Category: Richmond, VA

  • The Way of Our Other Fathers

    Sorry PAX, I typed up and published the normal backblast but upon review later on all I see if the a black and white American Flag and no backblast. So here it is in full-

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

    Long run – Patterson(ish)
    Short Run – east on Grove, 4s turn at Malvern, 5s turn at Roseneath, and 6s we don’t care, there were none today. Everyone return past the point of beginning and west up to Three Chopt, return to point of beginning.
    Cyclists – everywhere for 45 minutes.

    Way to go PAX. Welcome Will for his first outing, Bodos head locked him from church. YHC noticed the foreign tags looking lost trying to find our parking lot. The run today was a simple one, the way of our other fathers who ran east on Grove to a specific spot of mileage and then all touching Three Chopt. YHC can recall being a common run back in the day, which as a Friday in case you were wondering which day that was. Something easy for a new guy who likely would be running faster than myself.

    FNG Will was tentatively titled Red River for his Oklahoma ties. Hardywood would like to voice some late recommendations with some I just don’t see fitting a nice fella like Will – Noodler, Fister and Pig Shop (yikes!). Mr. Wood’s other consideration is Noodles which sounds a little more appropriate. All proposed names are tied Oklahoma’s title of being the capital of Noodling. So YHC would open up to see if Noodles is preferred over Red River, otherwise Red River it is. Comment in the comment section for further consideration.

    Juneteenth on the calendar today, hope everyone enjoys the new holiday. Thanks to Bodos for taking us out.

    Time to pullout.

    -Singer

  • Y’all hear that?…It’s the sound of silence.

    YHC arrived at Twin Team with about 5 minutes to spare. Expecting the usual Twin Team attendance, YHC was stoked to see the cars rolling in. A PAX of 15 arrived to help YHC say goodbye to his 30s. Here’s what went down:

    Mosey to black top behind BWES.

    COP:

    6 burpees OYO

    19 DQs

    19 hand release merkins OYO

    80 LBCs OYO

    40 SSHS

    Mosey to jungle gym. YHC has not done a single pull-up since quarantine…time for a change.

    11s:

    Pull-ups and box cutters with a run halfway down the field in between.

    Mosey to the Swamp.

    40 yr old Beast: The usual Beast with 4 extra of the exercise at the end (just to make an even 40)

    Round 1: Burpees

    Round 2: WWIIs

    Round 3: Burpees

    Round 4: 2ct Mountain Climbers

    Round 5: Was gonna be burpees….but out of time.

    Mosey BTTF for 2 MOM: American Hammers (x20), Crunchy Frogs (x15), 5 burpees OYO.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayer Requests, YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Same as all week

    -July 4th convergence at No Toll (6am)

    -3rd F this upcoming Tuesday (June 23) at 8pm on zoom

    Prayer Requests:

    -Prayers for Don Draper’s dad

    -Rosetta’s cousin

    NMS:

    For YHC, this morning was a great way to welcome the decade of silence. YHC’s age never really seemed to matter that much before (except maybe 16 and 21) but 40 has been on the brain for a while…seemed to mark the end of when one can call themselves “young” (and act young too). But, this PAX continues to remind YHC that such thinking is a waste of time. You guys are awesome and YHC is humbled to lead.

    YHC was pumped to see some faces that he hadn’t seen since quarantine began….great to see Gumbo, Rosetta, Mr. Holland, and Don Draper! Missed you guys.

    Thanks to the New Market crowd for shutting down Satan’s Hill today to make the trip to Twin Team….means a lot!

    Also, thanks to DTH (and Cooper) for hitting all of YHC’s Qs this week.

    Peace!

  • Uh…let’s go over here, I guess…

    FNG in tow, YHC arrived to a near-empty Anvil parking lot. Luckily, Scrum was there to fill the void in our lives, and a hot potato ensued. Mr. Holland got it going:

    COP: SSH, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers, merkins, elbow plank, LBCs

    1/2 Track Beast, The Hard Way: 3 rounds vs 6 – merkins, merkins/WWIIs, merkins/WWIIs/burpees

    Pass off to Scrum for some form running on the blacktop: high knees, butt kickers, karaoke, shuffle, slow shuffle. Mosey to the parking lot for 30 second intervals: high knee jumps, plankjack merkins, elbow plank Peter Parkers, and at least two others that YHC can’t remember. Must’ve been awful.

