Category: Richmond, VA

  • Triples all around

    10 strong posted for the Monday “Start the week right” edition of Satan’s hill. Solid crew gathering on the hill weekly, good to see strong numbers. After a brutal weekend of football for YHC I was ready to put it in the rear view and get started on a new week.

    COP- 41 SSH, 20 LBC’s, 10 each: DQ’s, cherry pickers, deadman hang, IW’s, Russian soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins.

    The Thang: Triple check up the hill with Runner getting 1/3 up hill calling for next partner. Merkins and squats performed. At top of hill Runner to stop and back sign Box cutters and Drydocks. Various runs back to stop sign as pax. Quick stop to perform SSH’s in front of Wilson’s Ring. Then another triple runner down to bottom of sac and back with exercises monkey humpers and ??. Mosey down trail to rock pile. Coupon holds for 4 minutes. Final triple: Runner to top of lot with exercises Coupon curls and rock copters. Lay down with rock. Rock press, overhead rock holds, etc. Time was called back to flag.

    Way to get out to take on the hill.

    Prayers to all those impacted by 9/11/2001 and may we as a country never forget. YHC took us out in prayer.

  • Four corner triangle

    15 fine gentlemen gathered in the Tuckahoe gloom for a Hoedown to kick off the week. Snuff rolled in and off we went, mosey down to the bottom of Lindsey.

    COP: 15xSSH, DMH, 7xDQ, 10xFK, 10xAPD, 10xHRM

    Much to Handshake’s surprise we Bernie Sandered all the way out of Lindsay Ct, gathering the six and moving to the main parking lot.

    Four Corners: Cumulative 10x plank jacks, 20x MH’s, 30x Superman, 40x WWII, jog long legs, crab walk short legs. On the way to corner two we discovered the parking lot is a triangle…. audible corner 3 = Snuff’s ride.

    Mosey to the makeshift Hoedown jerkin gym and partner up for 3 rounds of 8x jerkins. PAX waits in plank then 1x burpee & crawl bear up ramp to gather in the upper field for SSH’s. New partners for 2×25 PLT’s followed by two rounds of 10x pull ups across the field with the other partner doing big boy sit ups.

    Return to the traditional Hoedown triple check location near the bus loop and gather in 5 groups of 3 – wall sit/donkey kicks (nobody chose donkey kicks, go figure), full crunches, and the timer executes Chaplain’s recent creation: jumping Hrpees (jumping burpees with a HRM) for about 30 yards to the side lot and jog back.

    YHC called the morning a bit early as time was short. Mosey to the circle for Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Field Day at Dogpile 9/18, Retreat 9/25) and YHC took us out.

    Way to work today gents & thanks for hanging with me on some obscure exercise combinations. Here’s to a great week. Until next time, GP

  • Trail Run on BRR Weekend?

    Heck yeah! The route was counterclockwise, with a trip around the west end of Belle Isle. Pigskin turned back near the end of the spur – kind of an interesting spot to do so. PAX are looking forward to the BRR backblast!

  • DC 2021 – 20 year 9/11 tour

    170 F3 and FIA PAX gathered for one of the coolest experiences YHC has ever had with F3. Not just because it was the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks but because it was about 160 men +/- and 10 +/- women that got together to push their bodies as far and hard as they could.

    The workout had fairly simple instructions. Start at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial and run to the top and back, do an exercise for the 6 and repeat

    The catch was you did the stair climb 26 times (wow) YHC’s legs where burning

    Each time before we ran up and down, one of the PAX would read a fact from what happened that day 20 years ago in a timeline of how it happened

    YHC was picked to Q one of the exercises at the bottom while waiting on the 6. YHC thought about Man Killers but went with Knee Slides which the PAX of 170 did not know existed and found out what a ab burner they are when you do 30 (4 count). We had also done an ab burner the round before with an exercise YHC will interduce RVA to next week.

    Numbers / With 170 we didn’t do names JAG took us out

    NMS:

    DC-2021-1

  • 20th Year 9/11 Memorial

    On this 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, a handful of non-BRR studs joined YHC for a remembrance Q. Here is how we honored the fallen:

    The THANG:

    Heading off to each new COP, YHC spoke the heroic words of Todd Beamer, Flight 93:  “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!”

    COP #1:

    • Mosey to the grassy lit knoll
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • For 2996 TOTAL 9/11 DEATHS:
    • x2 Burpees 
    • x9 Merkins IC
    • x9 Copperhead Squats IC
    • x6 WWII IC
    • Complete x2 more rounds OYO

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to collect coupons at the stage
    • Mosey down to the Amphitheater 
    • The Two Towers had 110 Flights of Stairs (2,071 Steps)
    • Carrying a coupon (Fireman’s gear weighs at least 45lb), PAX were directed to ascend the the 17 Amphitheater steps 6x, then add x8 more individual steps for a total of 110
    • Return Coupons

    COP #3:

    • Mosey to the Carillon Field
    • DORA for the Service Men & Women who died on 9/11
    • Police x60 – WWII’s (Moving partner lunges across field, runs back)
    • Pentagon x189 – Merkins (Moving partner Broad Jumps across field, runs back)
    • Fire Dept x343 – SSH’s (Moving partner Bear Crawls accross field, runs back)

    COP #4:

    • Long round-about mosey to the bottle of the triangle
    • For the 44 Heroes who bravely crashed Flight 93, the PAX circled up to complete x44 Hand-Release Booyah Merkins, alternating slaps on their neighbors shoulders – it was both exhausting and magical

    COP #5:

    • Bernie/Mosey to the 1st Grass Circle:
    • Citizens of 78 countries perished, so complete x78 Flutter Kicks IC

    Mosey BTTF with 5min for Mary:

    • Pick back up on the 2996 theme, going around the circle, still Burpees x2 followed by each PAX calling an exercise IC for the x9, x9, x6 …etc

    COT:

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

    NMS:  This morning we remembered and honored the fallen, and spoke of our country, our freedom, and our responsibility in this fallen world. It starts with us – sacrificing sleep to do the hard thing, to grow stronger together, to lock shields for one another and our communities. YHC is incredibly honored to count myself among the F3 brotherhood, and I hold myself to a higher standard because of it. The following two quotes were shared and discussed in COT. YHC, Tryhard

    “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”  President Ronald Reagan

    “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21)

  • Skunk Tales

    With the BRR Pax getting ready to start their adventure further west, a half dozen runners and a lone biker represented today.

    East on Grove, rt on Thompson, left on Cary, left on Kennsenton. 4s turn left on Commonwealth, 5s on Lexington to Grove, and 6s on Harlan to Roslyn to Grove. Some opted for a slight detour to see the sights on Monument.

    Marv took us out.

    Several BRR memories resurfaced for the Pax after COT including a reenactment of Marv’s skunk tale. Ask him about it sometime.

  • Be Grateful

    I wanted to introduce Gridiron to different exercises that I had done in Charlotte but had not seen here yet. (Mike Tysons, Get-ups, 100-yard run and belly touch (disguised Burpees))

    In the parking lot:
    20 SSH, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 Knee-ups and a stretching exercise.
    To the goal line of the football field:
    20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers and a stretching exercise
    To the 50-yard line of the football field:
    20 Russian Soldiers, 15 Crunchy Frogs, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise
    To the other goal line of the football field:
    20 Don Quixotes, 15 Heels to Heaven, 10 Stagger arm Merkins and a stretching exercise
    Run the length of the football field 3 times: Belly Touch every ten yards (disguised Burpee) with Handshake leading the way.
    On hill leading up to the Football field:
    11s with Get-ups and Merkins: I think Tater finished first.
    On the stadium benches:
    10 Dips in cadence, 10 Derkins in cadence; 8 Dips, 8 Derkins, etc.
    Using the wall around the building at the 50-yard line:
    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
    On the hill by the parking lot:
    11s with Mike Tyson and Squats
    To the football field between the 10 and 30-yard lines: partner up (partner 1 on the 10-yard line and partner 2 on the 30-yard line), bear crawl to the middle, 10 hand slap Merkins, backwards run to the 10 or 30. 3 times
    On the football field: a couple of minutes of Mary
    To the parking lot for a couple of minutes of stretching

    I had not really thought about today being 9/11 when I signed up about 3 weeks ago to Q. Reading some of the commentary on the 20th anniversary of that awful day: some survived because of decisions made, maybe on a good hunch, to leave the building. Other less fortunate didn’t for no good reason; call it ‘bad luck’ if you will.

    The next minute is not guaranteed to you. Be grateful for it. And be a blessing to those you come in contact with, today and every day that follows. That contact you make may be your last contact with them. Be a true reflection of your faith so that others may see God thru you.

    Announcements:
    There will be a Blood Drive. It will likely be December 19, a Sunday. Please contribute!
    Next week, we will have a Gridiron workout but there is also a field day at Dog Pile(?)

  • 12 Reps Each Card, No More Mumble Chatter

    Time for YHC to get back to Q’ing a KB workout.  Beautiful morning and a mouthy PAX accompanied the effort.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • DQ
      • Arm circles
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Deck of death – 12 reps of an exercise where each suit is a different exercise
      • Hearts – curls
      • Diamonds – high pulls
      • Clubs – overhead presses
      • Spades – sit ‘n presses
      • Joker – burpees
    • Run the bus loop
    • Mary
      • Reverse crunches
      • APD
      • LBC
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great morning and fun to be with these men.  Late BB, so limited commentary.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Starfish and Hot Chicken

    COP

    No time for that

    Round 1

    • 800 meter run
    • 25 yard murder bunny
    • 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep) 
    • 25 yard reverse murder bunny 
    • 20 blockees with a thruster
    • 25 yard murder bunny
    • 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep) 
    • 25 yard reverse murder bunny

    Round 2 

    • 800 meter run
    • 25 yard murder bunny 
    • 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep) 
    • 25 yard reverse murder bunny 
    • 20 horizontal burpee block jump over (20 total jumps). Block is lying flat. You can jump over the block to the side. Or to the front. 
    • 25 yard murder bunny 
    • 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep) 
    • 25 yard reverse murder bunny

    Round 3 

    • 800 meter run
    • 25 yard murder bunny 
    • 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep) 
    • 25 yard reverse murder bunny 
    • 20 vertical burpee block jumpover (20 total jumps). Block is standing up on one end. You can jump over the block to the side. Or to the front.
    • 25 yard murder bunny 
    • 10 shoulder tap merkins (merkin-tap each shoulder is one rep) 
    • 25 yard reverse murder bunny

    Numberama

    Namearama

    Spit took us out

    NMS

    during the month of September there is a good chance that you are going to post to an AO the is doing the IPC, so you might as well register for it and get credit

    that being said, something is wrong with the PAX at Greenwood

  • Return of Beavis

    6 Beats posted this morning at Satan’s Hill, including the return of Beavis, welcome back.

    COP – SSHs, Helicopters, Copperhead Squats, Hello Dolly, LBCs, Dead Man Hangs

    Mosey to top of hill

    Lunge toward Wilsons

    25 WWIIs, 50 Squats, 75 Dry Docks, 100 LBcs

    Mosey through hood Grab Coupons

    Triple Check – Runner, Squats, Box Jumps

    Repaeat – 25/50/75/100 Execises.

    Mosey back to the flag – Murder Bunnies across the lot.

    COT – Numberama, Namerama, Rosco Took us out.

    Way to work men!