Category: Richmond, VA

  • No One Stays Dry

    Absent a few fart-sackers, five noble warriors assembled in the dew of the morning to a late-night Q volunteer.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Cumulative beast
      • 180 HRM
      • 144 WWII sit-ups
      • 108 side crunches – each side
      • 72 monkey humpers
      • 36 2x crab cakes
      • Last round – 36 burpees as out of time
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX today.  Great to have Whitesnake back.  Too bad Horneydo and Handshake were not there.  Many of the PAX have been injured at some point in the last 6 months, so grateful hearts that we were able to come together and do some ground and pound.  The ground was moist to say the least, so no one went home dry. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Dead Poets Society

    Ten British scholars gathered in the bowl behind the commons seeking answers to the questions of the day. With the question of who has the Q out of the way, YHC proclaimed the following routes:

    The Routes

    • Start with the first half of Mount Henrico route to get everyone on University on the west side of Forest
    • 4s take a right on Essex and go up as far as you want before retracing your steps
    • 5s take a left on Arlington Circle, hard left on Sawmill, left on Shelley, right on Keats, right on University and back
    • 6s do the 5s route + take a left on Coleridge while on Sawmill out all the way to Ridge then back

    Announcements

    • See slack for details Bodo’s posted on a memorial fundraiser run on 9/16.

    Moleskin

    The soup was a perfect consistency this AM. The second question of the day was whether or not Faceplant actually sweat a drop today. YHC saw him running, so he was out there. Perhaps he has some newfangled polyester blend? Marv will wait for it to go on special before trying it.

    The third question (and what turned out to be the question that made everyone disperse) was, what does Anthrax do with all that leftover water that Peeta doesn’t drink?

    Man loves dog
    Dog loves man
    Dog drinks water
    Water refreshes man

    Man drinks dog water

    Splinter – 2023

    Who says romantic poetry is dead?

    Splinter out.

  • Sweet Home Alabama

    11 men came out to defend the Alamo including an FNG (Walkie-Talkie) and a visitor from Alabama (Slapshot)

    WARM UP

    • SSH
    • Imperial Walkers
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Leg stretches
    • Arm stretches 
    • Back stretches
    • LBCs

    Moseyed to the tunnel

    Thing 1: (11s up the tunnel)

    • Exercise 1: WW2
    • Exercise 2: Merkins

    Thing 2:  (Dora)

    • 100 Monkey Humpers
    • 200 LBC
    • 300 SSH

    Thang 3: Dealers Choice

    Runner chooses the exercise, timer is up and down the steps 

    Thang 4: (Triple Check)

    • Partner 1 & 2 Leg Throws
    • Partner 3: Run up hill

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayer

    Make it a great day fellas!

  • Welcome New Two Pickleballers (Week 7)

    Welcome New Two Pickleballers (Week 7)

    YHC has noticed that days are getting shorter and shorter. YHC greeted seven pickleballers including two new pickleballers. Moseyed to the pickleball court and ran around the court. COP as follows: Deadman hang x 10, helicopter x 10, imperial walkers x 10, SSH x 10. Played double and single.

    A couple of things to note:

      • Marv and Florence picked up pickleball really quickly.

      • Offshore put strong spin on his serve and return.

      • YHC and Oyster lost a game (14:16) against Offshore and Mcrib

  • Another Sunday, Another OTB

    Walkers walked, runners ran.

    2nd F at Starbucks.

    Nuff said.

  • Coming soon

    Eleven eager PAX came out to see the pre-launch of the new & improved Hornydo. Upchuck confirmed that the humidity in the Gloom made him feel like home at the Clinic. We did:

    COP in Bodos lot: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Pickle pounders, Reverse Crunches, Merkins, Scorpion kicks. Mosey to the 3rd back lot. Dora 123 of: 100 Merkins, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jump Squats.

    Over to the bonus lot for 4 corners: 10 Burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 WWIIS, 40 SSH. Alternate bear crawl and run in between. Back to school and over to railings for Jerkins. 3 sets of 8. Over to the steambath that was the TES field. Partner up for 3 rounds of 8 pullups & pickle pounders. 3 sets of 25 PLTs then back to flag for 3 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Although the rain last night cooled things off slightly the Gloom was plenty thick. Kind of morning where you can easily sweat out 5 lbs. 1-800 ran to the AO, with his keys. He managed to not lose them while we covered some ground. Good to have Heist and Rosie make the trip north. Although SOJ did not have solid numbers for a supposed takeoever they did send 2 of their strongest to set the pace north of the river. Also great to have Whitesnake back of the IR. You’ve been missed in the Gloom.

    Announcements: 3rd F opportunity in the works for Summer Tour participants. Be on the lookout for more details.

