Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

10ish men roused for a joyful beat-down in the gloom. Here’s what we did:

COP: Mosey west on Grove, hang a left on Lock and gather in the First Pres parking lot. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // LBCs // Crabcakes // Plank // Merkins // Peter Parkers // Elbow Plank // Pickle Pounders // 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). Mosey back to MM

Triple Check: P1: Donkey Kicks // P2: Dips // P2: Run to Pull up Bar, 5 Pull Ups, run back. Mosey to Tennis Courts

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 // 250 Flutter Kicks.

March 26 is National Nougat Day. Spell out I LOVE NOUGAT with your legs.

Mosey back to the Flag: Namerama, Numberama. YHC took us out with a brief meditation and prayer.

Announcements: 5am Wednesday AO has a name- First Watch!

NMS: A friend of mine shared with me that during this strange season of quarantine, he is contemplating three questions each day. First, what has the Coronavirus outbreak taken away from you? That is a question of lament. Second, What has the Coronavirus outbreak not taken away from you? That is a question of gratitude, helping foster awareness of those things that God has given that endure. Finally, What has the Coronavirus outbreak given to you? That is the question of blessing, as you open your eyes to new things that God has brought into your life through this crisis. Grief, Awareness, Blessing. Fullness of life includes all three.

I am grateful for F3, something that (so far) has not been taken away- and grateful for each of you! SYITG

No more than 10 equidistantly spaced normalcy seekers gathered under the waning crescent for this year’s iteration of march madness. Brief mosey over to the center of the blacktop for something that went like this:

COP
20x – Staring at Saab not doing SSHs
10x – Helicopters
20x – Not so Imperial Walkers
10+x – Don’t Stare at the Shorts Copperhead Squats
20x – American Hammers
10x – Merkins, good ole American style

The Thang
Stay in our circle for an exercise YHC is calling, “10 Minutes of Hardywood Startup Ideas.” Pick a number from 1-10 and repeat that many burpees every minute for 10 minutes.

Short jaunt over to the tennis courts for multiple iterations of line drills using the space between the courts as the lines. First iteration running and 10x squats and merkins at the endlines. Second iteration karaoke facing the school and 10x single count lunges and WWIIs. Third iteration backwards run with mountain climbers and diamond merkins, 10x. Al Gores and plank series in between sets.

Shimmy over to the northwest corner for an exercise YHC is calling, “10 minutes of inappropriate Hardywood jokes.” Circle up, passing dealers choice ab exercises clockwise around the circle. Ab work for 50 seconds then next person calls an exercise out and start again after 10 seconds.

Back to the VSF for numbers, max {1…10}, names, and YHC took us out.

Announcements
– Prayers out to DTH as he is half way around the world helping those that need it in these trying times.
– Give blood if you can
– Support small and local businesses

Splinter out.

A review of the Q sign up sheet revealed that a mysterious person with the moniker “Qa” signed up to lead 45MOM this morning. With great expectancy, 5 of us converged to meet our enigmatic leader and to be led by him. Turns out, Qa is a chump. Or, more likely, Qa is a clerical error, or TYA tried to sign up and missed some keys and then bailed. We shall never know. We resigned to hot potato the Q.

Swirly: COT

Handshake: Some Bearcrawl, crab walk, and regular suicides on the tennis courts. Then some pull up rotations with ab work while waiting.

Fireman Ed: Running the tree line with burpees, squats and other various exercises.

Hitchhiker: A creative four corner workout on the tennis courts with merkins, american hammers, squats and burpees.

Bodos: Final COT and close out with prayer.

Numberama, Namerama, etc.

Stay well and keep your distance!

Half a dozen die-hards descended upon Mary just to leave her neatly trimmed bush(es) and explore her out-skirt(s)….This is what transpired more or less:

Mosey, Merkins, mosey, LBC’s, mosey, Wheelbarrows up the MM stairs, mosey, 100 MC’s, mosey, 75 LBC’s, mosey, 50 Merkins, mosey, 25 Hello Dollies, mosey, Burpees, mosey, Catch Me if you Can, mosey, Culdesac Curb Crawls, mosey, Lindsays – Flutter Kicks and Hello Dollies, mosey, Merkins, mosey, WWII’s, mosey, Merkins, mosey back to flag and COT.

Saab abides

Nine early birds came to get the worm. Mezcal was served.

COP: SSHs x 20. Russian Soldiers x 15. Hillbillies x 10.

VCU lost its 5th game in a row. Time for Modified Michigan. 100 x 10. Skip 80 x 8. Bang out 60 x 6, 40 x 4 and 20 x 2.

Lazy Dora: Timer performs 60 second (1 Mississippi) count then swaps out. Exercises: 100 Merkins. 200 Jump Squats. 300 Flutter Kicks (2-count). Timer drops to 45 second count for Flutter Kicks.

