Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

8 hardy souls emerged from the gloom to get their day off to a solid start and to delay the rain by performing the following hot potato Q dance:

Lockjaw warmed us up with helicopters, cherry pickers and SSHs.

We then moseyed to the hard top to do a Lindsay comprised of donkey kicks and American hammers. This was followed by a cumulative four corners with 10 jump squats, 20 American hammers, 30 Carolina dry docks and 40 LBCs.

The Q was flipped to Saab who took us to the side of the school for 4 alternating rounds of 10 dips at one end and 10 Derkins/10 incline Merkins.

Saab passed the Q to Pucker. Mosey to Grove Avenue side of school (‘the front’) and do a curb crawl with Merkins/Derkins up to 7, Bear Crawl out, Crawl Bear back. We then moseyed to the tennis courts for 4 rounds – bernie sanders/karoake/lunge from one end of courts to other stopping to do 10 reps of an exercise between each court (jump Squats, freddie mercuries, WWIIs and LBCs).

Mosey back around the school back to the flag, numberama, namerama and Pucker took us out.

It is worthy to note that the rain held off until we were done as it has many times before it seems. Perhaps our no rain dance worked. Either way, Bodos was pleased with the weather report as a part of the prayer.

6 Stallions and 1 Gerry descended upon Mary just to be taken elsewhere. This is what transpired more or less…

Warmup: Helicopters, DM-Hang, SSH (YHC does them correctly for a change). Run to Windsor Farms: Red Barshetta (exercise not the song), mosey, WWII, mosey, flutter kicks, mosey, Lindsay Lights (increment/decrement by 10…box cutters and Merkins across church field. Continue mosey. Bear crawls, crab walks, polar bears, and intermittent stops for various exercises. Back to field: Tree Suicides doing alternating merkins and WWIIs on the out and back. Finish with a couple rounds of donkey kicks/bear crawls, run our and bernie-back.

NMS:

A question was posed by TYA: Are woman referred to as chicks because they produce eggs?….or because they prefer cocks?

Saab abides

Twelve men pushed themselves without hurting themselves through the neighborhood adjacent to Mary Munford to Reveille Church and back. Triple checks, partner work, merkins, squats, moseys, curb crawls, etc.

Seventeen able bodied Kindergarten graduates including one FNG gathered in the light of the moon (well, spotlight) for today’s on-time launch of 45 MoM. Quick mosey around the track before gathering on the tennis court, from which we never left, for:

COP

• 20x SSH
• 10x Helicopters
• 10x Don Quixotes
• 10x Merkins
• 10x Scorpion Kicks
• 20x LBCs
• 10x Mountain Climbers

The Thang

Tennis court tracers. 1 court, normal tracer then line up on the sidelines for a line drill with the gaps between the courts as the ‘lines’. Here was the sequence:

• Trace court 1 normal
• Line drill: 15 merkins, 30 squats, 40 LBCs, run to the end and back
• Trace court 1, court 2 touching the ground at the net and baseline
• Line drill: 15 werkins, 30 monkey humpers, 40 american hammers, run to the end and back
• Trace court 1, court 2 touching the ground, court three staying eyes even with net
• Line drill: 15 hand release merkins, 30 lunges, 40 flutter kicks, run to the end and back
• Trace court 1, court 2 touching the ground, court three low, court 4 with burpees at the net and baseline
• Line drill: 15 diamond merkins, 30 side lunges, 40 freddie mercuries, run to the end and back

Team up for triple check, with Faceplant wandering from team to team. Reverse Plank, Crab Cakes, run the length of the court. We made it through 2 rounds before time was called and it was time to run BTTF.

Announcements

• After some confusion we confirmed Vinny’s dogpile q Saturday and Gomer’s NEXT Saturday departure. Prayers to Gomer, Pigskin, and the rest of the team as they mission in Honduras.
• DaVille has shuffled their lineup, so take a look at the website or Corned Beef’s post before making a trip to DaVille.
• We don’t do Yoga when it rains, but there is Broga regularly. Talk to Last Call or Doublemint for more info.

Moleskin

Late yesterday afternoon, the Q sheet was still wide open for today. Given that, there was little expectation on the numbers that actually showed up today. Like clockwork, 5:25 and the moths converged near the flame. You can thank Saab for today’s sequence as he hesitated to put his name on the Q sheet and YHC capitalized.

In that vein, last night YHC was searching for inspiration when an article appeared describing Djokovic’s situation down under and YHC thought to his self… SELF!!! What should the theme be for tomorrow? Tennis was top of mind so tennis is what we got today.

It was a pleasure to lead this morning gentlemen and YHC appreciated all the words of encouragement. They truly are what gets me through the day. At one point YHC did hear Gomer justifying the inclusion of Scorpion Kicks, and for that YHC thanks you.

YHC also appreciates Wedding Singer for taking the lead on the tracers on the other side of the court. Forget the idiots behind you and their suggestions, you did a fine job leading, and for that YHC thanks you.

Ample mumblechatter today for a bunch of geriatrics. I guess it’s true what they say. A fine wine gets better with age while grown men get saltier.

Enjoy the day. Splinter out.

The finest men in the Richmond area met in the gloom for a beatdown and this is what transpired:

• Meander around front of the school and back to the Asphalt Playground for COP
• Mosey off campus over to Reveille UMC. Partner up, P1 Runs down the Parking Lot then Bernie Sanders down the next row and then up the final row and loops around back to the Pavilion. P2 does various exercises across 4 rounds (WWII’s, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s, Hand Release)
• Mosey over to the Greek Church on the Corner of Malvern and Grove. Round 1 – Bear Crawl across half the lot then transition to Crab Walks. Round 2 – Polar Bear halfway and then transition to a Crab Fish (idea as a Polar Bear but adding a WWII to the Crab Walk)
• Triple Check – P1 Run to the far end up the lot and Bernie back, P2 does Jump Squats, P3 does WWII’s?
• Mosey back to flag
• 1 minute of Mary to close out the 45 minutes

NMS – it was a great morning to go for a walkabout. After days over rain/snow/ice it was nice to see clear roads and parking lots ready for us. YHC felt bad for our LIFO (TYA) because he was running late after being a great Dad and taking his daughter to the Train Station and he arrived we were nowhere to be found. Hopefully Saab is feeling better since he was originally the Q but he had to put up the Bat Signal since he wasn’t going to make it.

Announcements/Prayer Requests – No announcements but we did have Prayer Request for Jessup’s mother who is recovering from surgery.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead.

Four studs, representing 945 (now 949) posts this year, assembled for the penultimate workout of 2021. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Subaru driving ladies using the pavilion, the following likely happened:

5:28 Saab calls Hot Potato

5:30 Launch by running around the Grove side of the school to Saab’s favorite warm-up spot.

5:31 COP. Helicopters, Dead Man Hang, Arm Circles, Russian Soldiers Imperial Walkers, Merkins

5:37 Lindsey. 2 trees up, and one tree back. Merkins and WWIIs.

5:48 Handshake Q. Mosey to corner of Grove and Westmoreland. Handshake reminded the PAX that the “block” has “corners” (and four of them). The PAX used those corners to do: 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 WWIIs, 40 Carolina Dry Docks.

5:52 Mosey to the track, find the wall of plastic edging, and do 30 dips

5:58 Hitchhiker Q. Mosey to the tennis courts for 4 corners. 10 merkins, run a full lap plus run to 2nd corner, 20 Copperhead Squats, run a full lap plus run to 3rd corner, 30 LBCs, run lap plus to 4th corner, 40 side-straddle hops.

6:03 UpChuck Q. Mosey to where we are. Catch Me if You Can. Three PAX crawl bear along fence surrounding tennis courts. 4th PAX does 5 reverse crunches, then chases. Each PAX picks one man to tag. Don’t pick anyone who has been tagged previously.

6:04 – 6:07 Gripe about this exercise. It’s hard.

6:08 Finish griping. Mosey to blacktop. Realize there are 6 minutes left.

6:09 Mosey BTTVSF for Mary.

6:10 – 6:13 Mary. American Hammers and Rosalitas (x40 each).

6:12:05 TYA appeared.

6:12:08 TYA disappeared. Definition of LIFO (Last In, First Out). It’s You vs. You, so at his age, YHC counts this as a post. Push yourself…yada, yada, yada.

6:13 Yoga for the remainder. Thanks Chum for introducing YHC to the magic of stretching at the end of a Beat Down.

6:15 Time.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

Rockwood Park, 7:00 a.m. Saturday.

Corned Beef is leading a ramp building effort. Bring your board shorts, your best skate, and knee pads. Dates in January and February.

NMS:

Nice work today, fellas. Just the right amount of push for the end of the year. Solid Coffeeteria as well.

