… because YHC was solo and because she wasn’t there. The M hates hills.
Belle wondered where the regular hill runners were and sends her regards.
Announcements
Checkout F3RVA’s second-newest AO The Last Resort in Glen Allen, and the newest AO First Watch in Tuckahoe. Prayers for various PAX facing known and unknown challenges.
Four pillars of manhood huddled six feet apart to seize the day. Here’s the story…basically.
Mosey to the covered entrance of the Church with man-sized KBs in tow.
COP (Kubota)
• SSHs
• Russian Soldiers
• Helicopters
• DQs
• Big Arm Circles
• LBCs
• HRMs
Conveyor Belt
Station 1 – Lawnmower Pulls w KB
S2 – Captain Thors
S3 – KB Swings
S4 – KB Squats
Rotation 2
S1 – American Hammers
S2 – Burpees
S3 – KB Pulls
S4 – KB Sit and Press
Pass to Honeydo
Partner 1 – People’s Chair
Partner 2 – Boxing Cockroaches straddling column x 40/50
Reverso and Repeato
Mosey to main covered entrance
Partner 1 – Run to dumpster
Partner 2 – Jump Squats
Repeato, Repeato
Pass to EF Hutton
Mosey back to side covered entrance
Conveyor Belt 2
S1 – Wall Climbs
S2 – Run to main entrance and back
S3 – Donkey Kicks
S4 – Heals to Heaven
Repeato
Pass to Handshake, Intercepted by Kubota
Mosey back to VSF
2 Burpees along the way
Ring of Fire
Numberama, Nameorama, COT (Handshake)
MOLESKIN
Whilst the masses slumber, assassins lurk in the shadows, ready to pounce with merkins, squats, and burpees. Under the cover of darkness, ninjas mosey about Tuckahoe ready to strike, leaving no trace behind but the pungent scent of piss and vinegar and a 4th F or two. Raiding and pillaging and violating unsuspecting driveways all while swinging big bells. Chuck Norris even checks under the bed for this faceless, nameless threat at night. The earliest of AOs has been a secret, unknown to many before now, birthed by Kubota one cold November morning, the time has finally arrived for the world to know, the First Watch lives.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
None were made.
Four posted to see what Vinny had in mind. Audible. Al La Carte. Hot Potato. To the stage to exercise our Inner Wilson.
COP: SSHs x 20 / Russian Soldiers x 10 / Hillbillies x 10 / Imperial Walkers x 10 / Helicopters x 10 / LBCs x 10.
Partner up (spaceees, no toucheeees): Lazy Corona-Dora – Round 1 = Partner 1 holds elbow plank for 45 secs. Partner two performs HR Merkins. Race to 100. Round 2 = Jump Squats to 200. Round 3 = Partner one does 30 WWIIs as the timer. Mountain Climbers (2-count) to 300.
Swirly Q: A plethora of stretching and core exercises. Boat Holds, Scorpion Kicks, Inverted Scorpion Kicks (Because I was inverted [Goose]), Plank-o-rama. Exit stage right for three rounds of Dips x 10 / Decline and Incline Merkins x 10 each.
Greenbow Q: Virus Multipliers – Merkins and WWIIs. 1 x 1 / 2 x 2 / etc, all the way to 10. BTTF
Jaqué Penné took us out.
Announcements: N/A
Socially Distanced Moleskin: YHC had all kinds of plans for today, given that I stumbled upon the Q opportunity yesterday afternoon. But then it rained, and it rained, and it rained. Not feeling the backstroke today, so we channeled our Inner Wilson and headed for the stage for a Cold and Wet Potato. As was noted several times, the ole ground ‘n pound will sneak up on ya real quick.
As we continue to navigate these uncharted waters, let us continue to be mindful of the qualities of a leader. One of our founding fathers (F3) seemingly needs a refresher course. Let us show him, and others the proper way. For instance, we all get hair cuts and we all eat out. Think of those folks in these times and send them whatever financial or emotional support you can. Buy gift cards, send Venmo tips, whatever you can do. And, when possible, invite them out to F3. Now is the exact right time for them to join us. Help them see that light. Show them that they are not alone.
Stay positive men. See the good in all of this. But if you do stumble into darkness, reach out. We are here for you.
Four posted for the lastest Punisher. Mosey to the school wall for Donkey Kick-Off (F3 Exercise lexicon) with five Donkey Kicks followed by a five second hold of feet on the wall, then 10 and 10, and finish with 15 and 15. Move to the yard, square up, and complete 15 x Imperial Walkers, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Helicopters, 15 x Russian Soldiers, 10 x Pickle Pounders, and finish with an Arm Circle medley.
