Two of us posted for the most recent Punisher. Mosey past the storage shed to open ground for conversational warmup with Imaginary Jump Ropes, IWs, DQs, Helicopters, Suzanne Somers, APDs, and Arm Circles. Relocate to the school wall for Double Check – one guy runs and returns while another completes an exercise – three rounds of three different exercises. Move back to the acorn-free grass for sequence with nine exercise sequence completing 18 reps of one exercise per round and 9 reps of the remaining – work through nine rounds. Mosey back to the start.
Category: Richmond, VA
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Stop licking Oyster!!!!!
Out of this mornings Gloom there appeared 4 men dressed for success but success at what is what we had to find out.
5:28 and Heist is telling everyone how he just got over the stomach bug yesterday, to wit Oyster shares his thoughts about people who show up to workouts and talk about how sick they were the day before. Nancy and Doozy had to play the part of grumpy old men and tell the youngsters to stop touching each other.
YHC must get the PAX back on track (or on the track period) mosey to the top of the hill for COP
Dead Man Hangs, DQ’s, Cherry Pickers, Helicopters, LBC’s walk to the corner to find 3 frisbees with an exercise written on the inside. Do anyone of the 3 exercises x20, mosey to the next corner and Al Gore for the 6, Repeto at all four corners X3
Mosey back to parking lot, each HIM carried 3 frisbees back with them lay all three in front of you do 10 of the exercise on the first frisbee and then rotate to the spot at the right and do the exercises on first frisbee repeto until you’ve been to every spot 3 times or until you’ve done every exercise on every frisbee.
Finish out with an ab speed round ring of fire 15 count each American Hammers, Scrunchy Frogs, Hello Dollies, Rossalittas, Heals to Heaven and Smerf Jacks
BTTF Numbers / Names Oyster took us out
NMS:
The mumblechatter started out strong this morning and quickly tapered as YHC had a little more ground than pound in his beatdown this A.M.
YHC did try to do the shoulder tap merkins but it was a no go when it came to the actual pushup part so Shoulder taps and Plank Jacks can be added back into the beatings from this part forward.
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Fly By Night
Fifteen runners undaunted by winged nocturnal predators embarked on the streets of the Fan.
East on Grove to Antrim to Monument and continue heading east. 4s turn at the Blvd, 5s at Strawberry, and 6s at Stuart Circle. Everyone comes back on Monument and turns on Layfayette, to Grove.
Pretty straightforward. Faceplant did not get lost.
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Feliz Cumpleaños
You might have thought that the reason you knock on doors tonight is because 505 years ago, Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door on the Castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. Or maybe you thought we celebrate today because it’s Halloween. Nope! We celebrate today because it’s Whitesnake’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Whitesnake!
Mosey over to Third Presbyterian parking lot. Watch for cars as you cross the street!
Disclaimer: I’m not a professional. You participate at your own risk. There are trip hazards and it’s dark. Be careful. In addition, I may call out exercises that don’t work for you because of injuries or some other reason. Use your judgement and modify or substitute exercises.
Warmup:
SSH, MM Merkins, Knee-ups, Stretch
Mosey to back parking lot of church.
IWs, Diamond Merkins, Crunchy Frogs, stretch
Line up parallel to building
Burpee Broad jump to first handicap parking place, bear crawl to middle, crab walk to end of parking lot, mosey back: 2x
Circle up for 10-minute Tabata: 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off: BLIMPSBLIM
stretch
Mosey back to asphalt playground by school.
Back exercises: Side plank: Feet side by side. Elbow rest, Other arm pointed high. UP: hold for 5 seconds, DOWN, for 5 seconds: 10X
This was exceedingly hard on the elbow so we next took advantage of the grass.
Repeat other side
Front Plank: elbow plank: hold for 10 seconds, drop for 5 seconds: 10X
Mosey to grassy area behind school
Drop and roll: line up in grassy area behind school. Run forward 3 steps, drop and roll right, 3 steps more, drop and roll left, across field
Mosey to wall area for the usual:
15 People’s chair airpress
10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
15 Donkey Kix OYO
15 People’s chair Milkers
10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
15 Donkey Kix OYO
15 People’s chair LaLannes
10 BTTW toe taps
15 Donkey Kix OYO
15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
10 Dirty Hookups
15 Donkey Kix OYO
Numberrama
Namearama
Announcements:
Whitesnake will be Q’ing this week at Heartbreak, WaThoHuk, Circus Maximus and Curahee!
