Author: Yard Sale

  • I’m Going to Miss the Light

    5 Men met on a warm spring like morning for a beatdown. Warmup was arm circles, cherry pickers, hand release merkins, freddy mercuries and hill billy’s (I did my best imitation of Opus and I thought it was pretty good). Headed to the corner of the parking lot for a modified Wilt. We had 4 stations that we hit 4 times each, 25 reps each station. 4 Stations were Merkins, Squats (Mud Face style), Burpees and Boat-Canoes. We switched out a couple of the burpees because they were kind of brutal for heals to heaven and a couple of he boat canoes for monkey humpers and Alabama prom dates. We next partnered up. Partner takes a lap around the parking lot which the other does the exercise. Total of 100 Mountain Climbers, 200 Heals to Heaven and 300 Monkey Humpers. After about 200 Monkey Humpers we switched to Alabama Prom Dates because we were Monkey Humped out. Circled up for ring of fire. Each person did 5 Merkins. Spit did them with a clap so the Q followed. I came close but didn’t smash my face on the parking lot. Numberama, Namarama, Announcements. Big announcement was Mechanicsville AO 5 Year Gathering tomorrow 6:30 AM at Atlee HS. Should have a bunch of guys there. Q took us out with a prayer. As always, my day is better because I started it off with F3. Have a great weekend guys and I will see you next week.


  • The Triple

    Mosey to entry way of school for warmup. Arm Circles, Freddie Mercury’s, Hand Release Merkins (kinda), Cherry Pickers.

    The workout. After Daville on Tuesday, the Q needed to rest his running legs so we did a Tabata. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 8 sets of 9 exercises. They went in this order: Halos, Boat-Canoes, Helix Squats, Demon Crushers, Sit up Presses, Calf Raises on Curb, 1 Arm Swings, Alabama Prom Dates with kettle bell on your belly and we wrapped it up with lunges or ball dippers (your choice). There was some discussion as to the time before starting the new exercise. The Q used 10 seconds but some believed it was supposed to be 1 minute (way to long). Mumble Chatter was engaged in by all. The question of the day was would a retired marine and a former stripper qualify as adult supervision? With 2 minutes left Bulkhead lead us in some stretching because we are grown ass men and should. Numberama, Namarama and Mud Face took us out with a prayer. Incredible start to a beautiful day. Thank you for letting me be a part of it. See you in the gloom.

  • Anvil 3-8-21

    We agreed in the parking lot to do a hot potato but Trout really too the Q. Warmup: arm circles, lbc’s, cherry pickers and the thing where you lay on your belly and twist one leg across to the other side. The workout was simple, 1 lap around the track followed by: 10 sets of 5 reps of the following: Incline Merkins, Dips, Pullups and the thing Trout started where you hang like a pullup but touch your toes to the bar you’re hanging from. This took longer than one would suspect. We finished by running a lap around the track (that was the only part that wasn’t a Trout Q). Numberama, Namarama and Prayer by Trout. As always, it was great hanging with you guys this morning. See you in the gloom.

  • MannMakers at Manndate

    Warm Up – SSH, Cherry Pickers, Freddy Mercuries, Merkins

    Workout – 11’s Up and Down the Parking Lot. Boat Canoe’s one one end and Mannmakers on the other end. There was a lot of mumble chatter and this took a crazy amount of time. Lined up for light pole exercise. 5 at first pole, do 5 and add 10 of next exercise, etc… First light was body builders which there was much discussion on property form. After much instruction from Mudface, Yardsale was able to get his KB up above his head in proper form. At the send pole we did body builders and modified windshield wipers, a creation of Trout. By this this it was 6:13 and time to wrap it up.

    Numberama, Namarama, and then we (Yardsale and Mudface) got sidetracked in a conversation about transgender powerlifters. I don’t think Trout wanted to go down that hole so he headed out. Great conversation with Mudface.

  • Not Sunny and 70

    The Trout and I met up on a not so sunny and 70 degree morning. I locked my keys in the car so it wasn’t a great start. Mechanicsville EM has a lot of covered sidewalks so there was plenty of room to work out in the dry. We started off with a few laps around the courtyard sidewalks followed by arm circles, side straddle hops, lbc’s and merkins. Thanks to Corned Beef, I have learned that a Tabata is perfect for a rainy or snowy day with limited space. We did 36 minutes, including 8 cycles of 9 exercises. We did 3 upper body, 3 core and 3 legs. Exercises were something like: bear crawls, boat canoes, Helix squats, balls to the wall, freddy mercuries, jump up onto the bench, incline merkins, I can’t remember and calf raises on the garden ties. It went quick. We headed toward to the car with 1 minute left. We skipped numberama and namerama as we know each other, it was raining and I needed Trout to drive me home. As always, my day is better because I started it with F3.

