Category: Richmond, VA

  • 3 different routes

    2 Pax went 10 miles.

    2 Pax. Went 5 miles.

    6 Pax Went 3.5 (1 Ruck)

    Way to get out gents in a chilly morning!

  • Mont Perelin Farm

    “It is true that the virtues which are less esteemed and practiced now–independence, self-reliance, and the willingness to bear risks, the readiness to back one’s own conviction against a majority, and the willingness to voluntary cooperation with one’s neighbors–are essentially those on which an individualist society rests.

    Collectivism has nothing to put in their place, and in so far as it already has destroyed then it has left a void filled by nothing but the demand for obedience and the compulsion of the individual to what is collectively decided to be good.”― Friedrich Hayek, The Road to Serfdom 1944

    14 warriors rose the greet the dawn of a new day and without a mandate in sight, we chose by our own free will to improve the quality of our lives. According to legend, it went a little something like this.

    COP

    SSH, IW, CS, FC, WWII, HRM and only one Arm Circle. Even that is too many.

    I’m Gonna Bale

    6 bales were waiting for our fearless studs. Get into three groups in a pseudo triple check fashion. The exercises were as follows; hay bale run, squats, LBC. In a shock, this centrally planned exercise was a cluster f and needed a fair amount of modification.

    Farmer In The Dell

    Our bales were rearranged and the pax was introduced to Success Barrels. These 80 gallon barrels weigh in the neighborhood of 250 lbs and contain spent grain from Final Gravity Brewing Company in which animals are fed. The barrels are pushed over, then lifted to be right side up. We started with a barrel deadlift and used the rows of bales for broad jump burpees. The pax completed two rounds.

    Four Coroners (see what I did there)

    This is an escalating four corners in which you add a corner each round and complete all corners on the way out and the way back in. Corner #1 5 Burpees, Corner #2 20 Merkins, Corner #3 10 Lt. Dan, Corner #4 20 WWII.

    Triple Check NFT

    Mosey over to the baseball fields for a proper triple check. Exercises were as follows; run from stands up the hill and complete two burpees, dips, step ups.

    5 Min of Mary

    Mosey to basketball court to wrap up the conference. Planks, HRM, Moroccan Christmas (combo American Hammers/ Arm Circles), WWII, 1 min plan. No puppies were killed.

    Numberama, namerama and Chaplain took us out.

    NMS

    Way to work fellas and thank you so much for the great effort. Welcome Fugitive and T-Claps to Doublemint for the incredibly fast name. Big thanks to Doozy for the coffee! And thanks to DTH for licking all the cups.

    The farm workout theme had good intentions but did not feel like a natural fit in an F3 workout. The lesson is that if you are gonna have coupons, have enough for everybody. Coupon sharing is for suckers and interrupts the flow. Lesson learned.

    Rock N Roll just might prove to be the best AO in the F3 RVA region. We’ve just scratched the surface on this place. A word to future Qs, scout this area and think about bringing a bow and arrow.

    Moleskin

    At the beginning of each year for the last decade or so I have read Frederich Hayek’s Road To Serfdom. This is a short, phenomenal book he wrote between 1942 – 1943 in a response to the unrestrained encroachment of socialist viewpoints at the London School of Economics.

    He wrote this because he felt lonely. He saw counter viewpoints to the wisdom of government was gradually being suppressed. His concern was that governments were trying to ensure continuing prosperity with centralized planning. As an Austrian born citizen, he had first-hand experience that well-intended central planning inevitably leads to totalitarianism.

    The concepts are absolutely timeless and are more relevant in 2022 than they were in 1944. If you have felt like you have been in the minority in the last two years because you don’t see blind obedience and uniformity as moral virtues, you’ll love this book.

    The video is of the great Milton Friedman who wrote the foreword of the 50th anniversary. Even if you just check out a few minutes, it’s a great perspective enhancer. His philosophy on individual liberty, personal freedoms and the dangers of central planning are so refreshing to hear.

    Have a great weekend fellas!

    Your pal,

    Hardywood

  • takin’ it light

    Four redwoods gathered in the gloom for a nice easy if cool run. 4 mile route Ridgefield, Copperas, Church, Pump. 2 mile route into Raintree and back.

    EF Hutton took us out.

    NMS – Good to see EF Hutton out at Currahee. YHC is looking forward to getting moving a bit faster again.

