Category: Richmond, VA

  • Triple Hill Run

    YHC and his 2.0 planned a multi route run this morning one route 4.5-5 miler and a 6.5 mile route. 7 Showed up for this morning run on a great 50 degree plus morning:

    4.5 mile route below:

    The 6.5 Mile route started with us and went right behind Atlee High School, down the access road to the CC trail into Honey Meadows, then into Kings Charter for the Farmhouse loop and returned to the Ruxton Club house. Hash and Spike ran this option.

    For the 4.5 mile Route, Spit offered some Giles route ideas and this ended up with 3 up hill sections on the way back making for a nice challenge to keep the pace and we did the Bojangles loop, Spit took a small Detour that made his route about 4.85 Miles. Corned Beef, Spit, Opus, Bulkhead and Trout chose this option.

    We circled up for Namerama and Numberama and Opus Took us out.

    Great run this morning Gents and I will see you in the gloom soon!

    Cheers…CB!

  • Well That Was Entertaining

    A loyal PAX joined up for some laughs and a KB workout.  Hard to say in which order, but here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Invisible jump ropes
      • Russian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forward and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Scorpion kicks
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the school for the following:
      • 15 donkey kicks
      • Bear crawl 20 yards to you KB
      • 10 lawnmower pulls each arm
      • Run back to the wall for a 60 second wall sit
      • Rinse and repeat 4x
    • 4x check
      • Run
      • Overhead pulls
      • Curls
      • Snatches
    • Ciabatta with flutter kick presses
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Long story short, some of the stories from White Deer and Byproduct are not suitable for a BB.  Please see them for details.  Great work by the PAX.  The ending Ciabatta was a burnout.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Steal the Damn Bacon

    A strong 12 gathered to greet the new glorious day with a beatdown. Here’s what happened:

    COP: All IC. Deadman Hang // DQs // Apple Seed Pickers (in honor of Johnny Appleseed Day) // Imperial Walkers // Lt. Dans // Crabcakes // APDs // LBCs // Inverted Crabcakes // Plank Jacks // Peter Parkers // Shoulder Taps // Merkins // Helicopters // SSH 21s // 5 Burpees. Mosey to Field

    Chutes & Ladders: 
    Run two trees, perform 5 merkins. Bernie Sanders back one tree, then run two more trees, perform 5 merkins. Rinse and repeat to the last tree. // 
    Round 2: Same program with WW2s.
    Round 3: Same program with Burpees. Mosey to Blacktop.

    Triple Check: P1 Dips // P2 Wall Sit with Arm Circles // P3 Run to pull up bars, 3 pull ups, run back.

    STEAL THE BACON: 2 teams of 6 on the blacktop. Number off. A number is called, and the two opposing men run to the “bacon” in the middle and try to grab it and run back to their line before being tagged. 1 point for a tag, 2 points for making it back untagged.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: The morning started with very little mumble chatter which greatly distressed TYA. He was especially concerned that after Offshore’s long awaited return, he would surmise that we have become a bunch of boring lame-os. Saab was uncharacterisally quiet, which we chalked up to the fact that he must have been thinking about Esther Williams. Thankfully some chatter started up again at the Triple Check. TYA also complained that we were not having enough fun, so we finished with an epic blacktop game of Steal the Bacon. There was one casualty of Bacon Bits’ ankle (strange connection here with Bacon Bits getting hurt while playing steal the bacon??), but otherwise much fun was had. YHC and Handshake will not boast of what was the most dominant play of the game because YHC will try to remain humble.

  • Well…that seemed better in my head

    9 hit the track at Timberwolf for a beatdown that went something like this…

    COP:

    SSHs, DQs, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soldiers, Jazzercise, and something else courtesy of Nancy Lopez

    Millennium:

    10 rounds of 100 exercises. Lap around the track after each round. Exercises were:

    Merkins, Jump Squats, LBCs, Carolina Dry Docks, Squats, American Hammers, Leg Lifts, Flutterkicks, SSHs, Burpees (x25)

    BTTF

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    NMS:

    The warmer weather this week gave YHC the Q bug. Not sure the rest of the PAX was pleased with the millennium. Even though the PAX crushed it as usual, it went faster in YHCs head. Lots of great mumblechatter this morning, though.

