Category: Richmond, VA

  • No Snow Day

    3 men woke up this morning expecting to do some butterflies in the snow but unfortunately it was just another cold & wet gloomy morning instead!

    Warmarama: Mosey’d on to the far left parking lot to do some Don Quixodes, Side Straddle hops, helicopters…

    Started with 11’s in the parking lot1 with LBC’s & The Merkin. After Snaked the parking lot with a Bernie Sanders with a stretch afterwards.

    Mosey’d to the bench for a triple set of Dips, American Hammers while the other ran to the flag to do 5 burpees and back to relieve the pax.

    It can’t be a Posh Q in Bermuda triangle without doing The Bearmuda! So yeah it was tough. 3 markers 3Oyds apart in shape of a
    triangle. Pax performs one burpee at first
    marker and bear crawls to 2nd marker, 2
    burpees and bear crawl to 3rd marker, 3
    burpees and bear crawl back to 1st marker.
    Unfortunately we did not Rinse and Repeat x 3 as we should have …. Next time! 🙂

    To end it we did a ring of fire with our own choice of Merkin & Ab workout then State Farm finished us off with some fancy yoga moves!

    Numeruma: The brave 3 that lived super close to Bermuda & didn’t have to worry much about icy roads while ShawShank still on diaper duty!!! (Get it Diaper Duty!!!… Dad jokes!)

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  • No rain. KB training. Get some.

    PAX: Hermey, Heist, Purple Rain, Cookie

    Warm-Up:

    • 2 rounds of farmer carry around the parking lot.

    Round 1:

    • 20x Kettlebell Swings
    • 15x Kettlebell Rows
    • 20x Kettlebell Squats
    • Walk around the lot to the other side. Repeat. Return to the start.

    Round 2:

    • 10x Kettlebell Single Leg Deadlifts
    • 20x Kettlebell Sumo Squats
    • 15x Kettlebell Curls
    • Walk around the lot to the other side. Repeat. Return to the start.

    Round 3: Led by Cookie

    • Close Knee Squat (Testicle Crushers) – 20x
    • Skull Crushers – 15x
    • Clean and Press – 10x each arm
    • Walk around the lot to the other side. Repeat. Return to the start.

    Cooldown:

    • Deadman Hang/Andy Dufresne Stretch

    Announcements:

    • Purple Rain’s 1-year Q anniversary this Saturday at Rock and Roll.

    Prayers:

    • Led by Hermey. Prayers for Cookie’s friend’s father, who is in the hospital with pneumonia.
    • A reminder to cherish our time with family, remove distractions, and focus on what truly matters in life.

  • Pink Fluffy Unicorns Dancing on Rainbows

    7 stallions braved the gloom. No snow in sight, temps were 70 and weather was sunny. According to the music tolerant neighborhood watch, this is how it went down.

    SSH x 25

    1 burpee

    DQ x 10

    2 burpee

    Michael Phelps x 10

    3 burpee

    Imperial Walkers x 20

    4 burpee

    (Invisible) Snow angles x 10

    5 burpees

    Merkins x10

    6 burpees

    Scorpion kicks x10

    7 burpees

    Triple check

    Timer is 20 merkins

    Copperhead squats

    LBCs

    Merkin Jacks

    Up to 5 and down

    Dora 

    To front door of clubhouse

    100 donkey kicks

    200 ball dippers

    300 squats

    Partner wheel barrow to dumpster and back 

    Captain Thor up to 5 and back down 

    1×4

    2×8

    3×12

    4×16

    5×20

    Merkin ring of fire 

    5 minutes of Mary

    numbers, names, announcements (growruck coming, as is frozen triangle, join in on the fun!), YHC took us out in a Circle Of Trust.

    NMM

    Great morning to get out and get after it. Nice to see Leche out after a bit of a hiatus. TCLAPS to Big Rig who was out early getting some extra credit miles before the main event. Title comes from a song on the playlist for my daughter that I forgot to take off….. other songs were wide ranging. Two comments from same PAX “Awesome track Boberry!” “This song is chemically castrating me”

  • Welcome Hydrant

    YHC pulled into an empty parking lot until a visitor (Hydrant) pulled in to the parking lot. Made some quick introductions and proceeded with the beatdown.