COT:
Lord make me an instrument of your peace.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
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Graveyard Shift OTB 10/31/22
2 Ghouls celebrated Halloween by torturing themselves at 4:30 am with this beatdown :
Warmarama on basketball court : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Apolo Ohno’s IC, 10 Baryshnikov Squats IC, 10 Merkins IC
THE THANG :
Start at center court of basketball court, squat all the way down as far as you can with your heels off the ground so your weight is on your toes, hop forward, step to the right, step to the left and continue this motion to the end of basketball court (YHC will call this exercise Dead Legs. Got it from a workout video)
Line up on sideline. Dragon Walk to other sideline (This is basically a walking Peter Parker)
Line up on sideline. Broad jump to other sideline. Do this 3 times.
Mosey to concession stand
Dora : Timer runs down the steps then Bernie Sanders up the grass hill. Exercises were 100 Merkins, 200 Australian Mountain climbers on the wall SINGLE COUNT, 300 LBC’s
Mosey to the far side of Rockwood Park then down the side trail and into the paved forest trail. Stop at the workout station.
6 Sets of 5 Pull Ups. Each set switch grip between pull ups and chin ups.
Mosey BTTF
Mary : 30 Flutters IC, 15 Doozy Style WWII’s IC (Cross your hands over your chest while doing a WWII. No help from your arms or neck. All abs baby), 60 LBC’s IC
DONE
Numbers, Names, YHC took us out in prayer
Prayers that Big Rig’s M doesn’t catch the cold he and his 2.0 just had. On going prayers for YHC’s MIL healing from diverticulitis.
NMMS : The fart sack was strong this morning. YHC didn’t want to get up but glad I did. Thanks for the encouragement Big Rig.
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October Murph & Twin Ruckers
Honeymoon and Florence did the Murph : 1 mile run from BWES to JRHS with a lap around the track then continue to BWES playground. 10 sets of – 10 pull ups, 10 Merkins IC, 15 Squats IC. Reverso 1 mile run following same route.
Doozy and Doublemint rucked around the hood and schools then met up with the Murph crew on our way back.
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Pain ladder
6 Brochachos of F3RVA rolled into The Crucibke today. 3 had run a vigorous 5k beforehand and another ran all the way from Lakeside. YHC and Offshore just drove… ??♂️
We started with a pretty standard COP where the Q was on his soapbox about something inconsequential and got called out. it was funny.
Then we moseyed to the fields past the new basketball court thats being built and started on a suicide ladder with added exercises starting with 10, then 20, 30/40… it was too far and gruesome
next we did a football field sized 4 corners where the exercises compounded and you had to run back to the start each time – we even bear crawled a bit. mosey back to the flag for some Mary which was one single Don Q
YHC took us out.
Impact stopped by while coaching a practice run for WeOffTheCouch and promised to come back soon and hopefully headlock some guys from Blackwell/Manchester
Please pray for Gypsy’s sister, Flintstones legal challenges and least of all Shakedown’s patience while teaching his son to drive
Beer mile was tonight – TYA’s forest hill loops coming black friday – see him or me for more details – flyer coming soon
good times were had by all – lots of sweat – see you in the gloom ??
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Halloween Havoc ’22
Four men were possessed by the Spirit, 13 more are still haunted by nightmares from the 80s. Here are the terrifying Tales from the Crypt:
SLAUGHTER Starter (10 Burpees OYO)
Mosey over to the VITA Graveyard
COP (IC)
- Ghost Jump Ropes
- Goblin Squats
- Zombie Soldiers
- Jazzercises
- Sweat Devils
- Freddy Kruegers
- Heels to HELL
- Grave Digger Merkins
Mosey to the street corner
A Nightmare on Blanton Avenue
- 2 Burpees per Lightpole down one side, back up the other
Mosey to Camp Crystal Lake
Friday the 13th (think Sharks and Minnows)
- PAX moves across the lake using any animal movement
- Jason Vorhees (YHC) is the Thrasher (tag PAX while Bearcrawling)
- Repeato 2 Rounds
Grab Your Proton Packs and head down the Amphitheater to face Gozer the Destructor
Ghostbusters
- Step 1- 1 Bench Kick, 1 Incline Merkin, 1 Box Jump
- Step 2- 2 Bench Kicks, 2 Incline Merkins, 2 Box Jumps
- To the top – Step 18
- Cross the Streams In Cadence (Wilson’s Spaghetti Party and APDs)
Mosey to 1987 and retrieve blocks
Fatal Attraction
- Group 1 & 2 vs Group 3 & 4 in a Murder Bunny relay
- Off Pax do Presses and Curls
Mosey back to Camp Crystal Lake
Friday the 13th: Part II
Repeato the Game
Mosey back to the Flag
Mary
Ring of Hell Fire
Numberama, Nameorama, COT
MOLESKIN
The ol’ ball coach got out his ol’ ball hugger shorts and put together a spooky tribute to All Hallows Eve, with special guest appearances from Mork, Ant Man, and a most Glam Rock Mr. Rogers, though his outfit kinda resembled Mankind. The DogPile ink was a nice touch. Soundtrack of the morning included tracks from A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Halloween, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, Gremlins, and we threw in Rockwell’s Somebody’s Watching Me, Thriller, Highway to Hell, and Crazy Train. The Freaks Come Out at Night was on deck when time expired. Grateful for this group and doing dumb things to keep it fresh and fun. #MDPFA Who You Gonna Call? Coach Hutton!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Beer Mile TONIGHT – See Faceplant
Breaking Bread needs Qs for Thanksgiving and Christmas
Happy Halloween!