Move to the westernmost small tree within the school yard surrounded by a watering bag. Surround the first tree with good social distancing and begin 13 reps each of chest and leg exercises. Once all have completed the exercises, Zombie Walk to another bagged tree. Take turns picking both the next tree and the two exercises. Continue moving to about 15 small trees. Chest exercises included Merkins, Wide Grip Merkins, Diamond Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, Staggered Merkins, Burpees, and Back Handed Merkins. Leg exercises included Squats, Jump Squats, Bobby Hurleys, Side Lunges, Back Lunges, and Step Behind Lunges.
Square up around the security camera post in static Crab Walk position. First PAX member calls out Crab Walk or Bear Crawl and the second guy makes that move to the post and back. Continue around twice, completing the other movement on the second round.
Mosey to the sidewalk adjacent to the bus loop for a 10 minute Mary EMOM. Space out along the sidewalk. During the first minute, and ensuing odd minutes, complete 60 LBCs. Rest for remaining seconds of that minute. During the second minute, and later even minutes, complete 35 Reverse Crunches. Rest for remaining seconds. Following full EMOM, a few minutes of stretching in place.
Good seeing you guys. Take care.
3 Studs Showed up for some social distance coupon work in New market this morning!
Quick mosey to entrance to see if we had stragglers, we did not so COP it was.
Helicopters x 10
DQs x 10
Jazzercise x 10
SSHs x 10
Imperial Walkers X 15
LBCs x 20
Flutters x 10
Moesy to bottom of the lot, grab a coupon.
11s – Curls with Coupon, run to top of lot, WWIIs
Triple Check
Runner, Chest Press with Coupon, Squat with Coupon
Triple Check Round 2
Runner, Box Cutters, Shoulder Press with Coupons
Return Coupons to their home, and lunge length of lot.
Run to top of Hill!
Numberama, namerama, YHC took us out!
NMS:
We continue to post in New market to try and stay active but do it safely! Strong work fellas. To the rest of the PAX we will see you guys soon, stay healthy and safe, this too shall pass! #FAITHoverFEAR
Duke
7 equally distanced warriors posted for a no Q, No Toll beat down. Once gathered at a somewhat equal distance to talk about how this was going to work hot potato style, Tobit threw YHC under the bus as the first come first serve representative Q. YHC had actually thought about signing up the night before anyway so the Q gauntlet was accepted without a fight.
Mosey to the COP parking lot
DQ’s, Helicopters, Jasersizes, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, Sugar Sticks and American Hammers
Mosey to the first corner for an easy four corner starter
Corner 1 – (10) WWIIs, Corner 2 – (20) Jump Squats, Corner 3 – (30) SSHs, Corner 4 – (40) Monkey Humpers
Mosey to the gate bar, Bear Crawl under the gate all the way to the first light, Lung to the next light
Mosey to the basketball court, Burpeesides or Burpee Suicides. Start with 2 at first line increase by 2 at each line once you get to the end line at 8 start decreasing number at each line by 2 do not repeat the 8 at the end line.
Lets see if we can get lost Mosey into the dark of the park on the trail to find the parks workout equipment. Found the monkey bars, modified partner up / triple check with 7 people. 4 partners doing dips the timer is 3 people doing 5 pull ups switch (X3). This could work with small groups but needs to be modified.
Mosey out of the woods back to the basketball court
Tobit thought we where going to get through a Doozy Q without Man Killers but it isn’t going to happen.
Mosey out to the parking lot for 6 parking lot merkins. Bear crawl to each line and increase the merkins by 1 at each line for a total of 6 at the end. Crab walk and LBC’s in the opposite direction.
Mosey back to the basketball court for jump squat suicides
Mosey to the flag for a Merkin Mary, each person doing 5 of their favorite Merkins
Numbers/Names YHC took us out at a socially acceptable distance
NMS: It was agreed that none of us had seen the Q sheet for No Toll left blank before. YHC almost signed up for it the night before so when Tobit said “first one to the AO has to take the Q” YHC gladly accepted the challenge. YHC has been thinking about how to use the workout equipment all along the path for a while so why not give it an unplanned try. Probably will work better during the days to come with full light at this time of the morning.
Prayers for all those in the Medical Community, Law Enforcement, Emergency response and all related fields. Lots of small businesses hurting right now which hurts lots more individuals. Prayers for all that are and will be affected by these times.
YHC was excited to see no rain this morning, giving way to a nice cool 38 degree foggy setting for a Corned Beef breakfast. This is how it went down this morning:
We mosey to the entrance to Atlee HS to circle up for 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 15 American Hammers, 20 LBC’s, 10 Alabama Prom Dates, 10 scorpions and 20 merkins.
Mosey to the parking lot and warm up with the Red Barchetta and as a refresher we run 100 yards do 100 SSH, return to start and plank for 6 (RSP6), run 75 yards do 75 Mountain climbers RSP6, run 50 yards do 50 LBC’s, RSP6, run 25 yards do 25 merkins and RSP6, run 10 yards do 10 burpees and RSP6.
