Category: Richmond, VA

  • Currahee Comet

    7 fearless studs emerged from the gloom to shake off last nights beer induced cloud and attack the day on a crisp cool morning.

    5ers – West on Ridgefield to Pine Run, traverse through Gayton ES, East on Church to Pump and return

    4ers  – West Ridgefield to Copperas to church, or whatever feels good. 

    Probation took us out.

    Prayers for EF Hutton as he recovers.

    NMS – great morning and maybe the last cool morning for Currahee. Some of the PAX caught an object breaking up in the atmosphere. We think it was part of the spaceX launch. What was really neat is that we were heading due east on Church Road and it was in line with the road (rather far away) in the perfectly clear blue pre sunrise sky and framed by the dark trees on the left and right.  We might have caught MICO stage separation, and second engine start.  YHC worked at NASA and has seen plenty of video from behind the spacecraft.  This is the first time we had an oblique view – pretty cool.  Nice Respect Day present.

    YHC is starting the 5th year with F3.  What a great brotherhood.  Your mission is to bring one more to the brotherhood this year.

    Currahee!

     

  • Stay Positive My Friends

    The air was cold, the owl was hooting, and the time was right for another exercise adventure………Twin Team style. To the best of my knowledge, this is what transpired.

    Mosey to the front of BWES for Warm-Up:
    -Don Quixotes
    -Russian Soldiers
    -Arm Circles
    -Helicopters
    -Cherry Pickers
    -Incline Merkins
    -Alabama Prom Dates
    -LBC’s
    -Dead Man Hang

    Exercise One: Indigenous People’s Curb Crawl.
    Man in the back breaks off for 20 plank jacks. We circumnavigated the island in front of the school.

    Mosey to Twin Team Road/Hill for Exercise Two:
    Run up the hill, 2 burpees at each driveway.
    Run down, 5 WWII sit ups at each driveway.

    -Wilson’s wife for some recovery. Mosey to the James River High field hockey field.

    Exercise Three: Triple Check
    -Lunge Walk across the field, run back.
    -Flutter kicks
    -Plank Shoulder taps

    Back to the flag for numbers and names.

    Announcements: Blood drive coming up. Relay in Hanover this weekend.
    YHC took us out.

    Final Observations: It’s been awhile since I made it up Twin Team hill – that thing is a beast! Great performances by the PAX this morning. In typical fashion, Doozy dusted us going up the hill. Very impressed with Crash Test Dummy – 18 years old and posting multiple times per week. Respect to you both.

    In front of BWES there is a large boulder that says “Stay Positive.” I shamelessly used that as the theme of the workout and title of the backblast.

    Make it a great one!

  • Rocketman

    Warm-up

    Triple check (curls, jerkins, runner doing a burpee suicide in parking lot)

    Run to top of Satan’s Hill, halfway down, back up, halfway down, back up. Flutter kicks watching the SpaceX rocket which was awesome.

    Back down the hill for some curls, and more curls, and some more curls.

    Finished off with some ab work.

  • Cleveland Rocks! Well, at least the FNG does

    Three dudes emerged from the gloom and launched into the workout with gusto. The beatdown went as follows:

    Mosey to COP.
    COP.
    SSHx20
    Arm Circles 20xbig, 5xsmall
    Reverso
    LBC x 20
    Merkins 20, American Hammers 20
    Merkins 15, AH 15
    Merkins 10, AH 10
    Merkins 5, AH 5
    Merkins 10, AH 10
    Merkins 15, AH 15
    Merkins 20, AH 20

    Mosey to Track for:
    1 lap, 20 copperhead squats
    1 lap, 20 hillbillys
    1 lap, 20 imperial walkers

    Mosey to Monkey Bars for TRIPLE CHECK
    incline push-ups, rows, run to building

    Mosey to parking lot for 11’s
    calf raises, bear crawl to gas pumpers, lunges back

    Mosey to cars, circle up…numberama, namearama….introducing FNG with Ohio roots, a teacher at Deep Run and resident of DA VILLE….Mr. Dan Dickey who is now forever known as DREW CAREY. Q took it out…

    Good Conversations all around as Mr. Holland and Drew Carey were able to confirm as Henrico County Teachers and we learned a bit about this and that as the rumbling herd went from task to task.

    Good luck to all who are participating in Spit’s run-a-thon thingy tomorrow.

  • Was that you or your dog?

    It was actually neither of us. Just the bouquet of smells emanating from the city streets around the stadium.

    How we got there? The Carillon Route of course.

    YHC took us out.

  • Loop #2

    4 Davillians came out on cold spring morning to get another test run before the relay on Saturday

    Craney Island loop for a little over 4.