Frank Abagnales: 4 tennis courts. Round 1. Two laps around the first two courts. 3 Burpees then chase/catch Bernie. Round 2. One lap around first three courts. 2 Burpees. Round 3. Two laps around all four courts. 1 Burpee.

Body By Jake: Ring of Fire around monkey handles. PAX dips (I dip, you dip, we dip), while each member performs 5 pull-ups.

BTTF: 20 Werkins OYO.

Namerama: Nope. Numberama: Nada. Vinny = rusty.

Announcements: RAMM Gears tomorrow for Winter Tour. Honeydo has been working hard on his Peloton. He’s ready.

NMS: Great morning to hang with the boys. Lots of sophomoric banter. Early discussions of the Salvucci Family Reunion commenced. It was great having Boberry over to see his pops, TYA. Don’t worry Boberry, we are taking good care of him.

Prayers for our injured brothers, Sippy Cup and Swiper. Speedy recovery, gents. Prayers also for Hitchhiker’s family and friends in Korea. The Coronavirus is no joke. If anyone has a line on surgical masks to send to his family, please let Hitchhiker know.

Make it a great day men!

9 hooligans gathered in the gloom for 45 minutes of Mary. Here’s how it happened:

COP: SSH // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Copperhead Squats // Plank Jacks // Froggers // Carolina Dry Docks // LBCs // American Hammers

Big Bang: Plank in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, with a headlamp at the center. On the YHC’s command, the pax EXPLOSIVELY jumps up from plank position, runs 10 paces, performs 10 burpees, then runs back to the circle to plank position // Next Round: 20 paces, 20 Jump Squats // Round 3: 30 paces, 30 merkins // Round 4: 40 paces, 40 Monkey Humpers // Round 5: 50 paces, 50 WW2s. Back to plank position for Pickle pounders IC.

Wall-O-Rama: A reprise from DTH’s Hoedown Q on Monday, enjoy some painful rounds against the wall. Round 1: “Dirty HookUp” x20 IC (plank facing wall, place each hand up on wall, then bring them back down, 4ct, alternate hand order half-way through). People’s Chair // Round 2: Donkey KicksDonkey Kick-Offs (Counting up by x5 reps per set with 5 seconds of rest with feet on wall between sets …ascended to x20 DK’s). People’s Chair. // Round 3: Chicken Peckers x20 IC. Mosey to field.

Chutes & Ladders: Run two trees, perform 5 merkins. Bernie Sanders back one tree, then run two more trees, perform 5 merkins. Rinse and repeat to the last tree. // Round 2: Same program with LBCs. // Round 3: Same program with Burpees. Mosey to Monkey Bars.

Pull-Up Circle: The Pax encircles the bars and performs Dips, LBCs and Incline merkins as each member takes turns performing 5 pull ups. Mosey back to the flag.

Numberama, Namerama, COT.

NMS: Some highlights of today: Handshake cannot begin an AO without making a comment on YHC’s outfit, but thanks to TYA all attention was quickly shunted to mocking his Lululemon pants. // The pax enjoyed YHC’s insistence that we jump from plank position EXPLOSIVELY, even as Saab’s definition of explosively resembled a man getting off the ground after being gored by a bull // Speaking of bovine, Hitchhiker sounds like a cow in labor while doing the wall-o-rama // After the COT, we returned to mocking TYA’s pants. A good inclusio for the AO.

Great work gents!

Eight veteran warriors of the gloom chose the narrow path once again this morning, posting to Mary for the sure glory of a DTH beatdown. With grim and knowing smiles, the PAX paired up and accepted oaken cabers from their Q. What follows is how these brave men squashed the Temptation of the Flesh:

The THANG:

Mosey to Grassy Area for COP #1:

• Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
• Caber Hops x20 IC (like SSH but with feet alternating steps on caber)
• DQ’s x10 IC
• Incline M on Caber x10 IC

Mosey to the BlackTop for COP #2:

• CABER 1-2-3:
• x100 Derkins – Partner 1 x10 while Partner 2 planks w feet in caber
• x200 LBC – P1 x20 w Caber end on chest while P2 on Six holds other end up with arms fully extended
• x300 Goblet Squats – P1 x25 while P2 holds other end in low squat
• Stretch out with a few Opus reps

Shoulder cabers and mosey over to Field for COP #3:

• CABEAST: (x6 Reps at each x6 stops)
• Round 1 – Overhead Press, Alt Shoulder
• Round 2 – Caber Curls
• Round 3 – Unbroken Squats
• Round 4 – Little Baby Caber Crunches
• Round 5 – Caber Squat Thrusts 
• Round 6 – CaBURPS – incline merkin on Caber at bottom, caber press over head at top (only 3/6 stops completed due to time)

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Rosalita Whip x10 IC
• Counterama # 8
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• Holy Quadsmokoley! YHC’s legs feel like rubber. Today we celebrated the return of YHC’s caber-carrier, a white Silverado that came second hand to YHC with the nickname “White Stallion”. Of course Splinter was offended that any OTHER machine could possibly bear that name. Yes Splinter, you are a stud. Way to work today fellas – keep chasing that dream! 

