Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

~Ten gents arrived at Mary to see what she had in store. This is what transpired – more or less…

COT: (Geriatric-friendly). Curb Crawls/Crawl Bears (kept it brief). Run through neighborhood with intermittent stops (LBCs, J-Squats, merkins. Doras without the count (cycle through 3 exercises: Merkins, Flutter Kicks, M-Climbers, while partner runs a circle. Triple Check that turned into a partner check (Q-Cluster-F): Donkey Kicks while partner bear crawls then runs out and Bernie-Sanders back. Lindsays (J-Squats and WWII’s) while advancing through the neighborhood back to flag.

Announcements:

• Field Day (Saturday)
• Lab Rat would have been the Better-Q

Saab abides (when able)

Three walkers, nine boot campers, and a canine were undeterred by the rain this morning. Pax running the BRR stretched the legs with a walk before departing later today. The rest of us moseyed over to the main field for COP. On the way over, a runner in the neighborhood advised us that she would be our mom and that we should have reflective illumination. We let her know that we were not running (though ironically we were running at the time) and not leaving the compound. Its always good to have a mom looking out for you.

COP – Helicopters, Deadman Hang, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers, SSH, Scorpion Kicks (embrace getting wet early on).

Line up on the Commonwealth side of the field for bro-code 11s. The exercises – WWIIs and American Hammers. To keep it interesting, we moved between the trees with an assortment of bear crawl, crawl bear, lunges, backwards lunges, and broad jump.

Assemble at the back of the school. Perfect numbers for Triple Check. Wall Jump, Elbow Planks, Karaoke across the blacktop and back with 3 Burpees at the fence.

Line up on the wall for a round of Chicken Peckers.

Next up 4 Corners – Corner 1 – 15 Sling Squats; Corner 2 – 20 dips; Corner 3 – 20 leg lift ab crunches; Corner 4 – 20 Box Jumps

Back over to the wall for Lindsays – Donkey Kicks and Heels to Heaven with a Bear Crawl in between.

Back to the flag where YHC took us out.

Moleskin

Fire Elf – Way to commit in Week 1! Holy Roller, we hope to see you around on your trips to RVA.

14 Posted on the first day of Fall.

The Thang. Mosey to blacktop. 20 x SSH, 20x Freddy Mercury, 20 x Imperial Walker, 30x American Hammer, 10x Don Quixote, 40x LBC. Mosey to Tennis court for four corners 10 Merkins, 20 copper head squats, 30 WWII’s and 40 monkey humpers. Mosey back to blacktop. Team of 3. Combination Dora and running. Merkins, WWII and SSH. Mosey to side of school at the tree line. At each tree, 10 merkins and 20 SSH. Alternate Bear crawl and crab walk. Mosey back to flag and do 10 Merkins OYO

NMM. Awesome to have Bleeder back at a bootcamp workout. It has been a while since he was out there. When I arrived at the AO, Swirly was talking to someone and I couldn’t figure out who it was. Ambled over to the car to see if I recognized it. Nothing. Finally Bleeder spoke and I instantly recognized his voice. I have always said, I would not recognize my mother if I saw her when I wasn’t expecting. This morning was that kind of experience for me. I have known bleeder for almost 30 years. i should probably recognize him by now!!!

I had a complete brain fart this morning. When we got back to the blacktop, I was still constructing the next set of exercises. I was about 80% of the way there to what we were going to do, and I couldn’t finalize the exercise. As a result, what we did was a little disjointed and not the most logical series of moves, but in the end it kinda worked.

Challenge to the PAX. In the Gloom, from ten feet away, tell the difference between Faceplant and Rip Cord.

TYA Out

15 PAX members joined YHC in a soupy August morning for a jaunt around Mary. Here’s how it went:

Mosey to field.

Warmup: SSH, Don Q, Squats, merkins, mountain climbers, rosalitas, Freddie

Dirt track work: partner up, run opposite directions to other side, meet up and perform exercise. Return to beginning and plank. First round- 20 merkins. Second round – 25 PLTs. Third round – plerkins. Fourth round – 25 PLT to side.

Dora – 50 burpees, 100 WWIIs, 150 merkins. bear crawl 1/2 across tennis courts, run back. Audible after 50 burpees and run the entire length of the tennis courts.

Triple check – people’s chair, box cutters, run across blacktop, backwards run back.

moleskin:

Serving up some humidity and humility this morning, YHC quickly learned the bear crawls during dora were not the way to go. Sometimes the suck can simply take an audible every once and a while. Congrats to Ronnie’s 2.0 for not splashing merlot after the various pre-workout conversations involving other 2.0s. Thanks to Swirl giving YHC the heads up on the site to maneuver the workout around other tomato groups, it’s been a while in the Q seat at Mary.

Good luck to our BRR teams. No seriously, good luck, TYA’s not even going to tip you off as to what legs you’re running until you’re en route. Savage and awesome.

Announcements: Sept 18 – Vinnie has the field day Q, sign up with the nano region leaders if you’re interested in joining. Sept 25 – retreat.

