Author: Jim Huddle

  • Taste and Smell

    Circus Maximus: Usually, this time of year, you don’t want any wind blowing. Today, a nice breeze would have been appreciated. There may have been subliminal messaging going on. A rite of passage is coming soon (Colonoscopy).

    Warmup with SSH, IW Russian Soldier, Don Quixote, Shoulder stretch, Run around island

    20 and 5, 15 and 10, 10 and 15, 5 and 20 of the following pair of exercises.

    Swings and Curls
    Press and Rows
    Single Leg Deadlift (both sides add up to 20, 16, 10 and 6) and Triceps Same leg goes up as the arm with the kettlebell
    10 Burpees and Run to end of covered sidewalk
    Racked Lunge (both sides add up to 20, 16, 10 and 6) and Single arm press on back
    Goblet Squat and Renegade Rows (both sides add up to 20, 16, 10 and 6)
    Squat-Press and Lawnmowers
    10 Burpees and Run to end of covered sidewalk
    20 Swings
    20 Curls
    15 Sit and Press
    20 Upright Rows
    20 Triceps
    20 Overhead press
    20 Goblet Squats
    Dollies in cadence
    6-inch leg lift for 1 minute
    stretch

     

    No announcements.

  • WTH Hot Tater

    Lighthouse, Roger Roger and I gathered in the cold and the dark. We took off out the entrance to Pocahontas Middle School and turned right. We took a right on John Rolfe to Liesfeld and stopped for a brief warmup. Next, Roger Roger took us to Short Pump Park. We ran the ‘circuit’ four times; First time we ran a loop and did 10 Merkins, Second time, run a loop and did 10 Merkins and 20 LBCs, next 10 Merkins, 20 LBCs, 15 Dips and finally 10, 20, 15 and 25 of I forget.

    Lighthouse took over. We exited Short Pump Park on Pump Road, left turn on Three Chopt and back to the school. We did 4 corners in the parking lot with 20 Hand release Merkins, 30 LBCs, 40 I forget (a popular exercise today) and 50 Pickle Pounders. Despite the cold, no pickles were harmed.

    Then to the track for three rounds of 200 meters ‘fast’ and 200 slow; or in my case 200 slow and 200 meters slower.

    I took over and we ran to the ‘island’. Three rounds of 15 Derkins, 15 Dips and 1 lap.

    From there, we ran back to the start and met Gypsy who was in the midst of a 10 mile run.

    Always great to have people to run with, especially people who will make sure you finish the route.

    Busy day ahead for Roger Roger. I’m looking at my 7-month-old grandson waking up from a nap on the floor. I owe him a bottle in a half hour. Fortunately, he is very good-natured. Being a granddad is easy, at least most of the time. He’s a very charming little fellow. We have him because his daycare is closed for Covid and his mother and father both work. Earlier, he did some Little Baby Crunches. Got to get him started off right. As I told someone else, he also does deconstructed Burpees; he burps and he pees. Maybe I can get him to a workout. Sometimes, he wakes up early enough.

  • Heartbreak Dress Code

    I pulled up thinking I was a few minutes early and Handshake was already there. Oh no! I’m either hallucinating or I have to buy a new watch! But no! Handshake was early! After standing around admiring each other’s attire (nice silver tights modeled by Offshore, Honeydo’s bare knees and Attila’s Hoodie) and letting our blood congeal, we started.

    Mosey, high knees, karikoke left and right in the parking lot.

    Warmup: At Parking lot by benches: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Run to other side of Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Back to Parking lot by benches: 20 Squats, 10 regular Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise

    To the benches: 10 Dips, 10 step-ups and 10 derkins, all in cadence: next 8 of each, 6, 4 and 2.

    Next, we moseyed over Pemberton parking lot for BLIMPS: 5 Burpees, 10 Lunges, 15 Imperial Walkers, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jacks and 30 Squats

    Next to Pemberton Elementary School wall:

    People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Moseyed back to the Quioccasin Parking lot for 11s: Mike Tysons and WWII.

    Take out by Handshake

  • Hoedown Just in Time

    I got there just barely before launch time. Obviously, a supply chain problem.

    We had an FNG. Bodos with the headlock. Works with Bodos. Former Marine, avid outdoors-man. Well-traveled and well read. Welcome Mimi!

    Weather report, 30 and dry. Perfect! One of the great things about F3; people will show up! Good crowd! 15!

