2 Aspen-bound beef cakes saddle up for a cool and wet gloom for an upper body beatdown!
Mosey to the Octagon
Warmarama – Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Big and slow arm circles and reverso, Tony Hortons Squeezers, Chinooks.
Mosey to the outdoor gym.
369’s
3 pull ups, 6 bench dips, 9 merkins – 5 sets. Mosey quarter mile. Repeat 4x’s. Total of 1.5 miles of Mosey.
Quick close out.
Have a great and safe week everyone!
0500 when the alarm went off YHC would head the sound of steady rain outside there was a strong pull to stay in the Fartsack. The idea a wet and cold muffin top was not high on the list, but after YHC Fartsacked last week after writing “Hawt Potato” on the Q sheet YHC knew it couldn’t be done twice in a row.
YHC pulled into the parking lot at 5:28 and saw one lone vehicle, Vandalay. YHC was happy to not be alone, it almost 7 years YHC has avoided being a solo poster and today wasn’t going to be the day.
We opted to keep things dry. We moseyed from Hoedown down to First Watch and did various exercises. YHC has never had a one-on-one conversation with Vandalay and it was a great opportunity to get to know him.
Announcements – none
Prayer Requests – Fudd’s sister (Mary), Roger Rogers M, YHC’s M’s Cousins daughter, Charlotte.
NMS – Great morning, YHC is glad he posted.
4 Davillians including a much repeat 2.0, enjoyed a Saturday Morning Hot Potato
This how it went down
Bulkhead’s Q
Mosey to the front office of the HS
COP (ALL IC)
Mosey to the HS courtyard
Triple Check – Step Ups, Dips, and a Lap around the small loop of the bus loop
Helix Q
Mosey to the tennis court
Ascending 4 Corners – 10 Merkins, 20 squats, 30 2ct flutter Kicks, 40 SSH’s add each exercise at each corner
Descending 4 Corners – 40 SSH’s 30 2ct Flutter Kicks, 20 squats, 10 Merkins dropping each exercise at each corner
Spit’s Q
Mosey to the basketball court
Triple Check – Suicides, plank, and American Hammers
Tree Run – While running back to the VSF, stop at each tree with increasing squats getting up to around 20
YHC left after 15 to pick up the other 2.0 for 2ndF while Bulkhead and Helix finished with some stretches
We all enjoyed some 2ndF time with Opus at the Local
TClaps to YHC’s 6 year old 2.0 for braving the cold for the workout
SPIT ON THAT!!
4 Runners and 4 ruckers enjoy some colder temps for a second half of the week run
Route – The runner headed out to the fly over to Craney Island then the cut throught it Giles before coming back over the fly over and a loop around the townhouse. We made sure to stay as a PAX circling back for the six. Distance ranged from 4 mile to 4.5 miles
Ruckers did their thing
SPIT ON THAT!!
Warm up- Mosey to an undiscovered country behind the pickleball courts, SSH, DQX, Arm circles F/B, Phelps, LBCs, APDs, Merkins
Workout
Mosey to field with the background music of “Check your Head” by the Beastie boys. Sprint 10 jog 90 90 lbcs Sprint 20 jog 80 80 penguins Sprint 30 jog 70 70 American hammers Sprint 40 jog 60 60 Freddy mercury Sprint 50 jog 50 50 plank shoulder taps Sprint 60 jog 40 40 calf raises Sprint 70 jog 30 30 crab cakes Sprint 80 jog 20 20 monkey himpersSprint 90 jog 10 10 merkins Sprint 100
Slow mosey 100 then mosey to new PBCourts, line up on fence and excercise to the net: lunge, Bear crawl with 10 merkins at each line, backward lunge. 25 dbl ct step ups on benches. mosey to center court to watch 7 am championships while doing dips and working our necks as we watched future pickleball world champions play and cheered for them. I like to make Attila feel “awkward”.
Mosey to parking lot, ring of fire with pushups and then abs.
COT, prayer, off to Starbucks
7 Hims came out this morning to play on some frosty Bermuda grass and this is how it went down…..
Warmarama
Thang
Triple Check
Finished up with some new work outs with tennis balls and had some frisbee action thrown in there also.
Names, Numbers and Prayer request for Hoosier Daddy son that just got released from hospital and will be hopefully joining us next Saturday.
Had Shawn ( FNG) come out this morning finally. He’s a long time friend of the YHC. He’s a pipe fitter for the art museum. He got his name from pretty much wrecking everything the YHC has had for the past 25 years. Awesome group of guys this morning and grateful for these guys putting up with the YHC after a crappy week of pretty much no sleep!
YHC took us out!!
Nineteen, nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, nineteen, nineteen warriors of The Gloom stepped forth onto the frozen blacktop of Buckingham in the latest edition of The Bridge. Conditions remained steady at 70 and sunny. According to Mr. Yoder’s extended situational observation report, the following might have happened:
07:29: pre-game introductions and re-introductions.