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Median age for the boneyard – 49
11 men of various speeds and ages showed up in the temporary gloom at Gridiron. It will be nice when the time changes next weekend.
COP: DQs, CPs, HRMs, MCs, FMs, ACs (I tend to do the same COP exercises). White Deer gave his backblast of approval and a car was a few feet from hitting Chum. Mosey to secondary football field.
E1: Elevens with WWIIs and Diamond merkins. Mosey to bus loop.
E2: Pacer runs the bus loop and the rest alternate between HRMs, Flutter kicks, Jump squats, burpees, heels to heaven, Carolina Dry docks, Pole smokers, Lt. Dans, Dips and V ups. Mosey to basketball court.
E3: Four corners with 10 burpees, 20 2 count MCs, 30 Plank Jacks and 40 SSHs. Back to bus loop
E4: Repeat E2 Mosey to primary football field
E5: Partner wheelbarrows across field run back, Bear crawl across field and bernie back, Lunge and Bernie back. Finish with a one minute elbow plank. Mosey to home base
Finish the morning with American Ukranian hammers (where were you Lighthouse?) and some stretching exercises in front of henrico’s finest putting cones down for the pickle ballers. He approved. Beer mile tonight at Face Plant’s house. I need to sign up for November breaking bread.
Good morning for a workout. Handshake hung out with my college ring dance date; I have not heard her name in 25+ years. Also good to see three PAX under 40 here. Let’s keep that going. Go Penn State (oh heck they are not winning today) and Jets! Enjoy your weekend.
Fireman Ed
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Prostitutes get confused on where their home is
3 regular (ly) dressed trick or treaters and 1 fully decked out in his anima costume visited RnR this morning to see what Doozy had prepared. YHC had to admit right out of the gate that there was no plan this morning, it was going to just have to come out of his sick and twisted head.
Mosey to the tennis courts for COP
DQ’s, Dead Man Hangs, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, American Hammers
To the corner for 4 corners prostitute 10 – WWII, 20 – Jump Squats, 30 – LBC’s, 40 – Calf Raises
Reverso (direction) 10 – 2 count Ball Dippers, 20 – 2 count American Hammers, 30 – squats, 40 – LBC’s
Chaplain was having a hard time fully committing to the Prostitute and kept trying to make it a regular 4 corners
Mosey a long way to the stairs by the concession stand
Partner up – Partner 1 does exercises while partner 2 runs up the stairs around the building and back – Dips, Step ups and Box Jumps
Mosey to the parking lot (because Chaplain asked for it) 4 corners regular
Corner 1 – 20 WWII, Corner 2 – 30 Squat Jumps, Corner 4 – 40 single count American Hammers, Corner 4 – 50 – Lt Dans
Mosey to the end line of the parking lot (somewhat of a beast but not really) run about 1/4 of the way do 10 of called exercise, run to the 1/2 repeto, run to the 3/4 repeto, run to end turn around repeto on the way back. Exercises where your choice WWII or Merkins, second wave Smerf Jacks
Mosey to the next lot full sprint from end line to end line
Mosey back towards the flag, YHC did not realize they had removed the rails when they re-did the parking lot
BTTF time for ring of fire your choice Plank position or Lazy Boy, if you chose plank, when its your turn you do 20 Merkins of your choice. If you chose Lazy Boy you do Ab work of your choice
Numbers / Names Chaplain took us out
Beer Mile tonight see Face Plant for details
NMS:
YHC really did try to think of a good way to make this a Halloween workout but was having trouble getting in the spirit. YHC’s kids are all aging out of the Halloween experience. The M and I will still sit out front in the driveway this year handing out lots of candy / beer (age appropriate) and Posey will head out with friends for some candy but will most likely end up playing X-Box or Play Station. Next year will probably be the harder year because Posey will more than likely not dress up and it will be a year of lasts with our middle child.