     

    Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 Russian Soldiers, 10 Shoulder slap Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 15 Lunges, 10 Hand Release Merkins, 20 Dollies, stretching exercise

    Upper parking lot: Mankiller (12, 10, 8, etc.)

    Wall Courtyard: 10 single count air-press (People’s chair), 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 10 single count milkers (People’s chair), 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 10 single count Lalannes (People’s chair), 12 BTTW ToeTaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 12 Dirty Hookup: People’s chair Muhammad Ali, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Romanian Dead Lifts: 10 each leg in cadence. Unfortunately, I have a great deal of trouble maintaining balance during this one. Which is why I plan to incorporate it into my Qs, until I can get it right. Next time you see Gomer Pyle, you can thank him for this one.

    Railings: Bulgarian Split Squats 10 each leg, 10 Derkins, 9 etc.

    Upper Parking Lot: Partner up: Each side of Parking lot: bear crawl. When you meet, 10 Hand Slap Merkins: Repeat

    Up to the grassy area behind the school: Partner up: partner 1 runs to the pull-up bars and does 5 pull-ups, Partner 2 does WWII sit-ups. 3 times

     

    Announcements:

    UpChuck reported (later, see Slack) on Breaking Bread: All taken spots up until May

  • Frozen Gridiron

    It was so cold, I started a minute early, before Dial-up showed up. He found us. He found us because he could hear the crunch of the frozen grass on the football field as we did SSHs. Did I mention it was cold? As in 18 degrees. As in colder than it typically is in Charlotte, from where I used to be.

    Despite the cold, it was a great day for a workout. As always, it is great to have a group to workout with. No fart-sacking with these guys.

    Despite the lack of a disclaimer, no injuries, even on the obstacle course. This site provides a great obstacle course. Warning; I will do this again! It is too good not to use.

    We had the place to ourselves. No pickle-ball players. Evidently, you can’t play with a frozen pickle.

    Anyway:

    To the goal line of the football field:

    20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 Knee-ups and a stretching exercise

    To the track:

    20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers and a stretching exercise

    To the soccer field in front of the school:

    20 Russian Soldiers, 15 Crunchy Frogs, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise

    To the side of the south side of the school:

    20 squats, 10 Stagger arm Merkins, 20 Dollies and a stretching exercise

    Follow the leader: We used the loading docks, stairs, railings as an obstacle course.

    To the wall in front of the school:

    People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Lalannes, 10 Dirty Hookup, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Back to the parking lot.

    To the parking lot:

    Jump in cadence over the line 20 count, 3 times with a stretching exercise in between

    To the historic school’s pull-up bars, near the pickle-ball courts

    10 Pullups, 20 LBCs, 20 merkins and 25 squats: 3 times

    Back to the parking lot:

    Less-fatal Man Killer: 10,8,6,4,2.

    Stretching exercise

    Romanian Single Leg Dead lift (bend knee up and forward, bend at waist but keep hip neutral and extend bent leg back behind you.) 10 each leg.

    To the bathroom: divide up into groups of 3: 1 does Lalannes, 1 does dollies while the other runs around the parking lot. 3 times

    To the stadium bench for 10 Bulgarian split squats

    Back to the parking lot for stretching exercise and then 6-inch leg lift for 60-count.

  • Circus Max Light’s out

    The last Circus Maximus of the year! Lighthouse and I were glad to see each other. It would have been boring if only one of us had showed up.

    Warmup with SSHs, IWs, Cherry pickers and Russian Soldiers.

    Next, we did the following:

    20 Swings,

    20 Curls

    15 Sit and Press

    5 Burpees

    20 Triceps

    20 Rows

    20 Press

    Short run around the courtyard

    10 each arm Renegade Rows

    15 each leg Romanian dead lifts

    15 each arm Woodchoppers

    15 Australian Mountain Climbers

    10 each arm one arm presses

    10 each direction Halos

    15 each arm Goblet Squats

    Run around the island.

    Repeat 2 more times.

    A little stretching and some Mary and times up.

     

  • Circus Maximus without Atilla

    No Atilla today. YHC filled in for him.

    Homer was in Florida enjoying a much more pleasant temperature and so in honor of his absence, no burpees.

