Category: Richmond, VA

  • That’s a lot of peanut butter

    3 HIMs showed up to get all our Cindy’s moved and stashed away at our new spot. That alone was a work out in it self. This is how it went down…..

    Warmarama

    • OYO stretching and a lot of chatter for about 10 minutes.

    Thang

    • Grab 2 Cindy’s from the truck and farmers carry to the shed that is about 350 yards away.
    • Mosey back to the truck to grab 2 more!
    • Repeat with farmers carry with Cindy’s but make a pitstop at the hill for……

    11s on the hill with 1 Cindy

    • Thrusters
    • Walk down hill with Cindy
    • Decline Merkins
    • Burnie back up with Cindy

    Pick up Cindy’s and farmer carry to shed!

    Finished up with quick session of walls of Jericho!

    • Fire crackers
    • Burpees
    • Knee tucks
    • Bonnie Blair’s/ ball dippers

    Numbers, Names and Prayer Request

    Announcements see slack because the YHC jacked that all up!

    Alot of chatter about pretty much everything that was on our minds this morning from politics to drugs. There was a lot of talk about the amount of peanut butter used in one household. The YHC hopes there was no animals involved in the consumption of that.

    YHC took us out
    Don’t waste the day!

  • Pi Day

    Empty parking lot, that fart sack was feeling pretty nice a few minutes before YHC arrived at the site. Oh well, solo workout commenced. Couple miles logged, track work at the high school, bleacher runs (new one for YHC), back to Bettie for some additional creative ground and pound. End workout.

    The Lounge was lonely today, hope to see more out in the future. Maybe we need a text thread for the locals to generate some buzz on a weekly basis, just a thought. This has worked in other locations. Who’s the site Q anyway?

    -Singer

  • TWSS aka Low Hanging Fruit

    Two pre gloom zombies got in some miles at the latest edition of the graveyard shift. Work was as follows: 2 mile warm up, 4 miles with Easter mile faster than the last, 2 mile cool down. We managed to hit those marks despite some uncharted road and unexpected uphills. TCLAPS Big Rig going strong in his training for the Roanoke Marathon!

  • more Tool than I’ve heard in the last 30 years. Love it!

    3/13/2025. 15 ITG for a journey. “Look forward to every day as you are about to embark on a great adventure” (Major Doug Zembiac, USMC).

    Warm-up: mosey to adult playground. Hop, groove and jumping-jack to music. 1/2 way thru, do 1 full range, controlled pull-up. Continue in a relaxed fashion. Did approx 10 pull-ups each. Back to warm up to fast pace music. Lots of jumping jacks. HR was up.

    Mosey to Western Av. Anytime “Jungle Boogie” was playing, we were doing fitness. This time was OYO Merkins. Maybe you did 15. Maybe you did 35. Who knows. Mosey to other side of Solidier Field Rd. JB to Air Squats. Mosey to outside amphitheater adjacent to the Charles.

    Thang: The journey began with an explanation. Your humble Q had a mission to create something and the ask was to follow along. We breathed our way into the start of a 12+ min song and then as a unit, we crushed fitness as a team, together, to synchronized movements to the songs different parts. The exercises were varied, the tempo changed, but the message was simple. We are all warriors, but we struggle nevertheless. If we do it together, we are stronger. Our shield is not as heavy, our burdens are lighter. 12:44 seconds later, we were more fit, and emerged tighter. The journey will continue nevertheless…

    Mosey back, JB played and it was mountain climbers into air squats.

    Three stretches were requested and performed. @Gomer Pyle RVA led us on the final one. He can tell you the name.

    COT…let us not forget perspective.

    Coffee: Starbucks killer @Jello for the W.

    1. Forgot the pic bros.

  • Fly by Starbucks

    YHC showed up alone at first; however, 3 others and a dog came in hot for a night morning Ruck.

    With no runners posting to run with Opus he decided to walk with us and we posted just over 2.4 miles. Part of the route was going by a Starbucks and we walked around and back to the AO start.

