Author: Last Call

  • Sumpfbestie

    5 bilingual redwoods arrived on the sprawling campus of Betty Weaver Elementary School to tackle a long awaited Twin Team VQ for YHC. 5.30 and 4 were about to head off when headlights appeared in the distance. Pigskin, making the trek from Charlotte, came in hot to join the party. Tales have been spread over time but this is how it will be remembered.

    Mosey down the James River High parking lot for COT. SSH, DQ’s and Helicopters were on the menu. Warm? lets get to the main course.

    Mosey over to the Swamp to utilize the Field for a Beast with the following exercises: plankjacks, doubletap merkins, WWII’s, squats, calf raises, burpees. Everyone looked good, continue on to the parking lot.

    5 corners in the parking lot starting at 10 and continuing to 50 count. Exercises included merkins, 2 count American hammers, jump squats, mountain climbers, then up the hill to finish with lbc’s.

    Mosey to the back of the school for Bear Crawl Ladder. PAX up against the building alternating between peoples chair and balls to the wall. 1 person bear crawls to the opposite curb and rejoins PAX at the end. 2nd person begins bear crawl. Round 2 switched to lunges.

    BTTF

    No announcements or prayers today, YHC took us out.

    During COT, Pigskin and Mr. Holland were alternating counts between German and Spanish. YHC can hardly speak English with Math also being a challenge, making it difficult to determine when to stop. This gave us the German title (tclaps to Google Translate).

    Welcome Pigskin, up from Charlotte visiting his family and possibly relocating to Richmond in the future. Turns out Mr. Holland and Pigskin are long lost distant family friends and possibly cousins from Mathews county. Small world.

    Enjoyed working with you gentleman this morning. YHC has been looking to Q Twin Team for a while since Doozy brought me out a few months ago. Happy to avoid the Twin Team hill but only assume it will be revisited in upcoming AO’s. Stay safe this weekend and seize the day.

  • Competition Breeds Competition

    9 able studs arrived out of their comfortable, air conditioned abodes into the hot and muggy mist that is known as The Forge. This is how it went down:

    COP #1: Mosey to the traffic circle for a quick warm up of DQ’s x 10, Smurf Jacks x 15, Dead Man Hang x 10, Right over left x 10, Left over right x 10, Arm Circles. Everyone sweating, lets move:

    COP #2: Escalating 4 Corners at the Soccer Field comprised of Corner 1- WWII’s, Corner 2 – Calf Raises, Corner 3 – Hammers (American Style), Corner 4 – Ball Dippers. 1 Burpee between each round.

    COP #3: Vertical 11’s – Mosey over to the amphitheater for to get the arms pumping. Dips at the top and Decline Merkins at the bottom. Box Jumps in between.

    COP #4: Burpee Dora – Mosey over to the bus loop to finish strong with a partner. 100 In Outs, 200 merkins, 300 jump squats. Timer run the bus loop.

    Mosey BTTF for reverse Numberama, Nameorama & Announcements below. YHC took us out.

    Moleskin:

    Hardywood and Long Pole crushed the corners at record pace with enough time for Long Pole to explore a bit of the land the Forge had to offer while waiting for YHC to finish up. Not to be outdone, Prince and Long Pole raced each other on the box jump 11’s, lapping YHC on round 1. Way to work boys.

    Announcements:

    4th of July Convergence – Work off those extra hot dogs by spending time with Hardywood and others at No Toll. 6 am start for the festivities.

    Thoughts for swift recovery for Doublemint from his motorcycle accident earlier this week. Get well soon

  • Size of the Coop does matter

    8 stud farmers awoke with the rooster crowing to venture down to the Forge for an old fashioned beat down. Here is how the tale went.

    COP – SSH, DQ, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soilders and others – warm yet, lets roll.

