Category: Richmond, VA

  • Rain Run

    Out Coalfield for 22 mins and back.

  • Ruckhenge 121124

    What goes down must come up. It was great to see 9 men out this morning for a rainy 3.5 miles of hilly terrain. Great work everyone. This mornings Q.source was focused (maybe not so focused) on Articulation and Persuasion.

    Announcements (check slack), Numberama, Names

  • Late HC

    YHC committed to a dry 65 degree broga post UpChuck’s bedtime, but the pull of the shavasana was too strong. Warriors, Cats, Cows, Scorpions, Cobras, Pigeons, Dogs, and many more were displayed.

  • Club of Months, Jelly Edition

    Ten enthusiastic and insightful human beings gathered in the post-broga gloom for this week’s edition of First Watch SZN of Giving. After some debate on whether or not Gomer was early or late, Handshake rolled in and off we went, determining that only our guest would be late today. Short mosey over to the not dry patio for:

    COP

    • 10x Helicopters – choose your own direction
    • 10x Don Quixotes – apparently too fast at first, but just slow enough to greet our guest
    • 25x SSHs – to perfection
    • 10x Mountain Climbers – with no comments
    • 10x Inverted Scorpion Kicks – to much fanfare
    • 20x LBCs – just enough to get the joints lubed

    The Thang

    Slow mosey to the small back parking lot, ignoring a request from one PAX to show everything the AO has to offer. Up for debate, but the AO proper is the church. Everything else is bonus territory. Go ahead, change my mind.

    We (read YHC) decided to do escalating 4 corners, compounding style. What does that mean? It means what I decided at the time. Small lot 4 corners, repeating previous exercises at each new corner. 10x merkins, 20x jump squats, 30x SSHs, 40x LBCs. Bear crawl between stations.

    Use the full parking lot for round 2. HRMs, monkey humpers, plank jacks, reverse crunches. Bernie between stations

    Use the full AO for round 3. Diamond merkins, lunges, mountain climbers, american hammers. Run between stations.

    Mosey to the triangle park for a variation of triple check, competition style. Two partners run to the light and back while the 3rd does an exercise. If you beat your partner, guess what, you get to run again! Swap out a number of times. Exercises were american hammers, squats, something else everyone was excited about. Even thought the Q never said stop, the PAX eventually stopped. So we meandered back to the launch site for one quick round of ROF, dealers choice.

    Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    YHC has missed this crew the past few months. Good to see everyone and to share in the season with some partially home-baked goods.

    Thanks for coming out. Glad it never rained on us till the end.

    Announcements

    • 12 Days @ NoToll next Tuesday. Too late to participate in Secret Santa unless you get a waiver from Hutton.
    • Clown car to the Bridge this Saturday. Regrets to Upchuck.
    • Gomer & Pigskin accepting donations for Barnabas, see Slack.

    Splinter out.

  • Lone Wolf

    I waited till 5:35 just in case a pax member might show up – negative… So because it was freaking pouring down I drove over closer to the track and got started. The workout consisted of run the track in the rain – get back in the truck soaking wet towel off and drive home ( short workout) . Yep these were the adventures of a lone wolf this morning in the gloom – not very exciting I know but better than fart sacking!

    See y’all in the gloom!

  • Me vs. You Lubricant

    4 brave souls decided to post on a rainy Wednesday morning. The PAX found some cover and got to work.

    COP (Corned Beef Q)

    Dora (Bulkhead Q) – 100x kb swings, 200x curls, 300x lunges/around the world.

    Bus loop – stop at each lamp post for an exercise. 20x tricep extensions, 20x snatches, 20x squats.

    Stretching to close it out.

    Numbers, names. Mr. Holland took us out.

    Notes: Happy hour this Thursday 7pm at PBR on 301.

  • Lets take is easy

    Sunday night a warning shot was fired that Wedding Singer would not be running. 5:30 and the only 2 standing watch are Bullseye and YHC

    After a bit of discussion an easy route was requested and YHC thought why not go through Terrington (via a visit to the park first) but stay on the high side of the pool house. Note to self, the POOL HOUSE is smack dab in the middle of the hill. All the way to Robious, cross to the opposite side where we no longer have to look for a clearing due to some tree removal. Down Twin Team around by James River HS and BTTF

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS: It seamed like it would be flat at the time YHC said it, sorry Bullseye.

  • ”Is this Rick Astley?! Hell yeah!”

    A perfect 10 PAC met on moist ground where no rolls are paid. 5:30 hit, music on cue, we were off! Mosey to the lush fields and the picnic shelter. Indigenous people style with 2 burpees.

    warmerama  

    Invisible jump rope 

    Hill Billie’s 

    Jazzercise 

    Michael Phelps 

    American hammers

    Alabama prom date 

    J-Lo 

    Elbow plank

    Shoulder taps

    stay where we are for:

    X marks the spot

    20 merkins in the middle

    20 2 count lunges

    20 copperhead squats

    20 monkey humpers 

    20 SSH

    Followed by:
    Triple check

    Dips

    Pistol squats (one leg on bench behind you, squat with the front leg)

    Run to end of field and back 

    Mosey to tennis courts

    Agassis 

    Gassers

    4 corners prostitution style. 

    10 Carolina dry docks

    20 2-count flutter kicks

    30 jump squats

    40 merkins

    5 minutes of Mary to finish 

    numbers, names, announcements (Woodsman VQ On Monday at the Alamo, Tin Man on Thursday at The Forge) YHC took us out.

    greatful this group! Thanks for letting me lead! Give it away to others! Music played was mostly from this year, my top played tracks (sans pink fluffy unicorns dancing in rainbows)

  • Cut and Paste

    5 of Bermuda’s roughest, toughest, gloom warriors came out to Goyne Park for a hot potato Q. As far as workout bargains go, you can’t beat 5 Qs when we usually get 1. We definitely got our money’s worth on this one. Here’s how it went down.


    YHC started with a mosey lap down to the lower parking lot then back to the cushy playground surface near the pavilion for a warmarama.


    Warmarama
    Nancy Kerrigan’s IC
    Imperial Walkers
    Don Quyotes
    Helicopters
    Plank for Mission,  Credo, and Core Principles
    On your 6 for X’s and O’s
    Then pass it off to Broadway for


    Broadway COP


    15 and cadence dips, 15 or 20 leg raises, 20 Merkins, 11s Merkins and LBCs
    Posh COP


    Those weird merkins, and 4 corners (Merkins, American hammers, jump squats, Monkey Jumpers)


    Pool Boy COP


    Alternating Imperial curb crawl with swingers in rotation.


    Eastbound COP


    4 corners- 10 merkins,20 sit ups,30 ball dippers,40 side straddle hops


    Mosey BTTF for a few minutes of Mary until time.


    Great work by the whole crew this morning, and each COP in this backblast was authored by it’s creator. YHC loves to cut and paste!

  • Battle of the Bands


    It was the dynamic duo at the jungle gym at Ecoff Elementary this morning. Pool Boy and I got some Pull Up Training in with my new resistance bands. Glad it was warmer this week, so touching the bars didn’t make our hands go numb. Here’s a quick description of what transpired.


    Warmup and stretch. I  always have to stretch the neck.

    Then some hollow rocks.


    Followed by some kipping reps or chest to bar pull ups
    3 sets of 5


    Then 5 strict form pull ups with the resistance bands and 15 Full body dips
    3 rounds


    Then 3 corn cob negatives


    Finish off with band assisted pull ups to failure.


    Then bttf to meet up with the Bermuda gang for Hot Potato beatdown.