Category: Richmond, VA

  • Hate a Snuff Q

    A lucky 7 Forgers converged onto the Forge to see what Snuff had planned for the back side of his 1 and 1 Q’s. No prior Forgecast led to a Snuffless start. No flare box emerged but conditions were ideal, Sunny and 70 so Hot Potato was called with YHC starting us off.

    Last Call Q: Short, slow mosey down the drive past the toxic waste to the turnaround at the end. Salutations and greetings commenced, followed by the following warm ups. Invisible Jump rope, DQ’s, Dead Man Hang, Heli’s and Jazzercise. Mosey out of the cul de sac for a quick light pole 11’s. 10 2-count shoulder taps followed by 1 2-count Peter Parkers. Mosey to the next light pole, 9 & 2…..finish up at Tennis Courts. Pass the lead …..

    Dealer Q: After a quick coupon check only to find 2 cabers onsite led to a quick change of plans. Bear crawl 1/2 up the ramp, 25 jerkins (brutal), Reverse Crabwalk remaining 1/2 up the ramp (looked brutal). Ticket Booth Triple Check. Timer runs the loop, another planks, another wall sits. Merkins were an optional add on if desired. Pass the lead…..

    Machismo Q: Mosey thru the open Ticket Booth Gate to the lush turf Forge Fields for a Beast Lite. Almost as refreshing as the full flavored Beast but 1/2 the calories. 3 rounds were completed involving Burpees, WWII’s and SSH’s. Mosey back with a quick snake tour of the bleachers. BTTVF for numbers, names, announcements. Chaplain took us out.

    Announcements:

    Oysters May/May not be buying lunch this afternoon: Wongs Tacos Midlothian @ 11.45

    Breaking Bread: See Q sheet to sign up for April and beyond to help feed 10-15 at the Men’s Shelter. Get the family involved as we are now serving again.

    NMS: The absence of the Forgecast last night gave thought there might be a wandering Q this morning. Plenty of good mumble chatter through out the day. Between shoulder taps, bear crawls and a Beast Lite, shoulders are burned. Good to have Showcase join us again before he heads home to Bristol, come back anytime or invite open for the PAX to venture to F3 Bristol for a lovely, flat AO. Hot Potatoe Q’s are always a welcome adventure, just brutal to lead a Beast with Burpees. Well done gents.

  • Sports Day

    We had 13 strong this morning at Timberwolf

    WARM UP

    • Side straddle hops
    • Helicopters
    • Arm circles
    • Ukraine soldiers
    • LBC
    • Merkins
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Hip stretch
    • Leg stretches
    • Arm stretches

    WORKOUT

    FOOTBALL > Kickoff returns  – Started at the 20 yard line. High Knees, drop for a Merkin on call, Run the length of the field when called. Repeat 6x

    BASKETBALL > 11s – Start at the baseline with Merkins, Run to the opposite 3 point line for Jump Squats

    TENNIS > “The Bernie Mac” Start at the baseline. shuffle from one side of the court to the other, then Run up to the net for a burpee, Burnnie Back. Repeat 10x

    BASEBALL > Triple Check Homeruns

    Triple Check 1

    • Partner 1: American Hammers
    • Partner 2: Hand Release Merkins
    • Partner 3: Runs

    Triple Check 2

    • Partner 1: Pole Smokers
    • Partner 2: Freddie Mercurys
    • Partner 3: Runs

    Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayer

    We welcomed the newest FNG, Chubbs!

    Make it a great day fellas!

  • 1 + 2 + 1

    1 Rucker + 2 runners + 1 other Rucker starting at a different location got after it this morning

    No Idea (Rucker 1) started early and left eArly

    Opus and YHC ran over the fly over to Craney Island and loop around that neighborhood then back over the fly over and finished with a Bojangles loop to get in 4.25 miles

    Yardsale Rucker at Atlee HS thinking it was Tuesday before realizing he was in the wrong place then came over to Rutland

    Nice weather this morning

    Spit On That!

  • EMOM

    4 men posted today for kb beatdown.

