Category: Richmond, VA

  • Maximum Capacity

    If you were in Richmond, you were on the river – including the two of us. We paddled up to the bridge and enjoyed exploration of the other side on the way down river.

    This will be a weekly thing. Thursdays at 6pm for those interested.

  • A Little Short

    Nine runners of different paces and distances explored new and familiar territory around UR. TYA took us out with a reminder about perspective and happiness.

  • F3RVA FREEDOM FIELD DAY

    The HIM’s from every corner of F3RVA came out in FORCE (73 TOTAL!) to celebrate Independence Day with their brothers. Flatline brought an FNG and a solid band of 2.0’s were also in attendance. For today’s WOD the PAX enjoyed Field Day Games instead of burpees. Here’s how these heroes bled Red White Blue and Black for their teams:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey run around the field and return to circle up at the Stone House
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    FORM TEAMS:

    • Count off 1-2-3-4 around the circle
    • x4 Teams gather and have a few minutes to identify their oldest PAX who will be team   captain and come up with a team name
    • Teams also given team colors (strips of cut DTH t-shirts) to wear as headbands
    • Team 1 – “Wrongway RED”
    • Team 2 – “WHITE Castle”
    • Team 3 – “BLUE Crabs”
    • Team 4 – “BLACK Attack”

    EVENT #1 – CRAB SOCCER TOURNAMENT

    • Team 1 vs Team 2, Team 3 vs Team 4
    • 5 Minute Games
    • Winners play winners for 1st and 2nd place
    • Losers play losers for 3rd and 4th place
    • 1st Place = 3 points 
    • 2nd Place = 2 points
    • 3rd Place = 1 point
    • 4th Place = Zero
    • BLACK ATTACK FOR THE W!

    EVENT #2 – TUG OF WAR

    • Same team play and scoring as above
    • WHITE CASTLE FOR THE W!

    EVENT #3 – BEAR CRAWL RELAY RACE

    • Teams line up behind their respective cones
    • Bear crawl 30 yards, around your shovel flag, and back 30 yards to your team to trigger the next team member
    • BLUE CRABS FOR THE W!

    EVENT #4 – WATER BALOON TOSS

    • Partner up with a team mate
    • All PAX line up in two facing lines, a couple yards apart
    • Toss water ballon to partner – if it doesn’t break, progress to next round
    • Remaining teams take a pace backwards and throw again
    • Repeato, increasing distance between throws, until the final four pairs compete for placings
    • WRONGWAY RED FOR THE W!

    ***FINAL SCORES***

    • 1st Place – WHITE CASTLE
    • 2nd Place – BLACK ATTACK
    • 3rd Place – WRONGWAY RED
    • 4th Place – BLUE CRABS
    • (***Interesting to note that while each team won one of the four events, it was their placing in 2nd or 3rd for other events which produced the final results)

    REWARDS & PENALTIES:

    • 1st Place – Victory Lap around Stone House
    • 2nd Place – x25 Squats
    • 3rd Place – x50 Monkey Humpers
    • 4th Place – x10 Pencil Rolls

    FINAL COP = DORA OF THE HILLS

    • Mosey over to the grassy hills/valley and partner up for a classic Dora
    • x100 Merkins
    • x200 Squats
    • x300 LBC’s (cut short for time call)

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 73 !!!
    • Namerama
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer
    • AWESOME 2nd F Hang Time with a variety of drinks, cookies, cakes and watermelon! 

    T-CLAPS & THANK YOU’s

    • WARBY coming through with a second set of goals! (And a drinks cooler!)
    • RODEO CLOWN with delicious watermelon!
    • PIEROGI, PIGSKIN, PINTO, FLORENCE and HUTTON with cooler of waters and Gatorades
    • HOUSE PARTY & MEATBALL with yummy cookies/cakes
    • POSH with some fireworks! 
    • And my dear M Rachel for keeping score!

    !!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAPLAIN !!!

    NMS:  As always brothers, it is one of my deepest honors to be a part of this fine organization and have the opportunity to lead. We truly embody FREEDOM – for ourselves, our brotherhood, our communities, our country, and in our faith. Loved seeing so many PAX from all over RVA, and welcome NIGHTSTAND (Hayden Mulchin) – so nicknamed as he spends a lot of time as a caretaker for his elderly veteran grandfather. Looking back it was cool to see that each team won an event! Great effort everyone!!! Brothers, what we have in F3, truly EVERY man needs in his life, whether he knows it now or not. Be FEARLESS in your invitation to join you in F3, and together we will reach every community in RVA. Happy Independence Day brothers! Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Liberty Bells

    4 Davillians enjoy a cooler July 4th Eve morning in Mechanicsville for some KB time.

    Unfortunately Mr Holland started to feel bad and had to leave early but according the the other 3, this how it went down.