Seven men pulled themselves from their beds and donned their rain gear for a weather radar morning.

Thang:

Mosey to courts. SSH, Don Q, Squats, Werkins, Mountain Climbers

Mosey to corner of Commonwealth and Cary. Partner up.

Partner 1 run perimeter of school – Commonwealth to Grove to Westmoreland to Cary and back to start. Partner 2 complete 40 burpees. Switch.

Mosey to large soccer field corner. Partner 1 run around field in rectangle fashion, partner 2 complete 40 WWII sit ups. Switch.

Mosey to dirt track – partner 1 run track, partner 2 complete 40 derkins. switch.

Mosey to tennis court. Partner 1 run a suicide the width of all four courts, partner 2 complete 40 LBCs. Switch.

Mosey to side of school. Lindsays – dips and flutters.

Mosey to bars – complete 30 jerkins.

Mosey home – prom dates and pickle pounders.

First and foremost, condolences to Wild Thing in his loss. We’re here for you brother. Hardywood provided details and said some wonderful words on your behalf.

Great job gentlemen! YHC saw the Q open last night and decided to relive the Q from some 4 odd years ago when Toga contacted YHC to advise it was Lockjaw’s 40th birthday and therefore YHC should do something in his honor. Around the Hills was then fashioned for applicable use. Today’s workout was similar for much but slightly modified due to lack of evidence.

Approaching my own monumental birthday, it felt great to relive an oldie in YHC’s arsenal celebrating one of F3RVA’s finest – Lockjaw. Taper accordingly. The response from the PAX was very encouraging and appreciated. Just remember, no matter the age or the weather, it’s always sunny and seventy, and anyone can do pickle pounders with prom dates. Wait, that didn’t come out right. Disregard.

10 studs posted this morning for Mary and here is how it went down. Two dudes walked . One nursing an injury the other not leaving a man on his own. The other 8 attacked Mary. We thought it was 7 but Flipper appeared out of nowhere as Hardywood was talking to the pax about Flash being the best chiropractor he’d ever seen 🙂

Warm ups : 10 burppees – windmills, helicopters, Iw’s RS’s plank.

Incline merkins while one does 7 pull ups at the rings and switch – 3 sets

Mossy – Decline merkins – 3 sets of 10 – regular, close grip, wide grip .

Mossy – Dips 3 sets of 10

Mossy – pax plank – one does 5 chin ups – switch – 3 sets

Tennis Courts : Bernie Saunders to end of each court then burpee up to 4 – run back ladder down 4-1 – 3 sets .

Triple Check : run to fence – 10 mountain climbers – exercises WW2’s and 6 inches.

Native American run back to the flag.

Ring of Fire – 10 hand release merkins.

Great job guys – thanks for the opportunity to lead this morning. Enjoyed the work and the mumble chatter. Hitchhiker mentioned as we were wrapping up we should pray for folks in China. When your in a meeting with Swirly and you offer a suggestion /excellent idea – be prepared to carry the ball – and remember – it’s not about how many times you get the ball – it’s what you do with the ball when you get it ! All you Hitch Well done brother – great prayer – thanks for stepping up and taking us out this morning .

A magnificent 10 took a tour of the neatly trimmed landscapes outside the perimeter of Mary Munford. This is what transpired, more or less:

Run to Windsor Farms with intermittent stops for Merkins and WWII’s

Red Barshetta: Run out and back 4 times with stop for each of the following: 100 M-Climbers, 75 LBC’s, 50 Hello Dollies (Esther Williams Style), 25 Merkins

Field near Baptist church: Lindsays….30/10. Flutter Kicks and Hello Dollies

Run to next church…Box Cutters and Merkins along the way

Crawl across and back parking lot: Alternating Bear Crawls, Crawl Bears, Crab Walks along the way.

Catch me if you can: Partner runs backwards while other partner does 5 merkins…catch and swap.

Run Bank to flag, with several stops for Merkins and WWII’s along the way.

Moleskin:

YHC was informed that this was a keep-checking-the-time workout. Either because the PAX was bored or wishing it would just end early.

Esther Williams on the back of the TV guide…nostalgia.

Best wishes to Upchuck’s mother in law who is dealing with a serious heal issue and prognosis.

Saab abides (when able)