Category: Richmond, VA

  • Tabatha Manndate

    2 men posted today. PAX decided to do a Tabatha workout.

    Slow mosey around parking lot, some COP.

    Tabatha – 30 seconds on, 15 seconds off, 6 sets. Exercises rotated around upper, lower, core.

  • Coffee at Manndate

    4 men posted for a shortened workout with some coffee time at the end.

    COP – various exercises

    Mini Dora – no idea what the exercises were

    Some GRAMS to close out. Names, numbers, Opus took us out. Good second F at Starbucks.

  • Fellowship Of The Rings

    Seven mighty men of renown

    stumbled out at 5 a.m.

    Rings in hand (ten pounds of regret),

    they ran into the pitch-black night

    like idiots with a plan.

    Fast.

    Then “why are we doing this?” fast.

    Hundreds of merkins on the asphalt.

    Squats that made knees weep.

    No core work for “Up Chuck”—

    someone almost tested the theory anyway.

    Hot. Sticky.

    August air stuck to them like bad decisions.

    They hit the train tracks.

    No train.

    Just seven guys wondering

    if the train was smarter than them.

    More merkins.

    Downhill south (brief joy).

    Uphill north (pure betrayal).

    Rings swinging, shoulders screaming,

    “Fast… slow… I hate these rings…”

    Two-point-two miles of pure darkness

    and questionable life choices.

    When the sun finally showed up,

    seven sweaty silhouettes were still moving—

    rings clenched, pride intact,

    and already lying about how “fun” it was.

    Names, Numbers, Gumbo prayed for us.

    See Slack for announcements.

    SYITG

  • Cinder Miles

    10 men showed up for the first ever Cinder WTH workout. Every man got a cinder and one man got a ruck. Indian run to the track for loops around the track followed by sets of cinder exercises. Murder Bunnies, burpees, and backward runs thrown in for good measure. Then back to the flag. Just shy of 3 miles. Prayers for Gypsy’s recovery, back to school, and checking the ego

  • Active Monday

    Two posted to Atlee High School on this Monday for a bootcamp that went something like this:

    COP: SSH, Helicopters, Don Quixotes, Arm Circles, Reverso, 5 burpees OYO, One legged lunges, other leg, 5 burpees OYO, Merkins, LBCs, Freddie Mercuries, Heels-to-Heaven, One legged APDs, other leg, both legs, 5 Burpees OYO

    2/3rds check – The 2 of us will rotate between running and an exercise 3 times before moving to the next round.

    • Round 1 – Dips with runner going to curb and back
    • Round 2 – Skull crushers with running going to curb and back
    • Round 3 – Flutter kicks with runner going to curb and back

    1/2 murph

    For 10 minutes, rotate as many times as possible between the following exercises: 5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, 15 squats. (8 rounds were completed)

    COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, Trail Mix took us out.

    NMS:

    Great job today Trail Mix! YHC wish more could have joined us but the two of us accomplished a great deal of exercises. Trail Mix did an amazing job as well closing out the COT.

    Announcements

    Corned Beef set up a meal train for Speakeasy and his family. The link is on Slack.

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Best performance ever

    Five guys posted on this Thursday for what was likely the best performance ever for DaVillian ruckers and runners. (The event actually occurred almost 2 weeks ago, but that is the way YHC remembers it.)

    COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, BAM! took us out.

    NMS:

    Have a great day everybody!

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • SYITG

    Seven gentlemen posted on this Tuesday morning at Atlee High School for an easy jog or ruck. The 2 runners ran into Kings Charter and back. The ruckers rucked around the surrounding areas.

    COT: Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, No Idea took us out.

    NMS:

    The DaVillians are still slightly old school and use FB Messenger to communicate back and forth. Every so often, somebody will put “See You IN The Gloom” into the chat. The question is, when that is put into the chat, does it motivate others to post that might not have made it without SYITG appearing. YHC believes it has a positive impact in getting others to post even if the person who put it into the chat does not post. This should be researched by a college or university in the future.

