Category: Richmond, VA

  • Salty Rain & Fancy Feet

    A swarthy half dozen gloom warriors took the Forge by storm, kicking off with DTH doing some kinda freaky rain dance that Juanita later came to regret…

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA:

    • Mosey down to the culdesac, stopping for x3 Groiners at each light pole en route
    • Circle up, Welcome, Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the handicap ramp, completing x3 Merkins at each light pole
    • Bear Crawl half way up ramp, Lunge walk the rest of the way
    • Partner up for Jerkins
    • x3 Sets of x10 each

    COP #2:

    • Tooth Fairies up the steps
    • Partner up for PLT’s
    • x3 Sets of x20 each

    COP #3:

    • Mosey up to the School Wall
    • x10 Hoedowns IC
    • x10 Hip Slappers IC
    • x10 Dirty Hookups IC (each side)

    COP #3:

    • Mosey around to the Soccer Field
    • Team up 3V3 for 10min of pick-up soccer
    • x3 burpees if you get scored on

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 6
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Awesome time with the Forge fellas today, and with such cool weather! Enjoyed hearing all about Sundance having blue ribbons affixed to his banana hammock – but actually congrats, that’s a ton of work to win a body building competition! Was also entertaining to overhear during PLT’s Juanita ask “Is it raining?”, to which Last Call replied ”No, that’s ball sweat bro!” Yikes, hope you didn’t taste that salty rain. And we finished the morning with a quick game of pick-up soccer in the dawn light. Very kind of the HHS grounds crew to cut the grass – it’s only been about 3 months since the last trim! Notable soccer highlights were Posey megging Sundance for the first goal, Last Call doing a fancy behind the back kick, and YHC taking about 10 hits in a row to stop a Juanita goal from happening. It was fun and definitely got the heart rate up. Until next time, YHC, DTH

    Announcements:

    • 9/24 F3 Retreat – sign up for cornhole on the challenges spreadsheet

    Prayer Requests:

    • Doublemint, Fresh Prince, Heartburn, and plenty of other guys on IR

  • Earning Cuffs & Collars

    Fourteen aspiring gentleman dancers gathered in a darker than usual corner of the AO to earn their cuffs & collars. According to the dog walker the fistful of dollars, this is what might have happened:

    Warmarama: SSH, DonQ, Imperial Walkers, Side Benders, WWII, & Dive Bombers

    Mosey to tennis courts. Partner up for:

    • Lunges
    • Bear Crawls
    • Grapevines
    • Burpee Broad Jumps

    Mosey to soccer field. Triple up for:

    • Australian Pull-ups
    • Triple-Check:
      • P1: Run field perimeter (adjusted to end-line)
      • P2: Elbow Plank
      • P3: WWII

    Backtrack to flag. Stations along the way:

    • Freddie Mercury + Back Extensions
    • Jack Knives + Flapping Superman
    • Flutters + Obliques
    • Chase the Rabbit + Squats + Calf Raises

    Back to flag for Elbow Plank + Announcements to run out the clock

    Announcements:

    • Labor Day Convergence @ DogPile
    • BRR needs a driver (Handshake might be covering?)
    • Sit n sip 9/24 in Amelia. Let Gomer Pyle know if you need the address.

    NMS: Awesome weather and turnout this morning. As the PAX was well aware this was my Virgin Q and I appreciated all of the constructive feedback (cadence, jargon, distance). Welcome to our FNG, Sweater a Wheezer groupie who lives in the Museum District – look for him at Mary, WDog, DogPile, etc.

    Thanks again to Bodos for nudging me to lead. Personally, this was a nice bookend to an unusual spring/summer filled with incredible highs and devastating lows. Being outdoors pushing myself with this crew was an important point of reference that kept me on track and moving forward. Remember to ask your brother how he’s doing; listen; share your story; lean on each other; pull each other up; keep moving forward.

    Excelsior!

  • Audible

    Late summer kettlebell beatdown y’all!

    Cherry Pickers, Invisible Jump Ropes, Hand Release Merkins, Helicopters, Alabama Prom Dates, Heels to Heaven

    mosey

    wall site w/ forearm curl- 2 minutes

    mosey

    side lunge- 2 minutes

    mosey

    halo- 2 minutes

    mosey

    squat and press – 2 minutes

    mosey

    WW2s- 2 minutes

    mosey

    slingshots- 2 minutes

    mosey

    chest press- 2 minutes

    mosey

    high pull – 2 minutes

    mosey

    overhead press- 1 minute

    curb- tricep extensions- 1 minute

    boat-canoes until 6:16

    OUT

    YHC had a plan until YHC realized it was too dark! Everything worked out. GREAT chatter this morning. God Bless.

  • Text messages used to cost $

    Four posted for this week’s Punisher. Gather ever so briefly in the parking lot before moseying halfway around the paved area for start-up Circle of Pain. With a few Burpees mixed in between other exercises, we completed SSHs, IWs, DQs, Helicopters, Ukrainian Soldiers, Carolina Dry Docks, Freddie Mercur(ies), and Seal Claps.

    Relocate a few feet and complete short conveyor through nearby parking spaces, alternating four Merkins and four Squats per space. Finish with a few Burpees. Find a spot on a nearby curb for Lindsays, alternating curb Dips with Reverse Crunches

    Move to the longer arc area of the parking lot for a second conveyor, alternating two count Curtsy Lunges with Wide Grip Merkins. Circle up for 11s with two count Plank Jacks and two count Overhead Air Presses.

    Mosey to the school wall for People’s Chair medley with a few Donkey Kicks mixed in. Hit a shaded grassy spot for a few Ring of Fire rounds and finish with some yoga / stretching. YHC took us out.

