Category: Richmond, VA

  • Hot Potato

    Q sheet was empty, so we played Hot Potato. Tzatziki opened the beatdown, Ponch closed it strong.

    Warm-Up

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Merkins
    • Wilson’s Wife
    • Fudd’s Wife
    • The Herm Worm

    The Thang

    3 Rounds:

    • 15 Squats
    • 15 Kettlebell Swings
    • 7 Single-Leg Deadlifts (each leg)

    Mosey

    3 Rounds:

    • 12 Merkin Pull-Throughs
    • 15 Chest Press
    • 12 American Hammers (DC)

    Ponch Takes the Q

    Farmer Carry Grinder (30 lb DBs):

    • Farmer carry to mid-lot → 15 KB Swings
    • Farmer carry to far end → 15 Skull Crushers
    • Farmer carry back to mid-lot → 15 American Hammers

    Remaining PAX completed a shared grind:

    • 1,000 SSH
    • 500 Merkins
    • 500 Squats
    • 500 American Hammers
    • 500 LBCs
    • 500 Flutter Kicks

    Announcements

    • The Bridge – Saturday
    • Frozen Triangle – February 7

  • 1000 and counting

    Many have been reminding me I have not posted my 100 post Q from 1 week ago. Well there were many numbers and figures to calculate in order to give a proper description of those 100 posts.

    In my 1000 posts there have been:

    82748 Merkins

    98657 Side Staddle hops

    0 proper SSH

    362 Coupons

    72563 Farts

    1 PAX driven off by a Mom joke

    1 PAX that made me toss Merlot (Thanks Cerano)

    1 Deer that bounced off Honeymoon’s truck and was immediately ran over by

    72 farts by Wildcat that almost made me toss Merlot.

    100’s of HIMS that have made an impact on me and my life.

    Endless mumblechatter

    Millions of laughs.

    1 Gratefulness to this PAX.

    As far as the workout, we did it, and that is all you need to know. YHC took us out in prayer. SYITG!

  • On a Scale of 1-10

    Seven of Westmoreland’s finest gathered for what may be the last running meetup for a while. Consensus was no one wants to run on crunchy black ice. Regardless, YHC called a route that was only partially stolen from Marv. That’s what you get when you sit in a car and plan a route before stepping out.

    The Route

    • Meander over to Malvern and right into Windsor Farms
    • Do the back loop around to left on Dover
    • Cut through to Lock Lane
    • Inspect to see if we can sneak past the guard gate
    • Right on Charmian
    • Left on Charmian
    • Right on West Hillcrest
    • Left to Cary then cross to Oak.
    • 4s Oak to Grove then back home.
    • 5s/6s Oak past Grove, past Patterson to a right on Park
    • 5s right on Commonwealth (a little short)
    • 6s right before 195 then back on Grove

    Numbers, self-rating, YHC took us out.

    Announcements

    • Pigskin still going to the Bridge tomorrow, see Slack
    • Blank Space VQ at Dogpile tomorrow
    • Frozen Triangle coming up Super Bowl weekend
    • F3 is open to everyone once, then men

    Moleskine

    There were some crazy bikers heading east on Cary when the 5s crossed Cary into Windsor Farms. I mean, who bikes when it’s that cold, doesn’t stop at stop lights, and has music playing on a bluetooth speaker while riding? Must have been some of those millennials. We put them in their place.

    Conversation in COT centered around rating scale of rabbits and how accurate it can be when it’s 0530 and dark.

    Stay warm my friends.

    Splinter Out

  • Heart rate pumping at Tunnel Vision

    Four of us posted this morning and shared equally in an impressive workout. Borat mentioned his heart rate was as high this morning as the WTH running workout on Wed. So we did alight 🙂

    Tater handled the warm up and then headed through the tunnel (5 Burpees as the toll) and on to the tennis courts for 4 Corners (25 WW IIs, 25 Dips, 25 Squats, and 25 Carolina Dry Docks). Added 5 Burpees in the center after every exercise.

    Borat took over and brought us to the playground (through the Tunnel with 5 more Burpees), to a triple check of 20 Step Ups, 20 Lunges and 6 Pull Ups.

    Blue Moon took over for a mosey back through the Tunnel (a few Burpees on the way and 5 Burpees as you go through the Tunnel), for 11’s on a hill with Mike Tysons and WWIIs.

    Banjo brought us back through the Tunnel (5 more Burpees), for 7’s around the parking lot of Hand Release Merkins and Burpees.

    Tater finished with 10 Irish Hammers and some stretching.

  • Am I at the right AO?

    With no Gypsy and no Lighthouse, I had to question if I was even at the right AO. Then I remembered that one of them is sick and one of them doesn’t like the cold.

    Today at Currahee, we had Rabbits, Clydesdales and even a few Turtles (ruckers).

    The main route was pump to falcon bridge, up ridgefield, cox to brookmont, around crown crest, pump towards GHS, ridgefield to old prescott and back to GES for 5.3 mi.

    The Clydesdales shaved a little off of that route and did a nice and easy 4.2 mi.