  • The Creek in a Boat

    7 men met on a beautiful February morning. It was 34 but no wind and a huge moon. At 5:30 sharp we jogged to the parking lot to warmup. Warmup: Arm Circles, Side Straddle Hops, Hand Release Merkins, LBC’s and Tippy Toes. Headed to the corner of the parking lot for 3 sets of triple checks. Everyone partnered up (Due to the odd number, the Q shadowed Corned Beef). First round 100 Merkins, 200 Money Humpers and 300 Heals to Heaven. Second round 80 Boat Canoes, 200 Helix Squats and 300 Shoulder Taps. Third round 100 merkins, 200 Should Taps and 300 Heals To Heaven. That’s all we had time for. Circled up. Numberama, Namerama, Anouncements and prayer by Mud Face. Mumble Chatter was awesome as always. Thank you for letting me Q. What a great way to kick off the weekend. See you in the gloom.

  • Good Morning at The Anvil

    4 men arrived at The Anvil for a fun workout. Started with parking lot tracers, merkins, cherry pickers, lbc’s and side straddle hops to warm up. Headed to the basketball court to run a few suicides. Someone should really repaint those lines. Went to the jungle gym to touch feet to the monkey bars (Trout taught me this but I can’t remember what it’s called). Next we did a modified Dora. We paired up. 1 Ran while the other did the exercises (60 boat canoes, 100 merkins, 200 lbc’s and 300 heels to heaven. Headed over to the benches. Where we did 20 dips and 20 jumps up on the benches. We repeated this 5 times for 100 of each. Time was up so we headed to the parking lot for numberama, namerama, and a quick prayer by the Q.

    I hadn’t seen Mudface in a couple of weeks so it was great to have him back. Rumor is that No Idea will be back soon. Hopefully we’ll see him at Manndate on Wednesday.

  • Double Date at Manndate

    It was good to see these guys on a 27 degree morning. Started promptly at 5:30 with warmup of: side straddle hops, LBC’s, Merkins and Arm Circles. We didn’t go far because this morning was a tabata. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off. We did various exercises going from arms to core to legs. Exercises included: Clean and Press, sit up press, squats, halos’, boat-canoe’s, calf raises, demon crushers, lunges and some I can’t recall. As usual it was a pleasure to lead these guys. Every day is better when I start it with an F3 workout. Numberama, Namearama, a prayer by Yardsale and we were out of there a couple of minutes late. Have a great day guys and be careful in the ice tomorrow.

  • Prom Dates With the Police

    The Q was a couple of minutes late.  There was most snow on the car than expected.  Luckily Corned Beef was there ahead of time scouting things out.  We took a lap around the school and settled in under the covered area outside the cafeteria.  After a few of the regular warm up exercises (merkins, LBC’s, etc….) we started the Tabata.  20 seconds on, 10 seconds off.  We started with the upper body, moved to core and down to lower body.  We did this for about 40 minutes.  When we go tired, we did a few Alabama Prom Dates.  As coincidence would have it, that’s when an officer walked up behind the two of us to ask what we were doing.  No idea why two men humping the sky in a dark corridor should require any questions.  After a quick conversation he headed back to his car and headed out.  All kidding aside, Hanover Police officers are the best. We ran about  5 minute late.  Numberama, Namarama and we were off.

  • Back From a Long Absence

    Mosey around the bus look in case in LIFO’s posted.  Circled up at front doors of the school to warm up.  Side Straddle Hope, Arm Circles, Hand Release Merkins, LBC’s and Hillbilly’s.  Short mosey to the wall.  Find a partner.  One partner does Balls to the Walls while the other does 20 Halo’s with their KB.  Switch back and forth until each team has done 80 Halo’s, 80 one handed swings (thank you MudFace for fixing our form), 80 Goblet Squats and 80 Lawn Mowers.  A little chatter was heard about why we were doing Balls to the Walls during a KB workout.  Because the Q said so.  Next was 4 Corners of the Bus Loop.  The corners were 20 Pullovers, 20 Around the Waists, 20 Monkey Humpers (w/o KB) and 20 Boat-Canoe’s.  Next was 11’s across the parking log.  11’s consisted of Monkey Humpers (w/out KB) and Clean/Presses.  You ask why Monkey Humpers?  Ski season is coming quickly and need to work on those thighs.  Nobody completed the 11’s before we ran out of time.  Circle Up.  One minute left so we did some Boat-Canoe’s in honor of Chewy.  Numberama, Namarama, Anouncements and Closing Prayer.  An announcement was made by MudFace.  On Thursday there is a Merkin Challenge.  The goal is to do 900 Merkins in 45 minutes at the workout (a merkin every 3 seconds).   I’ve been out for the better part of 3 months, it’s great to be back with the guys.