Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

Ten of my brothers posted at 45 MOM to help search for why. We all have a why, and today we all went in search of it.

COT – 1: Eighteen years ago today, a law school classmate of mine went on a campus shooting spree. It was a day none of us who were there will ever forgot. We lost dear friends. We lost family. We senselessly lost people close to us. We may never know why, but we’ll never forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for all of us. Today, we honored them the only way we in F3 know how.

Silent Mile: We all face our own questions of why. We all have life moments that don’t make any sense. Let the silent lap around MM provide a chance to think. To search. To pray. To run in silence in search of your why.

The Hard Way: Circle K created the Hard Way to honor his father’s life on earth. I was honored to borrow the program for today. It’s the best way to lift up Angela Dales, Tom Blackwell and Tony Sutin.

WG Merkins / Squats / APDs / Burpees / Hello Dollies / Chuck Norris Merkins

BTTF

COT – 2: Live life to the fullest. Embrace the moment. Time on earth is fragile. It’s precious. Ask for help when you need it. Be strong for yourselves, so you can be strong for others. Be humble. Be caring. Be the leader that you know you can be.

Announcements: Viral has pneumonia. Get well brother. Hitchhikers’s son has a high fever. Prayers for little man.

Eighteen shivering somebodies emerged from the headlights with unabated excitement for today’s iteration of 45 Minutes of Mary. After minor banter about the possibility of the tuckahoe early risers leaving a deposit in Saab’s driveway, the PAX scurried off to the center of the basketball courts for:

COP
SSH x0
Donald Quixotes x10
Helicopters x10
Mountain Climbers x20
Russian Soldiers x10

The Thang
Short mosey over to Reveille via Willetta and Ashlawn for a field trip, stopping at the Cary St side of the parking lot for our first segment of fun with partners. Wait a few seconds for Lab Rat’s mumblechatter to subside before relaying instructions:

Partner up. One partner does flutter kicks while the other partner runs to the first line, does 1 burpee, and comes back. Second partner also runs to the first line, does 1 burpee, and comes back while the first partner does flutters. Continue, adding a burpee and a line until you get to the end. 6 total lines. Kind of like a line drill but with burpees and a partner. This worked out well with little added instruction needed. Brief plank time while everyone finishes.

Mini fun run to the circle and find a new partner. One partner lines up around the arc of the sidewalk and performs WWIIs while the other polar bears around the circle. Complete 3 times before gathering the pax with various exercises including Al Gore, Donald Quixotes, and finishing with Cherry Pickers in cadence. Yes, cherries grow on trees.

Scurry out the parking lot and away from Reveille via Antrim by mixing in backwards running and forwards running until we got to the first parking lot by the greek church. Quick virtual high-five to BT who is apparently in Vegas but was with the PAX in spirit today. Triple up for triple check with boxing cockroaches while the third partner karaokes to the end of the parking lot and back. Three times. Plankorama led by Bodos for those who wanted to listen.

Time left over for some 4 corners with 4 corners of 10x merkins with various forms of running between corners. Second iteration alternate between merkins and jump squats before gathering the pax and heading back to the VSF.

Numbers (18 of them in fact), names, and then YHC took us out while a man and his dog awkwardly stared.

Moleskin
Lots of mumblechatter this morning as we had a vocal PAX. Energy level was high for an off campus field trip. YHC enjoyed the different scenery and hopes the PAX didn’t wake up too much of the neighborhood.

Great to see some old faces in a new year.

Flipper is only moderately upset with YHC for not accepting his JMU fight song challenge. Check out Facebook for his attempt to go viral.

Saab tried to get some extra stretching in but YHC surprised him with a Saab sized portion of SSHs during COP. Quick reaction time promptly got him in position to continue.

Announcements
– See DTH for tshirt orders. Countdown is on!
– Winter tour is live and free!
– Slack is free!
– JMU plays at noon on Saturday on yes, ABC

Splinter out.

10 regulars and Toga, visiting from TN, assembled for a 45momm beatdown that went something like this:

Long mosey around entire block

COP – SSHs, DQa, Copperhead Squats, Russian Soldiers, Bob & Weaves, Crab Cakes, Hand Release Merkins, Boxcutters

Mosey to side of school to Sharks & Minnows square. Partner up for Bear-i-meter

Mosey to field for Traditional 11s: Monkey Humpers & Tempo Merkins

Q passed to Toga. Mosey to pull up bars for Pull Up Pyramid to 7 & back down

Mosey to side of school, form groups of 3 for Triple Check: Wall walkers, atomic merkins, run to fence and back

YHC takes back the Q

Mosey back to Sharks & Minnows square for 2 min of Ascending Curb Crawls

Audible to stop. Find a spot in the grass for American Hammers IC & Capital Letters

Mosey back to VSF

COT: Toga took us out.