  • Frozen Gridiron

    It was so cold, I started a minute early, before Dial-up showed up. He found us. He found us because he could hear the crunch of the frozen grass on the football field as we did SSHs. Did I mention it was cold? As in 18 degrees. As in colder than it typically is in Charlotte, from where I used to be.

    Despite the cold, it was a great day for a workout. As always, it is great to have a group to workout with. No fart-sacking with these guys.

    Despite the lack of a disclaimer, no injuries, even on the obstacle course. This site provides a great obstacle course. Warning; I will do this again! It is too good not to use.

    We had the place to ourselves. No pickle-ball players. Evidently, you can’t play with a frozen pickle.

    Anyway:

    To the goal line of the football field:

    20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 Knee-ups and a stretching exercise

    To the track:

    20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers and a stretching exercise

    To the soccer field in front of the school:

    20 Russian Soldiers, 15 Crunchy Frogs, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise

    To the side of the south side of the school:

    20 squats, 10 Stagger arm Merkins, 20 Dollies and a stretching exercise

    Follow the leader: We used the loading docks, stairs, railings as an obstacle course.

    To the wall in front of the school:

    People’s Chair 15 Air Press, 10 BTTW Hip Slaps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Muhammad Ali, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Milkers, 10 BTTW Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    People’s Chair 15 Lalannes, 10 Dirty Hookup, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Back to the parking lot.

    To the parking lot:

    Jump in cadence over the line 20 count, 3 times with a stretching exercise in between

    To the historic school’s pull-up bars, near the pickle-ball courts

    10 Pullups, 20 LBCs, 20 merkins and 25 squats: 3 times

    Back to the parking lot:

    Less-fatal Man Killer: 10,8,6,4,2.

    Stretching exercise

    Romanian Single Leg Dead lift (bend knee up and forward, bend at waist but keep hip neutral and extend bent leg back behind you.) 10 each leg.

    To the bathroom: divide up into groups of 3: 1 does Lalannes, 1 does dollies while the other runs around the parking lot. 3 times

    To the stadium bench for 10 Bulgarian split squats

    Back to the parking lot for stretching exercise and then 6-inch leg lift for 60-count.

  • Washers, Port-o-Johns and Radiators

    18 Degrees on the thermostat didn’t stop 12 men from posting this morning at Dogpile. A workout happened but mumble chatter was top notch.

    COP

    SSHs, DQs, Helicopters, Copperhead Squats, Imperial Walkers, Merkins

    Mosey second circle

    More Merkins

    Love Hill x 2 – Runner, Bear Crawl, Lunge, Broad Jump Burpee – Reverso

    Mosey to street for flat intervals – 75% run, mosey back, carioca both ways, skip

    Triple Check

    Runner around the triangle, dying cockroaches, and Squats

    Mosey to Ampitheater

    Ascending incline merkins up to 18, descending dips down to 1

    Box Jump the way to the top together

    Back to the flag

    Numberama, Namerama, Oyster took us out!

    NMS

    Tons of mumblechatter this morning as you can tell by the title. If anyone haas a line on where Mr. Rogers can get a dryer hit him up. We will leave the Porto John topic for your imagination. Lastly, Bodos and Handshake are your go to for information on Radiators, and if you need to find Handshake he will be in the back row critiquing Bodos’s sermon tomorrow. Strong work today gents in the cold, great work by everyone.

    Coffee at Libbie Market was awesome, great area to sit and good food and coffee options. With ETs not opening until 8 now, I give Libbie Market my vote for the new location!

    Duke

  • magnificent 7

    7 guys showed up to beat the cold and run an hour or so.

    Giles loop into Craney Island and back.

    Mileage range from 5.6 to 6.5.

    coffeteria afterwards at local cup! Nice work everyone!

  • You New

    11 Warriors braved the rain and snow to take part in a Satan’s Hill beatdown. But wait not a drop or a flake in the sky. Undeterred the PAX was ready to roll at the bottom of the hour. According to the penguins here is what went down.

    COP- 20 each: SSH, LBC’s. 10 each: SQ’s, cherry pickers, Jazzercise, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins, Drydocks, Flutters, Dollies, Rosalita’s.

    The thang:

    Dora: Runner up the hill, 100 coupon curls, 200 coupon chest press, 300 coupon squats

    Triple check: Runner up hill, Rock copters, coupon front lateral raises.

    Split group in half. Half sprint to top of lot while other do merkins then switch. Complete 2 rounds. Finished with some lunges then stretching.

