Category: Richmond, VA

  • Choose Your Own (Taint) Adventure

    A super six fought off the fart sack for the latest rendition of First Watch. While YHC contemplated which-choose-the-PAX- adventure would be picked today, YHC realized a there was an area that was recently teased, but hadn’t gotten the full exposure in quite some time. The Super Six returned to the Taint. With 3 PAX already limber from Broga, the PAX worked their way southward at the top of the hour.

    (mostly) Brocode mosey with various exercises along the way. Senor Frog nearly traversed the full route down Ridge but the ever growing familiar scent led him back on the correct path. 15 full minutes of a descent down Ross Rd.

    Quick COP of a disclaimer and broga positions

    The Thang

    Partner up for 2 rounds of Catch-Me-If-You-Can

    rotating exercises bear crawls, walking lunges and broad jumps with 10 Hand Release Merkins buy in for the chase

    ab exercises for the six at Ross and Culpepper.

    A Moving Lindsey, a Mindsey as was told to YHC, traversed the Pax further uphill all the way back to the triangle of Ridge and Westham. Smart suggestion by the PAX to push YHC away from Mike Tysons to standard merkins and Monkey Humpers.

    more Ab exercises for the Six

    Quick mosey back to the parking lot for 2 rounds of a triple check aka Senor Frogs Choose-His-Own-Adventure before a recovery stroll/leap/mosey back to the flag.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    Lift up Roger Roger’s Father In Law and family, YHC (Mom’s surgery recovery) and Handshake M’s Cousin’s daughter who is nearing hospice. Please lift up the families and communities dealing with trying times.

    Reminders on Breaking Bread next month => Shouts to Salt Lick and Gumbo for spearheading March

    Thanks for letting YHC lead on a unseasonably warm morning. SYITG

    Wojo

  • No Bat Signal

    No Last Call, no bat signal, but somehow 3 knew that 60 degrees meant Broga. Dogs, Cobras, Cats, Cows, Scorpions, and of course ball lickers among other positions and movements were performed.

  • What “Chores” Do You Hire Out For?

    5 HIMs came out to The Woodshed to find perfect weather, a deck of cards and some chicken scratch on a piece of cardboard. Conversations ranged from soreness in our old age to how much bourbon/beer was consumed last night to hiring out for “chores” around the house that we/M’s don’t want to do. According to the sole toddler soccer cleat we found sitting in the parking lot here is how it went down:

    Warm Up: Mosey around the parking lot. Circle up for various IC exercises and stretches. Grab a coupon and circle up in the parking lot.

    COP 1: Deck of Cards Ladder Style: 1st PAX member pulls top card. PAX performs quantity of exercise for number and suite shown. If the next card is also a number card, then PAX performs 1st number card followed by 2nd number card. If the next card drawn is a face card, then this takes away the “ladder build up” of exercises and forces the PAX to run about the parking lot and return to perform exercises assigned to each face card. If Ace was drawn = 25 burpees. If Joker (2 total) was pulled, the member that drew the card was able to make the rest of the PAX perform dealer’s choice OR they could rescue the PAX from doing exercises. We had a mix of ladder build ups with our highest being a run of 5. 1 Ace drawn for a total of 25 Burpees, 1st Joker drawn negated any further Aces to be drawn (Hermey), 2nd Joker drawn and PAX was made to perform 7s across the parking lot with Decline Merkins and Burpees (Futon).

    Clubs = Carolina Dry Docks

    Diamonds = Diamond Merkins

    Hearts = Hammer Curls

    Spades = Squat Thrusters

    Jack = Plank Jacks x 10

    Queen = Double Count Freddy Mercuries x 15

    King = Double Count Flutter Kicks w/ block overhead x 20

    Ace = Burpees x 25

    Numbers, Names, Announcements (Fandango F3 2-year anniversary Q 3/16 at The Alamo, 3-Year Anniversary of The Alamo 3/30, Glow for Galactosemia 4/11, YHC 40th Birthday Q 4/29 at The Woodshed) Prayers (Wildcat with important scans today, Our country, for the toddler that lost his soccer cleat at The Woodshed).

    The time change doesn’t make it any easier to wake up and work out at 5:30 AM, but I appreciate you fellas showing up this morning. Keep spreading the word and lets get numbers consistently back up in the double digits for The Woodshed. Have a blessed day!

  • Boy it got hot fast!

    Great turn out this morning for WTH Cul-De-Sac run. We had a solid group come out to enjoy the summer like warmth. Here is the thang :10 cul de sacs: 15 merkins 15 LBCs in each. Made it back a little early so ran the bus loop, another round of merkins & LBCs, 11 rounds completed! 3.8 miles covered 165 merkins and 165 LBCs, good work from the pax. Check slack for happenings around the area. Prayers for those who are struggling in life both emotionally and physically. Happy Birthday to Saltlick tomorrow! Thanks for letting me lead

  • Pools will be open soon

    Finally had some warm temps for the Bermuda Triangle. That meant that Pool Boy came out of hibernation. Here’s a brief description of what the attack dog that YHC fought off while doing Freddie Mercuries witnessed.

