Category: Richmond, VA

  • Unexpected Smokefest for the FNG

    6 Forge regulars and an FNG escaped the warmth of the fartsack to choose to hard way. Here’s how DTH discovered a few classics can add up to an absolute smoker: 

    The THANG:

    COP #1:

    • Mosey over to the front of the school
    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • Usual DTH Warmerama, incorporating runs around the bus loop between IC exercises 

    COP #2:

    • Mosey down to the field for 4 CORNERS (Prostitute Style)
    • Corner 1:  x10 Merkins
    • Corner 2:  x20 WWII’s
    • Corner 3: x30 Squats
    • Corner 4: x40 American Hammers (2-ct)
    • Front Runners return to bring the SIX home

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to the Amphitheater for a TRIPLE CHECK:
    • P1 – Donkey Kicks
    • P2 – DR.W’s
    • P3 – Box Jumps steps, runs around top, back down stairs to rotate

    COP #4:

    • Mosey all the way around to the handicap rails and partner up for some shoulder work:
    • x3 Rounds of the following, completed by each partner
    • x10 Jerkins
    • x10 Dips
    • x10 Cliffhanger Merkins

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

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

    NMS:

    • YHC was excited to meet Dimitri as a newcomer (along with his M) to our Bible study last night, and even more excited when he was interested in giving F3 a try. YHC planned a workout consisting of some classics, but turned out to be a LOT more of a beatdown than YHC was expecting. Dimitri did a great job nonetheless and earned the nickname “Rambis” for a love of the NBA. At the writing of this backblast YHC is calling an audible to nickname him RAMBO …cause its cooler. It’s an honor to serve you gentlemen. SYITG, DTH

  • Overcast

    5 studs hit roller coaster and here is how it went down.

    New extra long route – then free for all do what you want to finish the hour so there was a mixture of medium and shorty routes to the finsh.

    Way to push guys a nice overcast night for some hill work.

  • Ace of Spades

    On a nice mild morning, 7 studs and Fireman Ed went out on a tour of the local neighborhoods. Unfortunately we only covered about 2 miles but we did get to do some burpees.

    COP: DQs, CPs, merkins, Freddie Mercuries, Scorpion kicks and arm circles

    Exercise: I brought a deck of cards. Clubs were hand release merkins, diamonds were jump squats, spades except Ace of Spades are Carolina Dry docks, hearts are heels to heaven. Ace of Spades is 20 marvelous burpees.

    We would mosey for about a block and then have 3 cards pulled.

    We covered south on Ridge for two blocks, turned left on a street because Kubota scared me by saying it gets dark when you go further down Ridge Road, crossed into Westham first right to the end at college road, left on College and then left on Glen Parkway with a few stops on the way. No Ace of Spades yet.

    Right on Westham and stop on the white/gray crap infested median for 4 corners. 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs, 15 Lt. Dans (I initially called for one count Lt. Dans and confused the PAX) and finish with 40 2 count flutter kicks.

    Continue to Pinetree left on Ridge and go through the church parking lot with more stops in between. Still no Ace of Spades.

    After crossing River Road and doing two more rounds of 3 cards, Handshake picked up the fabled Ace of Spades. So we ended with 20 fun filled burpees.

    It was good seeing a SOJ regular (Chaplain) and get 8 total PAX. Handshake was able to discuss his inefficiency at removing a tree stump on Monday. It was also good to see young Pucker be the war daddy; otherwise that title would have gone to me.

    Prayers are with Handshake’s friend and her family. She lost her dad (Kent) to PLS (similar to ALS I think). Great job with convergence Honeydo and the First Watch PAX.

    Zach Wilson 2024 All Pro

    Fireman Ed

  • Runners and non Runners

    15 Strong at SOT today

    Non Runners did a variation on the track of dealers choice.

    Runners did heal repeats for a total of 5 miles plus!

    Doozy took us out!

    Ultimate Frisbee at No Toll Next week.

  • Queued Up!

    The chatter started the night before about no one wanting to Q WTH. So Roger Roger ended it quickly with an all in “I got it” here’s how things went down. 

    The thing:

    This all encompassing 3.4 mile beatdown at WTH started with a fast jog around to the splashpad where YHC was hoping for a cool off before we did a modified beast.

    splash pad  warmerama:

    In cadence:

    Side straddle hops x 25

    Don Qs

    Dead man hang

    Plank jacks 

    Merkins

    LBCs 

    YHC took some mumble chatter as YHC slowed and sped counts to mess with PAX or just didn’t know how to call cadence this morning. Take your pick!

    We then mosied a half mile at a good clip to the kanawha redskins field for

    COP 1: 

    Endzone to endzone we covered a series of burpee runs

    10 yd line 1 burpee sprint to the opposite end zone then jog back. 

    20 yd line 2 burpees sprint down jog back

    30 yd line 3 burpees repeat

    All the way up to 100 yard line endzone for 10 burpees to finish our cycle!

    Phew no mumble chatter here!

    10 count and we’re off

    COP 2:

    Mosie to short pump elementary for 2 sets of 25 reverse swing crunches

    Mosie to the flag

  • Groundhog day

    6 strong posted for WDOG this morning and here is how it went down.

    Mossy – warm up on the stage – lot’s of good stretching !

