Category: Richmond, VA

  • Bodos’ lessons in grace

    4:24 YHC rolls over to see he had 36 more minutes of sleep left, so YHC put the phone under YHC’s pillow so the alarm wouldn’t wake up his M. 5:27 YHC wakes up and realizes the sound on the alarm never went off and YHC was the Q.

    YHC gets to Hoedown as quickly as possible wondering if he will be able to find everyone. Luckily Bodo’s had the thought to go over to the Third Church parking lot for a COP since he knew YHC was going to head for the Coupons

    YHC caught up with the guys and Bodos graciously handed the Q back over.

    YHC took the Pax over to the far Parking Lot and grabbed the Coupons.

    A couple rounds of Triple Check to work on the Arms/Abs/Chest.

    Announcements – Dry July is happening. See Slack/Google Sheets for details.

    Prayer Requests – Charlottes, YHC’s M’s Cousins Daughter went to the Hospital the other day and they found fluid on her lungs. They are trying to figure out what it is and we are praying the Cancer has not moved. Continued Prayers for Mary, Fudds sister. The Cancer is stable and prayers that it stays like that. Prayers for all the families impacted by the Floods in Texas, truly a tragedy.

    NMS – YHC was appreciative of the graciousness of the Pax. Worst fear of F3 is to miss a Q, second worst fear is to be late.

  • The Kettlebell 300 Challenge Marches On!

    This lone YHC emerged from a darker than normal gloom for a swinging good time!

    Mosey to the Snack Shack and back

    🦅 7/7 300 KBC 🦅

    All Single Count – 12 reps (6 ea. side) 5 sets

    •Alternating Crossover Swing (swing to one side bring back opposite leg almost lunge for support) swing to the other side.

    •Alternating Bottoms Up – (start at your core with hands on the horns(kettlebell upside down) bring it over your shoulder, back down to your core and up to opposite shoulder

    •Oblique Side Dips

    •Curls

    •Single Arm Rack – Kneel to Stand

  • Live/Laugh/Pavement

    Four upstanding citizens gathered for an unknown, unplanned beatdown. It went pretty well…

    Opus got things started with a COP that included some exercises made up on the spot, like leg swings. Mosey behind the school for some pole smokers, and then time for a Dora: 100 donkey kicks, 200 squats, 300 LBCs. Q tossed to Mr Holland.

    In what has started to become a Saturday Standard, the PAX did a couple of laps around the bus loop, pausing at each opening in the fence for a set of exercises. Each man took turns calling the exercise and the number of them, alternating arms, core, legs. End with burpees.

    Back to the flag for some Helix stretches, typical ending fare, and Local Cup. Between the beat down and the lower temps, a good time was had by all.

    YNWA

  • Happy 249th Birthday America!

    12 HIMs were unfortunately unable to make the trek to the 4th of July F3 RVA Convergence, but still wanted to go through a beatdown to make room for the food and drinks at the day’s festivities. Toby, Matlock and YHC decided to put together a little workout that went something like this…

    Toby Q – Warmup: Mosey down the path by the dog park and to the cul de sac, then back to the parking lot for exercises including SSH, Imperial Walkers, Deadman Hang, Cherry Pickers, Freddie Mercuries and ABPs

    COP 1: Cindy work in the parking lot using the acronym CROWS – Curls, Rows, Overhead Press, WW3, Squats all x 10 repetitions. Perform C, run to the end of the parking lot and back, CR, run to the end of the parking lot and back, and so on until CROWS was spelled.

    Matlock Q – COP 2: Run to the top of Satan’s Hill for a build a bank. Collectively did 249 Squats. Ran down Satan’s Hill to the parking lot for 249 LBCs and then back to the top of the hill for 249 Merkins.

    Futon Q – COP 3: 11’s short distance of the parking lot with SL squats on the cindys and Firecrackers

    COP 4: Dora – 100 Uncle Sam’s Jerkins, 200 SSH, 300 Alabama Prom Dates

    Time called, Numbers, Names, Announcements (Homegrown Half in August, SOJ CSAUP coming in the Fall), Prayers (Wildcat’s back injury, Fandango’s son quick recovery from eye surgery, Mr. Brady’s daughter battling cancer)

    Great workout today fellas! Enjoy your 4th of July and make safe decisions!

  • No Dogs, No Logs

    Pine Fork Rd kinda reminds you of Adriana going on a “little ride” with Uncle Paulie Walnuts, but opens to a beautiful wide-open park, where the Lumberyard locals greet you with a smile, a fist bump, and some logs rather than a bullet to the back of the head.

