Category: Richmond, VA

  • TWOLF Dodgeball

    10 HIMs wanted to throw some s*** at each other, a healthy way to release some energy. What’s in the bag was up for debate – wrenches, dodgeballs…who knows! 5:30, let’s mosey.

    Halfway around the track YHC stopped for some stretching. Rudy pondered why we only ran half the track. Arm circles, middle school stretches, and Roscoe’s mom got us ready for the event ahead. YHC decided to do a schoolyard pick, first two to sprint across the field were captains.

    YHC got off the line clean and was a powerhouse flying down the field. I could hear Rudy’s teeth chattering as he declared he was going to catch me, but there were no footsteps to be heard today folks. Topping out at a blistering 17.4 MPH, YHC left Rudy and Tzatziki in the dust and earned first pick.

    Team 1 – Crabgrass, Wildcat, Cookie, Matlock, Rosie
    Team 2 – Rudy, Festivus, EF Hutton, Fandango, Tzatziki

    Rules are simple – get hit, run to other side of tennis courts and do 5 burpees to earn your way back in the game. Get hit a 2nd time, 10 burpees. Get hit a 3rd time, lap around the track. 4th time, go have a seat.

    Game 1 was a back and forth seesaw. Team 2 had the advantage until Wildcat pulled off a back-to-back catch. What was a 3-v-1 became a 1-v-3 as two of Wildcat’s teammates returned from burpees. Last man standing was cornered eventually fell. Team 2 lap around the track.

    Game 2 was even more contentious. Nobody wanted to give in, risks were taken only with cautious consideration and the teams went back and forth. Many players hit their 3rd time out and were able to make it around the track and get back in the game, a true battle of wills! With 4 minutes left YHC called an audible. Players who were out could now throw dodgeballs from the second tennis court. This created a unique crossfire, if your head wasn’t on a swivel you were done for. Festivus fought valiantly until the end, squatting in the corner ready to take on any balls coming his way. But alas, even the mighty fall at times…Team 2, 5 burpees and BTTF.

    Glad to have some summer tourists stop by for our Boys of Summer fun we have at Timberwolf! My watch says I only ran 1.25 miles today, but I was GASSED out there today. Ton of fun, hope to do it again sometime soon.

    Announcements – Bridge Saturday; Family Fun @ Rock n Roll 7/27, Homegrown half 8/16, RUCK CSAUP 9/26 @ 8pm (save the date). Prayers for Fandango’s friend who recently lost a mother and wife.

  • ”Is this a KB AO?”

    Iron was sharpened at the Forge this am with 8 HIMs.

    Two glorious American flags flapped in the breeze. Let’s go!

    Warmup – jog 2.5 minutes down hill….a little longer back up the hill. Back to flag area for a little stretch, merkin, scorpion kicks (apparently a westho thing), rosalita, dying cockroach, some zesty *APDs*, etc.

    Thang 1: Mosey down to jerkin station at base of hill for a triple, no wait quad check! Two groups of four. Ejercicios were KB swings, KB chest press (it was push press, right NTB?), Jerkins, and runner up the hill to “the stop sign.” A few different interpretations on what stop sign it was, but essentially 2/3 of the way up the hill. A few observations:

    1. Quad checks take a long time
    2. If you add a hill, it takes longer
    3. My forearms are sore from carrying cindys at Teddy KGBs VQ.

    Finished quad check with about 10 minutes left and the sweat is pouring. BTTF

    Back at the flag, I threw together several rounds KB exercises:

    1. KB fire bucket. Line up on butts, pass the KBs carefully back and forth a few times.
    2. DTH inspired circle of doom. “Why dont we circle up so the KB handoff never ends?” So we did that for a bit and did KB push press (5x pass along), KB rows each arm (5x pass along), KB squats, etc

    Really enjoyed that last circle rotation. Recommend it to all the Circus Maximus and Old Hundred guys. The different weights and sizes of the KBs adds another level to the exercise.

    Numbers/Names

    Announcements:

    1. Bridge Saturday.
    2. Rock and Roll Kids workout on Sunday 7/27.
    3. *Update* 7/22 – SoS vs NoS Ultimate Tournament at No Toll. Be ready to roll at 530 am sharp.
    4. NTB really wants some of the SOS guys to join him at GTE in NC this October. I nominate Wildcat and le Duke. Even Focker would probably do it.

    Prayers:

    1. God is good. Wildcat’s scans look good again. Continued prayers for our HIM.
    2. Prayers for community healing down in Florida, where accusations of child abuse at a church have come out.

    El Heisto will be gone for two weeks (work and then vacaY). I plan to post in Indy next week. Keep up the good work.

  • Feeling Lucky

    15 strong gathered with KBs and an desire to get the workout over with so they could drink coffee.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
      • Lucky Bus Loop – 4 stops, add an exercise, 15 reps; bro-code enforced
        • 120 lawnmower pulls, each arm
        • 105 overhead pulls
        • 90 sit ‘n presses
        • 75 2x weighted FK
        • 60 curls
        • 45 high pulls
        • 30 sum squats
        • 15 halos
      • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work by the PAX.  Another deceptively tough workout. 

    Bridge on Saturday with Whitesnake.  Prayers up for several in our midst.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • New faces at Manndate

    YHC rolled into Manndate to find some new faces ready to swing some iron.

    COP

    Mosey around parking lot then some warmup exercises.

