Category: Richmond, VA

  • Seeking Warmth

    5 brave souls braved the frigid air of western Henrico County with coupons in tow,

    A couple of us are not 100 percent but why not let’s give it a go.

    COP: DQs, CPs, DMH, ACs and a quick calf stretch.

    Run around bus loop twice. Fireman Ed realized at this point that his calf is not where it needs to be but continue on. Get bells/coupons and mosey past bus loop to side of school facing Pump Road.

    Elevens with sit and press, bear crawl across curb and then do WWIIs,

    Mosey to south side of school – 4 corners with 10 burpees, 20 coupon squats, 30 jump squats no coupon and 40 flutter kicks while holding coupon. Mosey to east side of school.

    Modified Dora with 100 chest presses and 200 coupon curls. Mosey to parking lot near bus loop.

    Coupon American Hammers, mountain climbers and DQs.

    Closed in prayer. Hopefully both Pigskin and Gomer are doing well on their mission trip. I am ignorant of the ramp builds that Corned Beef is leading so go to Slack for details.

    Both Attila and I have issues that are keeping us from being 100 percent. Hopefully we will rest and recover quickly. Hopefully all those with COVID can recover quickly and hopefully the strain will lessen on our health care workers. And with a 15 degree day one PAX summed it best by stating “I need to seek warmth now.” Good working out with you gents!

    Fireman Ed

  • DHL Delivers

    One PAX delivered himself up for physical redemption (from last night’s pizza dinner). Conditions were 70 and sunny. According to the security cameras in the DHL parking lot, the following might have happened:

    1/2 mile run to the parking area.

    COP:

    Standard stuff: SSHs, stretches, DQ’s, IW’s, HRMs, WWIIs.

    Lot Loops:

    DHL has a large parking lot (large = massive). Everyone works from home now, meaning open lot. YHC estimates 1/4 mile loop. Run the full loop then add 40 of an exercise at the end of the loop. Exercises were:

    WWIIs
    Flutter kicks
    Rosalita’s
    Heels to heaven
    Dolly’s
    HRMs (20)

    1/2 mile run back.

    Number, name, YHC took himself out.

    Announcements:

    Ramps. Help build them. Sign up (See Slack). Questions – see Corned Beef.

    HDHH coming up south of south of the James.

    Monday, Feb 7, Punisher meets at Bingo Beer on Broad. 6 p.m. workout. 6:15 p.m. social.

  • Keep it moving

    4 SOP and 2 bundled for the weather started a beatdown that finished with a 7th player and a canine companion. It may have been the coldest day in RVA yet but I was happy to see 4 sets of bare knees running through the grounds of Timberwolf. The theme of the day was keep moving, stay warm.

    Moving warm up around the parking lots and bus loops with stops for SSH, IW, Squats, merkins and some other stuff. Finish at the bottom of the entrance for Love Hill. Partner 1 runs to the parking lot, P2 moves up the hill with lunges, bear crawl, then broad jump burpees. Apparently the key to this one is to partner with Bullseye so he can bear crawl most of the hill to minimize the burpees.

    Mosey around to the back of the school for a dark light pole alley variation. This is where Hermie and his canine companion show up. Between sleeping in and missing turns he was a little late but T-claps to him for showing up anyway. It was an excused tardy since he was shaken awake by NSFW escapades in the middle of the night. The variation of light pole alley is to do the exercise each time you pass a light pole. Stops included 10 of each – calf raises, squats, lunges, Freddies’, APD, merkins, CDD, SSH. Finish up with some shoulder taps to close out the morning.

    Vehicle reporting temperatures ranged from 14-18 – no matter what the actual temperature, we can all agree it was cold and we are all better for pushing through. It’s been too long since I’ve been to Timberwolf, I almost forgot how to get there and the new roundabout surprised me. Thanks for posting and the opportunity to lead you gentlemen around in the gloom.

    Announcements-

    Nancy Lopez is organizing the GLOW run – see slack post. This is much better than an earth day run because you get a T-shirt and a sweatshirt for your entry fee.

