Category: Richmond, VA

  • Valentine’s Day Murph!

    13 Warriors and Cooper the dog arose on the the Day of Love to better themselves in the gloom!

    1 Mile out

    10 Rounds – 10 Pull Ups, 10 merkins, 15 Squats

    1 Mile Back

    Flutters, Go get the Six, 20 APDS, 15 Pickle Pounders

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC Took us out

    Announcements:

    Prayers for DTH as he leaves on his mission in 2 weeks.

    Doozy need muscle to help a church member move on the 26th

    Prayers for Doublemints Father undergoing Surgery today

    Doozy – has the Tuesday at No Toll, may need a back up, Anyone willing to step up?

    Nancy Lopez Classic Details to come soon!

    NMS:

    Lovely Day for the Murph gents! You all rocked it! Appreciate Tobit keeping the round count straight. Also good to see our visitor from Mobile again, Pew, join us today. If you have not heard Pew’s cadence it is a must hear!

    On this day of love gents, let’s remember to love on our wives, kids, and family, but most importantly remember Gods Love for us is the precedent and he is the true meaning of LOVE.

    Happy Valentines Days boys!

    Duke

  • Returning to the Scene of the Crime

    Fourteen on February 14, as these love birds flew off on their routes.

    The Route

    6s head east on Grove and north on Revellie to Patterson. 4s/5s head north on Westmoreland. Everyone heads west on Patterson.

    5s/6s turn right on Maple, left on Dustin, left on Pepper, left on Three Chopt, left on Grove.

    4s turn left on Maple, left on Grove and a victory lap around the Mary Mumford block.

    Shakedown took us out with thoughts and prayers going to Sugar Sock for the loss of his friend.

    Moleskin

    Usually Marv expresses his displeasure for YHC’s routes up front via commentary. In this case it seems he bottled it up for a few miles before visiting Starbucks en route. Afterwards, YHC thought he would return to the scene of this crime and pick up some Valentine’s Day coffee. Ah, coffee.

    Hey! It’s Valentine’s Day!. Handshake described his shopping experiences last night getting the last of the flowers, cards, and chocolates. On completion of the story, Face Plant seemed in a hurry to depart. I believe he was in search of what’s left on the shelves of a CVS on the way home. Good luck buddy.

    Lockjaw

  • Four For The Fourth F

    4 Davillians (with 2 still spreading the 4th F all around) arrived on a cooler than excepted Thursday morning.

    Mosey around some just to make sure Mud Face got some running in then head to the court yard

    COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, HRM, Scorpion Kicks, LBC’s, and Arm Circles

    THANG

    Little Dora – One Partner runs a lap around the court yard while other partner does the exercises. Switch, Rinse, and Repeat. 50 Merkins, 100 WWII Situps, and 15 SSH’s

    Mosey to the back of the school

    Quadruple Check – People’s Chair on the wall, Balls to the Wall, Donkey Kicks, and Bernie Sanders up the hill and run back. 4 rounds

    Mosey to the picnic table by the office

    Little Dora Round 2 – One Partner runs to a light pole about 50 yards away while other partner does the exercises. switch, Rinse, and Repeat. 25 Incline Merkins, 50 Dips, 75 Incline Merkins, and 100 Dips.

    Mosey back the VSF for Mary

    4 MOM – Each PAX choices an exerices to lead IC. Cobra Head Squats, 25 Incline Merkins OYO, 10 Burpees, Flutter Kicks

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    YHC just finished up flu week with the M and 2.0’s last week and this was the first chance to back in the gloom. Felt good to back.

    As you can tell by the title the 4th F was out in full force thanks to Trout and Mud Face. After their description of their choices in meal yesterday one wouldn’t be surprise aroma in the air

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Think he knows the end time is at 6:15?

    6 SOJ stallions and one lost Near West Ender met up near the Virginia-North Carolina border for a cold, wet, sunny and 70 degree Thursday gloom. With YHC making his first return to Timberwolf since the fall, YHC came in hot to find Doozy and a suspected clown car eager to start. A few more SOJers trickled in and it was time for launch.

