Category: Richmond, VA

  • 8 to Great!

    6 strong made their way to the Forge for a long overdue Flange Q. Here’s how it went down:

    COP: DQ’s, Helicopters, Russian Soldiers, Hillbillies, Copper Head Squats, American Hammers, Freddie Mercury’s.
    Stay in circle to perform OYO-25 Merkins, 50 squats, 75 2 count Mountain Climbers, 100 SSH’s.

    Mosey to Amphitheater: 11’s is called. Jump Squats at the bottom, Burpees at the top. Box jumps to the top and Crawl Bears back down.

    Mosey to bus loop In front of Middle School to perform a figure 8, utilizing the 2 medians separated by pavement/sidewalk. Begin in middle, run a figure 8 back to middle, perform 3 exercises of 8 count each. Exercises were Lt Dans, Hand Release Merkins, LBC’s. Complete 8 circuits.

    Indian run back to flag, with front pax member peeling off to perform a burpee until pax clears and then falls in back to bring up the six, rotation continues till Pax reaches flag.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    Prayers for Tobit’s family, loss of Dad’s brother in law. Fresh Prince has t-shirts for Posh and Wojo that DTH ordered. He normally shows at No Toll and The Forge.

    It was once again a pleasure to lead such a great group of men this morning! YHC is smoked!

  • Teamwork

    Quiet morning at Circus Maximus.  Lighthouse saved YHC from going solo.  Knowing crowds would be light, a mindless workout was planned.  Here is how it went down:

    • Slaughter starter – 10 burpees
    • Mosey to the practice fields, stopping 2x to do 20 lawnmower pulls
    • Cumulative beast
      • 180 high pulls
      • 144 halos
      • 108 sit ‘n presses
      • 72 2x KB hammers
      • 36 swings
    • Mosey back to the parking lot, stopping 2x to do 20 lawnmower pulls
    • COT

    Quick recovery to White Deer on his leg injuries.  Solid work by Lighthouse.  He did a great job of putting up with YHC being ½ awake for this workout. 

    Everybody stay healthy.  God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • 11s and Cinder Work

    Cars rolled in and the PAX assembled just in time to have YHC drop the tailgate on his truck. 4 Cinder blocks were off loaded and away we went.

    COP

    SSHs x 15

    Jazzercise x 10

    Helicopters x 10

    Imperial Walkers x 10

    Flutterkicks x 15

    LBCs x 20

    Merkins x 10

    DQs x 10

    Mosey to Track

    11s – 100 yards – WWIIs and Crunchy Frogs

    Mosey to Lightpole alley

    Triple Check with Cinder Blocks

    Round 1 – Runner, Curls with Block, Flutter Kicks

    Round 2 – Runner, Chest Press with Block, LBCs

    Back to the Flag

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    HDHH for march in PreBlast – See Oyster

    Appreciate the prayers for YHC mother, Surgery went well and she is recovering nicely.

    NMS:

    A ton of running the 2 previous days had YHC ready for some ground and pound. Too bad there was more running incorporated in to the ground and pound. Strong work by all! Rosie seems to get faster, not sure how thats possible! Great to have Wilson back out as well. POG is the reigning Chest Press Champ, according to his numbers, that he counted……..Bullseye and YHC are suspicious. Great morning in the gloom gents!

    In these fearful times, let’s lead with courage men. Be strong in your faith and share it with others!

    Duke

  • Qa is a Chump

    A review of the Q sign up sheet revealed that a mysterious person with the moniker “Qa” signed up to lead 45MOM this morning. With great expectancy, 5 of us converged to meet our enigmatic leader and to be led by him. Turns out, Qa is a chump. Or, more likely, Qa is a clerical error, or TYA tried to sign up and missed some keys and then bailed. We shall never know. We resigned to hot potato the Q.

    Swirly: COT

    Handshake: Some Bearcrawl, crab walk, and regular suicides on the tennis courts. Then some pull up rotations with ab work while waiting.

    Fireman Ed: Running the tree line with burpees, squats and other various exercises.

    Hitchhiker: A creative four corner workout on the tennis courts with merkins, american hammers, squats and burpees.

    Bodos: Final COT and close out with prayer.

