Bullseye braved the elements and made the trip out to River Run on a wet and slushy Monday morning. All others on the group chat remained silent in advance of the snow storm to hail all snow storms (in the past few years).
Bullseye mentioned not ringing up the back blast for it so YHC is helping big data.
-Singer
Three showed on this frigid morning to try and warm up moving around the far westend. On cold days like this 15 degree start we all decided exercising in the parking decks at West Broad Village was the right move. We took off and navigated the snow covered sections of sidewalks and ice to make it to the parking deck. First round: 10 merkins 10 WW2s, 5 up and 5 back down, the top levels were a sheet of ice so we stopped at the edge of cover. 2nd round: 10 sets: 10 jump squats, 10 SSHs. 3rd round: 10 sets 10 WW1s and 30 second planks. last set we ended with 1 minute plank. mosey back to flag. Lighthouses watch showed 3.5 miles covered, my watch show 4.5 miles. My watch clearly was adding extra points because of the extreme cold. We all agreed lighthouse was the more accurate read. I closed in prayer after numbers and names. Special prayers of healing and success for Fireman Ed as he starts his treatments tomorrow. Stay warm and positive as we move into 2025. Peace
Four almost frozen men spent 45 minutes trying to stay warm. To achieve this objective they started with a slow mosey to ignite the initial flame. Then we completed a short warmup of 10 Don Quixote, Ukrainian Soldiers, and WWIIs. A little mosey to complete 100 Merkins suicide style then A nice mosey to the wall of pain (WOP) where we completed a total of 40 hoedowns, 15 Carolina Dry Docks, 60 Elevated Merkins, and 50 Elevated Rocky Sit-ups. A short Mosey to finish off with 5 minutes of Mary consisting of 25 American Hammers, 25 ear-to-shoulders, and 25 neck rotations.
Eight undeterred PAX posted to HBR against better judgement. No PAX were injured in the icy conditions despite Pigskin’s best efforts. We did:
Normal COP stuff, where the closest PAX member to the AO arrive midway through. Mosey to the cellblock cove area to find it 100% ice. Audible over to covered bus dropoff area. Grab a pole and boxing cockroach while end pax does 5 merkins then moves along. Mosey to pullup bars: 4 rounds of 8 Pullups and jump squats. Over to PES backfield for main event: snowy soccer. Teams were divided up of 3 SOP’ers + Offshore against the ones wearing too much. SOP dominated.
Mosey back to covered area for 3 rounds of PLTs. Back to the flag. YHC took us out.
NMS: Fantastic to have 8 out in the Gloom given the ice and cold temps. Bonus points to Offshore who ran to the AO from home, timing it perfectly arriving at 5:29. The parking lot was all ice so we searched for covered area. Pullup bars were not too icy and soccer was a nice way to move around and stay warm.
3 noble nomads embarked on a frozen ruck to ensure the hiking trail at the Lumberyard was blazed for the late morning risers.
Wildwood could nearly ice skate the trail in his sneakers. Choo Choo forgets his watch(terrible feeling if you like tracking your workouts). YHC dresses way too warm and discreetly pulls the tarp to cool down the nips!
Great ruck gentlemen, we trailblazed at least a minuscule section to make it back to the chariots on time.
Beaver F3ver and the Lumberjacks out!
Warm up
Tabata: one minute on and 30 seconds off. Total of 4 sets consisting of a minute of KB swings, KB Goblet squats, Burpees and World War 3’s with KBs
Triple check: Farmer’s carry w/ KB while other two do KB curls and skull crushers
Ended with one minute isometric holds of various exercises and more burpess
Closed with Circle of trust
Eight CSAUP-loving SOJ studs accepted the 4WD challenge and whatever MABA madness might be in store. Here’s how we counted to 100:
The THANG:
COP #1:
COP #2:
COP #3:
F3 PLANKORAMA REVIEW
COP #4:
Mosey BTTF:
COT:
Prayer Requests:
NMS: The DTH+Sable caravan arrived on scene and another 6 joined the party. GREAT numbers for 20 degrees and black ice everywhere. Extra emphasis was given for the Disclaimer this morning! Effort was made to spell NO TOLL in the snow while cranking 100 SSH’s, but Bromance thought the beatdown wasn’t hard enough and spelled NO TOIL instead. L Woods continues to accelerate and earned the name “L rabbit” as YHC tried to keep up with him. Belay’s fitness level and high quality form continues to set the standard. YHC did not take the bait and leap the gate today – nobody needs a broken leg. And hey, we stayed warm and crushed 100 burpees! (Actually 102 cause addition apparently isn’t my talent). Yours AYE! ~DTH
Announcements (SEE SLACK!)
title refers to this current event: https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/7-eleven-fire-time-square-drive-chesterfield-jan-5-2025
Anyway – six dudes today. No injuries.
Warmorama: SSH, squats, merkins and some stretches.
COP 1: Triple check behind the pool: Squats and Merkins. Runner to edge of woods and back.
COP 2: Slide over to the bunker for 11s in the dry part. SSH and 2x flutters.
Next – gave option to check out the burned down 711 or stay in the bunker for beatdown. Good choice from Pax because the beatdown would have involved burpees. Jogged to 711 and back. Yup. It’s burned down. News crews there for the story of the day. Potentially the site of Chick Filet joint venture?
Mosey back to Alamo for a very quick DoRA of 50/100/150 – merkins/squats/SSH.
Numbers/Names.
Fortunately, the answer was ‘yes’. Given the rain, and with the snow on the ground, we opted for the covered walkway and stayed dry. We did a ‘Hot Tater’ and dreamed of 67-degree weather in Florida.
Actually, I’m hoping for a decent snow. Since I moved here 3 and half years ago, we haven’t had much snow. I’m hoping the rain doesn’t wash it all away.
Upchuck started us off with: (this is roughly right)
1-800 took over:
Triple check: This was harder than it sounds. We had to pick 2 other partners. Very challenging. The other challenge was remembering to rotate thru the 3 exercises. It takes a Harvard education to do this correctly.
11s up the covered walkway to the doors
Pigskin finished:
To the wall under the covered area by the gym
To the Railings
Finished with some Mary
Announcements:
The Bridge on Saturday, January 25. See Fudd (not Fud, Fudd). This is a ‘halfway house’ (my choice of words) to ease inmates back into the outside world. As the saying goes “every saint has a past and every sinner has a future”. We all have regrets, it’s a part of life. Dedicate yourself to forgiving the ‘f-ups’ of others as well as your own ‘f-ups’. I think it helps when we think of these things as ‘opportunities to learn from experience and get better’.
Tomorrow at Heartbreak Ridge, the Q sign-up sheet has Honeydo with a “?” mark. Will we be pencil rolling up the Ridge? Scorpion Kicks in the snow? If you want to find out, show up!
1-800, Upchuck, Pigskin
One warrior rose early from the fart sack to ensure his chariot and steed were ready, warm, and free of snow for the icy tundra that stood between he and an OTB iron chucking at Thee Ol’ Lumberyard!
Warmarama – 100 single count SSH’s, 30 Imperial Walkers, 25 WW2’s. Each separated by some form of stretching.
The Thang!
25 lb iron/3 sets of 25 Reps. Majority of sets split by 10 Burpees. Tallied 120 Burpees.
Mary – 25 Reps