Category: Richmond, VA

  • Summertime Sweat Party

    An honorable eighteen gentlemen of the gloom assembled at Dogpile to seize the day. Here follows the good Doctor’s recipe to success:

    The THANG:

    Mosey to the Putting Green for the Welcome COP:

    • SSH’s x20 IC
    • DQ’s x 10 IC
    • The Opus x10 IC
    • WWII x20 IC (properly done)
    • Leg-Up Merkins x10 Each Side

    Mosey around to the Carrillon Field:

    • Partner Up for x25 PLT’s each
    • Quarter Pounder:  Sprint to each quarter to complete exercise, Bernie back to start between
    • 25 yard line – x25 Werkins
    • 50 yard line – x50 Jump Squats
    • 75 yard line – x75 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
    • 100 yard line – x100 Gas Pumps
    • Repeato x25 PLT’s each
    • AYG sprint length of Carillon Field

    Amphitheater COP:

    • x3 Dips each step going down
    • PLT’s x25 each at the bottom
    • x3 Box Jumps going back up
    • Front Runners bring in the six
    • PLT’s x25 each back at the circle

    Mosey to the Cage for a Rusty Dora:

    • Partner up to complete the following:
    • x50 Pullups
    • x100 Jerkins
    • x150 Hanging Crunches
    • While one partner adds reps, the other runs to hydrant and back 

    Mosey to the Grassy Hills:

    • ExerClock – Start at hilltop to complete x5 WWII at 1 o’clock, run down to bottom and back up to complete x5 WWII at 2 o’clock position… continued until out of time
    • BTTF

    COT:

    • Counterama # 18
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took us out in Prayer

    NMS:

    • Phenomenal weather today for a smoker sweat party. Thanks for letting me lead fellas. SYITG!!! *See comments below for some great upcoming NoToll events*

  • Tour de Nu Market

    YHC arrived just before the witching hour to find a revered traveler from a land far away (Tobit). YHC was waiting for Honeymoon as he stated the day prior “I have the Q”. No Honeymoon but we did get a Hermie right at the bell. Mosey ensued.

    COP SSHx29, DQ’sx10, JazzerciseX10, Cherry pickersx10, Helicopters x10, dead man hang, Flutters, LBC’s, Merkins, Dollies rounded it out.

    Mosey up Satan’s backdoor hill to main entrance for Tour De Nu Market. Hit all curl-de-sac’s. Do 20 of called exercise in sac and 20 at finish proceed to next sac. 1 Merkins, 2 double with squat jumps, 3 carolina dry docks, 4 LBC’s, Running short on time so hit the corners with a battery of 10 box cutters/10 dollies, 10 flutters on each of 3 corners. Mosey down hill to rock pile for some rock work. Sets of 20 curls, presses, tri’s, curls, presses, tri’s rock copters, Plank for 45, Front lateral raise, squat with a rock. Return rock. BTTF. Time was called.

    Prayers to YHC’s mom as she gets results and treatment plan for skin cancer on Monday. Prayers to Honeymoon’s dad as he continues his chemo. YHC took us out in prayer.

    Convergence 7/4 at No toll 6am Hardywood Q. Thanks Tobit for making the journey to NM and may you have safe travels back to your homeland. Hermie way to break out of the fartsack and grind this morning. Way to rule the gloom gentleman!

  • Reverse (Reverse) Carillon

    18 strong arrived and departed RAMM for their desired morning exercise.

    Long & Short run – all head East on Grove. Four milers cut thru Carytown past City Stadium and back thru to Windsor Farms MM. Five milers all the way down Boulevard to the Carillon and back thru Windsor Farms. Not sure where six milers got the extra mile.

    Cyclists – everywhere for 45 minutes.

    Many variations occurred today as we all looked at the group at the start to see who’d take charge. The group consensus was the Reverse Carillon – or Reverse Reverse Carillon. Or maybe the Carillon. In any case, the Carillon is involved. YHC was the sole 4 miler picking my way through Carytown and by City Stadium. Hardywood and Bone Thugs peeled off to TJ HS to do some bare foot sprints on the football field. Nice work!

    Swirly submitted and approved his own vacation request – enjoy the week Swirly!

    Have a great weekend all!

  • Easing into the weekend with a SMurph …

    Easing into the weekend with a SMurph …

    Five bad dudes kicked it off right this morning at Twin Team. Here’s how it went:

    COP: Nope. Not yet.