    Rusty Cage : 3 sets 5 pull ups 5 merkins 5 squats – repeat with chin ups – 3 sets 5 jerkins feet on ground BODO’s style 5 jerkins legs on the bar.

    Block work ; 3 sets 10 American hammers – 10 bench press – 10 straight jacket sit ups.

    Oyster takes the Q : It must be groundhog day

    Rusty Cage Triple check – dips – incline merkins run to the hydrant and back.

    Block work – over head press curls – LBC’s – 3 sets of 10.

    Native American Run back to the flag

    Ring of fire – 10 merkins

    Way to work guys enjoyed it. Missed you out there Shiplap hope you are feeling better.

    Faceplant took us out with his famous battle prayer !

    See y’all in the gloom..

  • Where did they go?

    YHC was pumped to get the rest of the week started off right with a Tuesday Beatdown at DaVille and here is what went down:

    COP

    Start with Parking space tracers (as Emoji and Carpenter will be leaving us soon YHC wanted to bring back some DaVille routines). Then mosey to West Entrace by the bus loop for 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 Russian Soldiers, 10 Imperial Walkers, 15 arm circles 10 small and 5 big (thank you Emoji for yelling HALT! at 10) Reverso, 10 Helicopters, 20 2ct American Hammers, 20 4ct LBC’s, 10 reverse scorpions, 10 scorpions and 20 merkins.

    THANG

    We mosey to bus loop and divide into 2 4 men groups for a triple check of:

    Partner 1(P1) – 40 Merkins P2- Step ups at the bench, P3 LBC’s, P4 runs bus loop lap as the timer. We each rotate to next station until all exercises have been completed for 1 set. to complete the triple cehck we do this routine 2 more times.

    Mosey to the pull-up bars for one set of:

    P1 – Runs suicides on basketball court as the timer, P2 – sets of 5 pull ups until timer is complete, P3 – Jerkins, P4 Flutter kicks. We each rotate through each exercise until all are completed for 1 set. YHC was catching up with Yardsale and talking about kids in college, etc. and the Pax disappeared around the corner of the school. We look around and begin to mosey back to the flag as time is almost up and find the PAX leaning against the wall, so we gather them up for a quick mosey to the flag for 3 minutes of stretching until time is up.

    Numberama, Namerama the Carpenter took us out.

    Great to see everyone this morning as it is an honor to lead! Cheers…CB

  • Is this the Start of Summer?

    Is it really June?  A cool morning free of humidity greeted a lucky 7 at Heartbreak Ridge.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the tennis courts and partner up – wheel barrow to the net and do 10 derkins, rinse and repeat 4x each man
    • Mosey to the blacktop for a 3x check
      • Run
      • Balls to wall
      • HRM
    • Mosey to the football field for an arch loader
      • Bear crawl across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
      • Crab walk across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
      • Bunny hop across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
      • Cheetah sprint across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
    • Mosey to the hill for 10 hill sprints (final being a Bernie Sanders)
    • Mosey to the parking lot for COT and YHC taking us out

    Post-convergence hangover could not stop this PAX.  Solid work on a glorious day.  Plenty of airline tales from Roger Roger.  The skies are reopening much like most of our country.  Great work by these rugged warriors. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Sharks, Minnows, Donkeys, Crabs, Bears, Ducks, and a Beast

    Low humidity and lots of dew awaited eight HIMs at No Toll this morning. Here’s what went down…

    COP:

    Mosey around, hit up a trail, and wind around back to the basketball court.

    SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers

    Donkey Suicides – suicide with 10 donkey kicks at the baseline and 5 merkins at 25, 50, 75, 100

    LBCs, Flutters, FMs

    Sharks and Minnows:

    Starting at the baseline, PAX (minnows) attempts to cross the basketball court via the called maneuver without getting tagged by sharks. If tagged, you’re out and perform 5 burpees. Keep repeating until all minnows are sharks.

    Round 1: Crab walk

    Round 2: Bear crawl

    Round 3: Duck walk

    Mosey to back field.

    Beast:

    WWIIs, Burpees, Jump Squats, Carolina Drydocks, Squats, Merkins

    BTTF.

    American Hammers until Doozy returns from recruiting.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    -Ultimate frisbee at No Toll next week. Check DTHs preblast for other days/locations this summer.

    -Puppypile on June 12 following Dogpile.

    NMS: Great morning to be out at No Toll. The slightly chiller temp was definitely welcomed. Numbers were a little lighter than usual (but not unexpected given the holiday weekend recoveries). Sharks and minnows seemed to be a crowd pleaser. Fresh Prince proved to be a champion crab walker and Snuff can bear crawl in any direction with ease.

    You guys rock! Thanks for letting me lead. Peace!

  • Perfect Cluster

    10 showed up today to run a route with poorly administered directions. YHC offers his Lab-Rat-esque apology to all.

    Route: College to University. Wood to Waveny to Horsepen. Horsepen up to Patterson then back down on Ridge Top. Take left at Wheeler then path through woods to UR Boatright entrance. 4’s head back through Robbins Center. 5s and 6s take campus then up and back on Boswick and Old Mill. Jump on Tawano access road. 5’s take it on back to Commons. 6’s head up Rosewood back to Campus drive then back down to Ridgeway then along golf course and back to Commons.

    Saab abides