    Pace was nice with a little push at the end

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Beast Week Continues

    Beast week continues for YHC.  Today, a KB beast.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Invisible jump rope
      • Russian soldiers
      • Dead man hang
      • Arm circles – forward and backward
      • Helicopters
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • KB Beast down the bus loop
      • Sit ‘n press with a behind the back carry
      • High pulls with a right-handed waiters carry
      • Curls with a left-handed waiters carry
      • Swings with a death crawl
      • Squat thrusters with around the world carry
      • Tricep press with lunges
    • COT with YHC taking us out


    Solid work from the PAX today.  Iron sharpens iron, with some good laughs.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • YHC Blames the Gloves

    Seven studs and coyote Cooper stormed the Forge to win the day’s battle before it even began. According to Snuff’s beard, which now speaks for itself, this is how it went down:

    The THANG:

    COP #1:

    • Mosey over to front of school
    • Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
    • SSH x30 IC
    • DQ’s x10 IC
    • Run the Bus Loop
    • Body Builders x10 IC
    • Hairy Rockettes x10 IC
    • Run the Loop
    • Hardywood Approved Arm Circle Variety x20 IC
    • No Cheat Merkins x10 IC
    • Planks Jacks x20 IC
    • Run the Loop
    • Flutter Kicks x30 IC
    • LBC’s x30 IC

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the Amphitheater 
    • Modified Dirty McDeuce – x8 Sets separated by ascending/descending the steps, each set with x3 exercises (chest, legs, core), x6 reps for each exercise
    • Alternate ascending with box jumping big steps or tooth fairy little steps
    • Exercises: Merkins, 2-ct Ball Dippers, & Crunchy Frogs

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to Grassy Slope
    • Clock of Mary: On your SIX with legs pointing uphill (12 o’clock) and complete x3 WWII for every hour on the clock face

    COP #4:

    • Frisbee Twenties – whoever gets to thrown frisbee first calls next exercise, PAX complete x20 reps
    • Repeated x8 sets, you know, until the Q chucks it into the woods…

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

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

    NMS:

    • Crisp morning for some Forge regulars to do things the hard way. YHC admits to some last minute planning so the modified Dirty McDeuce was a wee bit confusing, but da boyz nailed it anyway. Frisbee fifties a great way to finish, right up until YHC attempted a final hurl to the flag, and the frisbee instead caught on rubberized finger tips, sailing high and left into the poison ivy on the other side of the fence… which is where it will stay for the next 10,000 years it takes to decompose… Always a pleasure to roll deep with the Forge HIM’s. SYITG, DTH

  • Where did the tires go?

    5 Beasts posted on the first day of third winter at Timberwolf

    COP- SSHs, DQs, Squats, Merkins, APDs, LBCs

    Mosey to track looking for tires – no luck they have dispaeared!

    So dealers choice it is! Runner callas excercise, runs 100 yards and back while PAX does exercise. – Merkins, SSHs, Burpees, LBCs, Hammers, Crunchy Frogs, Shoulder taps and more.

    Indian Run Bear Crawl X 2

    Dips, Inclines, Suicides and Wall sits to finish!

    Back to Flag, Numberama, Namarama, YHC took us out!

    Continued Prayers for Boberry’s dad, surgery went well, now time to heal!

    Free to Bleed Blood Drive – See Backblast

    Prayers for POGs friends who are laying their child to rest today.

    DUKE

  • My first 45

    The gloom chill was back for a 34 degree start to 45MOM and 15 dudes gathered to kick off a Thursday. Here’s how it went:

    Mosey around the school to the tennis courts for a warmup: 20xSSH, DMH, 10x cherry pickers, 20xIW’s, 20xLBC, 10xHRM, 10x pickle pounders (side to side), plank & recover.

    Gather at the center of the field for an earth day tribute edition of touch a tree, 4 rounds: 2 trees + Tony Hawk Burpees, 4 trees + Rosalitas, 6 trees + Carolina Dry Docks, 8 trees + Copperhead Squats. Alphabet spell earth day for the six.

    Mosey to the monkey bars for a modified ring of fire with 10x merkins + 5x pull ups, 2x through followed by some time traversing the tennis courts, lunge, polar bear, jog and Bernie.

    Headed to the USA map lot for a big Dora: 50x big boy sit ups, 100x box cutters, 150x SSH’s while partners run across to the fence & Bernie back x2. Plank for the six. Mosey back to the flag, TYA chose 20 so we finished up with 20 American Hammers.

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (EF opportunity on Slack, PR for Bleeder’s nephew) and YHC took us out.

    Great work today gents – a pleasure to Q for the first time at Mary. Despite the flack, the Tony Hawks were worth it. Until next time. GP