Author: Whitesnake

  • Peckerpants

    Sometimes you can Q with one idea. After we sprinted to the Roger Roger pad and did some warmups, I brought us to the park path entrance for some 11’s. We did jump squats and merkins between the path entrance and the end of the woods. After a few rounds and realizing 6 miles would take too long, I changed the distance to be between the pavilion and the end of the woods. With an on the fly modification to finish the final ten merkins back at the entrance, we then moseyed back home. Total 3.5 miles.

    We also had two ruckers who went West on Three Chopt and back.

    It is still dark out so good to have some headlamps, reflective vests and Salt Licks crotch to show us the way.

  • 15 is the loneliest number

    Seven of cutest couples from the west and their lonely therapist spent an hour on Saturday working things out.

    After some warmups, we split into two groups. They faced each other and some thought they would be competing against the other group. But instead, they found their match made in Pouncey Track and spent the next 50 minutes getting to know each other better.

    The first session was at the courts and three rounds of partner wheelbarrows with ten derkins. That was followed by a ladder where the partners rotated with burpees while the other watched and did squats. 10/8/6/4/2 burpees. Partners watching commented on form and the lack of communication. I was by myself…

    We then went to the gridiron and got a little kinky with couples partnering with another couple. One couple ran to the sideline and back while the other did booyah merkins. We did this 3 times. I was able to join a threesome so got some action for once.

    We then moseyed to the lower field and I tried to motivate the couples to get closer. It only worked for Piglet and Fireman Ed. Each couple was given the option of a partner carry to the sideline and switch coming back, or run to the sideline and do ten burpees. One couple made the brave choice. No one asked me to carry them.

    Couples need to learn to fight through the storm. We hit the parking lot and did an eye of the storm with the only caveat that the partners needed to stick together and had to decide who would do the 5 burpees in the middle each time. Exercises were mountain climbers, jump squats, HRM, PLTs. Negotiations for burpees were calm and progress was made. I glommed onto another couple. Not sure I was welcome.

    But, now the real couples challenge came. At the front of the school, I broke up some couples so we could do a triple checks. There were no tears but definitely some shock. Triple check was balls to the wall, WW2 and the timer ran around the soccer goal and came back. Three-ways worked best for me today.

    I let the couples all get back together and I led all by myself. There may have been an embrace or two but not for me. We then went back to the Gridiron and did the most popular F3 couples dance: a Dora. 100 merkins, 200 WW2 and then time was called before we could do 300 flutters. I sort of did this by myself.

    But we had 5 minutes to circle up and do flutters, APDs and ended with 14 merkins. Happy Valentines Day!

    We had a FNG Matt who is from Harrisonburg and Piglets brother-in-law. He works in radio construction and is now WKRP. Half the group knew what that was from, the other half has some research to do.

    Frozen Triangle next week!

    Maybe you and me
    Were never meant to be.
    Just maybe think of me
    Once in a while.
    I’m at WKRP in Cincinnati.

  • Counting Deep

    Five pax came to either sled or workout. After some changing of shoes, the workout started. We went to the lady pavilion for some warmups and then moseyed to the poles and door #13. We did a routine of 13 pole smokers, then moseyed to door #14 for 14 merkins, then to the lady pavilion for 15 dips (yes, Attila, there are benches there) and to the last door on the cleared sidewalk for 16 two count balls to wall toe taps. We then went back and did 15, 14 and finished at 13. Then we did it again.

    We then hit the bus loop and the nine light shuffle with 15 jump squats and 30 single count mountain climbers at each light.

    Then we did another round of 13/14/15/16/15/14/13.

    Finished with ten minutes of Mary which included reverse crunches, dollies, rosalitas, flutters, HRM, shoulder taps, 5 burpees and some stretching.

    Sledding sounds like fun but my scout determined that would not be a good idea. But Tater did look cool in snow pants.

  • Circle the Wally’s

    Seven brave souls and a lean looking Wally went hunting for Huntwick. Similar to being cuckoo for Cocoa puffs.

    We first needed to hit the ATM so we went to Wells Fargo and did some warmups.

