Category: Richmond, VA

  • The Block is Your Friend

    Terrible Backblast title……………but an excellent workout! We had a strong group of 7 for the latest edition of The Crossing. As is customary, I have included a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    2 laps around the parking lot, then circle up for Warm-up: Side Straddle Hops, Ukranian Soldiers, Elbow Punches, Crab Cakes, Neck Curls, Australian Snow Angels, Ski Jumps, Freddy Mercuries, Alabama Prom Dates, High Plank Pickle Pounders, Lunges, Mummy Kicks, Knee Pulls. I may have missed a few.

    Mosey to the grass field, grab a Block and carry overhead to the Island.

    Exercise One: Block Murder Bunnies out and back. Block Tricep Extensions, out and back.

    Put the Block behind your back and Mosey to the Wall for Exercise Two:
    Block Hoe Downs, Full Extension Block Squats, Block test of strength – Winner: Dr. TryHard!

    Boom Box Carries to the next Station: One Man Block Dora.
    75 Block Curls, 50 Block WWII Sit-ups, 200 Block Humpers
    Run to the end of the parking lot after every set of 25.

    tote the Block back to the Block Pile…………then back to the flag.

    Final Thoughts:
    Great group of guys putting in some work tonight! Reacher and Blues Clues are continuing to post regularly. Meatball was looking strong – excellent to see him back out! As usual, Birdman and TryHard were pushing the pace. House Party developed a new dance.

    SYITG

  • Many moons ago

    A birthday Q to remember. Me vs me I always try to push myself in the things I don’t like doing. I looked back to the recent ipc week 1. On the football field we ran 90 yards between each work out. 35 reps at each end of the field. We did start with 6 burpees in honor of Broadways request. Workout in the end zones consisted of: SSH, merkins, oblique lifts with cindies, plank Jack’s, lbc’s, oblique lbc’s, box cutters, WW2s, calf raises with 2 cindies, double count lunges, squats, and maybe one or two I’m forgetting. We racked up just over a mile. But with 9 minutes left on the clock I was saving the best for last looking to ipc for inspiration we finished with 90 thrusters. With some no shows on the FNGs I need i could go hard and these HIMS did not let me down. And now looking forward to Doolittles VQ next week.

  • Non-Respectable Ruckers

    Nine (the best of the single digit odd numbers) PAX took an extra lap around the Stony Point Shopping Center while the tardy Q got his act together and then set off for a 3.5mi journey around the north end of Larus Park! Dr. Try Hard’s pesky 60lb friend once again joined us for our trek. Too tired to walk itself, Mr. Sandbag was shouldered by many a strong fellow.

    It was a great morning to be with these HIMs once again. At the end of our ruck we shared several announcements about the SOJ chili cookoff and father-daughter dance planned before diving into prayer for Broadway’s recovery from a heart attack, L Woods’ dad recovering post-op, and for Bru’s family finding a nearby home for his mother. It was at this time that the not-yet-respect members of our band were encouraged to get their hearts screened. Their ages may or may not have been inflated, YHC’s memory is fuzzy.

    After COT we continued the discussion in Einstein’s Bagels where we reviewed habit stacking from chapter 5 of Atomic Habits and something about only drinking water for an extended period of time.

  • Two Anniversaries, Broken Basketball Goal and Political Sign Bingo

    Five strong at First Watch this morning to celebrate:

    Kubota’s 8 Year Anniversary

    First Watch’s 6 Year Anniversary

    COP

    Political Sign Bingo Walk-a-bout with Cinder Blocks

    Load up YHC’s broken sand-filled basketball hoop onto a trailer in backyard

    Continue Bingo back to the AO

    Three Rounds of Block the Plank

    5 MOM

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and EF Huttonoeus took us out!

    It’s been great! 8 Years! Thanks for helping me with the hoop!

    Kubota

  • Tres

    Perfect conditions were embraced for a bit of broga north of the river by a trio of broga regulars. All participants busted out there verified broga mats to enjoy the creaks, pops and moans that accompany a quality stretching session. Areas of emphasis included hips, glutes, back, hammys and calves. Straps were distributed and properly used with no pending lawsuits unlike one not be named quarterback. Thank you boys for joining me this wonderful morning. Much quieter when Handshake fartsacks.

  • Wedding day workout

    A great morning for a big day for YHL! Thank you to those that joined me and the others who have reached out. Excitement abounds and here is what went down:

    Mosey to West Broad village for Warmups by the Gazebo: 10 Don Qs, 10 Ukranian solders, 10 Merkins, 20 LBCs, head off for our tour of West Broad Village shops. First stop Diamonds direct: 20 merkins, 20 Pickle pounders, 20 APDs. Gotta get loosened up, Right?? Head over to Whole Foods for Wedding cake pick up now that the ring has been secured 15 Squats 15 WW2s, head over to ACAC for some showing off what money cant buy. Circle in front for 15 merkins and 15 Monkey Humpers to say good morning to those looking down from the treadmills. Mosey by Ironworks and give another 10 Monkey Humpers hello to Manscape. Keep moving towards Dave and Busters. What better reception location than an arcade: 10 Burpees and 20 LBCs, head up to broad street and around to corner of John Rolfe and Broad: 15 merkins and 15 pickle pounders: Mosey back to gazebo long way stop and knock out a American hammers and reverse crunches: Mosey around lake and back to flag. 3.25 miles covered. Circled up for names and numbers. Mr. Rogers brought Mocktails for a Mimosa toast for Jamie and I. Thank you it was much appreciated. Always so grateful for this brotherhood and the friends that have supported me and be a crucial part of my life over the last 5 years. On ward and upward: peace

  • Yahtzee!…Or at least attempts at it

    On a brisk fall morning 4 HIMs showed up to the Woodshed to work on their Yahtzee dice rolling skills and math addition skills. Thank goodness no one was betting on themselves as no Yahtzee’s were rolled leading to exercise punishments. Here is how it went down:

    Warmup: Mosey to end of the parking lot and back for various IC exercises/stretches.

