Category: Richmond, VA

  • Daville Lap Work

    Hot Potato was in order with CB an BH! Here is what went down

    COP

    We mosey to the East entrance and do 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 4ct helicopters, 10 imperial walkers 20 american hammers, 10 4 ct figure 4 left leg, the right leg, 10 reverse scorpions.

    Thang

    So we mosey to the parking lot and set up for a Dora – 100 incline merkins, 200 flutter kicks, and 300 calf raises. The timer was the other person running a lap arount the 3 islands in the parking lot.

    Next we do and exercise while partner runs lap. Exercise 1 – arm circles, Exercise 2 – plank, Exercise 3 – Air chair, Exercise 4 – Over head Thunder Clap, Exercise 5 – leg raises and hold 6″…We than mosey to Flag.

    Numberama, namerama … CB took us out in Prayer

  • Grabbing Monday By The Horns!

    3 HIMs came out to the gloom this morning to shake off the alcohol and sweets from the weekend and this is how it went down…..

    Warmarama

    • Roscoe’s and Fudd’s wife
    • Arm circles both directions
    • Runners stretch
    • Windmill

    COP 1

    11s with kettlebells

    • 2 ct Bulgarian squats
    • 2 ct Pull threw merkins
    • Transportation is around the world

    COP 2

    4 Corners

    • 10 Thrusters
    • 20 WWW3 with a press
    • 30 Goblet Squats
    • 40 Alabama Skull Crushers

    COP 3

    Touch the field goal post

    • Runner calls out kettlebell work out then runs to field goal post as timer.
    • Curls
    • Windmills
    • Squats
    • I’m going blank on the rest

    10 Burpee late penalty thrown in there at the end!

    Numbers, Names and Prayer Request for people that are hurting right now. Great beat down before heading to Beckley, Wv for the week for work. Our man Wildwood is running 13 mile days here and there hats off to him!

    YHC took us out! Don’t waste the day!

  • The most boujee bathrooms south of the James or The Credo

    5 intrepid warriors of the gloom started their week off right. 2 opting for the challenge that is Twin Team, repeatedly. 3 chose to follow the F3 credo. They left no man behind, and left no man where they found him. Some discovered that the bathrooms of James River High School are heated. All pax got in right around 4 miles. Great work today! Thanks for rolling with me Doozy! Nice to see and catch up with Johnsonville a bit. Numbers names, announcements. YHC took us out. The centuryish classic round 2 will be the first Friday and Saturday of May, start thinking about teams, it will be mostly running with a little rucking.

  • The 12th man

    It was brisk morning and the pax of 12 started the day off right.

    Warm up – zig zag with short mosey 

    SSH 

    Ukranian soldiers 

    Hillbillies 

    Stretches

    LBCs

    Thing 1: Mosey to hill behind the pool

    10 squats

    bear crawl or up the hill

    10 squats

    run back down 

    10 merkins

    bear crawl up the hill

    10 merkins

    run back down 

    10 Carolina dry docks

    bear crawl

    10 Carolina dry docks

    run back down 

    Thing 2: Indigenous run – 3 squats

    Triple check 

    merkins

    toe taps 

    partner runs around circle

    Thing 3: Indigenous run – 2 burpees

    Dora

    100 fire crackers

    200 plank jacks

    300 LBCs 

    Thing 4: 4 corners – 3 rounds 

    round 1: 10 merkins at each corner

    round 2: 20 WW2s at each corner

    round 3: 30 Alabama prom dates

    Ran out of time for round 4. 

    Circled up and held plank for 60 seconds 

    Announcements:

    There is early planning for a century run in April or May. Starts at 6 PM on Friday night and ends Saturday morning 10 AM. Will have teams. 

    Big Herm and Ponch making the boys proud getting top 10 posters so far for 2025

    SOJ leadership MTG 3/11 at Heist’s residence 

    Keep Meatball in your thoughts as he is recovering from an injury.

    Woodsman took us out in prayer. 

    This was my second Q and it was easier the second time around. The cadence was still off but it got the job done. Privilege to lead you guys. There was grunting and some chatter, so I’ll take it!

  • Snowy Rucking

    Too snowy for Mr Holland to run so he rucked with Yard Sale. We went about 3 mile, returning a little late to the starting point. Not many were working so there was no hurry.

