Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

7 regulars and 2 down rangers posted this morning at the most classic AO in Richmond, according to the site Q. Here’s what transpired.

COP: Deadman hang / Helicopters / DQs/ Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers / APDs / LBCs / Hand release Merkins / Pickle Pounders / SSHs. Mosey to blacktop.

7 of Diamonds (Handshake’s favorite): Run from corner to corner, 7 Jump squats // Next round: 14 Merkins each corner // 21 LBCs // 28 squats // 21 two count flutter kicks // 14 Merkins // 7 Burpees.

Triple Check: P1 Dips // P2: Wall sit // P3: run to pull up bars, 3 pull ups, run back.

COT: American Hammers IC, Up Downs for 1 minute.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Some serious mumble chatter this morning, including some mockery and scorn, such that the out of towners were a bit amazed that the Q was able to hold his composure. YHC has learned the skills of composure and distress tolerance among the likes of Handshake and Upchuck.

A great morning, so fun to work out with you guys, welcome Callahan and Stump Jumper!

At 0525 YHC said screw it, there will be no hot potato, despite Handshake’s burning desire.

Mosey to the front yard

COP

• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Hand Release Merkins
• Plank-o-rama
• Inverted Scorpion Kicks
• Flutter Kicks

Mosey to the picnic tables

• Dips x 3×20
• Step-ups x 3×20

Mosey to Grove and Westmoreland

Mega Accumulating 4 Corners

• Around perimeter of entire Munford Block
  • 20 Merkins,
  • 20 Merkins, 20 Squats,
  • 20 Merkins, 20 Squats, 20 2ct Mountain Climbers
  • 20 Merkins, 20 Squats, 20 2ct Mountain Climbers, 20 WWIIs
  • 20 Merkins, 20 Squats, 20 2ct Mountain Climbers, 20 WWIIs, 20 SSHs
  • Reverso dropping last exercise

Mosey back to front yard

Mary

• American Hammers x 20
• LBC-o-rama (Multiple variations x 15)
• Reverse Crunches x 15

Mosey back to parking lot and VSF

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

YHC checked upon arrival to find an empty Q sheet.  Handshake planned to toss the potato, but YHC seized it.  Throughout the Mega 4 Corners Swirl-Y and our esteemed unofficial weasel shaker solved Woodfin’s problems with its TPS reports.  TYA and Saab walked in search of tomatoes to scare off.  Hitch may have appeared but made a lackadaisical effort to find the PAX.  Should have been 190 merkins if anyone was counting.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Shoe Drive

Competing Rucks

9 men gathered for Hoedown this week, 7 for the Bootcamp and 2 on Injury Reserve.

YHC was on the phone Senor Frog yesterday and saw there was no Q at Mary so YHC threw Bodos a bone and signed up to Q. YHC couldn’t decide what exactly to do so YHC decided to have Sampler Platter of some of the best exercises seen over the years of Mary (except Tunnel of Love (insert eye roll).

COP in the (2) Gaga Pits (just because we could)

Exercise 1 – Tennis Courts, ascending and descending Suicides. Court 1 and 1 Burpee to Court 2 and 2 Burpees ascending to Court 4 and 4 Burpees and then 3 then 2 then 1.

Exercise 2 – Tennis Court Bear Crawl. Court 1 Bear Crawl, Court 2 Forward Crab Walk, Court 3 Crawl Bear, Court 4 Reverse Crawl Bear

Mosey to the Field for some Tree Work. Tree 1 – 1 Merkin, Tree 2 – 2 Merkins all the way up to 11.

Mosey back across the Field

Four Corners. C1 – 14 Merkins to close our 100 needed for the Merkin Challenge. C2 – 20 Suzanne Somers (alternating Leg), C3 Jump Squats, C4 – Sampler Platter (10 Bonus Merkins, 10 SSH’s, 10 Suzanne Somers, 10 Jump Squats).

Mosey back to the flag to finish 13 seconds early.

Announcements – Saab found $10 on the IR walk.

Prayer Requests – No major requests, just a small prayer for patience and peace of dealing with a certain F3 brother from the north, the one who spreads fake Thanksgiving history.

NMS – this was the first sub freezing morning we’ve seen for the start of the 2023/2024 winter season but numbers were strong at Mary, we’ve been bred for this weather.

It started as three and with a little convincing a couple of walkers were persuaded to the boot camp.

Off to the NW corner for COP. With this crew, lots of mumblechatter.

Off to the back field for 11s – HRM and Heels2Heaven.

Over to the US map for state inspired workouts – twice through the Pax to call a state exercise.

Triple Check – BTTW, elbow plank, and karioke.

YHC took us out.

8 aspiring comedians descended on Mary Munford to get their sweat on and enjoy a Fudd beatdown. Here’s how things progressed:

The Thang: Mosey to COP at the Northwest corner of the property.

SSH x 50

Arm circles small forward x 20

Arm circles small backward x 20

Arm circles big forward x 10

Arm circles medium backward x 10

Merkins IC x 10

Hello Dollys x 20

Speed skaters x 20

Maybe something else

Mosey to the map of the country on the blacktop for various exercises done to the music of Sixwire’s “The Beast” which is one continuous succession of 22 different songs done with instrumentals only (mostly guitars) and ends with…..you guessed it, Free Bird. The PAX did 2 rounds of the following exercises, transitioning at every song: Burpees, SSH, LBC’s, Merkins, Squat jumps, Flutter kicks, Alternating lunges, Speed skaters, Wide grip merkins, Hello Dolly’s, Plank.

Mosey to the pull up bars for 2 rounds of the following:

3 pullups

6 hanging leg raises

9 merkins

12 Lt Dans

15 SSH

18 LBC’s

Partner up for 2 rounds of the following: partner one bernie sanders around the track and P2 does 5 burpees and runs after P1. When they meet, the switch places and P2 does 5 burpees and chases P1. Rinse and repeat until lap is completed.

Mosey back to the SF for various Mary exercises.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS:

So many titles could have been chosed for this backblast due to the plethora of jokes and laughs that occurred today in the gloom. YHC couldn’t decide on one so I didn’t. For starters, today was TYA and Saab’s first bootcamp workout since going out on IR, and YHC was honored that they chose today to do so. Saab was quick to return to his cantakerous, contrarian ways by stopping during the first COP exercise, SSH’s, after about 20 and just standing there for a while. Bodos followed suit a bit and the rest of the PAX powered all the way through to 50. During the first round of arm circles, Saab voiced his displeasure with this exercise, which prompted YHC to add 3 more rounds, to everyone’s enjoyment and amusement.

The Beast song/exercise seemed to be well received by the PAX and mumblechatter was high. Watching Saab do the speed skaters was the highlight of my week. Instead of swinging his arms speed skater style, he spread his arms and hands and did a curtsy with each movement. Having two daughters that take ballet, YHC was amazed at Saab’s form. It was as good as these professionals (see link: https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=ballerina+curtsey&type=E211US714G0#id=1&vid=45584271313d1c06a3f7a797cf97d7b4&action=click)

The track work was a nice balance to the bootcamp exercises from the first two stations, and everyone seemed gassed by the end. This was one of the most enjoyable workouts that YHC has attended in some time. The laughing started before we even launched and didn’t finish until the end. It reminded YHC of the early days of F3RVA when everything was new and exciting and funny as hell. I wish I could bottle this and take it around to every AO to be opened every morning. Alas, we’ll have to rely on each other.

Given the job struggles that YHC has endured recently, today’s fellowship was exactly what the doctor ordered. Thanks as always men for letting me lead. I love you guys and appreciate you more than I’ll ever be able to put into words.

Fudd

10 Strong gathered at Mary to start their day off right. Two walkers and eight boot campers. YHC took the campers off-campus to a favorite locale near Mary – Reveille.

Mosey to the blacktop to warmup – dead man’s hang, Don Quixote’s, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers and SSHs.

Mosey up Willeta and Ashlawn to the back gate entrance to Reveille. Made a couple of stops on the way to do 20 LBCs then 5 burpees. Mosey to front of church for a Dora. Construction on the driveway didn’t deter the group. Dora consisted of 100 Merkins, 200 Flutters and 300 Squats as partners Bernie Sanders around the circle drive. Top off with a bit of stretching.

