Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

Seventeen steely eyed quants gathered at the hardpan known as 45 Minutes of Mary for a brief discussion on biscuits and the ‘ville where they are made. No time for questions, off the Q went with nary a sound. Regardless, the hoi palloi followed to home plate for a welcome, disclaimer, and reminder that the only barrier to entry is counting to 20. The following recap is close enough to reality:

COP
Don Quixote x10
Burpee x1
Copperhead Squats x15
Burpee x2
American Hammers x20
Burpee x3
Swimmers x10
Burpee x4
High Knees x15
Burpee x5
Imperial Walkers x20
Burpee x6
Freddie Mercuries x20
Burpee x7
Jump Squats x10
Burpee x8
Something else xSome number
Burpee x9
Something else xSome number
Burpee x10

The Thang
Quick mosey over to the tennis court (since the field was occupied) and line up on the sideline for repeating line drills. Lines were the spaces between the courts + the end line on the far side. Every time you get to a “line” you stop and do an exercise. After each line drill perform various plankorama formations. Exercises were:

Merkins x10
Mountain Climbers – 2 count x10
Jump Squats x10
WWIIs x10
Burpees x5

Gallop over to the school for today’s variation of triple check. People’s Chair, LBCs, and the pace car bear crawled to the end of the world and back.

Four minutes of mary including V-ups, speed round of APDs, American Hammers, and Flutter Kicks.

Dart back to the flag where we all rung out our shirts and gloves, gathered for a counting exercise to 17 and then declared our F3 given names. YHC took us out with thoughts and prayers to all in our PAX that are recovering but specifically Viral. Keep him in your prayers.

Moleskin
YHC was performing his pre-workout ritual before leaving the house for WDog yesterday when he noticed that somehow the Mary Q was open for the following day. So YHC jumped on it, not having Q’d mary in quite some time. It was a pleasure to lead.

Speaking of pleasures, YHC gathered there were many pleasures out there today. Grunts, groans, and many thanks for the burpee count today. Evenly spaced out, YHC believes they weren’t too bad today.

Great to see TYA and Marv this morning. YHC thinks we were close to naming Marv’s dog from his FNG appearance 9 days ago but alas, still no declared name. Suggestions following some of the greatest calls in sports history will continue… to Vinny’s delight.

Way to push through everyone, not a great day for a high intensity workout.

YHC declares a moratorium on biscuit talk pre-workout.

Announcements
Puppy Pile at 7:05 on 9/28.
Retreat next weekend. Meet Vinny at the Lowes on 360 at 11am or text him for address.

Peace out fellas. Big Data is still watching…

17 gathered in the gloom at 45MOM this morning. In honor of all our kids returning to school, YHC decided to organize our routines around modifications of classic playground recess games. Here’s how it went down:

COP: SSHx25 // DQx20 // Helicoptersx10 // LBCsx15 // American Hammersx15 // Crabcakesx15

1st Playground Game: HOT LAVA: Triple Check. Partner 1: Hot Lava (Abyss) Merkins // Partner 2: WW2s on the tables // Parter 3: 2-count High Kneesx50

2nd Playground Game: FOUR SQUARE: Teams of 4 in each 4-square court, 1 guy in each square. 10 merkins, then shuffle counter clockwise to the next square. 10 wide grip merkins, then shuffle. 10 diamond merkins, then shuffle. 10 hitchhikers.

3rd Playground Game: STEAL THE BACON: Mosey to the field. YHC calls out a number 1 through 10, Pax then sprints to the tree of said number, performs said number of burpees, then sprints back to the start line. YHC then calls another number, and so forth.

4th Playground Game: DODGEBALL: Mosey to tennis courts, divide into 2 teams. Classic Dodgeball. If hit, run to the end of the courts, perform 5 burgess, run back and re-join the game. Team wins with most number of players on the court at the end of the time. Pax played 2 games, both games tied. Trophies for everyone!

Mosey back to the Flag for COP: LBCs // Heels to Heaven // Rosalitas // 6 inches

COT: Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out.

NMS: It was pretty dark for dodgeball, but just light enough to see the ball whizzing toward your face. Good fun all around. Welcome Shaka from Charleston, evacuated here for the hurricane. Prayers for you and Charleston. Great work men!

20 determined alpha males posted for a mild workout on a lovely Thursday morning.

