Category: Richmond, VA

  • Lots of Tree Sperm in the Air

    Six noble KB warriors assembled on a pollen filled spring morning.  The weather was spectacular and the PAX was ready for a challenge.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • Cherry pickers
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • 13 exercise/7 rep rotation – each cycle do one exercise 13x
      • Lawnmower pulls – right
      • Lawnmower pulls – left
      • High pulls
      • Swings
      • Curls
      • Squat thrusters
      • Snatches – right
      • Snatches – left
      • Figure 8s
      • Sit ‘n press
      • Hammers
      • Tricep press
      • Halos
    • Ciabatta with flutter presses
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Did you know pollen is nothing more than tree sperm?  Appreciate that fact Gypsy, especially as we tried to figure out the spitters and swallowers in the PAX. 

    Welcome to Homer!  Good to see a new face.  Nice work by Lighthouse on the headlock.

    God is good all of the time! Attila

  • Rounders Is Heading to Kuwait

    Three guys showed up on a crisp April morning. I was afraid I didn’t layer up enough but that quickly passed.

    Warmup: Arm Circles, SSH’s, Hand Release Merkins, Cherry Pickers, Freddy Mercuries

    Headed to the parking lot for Beep Test. We made it to round 6-7 this time. Thank you Mr. Holland for pushing us. Modified Wilt – 100 Monkey Humpers, 100 LBC’s, 50 Hand Release Merkens, 50 SSH’s and 100 Alabama Prom Dates. Between the exercises we took a lap around the parking lot. We stayed in the parking lot for some 11’s. At one parking lot island we did Burpees and the other we did calf raises. That was a lot of burpees. We had another 5 minutes so we had one guy run to touch a tree and the other two did Balls To The Wall. When the runner returned, they switched. We did 5-6 sets each. Time was up so we headed over to the cars. Numberama, Namarama and prayer by Yard Sale. Rounders is being deployed to Kuwait for a year later this month. Please keep he and his family in your prayers.

  • Lucky seven

    A lucky Seven men joined up in the gloom on a dry 4C day for two routes today:

    4 milers. run through and around DRP. 4.4 miles

    5ish milers. Route below including Gaskins and the hill on Three Chopt returning through Cross Keys and Dover Hunt to Raintree – planned at 5.5, this route was 6 on the garmin.

    Pinto took us out.

    NMS – YHC has wanted to run this route for some time as it has good warmups, a solid hill push, and some hills to top it all off. This was a little longer than targeted, but the PAX drove through – we would likely agree that the three chopt hill is a real crowd pleaser. Splinter would approve.

    Its been a year since we started exploring this running AO and this is exactly what we wanted. Lets get some more neighbors out.

    Currahee!

  • Cheers to you?

    5 PAX arrived at Satan’s Hill to find chilly hill for mid April. YHC was glad to see Florence return to the hill along with the the 4 Satan’s Hill Stalwarts. With the clock striking bottom of the hour we were off. According to the white Tesla here is what went down.

    COP 30 SHH’s (as we waited for HErmie’s entrance). 10 each: DQ, Helicopters, cherry pickers, deadman hang, merkin, flutter kicks, dollies, plank jacks. Arm circles.

    The thang: The Cliff Claven. Run to all mailboxes on right perform called exercises in groups of 5 mailboxes. 10 merkins, 15 plank jacks, 30 seconds each flutters/dollies descending by 5 seconds each stop, 15 mountain climbers, 2 burpees, 10 jump squats, 15 Susanne summers, and a few exercises I am not recalling. With 5 minutes left YHC called for a mosey to flag down otterdale hill. YHC broke out in a sprint and died halfway down the hill. POG Rosetta and Florence coasted past him. 2 MOM at the flag and time was called.

    Announcements: Tomato Relay, Freed to Bleed. See pre blasts.

    Prayers to Rosetta’s friend and family who lost his father. YHC took us out in prayer. Honored to lead. Make today awesome!

  • What we need is … More Pull-ups!

    4 regulars and 1 distant friend from the northern regions assembled at Twin Team for what they may or may not have understood was going to be a Murph and the final addition of Doozy’s favorite workouts.

    COP quick mosey under the cover in front of BW

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers

    Mosey down to JRHS around the track one time and up to the playground behind BW

    10 Pullups OYO, 10 Merkins IC, 15 Squats IC X 10 reps

    Mosey back around the JRHS track and to the front of BW

    Several minutes left

    Merkin ring of fire PAX holds plank while each member does 10 Merkins

    Ab ring of fire PAX holds frozen scrunchy frog while each member does ab exercise of his choice.

    Numbers / Names Tobit took us out

    NMS:

    As the last addition of YHC’s favorite workouts came to an end I reflected on how these 4 workouts over the last 4 days where my favorites but I also realized its not really the workout or the AO that makes them great. It’s getting to hang out with some of the best group of guys that push me to get better each day. Thank you for all the birthday wishes and for just being there each and every day rain or shine.