  • Can’t Tell The Weather From Our Clothes

    Four brave and variously-attired men descended upon DaPile for a hot potato beatdown (the only thing that was hot until Local Cup later on). I think it went like this:

    Helix led a COP with all the standard favorites, then a mosey to another parking lot. Each island compounded the previous exercises:
    1: 10 merkins
    2: 20 squats
    3: 30 PLTs
    4: 40 side straddle hops
    5: 50 LBCs

    Opus took the Q and took us to the back of campus for a Love Slight Incline. Partner 1 runs to the stop sign and back while Partner 2 alternates broad jump burpees, bear crawling, or lunges. It took a while, though not as long as expected.

    Mr. Holland took us home, completing the lap around campus whilst stopping for 25 of whatever exercise we hadn’t done enough of. Typical Mr. Holland kind of crap, really.

    No announcements to speak of, but the PAX somehow grew by 50% at the Local Cup. Good times were had.

    YNWA

  • High School Date Night

    Ahh, young love. What better way to spend teenage adolescence than planning and cooking up a meal for some incredible men with your boyfriend under the scorning gaze of her fathers eye. It was Italian night at the Southside Health Center. Lasagna with warm buttered Italian Bread. Apple Pie and Homemade Chocolate Pie for desert with Vanilla Ice Cream topped with Whip Cream.

    Swifty wanted to include her boyfriend in the preparation and delivery. Conversation was minimal, mostly grunts and piercing looks if the young couple were within touching distance of each other. Overall, this was a great event and one our family looks forward to every year. Thank you Oyster for the communication and please consider participating in this great event.

  • What was his name?

    A lucky 6 gathered for this weeks Hoedown. With no name on the Q sheet at 8:00 last night YHC took the opportunity to sign up. Perfect numbers for partner work or a Triple Check but neither were to be found today.

    Mosey down Forest with a left on Spottswood and after some quick Monkey Humpers in 1-800s driveway we moseyed up all the way up Spottswood through the Dogleg and all the way to the end. Mosey to the first mailbox then complete 10 of an exercise, then mosey back and to the second mailbox and 20 of an exercise repeating all the way to 100 exercises. Quick stop at 1-800’s driveway again on the way back and we made it to the flag with 20 seconds to spare.

    NMS – good times, Honeydo was a good sport after being made fun of for his fabulous shorts. Also, with his “busy” weekend he be became the butt of the jokes.

  • Fearsome Foursome

    A fearsome foursome embraced the Monday morning gloom.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the blacktop for an arch loader – goal-to-goal with 8 burpees, mosey back with 20 WWII sit-ups
      • Bear crawl
      • Crab walk
      • Bunny hop
      • Duck walk
      • Froggers
    • 30 APD in lieu of a 20 count
    • 4x check
      • Run the track
      • Swing pumps
      • Cross crunches
      • Lunges
    • Mosey to the front of the school for 10 Mike Tysons, 20 PLT, 10 Mike Tysons
    • Mosey to the flag for COT with YHC taking us out

    Mr. Rogers spent Sunday researching school shootings.  Chicarrone is within a week of celebrating his silent years with a virgin Q at Gridiron on Saturday.  Good to see EF Hutton, who excels on all fours.

    Prayers up for the injured and sick.  Hope to see healing across the PAX. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Family Time!

    A 16-count crew of PAX brothers and their families gathered at The Forge for an OTB trail blazing hike through the woods. Handshake and his family proudly represented NOJ, and while most of the PAX wore rucks, Bromance wore his adorable 2.0 in an awesome military grade carrier. Shortly after 2pm, we launched down to the railroad tracks and walked West along the tracks and then trail blazed South to Crestwood Elementary. In the melee of 2.0’s pouring through the playground gate, DTH’s 2.0 Banjo caught the sharp side of a metal latch on the cheek and the good doctor/Papa applied a snowball compress and then moleskin (thank you Sable) so he could join the rest. After 20 minutes at play, the rabble was rounded up for a looping hike through the woods and back to The Forge to complete the 1 hour adventure. Sunny and 50’s, the weather was truly perfect for this hike! Everyone then converged at Casa de DTH for backyard play and bonfire time – complemented with archery, axe throwing, zipline, trampoline, swing, s’mores, and bevvies. This is what being family is all about and we’ll miss all of you guys while we’re away in PNG the next few months. Yours AYE! ~DTH