10 stallions (5 from SOJ) braved the 10 degree forecast to find a sunny and 70 45mommm ready to be tamed. Dr. Tryhard planted a shovel flag in the frozen tundra of the near West End, the pax observed the beauty of the celestial alignment of 2 planets and the moon, and YHC called time to go. The james-river-passport-stamp-worthy beatdown went something like this: THANG Mosey around perimeter of entire AO to assemble at corner at Grove for COP: SSH, DQ, Copperhead Squats, Russian Soldiers, Tempo Merkins, Hello Dollies, Dying Cock Roaches All of the above was performed in cadence…unless…

Eighteen NFC fans posted at 45MOM to discuss all things Rams. Here’s what we talked about: COP: Invisible jump rope / IJR left leg only / IJR right leg only. On your six. Flat on the ground. Arms above your head. Flutter kick position. Now assume merkin position. Recover – just for you TYA. SSHs / Hillbillies. Sammy Sosa (Marmaduke calls it The Prostitute. I call is baseball. Sammy Sosa seems like a fair compromise): Home Plate: hold :60 elbow plank. First Base: 10 burpees. Second Base: 20 merkins. Third Base: 30 american hammers (2-count). Home Plate: 40 WWIIs. Start at HP and hold :60 elbow plank. Run to first base,…

18 of the finest men showed at 45MOM for a beatdown that went something like this: Mosey to field for disclaimer and no COP. Mosey to tennis courts. Wilt Chamberlains – run length of all four tennis courts and perform 100 LBCs.  Run back for 100 squats.  Run back for 100 flutterkicks (2 count).  Run back for 100 lunges (50 each leg) Merkin Ladder-perform 10 merkins and run length of all 4 tennis courts to perform 9 merkins.  Repeato until PAX reaches 1 merkin. Doracides-Partner up.  While 1 partners completes exercises the other partner is running suicides across all tennis…

20 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  If there was ever a time for a proper barn dance to celebrate all that is glorious in our fair commonwealth, then today is that day.  According to the rave reviews on the blog Square Dancing History, it went a little something like this. COP IC X 20:  SSH, CP, WWII, FC, IW.  IC X 10: HRM, HRM LL, HRM RL. Arm circle X 1 RIPFD Mosey to tennis courts Bear Crawl Suicide:  Line up facing the empty four courts.  Bear crawl to the first court midline and run backwards…

A double dozen warriors of the gloom, including a couple from North Carolina and a New Year’s Day FNG, came out for a wet workout. Mosey to Sarah’s Corner for COP. DRM Helicopters Imperial Walkers SSH Jog it back to the soccer fields for 11s using the trees as guides.  The exercises were Diamond Merkins and Box Cutters. PLTs – 3×20 Indigenous People Lunge – Make a column and lunge walk across the soccer field.  The six bear crawls to the front of the column. Perform 16 Boo-Yah Merkins and mosey to the tennis courts for ascending 4 corners. Corner…

25 brave and willing men including some visitors from NC for the 3rd time this week, arrived at Mary Mumford to enjoy Spit-mania for the forth day. This how it went down Mosey to the blacktop COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, Merkins, LBC’s, Dying Cockroach, Arm Circles THANG Mosey to the far corner of the soccer field 4×4 Ladder – Start at the first corner complete 1 4×4 then run to the next corner then complete 2 4×4’s. Rinse and Repeat until 12 4×4’s (Q’s called audible at 10) Mosey to the track Catch Me If You Can – Partner up,…

A legal eighteen came for the unlimited buffet of workouts this morning.  YHC opened on time ready to serve the hungry. Mosey to the front of the school for COP.  Quick inventory of wounded and injured. 10 burpees OYO to quiet the mumble chatter between Saab and Swirly discussing aches and pains SSH Helicopters Crabcakes Imperial Walkers Russian Soldiers Off to the side of the school for Lindsays: Dips and Donkey Kicks A brief stroll to the back of the school for Triple Check. Partner 1 – Karaoke to the fence and perform three burpees.  Karaoke back. Partner 2 &…

22 Studs started and eventually evolved into 23 toward the end of a great morning beat down at Mary Munford School.  The following is what occurred, more or less: Nice quick mosey down Commonwealth to Hanover to Westmoreland back to the Northern corner of the school grounds for : COP: Cotton Pickers x 20 (YHC gets hit with snowball, nobody claimed it) Don Quixote x 10 Copperhead Squats x 15 Pickle Pounders x 15 Scorpion Kicks x 15 Mosey to the front of the school and use the candles in the windows for light for a: TRIPLE CHECK: Partner 1…

18 Studs posted this morning in the crisp cold gloom and here is how it went down. COP : SSH’s, Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s, Flutter Kicks, APD’s, LBC’s. Tree Work : one the short side of the field – 5 hand release merkins at each tree – long side of the field 5 merkins each tree – short side of the field 5 Chuck Norris merkins at each tree. Wilson’s Boxing Cockroach – 3 set’s of 20. Triple Check : run the perimeter of the black top – LT Dans, Cap Thor’s Polarbears to the fence – donkey kicks run back…

The Gumbo was packaged up for a trip across the Rivah this morning to be served, COLD, to 18 other fine gentlemen (mostly), including 1 FNG, at 45MOM, here are the side dishes that were served with the Gumbo: Mosey to and around the basketball courts to get the blood flowing…wait, still cold? Ok, 25 Burpees OYO to match the initial reading on YHC’s car this morning at 0450.  Now the blood is flowing. Continue with a S-T-A-C-H-E COP, including: SSHs x20 Tempo Merkins x20 (good thing the number of the day today was not 40 – YHC is still…