYITG!