Category: Richmond, VA

  • Weight wait

    Seven PAX posted for the first “fall back” Punisher. Mosey around the parking lot and into the grass near the western entrance to LHES for warm up with 30 x SSHs, 20 x Helicopters, 15 x Don Quixotes, 15 x Hillbillies, 10 x Shoulder Taps, 10 x Suzanne Somers (each side), 25 x Freddie Mercury(s), and 10 x Arm Circles (big only, forward and reverse).

    Move to the parking lot entrance. Ten Merkins at the closest light pole. Mosey north along Hermitage Road to the next light pole for 10 Imaginary Jump Ropes. Repeat sequence, working north along Hermitage to Nottoway Avenue, then cross the street and return south doing the same. Finished 26 poles, 13 rounds of each exercise.

    Return to the school and find a spot along the western wall. Complete seven Donkey Kicks and move into Balls to the Wall position and the first guy counts down from 10. Continue with six Donkey Kicks and 10 count BTTW. Continue, reducing the number of kicks, but continuing to count to 10 after each kick round. Finish with one and 10.

    Mosey to the front parking lot and grab Tater 1 and Tater 2 (twin 50 pound kettlebells to be based at GridIron soon and donated by Tater). Break into two groups. One guy completes four weighted Squats then completes a carry of their choice of one of the taters across the parking lot and back. The other guys knock out LBCs. Repeat another round with Squats. Final round with one Upright Row with a four second hold, then carry. LBCs for the others.

    Finish with two tater carry with walking Shrugs. Remaining PAX hold Plank while two guys carry, complete unweighted Overhead Presses while two others carry, Reverse Plank while two more carry, and Elbow Plank for the final carry. Finish with a few minutes of stretching. COT and YHC took us out.

    Good showing tonight. Welcome back Offshore. Glad to see everyone.

    Announcements:

    Day after Thanksgiving Forest Hill Loop Challenge – 7 AM start for a loop per hour until goal or quit – TYA coordinating.

    First Friday in December – nighttime ruck, then second F around fire pit – watch for details

    Loose plan for First Monday in December – relocate Punisher to Scott’s Addition – to do Christmas light run to Monument and back to S.A. for second F.

  • 500 of what?

    1 Davillian showed on a balmy 45 degree morning to kick off the week.

    COP: SSH, arm circles, LBC’s, Imperial walkers, cherry pickers, boat canoes, DQ. Mosey to track, start at midpoint, run to each corner, do 125 burpees, when finished mosey back to SF.

    Numberama, namerama, YHC took the PAX out.

    NMS

    YHC showed up, at 5:30 no one else did, so spent 45 minutes working out on the track. Some may question that YHC actually did 500 burpees. Hard to know if you weren’t there.

    As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing (and this time no one else does either!)

  • Hall and Oates

    2 men broke out the air guitars and posted at Rockwood Park for another epic beatdown. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    Mosey to the large parking lot for Warm ups:

    Walking Russian Soldiers, Walking Arm Circles, Walking Helicopters, Hoppin’ Hillbillies, Hoppin’ Cherry Pickers, Lunge Walk, Freddy Mercury’s.

    Exercise One: Tour de Rock N Roll. We ran around the perimeter of the park, stopping periodically for: 20 HR Merkins, 20 WWII sit-ups, 20 Lt. Dans.

    Exercise Two: At the Nature Center. One man Crab Walks down the hill and Bear Crawls back. Other man does Jump Squats then switch.
    Round 2: Crab Walk/Bear Crawl with Pole Smokers.

    Mosey back to the Flag for Striders.

    Numbers/Names/Announcements.

    YHC took us out.

    Final Thoughts: Really enjoyed talking to Florence this morning and learning more about his background and family. As for the backblast title – Hall and Oates was the first rock duo that popped into my mind. I am sure there are many others who are worthy.

  • Monday Dora @ the Hill

    11 Men gathered at Satans Hill on this cold Monday morning to get the week started off right!

    COP

    SSHs, DQs, Copperhead Squats, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Merkins, LBCS, Jazzercise

    Mosey to top of Hill

    Dora 1 – Runner, 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 Squats

    Dora 2 – Runner (Bernie back) 100 WWIIs, 200 Dying Cockroaches

    Dora 3 – Runner, 100 Arm Circles, 200 Dry Docks, 150 Jump Squats

    Mosey – 20 WWIIs OYO

    Burpee Team run back to the flag

    Hold 6inches, Hello Dolly, Hold 6inches, Rosalitas

    Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out!

    Prayers for Rosco and the potential of a new job!

    Strong Work men!

  • MCF morning at Hoedown

    13 Hoedown regulars and 1 out of towner from Raleigh found it easier to take on the Gloom with the time change. Majority of PAX were there 5 minutes early, even Handshake arrive at 5:25. With a call for 10 pre-beatdown merkins we took off to 3rd’s lot for COP:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to office building for 4 corners: Accumulating style: 10 WWIIS, 20 Merkins, 30 Jump squats, 40 LBCs. Over to Coupon drop zone. Triple check of Scissor Sisters & run the loop. 20 Merkins after.

    Mosey down to Triple check loop for proper one: Balls2Wall, Heels2heaven, & run loop. Once the lights were on in the parking lot head over for Bear-arrow loop. Bear crawl arrows loop with 8 merkins at each arrow. 88 in total.

    Over to flag for few minutes of mary + 40 more merkins getting us to 238 count for the morning. COT and YHC took us out.

    NMS: Several pax were anxious to see what the Honedyo Q would look like. Kubota wasn’t there to find out. Good to have Burt join us from F3 Raleigh. He’d never seen Scorpion Kicks before but afterwards said it was a keeper to take back to Raleigh. Good to have 14 out at Hoedown!

  • We’re Going to Orlando

    8 male, 2-footed runners joined one somewhat standoffish 4-footed female for a saunter around the trails. According to Gopi, who is prepping for the Richmond Marathon, here is more or less what happened:

    Route:

    Buttermilk, T. Pottersfield Bridge, North Bank, except that some runners did the Long Way around Belle Isle and some runners did out and back 20 minutes each way.

    Numbers, Names, YHC took us out.

    Announcements:

    TYA has a race set up at 07:00 on the day after Thanksgiving. 4 mile loop every hour. Start a new loop every hour until you cannot or do not want to continue. Anthrax and Swiper are ready to challenge for the title of Incredibly Fit Man with the Least to Do on the Day after Thanksgiving.

    Offshore is looking for chaperones for a last minute trip to an engineering conference in Florida this week. Reach out to him if you speak technical Spanish.

    NMS: Cooler temps and somehow a slog around the trails. YHC thanks Gopi (dude YHC met running today) for the solid push. Good luck on the Marathon.

    ETs was excellent as always.

  • A Hot Potato to Warm You Up

    Every cold morning could use a hot potato, and that is what we had at Gridiron this morning.  Group effort throughout the full 60 minutes, and here is how it went down:

    • Attila
      • COP
        • Invisible jump rope
        • Russian soldiers
        • Dead man hang
        • Helicopters
        • Arm circles
        • Suzanne Somers
        • Merkins
        • LBC
      • Mosey to the turf field for some 4 corners, with 10, 15, 20 ,25 reps of a single exercise at each corner
        • 70 HRM
        • 70 WWII sit-ups
        • 70 monkey humpers
    • Tater    
      • Beast with WWII sit-ups, burpees, squats, side-crunches, flutter kicks, and heels to heaven
    • Lighthouse
      • Arc loader with bear crawl, crab crawl, duck walk, bunny hop and cheetah sprint
    • Chum Bucket
      • Mosey to the pull-up bars for a pull-up ladder with pull-ups escalating from 1-5 and back down from 5-1 (30 total) with 5 derkins between each round
      • Mosey back to the parking lot to stretch
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Solid work from a small crew today.  T-claps to the PAX members who made it to Mt. Trashmore for the 5-year VA Beach convergence.  Solid work men!   Good luck to the marathon and ½ marathon runners next weekend.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Just a lap around the Lakes

    14 of RVA’s finest and one lost Jersey Guy came out on all most below freeze Saturday for 70 and sunny RVA workout

    This how it went down

    Slaughter Start – To celebrate YHC’s team winning the World Series for the first time in 26 years we did 26 Merkins followed by 4 Burpees for their total of 4 titles

    Mosey “off campus” over the Lakes onto a field next to Shields Lake.

    COP (ALL IC) – Since The Carpenter was visiting us, YHC called him up to lead in some SSH (50 IC), YHC took back over and we completed: DQ, Hillbillies, LBC’s, Scorpion Kicks, Alternating Shoulder Taps, Hand Release Merkins, Arm Circles

    THANG

    Mosey over to Amelia St

    Love Hill Workout – Partner up, just like going up or down love hill one partner ran to the other side of the lake the back while second partner does an exercise down the road. Lunges, Broad Jump Burpees, and Polar Bears were completed

    Mosey over to hill and some railing next to Swan Lake

    Railing Smokers (Aka Pole Smokers): PAX lined up down the railing and “planked” on the first level. First person in line prop their feet up to the top of the rail and completed 10 Carolina Dry Docks then run to the end of the line. Rinsed and Repeat for one round

    Mosey to the far side of Swan Lake

    Touch a Tree – Partner up, first part touches 5 trees while second partner does exercises. Rinse and Repeat for 3 rounds make sure to touch different trees each rounds. Completed American Hammers, Heels to Heaven, and SSH’s

    Mosey to the other side of Sawn Lake and down the hill

    Jacobs Ladder – Run and down the hill completing escalating Merkins each top up starting with one and finishing with six

    Mosey to Westover Rd

    Native American run (with optional Burpees) back to Shirley Ln

    5 MOM – While still on Shirley ln found a brink wall where we did 10 Dips IC then LT. Dan up the run and short mosey back to the SF

    Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    It felt good to finally be back out at bootcamp workout. YHC didnt post the whole month of October first due to an ear/sinus infection then to many late nights watching playoff. Also great to have Carpenter back down from NJ for weekend. YHC couldn’t allow him not the lead in SSH while visiting

    The PAX seemed to have the mumble chatter turned up to 11 which not suprising considering the fellas in attendance

    For some reason the Native American run turned into how fast we could get to the end.

    As YHC shared this morning, I couldn’t be more thankful for this group. This past month has been rough one and one of the things that made it easier was haven’t fellas from F3 reach out and check on me. This a great remember that we should all think about someone we haven’t seen in while then reach out to make sure they are ok. Showing someone you care can go a long way

    No announcements today other than Happy Birthday EF Hutton!!

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • Bush/ Quayle ’88

    Three gloom brothers ran the miles to earn their wokest of biscuits. One gloom bro skipped the miles and went straight to the payoff. Handshake pondered the EB staff’s reactions if he showed up in a Bush Quayle ’88 t-shirt with concealed carry. Jokes on him, the staff has no idea who they are.

  • GridIron Log – 10/23/2021

    A PAX of eight posted for this late October GridIron. Quick circle around the concession stand followed by a warmup in the parking lot with a line up of the usual. Mosey to the turf field for Super 21 with Merkins and WWIIs. Follow with a Quadruple Check. Relocate to the nearby parking lot for parking space conveyor. Mosey back to the Pull Up bars for a few round robin rounds with one guy pulling and holding and the remaining guys holding plank. Final circle with a little Mary. COP to finish.