  • Steamy PB

    YHC was pumped to have a Pickle Ball event for the gang this early am and 3 others showed up for the am workout and here is what happened.

    COT

    We mosey to the tennis courts between the Middle and High School, form a square and perform 10 4-ct SSH, 9 DQ’s, 10 helicopters, 15 arm circles, 10 small and 5 big, reverso, 10 4ct LBC’s and in honor of Hardywood as YHC has not seen him in awhile, 10 Nancy Karrigans for the left leg, and then the 10 reps right leg…to get the guys awake this am YHC started this count with ‘why’, 2,3 and Pax replied on the 4 count with the number of the rep.

    THANG

    So YHC brought jump ropes and 2 Pickleball racquets. Bulkhead and YHC did 4 corners while Helix and Mr Holland played to 11. Once they reached 11 we switched and they did 4 corners with Jump rope in one corner and exercises in the other corners (dealers choice). We were able to get in 3 games each and almost out of time, moseyed back to flag for Mary for about 5 minutes. First Round, 5 merkins, 5 shoulder Taps, 5 jump squats and 5 burpee’s. Second Round, 10 2 count Freddie Mercuries, 10 4ct Crab cakes, 10 4ct American Hammers and 10 4ct Flutter kicks.

    COT

    Numberama, Namerama, Helix took us out in prayer. It was a hot and humid one this morning…have a great weekend gents, see you in the gloom soon.

    Announcements

    We will have a bike ride for this Tuesday’s Anvil run so if you want to come to this workout, please plan to bring a bike…this is also out of the comfort zone workout…so hope to see you on Tuesday, Atlee High School 5:30am! Cheers…CB!

  • Light Breathwork

    It started with 10 but during the warmarama we picked up an FNG and then soon after, El Chapin.

    Mosey to the back lot for some SSHs, DQs, helicopters, mirkins, LBCs, copperhead squats, among other things.

    4 corners lady of the night with 10 WW2s, 20 mirkins, 30 jump squats, 40 monkey humpers.

    Top the stairs triple check with wall sits, dips, timer runs down the stairs then back up the other side.

    Some light hill work with slope style 11s. 10 squats up top, 1 hand-release mirkin at the bottom.

    A little over halfway in and we were all smoked by the humidity, so we took a seat in the bleachers for some breath work / body awareness practice. Box breathing with 5 count, then soreness awareness while breathing. A good way to recuperate before the mosey continued.

    Mosey to the back of the ballfields then all the way around to the front basketball court. Circled back for the stragglers then arm raises in cadence all the way to the court.

    Increasing rep suicides with ball dippers, mirkins, American hammers, and flutter kicks. Light stretching at the end.

    Circled up. Welcome ‘Risky Business’ and so great to see El Chapin back out after his world travels.

  • The Crucible Is Trending

    A 300% increase in attendance at The Crucible emerged despite 87% humidity. According to the guy who mistook the bluetop for a parking lot, the following ensued:

    COP: SSH, IW, Birddogs, Suzanne Somers, Merkins IC

    Mosey to the football field for a Beast with LBCs, CDDs, Lt Dans, WW IIs, Jump Squats, and Burpees.

    Mosey back to the car to pick up coupons and Triple Check: Bench Press, Triceps (PAX choice), and run to the picnic table, get to the top and get back down (PAX choice for table-scaling method).

    Mosey to the hill, Bernie Sanders up the hill, mosey back to the cars. Romanian Dead Lifts OYO, then Helicopters and Arm Circles IC.

    COT

    Coffeteria at Cafe Zata

    Announcements: The Bridge is next week. See Slack for details on a possible clown car.

    NMS: It was great to introduce Upchuck and Bedpan. Upchuck reported that the weather was almost Clinic-worthy. The PAX weren’t sure whether to be grateful for the cloud cover. YHC is always grateful to be working out with the PAX.

  • Ultimate

    18 Ultimate Frisbee Fanatics

    TEAM 1
    Wedding Singer – Always there
    Hitchhiker – No Short Passes
    Boberry – White men Can’t Jump
    Bootleg – We have Rules guys
    Bleeder – Don’t poke the bear
    Bone Thugs – Hands
    Nancy Lopez – D2 partial Scholarship
    McRib – MVP
    Oyster – Smack Talk


    TEAM 2
    Machismo – Rub some dirt on it
    Fergie – Sneaky Assassin
    Bacon Bits – I can do the splits
    Handshake – Cherry Picker
    Deuce – QB
    Senior Frogs – Dive bar
    Heist – Can’t shake Oyster
    Wilson – Plays for the other team
    Belay (FNG) – Who are these guys

    Next chance at Ultimate Frisbee is at No Toll on Tuesday.