The Thang

Mosey to bus circle. Ascending/descending curb crawls to five. Mosey to corner, 20 SSH, 10 Don Quixotes, 20 LBC, 10 windmills, and 16 imperial walkers, Mosey down grove towards 3 chopt. Take a left into the alley behind the apartments, stopping to do some more merkins. Mosey the parking lot at First Pres Church (I can’t possibly spell presbyterian correctly). Teams of three for a triple check, run the parking lot, SSH and WWII setups. Mosey to parking spaces for a prisoner round or 4, merkins, copper head squats, jump squats and WWII situps. Mosey to other side of parking lot. Teams of two, one guy runs across the parking lot backwards both ways, other guys does monkey jumpers (thanks Splinter) . Mosey to back parking lot for a triple check. Run around the lot, WWII, and you guessed it SSH’s. Mosey to corner of Grove. 10 SSH and 10 WWII on your own. Back to the shovel flag and finish the beatdown.

NMM

Great work today guys. Yesterday at the BRR meeting someone mentioned I was Q’ing today and someone asked which church we were going to, Reveille or Dover Baptist. I woke up at 3am today and couldn’t fall back to stleep, so I had to find another church to go off site to. So on the way to the AO, I scouted out First Pres. Good news is there is plenty of parking lot there, bad news, there is almost no grass at all.

Lots of mumble chatter once I got stuck on the SSH and WWII setups. Therefore, I decided that I would keep with the exercises since everyone seemed to like them. By the end some of the PAX were convinced I was trying to make some kind of point about the merkin workout last week – not true. Others, folks that I thought were veteran leader type guys (SAAB and ROSIE in particular) just wanted to complain. The complaining did nothing but make more steadfast in my commitment to these two exercises (Swirly I am sure liked the consistency and commitment).

Great to meet Butterfly this morning. Dude had “Doctor Brooks” as a professor at VCU. He wholly endorsed “Doctor Brooks” professing skills. As such, a bunch of the PAX spent ten minutes trying to discredit “Doctor Brooks” (lots of talk about his Seinfeld shoes, upright alabama prom dates, and other of his unique approaches to exercise). Roxanne also posted for his second workout at Mary. Good to have him back out there.

Little bit of a crisis at the end the workout as Rosie could not get his car started. We were at a little bit of a disadvantage because neither Bleeder or Lug were there to rescue the situation. Being good learners though, we did hydrate the battery and reset the ground. To no avail, Rosies vehicle would not start. Since the auto parts store opened at 7am, he was shuttled there for a new battery. His car did start and he was able to get it to a shop, but his power steering wasn’t working. It was hilarious watching him try to wrestle his car through a three point turn to get out of the parking lot.

Great day to Everyone. TYA OUT

12 of Richmond’s finest met Mary to dust off the cobwebs and start the day

COP: SSH’s, Don Quixote’s, Merkins, LBC’s, Scorpion Kicks

Mosey to back parking lot at Reveille

Triple Check: Partner 1 does Dips on the Picnic Tables, Partner 2 Flutter Kicks, Partner 3 Run to down the parking lot to the wall and Bernie Sanders back.

Four Corner, ascending: Corner 1: Hand Release Merkins, Corner 2 Merkins + Flutter Kids, Corner 3: Merkins, Flutter, and Mountain Climbers, Corner 4: Merkins, Flutter, Mountain Climbers, and SSH’s. Rinse and Repeat starting from the top and descending.

Mosey back to Mary

Pull Up Bars: everybody circles up. Man # 1 Does a form of 10 pull ups while everyone else does WWII’s. Rotate until everyone has completed their 10 pull ups.

Announcements: Puppy Pile this week at 7:05 at Dogpile

NMS: it was a nice morning today, smaller crew than normal at Mary. Today is Mr. Holland’s 2 year anniversary with F3. He texted YHC yesterday to say he had tweaked his back and needed some coverage. YHC was honored to take the Q since YHC doesn’t lead enough and needs his hand forced at times. There wasn’t much mumble chatter except Saab and TYA. Drew (FNG) is a buddy of YHC’s and today he accepted an open invitation from a few months ago. Todays’ backblast pile comes from a conversation overheard from Swirly. For those of you that don’t know, Swirly is competitive, very competitive. YHC overheard Swirly saying something about never losing at exercising, and then the conversation went downhill from there to non-publishable levels, it was funny. SYITG

What started as an evening idea that got passed around to a few amigos, developed into a plan of action…a plan of destiny. For today there would be some redemption and soreness. Saab arrived with a heart full of enthusiasm and vigor. According to legend it went a little something like this.