    As always, I have no clue what those nutty ruckers were up to.

    BTTF for Names. Numbers.

    Announcements: Lots of Westhoeians going with Pigskin to the bridge tmrw. We’ll launch from the Food Lion on Patterson at 5:40am. We’re gonna beat the weather, do some good and have lots of fun. If your on the fence, get off of that sucker and come join us!

    Salt Lick is still burpeeing like a mad man as he’s almost done with MABA. He knocked out 30 burpees today somehow during this run/ruck.

    Dry January is still going, although I haven’t heard much about it. Stay strong fellas!

    10th Annual Frozen Triangle CSAUP will be held on 2/7. Launch from Dog Pile at 6am. About 11 mi total and 3 workouts. You can run, ruck, ride a bike, even drive some of it. No judgement. U v U. But if you’ve never done this one, it’s time to give it a go. Come on out!

    Thx for letting me lead. Everyone stay safe as the snow storm to end all snow storms rolls through this wkend. And remember to enjoy your non-tooth ache today. SYITG!

  • Backblast posted earlier than Nancy Lopez

    When you hit 1000 posts you can post a backblast at your leisure 😛. JK. Love ya Nancy.

    Back to this morning —> started with a big loop indian run with caboose doing one burpee and running to front. Circle up in culdesac near dog walk path for stretching and warmups.

    COP 1: All leg triple check. Squats, Lunges, runner to top of of hill (near Wilson’s) and does five fire crackers.

    COP 2: Mosey to rock pile. Grab a coupon. Circle up. Pax selects exercise and then runs to green electrical box and back. Standard stuff like curls, squats, overhead press, chest press, etc.

    COP 3: One more triple check near playground. Stepups and Pullups. Runner to the bars for jerkins and back.

    Announcement: Frozen Triangle in two weeks.

    Stay safe this weekend.

    Heist out.

  • Playground Games

    As everyone knows, I’m always one for games. So today’s beatdown leaned heavy into fun, confusion, and mumble chatter.

    We kicked things off the right way with a solid stretch, because stretching is important. Six PAX circled up for a waterfall of burpees, each man adding one at a time until we hit 100 total. There was notableresistance from the peanut gallery (👀 Upchuck), but once we found our rhythm, things moved fast. By the time we hit around 50, we were cruising and wrapped up strong at 100.

    Then it was on to the main event with a twist. I brought along two 15-lb weights (my wife’s… don’t tell her), and the rule was simple: the weights go everywhere. We alternated carries, and while I’m pretty sure not everyone touched them equally… that’s okay. That’s what the PAX is for pick up the slack when needed.

    Weights in hand, we moseyed over to Stewart Ave for one of my favorite chaos workouts:
    Run down the street, and every vehicle that passes dictates the exercise.

    I didn’t do a great job explaining—or remembering—the exercises, but it went something like this:

    • SUV → 5 Merkins
    • Pickup truck → 10 Merkins
    • Crossover → Partner up for Boo-Yah Merkins
    • Silly / odd vehicle (including a boat) → 15 Monkey Humpers

    There were a lot of crossovers, plenty of confusion, and even more complaining—but the PAX rolled with it. We ran Stewart one way, then back the other, adjusting rules on the fly as the chaos unfolded.

    From there, we headed back to the playground blacktop for a Triple Check:

    • Round 1: Weighted lunges / Flutter Kicks / WWII sit-ups
    • Round 2: Run / Flutter Kicks / WWII sit-ups
    • Round 3: Weighted lunges again / Flutter Kicks / WWII sit-ups

    While grinding through the Triple Check, we mixed in the Question of the Day—fittingly car-related: What was your first car?
    Highlights included Senior Frog’s Pontiac LeMans and Upchuck’s absolute unit of a Chevy Caprice battleship.

    We finished by heading back to the flag for a full round of Mary—mostly so Upchuck could make sure he really got his work in.

    Closed out with prayer, lifting up those less fortunate—especially with cold weather coming—and a reminder to keep them in mind. I also shared that my father was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, and I truly appreciate the prayers and support from the PAX.

    Strong mumble chatter, strong work, and a great way to start the day. Appreciate every one of you—this is exactly what sets the tone right.

    Last announcement, pigskin is heading to the bridge this weekend and he could always use extra folks for Saturday it’s a great opportunity and a moving experience if you’ve never been.

  • Gumbo with a Coffee Chaser

    15 kettlebell and/or hammer wielding studs poured into the CM parking lot knowing they not what they were in for entirely but knowing it was a first course of Gumbo followed by a coffee chaser. YHC has been reacquainting himself with his kettlebells and the confines of the Circus, and it was great to get back on the Q sheet there. More to come this year!

    Mosey – yes move swiftly without your bell – around the bus loop and back to the parking lot for COP, starting with 8 burpees for the 8 sets of knees covered up and not abiding by the SOP protocols. Other exercises included some stretches, some typical non-KB exercises and some questionable, unnamed KB exercises (possibly made up).