Naked Moleskin

It’s been a while since YHC Q’d a workout at 45momm, but what a treat it was…especially to see Toga in the PAX before things got started.

Splinter, thanks for mimicking YHC’s walking Russian soldier before the Bob & Weaves.

YHC would have avoided the pull ups, but they were clearly overdue. T-Claps to Bodos who knocked out the entire pyramid on his own. YHC had a spotter shortly after we got started.

Always great to engage TYA in some NFL banter after another banner season for your Washington Redskins. Apparently the Patriots won their division again this year. Yawn…

Thanks for the coffeeteria afterwards, Toga. Great catching up! And thanks for leading some of the workout without being asked beforehand!

5 Warriors looking to unload some Christmas calories posted up at Mary Munford for the day after Christmas edition of 45MOM. 5:30am, lets mosey. Around the block North of the school and back to the corner of the schoolyard for:

COP:

Helicopters x 15

SSH’s x 20

DQ’s x 10

Copperhead Squats x 10

Merkins x 10

Scorpion Kicks x 10

Reverse Scorpion Kicks x 10

LBC’s x 20

mosey over to bus loop for:

Curb Crawls:

1 Merkins, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 with bear crawl/crawl bear in between

Mosey over to the front steps of the school for:

10 Box Jumps on steps, Lunge to sidewalk, 10 WWII’s, Reverse Lunge back to steps.

20 Box Jumps on steps, Lunge to sidewalk, 20 WWII’s, Reverse Lunge back to steps.

Al Gore

mosey to the track for:

4 Corners:

10 Dips at first track obstacle

20 Dive Bomber Merkins at second obstacle

30 2-ct Flutter Kicks at third obstacle

5 Pull-Ups at fourth obstacle,

Plank-a-rama

mosey to blacktop for:

Quintuple Check:

Partner 1 runs to fence, does 10 Dwight Howards and backwards run back.

Partners 2 and 3 are doing Wilson Boxing Cockroaches

Partners 4 and 5 are doing PLT’s

Switch around so everyone does each exercise. 2 rounds.

Mosey to the corner of Cary and Commonwealth for:

Burpee Half Mile:

1 Burpee at first street lamp, 2 at second, three at third up to 10 at tenth.

Freddie Mercury’s for the six.

Mosey back to the flag and circle up for:

Merkin Ring of Fire:

PAX calls out type of merkin and everyone does 10 of that merkin

Rosie – Hand-Release Merkins

Handshake – Wide Grip Merkins

Fudd – Peter Parker Merkins

Hitchhiker – Hitchhiker Merkins

Kubota – Chuck Norris Merkins

Box Cutters x 20 IC

Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and Fudd took us out!

Announcements:

Winter Tour starts 1/1/2020

NYD Convergence at The Forge. 7am. 1/1/2020

Aisle 5 is having surgery soon. Please pray for him!

NMS:

Light attendance, but good company and fellowship at Mary this morning. It looked like it was going to be a date with YHC and Fudd being the only ones in the parking lot at 5:27. But here comes Handshake parking in Swirly’s spot, Hitchhiker on foot and Rosie coming in hot at 5:30 sharp. Great work this morning gentlemen, especially on the Burpee half mile. Thanks for the Hitchhiker’s, Hitchhiker! Have a great day, men!

Kubota

7 surly gents and one geriatric descended upon a frigid Mary to see what she had in store. This is what transpired more or less:

COP: Helicopters, DQ’s, Russian Soldiers, and Scorpion Kicks (all Gerry-friendly)

Solo Doras: 100 Merkins, 200 LBC’s, 300 Flutter Kicks. Run out and back(wards) across court after each 100.

Track run/WWII’s/Jump Squats: (It was a cluster. YHC didn’t explain it well during the workout nor will he attempt to explain it here…)

Partner up: Alternating incline merkins and Derkins while partner runs out and performs 15 dips. 3 rounds each.

Finish: A few minutes of Mary.

A Lab-Rat-esque apology for the track-triple-check. The numbers did not work well nor did the Q who attempted to explain it.

14 studs posted for Mary this morning and here is how it went down.

Long mossy to the church – warm up – helicopters – windmills – scorpion kicks – flutter kicks.

Benches : 10 Abyss merkins 10 dips – 10 close grip incline merkins = 3 sets.

Triple Check : run to the circle – once at circle bear crawl around circle the bernie sanders to the end of the road – run back to partners. Exercises – WW11’s LT. Dans.