    Welcome FNG Captain Bacon! Recent VMI grad, Coast Guard reservist. Just moved into Mr. Holland’s guest room, complete with captain’s license. Put this man on a boat!

    YNWA

  • Three Line Exercise

    10 godly men, including one from NC gathered this morning for beat down. Here is how it went:

    COP
    Deadman hang x10, Crossing leg stretch x10, Don Quixotes x10, Helicopters x10, Merkins x10, Scorpion kick x10, LBC x10, Arm circle x10, American Hammers x10

    The Thang
    Short moseyed over to one corner of the basket ball court. First exercise was four corners: 1st round 10 merkins at each corner, 2nd round 10 WWII at each corner, 3rd round 20 jump squats at each corner, and 4th round 5 burpees at each corner.

    Moseyed over to the tennis court. 2nd exercise was three lines, PAX lined up along baseline of the court. 20 American hammers on one side of baseline, bear-crawled to the net, 10 walkout-merkins on the net, bear-crawled to the other side of the baseline, 20 LBC on the baseline, bear-crawled back to the net, 10 walkout-merkins on the net, and bear-crawled back to the starting line and 20 American hammers. This is consider 1 round and we did 3 rounds.

    Moseyed over to the tennis court side and we did mini Dora: 30 burpees, 60 SSH, and 90 flutter kicks.

    Moseyed back to where we started and did a quick ring of fire with variants of 5 merkins OYO.

    Announcements
    Fourth of July Convergence at No Toll 6:00 am
    Happy Hour at Kubota’s next Wednesday

    Numbers, names, announcements, prayer requests, YHC took us out.

  • Final Qs of Hate: Day #3

    After a dreary start to the week, a PAX of 11 descended on The FORGE this morning to see a return of 70 and sunny. Here’s what went down:

    Mosey behind HHS for COP.

    COP: Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, DQs, Russian Soldiers, LBCs

    Return to base of the hill with ascending merkins at each lightpole (up to 10).

    Love Hill:

    Partner up. Partner 1 runs to top of the hill (up to the road) while Partner 1 bear crawls. Switch it up when Partner 1 returns. Repeat for broad jumps and crab walk. And keep repeating sequence until reaching the top.

    Mosey to field.

    7 of Diamonds:

    Round 1: 7 burpees at each corner

    Round 2: 14 merkins at each corner

    Round 3: 21 2-count flutter kicks

    Round 4: 28 squats

    Round 5: 21 2-count flutter kicks

    With only 2 minutes left, not enough time for Round 6 (merkins) and Round 7 (burpees).

    Mosey BTTF and perform American Hammers while waiting for the six.

    Numbers, names, announcements, prayer requests, Doozy took us out.

    NMS:

    DTH welcomed YHC to The FORGE this morning with a nod towards the moon. YHC believes DTH’s exact words were “Hey Tobit, see that sliver of a moon…that’s what’s left of your 30’s”. …Thanks DTH…your 40s are coming for you too.

    Peace!

  • A clown car + 0=4

    Four NewMarketeers rolled into Timberwolf in clown car ready to reignite this AO. Timberwolf is alive and well and these 4 gloom warriors were ready for what the crisp morning air was bringing. The four hoped to find other eager warriors as it has been fun to get back out and see new and old faces.

    COP

    Mosey to busloop. 25 SSH’s, 10 DQ’s, 10 cherry pickers, 10 helicopters, 10 small/10big arm circles + reverso, 15 count dead man hang. Mosey to light pole alley.

    A true Timberwolf favorite Light pole ally.

    20 of called exercise to start run to last light pole 20 of said exercise back to the next light pole reducing one pole each time. Exercises were Merkins, WWII’s, Carolina drydocks, SSH’s, Imperial walkers, 2 count flutter kicks, Split 10 dollies/10 Rosalita’s, Merkins, (May have missed 1 or 2). 15 minutes to go? YHC was sure The first Timberwolf he did light pole alley was a full 45? Mosey to front for picnic tables of pain 20 dips, 20 decline merkins, 20 incline merkins. Start to Mosey, but wait Wilson called for another round so Repeato. Mosey to the back for the wall. Peoples chair 2×45 count. 3 minutes of Mary and BTF, time was called.