Mosey to other side of the parking lot and Swirly started us off.

4 Corners

Corner #1 5 X 10 sets of merkins, corner #2 5 X 10 sets of merkins, corner #3 2 X 25 sets of merkins and corner #4 5 x 10 sets of merkins. Merkin Count (MC) at 200.

Merkin Ring of Fire

Each pax calls our a merkin style and completes 5. All pax complete the assigned merkins. 5 X 14 pax for 75 merkins. The extra 5 was from our buddy Tater Hole.

MC = 275 Pass to Kubota

Super 21

Start at one end of the field and complete 3 rounds of the prescribed exercise. Round #1 is 3 sets of 12, round #2 is 3 sets of 11, round #3 is 3 sets of 10, etc until completion with round #12 and 3 sets of 1. All the exercises were merkins for a total of 234 merkins. Fun fact; the last run was done with burpees

MC =509 Pass to Hardywood

Touch a Tree

At each tree complete 10 merkins. First round had 7 trees. The second round had 6 trees. Total of 130 Merkins

MC=639

Glutes For Gluttony For A Cause

5 round of 10 lunges and 10 merkins. 50 merkins total.

MC=689 Pass to Vinny

Parking Lot Pariah

In any order, touch each of the 12 cars and complete 15 merkins at each. Merkin total 180.

MC=819

Merkin Ring of Fire

Complete 5 merkins, per pax (15) and go all the way around 2 times. Merkin total 140.

Wrap it up with a little Superman for the neighborhood.

MC RX=959

Official MC=859

Namerama, numberama and Beach Ready Kubota took us out.

Moleskin: This hurt so good. Big ups to the Potato Crew™ for being committed today and for the second week in a row, the 45MOM crew brought a huge effort. The official count is 859, though there were 959 prescribed. There were a few merkins that didn’t fully make it into the Ring of Fire. That count feels correct as a pax.

News: Please keep Wojo and his family in your thoughts and prayers. See Vinny to put a little something in the offering.

Big surprise the Corn Hole Tournament and the F3 Retreat has gotten complicated and some additional rules. Now you gotta partner with somebody from a different nano region, whose birth name and F3 name combine to form anagram of your favorite Redskin player or your Safe Word.

Puppy Pile on 8/24. Bring your kid to this and let them know that you are more than just the dude in their house telling them to get off their screens and clean their rooms. Saab has volunteered to give “the talk”, please see him for the signup sheet.

It was the best of merkins, it was the worst of merkins. According to the Windsor Farms Merkin Alert Reddit Subgroup Instagram Influencer E-Sports LinkedIn Premium page, it went a little something like this.

COP – All exercises IC X 10

Merkin, SSH, Merkin, DQ, Merkin, Squat, LBC, Merkin, FC, Merkin

Merkin Count (MC) = 100

Tennis Court Taint

Mosey to courts and run to the space between the courts to the end (4 total). At the first stop to 5 exercises, next do 10, next do 15, next do 20 and complete 4 rounds total, waiting for the pax at the conclusion of each round.

Round 1 Merkins

Round 2 LBC

Round 3 Merkins

Round 4 Squats

MC=100 + 100

Mosey to the basketball courts

Four Corners Escalating

Round 1: Run to the 1st corner and complete 10 merkins then run back to start.

Round 2: Run to the 1st corner complete 10 merkins, run to the 2nd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers, run to the 1st corner and complete 10 merkins then run back to start.

Round 3: Run to the 1st corner complete 10 merkins, run to the 2nd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers, run to the 3rd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers + 10 two count flutter kicks, run to the 2nd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers, run to the 1st corner and complete 10 merkins then run back to start.

Round 4: Run to the 1st corner complete 10 merkins, run to the 2nd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers, run to the 3rd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers + 10 two count flutter kicks, run to the 4th corner for 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers + 10 flutter kicks + 10 WWII, run to the 3rd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers + 10 two count flutter kicksrun to the 2nd corner and complete 10 merkins + 10 two count American Hammers, run to the 1st corner and complete 10 merkins then run back to start.