  • Shaved Legs for Aerodynamic Running

    North on Commonwealth and east on Monument. 4s turn on the Blvd, 5s on Meadow, and 6s on Lombardy, with all going to Grove and home.

    Yep, its that simple.

    Swirly took us out.

    Congratulations to Hitchhiker in his pursuit of knowledge.

    Our thoughts and prayers go to Doublemint’s family.

    NMS

    Plenty of mumble chatter today with this crew. Maybe the weather made them frisky or perhaps the presence of a FNG. Either way, good to catch up with folks and spawn a good backlist title.

  • Who cooks for you?

    5 gathered for tax deadline day (normal year) realizing that we have more time this year and to get a little workout in.

    Mosey to COP: 25x 4count SSH, 15x 4 count Merkins, 10x 4 count Monkey Humper, 10x 4 count Gorilla Humper, 10x Don Quixote, 10x Helicopter, 30x Arm circles, 10x Alabama Prom Date, 25x 4 count Freddie Mercury, 25x Hello Dolly, 25x 4 count Rosalita, 25x 4 count Flutter Kick, 25x 4 count LBC, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer Park Twister

    Merkin Mania 10 sets of 5 reps: regular, wide, right leg up, left leg up, hands offset left, hands offset right, hand release, chuck norris, regular, Ranger.

    Mosey to drop off circle. Outer loop: 5x merkin each arrow, bear crawl to next arrow. Lunge around back stretch. Inner loop: lunge between arrows 20x, 25x, 30x, 30x, 25x, 10x 10x WW2s.

    Mosey to triple check. Jump squats, WW2s and run to wall for donkey kicks 5x, 10x, 15x.

    Finishing the job with Pole smoker.

    Hermie took us out. We are blessed indeed.

    NMS – A great crew today. YHC learned a lot. POG is a bear crawl machine. Nancy Lopez likes WW2s. Honeymoon will mutiny to avoid wet grass. Hermie has culinary advice for anyone that needs it. Also YHC learned that Hermie talks to owls. When the Barred Owl asks “Who Cooks for you?”, Hermie answers “M was busy, I guess I do”. You can hear the exchange here: https://www.bird-sounds.net/barred-owl/?type1651

    Get some!

  • A random walk

    14 studs took a random walk around MM. TYA forgot to take his meds, so he could only remember 4 exercise, merkins, WWII, jump squats and side straddle hops. So we ran a lot and did a ton of those exercises. Complaints can be made every other Thursday between 9 and 901 am.

    TYA OUT

  • Weeee, it’s a slip and slide

    8 regulars and an FNG posted in the gloom for a ground and pound at the slightly saturated hill we call Mount Chaplain

    COP mosey to the bottom behind the football field

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry pickers, hillbillies, Russian soldiers, Merkins, LBC’s

    Mosey to light pole ally

    Alternate exercises at each light post to the bottom parking lot 10 Merkins, 15 Squats Bernie Sanders between lights

    At the bottom parking lot run up the Mountain doing 3 burpees and 10 of called exercise at each parking lot on the way up. Reverso and head down 3 burpees and 10 of called exercise

    Exercises where American Hammers, Ball Dippers, shoulder tap merkins

    Not much time left YHC asked Chaplain to pick A or B he chose wrong

    Mosey to the top parking lot for man killers

    BTTF quick ab ring of fire PAX holds arms out to the side feet off the ground each PAX member does 10 of ab exercise of their choice

    Numbers / Names Snuff took us out

    NMS:

    PAX was at the top of Mount Chaplain when a circle back to get the 6 was called. Last Call tried to use the air breaks of the way down the hill when the air breaks didn’t work he decided to relive his glory days of playing in the back yard on the slip and slide. He did this all with style and some grace but nobody died, so it’s all good.

    Welcome to the Brotherhood Q-Bert hope to see in the gloom again soon

  • What’s that in the parking lot??

    16 studs made their way out to the second addition of Doozy’s favorites workouts, if YHC’s memory serves him right we had 9 for the workout and 7 went for a jog.

    COP to the back side of the school

    DQ’s, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soldiers and a few other things

    Mosey to the front of the school to see a ball and chain in one of the parking spaces

    10 parking spaces total each PAX take their own space and do 20 of the exercise written on the ground then after each run a lap around the parking lot up on the sidewalk and back to the next space. Repeato until you’ve done all the spaces. When you get to space 5 there are no exercises to do just grab a ball or a chain and run a lap.

    Mosey to the end of the bus loop for curb crawl elevens, start on one side bear crawl to the other and do 1 incline merkin, crawl bear back to the other side for 10 decline merkins continue increasing or decreasing the count each time but always end in 11.

    BTTF

    Numbers / names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    YHC was joking with O.C. pre workout and said that the plan was to not do as much running as was originally on the schedule. Part of the PAX thought that meant no running which we all know won’t ever be the case at a Doozy Q. Once we got through the mumble chatter about the running the PAX was happy to find that there wasn’t any man killers on the schedule only to find that the curb crawl elevens where worse than the man killers