    COP

    SSH, Imp walkers, arm circles, helicopters etc

    THANG

    Mosey to basketball court for some 11s – merkins and WWIIs

    Dora – mosey to wall by gym: 100x donkey kicks, 200x squats, 300x mountain climbers

    4 corners – mosey to bus loop for 4 corners, 5x burpees at each corner

    Numbers, names, Hydrant took us out.

    Notes: Welcome to DaVille Hydrant, keep posting.

  • It’s snowing!

    But not during the workout. I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and so I still like seeing snow.

    Mosey to corner Parking lot and give standard disclaimer

    • 20 SSHs
    • 10 Man-Maker Merkins
    • 15 Crunchy Frogs
    • Stretch

    Mosey to Asphalt playground

    • 20 IWs
    • 10 Diamond Merkins
    • 10 each side Suzanne Sommers
    • Stretch

    Mosey to corner parking lot

    • 20 Squats
    • 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
    • 15 Knee Ups
    • Stretch

    Mosey to asphalt playground

    • 10 Don Quixotes
    • 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
    • 15 Ukrainian Hammers
    • Stretch

    Line up on sidewalk to the asphalt playground for 11s

    • Mike Tyson & V-Ups

    To the grass playground in back; Count off by 3s. Rotate Counter-Clockwise. (Apparently, some people are a bit confused about which direction is counter-clockwise.)

    • 10 Get-ups at the swings, (lay on you back and then stand up without using your hands)
    • 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
    • 30 Dips at benches,

    To the wall for

    • 15 People’s chair airpress
    • 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
    • 15 Donkey Kix
    • 15 People’s chair Milkers
    • 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
    • 15 Donkey Kix
    • 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
    • 10 BTTW Toe Taps
    • 15 Donkey Kix

    On the patio in front of the wall for

    • 60 count 6-inch leg lift

    Time’s up!

    Announcements:

    Grow-Ruck: May 4 weekend. Check Slack

    1 year Q for Purple Rain at Rock N Roll:

  • The Incredible Hulk

    19 Strong and not so weak pax came out of their fart sacks to join us in this gloomy wet & cold but no so cold weather… Just like @State farm- Green as the hulk with a bad ass cold & under the weather so I had to take over the Q today.

    Started off with a quick warm up at the pickleball courts with some side straddle hops, Don Quixotes, Ukranian Soilders and the Merkin!

    At first I had the idea of separating the pax to two groups on opposite sides of the fence to do balls on the fence with a bear crawl under and meet at the other side of the fence but apparently it was quite a fumble so we mosey’d on to the 1st parking lot for some prostitutes that worked all 4 corners of the parking lot (10, 20, 30, 40/Merkins, LBC’s, Lunges, Squats)

    Snaked the parking lot lines with a Bernie Sanders, side step, run and at the end went to a quick stretch for some relief.

    We hit the wall with our balls and left them there counting to 10 then to a 10 count of shoulder taps (3X). Find a partner for a peoples chair as the other ran around to relieve their partner (3X).

    Mosey’d to the 2nd parking lot for my favorite 11’s (Merkin – American Hammers) it was so much fun we didnt want to leave so we stayed to do 5 burpees in one end, 10 WWII’s in the middle & Lunges at the other end (3X).

    Mosey’d a bit and made it to the basketball court in the final stretch with 5 minutes left for a ring of fire 10 of pax member choice.

    Annoucements

    • GrowRuck Training Event 47(May 3-5) CSUAP; check Slack for deets and to sign up!
    • Breaking Bread Sat 3/30 & Sun 3/31 are open for sign up (bring a meal for recovering patients at southside health center, contact Oyster for information.
    • Saturday Feb 10. Frozen Triangle CSAUP 6am to 9am- 3 runs between AO’s with 20 minute bootcamps at each. starts at Dogpile… choice of Running, Rucking or biking.

