Category: Richmond, VA

  • Haavahd pt 1

    In Boston for work. Posted at the Coliseum today (Harvard football field). Nice AO with tons of cool features around it like a track, BMX park, body weight based exercise course with workout stations (think Old Hundred Elementary playground with rings, pull-up bars, ab station complete with platform to throw a medicine ball), even an amphitheater (similar to the Forge).

    Warmorama. A bit different. More stretches, etc.

    Main COP was three rounds rotating (every minute) through various exercise stations (3x) on the hybrid workout station:

    1. Walk walk
    2. Abdominal station
    3. Monkey bars
    4. Dips
    5. Ring Pullups
    6. Ring Jerkins
    7. Sidewise rope ladder thing

    COP 2: a few rounds of block jumps and incline merkins

    COP 3: Alphabet abs. Pax lays in circle calling alphabet in order (leg raises to spell out called letter). If someone calls out wrong letter on their turn Pax owes 5 burpees.

    BOM, etc.

    Very new chapter. Started last October. About 6 core guys, but average 9 with down range guys.

    They were curious about what we do in the RVA. They let me grab the Q Thursday. Hope they don’t regret it. Too many beatdown choices.

  • A Good Route for Runs

    3 runners parted the mists to scout the hilly terrain of the not-yet-mapped southwestern quadrant of the Giles neighborhood. The mission from YHC was to assess the likelihood of an eventual trail connection from this back corner of Giles to a nearby street. The societal need for such a connector is great because sometimes YHC is bored and wants a different way to torture the Pax by making them run back up the hills from the back of Giles at the end of the run. After the recon and a review of the resulting cartographic record, the probabilities favor continued YHC boredom. If you are moved to action by this grave injustice, write your representatives, everyone else’s representatives, and then reassess your life priorities.

    After this important mission, which covered a little over 4.5 miles, the runners met up with the lone rucker for numbers and names. Opus took us out. We are all thinking of the recent loss to the UVA band community mentioned by Opus. Next week, Opus committed to leading the runners, but word is we will have actual, real-life bicycle action to report.

  • Heartbreak Ridge

    9 gathered for this weeks rendition of Heartbreak and this is what happened:

    YHC was the mystery Q, it only came with a little disappointment from Lighthouse, once this was established we launched.

    COP of various exercises to included Inverted and regular Scorpion Kicks

    Park lot Bear Crawls. Bear Crawl and (2) HRM’s at each parking spot

    Mosey over to Lil’ Blue and grab a Microblock. Mosey over to the field.

    Various high rep exercises with the Microblock. Even though the weight is low when you do 50 reps it still burns.

    Mosey back to Lil’ Blue to return the blocks and then over to wall and group up for a Triple Check. P1 runs the lot and back, P2 does Bench Kicks, P3 does wall sits.

    Complete (2) Squats at each parking spot across the lot.

    Announcements – Oyster is hosting Frisbee at Gridiron NEXT Saturday (August 5th, not July 29th). Pickleball Tournament on August 26th, grab a partner. Honeydo is doing a Kayak trip from Huguenot Flatwater this Thursday about 5:00.

    NMS – quiet morning, not much mumblechatter. It was good to have Chaplin make the trip as part of the Summer Tour. EF Hutton ran over like a stud. We had 3 for Coffeteria afterwards.

  • Dimensional Expansion

    The fourth dimension of the Bermuda Triangle continues to expand. 8 wary expeditioners embarked on the following journey. Beware :

    F3 Disclaimers

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

    THE THANG :

    Mosey to first playground behind school

    3 sets of the following : 5 Pull Ups, 10 Jerkins, 15 Calf Raises while balancing on bar, 15 WWII’s on bench, 15 incline Merkins, Side to Side swings across Monkey Bars, Climb up and over vertical bars

    Mosey to gravel track

    Lunges across the entire straight away (about 100 meters)

    Mosey to parking lot next to disc golf course

    Mary : 15 one legged LBC’s on each side, 10 LBC’s with both legs extended straight out, 20 Flutters IC

    Mosey into disc golf course, take a left then enter the grassy field

    BLIMPS (5 Burpees, 10 Lunges DC, 15 IW’s DC, 20 Merkins, 25 Plank Jax, 30 Squats

    Mosey to different playground

    10 Pull Ups OYO

    Mosey to benches by baseball field

    30 Dips

    Mosey to basketball court

    1 set of Suicides to foul line, half court, opposite foul line, opposite end line then back

