Category: Richmond, VA

  • Get all wet and sandy

    9 were looking for a little workout on the beach and we found it for them. According to the early morning shell hunters, this is what went down more or less:

    Gitty up start: 5 Burpees. Welcome. Mission. Disclaimer. Mosey to Beach COP.

    All IC: 10 Sumo Squats, 10 Don Quixote, 10 Helicopters
    Arms: 20 Arm Circles, 20 Reverso, Keep em up: Hands up and Hands down, 10 Overhead Claps, 10 Seal Claps. 10 Mercans, 10 HRMs, 10 Shoulder Taps, 10 Shazam. 10 WW2

    Making sugar cookies. Get in the water – dry spot penalty:  10HRM in the surf, 10 LBC.  Back to the sand: 10 Sand Angels, 10 Australian sand Angels,

    Abs: 10 WW2, 10 LBCs, 10 Left Leg Straight LBCs, 10 Right Leg Straight, 10 both Leg Straight, 10 Regular, 10 Legs up LBC. 10 TTPP. 10 Hello Dolly, 10 Flutter Kicks, 10 Rosalita

    10 Squats, 10 beat your boots. 10 side lunge squats. 30 min in.

    Triple check: Timer touches something green (dune grass) and then something wet (meaning the ocean, boys). ABS and Mercans
    Dora the explorer – timer runs to the ocean : 100 Mercans, 200 WW2, 300 Squats.
    Ring of fire, everyone leads 10 arms or abs IC
    YHC took us out. Prayers for school start, aging parents, global conflict resolution.
    M provided for cafeteria.
    NMS – YHC loves beach workouts and have always wanted to do something with my nephews so we put it together and made it happen. Occupational hazard in calling cadence in the surf.  Winklevoss from My Vernon was in the OBX so we made it a party – learned we have some university connections.  All agreed there is no shame in taking a mid day nap to recover.
    Get some!

  • Have you smiled in the mirror lately? 

    Four gloom brothers denied the fart sack a win, choosing instead to confront the dragon of chaos to capture the treasure it guards. Pleasant weather, funny mumble chatter, we had a decent schvitz and covered close to three miles. 

    Run over to parking lot. SSHs, Andy Dufresne, dead man hang, cherry pickers, copperhead squats, merkins, Roscoe’s mom, the Hermey stretch, the wife stretches

    We ran the full track around the perimeter of the park and acted as if there were four corners. Non-prostitute style. The “corner”exercises were: 10 broad jump burpees, 20 mountain climbers, 30 lunges (15/leg), 40 groiners. 

    I wanted to go to the tennis courts, so we ran halfway around the park again, completing two corners. The corners were: 10 burpees, 20 scrunchy frogs. 

    Dora at tennis courts. Runner runs the perimeter of the court, 100 chain smokers, 200 mountain climbers double count, 300 monkey humpers. 

    Run to the concessions stand. 20 hoedowns followed by 20 merkins with feet elevated on a bench. Repeat 3x. 

    One final, non-prostitute style four corners around the parking lot. Corners were: 10 burpees, 20 jump squats, 30 mountain climbers, and 40…something. We did 40 of something. Time called. 

    Hermey took us out. Prayers for PAX on IR. 

    Good hustle this morning fellas! The best way to begin a weekend that I can think of. Thank you for letting me lead you!  

  • Homegrown Ruck

    A handsome 20-PAX including M’s and 2.0’s (and 3 dogs) took on this year’s Homegrown 5K Ruck. As always with rucking, wonderful conversation abounded, and as always with kids, the Dad’s ended up carrying their rucks at variable intervals. BUT, except for the two youngest tots, all the big kids made it the full 5K without needing to be carried. TClaps to Broadway and daughter “GI Jane” getting in some extra distance repeatedly circling back for the Six, and thanks to our Tarrington natives Steamer and M “SoCo” guiding our way through the hood. Those Tarrington hills are no joke, but everyone made it around Draper’s 5K course and we had a fun time naming a lot of FNG’s during COT. And yes, we broke the seal on naming M’s – who knows, maybe we’ll get a FIA PAX activated! Appreciate all you guys coming out – we’ll do it again soon! Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Sauna-Iron

    A sweet 16 descended upon the Gridiron for a traditional Saturday boot camp.  They were definitely a bunch of chatty bitches to start, but soaked in sweat by the end. Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • HRM
      • LBC
      • APD
    • Curb crawl up to 5 merkins and back down to 1
    • Beast on the gridiron
      • HRM
      • WWII sit-ups
      • Squats
      • Crab cakes
      • H2H
      • Mike Tysons
    • 3x check
      • Run
      • Wall sit with air press
      • WWII crunches
    • Mosey to the pull-up bars for 4 sets of 8 pull-ups and 20 PLTs
    • Mosey to the playground for Mary
      • FK
      • Side crunches – each side
      • Reverse crunches
      • Elbow plank
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX.  Each man looked like he had jumped in the James as conditions were sauna-like.  It had been so long since Polly had posted that he gave his age 2 years ago when he actually worked out.  Good to see him sober up for a Saturday boot camp.

    Prayers up for those with cancer.  Upcoming party (9/6) at Taters for Gypsy and Pinto’s upcoming weddings.  Labor Day convergence at Dogpile.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Medicine balls, logs, etc.

    Expecting a small # today due to the other events, YHC arrived with a 25 lb medicine ball and decided to experiment with a few different modalities.
    Here’s how it went:

    COP: Mosey to circle. Helicopter, plank-o-rama, copperhead squats, toe taps.

    Head to platform on Carillon and partner up. Partner 1 throws medicne ball off balcony and runs down to retrieve it while partner #3 does decline plank off the railing. 3x.

