Category: Richmond, VA

  • I hate you Fireman Ed

    A slightly variable number of PAX showed up for a beat down today at Gridiron. As the COP started, 2 people from a nearby workout showed up and I thought “2 FNGs, how awesome” and then once we got out of COP they left to go to their normal workout. Perhaps it was the scorpion kicks, note to self. So we went from 15 to 13 to 14 with the 7:59 A.M. appearance of Seymour. I wiped a little sweat on him so he could get credit (probably not good COVID protocol – sorry).

    The exercises went like this:

    COP: DQs, CPs, Merkins, Freddie Mercuries, Scorpion kicks, ACs

    Exercises:

    Elevens with Carolina Dry docks and Lt. Dans

    Roll of the dice: Based on the roll of two die, we get the following 4 corners: 1. The Exercise (5 or 10 first corner, 10 or 15 2nd corner, 15 or 20 – 3rd corner and 20 or 25 – last corner) and 2. how far we go for four corners.

    Dice 1: 1 – Burpees, 2 – HRMs, 3 – WWIIs, 4 – 2 count flutters, 5 – SSHs, 6 – Jump squats

    Dice 2 – 1 or 2 – white deer – 10 yards to each corner, 3 or 4 – Pinto – half way down the field, 5 or 6 – Blue Moon – all the way down the field.

    After some pitfalls in rolling (when I rolled the dice kept stopping on the grass between two rolls) we had a system in place and completed all 6 four corners exercises. The burpees and HRMs were brutal; hence the hate from Attila.

    Mosey to home base – Triple check with donkey kicks, LBCs and run around the parking lot. Close with DQs.

    Announcements: Field Day 9/18, Sit and Sip – 9/25, Iron Pax challenge at Heartbreak and somewhere else (getting old can su$k). Prayers are with Gypsy, Bodos and everyone else recovering from COVID and with those who are in Afghanistan. It was a pleasure to distribute a beatdown today.

    Fireman Ed

  • No Rain Here

    Last day of YHC’s Q’ing the Davile AOs. Off Shore was also there to complete his Daville tour and Mr. Holland rolled in to complete the trio.

    • COP
      • Mosey to school entrance with some overhead cover
      • SSH x 20
      • Helicopters x 10
      • Imp Walkers x 10
      • Invisible jump ropes x 10
      • Back and forth hop x 10, left and right hops x 10
      • LBC x 15
      • HRMs x 10
    • 4 Corners
      • C1 = 10x ea diamond merkins, regular merkins, wide grip merkins
      • C2 = 20x ea squats, lunges, monkey humpers
      • C3 = 30x ea American hammers, flutter kicks, hello dollies
      • C4 = 40x ea arm circles, seal claps, T claps
    • 4 way 11s (trying to do a little experiment)
      • The 4 exercises were merkins, squats, American hammers, monkey humpers
    • Triple Check
      • P1 = dips
      • P2 = Burpees
      • P3 = lap around school inside courtyard
    • MOM
      • Flutter kicks x 10, heels to heaven x 10 and finished off with some boat/canoes
  • Holding down the fort

    Hot and humid. 5.68 miles to WTH duck pond and back.

  • On Columbia!

    One PAX awoke with the dawn and set the tone: wet, stinky, and sweaty. Temps were 70 and sunny, with a touch of Columbia River windy. According to Harry, a trained killer mutt with 4 inch legs, the following might have happened:

    Mosey to the patio for The COP:

    Imperial Walkers
    Side Straddle Hops
    Hillbillies
    Swirly’s Dead Man Hang
    Mercans
    WWIIs
    Reverse Crunches

    Mosey to the 7th Hole (green) of the Frisbee Golf Course for a Beast:

    Mercans
    box cutters
    WWIIs
    4-count flutter kicks
    Hello Dolly (Harry joined YHC for this round)
    burpees

    Al Gore between each round for The Six.

    Mosey to the 7th Tee for three rounds of stuff:

    Derkins x5
    Dips x20
    Abs x20

    Bear Crawl to the 8th Tee, about 75 meters.

    UniTriple (one PAX, three rounds):

    WWII X10
    FKs 4 count x20
    Rosalita x20

    BTTVSF

    NMS: YHC is taken a little R&R with the family along the Columbia River, straddling the border of Washington and Oregon. Harry, perhaps the smallest dog YHC has ever seen, decided to break from his owner’s grip to work out with YHC. Nicely done. Harry put in some serious running, probably 200 steps to cover 20 yards. He then sat down in the grass. It’s you against you, brother.

    Name, number, Mumble to self. Try not to wake the dude meditating on the patio.

  • Tomato Run/Walk

    YHC was sore from Manndate so wanted to make this a run/walk Q. Trout, Trout’s 2.0 and Off Shore went on a Honeymeadows 4 mile loop. YHC and Opus did a 1/4 mile walk, 1/4 run to Atlee and back for 3 miles.

    Good effort by all.

  • Shake the fartsack

    YHC took the Q for the Daville AOs starting Wednesday to get out the slump and shake the fartsack.