07:30: Let’s mosey, or, as some do, mossy.
07:31: COP
Circle up. Disclaimer, mangled. Purpose, mangled. First exercise, SSHs, in cadence, full-throated, no mangling. X52, 4-count.
Dead man hang. Fudd’s Wife. Right leg high. Left leg high. Wilson’s wife. Fudd’s wife. Pigeon right. Fudd’s wife. Pigeon left. (Don’t say it…don’t say it…ok, we did Fudd’s wife three times in the first 5 minutes. Had to say it.)
LBCs x52 4-count. Someone has a birthday coming up. Flutter kicks, x20, 4-count. Reverse crunches / gas pumps, x10, 4 count. Rosalita’s, x 10, 4-count. Flip it over.
HRM’s, x15. Stand up!
Copperhead squats x10. Monkey humpers, x20.
Let’s mossy, er, mosey. 1 lap.
Touch-a-Tree. Rounds of 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. Exercises were WWIIs, WWIs, squats, something else, and burpees. “Governor Bush, give me one word that describes your campaign at this point? Strategery.” IYKYK.
In between rounds, karaoke right, karaoke left for the six / to stave off freezing.
Let’s mosey. 1 lap.
Triple Check, Bridge Style. The Bridge is a living construction site in places. Partner 1 did hello dolly. Partner 2 did decline merkins. Partner 3 bear crawled along the spine of the asphalt heap. As Paul Simon sang, “Slip sliding away. Slip sliiidin’ away-yeaah.” Push yourself, don’t hurt yourself.
In the words of Chum Bucket (not present), “Let’s mosey over here.” If you can, partner up with someone from your region (Charlottesville, The Bridge, Amelia, and RVA). Line up along opposite sides of the rope. Tug-of-War. Us against Them. It’s Our Guys against Those Guys. Round 1: Our Guys. Round 2: Those Guys. Round 3: Those Guys. Final score: Those Guys 2, Our Guys 1. Bonds were built.
Let’s mosey. 1 lap.
Circle up. 52, 4-count SSHs, in The Cadence.
Numbers, names, and OBT took us out with a reminder of what F3 has done for him and for each of us. “Your nickname is your passport” to a world of 100,000 friendships and supporters. Incredible what this group has done for each of us. Thank you, my friend.
Thank you to Mr. Davis for making the best Folger’s coffee in a styrofoam cup that any human can make. Thank you to Mr. Yoder for literally allowing himself to freeze so the rest of us could exercise together.
Announcements:
The Bridge holds graduation tomorrow. May the wind be at the backs of each man who is moving forward on his journey. Keep us and hold us. Find your group, stick together, help each other along. As YHC’s favorite sign says, “Choose to Carry More.”
NMS:
Incredible group of men today at The Bridge. YHC was moved by the outpouring of support from F3 Charlottesville, F3 Amelia, and F3RVA. 14 men from those regions joined 5 from The Bridge to make 19 in total…incredible. YHC notes that we missed the record for The Bridge by 1 or 2. November 30 had 15 RVA guys; this week we had 14 from all supporting regions. Let no man say the PAX does not overwhelmingly support this AO. Not for nothing…unless Gridiron comes out of nowhere, and it might, this is the second time in 3 weeks the The Bridge is the biggest Saturday AO! Time to get on board, fellas!
If you have not yet made it to The Bridge, or if you are looking to run it back, we’ll have another group coming out soon. Look on Slack for details. LG!
Also, great to catch up for some home cooking, hot coffee, and Halloween 2025 tattoo ideas at The Cumberland, home to the World Famous Bologna Burger. It’s worth the stop.
UpChuck spits the bit.
4 Morning Wood Regulars made it out to Rockwood Park for the traditional 2 mile or so paved trail loop. Boberry went on to get 4 more more miles or so, which put him at close 20k for the morning. All the problems of the world were either solved or forgotten. Well, probably just forgotten. Good times.
On a chilly morning, Boberry and myself launched from Rockwood Park for our almost weekly early bird Premature Acceleration run. We took to the hills of Mayfair Estates and ran by the pool that is across the street from Sheetz. Great conversation as always. 6.5 miles before catching up with Chaplain and House Party for Morning Wood. House Party also got a Ruck in before Morning Wood.
Eight hyped fellas gathered for jokes, debate, a few exercises and to follow YHC’s lead for the 300th time.
Here’s what transpired:
Mosey to the Carillon patio.
COP
Partner up – DORA 1-2-3
Mosey to top of Carillon
Prosecution? Style 4-Corners
Mosey to Fire Hydrant
11s
Mosey back to Flag
Mary
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
The PAX was fire today, Swirl-Y was hyped. Faceplant broke the screen in his Rivian and the rest of us shared stories of circumcision. As always you had to be there. DogPile is where it all started for YHC, very fun to celebrate the 300th career Q back there with a bada$$ crew.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
One open spot for Breaking Bread in December