Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

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 Chair // P2: Plank // P3: Sprint to end of lot, Bernie Sanders back. Mosey back to MM. Stop midway for some Lt.Dans.

Dora: P1 run to the end of the courts and back. Escalating Sets of Excercises increasing by 50s: 50 Burpees // 100 WW2s // 150 Merkins // 200 Squats

Final COP: Pickle Pounders // Flutter Kicks // LBCs

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

NMS: A professor of mine said that the only basis for healthy democracy is friendship. As silly as it might sound, F3 demonstrates a model for the healthy functioning of democracy, because the foundations of our friendship run deeper than our diverse political views. In a moment when nearly everything is reduced to political categories, F3 models a way to put the brotherly love and mutual respect of friendship above political reductionism. Let’s model a better way.

Here’s prayer written by a pastor friend that we used to close out the time today:

Lord, we pray for our nation. Our country is hurting. Families are torn apart. Friends have turned into enemies. Lord, may we see how morally inconsistent we are. How self-righteous we can be. How fear has deeply poisoned our hearts. How the lust for power has blinded us to the gospel. Lord, deliver us from evil. May we all repent first. Before we can pray for unity, we must personally do the hard work of unmasking our own duplicity. Forgive us when we demonize another. Forgive us when we speak truth without love. Forgive us when our moral outrage is simply a facade covering our need to be right. Forgive us when we reduce love to sentimentality while we ignore the cries of injustice. Forgive us when we sin against another. And may we learn to forgive when we are sinned against. Teach us to be salt and light. May our speech be always filled with grace seasoned with salt. Teach us to put our hope in you; to properly discern our civic responsibilities, and to live from a non-anxious place. Lord, before we speak, may our lives be marked by silence. But guard us from silence when you call us to speak. Lord, you are always at work, making all things new. Make us new people with new hearts who can join you in this project of restoration. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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 groups on the track to tackle a 4-exercise circuit. Exercises were Flutter Kicks x 17, Pull-ups x 6, LBCs x 17, Dips x 6. 3 rounds.

Mosey to soccer fields for Super 6’s. Exercises were Merkins x 6, Carolina Dry Docks x6 and Squats x 6. Sprint across field to other side and the exercises. Sprint back and do them again. Repeato x 6.

On way back to the flag, stop on courts to do 6 Burpees in cadence and 6 OYO.

COT: Saab took us out the way only Saab can.

NMM:

It’s been a minute since ol’ BT Q’d, but with a little nudge, and offer from Swirly and some gear-grinding that box is now checked. Just like riding a bike and looking forward to more.

While getting in a decent amount of runs, YHC has been largely absent from bootcamps in the past year due to a variety of issues/injuries. But, a 6-yr anniversary with this incredible bunch of dudes needed to be honored, hence the incessant number of 6-counts. 17 was thrown in there as an homage to the passing of my 17 year old dog which caused YHC to miss the actual anniversary in the first place. She was a special pup for sure.

While there was rust for the Q, it was knocked off quickly. Leave it to the PAX to provide a “gentle” and guiding hand when forgetting certain protocols and trying to turn a burpee into a 4-count. Thankfully, mumble-chatter was minimal during the Super 6’s else it could have been a long morning.

Grateful for the opportunity to lead and especially appreciative of the bonds YHC has formed with this group. Here’s to another 6. SYITG!

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 out and back(wards). Exercises included Mountain Climbers (100) and HR Merkins (25).

Finish with 5 minutes of Mary/Gerry

NMS: Too busy to hear the mumble chatter, but did hear one say “this does not feel like a geriatric workout”….YHC will try better next time

Saab abides (when able)

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 with a 2:00pm start…no sooner
• CSAUP on the weekend of 23rd/24th. Out and back on the Capital Trail. Form your own team. See TYA for details.

Saab abides – when able.

A strong 15 converged in the Mary lot for a beatdown. After some noted surprise that a 50-something was not leading us today, we got going at 5:30 sharp.

COP: Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry (carrot) Pickers // Copperhead Squats // Crabcakes // LBCs // Tempo Merkins // Peter Parkers // Pickle Pounders

Blacktop 100: Plank Position. Run 25 yards, perform 25 Jump Squats, run back. Plank Position for the Pac // Run 50 yards, 50 Monkey Humpers, run back. Plank // Run 75 Yards, 75 2x Flutter kicks, run back. Plank. // Run 100 yards, 100 SSHs, Run back. Plank. Mosey to Field.

1st & 10s: Line up at the end of the Field. Run to the first tree, Perform 10 Merkins, 1 Burpee (11’s), sprint to the end of the field. Recover jog back to the 2nd tree. Perform 9 Merkins, 2 Burpees, sprint to the end of the field, recover jog back to the 3rd tree. Repeat until 11’s have been completed at the final tree. Plank/core exercise as we waited for the Pax. Mosey to Southwest corner of school.