    COP

    Mosey for a west campus tour eventually landing the track, circle up.

    F3 Welcome, Mantra and Disclaimer.

    SSHs, DQs, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Pre-6am Alabama Prom Dates, LBCs and Arm circles (including reverso). Warm in the driving rain? Let’s Boogie.

    The Thang

    Exercise I – Dean Smith’s Four Corners

    run the straight aways on the track, lunge the curves

    20s of Merkins, Monkey Humpers, Carolina Dry Docks, Lt Dan’s

    Plankarama for the six.

    Exercise II – Bleacher Report

    3 sets of 10 reps of the following

    Benchkicks, Derkins and Bench Dips

    Exercise III – Dora

    Mosey back past the AO launch (around 5:57am) to the Teacher’s Lot, pair up. Pace car runs the length of the lot and back

    100 reverse crunches, 200 Merkins, 300 Copperhead Squats (following a quick audible)

    Exercise IV – Ascending Parking Space Merkins

    12 spaces – bear crawl, 1 merkin at space 1, bear crawl, 2 merks at space 2, up to 12.

    Mosey back for one minute of Mary.

    Numberama, Namerama, Hermie took us out.

    Fantastic work this morning Men. Appreciate resisting the fartsack and embracing the elements. A strong message from my daily devotional on discipline YHC wished to share:

    It feels good to get better.

    Messages about improvement tend to highlight themes of discomfort. Topics like sacrifice, toughness, and delayed gratification aren’t just normal, they’re often the central message. Of course a lot of the work is difficult and uncomfortable, but it’s also exciting, fulfilling, and moves you in a direction you want to go. 

    Remember that it feels good to get better. Actually, I want you to do more than that. Reignite that flame. Reconnect to that sensation. Recommit to keep it burning.

    You feel your best when you’re getting better. Keep that at the center of your attention and you’ll not only push through discomfort, you’ll see it less, feel it less, and feel better about it when you do encounter it.

    Discipline is the shortcut. Do the work.

    – Brian Kight

    Have a great one, Fellas. SYITG.

  • Misty Mountain Hop

    At 5:30 am we fired up The Forge, elevating the temperature at Huguenot High School to 70 degrees. 4 malleable men emerged from the gloom, hoping to get hammered – or something along those lines. Here’s how it all went down.

    Mosey down to the circle

    COP
    My son Jake was very interested in this workout. He had a lot of wild ideas, and specifically recommended a football style warm up, so we gave it a shot.

    Form a line and complete the following: rotating squat walk, deep lunge walk, power skips, karoaoke (x 2), walking leg pulls. I don’t know any of these are in the Exicon, but it seemed to do the job.

    Flange and Fresh Prince rolled in just in time.

    Exercise 1: Route 66
    Complete 1 incline merkin at the first light, increased by one at each light. I believe there were ten lights

    Exercise 2: Mount Chaplain

    From the base, bear crawl up each hill.
    First parking lot – Burpee Dans (burpee plus 4 count lunge walks) across.
    2nd parking lot – Broad jump burpee across.
    3rd – Burpee Dans
    4th – Broad jump burpees, then up to the summit.

    On the descent: crab walk down and repeat the same pattern with the burpees.

    Exercise 3:

    Rotate through a circuit of 20 jerkins, 20 dips, 20 chicken peckers. We completed 4 rounds.

    Exercise 3: Hillicides

    partner up – one person does a suicide style run up the hill, breaking it into 3 sections, up and back. other partner does LBC’s for the duration. rotate
    Second round: repeat with Alabama Prom Dates
    Third round – repeat with Flutter Kicks.

    Mosey back to the flag

    Counterama, Namearama

    Announcements: Discussed possible dates of the next Puppy Pile.
    Support our members heading out in the mission field.

    Flange took us out in prayer.

