Category: Richmond, VA

  • Christmas Lights = Swingers

    14 grown-boys stumbled out of bed and made their way to The Alamo this morning to get their week started RIGHT! YHC was out of town last week and was feeling fat/lazy so the PAX was treated to some extra cardio. Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed over to the other end of the horseshoe for some stretching. SSH’s, DMH, Imperial Walkers, V-Sit (Shoutout to Meatball), Butterfly, Leg Pulls, Rosco’s Mom, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife.

    COP #1 – Tacky Light Run

    • The PAX ran through RounTrey stopping at each intersection for a called exercise. YHC stuck with QTY (7) for Notre Dame’s CFP seed. Go Irish!
    • Hit every muscle group along the way and gave Warby some great content on his security camera.
    • Most likely gave some RounTrey folks something to complain about on Facebook. Please communicate any/all riffraff to Nancy Lopez.

    COP #2 – Triple Check

    • Made the most of the remaining (6) minutes in the parking lot.
    • Pacer – To the dumpster and back
    • Exercise #1 – Carolina Dry Docks
    • Exercise #2 – LBC’s

    NAMES and NUMBERS

    • Fandango was able to get Sunny D out this morning which was a long time coming. Welcome aboard!

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Tuesday, 12/10 – Boberry Q at No Toll. Rock on!
    • Monday, 12/16 – Woodsman VQ at The Alamo!
    • Tuesday, 12/17 – Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas at No Toll. Get some!

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • PRAYER – Fandango’s dad battling
  • Diehard Precursor

    October 21, 2024

    • PAX – Gomer Pyle, Lighthouse, Whitesnake, Tater, Pigskin, Blue Moon, Mr. Rogers & Attila

    The DEEP gloom of a Monday greeted 8 noble warriors.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • 11s on the endless hill with Mike Tysons and WWI sit-ups
    • Mosey to the picnic tables behind the school for a Lindsay – dips and step-ups
    • Mosey to the playground for a 3x check
      • Run
      • Swing pumps
      • FM
    • Mosey back to the flag for COT with YHC taking us out

    Great to see a steady, consistent crowd developing for our newest AO.  Not a lot of running today but still good cardio. 

    Continued prayers for Fireman Ed and Fudd.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Solo Monday

    Solo post at DaVille today. Hopefully more traction next week.

  • Pearl Harbor History, what do we know?????

    11 HIM made their way to the frozen parking lots and fields of R-n-R to find out what they remembered from history class about the “Day that will live in infamy”.

    Mosey to the bottom tennis court for the COP, a little Mosey a little Bernie

    Who was President at the time of the attack? FDR What Year was it? 1941

    Disclaimer – DQ’s, 1 Burpee, Helicopters, 2 Burpees, Imperial Walkers, 3 Burpees, Ukrainian Solders, 4 Burpees, LBC’s, 10 Burpees OYO

    Where FDR and Theo related? Yes, 5th cousins

    There was some controversy over what number President where the cousins? 26th and 32nd respectively but Big Rig contested that, YHC did pull his information from the Internet so it has to be 100% correct

    Mosey to the corner for four corners prostitute Corner 1 -10 Merkins, Corner 2 – 20 Plank Jacks, Corner 3 – 30 SSH’s, Corner 4 – 40 Monkey Humpers.

    Mosey up the hill to the playground to pay a toll – 20 Dips / 20 Incline Merkins

    Who fired the first shots? The US, the USS Ward sank a Ko-hyoteki class sub near the entrance to Pearl Harbor

    Mosey to the parking lot at the concession stand partner up but its more like a triple check, the partner is just there as a timer

    Partner 1 does Quadrulators while partner 2 runs to the stop sign and back, switch

    Partner 1 does X’s and O’s while partner 2 does same route

    Partner 1 does Squats while partner 2 does same route

    What where the names of the two ships lost on that day? Arizona and Oklahoma

    2,026 Sailors and Marines where lost, 1,606 were aboard one of those two ships

    Mosey to the stands by the baseball fields same partners route is up and around the concession stand while the exercises are crunches, Dips and decline merkins