    Convergence No Toll July 4th. YHC took us out in prayer. Always honored to lead. Rosetta nice pace setting today, Honeymoon way to push through that HATE knee pain, Wilson way to gripe with the best of them. Make today Awesome!!

  • The Father’s Day Games

    The Father’s Day Games

    The Daville PAX will be hosting a 2.0 friendly workout this Friday at The Creek

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pearson’s+Corner+Elementary+School/@37.677916,-77.3897449,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x20ef2c4dd83486ae!8m2!3d37.677916!4d-77.3897449

    WE will be playing F3 Style Soccer and Ultimate Frisbee.

    Come join us and bring the kids for some pre Father’s Day fun!

  • Kettlebell Ladders

    2 men braved the rain to throw some iron around this morning.

    • COP
      • SSH x 20
      • Helicopters x 10
      • Imperial Walkers x 10
      • Don Q x 10
      • Arm circles x 10 (small), x 5 (big); Reverse
      • Copperhead squats x 10
    • Ladders – Do three exercises, KB swings, Goblet Squats and Clean and Press with increasing reps with a lap around the parking lot in between sets
      • Round 1 – 1 rep KB swing, goblet squat and clean & press each arm, lap around the parking lot
      • Round 2 – increase to 2 reps
      • Rinse and repeat up to 10 reps each
      • What goes up must come down. Start decreasing reps 9, 8, 7
    • With 2 minutes left YHC decided it would be good to stretch out to finish the workout.
    • Numberama, namerama, Trout took us out.
    • Notes:
      • YHC was afraid of another lonely Manndate workout until Trout pulled in at 5:29
      • Trout and family will be on a RV journey across America for the next 3 weeks. Everyone please wish them a safe and fun roadtrip.

  • Don’t tell corporate its been more than 24 hours

    6 burly men and one budding 2.0 emerged for a cool more and a rare Handshake Q, this is what transpired:

    COP – bunch of random exercises to include Inverted Scorpion Kicks

    Curb Crawls – 1 to 6 and then back down to one

    Pull Ups – 5 pull ups per man while the others did a set of exercises x 3 times

    Jerkin Gym – partner up for a pseudo Chaz Michael Michaels and Jerkins x 8 each for three rounds

    Mini Dora on the Football Field – Partner up, 50 Burpees, 75 Merkins, 100 Flutters? YHC doesn’t even remember

    Wall Sits for a 1 minute switch to Balls to the Wall for 1 minutes x 3 rounds

    Triple Check some assorted variation

    Announcements – Prayers for our world and our community. Fourth of July Convergence at 0600 at No Toll

    NMS – its was a nice morning to be with the guys. You’ve got to love the cool June mornings. Be good, y’all.

  • Final Qs of Hate: Day #2

    SOT has risen from the ashes of covid-19 and was, this morning, restored to its former glory with a PAX of 8! Seven PAX who didn’t get their fill of YHC yesterday joined him for day 2 of the final days of hate. Here’s what transpired:

    It was a bit gross out there this morning and the PAX stayed dry in their vehicles until a little more before 5:29.

    Mosey down to the track parking lot.

    COP: SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Dead Man’s something

    Hit the track for the Cooper in honor of Cooper the dog, who wasn’t really that interested in playing along today.

    Run a lap, 10 burpees, 10 squats, 10 merkins

    Run a lap, 9 burpees, 9 squats, 9 merkins

    Repeato until 1 burpee, 1 squat, 1 merkin for a total of 2.5 miles, 55 burpees, squats, and merkins.

    Mosey to the bleachers for

    11s: Box jumps and WWIIs

    BTTF for 5 burpees.

    Numbers, names, announcements, DTH took us out.

    Announcements:

    -July 4th convergence at 6am at No Toll

    -3rd F next Tuesday, June 23 on zoom (see Slack for details)

    NMS:

    The Cooper was a bit of a time suck but well worth the effort. The role of Fresh Prince was played by Doozy today who glided effortlessly around the track. He was definitely in his element. Up until today, YHC was under the impression that DTH was not a big fan of running….you wouldn’t know it as he also made light work of the 10 laps.

    So glad to see bigger numbers back at SOT…Bullseye spent many weeks alone at this AO during quarantine.

    For those wanting more, we still have the Forge and Twin Team to go.

    Thanks for indulging me fellas! Peace!