    Mosey to the Swamp for a lap around the track, then to the Bettie Weaver ES playground/grassy field for:

    COP: Little baby arm circles x 10. Reverso. That’s all you get; that’s all you need. Tip’s already in.

    The Thang: Fourth Friday of the month… how about a Murph? Oh, we just did that on Memorial Day? Let’s do a SMurph :

    10 pull-ups OYO

    Suicides – 50 yds/25 yds

    10 4ct Merkins

    15 4 ct Squats

    x 10 rounds

    Mosey back through the JRHS parking lot to return cones, then BTTF via scenic route around Bettie Weaver ES.

    COT: Numbers, names, prayer requests, YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Please pray for Last Call’s friend of 20+ years, Joe C. He just got word that his lung cancer has spread and the outlook is grim. Prayers for Doozy and his family as they celebrate the life of his mother inn law.

    NMMS: This little f*cker of a workout was no joke. Garmin says 2.69 miles, so the suicides got us all the mileage we needed for a Murph proper. The PAX crushed it today.

    Go get some!

    Doublemint

  • Yo Home to Bel-Air!

    With the sun rose 10 men, ready to press forward with vigor and eager to meet the challenge that awaited them.

    The Workout

    Mosey down the hill, and around the tennis courts to circle up at the end.

    In light of this being my 1 year anniversary Q, I felt it fitting to give honor of the man, the myth, the legend himself, DTH for head-locking me into such a great community of men.

    The bible verse that is in the signature of DTH’s email signature tied to his mission blog has always been a one that resonanated with me since I became a believer, which is Ephesians 2:10.

    Ephesians 2:10 New International Version (NIV)

    10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

    In honor of verse 10:

    Exercise: 10 Burpees

    The 27th Day

    In honor of the day I went from FNG to Fresh Prince (6/27/2019)

    Exercise:

    Mosey back around past the tennis court to the first parking lot while stopping on call to do the following exercises

    • 27 x Merkins
    • 27 x American Hammers(2 count)
    • 27 x Supermans
    • 27 x Box Cutters
    • 27 x Side Strandles hops

    1st Parking lot | 4 Corners

    In honor of the what inspired the name “Fresh Prince” the workout proceeded forth inspired by “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” trivia.

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air first aired September 10, 1990

    Exercise(Repeato x2):

    • 19 Crab Cakes (9 each leg)
    • 30 WW2’2s
    • 30 Alabama Prom Dates
    • 30 Jump Squats

    19 (30+30+30) = 1990 see what I did there? 😉

    Mosey up the hill to the second parking lot

    2nd Parking Lot | Partner Up

    Fresh Prince of Bel Air aired for 148 episodes
    Exercise:

    Partner Up
    1 runner runs up the length of the lot and back while partner does assigned exercise, then the trade off.

    • 148 Box Cutters as a duo
    • 148 Hand Release Merkins

    Mosey up the hill to the third lot

    3rd Parking Lot | Bear Crawl with 6 reps

    Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aired for 6 seasons

    Exercise

    Six reps of Alabama Prom Dates exercises every other parking lot lane bear crawl in between

    Mosey back to the flag.

    COT:

    • Counterama #10
      Namerama

    Announcements

    • July 4th convergence at NoToll!

    Prayer requests

    Prayers for Doozy and family during a time of greiving for loss of his Mother-in-Law

    Prayers for family and friends who have lost jobs, and/or been negatively affect by COVID-19

    Thank y’all for all me to have some fun today and welcoming me into such a great community as I celebrate one year with you guys. This group has been such a bless and I’m so thankful to be able to be out there with y’all.

    God bless you all.

    Fresh Prince

  • Not the VQ

    So it was not the PeeDee VQ but as the PAX arrived no one was on the Q sheet. Hot Potato it was but PeeDee led the whole thing? YHC is confused accessing this situation. Nonetheless PeeDee did promise to VQ prior to his move to Raleigh. Clock struck 530 and we were off for a Mosey.

    COP SSH’s, DQ’s Cherry pickers, dead man hang, merkins, LBC’s, etc.

    Mosey to track for 4 X4 Corners. 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 plank jacks, 40 jump squats on corners.

    Mosey to bleachers 6×8 step ups on bleacher while partner completed American hammers, switching after each set of 8.

    Mosey to front of school for hill run with around the clock merkins at the top. Completed this 4 times with 20 merkins in each round. Mosey BTTF and after a 1 minute plank time was called.