    Mosey to parking lot down the hill next to football field

    Sprint to far side of parking lot, then Sprint back to beginning

    Bear Crawl up the grass hill

    Mosey BTTF

    DONE

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out

    Prayers for healing for Big Rig’s mom

    Announcements :

    -This Thursday lunch at 11:45 am at Rusty Taco in Midlothian (Westchester Commons plaza)

    -Sat 8/5 School of Rock family bootcamp for M’s and 2.0s at 8 am immediately following the Rock N Roll Q

    -Lots of other announcements on Slack

    NMMS : Great to see Broadway at Bermuda today after his post at Rock N Roll a couple weeks ago. Also great to see House Party make the trek today. It’s encouraging to start to see the growth of this AO. We now have 6 PAX who live in Chester : Broadway, Mr. Kimble, Preach, State Farm, Posh, and Shaw-Shank. Mudslide and YHC live very close to Chester also. If we had Big Rig and Shaw-Shank today then we would have had 10 PAX which is a good goal going forward if the stars align and we can all make it. Have a great day and rest of your week brothers!

  • Gorillas in the Mist

    11 HIMs came out to the foggy Old Hundred for some kettlebell hell. Cookie and Blacktop brought an FNG each. Nice work gents! Keep this growing!

    Here’s what went down. Quick little mosey in the parking lot followed by SSH, helicopters, merkins, Ukrainian soldiers, Don Kehotes. Had to shift the workout circle a bit due to a parking lot present, possibly left by a dog…. or human. Unknown.

    COP 1.

    5 exercises of 10 reps and a loop around the parking lot. Repeated 2x. Kettlebell swings, pull throughs w/ merkin each pull through, isolated curls, kettlebell burpees, and side waist bends

    COP 2

    4 corners. Corner 1- 10 squats, one arm overhead walk to next corner will bell. Corner 2- 20 around the worlds, bell over head walk to the next. Corner 3- 30 skull crushers, one arm overhead walk to next corner will bell. Corner 4- 40 LBCs, bell over head walk to the next.

    COP 3

    Triple check. Timer ran length of parking lot others did American hammers and bell press.

    Names, announcements COT.

    We welcomed Sean (Chromebook) and Ben (Beamer) to the group

  • Bruce Lee 50yr

    13 Macho men made their way through the abb gauntlet that Bruce Lee laid down. With the Weinke hankie in his pocket Machismo stated the Warmarama.

    SSH, obliques L and R, Heel touches, Micheal Phelps, DQs, plank saws.

    Continue on to a lap with the 🇺🇲 I. P. Style circle back for the 6.

    COP #1 superset with Bruce Lee 20, 30, then 40 reps of each. A.H., Leg Raises, LBCs, heel touches, crunchy frogs, plank saws, .. six pack in tow pax went to the shelter

    triple check: Lt. Dan’s, Dips, Filed Run.

    Grab the flag and back with sone high knees, butt kickers, side steps.

    Toll of 20 dips and inerkins.

    suicide to kill 2 min. Then names and numbers.

    YHC reflected on taking the most out of every day because aspirin can kill you (Bruce Lee). Prayers for Belay and his family as they lay to rest his grandfather in Iceland. Welcome F3 RVAs newest member CH3. Chris owns a propane delivery business (20lb cylinders) so OC got wise and wanted to name him the chemical formula for propane. As fate would have it CH3 (CH3 Methyl Group) is methane. So Chris for your excessively long fart sack welcome your name will be remembered as chemically complicated but technically cow farts. Looking forward to beating down the gloom with you!

  • No bees 🐝 today

    Not it’s all around and then YHC had the Q. “Hey guys, my epi pen is in the first aid kit under the back seat in my truck, key around my neck – North to South and let’s go…

    I joked about a bro code run but then cut everyone free to do their own thing. The Pax revolted and said they’d keep me close after my announcement about the epi pen… really not necessary but much appreciated. With that in mind I kept up the pace out of guilt but it felt great. 6.5 miles (Northbank, Pottersfield, Buttermilk) at under 11/mile with is pretty quick for the trails. The fastest YHC had ever done it was 10/mile and I was younger and way fitter at the time…

    Great run, great conversation and fellowship.
    YHC took us out with gratitude and prayers for sick relatives everywhere.
    some of us went to ETs. Thanks guys. I needed that

  • Tuckahoe Takeover?