-Singer

A notorious nine gathered in the gloom for 45 minutes of Mary beatdown. Well, um, one of the nine forgot to bring his shoes, so he had to run home and then came back to join us about 10 minutes later. So 9, then 8, then 9 again. Here’s what happened:

Mosey west on Grove, hang a left on Luck Lane, Circle up in the First Pres parking lot.

COP: Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry pickers // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs// Tempo Merkins // Plank Jacks // Pickle Pounders // SSHs

7 of Diamonds: Around the four corners of the parking lot. Stop at each corner, 7 Jump squats // Next round: 14 Merkinsr // 21 LBCs // 28 squats // 21 LBCs // 14 Merkins // 7 Burpees. Mosey back to Mary

Triple Check on the blacktop: P1: Wall sit, P2: Flutter Kicks, P3: Run to fence, 10 jump rope skips, run back.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: We’ve all forgotten to bring our gloves, or maybe a water bottle, but our shoes?? that’s a first, Hitch. Welcome to BENDS, a new FNG invited by Jimmy. Saab had a hard time with the Burpees on the last round of the diamond which really messed with the symmetry. But he made up for it with this triumph in the jump roping.

Great work guys! SYITG.

11 men showed up on time this fine morning wondering if Your ever so Humble Correspondent’s return to the Q sheet would be uneventful or if he had forgotten how to lead the men for F3RVA. Well, much to his surprise, some malfunction be it human or machine error led to YHC waking up screaming. Ugh…

Of course the gloom warriors know how to improvise, adapt, and overcome and it went a little something like this:

Swirly took the reigns and led the boys in the COP

Hitchhiker did something cruel with merkins

Handshake had just started a triple check as YHC arrived and it consisted of one partner doing a wall sit, one doing LBCs, and the other running/Bernie Sandering back across America. Four rounds.

YHC took the lead for three rounds of Chutes and Ladders – run up two trees, bernie back one, do 5 merkins repeato till the end, turn around and go the other way while doing the same but swap our 10 LBCs, back the other way with 5 Burpees being the exercise until 6:10 – run the long way back to the flag, do 5 more burpees, the the COT. YHC took us out.

NMS: I hate being late, glad I came for the last bit and as SAAB said, had my mini Q. Thanks for letting me lead for a few minutes. Grateful for all y’all. Don’t forget to like and subscribe.

Shakedown

9 stallions posted for a Thursday morning workout. It was 62 degrees and sunny. Perfect morning for a workout.

Mosey to side are right next to parking lot. 25 SSH, 50 LBC, ball lickers, 25 Imperial walkers. Mosey to bus circle out front. Dora’s with merkins, WWII, and SSH. Mosey to corner of commonwealth and grove. 1k the hard way. Run to each corner and do 25 merkins and 25 squats. Back to the bus circle for Dora round 2. Mosey back for the COT.

NMM

We had October weather on August 5th in Richmond VA. A better day could not be had for a workout. Truly glorious.

TYA OUT

10 titans and one gerry arrived to see what they could do in-and-around Mary. This is what transpired, more or less….

Tree to tree alternating bear crawls and crabwalks with merkins and WWII’s in between. Round of Derkins then chicken peckers. Run 1/8 mile loop in neighborhood several times with the following in between: HR Merkins, box cutters, flutter kicks, LBCs. Partner up: Partner runs out to pull up bars while other does alternating flutter kicks and heels to heaven. Bear Crawls, crawl bears, crab walk, polar bears across the courts, then regular suicides. Finish with a few minutes of Mary.

Announcements: Upcoming retreat, ballgame this weekend, Field Day, and HDHH involving a run in HoneyDo’s neighborhood.

Saab abides

A Nefarious Nine gathered in the gloom for 45 Minutes of Mary. Here’s how it went down:

COP on the blacktop after a mosey around the school. Deadman Hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // LBCs // Crabcakes // Inverted Crabcakes (lots) // Pickle Pounders // SSHs 21s + 5 Burpees

Descending Rotating Doras : Beginning on one side of the black top, 250 squats with partner. Wait for the six. Bearcrawl to next side // 200 LBCs. Wait for the six. Lunge to the next side. // 150 Merkins. Wait for the six. Bearcrawl to next side // 100 WW2s. Wait for the six. Lunge to the next side // 50 Burpees.

Triple Check: P1 Dips // P2 Donkey Kicks // P3 run to pull up bar, 3 pull ups, run back. rotate.

Mosey back to the flag. Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: I read a book last week called Living Forward. The authors suggested that most men drift through life and at some point wonder how they got to where they are. They commended living with the desired end in mind, and suggested the excercise of writing your own eulogy, what you would want said about you at your own funeral. This was a sobering and perspective bringing exercise. I realized how much time and mental energy I give to things I don’t really care all that much about, and how much I want to live my daily life for things that really matter. To quote the poet Annie Dillard, “How you spend your days is, of course, how you spend your life.” Live forward!