Mossy back to Mary : plank while each pax member does as many chin ups as they can. Mossy to the other bars – merkins around the bars while 2 pax at a time do 5 pull up crunches.

Mossy back to the flag.

Announcements : Wear your Hawaiian shirt for Dogpile Magnum PI day ! See Labrat if you want in on the mile a day challenge.

Slippin Jimmy took us out.

So most of the mumble chatter revolved around TYA not being able to let go of the FACT that Thanksgiving began in Virginia . I give the dude credit he won’t give up – he sticks to his guns YHC certainly appreciates that but it’s also kinda sad cause he’s just dead wrong – oh well maybe someday he will see the light 🙂

Thanks to the pax for allowing me to lead this morning and for going along with me on a little field trip.

Swirly’s Board 12/5/19 – Tough isn’t born it’s built one rep at a time !

See y’all in the gloom..

35 Thankful posted for a pre- Thanksgiving calorie burn and history lesson.

The Thang:

Mosey to basketball court for COP. Mosey to field, suicide 11’s with Merkins and LBC, Mosey to side of field for triple check. Mosey to tennis courts for animal walk with merkings, stay at tennis courts for four corners. Mosey to side field for 6 minutes of Mary, to shovel flag for COT. TYA took us out.

NMM

Always good to have a Thanksgiving day beatdown. Perfect morning for a workout and a great pre thanksgiving day calorie burn. I spent a little time on Thanksgiving history today, but honestly, I am good with any thanksgiving day celebration. We all have so much to be thankful for that we take for granted on a daily basis, that any day that allows us to reflect on that is a good day.

Lots of folks heading off post workout to a turkey trot. At least four races were attended by F3 folks. Several were at the traditional UofR 10k, four or five folks were at the Salisbury 5k, Bleeder and family were at the 5k at CCV and Handshake and his folks were at a neighborhood 5k. Out of town, our Swirly ran a 5k at the Homestead, not sure it was the hard way or a straight run, but i am sure he slayed it.

Thanks to Hardywood (and Upchuck) for Coffee post workout. A great Thanksgiving day tradition that I hope will last. Folks lingered at the AO for sometime to catch up and start the day off right. One notable absentee was Circle K. If you notice in the PAX list his daughter, 7-11, posted, but CK was no where in sight. She had gotten up for the workout, but dad was still asleep, so she headed to the AO on her own. Love it.

TYA Out

13 strong posted to Mary this morning and here is how it went down.

Mossy – warm up – SSH’s Iw’s, scorpion kicks , LBC’s.

Black Top : Polar bears to the fence – 10 donkey kicks lunge back – bear crawl to fence 10. donkey kicks sprint back. Teams of three for a triple check run the perimeter of the black top – merkins – LT. Dans .

Track: partner up – run opposite ways meet up – 10 booyah merkins – run to finish line 10 booyah merkins . Repeat run opposite way – exercise 10 plerkins – run to finish line – 10 plerkins .

Pull up bars/ rings : partner up – 1 start at pull up bars 5 pull ups other partner at the ring bars – 5 pull up crunches – repeat for 10 minutes .

Benches : partner up : partner 1 Abyss merkins partner 2 run to the dip bars – 10 dips run back to partner – two times.

Curb : 20 Rocky style foot taps – drop – 20 merkins

Mossy to the flag.

Great job guys – thanks for letting me lead. Glad to see Saabski back in RVA! Best wishes to Lugnut in his upcoming race – you’re ready buddy go gettem! Thanks to Bodo’s for taking us out this morning and to Bleeder for recording the pax.

See y’all in the gloom

A skeptical nine struggled through the mental fog of the morning. Was it Friday run day? Turns out it’s Thursday.

Off to the side of the school for COP. Some Helicopters, Russian Soldiers, SSH, Don Quixote, and 20 WWII.

Over to the picnic area for 11s with abyss merkins on the picnic tables and Lt Dans. Swirly discusses the multitude of workouts one can do with a picnic table.

Mosey to the back track for 4 Corners.

Corner 1 – 10 dips

Corner 2 – 20 PLT

Corner 3 – 10 leg lifts on the bars

Corner 4 – 20 Boxing Cockroaches

Three times through.

Over to the wall for Chicken Peckers – work down the line and perform 10 when its your turn.

Time for a Triple Check

• Partner 1 – Karaoke the blacktop, 3 burpees, and karaoke back
• Partner 2 – Elbow Plank
• Partner 3 – BTTW

Back to the flag for a quick ring of fire and Swirly takes us out.

Lockjaw