Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

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 courts.  As a team complete 100 merkins, 200 WWIIs, and 30 squats.

Run to field for Tunnel of Love until audibled due to time.  Mosey back tot he flag for 90 seconds of APDs and Freddie Mercuries.

Numberama, Namearama, and YHC took us out with a quick prayer.

NMS: Not much mumblechatter this morning.  During the Wilt Chamberlains, a broom was passed down the line while everybody was doing the LBCs.  Not sure where the broom came from but it was pretty funny.  As we lined up on the field for TOL, Bleeder asked YHC if YHC saw the Field Closed sign.  YHC replied what sign and he pointed out the sign that was right in front of the PAX.  It was dark.  During the COT, YHC mentioned the many blessing all of us have in our lives.  The verse of the day on my Bible app today reads:

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.  James 1:17

Circle K

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 to start.  Bear crawl to the first court far sideline and run backwards.  Bear crawl to the second court midline and run backwards.  Follow this pattern until you have bear crawled to the fourth court end line.

Ode to Bobby Hurley and not Christian Laettner:  Facing south on the courts and starting at one end, skip horizontally to the end of the fourth court and complete 1 Bobby Hurley.  Still facing the same way horizontally skip back the start.  Go back to the fourth court to the second line from the end and complete 2 Bobby Hurley’s, then back to the start.  Do this formula for success until you have completed 10 Bobby Hurley’s or blown out your knees.

Do-Si-Do The Hard Way:  Fun fact, while Kliff Kingsbury was the Texas Tech starting QB and hitting on YHC’s now wife in English class, YHC was perfecting the lost art of calling a square dance.  Seeing as Kliff got a new venue to share his talents, YHC would like to do the same here. Cue fiddle music:

Take your partner round and round,

Make four stops and hit the ground.

 

In the first corner here’s what you’ll see.

10 boo ya merkins and 5 burpees..

Now toss those legs up to 20 times,

Then to the next stop for a few more rhymes.

 

At the next corner you’ll do-si-do,

And find a new partner to be your bro.

Repeat the exercises 123,

And move real quick just like the breeze.

 

Repeat these steps at all four stops,

It’s too cold to wear flip-flops.

When you find the end I think you’ll know,

You’ll see your buddies and spill merlot.

 

Run back to Old Glory to end our game,

Then count your numbers and say your name.

Dr. Tryhard grabbed the fellas and led us out,

And that’s how we ended this workout.

 

News:

• Puppypile is on 1/26 at 7:05am.  This is important.  Show your kids you are tough.  It’s also important to see how tough your kids are.  Do this.
• There’s a whole lot of rucking going on.  See Marmaduke, Honeymoon or Wilson for details.
• Dr. Tryhard has his VQ next Tuesday.  Apparently it’s an all Shakeweight workout.  Should make one hell of a backblast and deposition.
• If we weren’t impressed enough, Dr. Tryhard is launching a new AO on 4/4 at Hugenuts High School called The Forge.  See him for details.
• Well, looky here another announcement from Dr. Tryhard.  He’s working on a custom shirt order with the good folks at Mud Gear. Next thing you know he’ll be doing the lords work in some third world country.
• Keep Opus and his family in your thoughts and prayers.  The surgery for his M went good.  That is the first step of many. TClaps to Circle K and Lab Rat for taking the lead on ensuring his sidewalk and driveway are clean this weekend.

Moleskin:  YHC learned this morning that we have multiple people who have lost weight greater than or equal to Swirly’s Monster Mode vest.  Posh, Vinny and Handshake are on that list.  Give them a high five, but no carbs.

Make it a good one fellas.  It’s nobody else’s job but yours.

Dig a little deeper, get it all out and be super.

Cheers,

Hardywood

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 1 – 10 VUps
• Corner 2 – 10 VUps, 20 American Hammers
• Corner 3 – 10 VUps, 20 American Hammers, 30 LBCs
• Corner 4 – 10 VUps, 20 American Hammers, 30 LBCs, 40 Flutter Kicks

Over to the blacktop for Triple Check

• Run to the fence, perform 3 Burpees and run back
• Elbow Plank
• BTTW

Make a large circle on the blacktop for Honey Moon Suite IC

• Monkey Humpers
• Dive Bombers
• APDs
• Pickle Pounders

While in the large circle perform 10 Merkins while the Pax planks, lighting up the Ring of Fire from opposing sides.

Back to the VSF where Shakedown took us out.

Moleskin

Perfect day for embracing the gloom and getting wet and muddy up front in the workout.  A fair amount of mumble chatter this morning with Saab not getting to do Don Quixotes as a result of too much talk.  By the 4 corners, not a word was said, so I will take that as success.

Dive Bombers have a different cadence than other workouts.  Perhaps it is a 5 count?  Either way, the reset call got us back to position.  The Honeymoon Suite never disappoints either.

Announcements:

• Puppy Pile – Later this month.  Not this weekend, but before February.  Ollivander is on point.
• Grow Ruck – See Honey Do for details or the pre-blast.  Sign up and enjoy the suck.

