Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

This morning brought 8 bootcampers and 2 walkers, one of whom recently returned from a muddy adventure down under. After some jolly greetings and mockery, the pack of 8 moseyed up to Commonwealth and Hanover.

COP: Given that we were conducting the COP in the middle of a sleeping neighborhood, we were mindful of our volume. Have you ever led a COP in which everyone whispers? This is what we did, and it made Swirly very uncomfortable.

Burpee Alley: Run the length of Hanover from Westmoreland to Shadwell and perform 3 burpees at every lamppost. Mosey across Grove to parking lot of Jenny Maragy realty.

Wall to Wall: Partner up at Jenny Maragy’s lot. Round 1: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2x Chicken Peckers, P2 Wall Sit with overhead press. 3x. // Round 2: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 Donkey Kicks, P2 wall sit with milking the cow (or yak). 3x. // Round 3: P1 runs to wall and performs 10 2-count dirty hookups, P2 Wall sit with toes/knees/hands in the air. 3x. Mosey east down Grove to Lock Lane. 

Lock Lane: Occasional stoppages to pick up the six and conduct ab excercises. Stop at the First Pres Parking Lot.

Merkin Plank Jax Routine: 1 Merkin, 4 Plank Jax. 2 Merkins, 8 plank Jax. All the way up to 5, back down again. Everyone was groaning like a wounded ox.

Mosey back to the flag, stopping at various points for COP.

Namerama, Numberama, YHC took us out after some wise words from TYA and some good advice about why never to poop in a box.

SYITG

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.