    COP 1: Grab a coupon and head to the beginning of the parking lot. 1 PAX member rolls 6 yard dice and adds up the total for quantity of called exercises (quantities ranged from 17-25) for total of 8 rounds. 1) Curls, Run w/ coupon to end of the parking lot, Squats w/ coupon; 2) Skull Crushers, Run to end of the parking lot, Flutter Kicks; 3) Overhead Press, Run w/ coupon to end of the parking lot, Lateral Lunges w/ coupon; 4) Chest Press, Run to end of the parking lot, American Hammers; 5) Hammer Curls, Bernie w/ coupon to end of the parking lot, Single Leg Squats on coupon; 6) Dips, Bernie to end of the parking lot, LBCs; 7) Anterior Raises, Bernie w/ coupon to end of the parking lot, Jumps over coupon; 8) Decline Merkins, Bernie to end of the parking lot, Some ab exercise I can’t remember

    COP 2: 1 PAX member rolls 6 yard dice (3 total rolls) and attempts to get a straight or 6 of a kind. If successful, PAX gets to call the exercise, if unsuccessful, Q gets to call the exercise. Quantity equals total of numbers shown on the dice. Unfortunately, no PAX member was successful. Exercises called were Thrusters, Coupon Chops, Merkin Pull Thrus and Jump Squats. Quantities ranged from 17-25.

    COP 3: Partner Up and roll a dice. Higher number runs to end of the parking lot. Lower number performs coupon exercise of choice. Switched up partners each time for a total of 3 rounds.

    Time called, Numbers, Names, Announcements (SOJ Chili Cook Off 11/23, Father/Daughter Dance 12/6), Prayer Requests (Hermey’s wife and Woodsman’s mother going through important health scans this week, Broadway with his recent heart attack, Woodsman and Mudslide success in Spartan Race next weekend)

    Thanks for showing up today fellas. Many fellas on the IR. Hoping for quick recoveries and for more guys showing up in the upcoming weeks. Have a blessed day!

  • R.I.P. to the D.L.C

    Wanted to start by paying respect to YHC’s fantasy football team, which was unceremoniously eliminated from the F3 Guillotine League this week. Until next year!

    Now onto the workout at hand……………5 of us gathered at Midlothian Middle School for the latest edition of Miles of Truth. Could not have asked for better running weather! My instructions were incredibly concise. We started out on Mt. Pisgah road and made our way onto Coalfield Road to the YMCA. The route took us down the hill to Midlothian Mines Park. One loop on the trail, then back up the hill to Midlo Tnpk, and back to the school. Heist, Rosie, and YHC added a lap around the track. Bullseye and Singer emerged from the opposite direction. Excellent conversation and a nice smooth pace this morning. Everyone made it back alive.

    Check Slack for all the events coming up. SYITG.

  • Welcome to Gerryworld!

    At 5:28 it seemed this may be a solo workout but out of the gloom appeared a second pax – Stonks, recent keeper of the flame for the WDog AO. Stonks was ready for a challenging start to his day but instead was indoctrinated into the “respected” Gerryworld! This is how it went down…

    Mosey to the front of the Carillon for a little history on the Carillon itself and some light stretching. But also some helicopters, arm circles, Imperial Walkers and merkins.

    Mosey to field and together run to far end stopping at every other tree for 3 squats. Return to start stopping every other tree to do 10 flutters. Take a vitamin and then perhaps rest a moment.

    Mosey to Carillon for a mini Dora. 50 merkins, 100 heels to heaven, and 150 lunges. Partner does exercise while other runs up and around the Carillon. Audible to 100 lunges as YHC had had an enough of those.

    Mosey to circle by amphitheater and do polar bear / lunge alternating to top of amphitheater. Down to bottom of amphitheater and climb up each ledge and alternate 5 incline merkins on one and 10 LBCs on the next all the way to the top. Mosey to benches near dog park to finish up with box jumps, decline merkins and Step Ups. Then mosey back to the flag for a nap.

    NMS: Appreciate Stonks letting me lead and following my lead however slow it may have been. We had a clear sky full of stars and perfect temps. Always a great day at WDog!

  • Yukon has one big ball!

    The YHC rolled in as the wind howled like a full-blown hurricane! Hopped out of the car to catch up with Commando, and what do I spot? The Silver Bullet blazing in! A sight we haven’t seen in a minute! Here’s how it all went down…

    11s with kettlebells

    • Pull through merkins
    • Squats
    • Transportation is around the worlds

    Line up on the line call out an exercise and rep! Once done run 200 yards rinse and repeat. We did this for close to 30 minutes and did every kettlebell exercise that I can think of.

    Numbers, Names and Prayer Request for speedy recovery for our buddy Broadway! Yukon took us out.

    Beaver’s busy with the newborn, Yukon Cornelius is staying active helping the church with media and Trail Life for his boys and Commando’s secretly honing those pickleball skills. Meanwhile YHC is just trying to keep up with the kiddos and all their sports

    Life is good be grateful!!