Category: Richmond, VA

  • Very little snow, too much wind

    Fifteen fearless warriors fought off the fartsack and snow to find a beatdown. Helix was dressed for a 70 & sunny good time so that is what we did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins. Mosey to the bottom of Amphitheater to avoid the wind: 5 Incline Merkins up, 5 Squats on way down. 2nd Round: 5 Dips up, 10 Pickle Pounders on way down, no audible.

    Save mosey up to stage for 3 sets of 25 PLTs. Mosey up to coupon drop zone. Parnter up: Murder bunny across field while partner does 5 burpees then runs to end then SSH until partner hits the line. Switch and back. So much fun so repeato.

    Stay with partner. 1 does block exercise while other runs to fence & back. 1st round: Squat thrusters, 2nd round: Block swings, 3rd round: Curls.

    Down to Rusty Cage to see if it was shielded from the wind. It was so we stayed a while: 4 rounds of 8 Pull-ups and 15 Dips. Then 4 rounds of Jerkins. Mosey up to Carrillon field: Bear crawl across, broad jump burpee back. Crab Walk across, lunge back. 5 Burpees then sprint the length of the field. Back to flag and 30 Merkins to finish on time.

    NMS: YHC noticed the Q sheet was open for Dogpile on Thursday so took the Q. Snow turned out to be a non-event but wind made it plenty cold. Was great to see 15 pax brave the conditions. YHC tried to keep the pax out of the snow and nobody slipped on the ice at the bottom of the amphitheater but Hitchhiker did try. Handshake broke his SOP streak while EF Hutton, Doublemint, and Helix remained true to the cause. There was lots of groaning about the pickle pounders down the steps, next time YHC will call Scorpion kicks in the snow. It was great to take the Q back at Dogpile, it’s been a while. Always a pleasure to lead. Coffeteria after at Libbie Market was well attended and a good time as usual.

    Announcements: HDHH at Triple Crossing in Midlothian. Bring your M to keep Doozy out of the doghouse.

  • Lost at a Lake

    YHC rolled up to see a couple of gents ready for the run for the morning, we had 3 walkers post @ 5am so they could get in a long walk to return by 6:15 at the clubhouse. It was definitely COLD this morning that the runners started immediately once we arrived…did not have time to open the hand warmers…just get moving. YHC had to modify route to a 4.3 mile route with a slower 9:30 + / mile pace. The route had some gradual declines followed by a long steady climb for about 2 miles. Great mumblechatter and was nice to catch up with some brothers that have not posted for a run AO in awhile. The ruckers logged in 4.5 miles this morning. They got to a Lake one they had not seen before, initially thought they were lost; however, soon were able to orienteer to where they had a route to return to the clubhouse…that had to be some good mumble chatter for sure.

    Numberama, Namerama, No Idea took us out in prayer.

    We had a new guy post (Justin) with the Ruckers this morning as he wanted to get a ruck walk in, he is not sure on returning back so we will see if he posts next week and we will officially give him a name. What first came to mind for the group was the Biebs (Justin Bieber)…so we shall see.

    An honor to lead a route today and look forward to seeing you in the gloom…Cheers…CB!

  • Party of 5

    YHC was wondering how many PAX would be a Satan’s hill considering the Murph was happening on the other side of SOJ. YHC had singed the Q sheet to keep SH open surely not to avoid the Murph. With 4 PAX eagerly awaiting the beatdown we began.

    COP- various warm up exercises performed .

    Thang- station time. runner as timer. 4 different exercises

    including using some resistance bands and jump rope. completed 5 rounds with Mary to round out time.

    YHC took us out in prayer.

  • The Wrecking Crew

    A band of 4 gathered for a early morning jaunt around Western Henrico, Bro Code style

    Godwin to south on Pump, Left on Falconbridge, Left on Raintree, Left on Windbluff, Right on Willowick, Right on Avenham, Right on Raintree, then repeat the loop and left on Raintree, Left on Ridgefield, left on Glen Eagles, Left on Old Prescott and back to Godwin. 4.2 Miles

    Announcements/Prayer Request – Pigskin and Gomer while they are on their Honduras trip

    NMS – quiet morning, typical mumble chatter. Its good to see Hutton settling in as a regular at Currahee

  • It’s a picnic

    4 guys came out to have a little picnic today. Here is what shook out.

    COP — russian soldiers, LBC’s, Arm circles, Arm circles in am ham position, am hams, merkins with a pump

    The Wall touch a tree–
    one partner touches two trees, the other one does dk’s
    one partner touches four trees, the other partner does stump merkins
    one partner touches six trees, the other one does the wall sit
    one partner touches eight tress, the other one does alternating hand touches to wall

    The Picnic–
    10 of each exercise — dips, derkins, skull crushers, inclined
    then run and jump the loop
    10 bulgarian lunges
    run and jump the loop
    10 of original exercises
    lunge short sides, run long sides
    10 bulgarian lunges
    bear crawl short sides, run long sides
    15 of original exercises — add a pump to the dips
    run and jump the loop
    15 bulgarian lunges
    Back to the flag for some stretching!
    NMS — great work this morning from all — fun stuff!

  • 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