    HDHH aka Nancy Lopez respect day at Triple Crossing – 2/2/22 – See Doozy’s post

  • Neither Up Nor Down

    Seven soldiers of the Gloom joined up in beautiful balmy conditions to march into glory. Only a few frostbitten fingers were sacrificed to the noble cause, and there were plenty of painful moments somewhere between up and down. 

    Oh, the grand old Duke of York
    He had ten thousand men;
    He marched them up to the top of the hill,
    And he marched them down again.

    When they were up, they were up,
    And when they were down, they were down,
    And when they were only halfway up,
    They were neither up nor down.

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA:

    • Moseycise down the lots
    • Bearpee a ways and circle up
    • Full body IC routine, top to bottom, more than 10 different sets

    COP #1:

    • Mosey up to the Wall
    • Donkey Kick-offs x5 up to x20
    • People’s Chair for Hoedowns
    • BTTW for Aussi Mtn Climbers and Hip Slappers
    • Plank for Dirty Hook-ups

    COP #2:

    • Mosey down to the bottom and collect the 3 Cabers
    • LOVE HILL QUARTER POUNDER WITH CHEESE (CABERS)
    • Partner up 2-3 PAX per 12’ Caber
    • x4 Rounds carrying the cabers up the hill, returning to bottom after each set
    • 1st Light Pole:  x25 Overhead Press
    • 2nd Pole:  x50 Caber Squats
    • 3rd Pole: x75 LBC’s w Caber across chests
    • (At bottom, take a break for SSH & Burpees to get circulation back to finger tips)
    • 4th Pole: x100 Caber Curls

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer
    • Coffeerama

    NMS:  Great company this morning to throw some cabers around. Proud of you guys denying the fartsack and kicking tail this morning. Big shoutout to Dealer making it out 3 weeks in a row. Keep it up bro! YHC is humbled and grateful to name you as close brothers. Thank you. ~DTH

  • Lindsay-Light

    6 Stallions and 1 Gerry descended upon Mary just to be taken elsewhere. This is what transpired more or less…

    Warmup: Helicopters, DM-Hang, SSH (YHC does them correctly for a change). Run to Windsor Farms: Red Barshetta (exercise not the song), mosey, WWII, mosey, flutter kicks, mosey, Lindsay Lights (increment/decrement by 10…box cutters and Merkins across church field. Continue mosey. Bear crawls, crab walks, polar bears, and intermittent stops for various exercises. Back to field: Tree Suicides doing alternating merkins and WWIIs on the out and back. Finish with a couple rounds of donkey kicks/bear crawls, run our and bernie-back.

    NMS:

    A question was posed by TYA: Are woman referred to as chicks because they produce eggs?….or because they prefer cocks?

    Saab abides

  • Get Rhythm

    2 men showed on a cold windy day to throw from iron around.

    • COP
    • Dora
      • Curl + presses x 100
      • Goblet squats x 200
      • Flutterkics 2ct x 300
    • 5 mins of stretching
    • Notes – during COP we determined Yardsale has 2 left feet.

  • Three men and a 2.0

    Three men and No Idea’s 2.0 (Rainbow) braved the cold to get some kb action.

    • COP
    • Supersets
      • Lt. Dans x 10, sprint to first island and back
      • Clean and jerks x 10, sprint and back
      • Burpee + deadlift x 10, sprint
      • Leg lifts over the kb x 20, sprint
      • Rinse and repeat for 3 rounds

  • BD Integrity

    Twelve men pushed themselves without hurting themselves through the neighborhood adjacent to Mary Munford to Reveille Church and back. Triple checks, partner work, merkins, squats, moseys, curb crawls, etc.

  • An Oyster and 10 minutes of Saab

    Seven First Watch regulars, One SOJ Stalwart and One Saabski decided to converge at River Road Church this morning at 5am. After cursing the cold breeze and welcoming Oyster, it was time to roll!

