Author: Whitesnake

  • Wolves of Godwin

    Twenty warriors, including 4 fathers and sons, did a thrilling kettlebell workout while also learning a new trick for how to get chicks.

    The workout was three triple checks with an arm crusher as a break.

    First triple was 10 burpee timer with hammers and sit ‘n press (yes, three rounds of 10 burpees). Second was Rifle Carry timer, Goblet squats and Overhead Triceps. Then we did a break of 3 sets of 20 Curls and High Pulls. We finished with a triple of Bear crawl as timer (no bell) with Overhead Pulls and Chest Press.

    All of this surrounded by a circle of warmups and warmdowns, finished off with some Mr. Coffee Rogers famous coldbrew.

    If you want to know the new trick, you will have to listen to “Like Father, Like Son” by Wolves of Glendale.

    Convergence on Monday at 7AM, Forest Hill Park. Lunch Convergence Tuesday noon at Joeys hotdog, Innsbrook.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

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    Fun times were had by all on this super humid morning. We traveled to the baseball field behind the elementary school and back over the 45 minutes. During that time of joy, we did some warmups, a long triple check with the timer running up and down the hill with the exercises of Mike Tysons and Pole Smokers, and a baseball diamond workout (2 rounds) with the home plate timer of 10 burpees, 1st base WW2, 2nd Shoulder Taps, 3rd Flutters. Some of us ran around a lot while the walkers made their way but still it was only 1.3 miles total. If you want more, come to WTH tomorrow.

    7AM Convergence Monday at Forest Hill Park. See Wojo for more details and to help.

    I lacked inspiration for the title of this backblast, call it whatever you want.

  • Onlypirates

    Eight of us not named Attila, ran out and back down Ridgefield while two of the group rucked for 50 minutes.

    At coffee, we debated what profession was really the oldest and our special coffee guest peg-leg defended prostitution a bit too strongly to avoid suspicion. Does Onlyfans have pages dedicated to pirates?

  • Lost Bros

    A dozen of the regulars and a couple travelers who had no idea where to park, came to WTH for a fun 3+ miles and bootcamp. And we also had Long John Silver doing kettlebell with his peg-leg. Handshake, with his second time at WTH had some deep thoughts:

    “Everything is different, but the same… things are more moderner than before… bigger, and yet smaller… it’s computers… San Dimas High School football rules!” And with that, we were off.

    Fourteen of us ran to North Gayton Baptist Church (which is on Pump…) for some warmups. We then entered the Wythe Trace neighborhood for an extended Dora. Partner up at the first culdesac for 100 2-count shoulder taps, run to the end of the road and back. Mosey to the next culdesac, find a new partner, and do 200 squats with the run to the end of the road and back. Finally, after a longer mosey down to a circle, find a new partner for 300 LBCs and the longest run to the end of the road and back.

    Time to start heading back. But before we left we did one more partner exercise where each partner when down a different road/culdesac and then ran back, reunited, and did 5 burpees each. Flapjack and do one more time. Then we moseyed back to Poca.

    3.2 miles total. With the summer tour and a couple guests, I thought we should explore some new territory. We do lots of culdesac workouts but I don’t think we’ve been in Wythe Trace before. Maybe back when Gypsy didn’t wear a patch and used to show up and run.

    Good to see Handshake and EF Hutton join us for the summer tour and also get an extra hour+ of sleep. No Broga and no taint, but WTH still rules!!

    Be excellent to each other…And party on dudes!!!

  • Gambe di spaghetti

    The Deep has a sophisticated palate. We ventured to the new Italian place in Green Gate and found Spaghetti Legs on the menu.

    To get there, we first hit ten street lights and over the ten did 100 merkins, 200 LBCs and 30 Burpees (10/20 and with Burpees started at 1, went up to 5 and then 5 to 1).

    At the fancy italian place, we did two triple checks. Timer was the runner and 1st round we did jump squats and Apolo Ohnos. 2nd round we did flutters and Imperial Walker Squats.

    We then took our wobbly legs and headed back. At first 5 lights we did 20 jump squats (100 total) and then for the next 3 lights we did ten Prisoner Get-ups.

    We headed back to the start and circled up for some leg/hamstring stretches and hit time.

    See Slack to help Speakeasy with meals (Corned Beef coordinating), Sportable Golf 10/5 fundraiser golf tournament (Gumbo coordinating) and Food Distribution Volunteers needed on 8/29 (L Woods coordinating).

    Thanks for letting me lead.

  • I love Women!

    A dozen old and new friends came to Gridiron for a Whitesnake workout. This included an FNG invited by Spinner. His intro included him saying “I love women!” and Don Juan became his name.

    We started with some warmups in the Pickleball lot and then did our first triple check of the day. Timer ran to the 50 yard line and back and the others did merkins and dolly’s. It started getting warmer and so we moseyed to the 2 year old mulch pile and the parking lot for an “eye of the storm” or something like that. It included 5 burpees in the center and four 20-count exercices: WW2, jump squats, HRM and 2 count Mountain climbers–total 25 burpees.

