We ran through the Wellesley tunnel to the courts and did two rounds of 25 merkins, squats, WW2 and dips with 2 burpees between each exercise (20 total). Then Roger Roger led us the long way home. We did 4 miles (min) and went almost ten minutes over. Long way added about 0.8 miles—oops. Extra credit for everyone and ten demerits for me as Q.
Author: Whitesnake
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WTH was wet & bussin’
With Pax from the last four decades, this Q with no rizz took us down to the Wells Fargo for some warmups and then down Park Terrace for some neighborhood work. “Yeet” went Pinto as we hit four cul-de-sacs down Waycross and did 15 merkins, 15 jump squats and 15 heels to heaven at each. After Pinto’s weird flex we ran down Park Terrace some more and look a left down Huntwick Ct. After partnering up, one partner ran around a sus circle while the other did lunges and monkey humpers and at the time to switch, the other partner ran around a different sus circle (yes, there are two different circles here). We did two rounds of this and then a third round where we switched directions and did one round of your partner doing shoulder taps and plank jacks. I was shook watching Salt Lick re-enact how we got his name.
We headed back and got to the flag on time with exactly 3 miles. No cap!
No noob’s today and it is great to have pax in their 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s. Everyone accepted the wetness and ate today. Pigskin and Lighthouse are in Europe and we still had ten. WTH used to be so basic but now it is fire!
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2001: A Hutton Odyssey
Queue the music (Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss), and Orson Welles narration
2000 posts ago, an ape like creature named EF Hutton inhabited F3.
(music & timpani builds)
And EF Hutton stood and then ran
(After a well deserved fartsack after post 2000, EF Hutton and eleven others went on a journey to Lake Lorraine/Glen Eagles.)
(music builds, more timpani)
Rosie, Sippy Cup, Blood Test, Honey Do, Viral, Swirly, Bleeder join the scene with Hutton and discover “something”
Our Forefathers
(music and Forefathers climax, then nap)
History of F3, Part I.
You’re welcome.
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COVID Testing
Five kids and me showed up to The Deep to pass two COVID tests and also show that they count down from ten. Big accomplishments!
The COVID tests were in honor of Tater. The company he works for used to be a COVID testing expert and Tater also has COVID–a new company benefit?
After some warmups we did our first COVID test: 20 Calf raises, 20 Overhead presses, 20 V-ups, 20 incline merkins, 20 decline merkins. We passed.
We then took a left down Graham Meadows Drive and starting with the first driveway on the left did ten merkins, then nine squats at the next driveway, then eight merkins, etc. After we finished, we then moseyed a little closer to the cul-de-sac for a triple check. Runner ran around the cul-de-sac and back, other two did flutters and reverse crunches. When that was done we moseyed a little of the way back, found a driveway and did ten HRM, then nine Squat jumps at the next driveway, etc. All the way back up the hill, almost back to the school.
We moseyed to the old Nuckols Farm house for a triple check of touch-a-tree. Partner #1 did burpees and Partner #2 an elbow plank. The pax was very happy with me at that point.
Moseyed back to the school and the six of us found a pole and we did two rounds of pole smokers while the first in line did ten merkins and ran to the front. That was fun…Then we went back to the parking lot for another COVID test in cadence: Crunches, Overhead claps, V-ups, Imperial Walkers & Dead man hang. Anyone know another “V” exercise? We all passed again!
Hope Tater is feeling better soon. We almost got 1.5 miles in today in the 75 degree humid morning. We will have a few more mornings like this coming. Be safe everyone.
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Hot and Deep Potato
Some Q confusion resulted in the great 8 doing a hot potato this morning.
I started with a bus loop lap and warmups of SSH, Copperhead Squats, Ukrainian Solders, DQ, IW, LBCs, Heals to Heaven and Merkins. Then we moseyed to the back, bear crawled up the hill and did some four corners.
Ran to corner one for 25 HRM, ran back to home. Ran to corner one, bear crawled to corner two for 25 squats, reversed traveling method home. Ran to corner one, bear crawled to two, bernied to three and did 50 LBCS, reversed traveling methods home. Ran to corner one, bear crawled to two, bernied to three, crab walked to four and did 5 burpees, reversed traveling methods home. Warned Blue Moon during the 3rd corner route that he was next.
Blue Moon took over and took us to the swings for a Quadruple Triple-check. Timer did a lap, then the other three did some combo of Swing Pumps, HRM and Heals to Heaven. Three rounds.
Fudd took us back to the start for some Mary: Box cutters, Hammers, LBCs and time.
Daville/Dapile 2.0 event this Saturday while Gridiron is at Lake Anna.
Great to have Pigskin back!
See you in the gloom!
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19 on the 19th at the Bridge
17 from the greater Richmond area spent their morning at the Bridge with 2 residents. Thank you everyone for the big numbers!