Mosey to the back of school for a triple check of touch a tree, we start with Partner 1 as the timer touching 4 different trees for each rotation, partner 2 LBC’s and Partner 3 Donkey Kicks, we rotate Partner 2 touch 4 trees, Partner 3 LBC’s and Partner 1 DK’s. Final rotation of Partner 3 touch 4 trees, Partner 2 DK’s and Partner 1 LBC’s. We do this 3 times.
Mosey to basketball courts near pull up station for a DOUBLE triple check of a modified Cindy workout. Partner 1 runs two full court wind sprints (timer) Partner 2 Merkins, Partner 3 does 5 pull ups then squats until timer is complete rotate for P1 Merkins, P2, 5 pull ups followed by squats, P3 Wind sprints final rotation is P1 5 PU followed by squats, P2 Wind Sprints and P3 Merkins. This would be one set and we performed 6 sets, way to push this morning gents…nice job here although there was some mumble chatter after 3 sets.
We return to flag(that YHC left for Mr. Holland to pick up…thank you!) and Planked with Mr. Fudd, Wilson’s Wife, Southern Gentlemen, Yankee Agressor, Right and Left arm reach throughs. Some abs with legs at 6 inches from ground, 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 45 then 6 t wrap thing up for the workout.
Numberama, Namerama and YHC took us out in prayer.
We discussed school being out for the year and how the world continues to change amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue to maintain proper safe spacing during this time and use common sense when around others. It was an honor to lead this morning gents. Have a great day …. CB
5 Gentlemen, in 3 groups, took a respite from their sequester and ran varying distances from the UR commons. Social Distancing was the standard, as were louder than usual voices.
YHC had few words to offer given his quarantine-funk, so Bodos took us out with some inspirational words.
Saab abides
7 figures emerged from the early fog to gather for a much needed workout to find there was no Q signed up. Handshake quickly took charge and got the group warmed up in front of the school.
Improvising with what was available, Handshake had the group pair up for Catch Me If You Can with one person bear crawling around a circle of cones while the other did 10 Merkins then ran to his buddy. Another round with 20 WWII situps.
Mosey to Pemberton Elementary where again Handshake improvised quite well finding a stack of bricks. Each person grabbed two bricks and we did Merkins on the bricks then stood up and did presses overhead with the bricks. x1 Merkin/x4 OH Presses, x2/x8, x3/x12, x4/x16, x5/x20 and back down again.
Pucker took the Q and moseyed down to main MS parking lot for a variation of 11s. Using bus spaces, group OYO ran 3 spaces and did an exercise to one end of lot and back. 3 Copper Head Squats, then 10 LBCS and 10 2 count Flutterkicks at each stop.
Mosey to Blacktop behind MS for triple check. Actually did 4 rounds – Wall sit, LBCs and run backwards. Mosey back to flag for several ab exercises (Hello Dollys [?], Alabama Prom Dates and Flutterkicks).
FNG Frankie (came with Byproduct) shared his story and wearing a Steelers sweatshirt and professing his love of Pittsburgh was dubbed “Cleveland”. Welcome Cleveland.
Six dedicated stalwarts woke up to the soothing sound of rain, thermometers that read 42, and said, “Ahhh, just right.”
While the rain surely kept any and all FNGs away from this brand new AO, the PAX made the most of our new surroundings, particularly the generous amount of covered space surrounding the building. Here’s what went down:
Mosey to the Back Porch for COP: SSH, Don Quixote, helicopters, Russian soldiers, Freddie Mercury, LBCs, hand-release merkins.
Part 1: The AquaBear
On a variation from the Polar Bear, PAX AquaBear the length of the bus ramp (AquaBear = bear crawl with a burpee at regular intervals, in this case, each of the 13 pairs of columns along the bus ramp).
Part 2: A Pair of 11s
Greatest Generation: in deference to the sacrifices and hardships our grandparents endured, a set of 11s featuring WWIIs and squats (since they invented the nuclear bomb drill). Run length of bus ramp in between.
All-American: switch the exercises to Merkins & American Hammers
Part 3: It Looked Good On Paper
What was supposed to happen:
There are 15 doors set into alcoves around the school. Each PAX member goes into a consecutive doorway and performs his exercise until passed, Indian Run style, by the last man. Switch to the next exercise until you’re the last man. Run to the front and continue until PAX has completed a lap around the school.
What happened:
YHC hastily explained the general idea, left PAX members in their alcoves, and hoped for the best. Two successful men passed by, then…nothing. After a pause and some discussion, a rescue mission was staged to collect the rest of the PAX, and this experiment was put on hold.
Part 4: Improvise
The rain had mostly quit, and we had a few minutes still. Mosey to the parking lot and do a Lt. Dan in each parking space around the center island.
YHC is immensely grateful for the PAX that showed up today. 42 and rainy will drive away any potential FNG. We will try again next week!
YNWA,
-Mr. Holland