    Excellent work by the PAX today.  The light rain made for a nice backdrop. We had some amazing individual efforts. Fresh Prince’s broad jump appeared to be double that of YHC. Posh was a beast on the Jerkins. Flange was smoking the hillicide run portion.  The highlight was definitely the random dude walking his dog as Flange and I were doing Alabama Prom Dates. Think he might adjust his route moving forward.

    It was an honor to lead!

  • Return of the White Stallion

    Eight veteran warriors of the gloom chose the narrow path once again this morning, posting to Mary for the sure glory of a DTH beatdown. With grim and knowing smiles, the PAX paired up and accepted oaken cabers from their Q. What follows is how these brave men squashed the Temptation of the Flesh:

    The THANG:

    Mosey to Grassy Area for COP #1:

    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • Caber Hops x20 IC (like SSH but with feet alternating steps on caber)
    • DQ’s x10 IC
    • Incline M on Caber x10 IC

    Mosey to the BlackTop for COP #2:

    • CABER 1-2-3:
    • x100 Derkins – Partner 1 x10 while Partner 2 planks w feet in caber
    • x200 LBC – P1 x20 w Caber end on chest while P2 on Six holds other end up with arms fully extended
    • x300 Goblet Squats – P1 x25 while P2 holds other end in low squat
    • Stretch out with a few Opus reps

    Shoulder cabers and mosey over to Field for COP #3:

    • CABEAST: (x6 Reps at each x6 stops)
    • Round 1 – Overhead Press, Alt Shoulder
    • Round 2 – Caber Curls
    • Round 3 – Unbroken Squats
    • Round 4 – Little Baby Caber Crunches
    • Round 5 – Caber Squat Thrusts 
    • Round 6 – CaBURPS – incline merkin on Caber at bottom, caber press over head at top (only 3/6 stops completed due to time)

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Rosalita Whip x10 IC
    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Holy Quadsmokoley! YHC’s legs feel like rubber. Today we celebrated the return of YHC’s caber-carrier, a white Silverado that came second hand to YHC with the nickname “White Stallion”. Of course Splinter was offended that any OTHER machine could possibly bear that name. Yes Splinter, you are a stud. Way to work today fellas – keep chasing that dream! 

  • Diarrhea is Hereditary

    7 warriors including one visitor showed up this morning to throw some iron around. This is how it went down.

    • COP
      • SSH x 20
      • Don Quixotes x 10
      • Helicopters x 10
      • Russian Soldiers x 10
      • Arm circles (10 small + 5 big)
      • Copperhead squats x 10
    • Round 1 – 4 corners superset, 8 reps each exercise
      • 1st corner – KB swing with a dive bomber ‘merkin
      • 2nd corner – Halos with goblet squats
      • 3rd corner – Lawnmowers with clean and press
      • 4th corner – Demon crushers with WWII sit-up press
    • Round 2 – same exercises , 16 reps each
    • Round 3 – same exercises, 24 reps each
    • Round 4 – same exercises, 16 reps each (only enough time for 2 corners)
    • Just enough time for 1 minute of boat canoes
    • Numberama, namerama, Emoji took us out
    • Notes:
      • F3 is good for not only getting a great workout but also learning interesting facts.
      • Fact 1 – Diarrhea is hereditary, per Mudface
      • Fact 2 – Emoji knows one of the Wegmans
      • Fact 3 – There’s a Hooters style chain of restaurants in Florida called Mugs N Jugs
      • Fact 4 – Mudface had some questionable career choices in his younger days (something to do with dollar bills and thongs)
      • Great work gentlemen. Thank you all for letting me lead.

  • Super 5am KettleBells

    Super 5am KettleBells

    Three Amigos made their way into the early morning gloom for a full KB workout. Here is what went down:

    Mosey with KB’s to the large church parking lot, stopping on the way to complete a burpee at each speed bump.

    Quick COP:

    DQ’s x 10

    Helicopters x 15

    Station up at welcome center for:

    SUPER 21’s

    21 x American Hammers w/KB’s, High Pulls, Halos, then Lunge Walk for 25 yards.