Mosey to back of church for a triple check. Dips, hold legs at 6 inches and run around the lot. Mosey up Antrim to Kingscrest on way back to flag. Along the way stop for 20 Mountain Climbers, 20 WWIIs and 10 Lt Dans and done.

Another beautiful fall morning and welcome to Mahyem from VA Beach/Chesapeake area.

Announcements: Memorial Beer Mile at Faceplant’s this Saturday.

YHC took us out. Thankful for this group and thinking of the many of us who are in “the sandwich” caring for kids while also having to care for our parents. Enjoy the time while you have it.

3 fit men + 4 broke brigade brothers commenced 45 minutes of mary at 0530. After the foursome embarked on their little walk, the three of us engaged as follows:

COP on the corner of Grove + Commonwealth

Lindsay: 30 Dips at one set of tables, 10 Step ups at the other, and so on. Mosey to the field.

Tree Run: run the tree line, peform 5 merkins at each tree. Next round: 5 LBCs. next round: 5 squats. Most to Tennis Courts

Dora: 100 Jump Squats, 200 flutters, 300 SSHs. Mosey to pull up bars

Climb and pull: 25 mountain climbers, 3 pull ups. repeat for 4 rounds. Back to the flag.

End with up downs.

NMS: Post COT conversation included lots of fond memories, hence the BB title.

4 walkers on IR and 7 Bootcampers converged in the parking lot at Mary for a Fudd beatdown. Here’s the recap:

Walkers start walking west down Grove.

Bootcampers followed YHC south to the soccer fields for COP:

SSH x 45

Don Quixote

Helicopters

Dead Man hang

Plank mixed with Yoga and some other stuff

Ukranian Soldiers

Mosey to the track for 4 corners

V-ups x 10

Squats x 20

Freddie Mercury’s x 30

SSH x 40

Rinse and repeat adding 10 reps to each set of exercises (this really pleased Handshake)

Mosey to the NE corner of the track. Partner up for Dora. One partner runs to the monkey bars and does 3 pull ups while the other cranks out reps of:

100 down/ups (burpee without a pushup)

200 speed skaters (started out double count but audibled after 50 or so)

300 flutter kicks (2 count)

Back to the VSF for some quick Mary before time ended. Walkers/Ruckers returned to the VSF for Numberama, Namerama, prayers and announcements, and YHC took us out.

NMS:

Great to see Pistol Pete post to his 2nd workout. It was nice of him to bring his neighbor (Handshake) who unfortunately always seems to have something contrarian to say….but every friend group has one of these right? What was it my dad used to say?…….if you didn’t have the rain then you wouldn’t appreciate the sun. So, in an around about way, you can all thank Handshake for how much I appreciate you! Bodos, who is usually so nice and compliant, decided that he did not want to do planks today. I applaud his authenticity and willingness to speak up but wish he had found his voice/obstination during someone else’s Q. The good reverend eventually succumbed to YHC’s repeated guilt trips and finally joined the PAX for planks….all was right with the gloom again. When YHC called out Rosalita’s during the last round of Mary, several PAX (led by our favorite dissenter) announced that they thought we were actually doing Hello Dolly’s. YHC reminded the PAX that Rosalita’s are done by raising ones legs to a 45 degree angle from the ground, spreading legs apart and then bringing them back together for one rep. Our Dissenter in Chief declared that YHC was wrong and recommended YHC check the Lexicon. YHC indeed did just that and below is what he found.

Dolly

Ab exercise done laying on back, legs raised about six inches from ground. Keeping legs parallel to ground, separate legs outward then return to start.

It was truly a pleasure to lead today gentlemen. This group of brothers has been a rock that YHC has leaned on through many tough patches and valleys in my life. I include this group in my prayers when I thank God for all of the blessings in my life. Let’s all be on the lookout for Sad Clowns that need that same support in their lives.

Never stop chasing the wabbit!

Fudd

The Pax were giddy with excitement due to the allure of a possible Toga sighting. Unfortunately, it was just me.

Following an audible sigh of disappointment, we did the COP and then worked our way around the AO. 11s in the bus loop, Lindsays on the bench and wall, 4-corners around the tracks, a triple check, another 4-corners, and some Mary.

YHC took us out with a call to action for the Pax to reach out to someone that they have not heard from in a while to check in.