    Numberama, Namerama, etc.

    Stay well and keep your distance!

  • Let’s do it again

    same guys, same place. Bulkhead and Trout went out for the 4 mile chicken loop through Rutland. Mudface and No Idea did their usual loop. Finished up around 615 and Trout took us out.

  • 5+2=7?

    YHC rolled into SOT to be greeted by light numbers. Where PAX concerned the heavy bag was coming back out? Anyway at 5:30 the PAX mosed off to the front parking lot for the COP.

    COP- 20 SSH, 10 DQ’s, 10 jazzercise, 10 cherry pickers, 10 small 5 large arm circles x2 for reverso, 10 windmills, 10 Merkins, 20 LBC’s, 10 sugar sticks (flutter kicks), 10 hello dollies, 10 rosalita, hold 6 inches for 30 seconds. Mosey around the school to the track.

    YHC had planned a partner exercise but with low numbers changed course to a 4 corners on the track. same exercise at all 4 corners, PAX wait for 6 alternating AG’s and Planks. 1st lap merkins x10x4, 2nd WWII’s x15x4, 3rd lap squats x20x4, 4th lap plank jacks x25x4, 5th lap SSH’s x20x4, 6th lap lunges x15x4. We nailed 6 laps and logged 2.75 miles, nice work. Back to the Flag right on time.

    Prayers to Duke’s mom having surgery today, get well quickly! Hermie took us out in prayer. Always an honor to lead. Nice work Gumbo who led the pace, he is sneaky fast. Hermie, Duke, Bullseye way to push hard.

  • That’s the President’s House

    A steadfast five stormed River and Ridge for some extra early work.  Here’s what transpired as best remembered.

    Mosey through the triangular field across to Westham, right on Club Vista, cross College, quick jaunt down the President’s driveway and path over to UR by way of Crenshaw with COP along the way.

    • SSHs, IWs, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, Helicopters, 2 Burpees for the 1 Pickup

    Mosey down Crenshaw to the Hill of Hell

    • Bernie M&M 11s – Merkins/ Monkey Humpers
    • Clockwork Merkins at 3,6,9 and 12

    Mosey into Crenshaw Field

    • P&P – Pullups (on the goals) and Plank – 10, 8, 5
    • D&D – Dips and Dox Jumps 15,20
    • Mary – H2H, Freddys
    • 4 Corners – Jump Squats x 20, Mountain Climbers x 30, Plank Jacks x 40, LBCs x 50

    Mosey back across Crenshaw through the President’s yard down Club Vista, Westham, Triangle Field to Parking Lot

    • Curb Crawl up to and repeating 5

    Mary

    • American Hammers
    • APDs, APDs Right Leg Up, APDs Left Leg Up

    Ring of Fire

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    YHC usually has a plan, today that plan was not to plan, well except a trip over to campus.  The uneven PAX of 5 made sure YHC had to think on the fly.  A quick glance at the map and one can actually see there’s a path from College over to Crenshaw.  Unsure if that was a private drive, YHC was informed it is the President’s.  Not to worry, YHC and ol’ Ron Crutcher go way back, he won’t mind.  He and the Lady Spiders Field Hockey team might however mind the big dump Honeydo took on their pristine artificial playing surface.  Anyway it was fun to see something new and YHC loves it when a plan without a plan comes together.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Continued prayers for Splinter’s dad – will know more April 1st

    March Madness Q next Thursday 45MOM

  • Hibachi box

    8 studs took on WDOG this morning and here is how it went down.

    COP : Some nice stretching and a few exercises to get the blood pumping .

    Native American Pole Smokers : 5 pole smokers then run to the end of the line – hold 6 inches 45 inches 90 inches

    Amp Theatre : 3 dips – 3 incline merkins to the bottom – at the bottom partner up for Wilson boxing cockroach 3 sets of 20. The Garbage Plate Jerkins – line up – guy on the ground grab 2 hand pull yourself up 10 times switch it up 3-sets – thanks to Hardywood for the suggestion to do the pax line.

    Rusty Cage : 5 overhand pull ups – 5 underhand pull ups ladder down to 1 . Head to the jerkins bars partner up – 5 jerkins 5 dips partner does squats 3 sets .