    A slow mosey to the front of the school for another triple check. Timer ran/walked the loop. First round of exercises was balls to the wall and a plank, second round was Mike Tysons and LBCs and 3rd round was reverse crunches and flutters.

    The humidity kept increasing and we moseyed to the loading dock for a Pigskin led Parkour workout. 20 jump squats near the school and 10 Mike Tysons in the driveway: with a loading dock and railing in the middle.

    Time to head back. We paused in the front of the school waiting for the four walkers. When they arrived, we did 4 burpees. We then moseyed to the bleachers for one round of 20 bench kicks and 20 dips and a second round of 20 bench kicks and a White Deer request of 20 decline merkins.

    Back in the parking lot we circled up. Still 5 minutes left and Spinner introduced a squat circle. We went around twice with each pax declaring the numbered position of the squat that we would old hold until the next number was declared: 1=standing, 2=slight squat, 3=deeper squat, 4=get your ass as close to the ground as you can. I then finished us up with some stretching.

    Tuesday 2nd F: noon at Fish’n pig (Innsbrook Shoppes). Next Saturday, Gridiron is moving to Lake Anna. Let Tater know if you plan to attend.

    Thanks for letting me lead!

  • Watch out for that dog!

    5:30 came and went and so four of us went running to the WB Village Gazebo. We did some warmups and then a routine of running around blocks of townhouses and returning for some version of 20 dips, WW2 and Merkins. We did this 4-5 times and then headed home with a quick stop for 20 Squats. When we got back to Poca, a dog came running for us from the bus loop. We quickly turned and decided to pick up Pigskin instead of fighting the dog.

    Then we realized it was just Wally saying “hello” as Gypsy and Mr. Rogers came a little late and did a peg-leg Kettlebell workout (to the boredom of the dogs). We came by and said “hello” to Mr. Rogers and the pirate and then did a bus loop lap with Wally to hit 3 miles.

    Lunch next Tuesday at the Fish’n Pigskin out at Innsbrook. Hope to see you there.

  • Heartbreak for Charlotte

    After some warmups, we moseyed to the Pemberton Elementary bus loop and did a round of exercises in dedication to Handshake’s M’s cousin’s child Charlotte who passed last weekend at 11 years old.

    We spelled her name with exercises and then did a lap after each letter. We did some in cadence and some OYO. Exercises (with help from the Pax) were Crab cakes, HRM, American hammers, Reverse crunches, LBCs, Overhead claps, Three level merkins (pause at 3 levels on the way down), Tricep dips, & Elbow plank for 30 seconds.

    We then went down the hill between schools and did some up and downs with 1 burpee at the top, then one at the top and bottom, and then two and the top and bottom of the hill. We finished with an up and down and then finding a pole and doing 20 pole smokers at the bottom. After a vote against letting Pigskin lead us in balls to the wall, we moseyed to the tables for a round of step-ups and Pigskin lead Bulgarians.

    We then went back to the flag for some Mary. Almost 2 miles total today.

    We ended with prayers for Charlotte and the family. Handshake had shared a FB post which demonstrated how much the family leaned into Christ during this challenging time. I would hope to do the same but not sure I could. It is inspiring to see them do this.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

  • Wet and squishy potato

    At 5:29, it was just Tater. By 5:31 there was four of us and no Q. Pigskin went to Hoedown but signed up for the Deep. It worked out because Senor Frog was the Hoedown Q and Pigskin was the only person to keep him company.

    According to Gomer who was busy doing APDs at home, we did the following:

    Whitesnake: Warmups

    Tater: Indigenous pole smokers and boxing cockroaches

    Seymour: 4 corners at the bus loop (10 merkins, 20 lunges, 30 WW2, 40 Penguins)

    Mr. Rogers: Parking space burpees to the loading dock and then 7’s of Mike Tysons on the dock and jump squats on the ground.

    Whitesnake: to the playground lot for some running and a weird sequence because it 4 of us and there are 4-four square courts. First we ran up and down and got in 4 groups of 1. Then 2 burpees at the first four square at your number at the first square, then 10 HRM at your own square, then 10 HRM at your own square but 1 in the 1 box then shift your plank to doing 2 in the 2 box, etc. 10 total. Oh, and do 30 LBCs at the state in the map that starts with your first name (hospital name). Each time running up and down the playground.

    Moseyed back to the flag for Mary led by Seymore. We rotated exercise choice which included Irish Hammers, Penguins, Heals to Heaven, 60 second 6 inch leg hold and Freddies. Our clothes and the blacktop was making some strange sounds as time expired.

    Thanks for letting me lead.

  • He who controls the weather controls the world!

    Wednesday 5:25AM. Six cars in the Pocahontos parking lot. Lightning in the background. Decision time: do we go to the parking deck and ensure the rain goes away or get out of our cars and run in the storm?

    Parking deck workout was the decision and the rain stayed away.

    The parking deck was steamy and we still got ~2.5 miles distance doing 11’s of Merkins and Jump Squats and a triple check of flutters and hammers. I had one stipulation of doing 5 burpees when any cars interupted our workout. We lasted ~35 minutes until two cars added 10 burpees to the workout.

    Glad to see six of us who got out bed despite hearing rain. Happier to know I control the weather!