Category: Richmond, VA

  • Capoot at SOT : IPC Week 0

    7 PAX did IPC Week 0 : Vagabond, McGruff, Rosetta, Doozy, Snuff, Boberry, Florence

    2 PAX were Runners : Don Draper, Tobit

    6 PAX did Boot Camp : Nancy Lopez, Bullseye, Herme, Honeymoon, POG, Marmaduke

    THE THANG :

    IPC Week 0 – 100 Merkins, 800 meter run, 75 Merkins, 1200 meter run, 50 Merkins, 1600 meter run, 25 Merkins, 2000 meter run

    IPC Week 0 Modified Version –

    • 50 push ups, incline push ups, or push ups on knees
    • 400 m run or walk
    • 40 push ups or incline push ups or push ups on knees
    • 600 m run or walk
    • 30 push ups or incline push ups or push ups on knees
    • 800 m run or walk
    • 20 push ups on r incline push ups or push ups on knees
    • 1000 m run or walk

    Numberama

    Name-arama

    COT :

    Rosetta mentioned Rountre neighborhood is collecting donations for Afghan Refugees. Message Rosetta for details.

    Appreciate Doozy’s vulnerability to share during COT this morning.

    Ongoing prayers for Afghanistan situation and everyone affected

    NMMS :

    Glad it was slightly cooler weather this morning for IPC Week 0. That sucked! In a good way!

  • Sink, Toilet or Tree?

    No visitors, but nine strong First Watch vets posted for the latest edition.  Here’s what went down.

    Mosey to Henrico’s smallest park

    COP (IC)

    • Dead Man Hang
    • Reach for the Stars
    • Imperial Walkers
    • SSHs
    • Merkins
    • Freddie Mercurys
    • Heels to Heaven
    • Crabcakes

    Mosey down River to Rec Fields (pitstop for Monkey Humpers at Saab’s)

    Self Dora

    • 100 Merkins, 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 LBCs (run roughly 50 yards up the hill to the fence and back after each 25/50/75 of the exercises– 12 runs total)

    Explorsey around the fields to the Field Hockey goals

    Triple Check

    • Pullups/ Dips/ Run around the field

    Mosey back to the Flag (pitstop for APDs at Saab’s)

    American Hammers for time

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    Moseying down River Rd proved somewhat dangerous with the disproportionate number of cars to the time of day, but thankfully the PAX made it over and back successfully.  As YHC delivered the Dora instructions Handshake made a number of noises that only M-shake should hear.  Coffeteria was fantastic as always with conversations surrounding appropriate places to pee, drunk shenanigans, committee leadership, school board antics, and other awesome gags.  And UpChuck’s brother is a master pranker.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Convergence Labor Day 0700 at Hoedown

    Field Day 9/18 – check with Captain on uniform

    Retreat 9/25 – sign up for Cornhole

    Prayers for Bacon Bits’ FIL

  • For Those About To Ruck, We Salute You

    Three redwoods embarked on a ruck in the evening gloom. Packs were loaded with the appropriate weight, straps pulled tight and off we went.

    These three amigos shared stories, jokes, and showed off new scars. According to the owl in the tree, we covered about 4.7 miles in around 90 minutes with some hills thrown in there for good measure.

    More rucking will definitely be scheduled in the future.

  • Old people can’t remember squat

    7 young bucks and 1 senile old dude made their way to a 70 and sunny beatdown at No Toll this morning. According to the nurses at the home this is what happened.

    COP

    DQ’s, Burpee, Helicopters, Burpee, Imperial Walkers, Burpee, Cherry Pickers, Burpee, LBC’s, 5 burpees

    Mosey to pavilion

    Partner up: Partner 1 alternate between 2 exercises, Partner number 2 run the soccer field

    Dips / Merkins, ???????? Ball Dippers / Jump Squats, ?????? Scrunchy Frogs / Bench crunches, ?????? Calf Raises Inside / Outside

    Mosey to the basketball court with a sprint in the middle

    Circle up on the B-Ball Court for ab ring of fire

    Florence killed it to start with his “not so lazy boys”, and everyone else just added on but I can’t remember what.

    BTTF

    Numbers / Names Snuff took us out

    NMS:

    YHC has been waiting all day and checking in periodically to check on the BB and starting to wonder what the He!! the Q is doing not getting the BB in, who was the Q this morning? Oh yah I was the Q, D@m8 I got to get on it. Getting old sucks and YHC’s memory is fading.

  • Fed or Fed Up?

    The post editor is acting weird on this ancient browser, so please bear with YHC.
    Five PAX converged on Zoom for the last 3rd F before Labor Day.
    Disclaimer
    John 6:24-35
    Discussion
    COT
    Thanks to first-timers Snuff and Termite for coming out. YHC hopes to connect with ya’ll more in the gloom.
    Prayers for Pigskin’s friend’s family, Offshore’s friend’s family, Boberry’s friend’s family.
    The next 3rd F is September 14th. We’ll have a “normal” 3rd F that night – Q sheet is open!
    YHC proposes that we start reading “Life Together” by Dietrich Bonhoeffer and plan to start discussing on September 28th. The book is available on Amazon for under $3 and a pdf is available online for free. It’s about 120 pages. Stay tuned for the September 28th reading assignment.