    Triple Check – Run the bus loop, Balls to the Wall, WWII

    Corners of 4 by the middle school – 10 merkins, 20 American Hammers, 30 Boxing Cockroaches, 40 Jump Squats – mumble chatter about socially distant cockroaches are tough

    Curb Crawl – 11’s – 1 dip, bear crawl, 10 merkins, crawl bear, 2 dips, etc. Touch work on the shoulders and traps.

    Catch me if you can up to Forest Hill – 1 Burpee, and Bernie Sanders – switch

    Pole Hoppers back to Flag – alternating each light pole between 3 merkins and 1 burpee.

    Still time left – mosey down to 2nd parking lot for a 6 count of 10 – jump squats, WWII’s, LBC’s, Double Tap Merkins, Alabama Prom Date, Rosalittas. Still time? Let’s do it again.

    BTTF, Count, Names, Announcements – Memorial Day Murph on Monday. Check BB for time and place near you.

    Bone Thugs took us out.

    Seems there is a bit of Chicken Coop competition happening within the PAX. Roper, Hardywood and Snuff all showing off the latest architectural trends in Chicken Coop design and décor. Impressive stuff. Chickens living better then most of our single apartments.

  • Price of Finishing Early

    6 Young Studs arrived dressed in their Tuesday best for a Prom Date beatdown with the lush green fields at No Toll. Like many proms, most events were a bit hazy but this is what was recalled.

    Mosey to the parking lot for quick warm up. SSH’s, Arm Circles, Reverso, Cherry Pickers, DQ’s, LBC’s, Inverted Scorpion Kicks. Everyone warm, lets hit the dance floor.

    Mosey to the perfectly manicured green fields. Ideal condition for some slow dancing and soft whispers of anticipation. First Dance – 2 songs of 5 Points. Song 1 included the 80’s rock ballad of the following exercises 30 times in each corner of the field – Dips, WWII’s, Mountain Climbers, Jump Squats, Pickle Pounders. After each exercise rejoin your friends in the center of the floor for 3 burpees. Song 2 was a slow 90’s R&B number again of 30 count broken up by 3 burpees each time – Merkins, Dips, American Hammers, Monkey Humpers, Carolina Dry Docks. Shoes were left behind mangled in a pile, showing it was time to make the move.

    Last Dance- lets pick up the pace a bit with some heavy metal 100’s. First person to 100 of each exercise calls out and PAX runs to the opposite field to find another dance partner. Rounds included Mountain Climbers, Monkey Humpers, SSH’s and the always popular calf raises (both in and out). We don’t discriminate at this party.

    Time to treat her right, so we moseyed over to the parking lot for some 1 on 1 action. Partner up for Broad Jump Burpees between the curbs while partner runs. Round 2 was Polar Bear Merkins to get back to the room.

    YHC was spent and just like in high school finished too early. Looking around at the disappointed faces, YHC had to think quick. No problem, back to the lush dance floor for a Merkin Ring of Fire. Doozy showed he still had the energy with Rocky Balboa’s.

    Still time on clock and YHC went blank. Luckily Bone Thugs felt it was time for Hardywood to become a man, killer that is. Doozy led us and our already burning calves in the No Toll Mankiller tradition. Made it through 7 count and now BTTF for a long nap and happy thoughts.

    Numberarma, Namarama, Announcements

    Memorial Day Murph coming up quick. Details coming hot.

    YHC took us out.

  • Can you trademark a mile?

    5 warriors rose from the various fart sacks this morning to sharpen themselves at the Forge. Here is how it went down:

    Singer Mile Warm Up: Run down to the cul de sac and back catching the parking lots along the way for a cool 1 mile and fulfill the monthly challenge. YHC inadvertently named this the DTH mile but found out Wedding Singer pioneered this route. YHC soon found out hills suck.

    COP 1: Circle up for 10 exercises: DQ’s, Helis, Cherry Pix, Merkins and Scorpian kicks

    COP 2: Recently it seems 4 corners has replaced the Beast so why not bring it back. Moseyed to the middle parking lot for 6 stations of 6 exercises 6 times. Rounds included Double Tap Merkins, WWII’s, Mountain Climbers, American Hammers, Jump Squats and to the PAX relief Flutterkicks instead of Burpees.