    We then went down Park Terrace and took the second left into the Huntwick neighborhood. We split into two groups for some triple checks. Each group went a different direction to run a different circle. First triple check was merkins and WW2, timer ran the circle. Groups then switched sides and we got a little more than 2/3’s of the way through a another triple check of jump squats and flutters.

    Time to head home. Actually, left two minutes late. Got 2.8 miles in. Seems like all we did was run but somehow ended up a bit short. Too many warmup exercises? I will do better next time. No one circles the Wally’s like the WTH crew.

    Get to the Bridge this weekend before the snow comes and ruins everything! Pigskin is leading so reach out to him.

    Frozen Triangle on Feb 7th may be the next time you can leave your house after this storm so plan on being there!

    Gumbo leading Circus tomorrow. Coffee and Gumbo always a great combination. Hope to see you there!

  • The Nine-Pole Shuffle

    Six warriors made it out to the Deep for some pole work. They were looked at, touched and counted. Want to learn more?<

    We started with a well protected warmup of squats, DQ, Ukrainian Soldiers, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Flutters, Freddie’s and Merkins. We then moseyed to the bus loop for a Nine-Pole Shuffle.

    Run the circle and at each of the nine lights do 20 squats and 10 merkins. Run another lap to count the lights. Do another shuffle the other direction with 30 LBCs and 15 2-count hammers at each light. For you English majors, that is 180 squats, 90 merkins, 270 LBCs and 135 2-count hammers.

    Organize for a triple check of poll smokers, jump squats and run to the second light for the timer, 2nd round run to the third light and then for the final round, run a lap.

    Do it again with a different group and sticking with the second light for the timer for all 3 rounds. Exercises are merkins and HRM.

    Mosey back to the cones for a dead man hang, some cherry pickers and shoulder taps.

    The Deep was pretty this morning but I was a nice Q and kept us dry. Attila broke his 22 week streak. Flo is now in charge with 6. Fitting that someone named at the Deep has the streak.

    The Bridge is this weekend with Pigskin. Please join him!

    Frozen Triangle is the 7th. If it rains, Upchuck will hold an umbrella for you.

    Have a great week everyone!

  • This is Gridiron

    Time to get back to the gridiron this week and make sure we aren’t getting too used to the soft playground or dry turf fields.

    After a brief parking lot warmup of mostly SSH until we almost got run over, we hit the football field and stayed until the end.

    Started with some more warmups in a circle and then we continued with a warmup of a ten yards bear crawl, ten yards broad jumps, ten of high knees, ten of butt kickers and then we ran the rest of the way.

    From the other end zone, we did a burpee ladder. Ran ten yards and back and did ten burpees, then to the twenty and back and nine burpees, and so on. We stayed together and ended with 55 burpees and 1100 yards of running.

    From the nearest corner we started a full field four corners: ten merkins, twenty hand release, 30 heals to heaven and 40 SSH. The first time we stayed together. We did it one more time and everyone was on their own and would finish with SSH until the six joined.

    We then went to the midfield sideline for a triple check. Timer ran from sideline to sideline and did 5 burpees, partners did jump squats or WWIIs.

    With ten minutes left, we did a quarter pounder of merkins (25), squats (50), single count mountain climbers (75) and SSH (100). Run to the yardline of the count, do the exercise, bernie back each time.

    Circled up for little Mary of LBCs, Hammers and reverse crunches. And then ended with five more burpees. The pax jumped for joy when they heard that.

    Lots of SSH since Gomer and Blue Moon were out. We did 75 burpees and covered about 2 miles too.

    Great seeing Rosie come up North and to see Banjo at his first Saturday workout. Prayers for Gomer and his team in Honduras & prayers for the Bond family.

    Go the Bridge next week with Pigskin. The more the merrier.

    And I’ve made up mind, I ain’t wasting no more time.

  • Where is Upchuck?

    I am outside a hotel in Florida and he is not here. I run up and down Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd and can’t find him. I also have some older lady stop me and ask “you look like someone who reads books about WWII history”.

    Is that an insult or a pickup line? And just like Las Vegas in the good old days, she hands me a card. But this time it hypes up her book “The Navigators Letter” and not a strip club. Preorders available now as jancressdondi.com. I am able to navigate back to the hotel and will head back to RVA tonight.