  • I Q’d Because I Say I Q’d

    Seven saw the dawn at the latest edition of Sunday Funday. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the wave-less dog walker, the following might have happened.

    TYA – launch early, train hard, make progress.

    Saab – 6 or 9 on the roads

    Sippy, Offshore, Helix – full loop, Buttermilk to North Bank and back.

    UpChuck – out and back for four.

    Mr. Furley also made an appearance. Chest attire, per usual.

    Numbers, names, and general agreement on the beauty of the morning.

    ET’s continues to provide lessons in life and friendship as well as a living case study in how to run down a business slowly.

  • Perpetual Self Improvement

    Seven men made their way from various locations across the greater metro Richmond area to gain some inspiration and motivation from the Monument to Perpetual Self Improvement – aka The Carillon. Basking in its glow, this is what went down:

    COP – SSH, IW, Helicopters, DQ’s, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC’s, APDs – all IC

    Wander to the rusty cage for a triple check: Pull-ups, squats, the timer checks to make sure the hydrant hasn’t moved.

    Relocate to the Triangle – Round 1 – Bear crawl, 10 x Carolina Dry Docks, down the hill, 20 x WWII’s, Up the hill, 10 x Merkins. Round 2 – Bear crawl, 10 x jump squats, down the hill, 10 x 2 count American Hammers, up the hill, 10 x merkins. Round 3 – Lunge, 10 x an exercise, down the hill, 20 x Heels to Heaven, up the hill, 10 x merkins

    Follow the leader to the other end of the reflecting pool – 1 burpee at each light post down the block, coagulate with the six, and return down the other side of the block.

    Mosey as a group to the circle at the top of the ampitheater for some Mary and stretching and then back to the flag….psych!… for 11’s between utility poles – LBC’s and 2 count American Hammers, calling it at the designated time.

    Count around and identify ourselves. Announcements: Training is in progress for the Grow Ruck in May – watch the Q sheet and Slack for times and places. Frozen Triangle CSAUP is scheduled for February 10th starting at DogPile. It’s more fun than it sounds! Check the Q sheet for opportunities to participate in Breaking Bread during 2024!

    Thoughts – Most Saturdays I look forward to getting up in the gloom and joining a group of friends at the Carillon to bump some fists, exchange some humorous anecdotes, hear what’s going on in people’s lives, and get some endorphins and dopamine and seratonin circulating through physical exertion. And also the cheesy eggs at Libbie Market. Some weeks life presents challenges and I find myself drawn into my inner world trying to sort everything out. Left to my own devices it can be very difficult to come out of that. Having the external commitment and sense of responsibility to be at Dogpile on time with a plan requires putting the other stuff aside and thinking outside myself. This is a week I needed that and might not have been there if I didn’t “have to” be. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

  • Always Two There Are. No More, No Less

    It appears only two M’villers survived last night’s pseudo-Hot Ones chicken wings challenge F2 at PBR Mechanicsville.

    COP: helicopters, arm circles, imperial walkers, Don Quixotes, cherry pickers

    Thang: a gut buster with LBC‘s, Alabama prom, dates, static leg extensions, repeat three times. A mosey followed by a triple check of Merkins, squats, calf raises, mosey around the block for a timer. Another mosey to front parking lot for a two person Demi Dora 50 Merkins 100 LBCs, 150 squats, mosey in between to three islands.

    Hot potato Q to Opus:

    11’s with Modified Wall Merkins and jump squats. Lunges in between.

    Mosey to closing stretches

    Name-arama, numberama, announcements, COT Opus took us out.

  • One more minute of vigorous exercise

    Five runners started off their Sunday right by hitting the mean streets of Midlothian. Pretty standard southern route that got us 6 miles. Great company and great conversation followed by more 2nd F at Starbucks.

    After the run, YHCs watch said that one more minute of vigorous exercise was needed to hit the weekly quota. Great ideas followed on how to hit that last minute.

    Enjoy your Sunday fellas!