    • COP
      • SSH, butt kickers, invisible jump ropes, arm circles, helicopters, DQ, others
    • EMOM
    • 10 reps of an exercise every minute on the minute for 5 minutes
      • Squats, WW2s, KB swings, demon crushers, deadlifts + shrugs, boat canoes
    • Numbers, names, Opus took us out.

  • Helix rips the seam

    0600 found YHC starting a veeeery slow solo warmerama having stayed up too late last night. There was at least one HC, so nothing exciting happened until Mountain Oyster arrived a few minutes later. It rained hard last night and the misty sunrise was a beautiful rosy orange glow as we ran down the gravel road hill, and went a little further than usual to a playground in Jordan Valley. A few rounds of upper body reps completed – pullups, derkins, dips – then variable movements and sprint back to the top where the small soccer field is. Polesmokers and oblique LBC burnout, then mosey to the gym’s concrete stoop for dirty hookups, donkey kicks, and wall sits + hoedowns. 0615, mosey back to the start point, to find NoGrass and Mojang waiting. Welcome!!! Back down the hill to the playground, stopping for a x10 burpee “breather” halfway there. Upon completion, hold Al Gore, and when we dropped to Helix there was quite a loud rip as Mountain Oyster’s shorts inseam chose the perfect moment to permit his mountain oysters some breathing room. The beatdown almost ended there with the amount of laughter and mumble chatter than ensued, but YHC prevailed and we continued to the playground for a quadruple check. Pullups, derkins, dips, and the moving partner runs across to the far end for x3 burpees before retuning to switch. x4 round completed. Variable movement back to the top, some preferring to run in FRONT of Mtn Oyster so as to avoid the “view”. ? Then 5 minutes of Mary to go: pole-smokers, kimchi twists, LBC’s, and partnered up for dying-boxing cockroaches… 0645 hits, that’s TIME! COT: numbers, names, NoGrass took us out in prayer. Solid beatdown today – WAY harder with good company to spur the imagination. Still waiting for one of these warriors to take the Q, but all good things with time. Yours, DTH

  • WTH!! 4 Corners

    Great morning for a run focused bootcamp.

    3.5 miles and some good ole fashion beach body sculpting along the way. Everyone arrives on time except the pax that said he would Q today. No worries. We are all vets at this now.. away we go to for the WTH version of 4 corners.

    Warm up mosey from Pocahontas middle school to corner of Old Brick and John Rolfe.

    COP: Ukrainian soldiers, Ab Bogota, Big Arm circles.

    The Thang: 4 Corners.

    The Route:

    • John Rolfe to Broad
    • Broad to Brownstone Blvd
    • Brownstone to Perch Ln (over to Old Brick.
    • Old Brick to John Rolfe.

    1st round upper body (at corner 1 and 3) 15 Merkins (corner 2 and 4) 15 Carolina Dry Docks

    2nd round core (at corner 1 and 3) 20 LBCs (corner 2 and 4) 20 WW2

    3rd round legs: (at corner 1 and 3) 30 sumo Squats (corner 2 and 4) 30 Bomb Jacks

    4th round the natural (at corner 1) 15 Burpees (at corner 2) 15 Merkins (at corner 3) 15 WW2 (at corner 4) 15 Squats.

    Times up.. let’s mosey back to the AO.

    All accounted for. Count off.. Nameoramma… TAPs.

    ANNOUNCEMENT: Flatline and Gypsy are working on getting 2 CPR class together for the April 3rd F event. More to come.. but the dates are 4/25 and 4/26.

    v/r

    John (Gypsy) Boles

  • A hot hot potato (ChatGPT)

    Seven brave PAX members showed up for the hot potato Q. Mosey to the amphitheater.

    • COP
      • Deadman hang x10, Arm circle x 10, SSH x 20, Imperial walker x10, a series of leg stretching x10, merkins x10, mountain climber x10
    • Exercise 1 – Merkins
      • Starting from 1 merkin all the way up to 18 merkins at each stair
      • Mosey to the field
    • Exercise 2 – Four corners x 4 rounds
      • Merkins, SSH, WWII, Burpees
      • Mosey back to the triangle
    • Exercise 3
      • A set of Abs exercises
      • Mosey back to the flag

    Announcement – None.