    COP (ALL IC): Helicopters, DQ, SSH, Imperial Walkers, HRM’s, LBC’s, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Triple Check #1 – Demon Crushers, Swings, Ruck Sack the parking lot

    Four Corners: 50 Goblet Squats, 50 Rows, 50 Merkins, 50 Sit-up + Press

    Triple Check #2 – Cleans, Overhead Press, KB Merkins (10 ct)

    Boat/Canoes and Grown Man Stretches

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    Good to return to MannDate and well wish to Mr Holland on feeling better

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Real Feels of +everything

    90 in the Shade for our Warmarama at the Crossing tonight with 5 renegades looking for a beat down from Chaplain and Meatball splitting the Q.

    Mosey to the Portico: SSH, Copperhead Squats, Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, Plank Streches, Merkins,

    COP #1: Bernie Sanders into Karaokes up and back from the South Corner into 3 Sets of 10LBCs >or + 2 Burpees.

    COP #2: Indigenous Peoples Murder Gorilla with American Hammers up the Grassy Hill!

    COP #3: “Compounding Pentagon”; 10 LBCs then 10 LBC +10 Hand Release Merkins, then 10+10+10 Bobby Hurleys, 10+10+10+10 SSH, 10+10+10+10+10 Merkins. Reverso with 10 of the called exercise at each of the Pentagon Points.

    COP #4: Leg Buster Square Circuit: Lt. Dan’s, Crawl Bear, Flying Monkey Humpers, Fwd Straddle Hops.

    COP #5: Incline/Decline; Merkins, Carolina Dry Docks, LBCs, Squats to time.

    Announcements of Convergence 7/4 @ Forest Hill Park and a VQ from @woodsman in 2 weeks. YHC ended the evening with a dip in the “James” to cool off!

  • Rucking Bells

    Four rucked up for this morning’s edition of Ruckhenge. Near perfect weather placed us in the zone.

    We began with a 2 mile ruck through the trails of Larus Park and BTTF (or where it will be next week). We then engaged in a session of ruck bells as follows.

    Pair up for, I go then you go rounds of:

    1. 16 single arm, amour building complex (ABC—ruck swing, clean, overhead press, swing, switch hand, swing, clean, overhead press, 2 squats). Next round start opposite side.
    2. 5 sets of 5 rucks up from the ground and overhead press
    3. 10 sets of 10 single arm hard style ruck swings, alternating sides

    Followed by coffee and banter, thanks lads.

    Numbers/names, announcements, prayers

    Convergence at tThe Stone House (Batteau) for July 4th celebrations, SYITLM

    1. Senor Broga

      A single pair of FW regulars awoke before the launch to work out some kinks and enjoy the ideal temps that were present at River Road Baptist. Hips, glutes and back were the areas of emphasis today with an extended Shavasana at the request of Senor Frog. Good work today.

    2. Stoned at WTH 😵‍💫

      6 pax of WTH met at sunrise beside the lake to get Stoned. There was for sure some huffing and absolutely some puffing as we got burned out by the Stones.

      We have work to do: Let’s move!

      Depart Pocahontas middle school at 0530 with a right on Three Chopt. Left onto the path over to Lake Wellesley. Cross over the 1st Bridge and circle up for quick COP of SSH Ukrainian Soliders.

      The Thang: Getting Stoned

      We gather up some nice sized Rip Rap lifting rocks from the lake side. Each pax to perform the below exercises in rotation with one pax acting as timer running to bridge and back. Rinse & repeat x3

      • World War 2
      • Man Makers with Stone
      • Overhead Press with Stone
      • Chest Press with Stone
      • Dips on bench

      Finished up just in time to Indian run back to the AO.