  • Squig Games

    Nine runners partied on Raintree, ran around a lake at least once, did some squiggly lines, came back on Falconbridge and then headed back to Godwin. Most of it uphill.

    I got 4.9 miles in and everyone did 4+. And the best part is that we will do this again later this year with better instructions. No ruckers this week so nothing to report there..

    Lunch next Tuesday at Joeys, noon.

    The Bridge on 1/24 with Pigskin leading. Reach out to him to coordinate or get more details.

    Hutton heard “Here I Go Again” on the radio on the way to coffee. Everyone needs more Whitesnake in their life!

  • Eleven

    No, not the one married to Bon Jovi’s kid. We had eleven at WTH to celebrate the end of 2025. According to the people waiting at the closed Dunkin Donuts and the one guy by himself at the Lauderdale Starbucks, this is what we accomplished:

    Nine went for the traditional WTH and two did some kettlebell. The two lifted them up and down a lot. They also had about 5 kettlebells per person. I did not see the kettlebell juggling exercise.

    The nine runners went to the upside down and did one of my normal routines backwards. We started with a warm up run to the Roger Roger pad. There we did some DQs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Flutters and Hammers. We then looked back on 2025 by going to the Nissan dealership first for some white car burpees (5) and red car jump squats (25). We stopped at the flag after 35 burpees and 75 jump squats. For the second half of the lot we did red car 25 jump squats (4 times) and blue car 25 LBCs (3 times).

    We then continued on our reverse path and went to the SPES drop off/pick up loop for a triple check. Timer ran the loop, partners did prisoner get ups and Irish hammers. No one got chased by a demogorgon.

    We then headed to Wally’s park. The cold and maybe the holidays helped keep the piss and shit smell down–thanks Wally! We went to the water park and circled up for some Copperhead Squats in cadence and then some plank stretching via right hand to right foot and then right hand to the sky, flapjack and then repeat.

    A route around the path (construction work is done!) took us to the pavilion for 20 step ups (each leg) and then WW2 in cadence (26 total). From there, we headed back to Hawkins.

    I only had 2.3 miles on my watch but you can’t trust GPS in a wormhole. Also cannot trust which Starbucks the group goes to since one is 1.3 miles away and another is 4.2 miles away. You take a guess which one everyone but me went to…

    Convergence tomorrow at 7. Also Circus will be open at 5:30 for a double dip or double fart sack.

    Happy New Year!

  • Aiming a fart

    Atilla told his doctor that he can’t stop passing wind, but happily, they are silent and don’t smell. He mentioned that he has farted twice since being in the office, and the doctor didn’t even notice. The doctor gives him pills and asks him to return next week. The following week, Attila returned and tells the doctor that his pills have made his silent farts stink. The doctor replies, “Good, we fixed your sinuses. Now let’s work on your hearing!“

    There was a lot of wind at the Deep–one that kept the flag flapping, and one that kept Attila’s ass cheeks flapping. A morning of only abs and legs helped one of those.

    We started with some warmups of copperheads, DQ, Ukrainian Solders, Helicopters, LBCs and some other ab exercises.

    We then headed to the bus loop for a Dora. Seven total pax had be adlibbing a bit and confusing the pax. We stayed together to do an individual Dora. We lunged to the next light pole and then at the pole did 25 Squats and 50 LBCs. After seven lights we did something like 100 double count lunges, 150 Squats and 350 LBCs.

    Staying at the bus loop, six of us did an indigenous people run while Gomer crossed the grass to the other side. When the runners got to Gomer, the back of the line called out an ab exercise and we did 25 (with Gomer). Then the group continued around the loop (with a change of direction at some point) and Gomer crossed to the other side and repeat. Over a couple laps we did 25 WW2, Irish Hammers, Pole Smokers, V ups, Side Crunches, APDs & Penguins. We then forward lunged to the next poll and headed to the flag.

    With 5+minutes left we did a jump squat ladder 10,9,8,7,6,7,8,9,10 and then from our six did Freddie’s, American Hammers and held our feet at 6 inches for 30 seconds.

    We all left with tight abs, tight quads and wet asses. 1 mile in total distance.

    Convergence on Jan 1, 2026, 7AM, Dogpile. Heartbreak needs a Q tomorrow–who wants it!