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

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, First partner starts running backwards around the track while second partner completes 5 WWII Sit-Ups then runs to the first partner. Switch, Rinse and Repeat till back at the start

Catch us If You Can – In groups of 3, Two partners start partner carrier around the track while 3rd partner does 5 Heels to Haven. Switch, Rinse and Repeat till back at the start.

Mosey to the pull up area

Burp Up Ring of Fire – PAX holds plank and does exercises IC on Q’s count while Two (then Three because of time) complete 5 Burp Ups.

Mosey back to the SF

Numberama, Namerama, and Announcements. YHC took us out

MOLESKIN

Another Q day for YHC and this was probably included the must mumble chatter of the week. No surprise considering the PAX members that were present.

Glad to have some visitors from NC again today. Welcome back anytime fellas!

As Lab Rat would say apologizes go out to the all the PAX today for the 4×4’s and running over a minute and half. YHC was feeling very ambitious today.

Glad to have Fudd out this week. Have a safe trip back West sir!

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Marmaduke is still collecting coats. Up to 90 from what we heard. Let’s get him to 100!

SPIT ON THAT!! 

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 & 3 – Plerkins

Line up on the school wall for a Line of Fire Chicken Peckers; 10 reps.

Mosey back to the field for B.O.M.B.S.

• Partner 1 – Run the length of the field and back
• Partner 2 – 50 burpees, 100 SSH, 150 merkins, 200 LBC, 250 squats

PLT – 3 sets of 20 reps

Indigenous people run back to the VSF.  YHC took us out.

Moleskin

Good use of the AO today, spending a little time here and there.  Saab was full of mumble chatter, even after the burpees.  The zenith being his proclamation that “he smells chicken peckers” when YHC instructed the Pax to line up on the wall.  Interesting.

BOMBS never disappoint the crowd, mixing in some abs at the end to counteract the holiday cheer.  Speaking of cheer, it was great to grab some coffee with the Pax post workout.  Hardywood is already scheming up adventures for the Pax and 2.0s in the new year.

Announcements:

• Book signing will be in the new year.  Hardywood will notify when it is time.

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New Years.  Stay safe for those traveling and come back with great holiday stories.

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

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 bear crawls from school wall to sidewalk, perform 5 merkins, then crawl bear back to partners

Partner 2 is on the receiving end of Wilson’s Boxing Dying Cockroaches

Partner 3 is on the ground distributing the punches to Partner 2.

Al Gore for the 6

mosey to asphalt for:

11’s:

Begin with 1 Carolina Dry Dock then run across asphalt to fence and perform 10 Dwight Howard’s on fence, run back and do 2/9…….until 10/1

Plank-a-rama for the six

mosey over to the pull-up bars and plank up around the border for:

BURP-UP RING OF FIRE:

Two PAX at a time complete 5 Burp-Ups with as best form as possible, while rest of PAX does:

Plank-a-rama, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s, Box Cutters, Heels to Heaven and Al Gore

pair up for:

2×20 PLT’s each partner

2×10 Plerkins each partner

One minute to go, back to the flag!

COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements and YHC took us out.

 

Announcements:

Hardywood’s daughter’s book signing is now on Wednesday Dec.19th from 5:30-7:00 at Crossroads Coffee Shop on Forest Hill Avenue.  She is having her star dedication on the RVA walk of fame later that night.

HDHH at Capital Ale House – Midlothian on Wednesday Dec. 19th (time??)  So that means drinks at HDHH then Uber/Lyft over to book signing then to Hardywood’s house for night cap!

Please keep Gumbo’s daughter in your prayers as she is having an MRI tomorrow to hopefully be clear of concussion symptoms.

Pucker’s Birthday is tomorrow!

 

NMS:

Nice morning for a beat down.  Temperature was better than recent mornings, though the ice was still prevalent.  PAX rolled in ready to work.  YHC had to abandon Big Blue to make room for Bleeder(6 PAX in Big Blue is just to many, 5 is comfortable if one of them is TYA).  Nice little jog at the beginning to get the blood flowing and then to COP where TYA mumbled that we could have just walked over by the bus loop.  YHC was hit with a snowball while doing cadence on Cotton Pickers, YHC didn’t flinch.  Couple more snowballs were spotted traveling to other PAX members.  Sarah slept through COP.  Nice, long, tough Triple Check to get us started.  Boxing Cockroaches for a long period of time are TOUGH!  Everyone toughed it up and kicked tail!  YHC then modified a Vinny Pull-Up Ring of Fire from a Mary Q of his in the past(which I learned was taken from an old Swirly Q) and changed it into a Burp-Up Ring of Fire.  YHC thinks this was well received or maybe not???  It was in the middle of the Ring of Fire that Circle K ran out toward the street to talk to a guy that YHC thought was a regular PAX member leaving, but YHC learned that it was Brita (FNG) looking for a different workout group.  Well, Brita is with us now because of Circle K and because we start on time and we are some cool dudes who love a good beat down!  Well done Circle K and Brita!  PAX laid in some nice thawing pools of water during ring of fire and partner work.  Well done!  PAX raced back to the flag with one minute left, YHC and Bleeder will now retire our usual sprint-off back to the flag.  Hope your leg’s ok, Bleeder!  Great job to Yard Sign for posting for his second day in a row!