    2 Davillians and 1 visitor showed up for some kb beatdown.

    • COP
      • Lap around the parking lop
      • SSH x 20
      • Imperial Walkers x 10
      • Helicopters x 10
      • Russian soldiers x 10
      • Arm circles small x 10, big x 5, reverse
      • Reverse lunges
      • Shoulder taps
      • Hand release merkins
    • Triple check
      • P1 does kb swings
      • P2 goblet squats
      • P3 lap around the parking lot
    • 11s
      • Sit up presses
      • Lawn mowers each arm
    • Four Corners
      • C1 merkins x 10
      • C2 Squats x 20
      • C3 Tricep extensions x 20
      • C4 Shoulder presses x 20
    • Notes
      • Prayers to Mud Face’s father for his upcoming medical visit
      • Great to see Off Shore doing his tour of Daville this week
  • Starbucks or Suicides

    A trio of boot campers and quartet of runners ascended on Betty Weaver for the wet gloom. 5.30 strikes, runners are off onto the damp roads, boot campers off to find dry cover. This is what was discovered:

    Mosey to Betty Weaver covered entrance for disclaimer and warmarama that included SSH, Dead Man Hang, DQ’s, Helis, Heals to Heaven and Merkins.

    Mosey over to Twin Team with glow sticks in hand. With the help and experience of Doozy, YHC laid out 4 glow sticks as PAX climbed Twin Team hill hoping for the tree canopy to shelter us from any imposing showers. Stop at the top of the Twin Team. Suicides was the call of the day. Starting at the mailbox, run to the 1st glow stick – 10 squats then back to the mailbox. Mosey back to 2nd glow stick (stopping again at the 1st to perform 10 squats) for 20 Merkins, then back to the 1st glow stick (10 squats) and then mailbox. You get the idea. 3rd glow was 30 Monkey Humpers, 4th glow as 40 LBC’s. When completed, return back to the top of Twin Team. On the way down, collect the glow sticks and perform each exercise 1 more time. Mosey back to covered entrance at Betty Weaver. 10 minutes of Broga after a tiring week for these SOJ regulars.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements. In the conversation, YHC forgot to take us out but PAX got the idea.

    Announcements – a lot happening in September (Field Day, BRR, IronPax, etc.). See slack for details. Prayers for those affected by Covid and those in Afghanistan. If you are looking for a family hike this weekend, see the link below. A few water crossings and 1/2 way up the trail there is a nice swimming hole with rock jumps and waterfall. Good for dogs and young kids. Parking lot can get full and breweries are all around for afterwards.

    https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/charlottesville-reservoir-to-jarman-gap

    Doozy is heading up to Charlottesville Saturday for a Bootcamp. Reach out to him if you are interested in carpooling.

    NMS: YHC had planned a Murph this morning, but overnight showers changed plans so we ventured over to do some hillwork. YHC was hoping for some no shows this morning and even a coffeteria was mentioned to replace the workout but that would be unsatisfactory. It had been a while since YHC had visited Twin Team and it did not disappoint. Bullseye and YHC were in awe of the Doozy pace that was set. One only hopes to have that energy when we grow up. Great work this morning gents. I believe the runners put in 7 miles, strong work.

  • Two Fingers – Repeat as Necessary

    A lucky 13 arrived for a run around Mary. This is what transpired more or less…

    Run West on Grove to Greenway. Take Greenway to Cary then cross over to Ampthill.

    Take Ampthill to bottom then climb up Paxton to Cary. Repeat down-and-ups depending on 4, 5, or 6 mile options. Return by crossing over Cary and then back on Grove.

    Saab abides

  • Just Another Muggy Thursday

    Six noble KB warriors assembled on a humid, sweaty morning.  The PAX was ready for a challenge.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • Invisible jump ropes
      • Russian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
      • Helicopters
      • Run and touch a tree
      • Merkins
      • LBC
      • APD
    • 13 exercise/7 rep rotation – each cycle do one exercise 13x
      • Lawnmower pulls – right (55 reps)
      • Lawnmower pulls – left (55 reps)
      • High pulls (55 reps)
      • Swings (55 reps)
      • Curls (55 reps)
      • Squat thrusters (49 reps)
      • Lunges – right (49 reps)
      • Lunges – left (49 reps)
      • Figure 8s (49 reps)
      • Sit ‘n press (49 reps)
      • Hammers (49 reps)
      • Tricep press (55 reps)
      • Overhead pulls (55 reps)
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great to have Tryhard with us today.  Hard to believe CM had a bigger PAX than HBR this week.

    Stay safe folks.  For those with COVID, heal up.  For everyone else, take care of your fellow brothers and sisters.  See you in the gloom!

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Hill Repeats

    4 strong started at 5 for some hill repeats (Every hill in TYA’s neighborhood) 2 times up and back except for the biggest hill Charmian 3 times on that sucker – 5 miles !

    3 started at 5:30 and knocked some hills out – 3 miles !

    It sure was a hot one way to work guys. TYA good call on the hill repeats that was tough…. Couple weeks out till BRR so – great training !

    See y’all in the gloom…