    Great mumble chatter and workout.

    Numberama / Namerama No Idea took us out in prayer.

  • Smooth Up In Ya

    Tani Katane gazed upon us as she slithered around the hood of my car while 80s glam rock got us ready to sling some iron.

    Disclaimer.

    COP: SSHs, 1 Burbee, Arm Circles, 2 Burbees, DQs, 3 Burpees, Cherry Pickers, 4 Burbees, Mt Climbers, 5 Burpees, Fudd finally arrives, Dead Man Hang, 6 Burbees. Now it’s time to work!  

    The Thang: 15 KB Press, Sit & Press, Squats, Lawn Mower Pulls, High Pulls, Curls, & Overhead Press. Then  12 of each.  Then 9. 6. 3. Take a lap.

    Somewhere in the middle of this routine, a song by the Bullet Boys came on called “Smooth Up In Ya” reminding us middle-aged men to make sure we get our prostates checked.  

    Next Up: Lindsay: 30 Step-ups on the picnic tables seats (single count).  10 Flutters/KB Press.  20/20.  10/30.  Take a lap.

    W/ a perfect 12, ya gotta do a Triple Check: Timer runs.  P2: Calf Raises.  P3: Curb Overhead Pulls. 

    BTTS(tamper)F.  

    60 seconds left: FMs.

    Recover.  

    Numbers.  Names.  

    Announcements:  2 events on 3/22:  SOJ Chili Cookoff at Lwood’s crib and Fun on the Farm w/ Gypsy – fellin’ trees, shootin’ skeet and drinkin’ brews.  On 3/24, the Alamo, which has been an FNG magnet, turns 2. On 3/26, Heist turns 40 and will bless the Green Mile w/ a B-Day Q. And lastly, the csaup no one requested, but the one we all wanted is here: Century Classic 2.0. It will start on May 2 and end after your legs fall off. But hey, at least it’s not a Grow Ruck.

    Prayer requests: None spoken.

    YHC took us out.  

    Moleskin: On an average day, when not much seems to happen, remember that we are blessed to have families, jobs, homes, food. So much is going right all the time. We are so fortunate to have the gift of life. May we all recognize the blessing it is just to be alive.

  • Eyes Bigger Than MY Stomach

    5 gathered to continue the quest of fellowship and fitness on a warm spring like morning under the giant Orange Moon! Always the best way to start my day with my brother in arms. The Thang:

    Head out for the lake at Wellsley from the flag. Pigskin took the early start out of the gate and the Pax caught up as we hit Pump. Circled up at shopping center parking lot for COP with SSH, Don Q’s, Ukrainian solders, Merkins and LBCs to get bodies loosened up, mosey towards the lake, Q decided 11’s were the way to start the workout, so we pulled right into two Cul-De-Sacs for deconstructed burpees: I.E. Merkins 10 & 1 Jump Squat on other end, with reverse accent and decent of numbers. after 6 or 7 rounds the Q realized the distance was too great and we merged the last 3 into single sets as we were already at 30 mins in and over 3 miles. I promised the lake so off we went. By the time we got there it was 36 min and 3.5 miles…ooops quick 20 WW2’s and then head back to the flag. Late and 4.5 miles later, we figured out 52 degrees will work up a sweat and circled up for numbers and closed in prayer. Refunds available for late return to flag, send requests to the admin office of WTH…… Always a joy to lead and start the day with F3! Keep those in your thoughts and prayers that are facing challenges in life from many different angles. Reach out to someone who has been apart for a bit.

  • Business on Top, Party on the Bottom

    Four bedraggled men, dealing with too much pollen and too little sleep, found their way to Mary for a 45 minute beatdown. Four other randos were sauntering around while we four commenced at 0530. Here’s what happened.