    Mosey to the far parking lot for a regular 4 corners all abs

    20 of each – American Hammers, Scrunchy Frogs, WWII’s and LBC’s

    Mosey back to the first lot because its empty and there are a lot of lines – for Parking Lot Crawls to 10

    Mosey BTTF with lots of time for Man Killers, some stretches and an ab ring of fire

    Numbers / Names Big Rig took us out

    NMS:

    It has been a little bit sense YHC has Q’ed and in true transparency YHC forgot that he was on the Q sheet. I had wanted to do the Veterans day Q but it was taken so I took Dec 7th way in advance then forgot about it. No worries YHC has done unplanned Q’s in the past but this has a theme???? Thanks to the Internet and all the many fun facts you can find, YHC was able to hold a History lesson and a beat down at the same time. The real lesson for that morning in 2024, was for the guys who haven’t Q’ed yet you can get out there and do it, it’s okay to screw up, everyone there wants you to do well and while they might make a little fun of you – you will do fine.

  • Mosey Form Variance

    Four men arrived at Atlee High School at around 6:30ish for some exercises. With no Q on the sign up sheet, YHC took control and off they went, one of which during the mosey with the 19 – 20 degrees temperatures had his hands in his pockets throughout the mosey.

    COP – All IC

    SSH, Arm Circles, Reverso, Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Dips, One-Legged Lunges, Other Leg, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, LBCs, Freddie Mercuries, Flutter Kicks

    The Thang

    Dora (0.5, 1, 1.5) – Partner up. Complete 50 pull-ups, 100 squats, 150 merkins while the other runs a lap around the courts.

    Elevens – Across the practice field, do Heels-to-Heaven and Burpees.

    Plank-O-Rama (All IC)

    • Front Plank – Rotate between Merkins and Carolina Dry Docks
    • Side Plank – Drop Hip and raise
    • Back Plank – Drop waist and raise
    • Other Side Plank – Drop Hip and raise
    • Front Plank – Rotating Elbow Planks
    • Hold 6 inches for 30 count.

    COT – Numberarama, Name-O-Rama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    NMS

    Great job today everybody. Everybody performed amazingly considering the temperatures. YHC never warmed up. Mumblechatter was strong throughout especially by YHC.

    Announcements – Praying for a friend of YHC who is in the hospital. Memories to those at Pearl Harbor 83 years ago.

    Make it a great day everybody!

    Gotta Run!

    Phonics

  • Rucking around the Christmas Tree

    We got word that there was some theft going on yesterday afternoon at the park so, we’re rucking and neighborhood watching for the community now.

    we got just shy of a 3 mile ruck in this morning for some extra credit. Bring on the warm weather!

  • Frosty Bermuda & Facial Hair

    The cold weather hit incredibly hard this gloom as YHC struggled keeping his breath while counting cadence during Warmarama. We all had frost collecting on our beards and stashes, even Guppy and Boat Snack had frost growing on their faces as they threw around the coupons on the winter Bermuda. No slowing down this morning, gotta stay warm!

    Warmarama

    • Helicopters
    • Dead Man Hang
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Wilson’s Wife
    • Merkins
    • Fudd’s Wife
    • LBC’s
    • Tie Fighters

    The Thang!

    • Catch Me Dora – Team Up – 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBC’s. MOT- Run football field sideline to sideline.
    • Grip, Rip and Roll – PAX begins at sideline in seated position, coupon at side.  Move coupon to opposite hip, rotate into incline merkin, rotate back to seated position on the ground and repeat.  Switch side half way through field.
    • Bear Crawl Coupon Pull Throughs – back to the other side of the field.
    • Run a lap around the football field.
    • 11’s – Imperial Blockers (2 ct) run across field for WW2’s
    • Coupon Curls across the field and back with F3 Core Principals, Credo and Mission to finish it up!

    We had a new comer this morning, Guppy’s little sister came out. She goes by HayHay, so we nicknamed her Boat Snack! Welcome Boat Snack! With all the daughters coming out on Saturdays, they Amy start an F4 group at some point!

    Numbers and Names, Announcements and Prayer Requests. Yukon took us out in prayer!

  • It’s Stache Time Again!

    My wife and daughters don’t use the exclamation point (more like a poop emoji or sad face), but YHC loves this time of year.

    We started with 19 around the flag at the start and finished with 21 at the end to celebrate Magnum PI Day – I believe for the 4th time. Staches (real and fake) and Hawaiian shirts (in Smedium and midriff styles) abound. It was 21 degrees, but it of course felt 70 and sunny. What a great morning. Here is what transpired more or less:

    Mosey to the COP circle and a lap around to warm up. Circle up for COP, including:

    44 SSHs – 12/11/24 will be the 44th anniversary of the first Magnum PI episode

    12 DQs (Higgin)

    11 Helicopters (TC)

    19 Magnum Merkins (Tempo – touch the Stache to the ground)

    80 LBCs

    5 Copperhead squats

    8 Imperial Walkers

    19 Alternating Shoulder Taps

    8 Flutter Kicks

    8 Box Cutters

    (Last episode was 5/8/1988)

    Amphitheater Work – 162 reps – 1 for each episode

    9 squats on each step going down, Al Gore for SIX, 9 incline merkins on each step going up, Al Gore for SIX

    Pass the Q to my stunt double. Mosey down traditional Love Hill through the darkness and debris down to the Pump House Road

    Extra Long Love Hill

    Partner up. One partner runs to a destination TBD (first the Toll house and then ultimately the road) and back to your partner. Other partners exercises. Swap and rinse and repeat until the top. Exercises were: bear crawl, Triple Jump (Apollo Ohno) Squats and Lunges. Regroup at the road and mosey toward the Flag.

    PLT sets

    Find a different partner for 4 (or 5) rounds of 20 PLTs – Left, Right, Center, Mix n Match, and just a 5th round of extras for those of us who finished early.

    Mosey back to the flag and circle up

    Ring of Fire – dealer’s choice of 3 merkins, IC or OYO, and all PAX do them.

    Hawaiian Stretching

    COT – Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers and YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • The Bridge next Saturday – Upchuck and others are going and looking to fill clown cars.
    • Breaking Break – 12/28 is open. Who is going to step up?
    • Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas – 12/17 at NoToll. Don’t miss!
    • VQ for Woodsman 12/16 at Alamo
    • See Slack about how you can support Gomer Pyle and Pigskin’s mission work with FOB
    • Remembrance of Pearl Harbor and those who survived that day and served

    NMS:

    It was a great morning to get out and have some silly themed fun and look ridiculous at Libbie Market with staches and Hawaiian shirts. Seriously, though, it is a great excuse to get some guys out to Dogpile on Saturday that don’t normally get there – including YHC. Thanks for participating.

    Prayers for all those suffering from injuries and illness.

    Be well men. Enjoy the season and spread the joy.

    No More Gumbo For You

  • The Grinch Stole the Q

    A frigid day matched the Q’s frigid heart.  The grinch came early and here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Parking lot tracers
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • DMH
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • Mosey to the turf field for a one-man Dora – each man does all the reps divided into 5 sets with a run in-between
      • 100 HRM
      • 200 Monkey humpers
      • 300 crunches
    • Mosey to the new pickle ball court parking lot for a 3x check
      • Run
      • Dips
      • FM
    • Mosey back to the parking lot and the auxiliary building for a Pigskin cycle – 2 sets
      • Wall sit exercise – 15 reps
      • PLT – 20 reps
      • Mike Tysons 10 reps
    • Circle up for some Mary
      • Side crunches – each side
      • Reverse crunches
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    The grinch came early.  No sharing of reps with a traditional Dora.  Sharing is not caring. Plenty of grumbling.  Very little holiday joy in the cold.  Embrace this suck!

    Welcome back Garbage Plate, and good to see Gypsy and get a health update.  Prayers remain up for Fireman Ed, Fudd and Roger Roger.

    Lunch this Wednesday at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Chasing Doozy

    Pretty sure this title has been used before, but it’s pretty much what happened. Doozy, Chaplain, and myself took the traditional Morning Wood trail loop for a couple miles before Doozy’s Pearl Harbor history lesson and beatdown.