    THANG:

    Carry your weight to the bus terminal cover and partner up for a Triple Check (NOTE to Ronnie – YHC noticed in COP we had a perfect 15 so we hit the Triple Check first). Runner/Timer had a choice – either wall sit holding your weight for a 60-count or walk your weight, waiter carry style, to the end of the cover and back. Other PAX did sit and press and merkins – again merkins had a choice (I’m a benevolent Q) of offset merkins or merkin pull-throughs or mix and match…just get to work!

    Lindsay’s – in Jville’s honor we did Lindsay’s. 30 goblet squats and 10 swings, then carry any way you’d like across the parking lot to the flag, and do 25-15, then 20-20, then 15-25 and then, ouch, 10-30.

    Circle up for about 7 minutes of Mary finisher with some weighted flutters, boat and canoe, american hammers and shoulder taps, among others.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers and YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • The Bridge is on and Pigskin has the Q and the clown car – this Saturday. Beat the snow and ice and get all 3 F’s in one morning.
    • Frozen Triangle 2/7. Get Ready

    YHC is thankful for all the various options of AOs and groups and workouts we have to choose from. Whether we decide to show up to swing some KBs, hit SCCC for an exclusive foursome, get up extra early for some ruck miles or to stand FirstWatch, hit a run AO or whatever the h___ WTH is, or just go to the closes bootcamp – we have options and variety and always welcoming faces and men ready to get after it and motivate each other (again in different ways). It is great to be able to do this and keep things interesting and keep the relationships building. Keep up the great work men. Get to a new or different AO, or like me, return to an AO you haven’t been to in a while and take the Q. Keep pushing!

    Thanks, Offshore, for the coffee. Good stuff my friend and great 2nd F. PS – Wegmans did have chicken and milk – phew!

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Down the Shore, Baby

    Snooki’s VQ was a summer beach fantasy in the frigid cold at the Woodshed. After a quick mosey away from the clubhouse and back and some light warmups with a thundering cadence, the gang took a run down to Seaside Heights (or Winterpock Elementary) for some GTL action. Gym, Tan, Laundry – Every. Single. Day!

    GTL was worked into some four corners action, LOTN style (since the original Snooki was a bit of a trollop). The G (corner 1) included some LBCs, box cutters, and hammer twists; the T (corner 2) included Muricans, mountain climbers, and shoulder taps; and the L (corner 3) included squats, lunges, and calf raises. Burpees came in at corner 4 for good measure.

    After taking care of GTL, we ran to the club(house) for some partying, where we fist pumped (tricep curls) and uppercutted (bicep curls, in honor of when Snooki got punched in the face) with some coupons and threw in some crabwalking and bear crawling for good measure.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS: Gotham is doing SuperBowl boxes in support of his daughters’ gymnastics, and there is a CSAUP event upcoming on 2/7 with 10ish miles of running/rucking and 3 workouts.

    PRAYERS: Excel got a job after months of searching, and continued wishes for everyone’s health and well-being, especially with a nasty winter storm incoming.

    I appreciate F3 and all of you, and thank you immensely to the 13 of us that braved the cold for my VQ! (Apologies for the day late BB; needed to regain access.) Keep it up, fellas!

  • remote waffling

    A dozen hardened HIM’s entered The Forge for another turn under the hammer. Here’s how the slag was beaten away:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey down to the bottom of Love Hill and back up
    • Lunge for the SIX, then butt-kickers, high knees, karaoke both ways, and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC – extended edition, top to bottom with excellent stretching along the way – in Dookie’s words “a workout in and of itself”

    A WEE JAUNT:

    • PAX mosey across Forest Hill Ave into the neighborhood and around the corner a la maison d’Henderson
    • Collect a solid concrete cindy and back out to the road

    CONCRETE PEARLS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STRING:

    • Mosey between stops, reps in the lamp light
    • Stop #1 – Lunge with blocks held out front
    • Stop #2 – buddy WWII’s x25 with blocks in hand tapping the ground behind and “cheers”-ing in the middle
    • Stop #3 – burpee block jump overs x15
    • Stop #4 – block crushers for the SIX
    • Stop #5 – racked squats for the SIX
    • Stop #6 – going up the steep hill complete x25 murder bunnies then bernie to top
    • Stop #7 – 2-hand rows for the SIX
    • Final stop in DTH front yard – circle up for Captain Thors holding blocks (1:4 WWII to Hammers) and escalate to 5:20
    • Return blocks

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer – GRATITUDE THEME

    NMS:  Solid numbers out for a surprise jaunt around the neighborhood with coupons. Mumble chatter was strong, most of us overdressed for what turned out to be almost balmy 40 degrees compared to other mornings in the 20’s. Belay and Machismo got in some extra credit miles beforehand and Snuff served up some delicious coffee after while regaling us of his nighttime waffle hunting escapades. You had the be there… Pullups on the mobile bar were accomplished and another fine day at (near) The Forge was fully honored. Thank you permitting me the honor to lead gentlemen. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • MACHINEHEAD VQ THIS SAT AT BON IRON
    • Dry January Ongoing
    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 2/7 Frozen Triangle
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge