Category: Richmond, VA

  • Ocho to the Endo (May 8, VE Day)

    11 Soldiers showed up at the Crossing as we reflected on VE Day or Victory Day. The day WWII ended in Europe.

    Mosey to the South lot for a warmup:

    Side Straddle Hops, Squat Jacks, CopperHead Squats, Dead Man Hang, Plank into Peter Parkers.

    COP #1: Paired up. Partner Ran and those that stayed home changed exercised. Once both partners ran, we changed exercises: Imperial Walkers, LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Toe Taps.

    COP #2: Repeat with new exercises; Carolina Dry Docks, Monkey Humpers, Bobby Hurlies, Heels to Heaven.

    COP #3: Repeat with new exercises; Calf Raises, Hello Dollies, Freddie Mercury, Peter Parker.

    There just so happened to be Coupons in the lot which led us into a “Ocho to the Endo” ladder. 1 Merkin, 2 Coupon Lifts, 3 LBCs, 4 Ukrainian Soldiers, 5 Carolina Dry Docks, 6 Monkey Humpers, 7 CopperHead Squats, 8 Side Straddle Hops.

    Recovered and circled up for a Plank to Fail Challenge pushing ourselves another 5 seconds every time we wanted to stop. @DTH didn’t want to stop… and took the challenge past time.

    Shout out to Dorothy putting in the work tonight and all those still recovering from GTE. Be there for your brothers in the PAX and invite those that aren’t in it yet. Prayers for Mental Health Recovery and Physical Health, not just those recovering from GTE but specifically for those battling cancer and recovering from treatments and surgeries.

    This Meatball is cooked. Out!

  • 5 Men and A Puppy

    5 Davillians enjoy summer like temp for the Thursday edition of the ruck/run

    Rucker – Headed left out of the clubhouse and loop around the neighborhood.

    Runner/Walkers – Took the traditional right and loop around Rutland/Cool Spring trail for 4ish miles

    Great morning to be at F3

    Spit On That!!

  • So a Thai Pad Is Not a Wet Noodle

    YHC jogged from the Prudential Center, past Upchuck’s old smoke break spot at HBS, to the Harvard Stadium to meet up with the PAX. Dunder led a brief warmup then brought out his kickboxing gear, including boxing mitts and a Thai pad. YHC was not expecting to learn how to be kicked in the early morning gloom but got the hang of it. Dunder sends his regards to Heist – so does YHC! Tclaps to him and the other men who participated in the GTE last weekend!

  • Pickleball Monday… on a Tuesday

    After getting rained out Monday afternoon Oyster and Honeydo tried a repeato and found perfect weather on a Tuesday afternoon. Paired up with regulars Larry and Jose for many sets of matches. Hornydo tried to join up as a 4th with a threesome of college ladies looking for a 4th but Oyster insisted we keep playing with our group. Oyster is in his element on the courts, you should come out and experience it yourself if you play.

  • Esther Williams Running Fan Club

    Senor Frog led our 8 man crew in a run-heavy Bootcamp. Last Call complained even though he should have been stretched from Broga. We ran to Walgreens at the corner of Ridge and Forest and completed various Ab exercises then ran around the building. Some said it was 3 miles.

    There was also conversation about Saab’s love interest of the youth, Esther Williams, but Pucker and YHC couldn’t remember her name.

    Announcements – WestHo lunch at Firehouse Subs at Innsbrook on May 14th and noon.

    Prayer Requests – Ronnie’s puppy passed away. It’s always tough for those who love their animals. Ronnie also had to return his Miata because he’s old and it made his back hurt. Its been a tough couple weeks to be Ronnie.

  • Reverso

    Six warriors looking to increase the average attendance at WTH, were shook taking a reverse route to SPES. We first ran to the lit Nissan dealer to do some warmups. While I never found my dad’s mid maroon Datsun hatchback, we did find a nice ~100 yard stretch to do 11s with jump squats and merkins. We then moseyed to the SPES bus loop and partnered up for a bus loop run and ab exercises (WWIIs, Heals to Heaven and then American Hammers). The fam then ran past the front of the school to the first pavilion. Just taking up time, it was basic. We did a few rounds of dips on the benches. We then ran back to Poca and got a total of 3 miles in. Slay! We finished with some Freddie’s, LBCs and 5 burpees. Well done everyone, very trill.

    Can you tell my kid is back from finishing her JMU freshman year?

    Firehouse subs next Tuesday at noon for lunch.

  • 3 men and a school

    cop

    rolled up w dumar to find 1 runner and 1 boot camper. After a short discussion about the Ruckers, taking a major beat down last weekend and the numbers being low we were off

    ash, lbc , Merkin, stretches, dojo Dan working on form and agility

    thang

    we made our way around the school with the door numbers work out, changing each exercise after every five doors and moving from upper body to core two legs on the change ups. We then did a triple check with squats LBC’s and a timer.

    cot

    we wrapped it up quickly, as singer had to be fast out. YHC took us out and away.
    Prayers for the Ruckers to make a quick recovery. Mad props to the hardness You guys showed

  • Recovery is Sweet

    Party of Two enjoyed the early service at No Toll to work out the kinks. Hammys and hips were the requested areas. Good conversation and fellowship ensued over a variety of topics. Pigeon, Warrior and Childs Pose were some suggested positions, followed by some band work and shavasana. Great to hear the Grow Ruck Tales from House Party. Swift recovery for Chaplain.

  • Soggy Biscuit

    4 Beasts took to the soppy football field and surrounding areas of Goyne Park to tackle the Florence routine :

    F3 mission statement and disclaimers 

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 15 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 15 IW’s IC, 10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Mosey to football field

    18 sprints from back of the endzone to other back of the endzone (First 3 sprints done without stopping, the rest of them with brief breaks in between)

    Mosey for a quick drink at the cars then mosey to exercise station behind school

    4 sets of AMRAP pull ups/chin ups : switch grip each set

    Mosey to YHC’s truck

    Two PAX grab 35 lb dumbbells for 3 sets of AMRAP curls while the other two PAX do 3 sets of AMRAP walking lunges; Switch exercises and repeato

    Two PAX do 3 sets of AMRAP overhead press while the other two PAX do 3 sets of AMRAP one legged LBC’s; Switch exercises and repeato

    Two PAX do 3 sets of AMRAP bent over lawn mower pulls on each arm while other two PAX do air squats; ran out of time before switching 

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Prayers for PAX recovering from injuries at GrowRuck : Chaplain, Purple Rain, Fun N Gun from Pittsburgh

    Prayers for YHC’s MIL who is having brain scan today. Please pray no cancer is there and for miraculous healing of her lung and

    Thyroid cancer 

    DTH hosting 2nd F on 2nd Tuesday evening 5/14

    Big Rig leading Murph Sat 5/25 at Rock N Roll

    NMMS : Enjoyed having Biscuit post with us. The sprints this morning seemed much harder than when I did them last week. Probably because I had PAX pushing me and the humidity was hiiiiigh

  • Who doesn’t love a good skinny dip?!

    15 SOJ HIM’s including one FNG (who was EH’d over the weekend by GTE Cadre Flight Nurse) shook off the weekend soreness at NoToll with a slightly slower paced beatdown, as follows:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey onto the BBall Court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom, lots of groaning
    • The number 18 was utilized to honor the 18 RVA PAX who completed GTE #47

    Q-SCHOOL – Part 1:

    • Brief explanation and demonstration of how to call cadence, then FNG Will Myers was invited to Q some reps – which he did admirably (we didn’t know at the time he just got out of the Marine Corps 2 years ago)
    • AAR (After Action Report) was provided by the PAX

    Mosey out to Pay the Toll at the Bridge – questionably dead copperhead in the road – decided to just keep moseying – No Toll today…

    BUDDY LADDER:

    • Partner up in front of the bleachers, complete x10 Buddy WWII’s, P1 runs across field and back, P2 remains for Bleachers Step-ups, then partners complete x9 WWII’s, P2 runs & P1 remains, etc. down to 1.
    • ABC’s for the SIX
    • Circle up in Plank and review the F3 Mission, Credo, and 5CP’s
    • Mosey over to the pavilion

    Q-SCHOOL – Part 2:

    • DTH demonstrates calling x18 squats IC
    • BROMANCE invited to take the Q, and guided to lead the PAX in Merkins then in Arm Circles
    • AAR provided – he’s a natural and will do his VQ very soon!

    CATCH ME IF YOU CAN:

    • Partner up
    • P1 lunges, P2 does x5 Mericans then bear crawls to catch ip and switch
    • Circumnavigate the pavilion

    1/2 CAPTAIN THOR:

    • 1:4 of WWII and Am.Hammers
    • Reps up to 5:20

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 15
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  There were a good number of our GTE graduates in attendance today, all of us walking and moving a bit stiffly, but the reps got everyone limbered up OK. A big welcome to SKINNY DIP, who was EH’d by the GTE Cadre over the weekend. He’s a couple years out of the Marine Corps and spoke candidly that he hadn’t felt this brotherly camaraderie since being with his USMC brothers, and had been missing sorely. He had a great story of being a competitive swimmer and forgetting to tie his suit before leaping into a college pool in front of thousands of spectators – and having to get out of the pool totally naked, on film, etc. Well, we are honored to have you in our PAX and you did an AWESOME job on the QSchool challenge. Just do all the guys a favor and keep your suit on! 🙂 Bromance equally shined on calling cadence and plans to do his VQ in the next few weeks! SOJ is on FIRE and we’re not anywhere close to slowing down. LET’S GO!!! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Friday PM Machismo hosting a BYO firepit debrief for all the GTE guys to share war stories
    • Next Tuesday (5/14) all of SOJ invited to DTH’s house for a 2nd F patio party

    Prayer Requests:

    • Scram’s mom in hospice
    • Chaplain’s shoulder healing
    • NTB alone weekends this month
    • Doozy’s daughter travel safety