    BAM! and YHC jogged at an easy pace today which allowed for much mumblechatter to include the following topics: Train Travel throughout the United States, teaching, genius, Thomas Edison, and Richard Feynman among other subjects.

    Announcements:

    A meal train link for Speakeasy is on Slack and in the chat.

    Prayers for Hitchhiker’s father.

    Prayers for college kids moving in this fall.

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Tantric Triangle

    Started the morning with a quick 2-mile warm-up run, fully expecting to find Broadway or Shooter McGavin waiting in the parking lot. As I made my way back, I noticed neither of their vehicles anywhere in sight.What I did find was a motionless body sprawled out in the middle of the parking lot.

    For a brief moment, I considered calling 911.Fortunately, it was just Pool Boy, making an unexpected cameo appearance at the Bermuda Triangle.

    After confirming he was, in fact, still among the living, we got things started with a few pull-ups and dips before moving to the yoga mats for a core beatdown featuring Dead Bugs, WWIIs, American Hammers, Flutter Kicks, Hello Dollies, Leg Circles, and several other exercises designed to remind us that our abs still exist.

    Next, we moseyed over to the parking lot for a round of Elevens, with Merkins on one end and Double Clutch Squats on the other.We finished with lunges, bent-knee calf raises, and 25-second planks.

    The planks also gave Pool Boy enough time to explain that his poolside yoga sessions at the Anirav Swim Club have evolved beyond simple stretching. Apparently, he’s now pursuing the elusive state of full tantra.From the way he described it, this isn’t something that can be rushed.It’s a journey.A spiritual quest.A higher plane of existence.

    I think Anirav still has memberships available.

    Unfortunately, after 25 seconds, the planks ended, and enlightenment would have to wait for another day.2 PAX. No FNGs.

  • I’m a Real Man!!

    11 strong at an extra dark edition of No Toll. No Last call Q today – but the show must go on. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Warm Up: Indigenous Peoples run around the perimeter of the park. Man in the back does 3 Side Straddle Hops, then runs to front.

    Exercise One: On the Basketball Court – Self Dora
    100 Merkins – run after ever set of 25
    200 Squat Pulses – run after every set of 50
    300 LBC’s – run after every set of 100

    Mosey to the parking lot for Exercise Two: Catch me if your Crab. Partner up – one man crab walks, other runs to the end of the lot and back, then takes their place. Teams made their way to the gate.

    to the field for Exercise Three: Glory Days
    10 sprints across the field with 10 seconds rest in between. The 10 second rest was precisely measured to ensure a consistent workout.

    Mosey lap around the field, then back to the Basketball Court. Finished up with 5 minutes or so of assorted ab exercises.

    COT and YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: the backblast title – During the cool down lap, I heard someone talking about a stat that indicated only a small percentage of men ever do a sprint after the age of 35. So today we all overachieved and joined an even more exclusive club – well done. As always, it was a great honor to lead.

    SYITG

  • Commentarii Exercitationis Inertis  

    I wasn’t feeling very well this morning but had already put my name on the Q sheet. Nancy made use of several openings to critique my Q technique. All in all, we had a decent workout if I do say so.

    Run around the school.

    Andy Dufresne, helicopters, the Herm worm, wife stretches, hold a squat. Yeah, that’ll do.

    20 swings, 15 Romanian deadlifts, 15 goblet squats, repeat 3x

    10 WW3s, 20 chest press, 20 double-count American hammers, repeat 3x

    50 calf raises, 20 upright rows, 10 around the worlds (5 each way), repeat 3x

    30 lawnmower pulls (15/side), 15 skull crushers, biceps 21s, repeat 3x

    Go around the circle. Each PAX picks an exercise and rep count. We had some repeats (skull crushers, American hammers, curls, upright rows). Hermey brought out 12 merkin pull throughs.

    Time called. Names, numbers, announcements. Hot ones wings challenge coming up. Check slack for deets and sign up.

    YHC took us out.

    Thanks for coming out and putting in the work.