    Great job this morning fellas! Always a pleasure to lead.

    Announcements:

    • Prayers for Rockport and his M. The 2.0 could be here any day now.
    • Look for a preblast from Boberry about helping out with a blood drive he is working to organize.
    • New Market will be descending on Dogpile this weekend to support Duke’s Q and help celebrate his BD.

  • The Mounted Hundo

    Nine HIM’s welcomed a blood red sunrise at the Forge with the following beatdown to end all beatdowns:

    WARMERAMA:

    • Variable Mosey around to the wall
    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • Donkey Kick-offs (got up to 20)
    • Circle up for the usual DTH reps IC

    THE THANG:

    • Old 100 on Mt Chaplain
    • 100 reps at the bottom, 90 top, 80 bottom, 70 top, ….down to a 10 burpees finale
    • First man to complete reps calls out and entire PAX stops to mosey
    • Plank or Hollow-Body Hold for the SIX
    • Variable reps of different exercises completed at each of SIX landings en route from top to bottom & bottom to top
    • There were lots of different reps
    • It was very difficult

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 9
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Last week the PAX was surprised when Chaplain didn’t use his namesake routine. Then the man no-shows for the hardest version of Mt Chaplain to date. We’re sensing Chap may not like his Mount very much after all. Great to have Flange back out after his winter hibernation, and T claps to Roger Roger for making the long trek down. As the PAX was completing their gruesome Old Hundo, trucks and vans started assembling in the lower parking lot, which Snuff expertly recognized as a film crew setting something up. Apparently Michael Keeton is in town and filming a series about the opioid crisis… YHC looked it up and it’s called “Dopesick”, and will show as a limited series on Hulu. Anyway, the PAX was totally ready for Batman to join us on Mt Chaplain. Maybe next time. 

  • What, no rain?

    Five posted – two arriving by automobile and three on foot – for Monday’s Punisher under unusually clear skies. Mosey around the front school yard and back under the tree canopy for COP with 30 x Imaginary Jump Ropes, 15 x Imperial Walkers, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Russian Soldiers, 15 x Helicopters, 10 x Suzanne Somers (per side), 10 x Carolina Dry Docks, and 10 x Arm Circles (big, each way).

    Relocate to the school wall and complete 10 Donkey Kicks, 10 WWII Sit Ups, and 10 Side Straddle Hops then hold Al Gore until all are done. Complete 9, 8, and so on down to 1 rep of each. For the final few short rounds, pause the Donkey Kick for a moment.

    YHC retrieved a few lengths of galvanized pipe from a secret location (under the nearby shed) and we began a few rounds of pushing pipe. No, not like you think. Break into two groups – one with three and one with two – one group remains in place and completes an exercise while the other group makes a lap of the parking lot. Completed two rounds each of Overhead Presses, Upright Rows, Front Shoulder Raises, Bench Presses, Overhead Squats, Skull Splitters, and Pullovers.

    Drop the pipe and find the grass for a few minutes of LBC variants and stretching. Finish with COT and YHC took us out.

  • Parking Deck 7s Revisit

    The thing:

    This all encompassing 3.4 mile beatdown at WTH started with a half mile jog to the concrete pad at the village for some COP it went something like this:

    In cadence:

    Side straddle hops x 25

    Arm circles forward x 15

    Reverso x 15

    Merkins x 10

    Leg circles X10 Lft leg x10 right leg

    Mountain climbers x10

    Plank jacks X 10

    We then mosied a half mile at a good clip to the parking deck where we completed 2 sets of 7s working our way up to the top of the structure. 7s were perfect here as you reach the top of the structure at exactly 7. 

    First set of 7s up 

    1 jump squat 6 merkins 

    Ascending the parking deck 

    Run down to the bottom

    Second set of 7s 

    6 burpees and 1 copperhead squat ascending the structure to the top for a massive hill workout.