    McEnroe took us out and the site Q brought coffee to share.

  • One fine day (ChatGPT)

    Four usual suspect guys showed up for a hot potato Q this morning. Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Deadman hang x10, Arm circle x 10, SSH x 20, Imperial walker x10, a series of leg stretching x10, merkins x10, mountain climber x10
      • Mosey to the stage
    • Exercise 1
      • Cinder block exercises including block merkins
      • Mosey to the field
    • Exercise 2
      • Run to the other side of the field and back while doing a set of exercises including burpees and merkins
      • Mosey back to the flag

    Announcement – The Bridge workout this Saturday.

    Swirly took us out and the site Q brought coffee to share.

  • First for the First

    10 crazy ruffians arose long before the dawn was even contemplating the new day to exercise and tell jokes. Here’s what went down:

    COP on the front church patio after a mosey. Dead man hang / helicopters / DQs / Russian Soldiers / Imperial Walkers / APDs / LBCs / Hand Release Merkins / Planks to Peter Parkers/ Plank Jacks / Elbow Planks/ Pickle pounders not to be confused with Chicken Peckers / Plank. SSHs 21s- 5 Burpees

    Dora in the back lot. 100 Jump Squats / 200 Merkins / 300 2x Flutters. Parter runs to half point, bernie back, full lot, bernie back.

    Wall exercises: Wall sits with body taps / Dirty Hookups/ Donkey Kicks, all IC

    Triple Check back at the starting lot: P1 Squat Thrusters with coupon/ P2 Reverse Crunch / P3: Run the loop

    COP: Up Downs x20, end with some yoga

    NMS: Happy to be received as a First Watch stepchild and lead my first Q at this auspicious AO. Apologies to the Pax for the swearing and hard driving, but better it comes out with the Pax than at the church. Upchuck made an incognito appearance at some point and left a case of Yuengling for Kubota, but disappointingly Kubota did not share with the pax. Thanks for the opportunity to lead!

  • 30 / 20 / 10 / 5

    13 of the best that the RIC has to offer showed up for a little SOT action. 9 bootcampers + 3 runners + 1 walker launched at 530 sharp in order to get their money’s worth. Here’s what went down for the bootcampers –

    Mozey to the bottom of Mt. St. Midlo and meet up with Doublemint for a little Warm-a-rama. Exercises included – SSH, Helicopters, Copperhead Squats (real deep like), Ukrainian soldiers, Donnie Q’s, Merkins and LBC’s. The PAX said adios to Doublemint and headed up to the soccer field.

    30’s

    • Partner up. Partner 1 runs to the midfield and back. Partner 2 completes 5 Raise the Roof’s, 5 Merkins, 5 WWII’s for 1 set. Alternate. The team completes 30 sets.

    Quick 10 count and a mozey to the bottom of the Midlo parking lot.

    20’s

    • Partner up. Partner 1 runs to the top of the parking lot hill and back. Partner 2 completes 1 burpees, 5 lunges, 5 of some other exercise I don’t remember). Alternate. The team completes 20 sets.

    Quick 10 count and a mozey to the track.

    10’s

    • Partner up. Partner 1 runs the stairs around the back of the bleachers, down the steps and back. Partner 2 completes 10 American Hammers, 10 Heels to Heaven and 10 Merkins. Alternate. The team completes 10 sets.

    Mozey down to the second set of steps to catch the six.

    5’s

    • 5 sets of 5 burpees with 15 second rest in between. No partners…no nothing.

    Back to the flag. Mercifully.

    We welcomed Nap Pod today. NP is in the healthcare insurance field, so the PAX tried to come up with the most millennial woke name possible. NP is from the area, two kids, etc and seems like a darn good dude. Welcome Nap Pod!

    Announcements:

    • SOJ lunch at Wong’s Taco’s Thursday. Oysters may or may not be paying. Jury is still out on this one.
    • Doublemint has organized a 5k walk with folks in wheelchairs on April 15th. 2.0’s encouraged to attend. Reach out to Doublemint for details.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

    Tough workout today men, but no one gave up. We pushed ourselves and are better for it. Thanks for letting me lead. Have a great day.