    Thang

    11s – kb swings + thrusters

    Quadruple check – p1 timer mosey around parking lot, p2 squats, p3 curls, p4 demon crushers

    Mini Dora – 25x of something , 50x lawnmowers, 75x good mornings

    Yardsale led us on some boat canoes.

    Some GRAMS to close out.

    Numbers, names, Trout took us out.

  • …

    3 rebels launched into a 4 mile run while YHC +1 did some track work

    It was cool but muggy, but we goter done

  • Back in the Saddle

    It has been a few weeks and many excuses but YHC finally returned the friendly confines of First Watch to enjoy the comradery, humor and humidity. No Q on the sheet at 4.54 so lets make it this official. Many regulars and new faces, atleast to me, joined in for a legendary beatdown to some.

    Moseyed to the point of the triangle for introductions and disclaimers followed by various exercises some in cadence, others in conversation. Good times were had by most.

    Continue down to Country Squire to begin the Lindsay back up to River Road. Exercises included LBC’s and Carolina Dry Docks. Cross over River Road avoiding early morning commuters along the way. Mosey down to Club Vista cut thru for a proper Dora. 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBC’s while timer runs to River and back.

    Catch me if you Can. Partner performs 2 burpees and chases after skipper who is heading in the direction of the triangle park. Switch and repeat.

    Mosey back to the parking lot for a quick 4 corners. 10 HR merkins, 20 jump squats, 30 2 count flutters, 40 monkey humpers.

    BTTVF for an Ab ring of fire. PAX holds canoe while rotating exercises completed by each person. 90 seconds of broga until time was called.

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

    Prayers for Handshakes M’s niece going thru new treatments. Good luck to Honeydo on todays scheduled backyard inspection.

    Summer tour rolls on. Whitesnake leading a crew to the Bridge on Saturday leaving from various points at 5.30 and 6. See slack.

    NMS. YHC has been MIA for many weeks for various reasons (100 days of May, beach week, bad back, too hot, too humid, rain, etc.) but glad to be back at FW for what has been too long. Good to meet Maurice for the 1st time along with many of the regular tales. Mumble Chatter is always the highlight and today did not disappoint. Good to get back at it and thank you to the boys for giving me the opportunity to lead. Good work fellas.

  • All In Gentlemen

     

    The following is Based on a true story ….

    This morning, 16 battle-ready HIMs rolled into the Woodshed to witness Teddy KGB’s glorious VQ debut — and boy, the chips were cashed in.

    We kicked things off with a mosey around the lot, gracefully leaping puddles like majestic gazelles in New Balances. Warm-up was textbook: Side Straddle Hops, Merkins, and LBCs to get the blood flowing and the chatterboxes humbled.

    Then came the real fun.

    Coupons were expertly stashed just out of sight like hidden Easter eggs for grown men. We partnered up and went to work: farmer carries torched the forearms while the other partner knocked out Merkins, squats, and LBCs. The pain was real. The grunts were louder.

    We weren’t done.

    The pax then took it to the streets — a full loop around the block. Moms out for their morning jogs swooned as the squad charged the hill with thunderous determination. One was overheard whispering, “Is that F3? Or the cast of 300?”

    Back in the lot, we quick a partner core gauntlet  And then a Ring of Fire that sealed the deal like a Russian mob handshake.

    Teddy KGB delivered a VQ worthy of legend — strong voice, strong beatdown, and strong hiding skills with those coupons.

    Thank you for the warm welcome to the rotation, comrades

    Aye.

  • Just add a little Dry Rub to that Bugout Bag

    The usual Ruck warriors welcomed Dry Rub to speed ruck the mean streets of Bon Air, clocking 3.5 miles with the encouraged topic of Doomsday Prepping livening up the usual discussion. Coffee and deep philosophical thoughts occurred after at Einstein. Always a pleasure gents! Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Neglected Coupons!

    Just the two of us stepped out to finally use some of the coupons we’ve been neglecting. The YHC felt we needed a solid upper body beatdown and he definitely delivered. This is how it went down….

    Warmarama

    • Arm Circles
    • Chinooks
    • All the wives and moms
    • Micheal Phelps
    • Windmills


    Thang

    Four corners prostitution style!

    • Grab a Cindy!
    • 1-Corner 10 Thrusters
    • 2-20 Incline Merkins
    • 3-30 Rows
    • 4-Flutters with Cindy in air
    • Farmers carry between all corners.

    We knocked it out!

    Don’t waste the day!

  • Just another brick in the village

    Seven supreme athletes not named Brick went to West Broad Village in search of brick.

    We ran to the entrance off Three Chopt and did some warmups and then went exploring for brick intersections, many with circles in the middle. There were ten. We celebrated 5 of them with 10 burpees each, 1 with 20 monkey humpers, 1 with 25 WWII, 1 with 20 two count flutters, 1 with 20 jump squats and 1 with 20 HRM. The Pax were not as impressed as I was with the beauty of these intersections. I will need to take them back there again.

    After that fun we ran north to Broad street and took the nice path in front of Trader Joes. We then went South on John Rolfe and took the path to Short Pump Park. Ran to end of the path, took a nice whiff of dog piss and shit and then turned back. Headed to the flag for roughly 3 miles total.

    We found lots of brick but no Brick. But it did get me to text him when I got home.

    Hope to see you. Yes you, at the Bridge on Saturday. Reach out to me for a ride!