Category: Richmond, VA

  • Yeti’s Hill

    With Satan’s Hill iced over and none of the PAX owning ice skates as a form of cardio, YHC wisely chose against running and leaned into a coupon heavy, upper body smoke fest at “Yeti’s Hill.” The goal was simple – perform exercises while maintaining form and staying upright. Song requests were accepted the evening before for what Spotify may classify as the weirdest compilation of songs (see below). The JBL party box lit up and blasted our first song and the workout went like this:

    Warm Up: Various IC exercises to get the blood flowing

    COP 1: Partner up with a sandbag per pair. P1 performs exercise while P2 stays warm performing their choice of Mountain Climbers, SSH, Monkey Humpers, Firecrackers or Plank Jacks. Partners were allowed to switch off exercises in whatever quantity they wanted, but both partners had to complete all reps. Exercises were: 100 Overhead press, 90 Curls, 80 Skull crushers, 70 Chest Press, 60 Upright rows, 50 Anterior raises w/ palms up, 40 Dips, 30 Merkins on the bag, 20 Bag pull thrus, 10 Bagees.

    COP 2: 2 minutes left to hit abs with 10 Box Cutters, 20 DC Flutter Kicks and 30 LBCs

    Time called, Numbers, Names, Announcements (Frozen Triangle 2/7) Prayers (Heist’s M’s Friend battling 2nd bout of cancer, safety with winter weather this weekend, schools opening back, patience with having kids at home while trying to work)

    Playlist: Enter Sandman by Metallica (Requested by The Duke), Mr. Jones by Counting Crows (Requested by Ponch), Frosty the Snowman – Hip Hop Version found by YHC by Tha J-Squad, Remix Maniacs (Requested by Nancy Lopez), Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice (Requested by Ponch), Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone (Requested by Rosetta), Snowblind by Black Sabbath (Requested by Warby), Let It Go – Disney goes Heavy version by Our Last Night (Requested by Pad Thai), Church Clap by KB and Lecrae (Requested by YHC), My Name is Mud by Primus (Requested by Boberry), The Elements by TobyMac (Requested by Pad Thai), Cold Hard Bitch by Jet (Requested from number I don’t have a name tied to from Rountrey group), It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls (Requested by Fandango)

  • Atlee Campus Ruck

    From Tuesday Ruck Experience with no sidewalks, YHC did a recon Wednesday Evening to see the lay of the land on the roads as many are still snow covered and slick. Route was determined to walk to Honey Meadows and Back for 2 mile ruck. This was slower due to the slick conditions, but a great workout with the up hill return.

    Numberama and Namerama, Yardsale took us out in prayer.

    No runners today.

  • Sunrise Ruck

    YHC and one other brother arrived for a cold am ruck in DaVille. We launched from Atlees HS and rucked to Starbucks on 301 and Back. Slick roads and we took our time crossing and staying safe while rucking. We also witnessed a great red sun rise this morning. Great workout and mumblechatter!

    No Runners just ruckers. Numberama, namerama YHC took us out in prayer.

  • Resilience

    12 men came out to focus on resilience. There was sledding, 100 burpees, pearls on resilience and 10 Minnesota Burpees which include 15 degrees or less, no shirt, and snow.

  • The Learning Experience

    Timberwolf is still a sheet of ice, but my kids daycare is around the corner and has a perfectly cleared parking lot. Called the audible, got the word out and 6 of us came to enjoy some single-digit-weather-workouts.

    Mosey back and forth to show the PAX the new AO “Bubbles” and standard warmup.

    Thing 1
    Triple Check – squats, merkins, run to end and back

    Thing 2
    Gauntlet
    Station 1 (sandbags): 8x Squat thrusters, 8x merkins, 8x squat thrusters, 8x carolina DD
    Station 2 (blocks): 8x Squat thrusters, 8x curls, 8x squat thrusters, 8x skullcrushers
    Station 3 (kettlebells): 8x jump squats, 8x kb swings, 8x jump squats, 8x high pulls

    Thing 3
    Sprints to end of parking lot and back, 30 second rest in between

    Announcements: Frozen Triangle
    Prayers: Wildcats co-worker, brother-in-law. Hermey’s friend’s family

    Stay safe and warm out there! Time to scope out a spot for Friday since Satan’s Hill is in bad shape

  • KB Curling?!?!

    11 noble warriors came in at different points over the course of the workout, just ready for a jailbreak.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • Ukrainian soldiers
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • Penguins
    • Lucky bus loop, sort of – just using the covered and non-icy bus drop-off zone to do 15 reps of an exercise, carry your KB to the other side and add another exercise with 15 reps
      • 135 lawnmower pulls, each arm
      • 120 high pulls
      • 105 curls
      • 90 tricep presses
      • 75 squats
      • 60 sit ‘n presses
      • 45 presses
      • 30 swings
      • 15 halos
    • Mary with a set of LBCs
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    There are limited spots to workout and remain safe.  There was also talk from Whitesnake of using our KBs to have a curling competition.  KBs slide on the ice, but inconsistent at best.  It was also interesting to see the various choices of dress, both outwear and boots/shoes.  All in all, grateful to have the PAX together.  Prayers of thanksgiving for getting us there and for safety in the days to come.  Kids are not going back to school anytime soon.