    20x, LW, 19x, LW, 18x, LW, 17x, LW 16x, Run parking lot to loosen up arms

    15x ,LW, 14x, LW, 13x, LW, 12x, LW, 11x, Run Parking lot

    10x, LW, 9x, LW,8x, LW, 7x, LW, 6x, Run Parking lot

    5x, LW, 4x, LW, 3x, LW, 2x, LW, 1x, LW

    Farmer’s carry with KB back to the VSF stopping for speed bump Burpees along the way.

    Numberama, Namearama and Offshore took us out!

    NMS:

    This is a re-do of a Q YHC did at Circus Maximuns about a year ago. Last time, we started at 1 and worked our way up to 21, but we did not finish because of time. This time, YHC shortened up the COP and we started at 21 and worked our way down. We finished on time. Great job, EF Hutton and Offshore! Enjoyed the early morning with you.

    Have a great day!

    Kubota

  • You ever take a pull off the Gas?

    9 Warriors posted to SOT this morning, with multiples inquiries as to who grabbed the Q…….Duke it was and we were off!

    Down the hill to COP

    COP

    SSH x 20

    DQ x 10

    Imperial Walkers x 15

    Helicopters x 10

    Mosey to track!

    50s!

    Perform the exercise called for 50 reps run 1/2 a lap, perform 50 more reps and complete the lap. Goal was to get 10 laps, PAX Completed 8!

    Exercises included : LBCs, Carolina Drydocks, Arm Circles, Monkey Humpers, Squats, WWIIs, Flutters, Alabama Prom Dates

    Mosey to the Hill, Lunge up the Hill, 20 Secs left, AYG to the Flag.

    Numberama, Namerama, Nancy Lopez took us out!

    Announcements : OC hosting poker on the 22nd.

    NMS:

    Strong work but all, and I appreciate everyone enduring a little more cardio vs the ground and pound this morning, all in all close to 2.5 miles. Title of the backblast comes from Singer this morning, who casually asked Hermes if he ever takes a pull from the gas at his dentist office. Laughter and fun times ensued and I’m pretty sure the next HDHH is scheduled to be at Hermes office. Safe travels to Singer this week as he heads north to visit family. Also it was awesome to have PEW in from Alabama, strong work on multiple posts this week brotha! Stay safe, hug your loved ones and be a leader today men!!

    Duke

  • Supersize me

    Nine Grown Ass Men posted at the Dog today to handle their business. Heres how it went down:

    COP – Russian Soldiers x 20, Don Quixotes x 10, Little Baby Arm Circles x 15, Big Circles x 5 – reverso; Freddie Mercuries x 20, Rosalitas x 20

    mosey to small stage to collect coupons, then to the Carillon field for

    THANG 1 – Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese

    First patty: Run from “goal line” with coupon to designated yardage, exercise (with coupon if able) and Bernie Sanders back

    • 25 yards; 25 merkins
    • 50 yards; 50 squats
    • 75 yards; 75 mountain climbers
    • 100 yards; 100 SSHs

    Second patty:

    • 25 yards; 25 Carolina Dry Docks
    • 50 yards; 50 monkey humpers
    • 75 yards; 75 American Hammers (Swirly Hammers with coupons)
    • 100 yards; 100 invisible jump ropes

    Mosey to small stage for

    THANG 2 – Modified Top Gun Touch-A-Tree

    Partner up; PAX1 does coupon curl, squat, press, repeat while PAX2 runs with coupon and touches 5 trees; flapjack. Repeat with 10 trees. Return coupons and mosey back to flag.

    COT – numberama, namerama, announcements and YHC took us out.

    NMMS: Way to push gents. Fun facts – per Google, coupons weigh approximately 28 pounds. Per Bodos, coupons weigh approximately 1 baby.

    Poker night at OCs on Feb. 22 – check PreBlast for logistics.