    Mosey to the smallest Henrico park for COP #1:

    DQ’s x 10, Copperhead Squats x 10, Russian Soldiers x 10, Merkins x 10, Crab Cakes x 10, Suzanne Somers(L) x 10, APD’s x 10, Suzanne Somers(R) x 10

    Mosey over to Saab’s driveway for COP #2:

    Monkey Humpers x 25

    Head on downRiver (see what I did there, Splinter?) to the UR practice fields. Complain about how hard the turf is and then complete a round of 4 Corners:

    Corner 1 – 10 x Merkins

    Corner 2 – 10 x Merkins, 20 x Jump Squats

    Corner 3 – 10 x Merkins, 20 x Jump Squats, 30 x SSH’s

    Corner 4 – 10 x Merkins, 20 x Jump Squats, 30 x SSH’s, 40 x LBC’s

    Plank-a-rama

    Line up on the goal line for some Football Field work:

    10 yard Bear Crawl, 10 Merkins, Run back

    25 yard High Knees, 25 Monkey Humpers, Run back

    50 yard Karaoke, 25 Deep Squats, Run Back

    75 yard Karaoke(opposite facing), 25 Heels to Heaven, Run back

    100 yard Bernie Sanders, 10 Burpees, Run back

    Al Gore-a-rama

    Mosey over to the steep hill and perform even hour Clock-Work Merkins on the hill

    Climb up the hill and partner-up. One partner performs 10 x uphill WW2 sit-ups while other partner planks and holds you ankles firm to the ground (insert sophomoric humor here). 3 rounds each partner.

    Slide back down the hill and perform odd hour Clock-Work Merkins on the hill

    Partner up and one partner performs Box Cutters at bottom of hill while other partner runs up to the fence and back. 3 rounds each partner.

    Mosey back upRiver (ahem!) to COP #3:

    In Saab’s driveway, perform American Hammers, APD’s and Reverse Crunches

    Homeowner yells at PAX and then joins PAX to head back to VSF for 3 Burpees. Time!

    Numbers, Names, Announcements (See Slack) and YHC took us out!

    NMS:

    It was nice to have Oyster post with us today! He had to get his day started early and First Watch is the perfect option for that! Not much, if any, oversharing today, but there was enough complaining about the cold wind and the hard surface of the practice fields. Someone suggested the wind would not be as bad if we would have headed down to the bottom of S. Ridge Road where the wind never blows, but that PAX member can do that whenever he signs up to Q First Watch 🙂

    Saab finally made his grand entrance to First Watch when he caught us abusing his driveway. Thanks for running back with us and joining the COT!

    There was a good amount of running (especially for a Kubota Q) and a lot of awkward hill work. Not sure what the partner WW2’s should be called. Comment with your answers!

    Good work and well done this morning, Men!

    SYITG!

    Kubota

  • Bangin’ Protein and Weights

    5 of Richmond’s finest showed up wondering what destinations were in store on the field trip when YHC picked up the Q. Trying to keep them on their toes, this is what might have occurred…

    Mosey around the circle then down to the Amphitheater stage.

    COP

    SSHs

    Imperial Walkers

    Russian Soldiers

    Helicopters

    Copperhead Squats

    Stay at the Amphitheater for some 11’s

    Exercises were burpees at the bottom and dips at the top

    Mosey over to Penny Stage, to check on our coupons

    50-Block Shoulder Press

    50- Block Curls

    50-Block Chest Press

    25- Block Merkins

    Mosey over to the Field for some Dora

    50-WWII’s

    100- Carolina Dry Docks

    200-Flutter Kicks

    300- LBC’s

    Partner runs half the field and back.

    Back to the Flag for 15 Chuck Norris’s OYO, Numberama, Namearama, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    • Still need 3 more volunteers to join Corned Beef, DTH, and Hitchhiker for the ramp build on 2/10
    • Break Breading filled up until May! Nice work by everyone that has signed up thus far!
    • Discussed possible trip down to the Bridge, Saturday 2/19

    NMS:

    A lot of great mumblechatter this morning, which is usually the best with a small group! From NFL games this past weekend, basketball practices, fitness journeys, to kids getting stronger at an early age, which Swirly reminded Hitch he is a “grown ass man.” Keys words and delivery were on point! Prayers for Faceplant as he recovers from an ankle injury following Sunday FunDay. Great workout today guys, thank you for letting me lead!