    Carillon platform 4 corners: 5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins, 15 plank jacks, 20 LBC. Round 1: run between corners. Rd 2: bear crawl between corners. Rd 3: lunge between corners.

    Head to backside of carillon platform. Partner #1 throws medicine ball as high as possible up against the carillon and catches it when it comes down while partner #2 runs a lap up and down the stairs.

    Mosey to the playground for some heavy log work. Partners pick up logs and carry them to stage. Then partner up and Touch a tree. Rd 1: 3 trees, roll log. Rd 2: 3 trees, lateral jumps over log. Rd 3. 3 trees, Crab walk pushing log ahead of you with leg thrusts alternating legs.

    Touch a tree part 2. 1 partner holds one end of log up off ground while partner #2 touches 3 trees. Done 3x.

    Mosey to rusty cage for: Orangutans clockwise and counterclockwise. Then 3 rounds of: Partner #1 dead hang from bar. Partner #2 elbow plank with medicine ball on back. When one partner fails, switch.

    Mosey back to flag. Line of trust (circling up is kind of weird with 2 guys). YHC prayed us out.

    Moleskin: YHC used this workout to try out some things in preparation for his 50th birthday Q next month. The logs will certainly be in play again there. It is great to see Blank Space’s improving endurance after only a few weeks of 2 posts a week. Keep up the solid work! YHC is grateful for how he has been pushing me to do more boot camp posts.


  • Purple Rain??

    7 HIM’s showed up to Satan’s Hill expecting 45 minutes of Jazzercise. Nancy ended up going OOT so YHC stepped in to lead the boys! Purple Rain was apparently talking some mess about YHC’s boot camps so a BRUTAL plan was in place. However, he wasn’t able to make it out today so the PAX was in luck.

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the top of the hill and back. Gave the mission, stretched (w/ Jazzercise included) and got into it.

    COP #1 – 4 Corners, LOTN-style and (3) Burpees at each stop

    Corner #1 – Top of Satan’s Hill

    Corner #2 – Wilson’s house

    Corner #3 – Cul de sac near Wilson’s house

    Corner #4 – Home Base

    COP #2 – Pull ups and Dips

    • Each PAX member performed (3) sets of (5) pull ups on the playground while the rest of the PAX dipped on the benches.

    COP #3 – 11’s

    • Rocks in hand
    • Curls on one end
    • Skull crushers on the other

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Home Grown Half
    • Overnight Ruck
    • Daddy Daughter Dance
    • Boys of Summer finale

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • Kids returning to school
    • Excel’s in-laws

  • Double Digit Loungers

    At 5:30 am sharp we launched the latest edition of Twin Team Lounge. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    Mosey to the field hockey field for Warm Up:
    Jazzercise, Arm Circles, Copperhead Squats, Ukranian Soldiers, Alabama Prom Dates, Neck Curls, Mountain Climbers, Butt Kicks, Mario Jumps, Mummy Kicks, Lunge Walks………..might have missed a couple

    Exercise One; Eye of the Storm – Ab edition
    5 stops with 50 count ab exercises: LBC’s, Rosalita’s, Flutter Kicks, American Hammers, Freddy Mercuries.
    Return to “eye” each round and complete 20 WWII Situps

    Mosey to the track for Exercise Two: DORA with 100 dips, 200 jump squats, 300 Side Straddle Hops. Runners go through the gate and to the end of the track and back.

    Long Mosey around BWES and back to the Flag.

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: With most of the Lounge gatekeepers absent, we were able to get a little more running in than normal. It was wet and humid, but the PAX pushed through and were looking strong. Great to see House Party’s knee improving and Deep Dish moving well! The Tarrington Crew was representing. Lots of great activities tomorrow including The Bridge and Homegrown Half. I will be there in spirit for both.

    SYITG

  • Mountain View

    YHC found himself down range in Roanoke for Overlander beat down. Q had messaged the PAX to bring rucks which I did not get. Still got the beatdown experience nonetheless. At 5:30 Q called for a run up a hill that made Twin Team or Satan’s hill look like a speed bump.

    Standard warm up with a new one Willie Mays Hayes which I will be bringing to an AO soon.

    5 stations consisting of burpees, merkins, squats, lunges, cocaine bear crawls, etc. 3 exercises per station. Cycle through 20 sets of each exercise for 5 minutes. At timer rotate.

    Let me tell you, this PAX got after it.

    COT at top of hill with a beautiful sunrise over the mountains in the background. My phone was 3/4 mile south so I did not get a picture.

  • I guess we’ll go this way…

    Four started out from the Rutland clubhouse, but the only one with any sense of navigation quickly pulled out and went home with a back injury, leaving two guys who only just joined up with us, and…YHC.

    If we’ve ever run together in DaVille, you will know that I absolutely do not know my way around, despite doing the same routes over and over for 3 1/2 years. But we made it back alive and on time, covering a little over 3.5 miles in total. Given the circumstances, I’d call that pretty damn impressive. But we all hope Opus recovers quickly, for his sake as well as our own.

    YNWA

  • Professional Hour?

    Five runners, six professionals, and 4 amateurs set off toward the Carillon and other parts unknown. 

    The Routes

    Runners – Reverse Carillon

    Pros – T-Pot, War Memorial, elsewhere

    Amateurs – Carillon, Burpee Lake, Insect Hell

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    The real gearheads seemed surprised to find 3 schlubs ready to cruise.  Bone joined a bit late to make four.  The schlubs were cruising too, at least until they circled Burpee Lake and passed through the 3rd and 4th plagues of Eqypt.  No less than 268 Gnats were swallowed per man.  Nevertheless all made it back safely.  The amateurs covered 7.42 miles, the runners 5-6, and rumor has it the pros went about 14.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • The Bridge
    • Homegrown Half