    T-claps to Mr. Rogers for brewing coffee. Suck that Starbucks that does not open!

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Ice Ice Baby

    7 Champions of the Darkness decided to forego the 5:30 Zing Fit bodypump class and gather in the icy gloom of Mary. Due to conditions, the Pax stayed under the pavilion for the entire 45 minutes. According to the penguins skittering by on the adjacent tundra, here’s what happened:

    COP: quick warm up to keep us moving

    10 minutes EMOM

    • odd minutes (1,3,5…): 20 squats. 10 merkins. Jog in place for rest of minute.
    • even minutes (2,4,6…). 30 Mtn climbers, 20 SSHs, shadow box for the rest of minute.

    Partner Heater

    • Round 1: P1 20 lunges, P2, wall sit. flip flop. 3x
    • Round 2: P1 15 Hand release merkins, P2 High knees. flip flop 3x
    • Round 3: P1: 20 SSHs, P2 shoulder taps. flip flop. 3x

    Tabata. 20 seconds on, 10 seconds rest. 8 rounds

    • Burpees, Squat Jumps, Mt Climbers, SSHs, Burpees, Squat Jumps, Mt Climbers, SSHs

    10 count rest, Repeat Tabata .

    Mary COP: each PAX leads an ab excercise IC.

    final minute: Up Downs.

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    NMS: Awesome to have 7 of us out this morning. Lots of Q heckling but I managed to divert it to other Pax members, mostly Faceplant. Lots of disappointment that I didn’t provide coffee and butt warmers, but you’ll get over it.

    Thanks for coming out guys!! SYITG

  • No Snip Slip today!

    1/28/2026 – Ruckhenge

    Title: No Snip Slip today!

    PAX: DTH, NTB, L Woods, Sable, Snip

    5 dedicated HIMs battled the ice to enjoy a brisk walk around Bon Air. With no responses to the night before Slack invite, YHC wondered whether this would be a solo hike. Waiting for him in the parking lot, however, was Sable with spikes and the flag plant, lets go!!! Next up was the clown car with DTH and NTB. Finally L Woods and his space boots. We ready.

    The THANG:

    The PAX started out ~5:02. Immediately cross Huguenot Rd, no cars in site. Climb the mountain of ice and shoot the church gap past the library and elementary school. The Pax found a sled waiting for them 20 minutes into the hike. Was it planted, maybe, either way, it was destiny! The PAX took turns sliding the hill (all ice) while the rest performed various common F3 exercises. Two trips down the ice tower for each PAX, the last was a contest to see who could go farthest. After the thrilling flight down the crusty slope, the PAX packed up and looped around Bon Air and back to Einsteins.

    Ruck BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 5
    • Namerama 
    • Announcerama
    • Closing Prayer

    Naked Moleskin:  

    • Kudos to DTH for winning the length challenge. Too bad he couldn’t have brought the same vigor to the Highland games this year.
    • Shocked there were no full on face plants, well done men!
    • Rucking provides ample time for getting to know your brothers, coffeeteria at the end was noice!
    • NTB’s comment on the shape of our map was spot on. Maybe subconsciously I am trying to make up for all those boys that could have been.
    • Einstein’s staff is nice but barely competent at 6am

    Announcements: (see SLACK!)

    •  Frozen triangle coming up

    Prayer Requests:

    • Lord show us the work you have for us to do today and give us the strength to obey.

  • Miracle on Ice (2026 version)

    Three regular First Watchers and one Brother-in-Law of the Site Q were successful in not injuring themselves this morning. That is the miracle.

    Working around the church building:

    COP: Standard Fare with some Ice Angels added in for flavor

    11’s: Carolina Dry Docks and WW2 Sit-ups

    PLT’s: 2 x 20 each

    Wall Sits with partner slowly jogging out and back as timer x 3 rounds

    10 x Burpees compliments of Gomer Pyle

    Lindsay: LBC’s and Squats including speed bump Burpees

    Bear Crawls, Lunges, Broad Jump Burpees

    Four Minutes of Mary

    Merkin Ring of Fire

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, Gomer took us out!

    NMS:

    40% (IYKYK) eye roll

    No wind made things bearable.

    Two were SOP!

    Welcome back to my BIL, Key Grip. It’s only been 6 years.

    Coffee at Sheetz, because Starbucks employees are weak.

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Tres Amigos Running

    Bullseye, Rosie and YHC took off for the streets of Midlothian without a care or clue in the world. After a short jaunt up west on Midlo we opted for a giant loop – Charter Colony, Woolridge, Mount Midlo and home, for 4ish miles.

    Late posting this one so that’s about all I can recall. We ran, we saw, we conquered.

    Draper is allergic to us and working out at the moment.