    Taking a hint from text streams and posting the backblast within a few days of the workout – guess it is easy enough. Apologies for past backblast transgressions, but can’t promise it won’t happen again!

  • Prime Time Broga

    A quintet of early rising brogiis came out of the gloom to work out the kinks. Conditions could not have been more ideal for early morning broga with cool temps and clear skies. Concentrated areas included shoulders, back, hips and hammys. Elongated shavasana was well received. Groans were a plenty especially during shoulder work.

  • Bodos break check

    A triple check friendly nine PAX were ready to go at 4:59:56 when a minivan barreled into the AO at reckless speed. After nearly hitting lil Blue, Bodos emerged from the fumes of burning rubber to make it a terrific ten. No 40 minutes of Triple check so we did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers at an appropriate speed, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks

    Mosey back to Coupon drop zone for a coupon count: 9 blocks and 10 PAX (thanks again Bodos!) so mosey to HCTP and partner up: Dora 123: 100 Thrusters, 200 Swings, 300 Block presses. 3 Rounds of 20 PLTs.

    Stay partnered up: Murder bunny across field and back with partner running ahead and switch. Same thing back to start. Everyone’s favorite: Block the Plank: 2 rounds of partner doing 5 burpees. 2 more rounds with partner doing 15 squats. Take coupons back to drop zone. Partner up again: 1 pax does HRMs while other runs length of parking lot. Back to flag and finish with 1 min of Mary.

    Announcements: Labor Day Convergence at Dogpile.

    NMS: Nice to have 10 strong even with some FW regulars out for vacation, accumulating OSOTW material for their return to the Gloom. With FW now routinely in double digits even without Gumbo it is time for some more block donations. YHC will work on that this week since a few of the blocks are baby ones.

    Bodos is the 1st pax to say he appreciated Block the Plank since it’s creation. YHC thinks it just needs more exposure than just FW. Maybe he’ll take that out to other AOs. Several PAX questioned the legality of Handshake’s murder bunny technique but it is quite effective. Coffeteria afterwards was sponsored by Kubota. He offered to buy a coffee for every post he’s done this year. The tab added up to $22.50.

  • No Potato Soup for You!

    6 hungry souls gathered in the Gloom then realized the Q sheet was open. 5 tried to scramble for a Hot Potato but YHC was too quick and grabbed the Q for an all meat and no potato type of day. Here’s what happened :

    Mosey to Mount Midlo down to the bottom

    Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 *MARCHING* Soldiers IC (you’re welcome Wilson), 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

    11’s up and down Mount Midlo. Start with 1 Merkin at the bottom and 10 Standard Sit Ups at the top (WWII’s without using your arms)

    Mosey BTTF

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out in prayer after COT

    Announcements : Labor Day Convergence at DogPile 7 am – 8 am with coffeeteria after

    The Crucible AO meets every Saturday from 7:30 am – 8:15 am at Blackwell Elementary. This AO is a partnership with The Healing Place as a way to serve and encourage those men going through recovery. Try to get on a rotating schedule to be there and Q. YHC plans on going there the 4th Saturday of every month and double dipping at DogPile beforehand.

    NMMS : Great to finally meet Heist. T Claps to him for jumping right into F3 and consistently posting. Seen your name pop up in many BB’s lately. Rosetta, where you at bro???

  • Softball Playoffs

    Due to my 4-24 Church softball team actually surviving the first night of playoffs, I took the eight studs, including our one visitor Cyclops, to the Short Pump softball field for some fun.

    After some warmups, we did three rounds of exercises at each base (2 people per base). Home plate was the timer doing 10 Burpees. When they finished, they shouted “Go” and everyone ran to the next base. First base started with Flutter Kicks, second base Hand Release Merkins, third base Squats. 2nd round: first base LBCs, second base Elbow Planks, third base Jump Squats. Before the third round we ran to the outfield fence and back. 3rd round: first base WWII, second base Plank Shoulder Taps, third base Copperhead (Whitesnake) Squats. With the initial run to the fields and after this exercise, we were at 1 mile.

    From there we moseyed to the dog park and partnered up for three rounds of steps ups and laps. We then took the long way back to flag, did some car shopping on Broad and one lap of the bus loop to end at 3.1 miles total.

    It was great having some new blood at my favorite AO and Cyclops visiting from The Fort. Also, when they met beforehand at the other section of the parking lot, it was a nice unintentional way to get the regulars out of our comfort zone.

    Announcement:

    The Fort is celebrating their 10th anniversary in September.

    Our Labor Day convergence is at Dogpile.

    Have a great day doing great things!

  • No headlamps required

    6 runners and 1 walker started the day right. YHC took the Q to try something different. The PAX were good sports and went along with the plan.

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Imperial squats
      • Invisible jump ropes
      • Butt kickers
      • Ukrainian soldiers
      • Don Qs
    • Sprints – Mosey to practice football field for some sprint training
      • Partner up starting at end zone line, P1 sprints to 10 yard line gets set, P2 sprints to 10 yard line, P1 sprints to back to starting point, P2 sprints to starting point. x 2
      • Rinse and repeat at increments of 10 yards (20 yds, 30 yds…, 100 yds)
    • Cool down jog around the school back to parking lot for some stretching.
    • Notes:
      • Great effort by all. Thanks gents!
      • Thirsty Thursday Happy Hour at Drive Shack in Short Pump next Thursday 8/25 starting at 5pm.

  • Labor Day Convergence at DogPile

    7 am – 8 am Monday 9/5 convergence at DogPile for Labor Day. Coffeeteria afterwards at where ever is open. Let’s try Libbie’s first then take it from there. SYITG!