    Here’s what transpired after today’s little ride:

    Mosey around parking lot 1

    COP (IC)

    • SSHs x 70 or so
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Hillbillies
    • Plankorama
    • Hand Release Merkins
    • Couple others hits

    UpChuck Q

    Mosey to parking spaces and spread out

    • In a clockwise manner complete 3x3x3 (Merkins, WWIIs, Squats) at each of 20 parking spots
    • Touch-a-tree (5:1) with Merkins, Carolina Drydocks, WWIIs, Reverse Crunches, Burpees
    • Leroy Jenkins – at various points throughout the entire workout the PAX one by one fervently called out “Leroy Jenkins” and everyone sprinted to the rock pile and back

    Beaver Q

    Mosey to Heli-pad 1

    • 11s – Monkey Humpers/ Oblique LBCs (R/L)
    • Run to Heli-pad 2 between sets

    Mosey to the truck and retrieve logs then over to the field

    • P1 – Lumber toss/ Overhead Press across the field
    • P2 – Lunge/ Bearcrawl
    • Flapjack

    Pool Boy Q

    Mosey to the hill

    • Bernie x 3

    Yukon Q

    • Bearcrawl up the hill

    Flatline Q

    Mosey to the logs

    • With partner return your log to the truck with 10 overhead presses

    Mosey back to SF

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Three Amigos summoned the Invisible Swordsman and obtained directions to the eastern most AO in F3RVA.  The AO and the fine men of New Kent did not disappoint.  Six men and a 2.0 grinded, laughed, fondled some wood, and all left considerably more moist than at arrival.  Things YHC learned today, UpChuck is Katy Perry’s #1 fan, Beaver has a tattoo of a shark with a beard and a cowboy hat, and Chico State is part of the California Penal League.  Go Wildcats!  Belly Flop! Belly Flop!  Belly Flop!…

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • The Bridge
    • Breaking Bread
    • Homerun Derby
    • Homegrown Half
    • Summer Tour continues

  • Add Your Name if I Missed You

    6 men sauntered forth in the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the ducks on the pond, the following might have happened.

    Nancy Lopez led the COP, including Jazzercise. ‘Nough said.

    Mosey to Burpee Lake. 10 Merkins, 20 something, and 30 something at every light post. It’s not my Q, so who knows. Also, Pax counted variously 24, 27, 29, and 30 light posts. For a group that has trouble running in a single file line (“Native American run”) for more than 100 yards, this is about right.

    Mosey back to Park Ave. More torture along the lightposts.

    BTTVSF.

    Numbers, names, and Nancy Lopez predicted OSU will win the next 7 BCS titles.

  • Kilodora did not Kill our Dora

    7 HIM’s converged at Rockwood for a ride on the pain train, which in YHC’s estimation isn’t nearly as brutal as in past years, BUT plenty of reps nonetheless. Here’s how we crushed the comfort zone for the day:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop around the lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A myriad of IC Reps to get all body areas sufficiently warmed up

    KILODORA:

    • Partner Up, with one HIM doing reps while the other runs the lot and back to switch
    • x100 No Cheat Merkins
    • x200 Heels To Heaven
    • x300 Squats
    • x400 LBC’s

    CABER SPRING CLEANING:

    • Mosey to the Pit
    • Remove all 8’ cabers, and PAX individually flipped cabers to end of pit and back
    • Pull out PAIN and CHAOS (14’ logs used for GTE #47), carrying out to dewy grass to roll and clean

    Mosey BTTF:

    • DORA wanted a little race up the gravel road, and while he was fast, he wasn’t fast enough!   😉

    COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • RC’s mother – healing and peace
    • DTH’s business – wisdom and peace

    NMS:  Absolutely perfect weather and a wonderful group of brothers to get after it with. Always amazing how much longer it takes than expected to get through the Kilodora. Appreciate you guys putting in the hard work! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • July NoToll Ult Frisbee
    • Bridge
    • August Homegrown Half
    • Sept CSAUP at Alamo/SH/OH
    • Oct Growruck

  • The Sunrise Show

    You can tout your fireworks or drone displays all you like, but nothing beats a glorious sunrise on a fine summer day. Five HIM’s got in a few miles under ruck-weight, and concluded with a ceremonial uncovering of the cabers and GTE logs. Conversation was excellent as usual and all five PAX stuck around for the main event – see next post… Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • No July 4th Hangover Here

    A dirty dozen regulars gathered at the motherland for a post July 4th workout.  Here is how it went down at the Gridiron:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
      • Happy Birthday America – 249 reps (3 sets of 83)
        • 24 pull-ups
        • 45 dips
        • 60 left arm to right leg cross crunch
        • 60 right arm to left leg cross crunch
        • 60 WWI crunches
      • Mosey to the soccer field for an arch loader
      • Bear crawl, crab walk, bunny hop, duck walk, frog jump, cheetah sprint and dealers choice
      • 30 WWII sit-ups, 30 H2H, 60 2x flutter kicks
      • 20 burpees, 30 HRM, 60 CDD
    • Mosey back to the parking lot for wall work
      • 5x of wall sits with 15 reps – air presses, milkers, Muhamed Ali’s, jazzercise and Lalanes
      • 5x PLT – 100 total
      • 5x Mike Tysons – 50 total
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX.  Good to see a lot of faces.  Great to see the July 4th hangovers were minimal.  YHC cannot provide an accurate backblast for what White Deer actually did.

    God is good all of the time!  See you in the gloom.

    Attila

  • Gumbo and Pools do Mix

    Gumbo put out the late call for anyone interested in a pre-Convergence ruck. Poolboy answered the call and we got in 2.5 (Poolboy got 3+). Thanks for showing up Poolboy.