    Block Burpees – 20 on your own – Native American run back to the flag.

    Ring of Fire : 5 merkins pax choice .

    Way to work this morning guys – nice to be out in the park with the light of the full moon making it happen.. We thought Handshake might have to take a pitstop cause his gut was about to bust( see title of the backblast ). Corned beef turkey chili made an appearance during the pole smokers – jeez dude …

    Thanks for allowing me to lead this morning – no idea who qa is but that dudes got Mary tomorrow 🙂 or its gonna be a hell of a hot potato !

    Thoughts and prayers with Splinter and family – Doublemint and family – DTH and family. Oyster has a HDHH coming up see the pre-blast.

    Thanks to Corned beef for taking us out and not killing us all with his exhaust this morning 🙂

    Swirly’s Board yesterday : Life is not about accumulation it;s about contribution.

    Let’s all continue to contribute to the best of our abilities and not only be leaders but encourage others to be leaders as well.

    See y’all in the gloom..

  • Late BB for OTB

    4 Runners and 4 Extra legs got some good miles on Sunday.

    Boberry, Honeymoon, Recall and Annie the dog logged 6.5ish. YHC logged a little less than that!

    Strong work fellas.

  • 4 Years of F3 and DaVille

    11 fighters landed in the Atlee High School parking lot in the gloom for a set of festivities that went something like this…

    Mosey to the first basketball court

    COP All IC – 50 SSHs, arm circles, 10 don quixotes, 10 crab cakes, 10 hand-release merkins (HRMs), 25 LBCs

    Mosey to the field

    4x4x4x4

    Run to the first corner of the field, four 4x4s, return to the start, 25 LBCs, hold 6 inches for the six.

    Run directly across the field to the second corner of the field, four 4x4s, return to the start, 25 LBCs, hold 6 inches for the six.

    Run directly to the third corner of the field, four 4x4s, return to the start, 25 LBCs, hold 6 inches for the six.

    Stay at the first corner, four 4x4s, return to the start, 25 LBCs, hold 6 inches for the six.

    Mosey to the bus loop

    11s (cut short due to time)

    1 HRM, run forward around the inner loop to the far side, 10 two-count mountain climbers, run backwards to the start – continue 11s (stopped part-way)

    Native American run (including another loop around the bus loop) back to the flag.

    MOM All IC – 10 american hammers, 10 flutter kicks, 10 freddie mercuries, superman.

    One 4×4

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    Colonial 70 in September – Spit will be sending out a spreadsheet for soft and hard commitments

    Phonics is looking for guys to come share at his school about their work and careers. This is a great way to serve in his school and provide inspiration for the next generation.

    NMS:

    The first DaVille started (I think) on Tuesday, 3/15/16 and this was a close date for marking the four-year anniversary of DaVille. It also marks YHC’s four-year anniversary since he showed up for the first time that morning in light of an invite from the one and only Abacus.

    YHC led the PAX to the first basketball court because that location has hosted the most COPs over the years of DaVille. Emoji exclaimed “YES!!!” when Don Quixotes were called out during the COP. Some things never change. DaVille counting (that started in… DaVille) was in full force with no utterances of the number “eleven” or “twelve”… That is too difficult… Return to one and two and continue…

    YHC brought out the 4x4s as a way to mark the four year anniversaries. The PAX seemed to enjoy the 4×4 pain. Spit, Spike and Fannie Mae crushed them and kept the PAX sharp as we tried to catch up.

    YHC then took the PAX to the bus loop because that is where YHC had his first F3 beat-down. Circle K led that workout and YHC still has memories of feeling sick (almost splash-merlot’d) that morning because he had never experienced anything like a F3 workout. The 11s provided a slight taste of that pain, especially running backwards.

    Again, Phonics and Fannie Mae crushed it with Spit and Spike right behind them. The whole PAX pushed through it all and it was great to be back with everyone, both new guys and those who have been with DaVille from the very beginning up here in the far north of Mechanicsville.

    It is an honor to lead. It was my first Q in 2020 and it felt like coming home! There is nothing like F3. Let’s keep it rolling!!