We have wanted a Friday AO in the far west end for a while.
Meet in the bus Loop at Mills Godwin HS – same location as Circus Maximus
Grand open 5/8 to accommodate the pax that are saving up energy for Ollivander, TYA and Saab Capital trail Century.
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NAME THAT AO!
Taking suggestions on a AO name. Preference given to Local Historical Significance, Native American names (or anything West), and XY chromo themes.
To celebrate the opening of Bistro 804 5 + 2 high impact men rolled out of the fartsack on a rainy morning. Here is how it went down, more or less.
Mosey Hepler, Paris, Forest to Tuckahoe Shopping Center
COP: DQ x10, Helicopter x10, IW x10, Chinook x10, WW2 x10, Hello Dolly x20.
20 corners. 4 corners x5. Run long ends. Alternate King Crab (Crab walk 5steps + 2 count Crab Cake) and Polar Bear (Bear Crawl 5 steps and merkin) on the short sides. 1 exercise each corner intended to attend to the whole man: body, soul, and spirit.
Mosey BTTF. Handshake took us out. Prayers for friends and family with Covid.
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Disappointed that Bodo’s did not find the PAX, we enjoyed the external assessment of the facilities. Glad he found Hitchhiker in the gloom, no small feat since he was dressed in Ninja black today. I know they d
For 4 corners, YHC did have 20 exercises lined up, but was so into the workout it just felt right for an audible, a few times.
Announcements
5k hard way 4/24 RAMM
New west end Run Fridays at Godwin HS. 4/24 soft open.
Get some.
Two Mondays in a row, Swirly posted solo to Batteau. YHC told him yesterday he’d have company today. Away we went.
COP: SSHs / DQs / Helicopters / Imperial Walkers
Young Man’s Game: I saw a neighbor trying this last week, so I decided to BETA test it with Swirly. I doubt we’ll be seeing it again, but it was worth a shot. Broad Jump then six quick backwards shuttle steps to the original jumping point. Repeat x 10. On tennis courts at least, this was very jarring.
Line Tracers: Tennis Courts – out and back, tracing all lines. After each of the three rounds, a 20 set of varying Merkins.
Downhill From Here: Mosey to the rock lockers. Grab a rock. 8 rounds that included sets of 10 of varying exercises: Curls / Standing Presses at the top; Incline Merkins / Dips at the bottom. (Vinny may have called for dinosaurs near the end of this).
Clean-Up: Grab a picnic table. Three sets x 10 each. Incline Merkins / Dips / Step Ups (5 per leg).
NMS: I’m embarrassed to say how long it’s been since I posted to Batteau. It was awesome getting out this morning and hanging with Swirly. Great opportunity to grab a sweat and catch up.
Small group workouts are as much about mental health as physical health. Virtual beatdowns are good for now, but they can’t replace what we truly have. Stay safe and even keeled.
Two digital warriors of the gloom got after it this morning. This is how it went down!
COP
THANG #1
THANG #2
Announcements, namorama, Offshore took us out
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Title of backblast comes from a discussions of different regions of F3. YHC posted virtually in Kentucky and they had a different moniker for Alabama Prom Dates, they called them “Saturday Nights”. #youagainstyou #noOYO. Offshore said he once posted in Atlanta and during Mary called out Alabama Prom Dates, and didn’t get called on again……. YHC wonders what they call an Alabama Prom Date in Alabama?
9 Warriors hit the streets of new market in a socially distant fashion!
POG, Recall, Honeymoon got 6 plus
Duke and Rosetta got 5 plus
Wilson, Aisle 5, Exit Row and Hermès got a 3 plus walk in!
Strong work fellas, stay safe!
7 regular studs showed up on a somewhat rainy morning to go through a consistent workout.
Mumble chatter with the mature population was higher than normal; not sure if it was the rain, cabin fever or something else. Discussions included the correlation between sheep loving and COVID, involuntary bowel issues and sporting extra weight on your torso so a weight belt is unnecessary.
COP: Jog around the track in front of Short Pump middle. 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 15 arm circles each direction and 25 Freddie Mercuries.
Exercise: Next to the school there is a covered drop off area. I set up 12 exercises. Each one is done for 45 seconds, move to the next spot and repeato. The exercises were merkins, WWIIs, squats, burpees, flutter kicks, Lt. Dans, hand release merkins, pole sits, heels to heaven , crab cakes, kettle bell swings and the rosalita like exercises where your legs go in a circle.
We did this three times with a job in between.
We then finished with a plank.
It was good to see the pax go out and have a good time with each other.
The big announcement is that Byproduct is now engaged which means he will stop showing up after the big day next year. Congrats are in order.
We closed with prayers. Stay safe and healthy.
Five studs met for a leisurely jaunt to Dogpile and back. 4 miles total.
Out Route: Cary > Robinson > Lake view > Swan Lake > Shields Lake > Shirley.
Back Route: Blanton > Shepherd > Cary > Thompson
Bodos took us out with great and truly apropos words, albeit far less words than this sentence.
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A hilarious story told about a man v. raw oysters and how he let his wife take care of it in the end. At our cool down, Circle K demonstrated the finesse it takes to open a raw oyster for all to see.
I am not sure how it was worked in there but somehow BTS is the modern day Beatles – that caused some debate and comparisons with New Kids on the Block. I think it ended with a simple definition of the world.
“Take charge and do something” – Swirly
2 groups of 6 + 7 lucky gentlemen gathered to celebrate a great spring morning. Just a touch of humid warmth in the air. Here is how it went down, more or less.
Mosey to police memorial; COP
Mosey to Boat Lake- pair off, groups 2 pairs are one team – each pair starts in opposite direction around lake. Staggered start locations. With that complicated set up out of the way: At each lamp, clockwise Vup x20, counter clockwise Monkey Humper x20. 20 dips at each park bench. Swap exercises when meeting your team.
20 LBC
Mosey to Carillon field. Pole smoker – Heels to heaven
BTTF – 2 Mile elapsed on my watch
YHC message, stay positive and help others be positive; lead by example
Announcements-
Bone Thugs Hardway 5k 4/24 @ RAMM
West End Running AO 4/24 5:30a at Godwin HS.
Check out Try Hards mission blog and send him a note: http://hendersonsinmissions.blogspot.com/
Get Some.
3 men showed up this cloudy morning for a quarantine Daville Saturday workout.
Starting Monday the 20th at 5:30am there will be a second weekly virtual AO. This way there will be Monday and Wednesday virtual options. TRON will be held live from inside the computer (or phone). YHC will be Q to start out with. All PAX are welcome. Bring a coupon if you have one.
After going to several virtual beat downs, YHC feels going digital can be less complicated or daunting than it might seem. Also excited to bring a few new or less used exercises to the routine.
This is easy to do with a laptop, tablet or smartphone. I’ve done laptop and phone and both worked pretty well.
Info to join in is below. SYITG!
Boberry is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting:
Zoom meeting ID is: 822-7005-7337. The password will be posted to Slack (or message YHC or Offshore).