    Mosey to the front of the school for the standard warmarama, with some commandos to finish.

    Mosey to the side of the school for some Penguins and Double Clutch Pole Dancers

    Mosey back to the disc golf parking lot for 4 corners with jump squats.

    Mosey lap around the track then back to the front of the school for another 4 corners with oblique LBCs

    Plank for 1 minute +

    Mosey to Taco Truck Hill for Sevens with Double Count Reverse Lunges, Bernie up the Hill and Quadruple Count Freddie Mercuries

    Back to the parking lot for Eye of the Storm

    10 Double Count Shoulder Taps in the Eye

    10 Merkins at each corner.

    Great to have Pool Boy back out in the Gloom.

    We had plenty to pray for

  • Pull Ups and Dips are Back!

    Pool Boy and Big Rig were back at Ecoff Elementary for the first pull up and dip session since the bars froze! Now that everything has thawed out, it should be a regular occurrence again.

  • Just Another Workout

    Seven HIMs gathered at The Old Hundred this morning for just another workout. Not a beatdown, but also not nothing. Heres how it happened:

    Short mosey to get the blood pumping followed by the normal warm ups (SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, The Big Herm, etc.).

    Slowsey to basketball courts at the back of the school for some 11s split between WWIIIs and squat thrusters.

    Circle up and have a Pax member call an exercise for the group while he runs across the playground and back. Rotate through the circle twice.

    Four Corners with curls, squats, overhead press, and calf raises.

    Slowsey back to the start. 2 minutes left, do skull crushers or curls until time.

    COT: names, numbers. Announcements: Nancy Lopez 5K on April 11, check Slack for details. Q sheet is a little empty; show it some love. Prayers for Wildcat this week.

    Not a beatdown, but a solid workout to start the day. Thankful for you gents and the opportunity to lead.

  • 90 Second Episodes

    Eight steam generators gathered in the gloom for today’s not-frozen edition of Spider Run. After a little bit of convincing, everyone followed:

    The Route

    • West around the lake and across the path to University
    • University to a left on Ralston
    • Ralston to a right on River
    • Right on Glenbrooke Circle then left on W Glenbrooke Circle
    • 4s go to Summit and return
    • 5s go up Summit and back down, turning right to continue the Glenbooke loop
    • Everyone return via Ralston and University

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Announcements

    • Prayers for Pucker as his son recovers and OBT as his brother recovers
    • Spider Run is back baby!

    Moleskine

    Perfect weather for a run around the lake and to head west today. While some flirted with long sleeves, none were needed today. Glad OBT was able to get a tour of some new streets to challenge his preference for a grid.

    Good post COT chatter as no one was in a hurry to warm up.

    Next few weeks Qs are open. Sign up!

    Splinter out

  • Tell Me More

    12 men gathered at Heartbreak to grown as leaders.

    Quick Indian Run, Care Bear Squared x 1, Weaving Indian Run to the elementary school, Lunges followed by sets of exercises; Weaving Indian Run Back, Chumba Wumba Burpees, Side straddle hops x 21 x 2, 10 Extra Burpees, Marys

    Q Tip: Listening: Repeat the last word that is said or Prompt with “Tell Me More” or “What I’m hearing you say is…”

    Announcements: 2nd F today. Welcome FNG Bogie!

  • Hoop Dreams

    YHC arrived this morning at NoToll with two slightly deflated basketballs, in honor of March Madness. It became very evident within minutes that none of us were bound for basketball glory, or for those who played in high school, our skills had long since expired. While YHC’s initial thoughts were that a pax of 11 doing freethrows would result in a variety of called out exercises, it instead turned into a brutal session of suicides. While the pax saved some face after shooting from much closer, it’s clear we could all use some more practice. We ended with good old fashioned 11s and a session (to some chagrin) of catch me if you can.

    Warm-o-Rama:

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Don Quixotes
    • Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Merkins
    • LBCs
    • Freddy Mercuries
    • Alabama Prom Dates

    The Thang:

    COP 1: Free throw line shots: PAX took turns shooting while the rest planked. Miss = group suicides (quarter, half, three-quarter, full court).

    COP 2: Split into two teams. Three-shot attempts: first close-up while others did squats. Miss all three-10 burpees. We repeated from the free throw line, this time with side straddle hops.

    COP 3: 11s: Merkins and flutter kicks, traveling cross-court.

    COP 4: Catch Me If You Can: One partner bear crawled while the other ran the perimeter.

      Announcements:

      Breaking Bread- last weekend of this month

      Glow for Galactosemia April 11

      GrowRuck September 25