Author: Whitesnake

  • Bla-brocode-ck Friday

    Five of the best from the far west end met to work off some of yesterday’s overeating. EF Hutton and Pigskin did a walk with 200 merkins (made 10 stops with 20 at each) while Lighthouse, Johnsonville and Whitesnake did the regular brocode route (Pump to Church to Copperass to Ridgefield to Pump). Whitesnake and Lighthouse joined Hutton and Pigskin for the final 40 merkins while Johnsonville ended up 25 pounds lighter after his run.

    Pigskin took us out. Good luck to Johnsonville and other on the loops today!

  • White Deer’s Detachable Penis

    White Deer agreed to lead the 2022 Thanksgiving Kettle Bell “Convergence” as long as I wrote it up. Conversations included bulging and detachable body parts, slow firing neurons, not missing Attila’s gas and Johnsonville reminiscing of the early days of this AO.

    Since White Deer thinks Slack is only something he does not give to anyone, I will mostly make up the rest since he will never read this (but he will still tell me I did it wrong).

    Warmups included White Deer SSH (moving one leg at a time), arm circles, APDs, DQ and probably something else.

    We then did a Beast that included Curls, Overhead presses, Overhead Triceps, Sit and Presses, High Pulls and Squats (not in that order).

    Runners then did 2 laps of the circle and walkers walked less.

    We ended with 20 reps of Curb Pulls and then Floor Presses and then repeat.

    White Deer led us in a round of thanks. I’m thankful for anyone who got his far in my write-up.

  • Whoa, take ‘er easy there, pilgrim

    The morning started off with Offshore being so excited for his FNG (Yoda) to show up that he locked his keys in his car. And it ended with him racing off in Pinto’s car which surprisingly outran my CRV.

    In between, a stretching Pigskin sensed the following:

    A 3 mile run interrupted by warmups of Helicopters, cherry pickers, imperial walkers, dolly’s, suzanne somers. Then we did P.I.L.G.R.I.M.S. in between runs:

    P: 16 Plank jacks

    I: 21 Iron Mike

    L: 16 Lt. Dans (1 squat, 4 (2 count) lunges)

    G: 21 Groiners

    R: 16 Reverse Crunches

    I: 21 Imperial Squat Walkers

    M: 16 Merkins

    S: 21 Singlet Merkins (stopped early due to time, not because I could not do anymore …)

    My counting today was poor and only my instructions were worse. But the 6 runners did great and hopefully Pigskin’s stretching gives him some comfort today.

    Our FNG, now known as Yoda, was the Rev. Hung Su Lim. He is a Star Wars fan and a preacher so Yoda fit. He toughed it out today and hope we get to see him again soon. Offshore brought him out and he also knows Gomer who we theorized had too much to drink at Hardywood last night to come to WTH.

    Prayers for all who travel and for those with nowhere to go. Have a great Thanksgiving and either join a Mary Munford bootcamp crew at 6 or a White Deer led Kettlebell crew at 5:30. Or try to double-dip if looking to improve your 2022 data count.

  • What do you mean this is a run focused Bootcamp?

    If one were to check F3RVA.Org and the WaThoHuk workout, you would see “Run focused Bootcamp”. However, rumor has it that if you check from somewhere deep in Goochland, it says otherwise.

    Thanks to the deceit of the innerwebs, Tater made a special appearance. Despite the option to join a sore Pigskin to do some burpees and light running at the site of the AO, Tater instead joined the running crew through the fog. According to the bacon smell from Whole Foods, this is what happened:

    Ran to the West Broad Village playground for warmups of SSH, IW, Ukrainian Soldiers, Freddies & LBCs. Continue running to the end of the village and the new row houses with the great view of the 64 exit ramp. At that parking lot, we did 5 circuits of lunges (~ 20 yards), 20 squats and 10 merkins. Ran to the diamond store and took on some Captain Thor’s. It is a Jack Webb starting with one WWII followed by four American Hammers. Worked our way to ten WWIIs and forty American Hammer. Took some breaks in the middle to stretch our backs. This set of exercises started with Tater saying something like “I’m going to steal this for Gridiron” and ended with all of us saying something like “never again” and “I hate Whitesnake”.

    We then ran back to the flag. Only hit 2.8 miles total. Taking on the best Marvel has to offer comes with consequences.

  • We have to go back

    Ten beautiful men tried to recreate Honeydo and Whitesnake’s Lost route from a couple months back. Most were scared off by the smoke monster and did Prescott/Ridgefield into the Rolfield subdivision to John Rolfe and then took Gayton all the way to Pump and then back to Godwin. Blue Moon and I ventured into the Gayton Glen subdivision off John Rolfe (the scene of the crime), left onto Timberly Waye, right on Ryandale down to the Steward School and then left on Gayton, left on Pump. We avoided any hostiles & polar bears and survived. 4-5.1 miles were run depending on the route. I think all ten made it back . . .