    Run down to the bottom for a 10 count. 

    We then mosied to a Bernie straight and threw in 20 merkins. 2 karaoke straights to followed by one last bernie straightaway. 

    The pax then completed a .75 mile run around the west broad village lake and back into the parking lot where we finished the beatdown with 10 merkins to get our 100 plus for the day. Gipsy surpassed us on merkins though! 

    50 Freddie mercuries, 50 LBCs,  50 flutter kicks.

    Good job Pax! QIC almost didn’t make it due to a redeye when Gipsy put QIC on the spot last night QIC couldn’t say no.

  • The Triple

    Mosey to entry way of school for warmup. Arm Circles, Freddie Mercury’s, Hand Release Merkins (kinda), Cherry Pickers.

    The workout. After Daville on Tuesday, the Q needed to rest his running legs so we did a Tabata. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds off, 8 sets of 9 exercises. They went in this order: Halos, Boat-Canoes, Helix Squats, Demon Crushers, Sit up Presses, Calf Raises on Curb, 1 Arm Swings, Alabama Prom Dates with kettle bell on your belly and we wrapped it up with lunges or ball dippers (your choice). There was some discussion as to the time before starting the new exercise. The Q used 10 seconds but some believed it was supposed to be 1 minute (way to long). Mumble Chatter was engaged in by all. The question of the day was would a retired marine and a former stripper qualify as adult supervision? With 2 minutes left Bulkhead lead us in some stretching because we are grown ass men and should. Numberama, Namarama and Mud Face took us out with a prayer. Incredible start to a beautiful day. Thank you for letting me be a part of it. See you in the gloom.

  • These doors are backwards or backwards are doors These or sdrawkcab era srood esehT

    7 ground and pounders and 4 fleet feet warriors showed up to a almost 70 and sunny morning to get a good Doozy Q in before breakfast.

    Mosey to the bus parking lot COP

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, Merkins

    Mosey to door 33 not 1

    Backwards doors starting at 33 and going to 1 odd numbers are merkins, even numbers are scrunchy frogs at each door before you do the exercise do 5 squats. At door 20 we rested with 20 inside calf raises and 20 outside calf raises.

    Mosey to the bottom of the hill

    Man Killers

    PAX does called exercise while one PAX runs up and back (can’t recall all the exercises) once PAX have all run once all the PAX Bernie Sanders up the hill and BTTF

    Numbers/Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    Pyro joined us this morning from J-ville FLA and YHC had it on his mind to give him a tour of Midlio MS but Pyro pulled a Crazy Ivan and went with the runners instead. No worries, PAX stuck with the plan and crushed it anyway. YHC decided to do the doors backwards just to see which was harder and it is his humble opinion that low to high is much harder than high to low.

  • So close to regular glove weather

    Seven strong swore off the fartsack and came out to find hospitable temps and dry ground. We did:

    The COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Reverse Cruches, Scorpion Kicks. Over to the main RR lot for Triple Check (+1) of: Run to baptist bus and back, HRMs, Jumps Squats. Mosey back to Coupon drop zone (thanks Last call!) for some coupon 4 corners:

    Corner 1: 60 Block presses, 40 Squats. Corner 2: 30 Curls and 40 AL softball players.

    Corner 3: 40 Overhead presses while other PAX Elbow planks with block on back (aka Block the Plank) Corner 4: 20 WWIIs with block and 40 lunges.

    PAX had some much fun why not Repeato. After 2nd round then another set of Block the Plank while other PAX does 40 Block swings. Back to flag & YHC took us out. Continues prayers for Upchuck’s MIL.

    NMS: EF Hutton shared that he slept poorly last night but posted anyway so expected YHC to make it worth it. Either he made the right choice or Handshake did by fartsacking, we’ll let them decide. This was declared a no-headlamp beatdown so Splinter opted out as well.

    Last Call’s donation of blocks are of the full size & weight variety. Upchuck is underwriting Coupon insurance. For just $1 a year you can get coverage for any coupon damage, unless your Bodos – his premium is $50.

    Bacon Bits 10k training starts next week.