    Prayers: For YHC’s Mom and cancer test next week. Also to Honeymoon’s dad on chemo and good health.

    Announcements: July 4th convergence at no toll 6am.

    PeeDee took us out.

  • 26

    11 strong posted this morning @ Mary and here is how it went down.

    Field trip over to the church :

    COP – SSH, IW’s, Windmills, Helicopters, Plank – merkins – flutter kicks – LBC’s.

    Benches : 26 Abyss merkins 26 dips run to the end of the parking lot 26 WWII’s repeat 3 times .

    Double Check : Partner up – 1 partner run to the circle – bear crawl the circle – run to the end of the parking lot and back to partners. Partners are doing LBC’s and LT. Dans !

    Lunge across the parking lot – then mossy back to Mary.

    5 pull ups – pax doing incline merkins around the horn – swithc to dips and repeat .

    Mossy to the flag – 26 merkins = Boom !

    Great job this morning guys thanks for allowing me to lead. Shout out to Splinter for the extra miles this morning. Nice to see double digits at Mary again ! Always good to have TYA join us at the end – he is right my M is a Saint for hanging with me for 26 years – I’m truly a blessed man! Thanks to Handshake for recording the pax. Thanks to Circle K for taking us out.

    Swirly’s Board today : Do just once what others say you can’t do and you will never again pay attention to the limitations that they put on you. Believe – Succeed !

    See y’all in the gloom…

  • Cheerleaders

    Two of us posted for this week’s Punisher. Mosey from the parking lot under to the shady front yard for warmup with Invisible Jump Ropes, IWs, DQs, Helicopters, and Russian Soldiers.

    Move northeast to the edge of the bus loop and take a knee in the grass for traditional Jack Webb plus a chaser. One Merkin, four Shoulder Presses, and eight Arm Circles for round one. Add a Merkin and maintain the same ratios for the other exercises in later rounds. Finish with 10:40:80.

    Mosey down the bus loop and past some kind of adult cheerleading group to the playground for Jack Webb #2 but without a chaser with Swingset Jerkins followed by Plank Rows (single count).

    Jog to the outdoor classroom for Jack Webb #3 with Curtsy Lunges (two count) and Standing Single Leg Presses (one foot on the picnic table bench).

    Return to the front parking lot for final Jack Webb with Hello Dollys and LBCs. COT and YHC took us out.

  • Lord of the Flies

    4 Davillians showed up for some mid week Kettlebell fun

    This is how it went down

    Mosey over to our normal COP courtyard

    COP (ALL IC) – DQ, Helicopters, SSH, Cherry Pickers, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Heels to Heaven, HRM, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Mosey to the back of the school

    Partner Loops – Partner up, first part work on an exercise while second partner does a loop around sidewalk. Exceries were as follows:

    • Step up the stairs and backwards down holding the KB
    • Leg lifts with KB
    • Overhead Press

    Mosey to the bus loop

    Dora – 100 Merkins, 200 Demon Crushers, 300 Goblet Squats

    Mosey to the SF

    1MOM – Boat/Canoe

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    Great morning with the small PAX. Mumble chatter about Phase 3 and if concerts will happen this summer. Yard Sale and YHC had some issues with flies/bugs attacking us during the COP. Must be something in our blood

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • F3 working out and saving the county money!!

    YHC saw the open Q spot and after No Toll’s Doozy led Burpeefest I thought grab it to ensure no burpees. The clock struck 530 and the Pax was off.

    Mosey to the front parking lot for COP. COP consisted of: SSH 20, DQ’s 10, Jazzercise 10, Helicopters 10, Arm circle 15 +Reverso. Merkins 15, Dollies 15, Rosalita’s 15. Mosey around back of school to track.

    Each round consisted of 20 squats, 20 Merkins, 20 LBC’s then up stairs across top, down stairs, and back to starting point. We did 5 rounds. Then a triple check with same running route and squats/merkins. BTTF and YHC took us out.

    Prayers to Honeymoon’s dad starting his road to good health. Prayers to YHC’s Mom who had skin cancer found and goes Monday for a thorough evaluation.

    Convergence July 4th at No Toll. Hardy wood has the Q.

    Pee Dee brought up how the trash trucks continue to roll into the schools on regular schedule and the HVAC systems continue to roar and we wondered if the county could be saving some tax money with no one in the schools. PeeDee may write a letter.