    Announcements: ROck-n-roll 7am Saturday at Rockwood park.

    Prayers: To PAX and family that have Covid. May they recover quickly. Rosco took us out in prayer.

    Ma

  • 21s

    3 Gloom travelers woke up to a wet but not icy beatdown on the last day of the first week (full 7 days) of 2022.

    COP at the front cover of BWES

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Dead Man Hangs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Squat Walkers

    Mosey to JRHS under the cover by the track

    21s, the Q will count in cadence to 6 SSH’s and then the PAX will need to silent count in cadence to 21 ending at the same time. If ending is not at the same time the Q will give an exercise, repeto and see how close to exact PAX can get. The first couple tries where a bit off because YHC didn’t do a good job explaining how 21’s work but once YHC explained that cadence would stop at 6 and PAX would count in their heads to end at the same time we came fairly close to a perfect set. YHC had planned to do 5 sets regardless of unity so 5 sets of various merkins where completed

    Mosey to the first parking lot 4 corners 10 – Heals to heaven, 20 – Scrunchy Frogs, 30 – American Hammers, 40 – Sugar Sticks

    Mosey to the long cover in front of JRHS

    Triple check – Partner 1 does Dips, Partner 2 does Merkins, Partner 3 Bear Crawls to the last post and runs back

    Mosey to the bus loop at BWES

    Triple check – Partner 1 does WWII’s, Partner 2 does LBC’s and Partner 3 runs to the far cover and back

    Mosey to the basketball courts

    Burpeecides – Suicides with a burpee at each line

    Mosey BTTF 10 Merkins OYO

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    YHC has had a plan to do the 21’s for a while but wanted to wait for a larger gathering then when the perfect opportunity presented itself. Last Saturday came and went with 23 PAX and the thought of 21’s was forgotten. Today was going to be a 21’s day regardless of the numbers or the weather. Thanks to Tobit and Florence for tagging along.

  • A Bakers Dozen

    The finest men in the Richmond area met in the gloom for a beatdown and this is what transpired:

    • Meander around front of the school and back to the Asphalt Playground for COP
    • Mosey off campus over to Reveille UMC. Partner up, P1 Runs down the Parking Lot then Bernie Sanders down the next row and then up the final row and loops around back to the Pavilion. P2 does various exercises across 4 rounds (WWII’s, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s, Hand Release)
    • Mosey over to the Greek Church on the Corner of Malvern and Grove. Round 1 – Bear Crawl across half the lot then transition to Crab Walks. Round 2 – Polar Bear halfway and then transition to a Crab Fish (idea as a Polar Bear but adding a WWII to the Crab Walk)
    • Triple Check – P1 Run to the far end up the lot and Bernie back, P2 does Jump Squats, P3 does WWII’s?
    • Mosey back to flag
    • 1 minute of Mary to close out the 45 minutes

    NMS – it was a great morning to go for a walkabout. After days over rain/snow/ice it was nice to see clear roads and parking lots ready for us. YHC felt bad for our LIFO (TYA) because he was running late after being a great Dad and taking his daughter to the Train Station and he arrived we were nowhere to be found. Hopefully Saab is feeling better since he was originally the Q but he had to put up the Bat Signal since he wasn’t going to make it.

    Announcements/Prayer Requests – No announcements but we did have Prayer Request for Jessup’s mother who is recovering from surgery.

    Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

  • Forge-y Ounces to Freedom

    Four at the Forge for a forty-five minute terra forma fornication.

    Warming up with 20 Don Quixotes, 20 Imperial Walkers, 20 Apple Bottom Poppers (ask Chap), Mirkins, LBCs and a few other things.

    Mosey to the amphitheater. Centipede curb crawl across the bottom step, then up 2 steps and back across and on and on until we curb crawled all the way to the top.

    Inverse bro code Dora: run the steps loop down and around with 100 WW2s, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Flutter Kicks.

    With such good mumble chatter we ran it back with another Dora: box jump up the steps, then back down while partner does 100 wall-sit Muhammad Alis, 200 Mountain climbers, 300 LBCs.

    Back to the flag for 20 burpees OYO. Done.

    Gratitude for the clear and crisp morning, and prayers for healing for all those out sick. A special prayer for confidence in the face of fear. Fear is again on the rise, but men of F3 are strong, confident and they lead by example both in their families and in their communities. Live that example every day.