  • Spandex Nation

    9 headbangers came to Circus Magazine’s inaugural kettlebell workout. According to the groupies, the setlist went something like this:

    Animal, Def Leppard: warmups of SSH, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Crunchy Frogs

    Nothin’ But A Good Time, Poison: Walk to the courtyard and do some curls for the girls until the song ends

    Dr. Feelgood, Motley Crue: Rotate through 10 Goblet Squats, 10 Guitar Strums, 10 merkins until the song ends

    Dude Looks Like a Lady, Aerosmith: 10 Curtsey lunges with bell, 10 Swingers, 10 Jazzercise (no bell) each side through the song

    Lick it up, KISS: 10 Lawn Mowers each arm, 10 Goblet Squats, 10 Dips (no bell) through the song

    Run to the Hills, Iron Maiden: Step Ups with Bell, run to the hills and back during the chorus and repeat

    Still of the Night, Whitesnake: 10 two count hammers with bell, 10 Headbangers (skull crushers), 10 Tawny Kitean Prom Dates

    Hells Bells, AC DC: 10 Bench Press, 10 Sit and press, 10 WWII (no bell)

    The Final Countdown, Europe: Partner up. One does Burpees while the other does a courtyard lap and switch

    Here I Go Again, Whitesnake: Walk back to the flag, on six for ~two minutes of 6 inches and then reverse crunches

    Lots of mumble chatter about wives and girlfriends and girlfriends of wives. This great music brings it out. That and bad gas. Great to see Handshake and EF Hutton join the fan club. A famous rock star once said: “It’s such a fine line between stupid, and uh…clever”. Not sure which side of the line this workout was on but hope it was fun.

  • Old Snake Smell

    Seven beautiful men ran to the newish Everleigh 55 and Over apartments to see what my future looks like in 4 years. After a quick warmup of arm circles, Suzanne Somers and helicopters, we then did the Cooper which is 10 burpees, squats and merkins followed by a lap around the Everleigh carpark (~ 200 meters), then 9 of each exercise, 8, 7, etc. down to 1. The lap included certain areas to hold your breath as either we were near some sewer gas outlet, the residents use some area of the carpark as a toilet or there is a Depends recycling bin nearby.

    We then ran back to the flag. 3.9 miles total running plus 55 burpees, squats and merkins. Primo was visiting/auditing us from Charlotte and it was great to see Termite back at WTH.

    All are welcome at the best AO in Richmond.

  • Snake Bite

    Kicking off November for my first Q at Heartbreak. The rain stayed away but a nice group of 9 did not. We moseyed to the football field and did some warmups of SSH, Rockette Hillbillies (hillbillies with a kick), Freddie Mercury’s, Mercury Freddie’s, Suzanne Somers, Helicopters & Candy Corns (shoulder workout). Then the fun started.

    Hit Heartbreak Ridge with a partner. One ran up and down the hill while the other did Burpees at the bottom. Did 51 total per team. Ran back up the hill together and hit the baseball field.

    Pax ran the bases while the runner at the end went to the mound to do 5 merkins then went to the front of the line. Did this until all 9 did their merkins. Repeat with the run replaced with a bear crawl–everyone loved that one. Finished with lunges and replaced the 5 merkins with burpees.

    Ran back down the hill to the football field and did a quarter pounder (my favorite). 25 merkins at the 25, bernie back to goal line, 51 squats at the 51, bernie back, 75 one count mountain climbers, bernie back and then 100 SSH, bernie back. Repeato (double quarter pounder) with 25 Hand release, 51 WWIIs (groans), 75 lunges. Nixed the 100 smurf jacks for times sake.

    Did a lap of a Whitesnake run. Man in the back runs to the front weaving in and out of the pax. A few elbows were thrown but no one got hurt. And somehow 45 minutes were over. Hope I got everyone’s heart rate up to kick start the day.

    Great turnout despite the weather warnings the night before. Thanks for letting me host.

  • October Brocode

    Eight was enough for another end of month Brocode. Traditional route this morning: North on Pump, left on Church to left Copperas, left on Ridgefield back to Pump and then home.

    Lighthouse and I forgot about the turning back for the six until we were midway on Church but from that point forward the full group did as we were supposed to.

    Announcements: Beer Mile this Saturday

    Gypsy took us out

  • Running in circles

    A lucky seven came out Wednesday morning for some running and boot camp. In the seven we had a guest, Mr. Mom, from F3 First State/Delaware who came out for a boot camp and got some unexpected running.

    We moseyed to Short Pump Park for some warmups of SSH, IW, Hillbillies, Freddie’s, Flutters and LBCs. Then headed to the inner circle for 4 rounds of running in circles, each ending with two exercises. First time was bear crawls and 15 merkins, then crab walks and 30 WWIIs, then lunges and 45 squats and finally with broad jump burpees with an Al Gore waiting for the six.

    After some heavy breathing, we ran to the SPES bus loop for some partner exercises: timer ran the loop, partner did hand release merkins (2 rounds), LBCs (2 rounds). There was some surprise by the Pax that this bus loop existed.

    The group then moseyed through the car dealership and headed back to the flag. We ran the Pocahontas bus loop to get to 3 miles and then did a little Mary: crunchy frogs, flutters & LBCs. COT and YHC took us out.

    It was a beautiful morning and it is always great to have visitors. Having seven at WTH was awesome and hopefully we can keep this up as it gets colder.

    Announcements: Happy Hour this Thursday, 5PM Veil Forest Hill. Beer Mile 10/29. November will have the Turkey Trot and Black Friday Loops. See Slack for details.