MC=200 + 160

Merkin Beast

Round 1: Regular Merkin

Round 2: Wide Grip Merkin

Round 3: Diamond Merkin

Round 4: Left Leg Up Merkin

Round 5: Right Leg Up Merkin

Round 6: Hand Release Merkins

MC=360 + 216

MC=576

Mosey back to the flag.

Numberama, namerama, Gumbo took us out

Moleskin – In order to write this BB, YHC is simply smashing my face into the keys hoping to make something legible. Way to work today fellas. The merkins were of high quality, the mumble chatter was kept to a minimum and we got to WORK!

Perspective is an interesting thing. At the close of the COT, YHC reflected and thought there was no way more could have been done. It seemed like every available minute was spent doing merkins of the highest quality with a balance of minimal recovery so we could do as many as possible in the alotted 45 minutes. YHC could not have been more wrong. The Forge crew banged out an impressive 660 perscribed merkins. This is a good thing. Their creativity and effort became an obstacle to our victory. YHC was reminded of a favorite quote by Marcus Aurelius:

“Our actions may be impeded, but there can be no impeding our intentions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and coverts to its own purpose the obstacle to our acting. The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”

YHC is getting that tingly feeling just thinking about how many merkins can be completed by an entire pax in 45 minutes. Game on.

Hardywood

16 RVA regulars, and two F3 travelers arrived for a refreshing Mary beatdown.

THE THANG

Dr Tryhard lead one Arm Circle before tossing the Q to YHC.

Mosey to field
Shark Week disclaimer

20x SSH
10X Merkins
30X LBC’s
15X Arm Circles

Mosey to church Field
SUPERMAN

Curb Crawl

Mosey to Pool
Shoes & socks off
Search and Rescue Plank – Ring of Fire
Retrieve Plates, La Crosse balls, Torpedos & Half Dollars

100X Wet World War II’s

Shoes back on,
Mosey back to the Flag

Swiper took us out

Moleskin

Special thanks to Dr Tryout for lending me his Q. Kubota, I hope the shark bite heals quickly.

YHC appreciates everyone allowing me to bring this unique workout to RVA. My neighbors didn’t greet us a the gate this year; but he sends his regards.( I invited him yesterday)

Impromptu Coffeeteria
Special thanks to Hardywood for providing coffee and Cups for the group to enjoy. YHC, Greenbow, Flashdance, and Hardywood enjoyed the extended discussion on family trips, time away, and new oppurtunites that come about from time listening, and improving that skill.( at least that is what I thought I heard)

Announcements

Dr Tryhard hosting a Poker night this Saturday – contact him if you are interested – card Sharks welcome

Thoughts and Prays for Helix’s Daughter and TYA’s Brother

20 men and 1 young lady showed up to Mary Munford to find out what kind of beatdown was planned and this is what they found:

Mosey to blacktop and line up along near side. SSH and butt kickers to far side of blacktop. DQs and high knees across blacktop. Helicopters and karaoke to other side.

Mosey to west side of field and line up. Run to first tree and perfomr 1 WWII. run back to starting position and perform 1 merkins. Run to second tree and perform 2 WWII. Run back to starting position to perform 2 merkins. Repeato for all 11 trees.

Mosey down sidewalk to corner nearest Windsor Farms for Light Pole Burpees. At first light pole perform 1 burpee. Run to second light for to perform 2 burpees. Repeato for all 10 light poles.

Mosey around the block the long way to the tennis courts for suicides. Regular suicide followed by 25 LBCs. Ascending burpees suicide followed by 25 LBCs. Mosey to side of school for Chicken Pecker Ring of Fire. Starting on both sides each PAX perform 5 Chicken Peckers and pass to next PAX.

Mosey back to VSF for 2 minutes of holding six inches.

Numberama, Namearama and 7-11 took us out with a prayer.

Be intentional. Get it Done today and everyday gentleman.

Circle K

9 duffers and one prospective member set their sights on hoisting the F3 Jug as the 10 embarked on the Championship at the Munford Club. Aligned with a similar schedule to the Open currently being held across the pond, this morning featured 1 (main) practice and 4 tournament rounds, each serving with a Par of 72.

Driving Range/COP

Mosey to grassy patch east of the tennis courts to hit some shag balls

Scoring Par on Holes 1 thru 4 at Portrush yields a 16 = 16 Burpees

F3 Welcome, Moniker, Disclaimer.

Practice shots included SSH, DQs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins. Loose? Let’s Mosey.

