8 studs and one half asleep Q posted on a glorious morning in January The Thang: a bunch of random, ill advised exercises that we poorly thought out, pitifully explained and at some times dangerous to the PAX. Exercises were completed in and around Mary Mumford, Windsor Farms, and sometime in the middle of Cary Street Road with traffic roaring by at 40+MPH. You win some and you lose some. Today the Q was a big L for me. I was thinking after the workout what went well and what went wrong. The list of things that went wrong are…

10 titans and 1 gerry took in the sites and condescending sounds of the surrounding neighborhood, stopping to exercise along the way. This is what transpired more or less…. COT (brief), Bear Crawls, Polar Bears, Crab Walks, Bear Crawls…along the pull-in. Run to neighboring blocks. Occasional stops along the way for copious exercises, triple checks, and Lindsays. Return to campus to perform some more running mixed with merkins and jump squats. Hit tennis courts for out and back(wards) running stopping for exercises each time. A grand time was had for all. NMS Some “gentleman” who were taking an early walk…

22 dedicated warriors posted on a gloomy Thanksgiving morning. The Thang: Mosey to side of MM for COP of Don Quixotes, WWII, Merkins, SSH. Mosey to basketball court for double triple check. Peoples chair, WWII, and run forward and backwards 2x. Mosey to field for The Beast (SSH, Merkins, LBC, jump squats, WWII). Mosey to end of field for suicide 11’s of SSH and merkins. Mosey back to the flag and COT. NMM Thanksgiving talk abounded. Lots of discussion about where the first Thanksgiving was. Lots are on the Virginia bandwagon, a few of the history buffs guessed Massachusetts and…

14 warriors, including a PAX from Napierville Illinois (welcome Super 8) showed up to what felt like the first day of winter. Knowing that it was going to be cold and there is a merkin challenge I tried my best to mix cardio with different versions of merkins. I also had us cover the grounds of Mary in a clockwise fashion, trying to at least cover each quadrant. After a jogging, karaoke run around most of Mary, the COP went like this. SSHs, DQs (too fast for Saab), ACs, CPs Exercise 1: Curb crawl – ascending to 5 back down…

23 or 24 posted on a perfect November 12 morning. Seventy and sunny. The Thang 5 Don Quixote’s to start. 5 Don Quixote’s every five minutes during the workout (real crowd pleaser). Ball lickers for 55 seconds…Swirly was counting too slow so we moved on. Run to the tarmac and Triangle Up (Yep, Saabski loves a good triangle). Bunch of exercises, topped off with 55 SSH. Move to the side of the school for a triple check. Peoples Chair, WWII, run forward then backwards (twice). Repeat 5x. Mosey to the tennis courts for four corners. First corner 15 Merkins, second…

13 of Richmond’s finest showed up for a Mary beatdown on a beautiful morning. Here’s what transpired: COP: Mosey west on Grove, hang a left on Lock and gather in the First Pres parking lot. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers// Imperial Walkers // Alabama Prom Dates // LBCs // Crabcakes // Merkins // Mountain Climbers // Merkins // Peter Parkers // Merkins // SSHs 21s (count to 5 in Candace, to 21 silently in our heads, all stop at the same time. A couple dudes messed up so we did 5 burpees). Triple Check: P1: People’s…

14 pillars of manliness showed up expecting a Swirly-Q and were instead treated to an old-fashioned BT experience. As the remnants of Zeta approached, we got down to business. Here’s how it went: COP: Mosey around the tennis courts to grass. Merkins x 10, Copperhead Squats x 10, Imperial Walkers x 11, LBC x 20, SSH x 25, maybe something else Thang: Mosey onto tennis courts for Tracers: backpedal sideline, slide step baseline, sprint up far sideline. Down and back. Stay on courts: traverse the 4 tennis courts and alternate exercises: lunge/bear crawl down, crabwalk/crawl bear back. Split into 2…

15 formidable arrived for their weekly geriatric workout consisting of light calisthenics and memories of Esther Williams in a one-piece bathing suit. This is what transpired…more or less COP: A Brandermill Woods-worthy warmup Repeats: Donkey kicks, bear crawls, run out and back (backwards) Tennis Courts: Suicides mixed with Jump squats. Second round: bear crawl, crawl bear, crab walk, polar bears Track: Groups of 3. On one side, partner does LBC’s, on other side, partner does HR Merkins. Third partner is the push…runs half the length of the track to tag-up with partner. Finish at 200 HR Merkins total Field: Run…

A Lucky 13 descended upon Mary for an eventual tour of her peripherals led by a clueless elderly gent. This is what transpired…more or less. Warmup: Helicopters, Scorpion Kicks, Ball Lickers, (No DQ’s sadly) Curbcrawls (polar bear style)Run to neighborhood. At each street a different exercise (m-climbers, Flutter kicks, LBCs, etc.Hit nearby church for Lindsays (A-Hammers and Box cutters), suicides, bear crawls, polar bears, and other nonsense….Partner up: 150 HR-Merkins while partner runs out and back, WWII’s.Return back through neighborhood. Stopping occasionally for a few minutes of Mary (i.e. Abs) Announcements: 2nd annual-inaugural retreat is still on for this Saturday…