Quadruple Check: P1: Dips. P2: WW2s. P3: Incline Merkins on steps. P4: Run to pull up bars, 5 pull-ups, run back.

Dirty HookUp: 3 sets x10 IC (plank facing wall, place each hand up on wall, then bring them back down.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Great morning, perfect temp. Saab and TYA had one long continuous conversation the entire 45 minutes, never stopped talking. I like to picture them in a nursing home one day together, trying to eek out some DQs.

Here’s the prayer from St Francis I mangled at the end:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me bring love.
Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.
Where there is discord, let me bring union.
O Master, let me not seek as much
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love,
for it is in giving that one receives,
it is in self-forgetting that one finds,
it is in pardoning that one is pardoned,
it is in dying that one is raised to eternal life.

12 warriors posted in the pre rain gloom for a good beatdown at MM. At least 3 PAX made their way to the AO via foot or bicycle.

The thang: COP at side of Mary, Saab started us off with Don Quixote, then to some WWII’s and finish with Helicopters. Mosey to alley way, stop at each pole/tree. Merkins, WWII, SSH and LBC’s along the way. Mosey to the Port Cochere, pair up. One pax runs, 50 merkins, 100 SSH, 150 WWII (reduced to 50) and 200 LBC. Mosey to side yard, Bear crawl/crab walk between trees, alternate merkins and SSH at trees. Mosey back to school stoping along the way for 25, 20, 15, 10 and 5 WWII’s. COT and Saab took us out.

NMM: Field trip day to First Prep Church. We ambled our way to the church via Grove and came back via Cary. Cary is a little more dangerous, but there is a sidewalk to run along. Watch your head along the way because there are a tone of low hanging branches along the way.

Lots of mumble chatter about the IPC and form this morning. If an exercise is worth doing, it is worth doing it with the right form so you can actually benefit from it….

TYA OUT

9 swamprats crawled out of bed this morning on a Sunny and 70 morning. A little bit humid and a little bit wet.

Mosey a few feet, 49 WWII 24 Rosalitas, Mosey to corner. Run to next corner and back (4 times), other guy do hand release merkins and jump squats. Mosey to basketball courts. 4 corners x 3 10 Lt. Dan’s, 20 LBC’s, 30 copper head squats, 40 WWII setups. Mosey to swamp for 6 MOM and then back to the shovel flag.

NMM

If it were pouring rain this AM, the PAX would have been a lot dryer than we ended up. It was one of the wettest ever workouts for me (not quite, but close, no toll on the tennis courts wins that battle). Lots of mumble chatter regarding Saab’s childhood. Sounds like he grew up fast on the streets of New Jersey.

Saab will be having a daily Zoom call with his wife at 7am daily. Tune in for a full view of the crabtree household.

TYA OUT

19 veterans decided to test the waters of Mary as led by a OG-Geriatric on his quasi-post-quarantine VQ. This is what transpired, more or less

Warmup: DQ’s (Saab style), HR Merkins, Flutter kicks (Esther Williams style), Ball-Lickers (ask TYA)

RedBarshetta: Run out and back: 100 m-climbers, 75 LBCs, 50 Flutter kicks, 25 HR Merkins

Curb Crawls: Up to 5 then descend to 1 (Merkins along the way)

Lindsays: Box Cutters and Dollys…run across field along the way

Catch me if you can: (wrong place at the wrong time)

Running: (To and through Windsor Farms, stopping for exercises along the way)

NMS

Good to be back in the Q sheet and work my a run in with a little bootcamp along the way. Thanks to Kubota for carrying the flag upon entry and exit…General Patton would have been proud…we know Swirly was.

Announcements: Labor Day convergence at GridIron

Saab abides

13 warriors pulled themselves out of the fart sack for a morning of fun. Weather was 70 and sunny

The Thang: Mosey to side of school. Don Quixote x 9, Windmill x9. Jog to the track for a 1k 5k. Teams of two, exercises are 100 hand release merkins, 200 Lt. Dan’s, 300 WWII setups and 400 SSH. Other team member run around the 1/4 mile track. Mosey back to circle for Rosalitas and LBC, then one burpee to finish things off (since it Saab’s favorite exercise)

NMM: This is and old school workout. Not seen in these parts six the 1960’s, but it is a TYA special. Lots of running and and very little break in between. Good tempo workout! Good to have Saab back out for a bootcamp workout, that’s as rare a sighting as Swirly pulling into a workout late. Also a pleasure to see Kubota at Mary. It has been a minute since he has been there, but he is missed every time.

TYA took us out. His prayer is for some normalcy to come back to our nation. Can we please control this virus, stop shooting each other, and act with just a little bit of courtesy and civility. PLEASE!!! I am not asking for much.

TYA OUT