Counting TYA, today’s PAX included 5 men for 1124 workouts and 187 Q’s (prior to today). Figures do not include the backblasts that TYA has not (yet) written. Nicely done this year, gentlemen. Average of 225 (now 226) workouts per man.

14 friendlies and one shape-shifter showed for a display of feats-of-strength and an airing-of-grievances, of which there were many. This is what transpired more or less…

Deadman Hang, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks (much maligned), Ball-Lickers (Fan Favorite). Dips and Merkins/Derkins, station to station, 4 iterations. Descending Doras (LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Merkins) with run/bernie across courts. Chicken Peckers, B-Crawls, run out and back (3 iterations). Courts: Bear Crawl, Crawl Bear, Crabwalk, Polar Bear, then classic suicides. Feats of strength: Pax performs exercise while member does pull ups.

Announcements/NMS:

• Bodos’ house guest could not reconcile the concept of attending a pre-dawn workout in sub-freezing temperatures
• TYA took the Q repeatedly during YHC supposed lapses…said-person told repeatedly what he could do with himself
• Gomer made a brief appearance before disappearing into the ether…
• Look for those Festivus Miracles wherever they may occur

Saab abides (when able)

A few good men and some others showed up for this week’s installment of Mary complete with FNG.

530 rolls around and off we go to the blacktop for COP: Don Quixote, Helicopters, SSH, Scorpion Kicks and we are ready to roll.

Triple Check; P1 BTTW, P2 Elbow Plank, P3 karaokes the blacktop, 3 burpees, and karaoke back.

Off to the field lining up facing the trees for a cumulative Red Barchetta with % reflecting distance across the field.

Round 1 – 10% for 10 HRM

Round 2 – 10% for 10 HRM, 25% for 25 jump squats

Round 3 – 10% for 10 HRM, 25% for 25 jump squats, 50% for 50 Carolina Dry Docks

Round 4 – 10% for 10 HRM, 25% for 25 jump squats, 50% for 50 Carolina Dry Docks, 75% for 75 LBCs

Round 5 – 10% for 10 HRM, 25% for 25 jump squats, 50% for 50 Carolina Dry Docks, 75% for 75 LBCs, 100% for 100 American Hammers

Mosey to the Side of the school for Lindsays: Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl, and Box Cutters.

Around front for three sets of 25 PLTs.

Back to the shovel flag for some Flutter Kick Mary.

YHC took us out.

Moleskin: Welcome Jessup! Its great to have an FNG out, even a friend of Doublemint. Hopefully we will see you out here again soon.

7, then 8, HIMs gathered for a field trip. With no chaperone present, we ventured out on our own.

COP: All IC. Deadman Hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // SSHs. Mosey to corner of Westmoreland and Hanover.

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

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: Stop at every lamppost, 3 merkins, all the way to First Pres lot.

Cluster***: At this point YHC attempted a 4 man team rotating exercise that included WW2s, LBCs, American Hammers, and 50 2x Mtn Climbers, but this proved too challenging to our middle age male brains. Mosey down Cary back to the corner of Westmoreland and Cary.

COP: Hello Dollys // Crunchy Frogs // LBCs. Mosey back to the flag

Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out.

NMS: Great work this morning, field trips are always fun. Somehow Neutral managed to find us on Grove 25 minutes in. We figured out why Triple Check is the most advanced math possible for men our age. Anthrax nearly woke up the whole neighborhood at the end of the workout with his car alarm. We all slinked away… we swear we don’t know that guy.

12 strong came out to Mary this morning and here is how it went down.

Mossy – Warm up on the blacktop

Polerbears on the blacktop to the fence – at the fence balls to the wall – polerbears back to the starting line 20 WW11’s – repeat !

Tennis Courts : Suicides starting with 5 merkins and increasing 5 each line all 4 courts

Track : Partner up – run opposite ways on the track when meet 20- PLT’s each run back to start 20 PLT’s – Repeat with the exercise being 10 Booyah merkins

Ring of Fire – Dealers choice 10 merkins

Mossy back to the flag.

Beautiful weather this morning along with a full moon and a solid workout with friends – great way to start the day!

Way to work guys thanks for allowing me to lead this morning .

Thanks to Bodo’s for taking us out.

Go gettim TYA – you are ready brother – you got this – we are all cheering for you ! Props to Saabski for being your wingman – way to help a brother out dude – (oh and thanks for sharing the delicious beverage can wait to try it )

Have a great day fellas!

Consistency Daily – Swirly’s Board message for today.

(Your mind is the playing field where every challenge you face in life is won or lost).