  • Tuesday sweat party

    11 veterans plus one grizzly-eyed Re-FNG posted to participate in Volun-told Q

    COP – SSH’s, Don Quixote, Hand Release Merkins, etc.

    Mosey to the Pemberton Elementary School parking lot for a bad idea. Partner up, P1 do Flutter Kicks until you almost die, P2 do Suicides every two parking spots until the second side of the parking lot was reached (YHC may not have anticipated how long that would take, but there were too many complaints for YHC the cancel the order)

    Mosey to Playground at PES for a Triple Check. P1 Run backwards around the small track P2 WWII’s, P3 10 Pull ups, 3 rounds

    Announcements – 3rd F tonight at 2000 hours. Iron Pax starts next Thursday 9/7 at Heartbreak Ridge. Practice Iron Pax at WTF tomorrow.

    Prayer requests – New Orleans citizens/Pax members. Offshores friend, Steve, who just had Open Heart Surgery

    NMS – it was a slightly cooler day but the humidity was 93%. Its good to have Gypsy back after his bout with Covid. I’m glad to return the favors he and Honeydo grace YHC with.

  • Better Late Than Never

    POG had the Q but forgot BB so YHC is logging it. The Q consisted of hills, 4 corners and rock lifting. Welcome FNG Hawk!

  • Labor Day Convergence

    Labor Day Convergence

    Monday Labor Day Convergence will be at Hoedown. It’s a small(ish) AO but there is ample parking! YHC will bring mobile coffeeteria for post workout enjoyment. 7AM start!

  • A Strangers Fist

    Sixteen men on a mission to better themselves huddled around the hood of a blue truck, trying to decipher the pre-posted routes on a 4 inch mobile screen. The PAX was forewarned on Slack of the Qs anticipated hot arrival. YHC arrived with three minutes to spare. Plenty of time to review the routes (twice) before launch.

    The Route
    4s, 5s, and 6s all took basically the same route today, with the only variation being the number of Horespen/Ridge Top loops.

    • Head west around the baseball field and left on College
    • Right on Lakewood to Westham
    • Right on Westham to Baldwin
    • Right on Baldwin and continue on Baldwin across Wood with runs by the backside of fraternity row
    • Slight left and the road turns to Horsepen
    • Up Horsepen to right on Patterson
    • Right on Ridge Top
    • 5s & 6s continue down Ridge Top and take a right on Horesepen and repeat the loop, with 5s only going halfway up before taking a right on Devon. 6s go all the way to Patterson
    • On the final descent down Ridge Top, left on Chandler, right on Gardiner, left on Wheeler, through the lit path and back to the VSF via Campus/Gateway
    • 6s touched the top of Chandler before finishing on Gardiner

    4s: https://onthegomap.com/s/e94dq1oe
    5s: https://onthegomap.com/s/l5sgp73g
    6s: https://onthegomap.com/s/jrsi1569

    Numbers, names, announcements, before YHC took us out.

    Announcements

    • BRR next weekend. Still not too late.
    • Field Day on 9/18.
    • Sit & Sip & Cornhole on 9/25.
    • NEW: Labor Day Convergence @ Hoedown. 7AM start.

    Moleskin

    By all accounts, the route was successful. Sixteen started and sixteen finished (relatively on time). YHC had the pleasure of being in the company of Saab during the run and he quickly proclaimed this route was like another fist but with the middle appendage extended. Hence the name of this BB. Not the normal fist, but a stranger’s fist.

    Great catching up with Sippy today. Congrats on the recent achievements.

    Enjoy the day fellas.

    Splinter

  • Audible

    So YHC was all set to do the Capoot workout; however, with only 3 showing up, very hot temps with Thunderstorms coming in, an Audible was called and here is what went down:

    COP

    We start with 50 Merkins, then mosey to the Front of the school in the Yard and perform 20 SSh, 10 DQ, 10 Helicopters, 15 arm circles (10 small 5 big), Reverso, 10 4ct American Hammers, 20 LBC’s, 10 Iron Cross, 10 Scorpions then we Mosey to the Camera Pole.

    THANG

    At the pole we surround it being about 20 feet away. In this routine we perform 10 repetitions of an exercise, then bear crawl(BC) to the pole, touch pole, then crawl bear(CB) back to starting point. Then next pax member calls out an exercise and we perform 10 reps BC to pole then CB back. The following exercises happened: Lunges 2 ct, Crab Cakes 2 ct, Squats, Hand Release Merkins, Dry docks, WW2 Sit ups, Mountain Climbers 2 ct, Rosalitas, Leg Raises.

    Mosey to playground equipment, P1 Runs lap around soccer field, P2 Step ups on Bench P3 pull ups, we rotate through each station twice, then lighting…so we mosey to the Pavillion for Shelter, perform 3 sets of 30 dips. Mosey to the side of the school for a small triple check. P1 Runs to tree by street and back as the timer, P2 performs donkey kicks and p3 Air chair with Air shoulder presses. We rotate through each station 3 times for a triple check.

    Mosey to the front of the school, lunch around the traffic circle, go to curb and perform flutter kicks for about 1 minute. Mosey to Flag for stretching.

    Numberma, Namerama, Chum Bucket took us out in prayer.No workout next Monday as it is Memorial Day.

    Great workout this evening gents, it was an honor to lead, Cheers….CB