    COP warm up on the blacktop

    Beast! on the tennis court. 6 sets of excercises with 6 modes of travel, with 6 stops along the way. Round 1: Run and Squats. // 2: Lunges and Merkins // 3: Bernie Sanders and WW2s // 4: Side Shuffles and Carolina Dry Docks // 5: Bear Crawl and Monkey Humpers // 6: Run and Burpees . Mosey back to the blacktop

    Dora with a partner . 100 Monkey Humpers, 200 LBCs, 300 Side straddle hops

    Jerkins and Squats: 3 sets of 10 each. Mosey back to the Flag

    Final COP, Ab exercises x25IC. American Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, Scissor kicks

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

    NMS: None of us slept very well but it was good to be together. We appreciated Senor Frog dressing up for us. Handshake hears some crazy stories when he goes into people’s houses every day. Oyster is thankful that we think he’s so funny.

    Prayers for Principal Muzik of Mary Munford, who was hit by a car on his bike on Tuesday and has 2 broken arms, a broken hip and leg.

  • Participation Medal for Everyone

    The night before, Hermey texted to the typical Green Mile gang as the Q sheet was empty. He proposed a Hot Potato or put Dr. Scholls on the spot and he came through in the clutch to put together quite a beatdown. FYI, little to no running does not mean it will be easy. According to the news crew shooting a scene a little way down the road, this is how it went down:

    Warm Up: Short Mosey followed by various IC exercises. Mosey back to the main parking lot for the main event.

    COP 1: 4 Corners with a Twist – Corner 1: 40 HRMs –> Bear Crawl to Corner 2: 40 V Ups –> Run to Corner 3: 40 Tuck Jumps –> Bear Crawl to Corner 4: 40 Curb Dups –> Run to Corner 1. First person to complete the cycle hollers out STOP. All other PAX members hold plank while the winner goes to the middle and performs 5 Amelia Style Burpees. Start the cycle over where you left off until the next person finishes and hollers STOP. Continue cycle until everyone is a winner! This was sneaky difficult!

    COP 2: With 5 minutes left did a quick ring of fire with favorite called exercise by each PAX x 1 minute each.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements (Fandango 1 Year at Alamo 3/17, Alamo 2nd Year Anniversary 3/24, Chili Cook Off at L Woods 3/22, Upcoming CSAUP Event May 2-3), Prayers (Wildcat’s son who broke his arm this week). Thanks for leading Dr. Scholls and hope to see you continuing to sign up for the Q out at the Green Mile.

  • Capture the Flag

    6 HIMs came out for a new rendition of grown men doing grown boy things – Capture the Flag

    Rudy led the pax to the front parking lot for a warmarama. Then split the group into teams of 3.

    Round 1

    Team Blue headed to basketball courts, Team Black to the front of the school. YHC headed around to the bus loop and surprised the piss outta Rudy, spooking him into the 1-2 combo of a Dumar Hermey defensive trap. With the advantage we pressed to the flag. McGruff is really good at hiding in bushes and gave YHC a good chase. Hermey and Crabgrass couldn’t find the flag and eventually were tagged out. Dumar and McGruff were locked in to a draw. Lesson learned, don’t hide the flags and condense the field of play

    Intermission – BLIMPS on the hill

    Round 2

    Team Blue in the bus loop, Team Black at the Tomahawk Creek sign. Both teams felt the best strategy was to loop around from the street. Aisle 5 and McGruff struck early, grabbing BLUE flag but Dumar turned on the speed and recaptured the flag. Hermey knows that you attract bees with honey, and he gave Rudy some honey to look at. Enamored by Hermey’s fluid movements, YHC maneuvered along the tree line and made a move in the flag. A quick snatch drew Rudy’s attention and the race was on. Rudy forgot YHC got some new shoes and never stood a chance – smoked him! (YHC reserves the right to embellish)

    BTTF for a ring of fire Squat style.
    announcements and prayers and we were out. Prayers for Dumar’s dad and celebrate Rudy’s recent victory with his job search.

    Was fun out there today. There may have been some uncertainty of what Crabby and Rudy had in store, but we all walked away with a big smile on our face today.