    Warmup with SSH, IW Russian Soldier, Cherry Pickers, Don Quixoti, Run around island

    20 and 5, 15 and 10, 10 and 15, 5 and 20 of the following pair of KB exercises.

    Swings and Curls
    Press and Rows
    Single Leg Deadlift (both sides add up to 20, 16, 10 and 6) and Triceps Same leg goes up as the arm with the kettlebell
    Run around island
    Racked Lunge (both sides add up to 20, 16, 10 and 6) and Sit and Press
    Goblet Squat and Renegade Rows (both sides add up to 20, 16, 10 and 6)
    Squat-Press and Lawnmowers
    Run around island
    Swings and Curls

    At this point, it was about 6:10, so we finished up with Ring of Fire and Heels to Heaven. White Deer did hand clap merkins, very impressive. The rest of us concluded that we might lose some teeth if we tried it.

  • Lizzy Borden

    Four of us, including an FNG, met for a 3-mile run to Short Pump Park via Three Chopt (Lizzy Borden) Road and John Rolfe Parkway. Once at the park, we ran the ‘loop’ 6 times with a stop each time for a) Upper body, 2) Ab and 3) leg exercise. We returned via Liesfeld Parkway and Goose Landing with a stop at the entrance to the lake for a set of merkins.

     

    Our new FNG is ‘Transport’, brought to us by Pinto. Retired former pilot for the Navy who was stationed in several places in the US; also Japan, Bahrain and some other foreign country I forgot.

  • Getting older

    In honor of my birthday, we did 69 Burpees! It’s great to be here!

    Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 Russian Soldiers, 10 Shoulder slap Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise

    Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 10 Don Quixote, 10 Hand Release Merkins, 20 Dollies, stretching exercise

    Upper parking lot: 5 minutes of burpees

    Wall Courtyard: 10 single count air-press (People’s chair), 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 10 single count milkers (People’s chair), 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 10 single count Lalannes (People’s chair), 12 BTTW ToeTaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 12 Dirty Hookup: People’s chair Muhammad Ali, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Wall Courtyard: 10 more Burpees.

    Railings: Bear Crawl but weave in and out the railings: Plank up and wait for the 6th.

    Up to the grassy area behind the school: Partner up: partner 1 runs to the pull-up bars and does 5 pull-ups, Partner 2 does Squats. 2 times

    9 Burpees

    Upper Parking Lot: Partner up: Each side of Parking lot: bear crawl. When you meet, 10 Hand Slap Merkins: Repeat

    Back to lower grassy area, a couple of Mary exercises and stretches and Time’s up.

    Announcements:

    WaThoHuk is looking for a few good men. Wednesday at Pocahontas Middle School. A 3 to 3.5 mile run with some bootcamp. 5:30 AM.

    Please consider Give to Give.

  • OYO

    This being Thanksgiving Day, we met at 7:00 instead of 5:30. We were Attila-less but we had the faculty of VCU (Homer, Offshore and Lighthouse), 2 white animals (White Deer and White Snake), a fireman in case things got out of hand (Fireman Ed) and yo.

     

    After listening to White Deer give Homer a bunch of shit, we did warmup with SSHs, IWs, Russian Soldiers and Don Quixotes.

     

    Next, we did the following: with 3 Burpees between each KB exercise.

    20 Swings,

    20 Curls

    15 Sit and Press

    20 Triceps

    20 Rows

    20 Press

    20 Squats

    Short run around the courtyard

    15 each arm Renegade Rows

    15 each leg lunges

    15 each arm Lawnmowers

    10 each arm one arm presses

    10 each direction Halos

    15 each arm Snatches

    Run around the island.

     

    Next, the following except we did 5 WWII situps between the KB exercises.

    20 Swings,

    20 Curls

    15 Sit and Press

    20 Triceps

    20 Rows

    20 Press

    20 Squats

    Run around the island

     

    Next, the following with 10 reverse situps between each KB exercise

    15 (on your back) Pull overs

    15 presses (on your back)

    15 each leg dead lifts

    15 each arm Lawnmowers

    10 each arm one arm presses

    10 each direction Halos

    15 each arm Snatches

    Run around the island

     

    Back to the start carrying KB overhead.

     

    We kept it to 45 minutes. Afterwards, we met at Starbucks. When we gave names to pick up the coffee, no one knew who ‘Sean’ was (shouldn’t you tell them your name is ‘Ed’?) Happy Turkey Day!