    Presumably in the right place, EF Huttonous and a fellow Tuckahoegian met up north of the wall.  Here’s what transpired.

    Mosey to the front of the school, somewhat under cover.

    COP (IC)

    • Dead Man Hang
    • Reach to the Sky
    • Don Quixotes
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Helicopters
    • Merkins
    • Dips
    • Imperial Step Ups

    Mosey to the bus loop, go under cover, then reverse course back to loop

    Injured Bear

    • Bearcrawl about 20 yds, 5 merkins, Crawlbear back, 5 merkins
    • Injured Bear right 20 yds, 5 merkins, Crawlbear back, 5 merkins
    • Injured Bear left 20 yds, 5 merkins

    Mosey under cover

    Jack Webb Legs

    • 1:4 ratio up to 10:40 (Squats/Monkey Humpers)
    • WWIIs/ Freddie Mercurys IC

    Mosey behind Atlee to parking lot

    6 Tree Déjà vu (10 reps each time)–

    • Merkins, Run Back
    • Merkins, Jump Squats, Merkins, Run Back
    • Merkins, Jump Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Jump Squats, Merkins, Run back
    • Merkins, Jump Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Lunges 2ct, Carolina Dry Docks, Jump Squats, Merkins, Run Back
    • Merkins, Jump Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Lunges 2ct, LBCs, Lunges 2ct, Carolina Dry Docks, Jump Squats, Merkins, Run Back
    • Merkins, Jump Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Lunges 2ct, LBCs, Burpees, LBCs, Lunges 2ct, Carolina Dry Docks, Jump Squats, Merkins, Run Back

    Mosey back to Flag

    Mary – Heels to Heaven, APDs

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    YHC and UpC should have high-fived Corned Beef and Bulkhead on the highway as we crossed paths to our desired destinations.  Nothing like an impromptu Tuckahoe Takeover.  Thanks to UpChuck for forcing YHC to workout in the rain.  Summer tour continues….

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Prayers up

  • Pickle

    3 pickleball enthusiasts made there way to Batteau this morning. 70 and Sunny as expected.

    The Thang: Various games were played. 1:1 , 2:1 and all games played to 5. If you were not playing you ran the courts doing various exercises.

    NUMBERAMA: NAMERAMA:
    YHC took us out.

    NMS: at 5:29am YHC was just getting ready to go on a solo run when out of the gloom two men from Daville emerged. YHC offered to switch it up and Q a bootcamp but that was quickly squashed as Daville came to play Pickleball. Cornbeef and Bullkhead are now representing Daville for the Tournament. Good work this morning.

    Announcements: Pickleball at Batteau: Rain or Shine
    See Slack for the SOJ: CSAUP Half Marathon / 10K
    8/5 — Last chance for Ultimate Frisbee (GridIron)
    8/26 — Sat – Pickleball Tournament
    If you are in Midlothian this Thursday — 2nd F Lunch at Rusty Taco (Westchester Commons)

  • Nah that is the sprinklers

    9 strong posted for this mornings version of the Alamo. Of course it was sunny and 72. According to the dog walkers here is what happened. Futon EHed a friendly new guy. Welcome Cold Call. On the second side the sprinklers kept us nice and cool, or it could have been the rain drops.

    COP- 20 each SSH, LBC; 10 Each Topsy Turkey, Jazzercise, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, , Copper head squat, Dead man hang, Merkins, Flutters,  

    YHC called for a progressive horseshoe. End were the top side of trail to tunnel. Run was though tunnel and back up the other side. I did not think it was that far of a run but we logged 2.5 miles. 5 Drydocks, 10 2 count lunges, 15 WWII’s, 20 Merkins, 25 toe taps, 30 LBC’s, 35 Squats. We worked all the way up and were on way back down when at merkins time was called. BTTF.

    Announcements- T-shirt order for Liv, see Futon. Workout with shirts coming to the Alamo soon.

    Prayer Requests: To Cold call’s MIL, To Liv a 9 month old neighbor with cancer. Cancer Sucks!