According to the two dogs who took part in almost every exercise, we did the following:
Warmups: SSH, Jazzercise, IW, Ukrainian Walkers, Helicopters, Copperhead Squats, LBCs, American Hammers, Flutters, Merkins and finished with 5 burpees.
Double Quarter Pounder, splitting the blacktop in 1/4ths. First round: 25 Merkins, 50 LBCs, 75 one-count Mountain Climbers, 100 SSH: Bernie back between each exercise. Second round: 25 HRM, 50 Reverse Crunches, 75 Squats, 100 SSH: Bernie back between each.
Triple check time with timer running to the end of the blacktop while partners rotate through flutters and hammers.
Partner up for 5 bro-burpees. Some good form, some eye rolling. Keep your partner for three rounds of 20 partner leg tosses.
Finish with a Beast, warm down style. Exercises includes, 6 helicopters (36 total), 6 two-count jazzercise (30 total), 6 squats (24 total), 6 arm circles forward and backwards (18 each), 6 WW2 (12 total), 6 Merkins.
Circled up with one minute left on our six for holding feet six inches off the ground (really only 45 seconds worth).
All followed by bad coffee and good fellowship at the Bridge, and almost everything good at the Cumberland Diner. The food and service was great.
I was super proud of the Gridiron participation today until we spent an extra 20 minutes at Cumberland waiting for four knuckleheads trying to divide their check in four. The Diner’s NetZero dial-up did not help matters but that was not the main issue. Lesson learned…
You are all now trained to lead the Bridge. Congrats. Pick a Saturday later this year and get Upchuck to hold it for you. If I can get 17, I promise you won’t be alone.
Thanks again for showing up from North of the Wall, South of the Rivah and Westhoe and for all the drivers. My wife’s mini-van survived despite the six smelly pax and the giant speed bump that autographed the undercarriage.
Buckets and Lynx were glad to see us and participate, and that is really all that mattered. Great work by everyone!
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Just another brick in the village
Seven supreme athletes not named Brick went to West Broad Village in search of brick.
We ran to the entrance off Three Chopt and did some warmups and then went exploring for brick intersections, many with circles in the middle. There were ten. We celebrated 5 of them with 10 burpees each, 1 with 20 monkey humpers, 1 with 25 WWII, 1 with 20 two count flutters, 1 with 20 jump squats and 1 with 20 HRM. The Pax were not as impressed as I was with the beauty of these intersections. I will need to take them back there again.
After that fun we ran north to Broad street and took the nice path in front of Trader Joes. We then went South on John Rolfe and took the path to Short Pump Park. Ran to end of the path, took a nice whiff of dog piss and shit and then turned back. Headed to the flag for roughly 3 miles total.
We found lots of brick but no Brick. But it did get me to text him when I got home.
Hope to see you. Yes you, at the Bridge on Saturday. Reach out to me for a ride!
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SWING SWING SWING
Ten warriors met for coffee and did a workout beforehand just for fun.
After some warmups, we partnered up, split up into 5 groups and did a circuit of 5 exercises I forced into a S.W.I.N.G acronym. One group started at each exercise and then rotated.
Swings (20 count, 3 sets)
Windmills (6 each side, 3 sets)
Iron Lunges: slow 3 count lunge (10 each leg, 3 sets)
Nice and slow curls-slow 3 count curl (15, 3 sets)
Goblet Squats-slow like Copperhead squat (20, 3 sets)
After the 3 sets we did a lap and each group rotated to the next exercise.
Taking many of the exercises slow makes them more impactful.
This was originally going to be 6 groups to make it SWINGS so after the original circuit was done, we got together we did 3 sets of Sit and press (10/15/20 count–with ten count in between). The 20 brought some mumble chatter for sure.
The windmill is new and I did not teach it very well. Will bring it back again and teach it better. Here is a good video to help.
“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzFNJhGz8YI“
I brought an FNG now named Blackout (works for Dominion). And he will be at Currahee tomorrow even after spending time talking to White Deer this morning..
Thanks for letting me lead. Please join me at the Bridge on the 19th!
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No AC Talk
Handshake hid this morning so Roger Roger could not talk about air conditioners for 45 minutes like he did at Circus. The seven who showed up did the monthly Brocode run.
We also learned that way before there was the Richmond “gun hole”, there was a Pinto hole. Whether there is video of him falling backwards in concrete with a suite on while holding his dog is unknown.
Most did coffee afterwards and the smart ones did Iced Coffee. Gypsy also showed up for coffee which was a nice surprise.
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Double Late Fees
Another WTF Q from the Spring and another fine. After a stop at the Roger Roger cement pad warmup area off John Rolfe, Roger Roger took us to West Broad Village again for an assortment of exercises. Don’t remember much else. Is the fine bigger if you are the site Q? Yes, says the Upchuck book of rules. 40 burpees owed.