      Total of 2.75 miles and some quality stone work.

      v/r

      John (Gypsy) Boles

    3. Sweatfest of Truth

      7 gloom bros left the solo Doozy runner in the dust to tackle today’s pain train shenanigans – here’s how down-ranger AOL almost lost his lunch:

      The THANG: 

      WARMERAMA: 

      • Mosey down to the track and circle up at the bottom of the grassy hill
      • Welcome & Disclaimer
      • Variable IC Reps at the bottom and top of hill, variable movements called between sets

      COP #1: 

      • Step onto the field and line up at one end for the DIME POUNDER COUNTDOWN:
      • Think Quarter Pounder, but with 10 yard intervals, and done in reverse order
      • Sprint to the end, complete x100 SSH’s, Bernie back to start (…switched over to track to honor the preponderance of FIELD CLOSED signs…)
      • Sprint to 90 yard mark, x90 LBC’s, Bernie back to start
      • 80yd, x80 Calf Raises
      • 70yd, x70 Plank Jacks
      • 60yd, x60 Monkey Humpers (2-ct) 
      • 50yd, x50 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
      • 40yd, x40 Squats
      • 30yd, x30 WWII’s
      • 20yd, x20 Flutters (2-ct)
      • 10yd, x10 Burpees

      COP #2:

      • Mosey up to the practice field and partner up for a HUNDORA (x100 Reps per Round, x3 Rounds, different partner each round)
      • Round 1 – x100 Alternate CNMerkins with Werkins
      • Round 2 – x100 Leg Raises
      • Round 3 – x100 Ball Dippers (2-ct)
      • Moving partner runs width of Field and back

      COP #4: 

      • Mosey up to the school’s brick wall for DONKEY KICK-OFF’s
      • x5, 5 sec hold
      • x10, 5 sec hold
      • x15, 5 sec hold
      • x20, donezo

      Mosey BTTF for COT:

      • Counterama # 7 (with Doozy 8)
      • Namerama
      • Announcerama (see Below)
      • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

      NMS:  YHC has been burned with solo-Q’s at SOT in the past, so it was great to have a solid mix of SOJ’ers and one HIM from Ohio for this Summer Tour beatdown. Efforts were made to convince Doozy to join us and make it a perfect 8-PAX but he wasn’t havin it. BAMF that he is, Herme pushed through the pain for his third beatdown in 24hr having attended a Men’s Alliance last night. YHC has heard mixed reviews on the duration, if not also the depth of difficulty, on the MA workouts, but Herme testifies the push with coupons for 30min deserves a nod. Maybe someday when the timeframe doesn’t completely conflict with family time, I’ll try it out. Great to have AOL join us and proclaim the brutality of RVA beatdowns (he attended a Pigskin whoopin at Howdown as well). Keep posting fellas! Yours AYE! ~DTH

      Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

      • Convergence Field Day tomorrow! 7am at Forrest Hill Park
      • Next Tue AM Homerun Derby (instead of NoToll
      • Next Tue PM 2nd F at Snuff’s Pool

      Prayer Requests:

      • AOL safe travels
      • Friends and family members battling cancer and other serious illness/injury

    4. We’re All Gonna Die!

      Seven regulars plus Whitesnake hoping for a tour of the taint set out to defend the planet.

      Here’s what transpired:

      Traveling COP (SF-Westham-Glen Pkwy-Keller-Crenshaw)

      • SSHs
      • IWs
      • Copperhead Squats
      • Helicopters
      • LBCs
      • APDs
      • Carolina Dry Docks

      Mosey to hillside across from the Modlin Center

      Bernorama

      Round 1

      • P1 – Bernie up the hill and run back
      • P2 – Merkins
      • Flapjack

      Round 2

      • P1 – Bernie x 2
      • P2 – Jump Squats
      • Flapjack

      Round 3

      • P1 – Bernie x 3
      • P2 – Freddie Mercurys
      • Flapjack

      Mosey to Intramural sports field

      Booyahrama

      • P1 – Runs across field and back to P2
      • P2 – Bear crawl
      • Booyah Merkins x 10 and continue across field repeating until P1/P2 are finished
      • Repeato with Crabwalk/ Booyah WWIIs
      • Repeato with Polar Bear/ Booyah Burpees

      Mosey near exit to River Rd

      Cockroachorama

      • Boxing Cockroaches – 20 x 3

      Mosey west on River Rd

      • Merkins at UR entrance
      • Monkey Humpers at Saab’s entrance

      Mosey to Guardrail

      • Incline Merkins
      • Dips
      • Derkins
      • Dips

      Mary

      • American Hammers
      • APDs
      • 1 Legged APDs R/L

      Numberama, Nameorama, COT

      MOLESKIN

      Great to have Whitesnake lose his FW virginity, though he’ll have to come back to explore the taint.  As the PAX moseyed down Westham there was an oddly awesome looking object shooting across the sky.  Theories ranged from comet to an airplane through fog to an alien invasion.  Alas the US Space Force confirmed it was Elon Musk rocketing away from your mom’s house.

      ANNOUNCEMENTS

      Convergence tomorrow at Forrest Hill Park