    COP 3: 5 man rotation: Each man on an exercise with timer running down the hill and bearcrawling back up. Exercises were incline merkins, LBC’s, Jump Squats, Crab Cakes.

    COP 4: Still time on the clock allowed Doozy to introduce his Mankillers to a few of the PAX. Did the tough end of a 10 pack as time required an audible after 5.

    BTTF, Numberama, Namarama, Announcements

    Bone Thugs 5k – Friday at RAMM

    YHC took us out

  • Studs Up

    4 Battle Hardened SOJ studs kept The Forge burning on a perfect 70 and sunny morning. YHC felt the urge to perfect his leadership skills by signing up for the Q. Wedding Singer arrived early to crush a preworkout miler.

    The remainder of the PAX moseyed for a triple hill buy in with bear crawls up and crab walks down to get the blood pumpin.

    COP 1 – SSH, DQ, Helis, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC, Flutters – PAX warm – lets mosey to the soccer field

    COP 2 – Four Corners Ladder – 1st corner: 10 merkins, 2nd corner: 20 Hammers – American Style, 3rd corner – 2x mountain climbers, 4th corner – 40 jump squats. Legs burning at this point so lets mosey onto the amphitheater

    COP 3 – Amphitheater DORA – 100 Donkey Kicks, 200 Jump Squats (cause 40 just wasn’t enough), 300 LBC’s. P-Trap and Singer made the smart choice and picked the nice flat wall for the DK’s. Snuff crushed the DK’s to help pick up YHC slack

    Mosey BTTF with a twist. Stop off at each light pole with 2 burpee/2 jump squat switch a rama.

    No Announcements. YHC took us out.

    Pleasure leading you gents this morning. Truly Herculean effort by all especially Singer with the dedication to do the pre workout mile run. Good to see P-Trap join us at the Forge. Snuff crushing it on the corners and DORA. Look forward to seeing you on the Q sheet soon.

    Be safe out there boys. Keep chuggin.

  • Generation X with space

    5 socially distant warriors took to the lush fields to embark on a classic No Toll beatdown. YHC saw the Q was open and decided to step up and lead for the 1st time of his F3 journey. The moon was bright, temperature a cool 70 degrees and the fields laid with a dewy hue. Here is what is rumored to have occurred:

    Mosey to parking lot for COP SSH, DQ’s, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Reversos, Cherry Pickers were served up warm. All looked good so lets move.

    THE THANG

    Exercise 1 – Mile warm up cause why not In honor of mile a day month, warmed up with 2 laps around the fields of Robious park at your own pace. Doozy was on pace to lap YHC twice if it was extended. Al Gore for the 6. Bone Thug joins in the fun so onto the pavilion

    Exercise 2 – X Games YHC had been giving this exercise some thought and decided to try it out. Start at the soccer pavilion PAX runs to different corner to enjoy 4 helpings of 25 American Hammers (2x), Mountain Climbers (2x), WWII’s, Jump Squats. Between each exercise PAX returns to the pavilion for 25 dips on the benches. Doozy led the Plank for the 6.

    Exercise 3 – Triple Check PAX pounded the X so YHC had to start thinking of the next step. Back to the parking lot for a triple check. Timer – runs the parking lot, Curb Crawl and Pole Smokers were the exercises of choice.

    Exercise 4 – Ring of Mankillers Back out to the dewy field for a ring of fire. YHC threw a quick audible and decided on some Mankillers. Doozy led a 5 count. Followed by Merkin Ring of Fire. BTTF to complete the work out with LBC’s and Freddie Mercuries.

    Great job by the PAX. Went a lot faster than YHC thought. Excited to get back on the Q sheet shortly.

    Thoughts and prayers to Doozy and his mother in law along with Bone Thugs and his family as they are battling health concerns.

    Was a great effort by all today. Everyday you don’t challenge yourself is an experience missed. Keep grinding and good things will come.