The Thang

Par 3 Tourney/Practice Round

Mosey to the outdoor dip bars/mulch bed. Some semblance of a OYO Triple Check. YHC fumbled the instructions, but remember, this was a practice round. Kudos to Slippin Jimmy on banging out Bar Dips.

• 12 Merkins
• 12 Dips
• 12 Jump Squats
• Repeato

Scoring Par on holes 5-8 yields at 17 = 17 Burpees as a PAX, 33 through 8

Tourney Time – Couple of Par 4 (Corners)

Mosey to the blacktop for 2 rounds of 4 corners. Run in between stations

• First Corner – 18 Hand Release Merkins
• Second Corner – 18 Jump Squats
• Third Corner – 18 Monkey Humpers (should have audibled to gopher humpers)
• 4th Corner – 18 Box Cutters
• Repeato

Option to elect a caddie/partner for Holes 9-12. Par yields 16 more burpees, 49 through 12.

Modified Big 11s called out at 8s but were actually Big 9s – Par 5 Length

Mosey to the sideline of the big “football” field.

8 Merkins/ 1 WW II Sit Ups and work to the end of the spectrum. Run the length of the field in between sets. Felt like we chased that little white ball around all morning. Should have yielded 36 Merkins and 36 WWIIs.

PAX was in? Handshake with a 20 count before the PAX crested Holes 13-15.

11 more strokes for 11 more burpees, score is 60 through 15.

Indigenous Peoples Run/Highlander Scoot along Cary Street, the block Wesmoreland and the block of Grove back to the Pin. Circle up to honor YHC’s score for the last round of golf YHC played (best ever, may never repeat).

• 24 flutter kicks
• 24 alabama prom dates
• 24 LBCs
• 16 Reverse Crunches

Last 3 holes on par yielded a 12 evening out the final round at 72 Burpees.

Finished strong with Merkin (different variation each PAX member) Ring of Fire.

Scorecard:

Practice Round – 72

• R1 – Par 4 – 72
• R2 – Par 4 – 72
• R3 – Par 5 – 72
• R4 – Burpees – 72
• Ring of Fire: 100 YHC’s New Goal of # of rounds played each year (have a long way to go).

Announcements:

• HDHH Next Week
• Puppy pile not hosted by Marv this Saturday?
• Early Risers this Saturday. Mumble chatter suggests start around when the first golfers tee off EST?
• Prayer Requests – Vinny and Slippin Jimmy’s Fellow Swim Team Parent, P-Trap and Red Tape’s friend Alexandra (concussion), Exit Row on speedy recovery
• P-Trap took us out.

Welcome Red Tape. Great to have you join in for the fun this morning. Look forward to seeing you post again.

Was a pleasure to lead this morning, Gentleman. Hope y’all enjoyed the theme.

Eleven ESPY watchers posted for 45 MOJ (Minutes Of Jena). Blood flow was on the brain. Here’s how we worked it out.

Foreplay: Backwards mosey to COP – Imperial Walkers / Helicopters / Arm Circles / Alabama Prom Dates / Scorpion Kicks

Hubba Hubba: Cult of Personality (was called). Three rounds of 12 minute sets. Each round has two unique exercises. 15/15 10/10 5/5. Traverse to the other side and back. AMRAP.

Round 1: Merkins and 2-count Mountain Climbers. Run across field and back.

Round 2: Rosalitas and Hello Dollies. Bear Crawl across tennis court and crab walk back.

Round 3: Jump squats and SSHs. Karaoke across black top and back.

Roll Over: Circle Up on the USA map for COP. Merkin Ring of Fire. Each PAX calls 5 merkins, completed by PAX in cadence.

Walk of Shame – BTTF

YHC took us out.

Announcements: Labor Day Convergence brought to you by SOJ. Rack up your double rewards mileage points between now and then. HDHH coming up later this month. Kubota has the conch.

Please sign up for the Retreat and Corn hole tournament if you plan to attend and participate. See the Pre-Blast for further information.

NMS: KISS – Today we were given a chance to perform. It was boring at times. It was testing at times. It was fun at times. Let us not take these opportunities for granted. Live for, and enjoy every moment. Push yourself. Don’t hurt yourself. Don’t Cheat Yourself.

On a lighter note, TYA and Saab were in rare, rare form this morning. If you haven’t seen what ole Jena was wearing the last two evenings, take a look see. But not on a government issued device.