YHC is proud of the work everyone did this morning and was greatly honored to lead you.  Hope the rest of your day goes well and SYITG!

keep posting!

Kubota

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 – Karaoke to fence – heals to heaven run back – Karaoke to the fence mountain climbers run back – bear crawl to the fence 10 clerkins run back.

Native American Run around school back to flag.

Mary : 6 inches

The scoop : The pax stayed in their vehicles until 5.27 this morning (Good call).. . We got moving and stayed moving for 45 min. YHC apologizes to those without gloves this morning (TYA – Kubota) way to tough it out fella’s most of us except Hardywood (Stud) were bundled up  and ready to shed some clothes 10 min in.. It’s still shorts weather though guys – whats the deal with these pants I’m seeing ?? Handshake crushed the treework – atta baby – Hardywood totally smoked Wilson’s boxing cockroach 🙂 Conspiracy flew through the triple check, Dr Try Hard killed the polar bear / Karaoke/ bear crawl, Greenbow pushed hard on the Indian run – and Kubota and TYA did it all with out gloves (not there is anything wrong with that 🙂 ) Great to see all of the pax out there this morning way to push – holding the 6 inches at the end on the cold ground is no joke !  Great partnering with Seymour and Pucker on the triple check.  Thanks to my man  Bleeder for calling me in in relief today.. I appreciate the pax allowing me to lead – great work guys.

Announcements : Hardywood has pigs – anybody want one for Christmas – see him 🙂 Yo ! one of Hardywoods 2.0’s (oldest daughter) wrote a freaken book – yep that’s right she wrote a book – and there will be a book signing celebration next Friday – watch for a blast from Hardywood on that – and congrats on that dude – that’s huge! Dr. Try hard says there may be a Holiday Happy Hour sometime at Capital Ale House so just head there every evening after work  until you see some brothers 🙂 ah … actually stay tuned on that – he’s gonna get some more info !

Thanks to Vinny for taking us out – very well said brother!

See y’all in the gloom..

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 sore from 40 TMs on Tuesday)
• APDs x20
• Captain Thors  – 5 rounds OYO
• Hillbillies x 20
• Eight-count Bodybuilders  x10 — counting needed work here but we got the gist.

THE THANG:

Lindays Across the Field

• Round 1 – the exercises were LBCs and Jump Squats with a sprint across the field in between. Start with 30 and 10 and add/subtract 5 each side until you get to 10-30.
• Plank-o-rama for the Six, then Alternating Shoulder Taps IC x20
• Round 2 – the exercises were 2-ct Flutter Kicks and Merkins with a sprint across the field in between. Start with 30 and 10 and add/subtract 5 each side until you get to 10-30.

Dora on the Tennis Courts – Partner up and complete as a team, 100 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 Monkey Humpers and 300 single-count Freddie Mercuries.  Sprint to the end of the courts and back when not doing the exercises.

Six-inches/Heels to Heaven Ring of Fire

2 MOM, including box cutters and hello Dollies until Wayne and Garth yelled “CAR” and time was up!

COT, Number-rama, Name-a-rama and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Marmaduke is still collecting winter clothing.  Bring it to Dogpile if you can.
• Several PAX members are doing Bear Creek this weekend.  Good luck to all – let’s hope nobody gets lost and the trail isn’t too muddy.

NMS:

The sight of HoneyDo strolling into the group 4 minutes prior to launch with the guns and knees out was fantastic.  At the 1-minute call, Hardywood lost the coffee mug and a few layers.  There were several other SOP folks too.  Well done guys.

LOTS of mumblechatter this morning, which was great. The energy was high and the true slaughter starter got the blood flowing quickly and I think made everyone forget the temperature in a hurry.  Strong work on the Lindsays and the Dora.  Conspiracy was rolling solo and killing the sprints…nice work.

It is always great to grab a Q at a location where you don’t often Q, and 45MOM in particular is a great one because there is always a great and lively PAX.  Great work this morning guys.  And, welcome to Snip-It (Brian).  Look forward to seeing you back in the gloom soon and often.

Continue to crush the rest of  your Thursday men!

No More Gumbo For You…until The Creek tomorrow.

 

34 studs posted for a Thanksgiving, including 2 FNG’s and a visitor from Charlotte.

Every five minutes, stop what you are doing and do 10 merkins followed by box cutter spelling of with Plymouth Massachusetts or Berkeley Virginia. First 30 minutes it was Plymouth and last 30 Berkeley.

The Thang

Mosey towards Reveille church.  Along the way stop for  a mini COP with side straddle hops x20.  mosey to the side of the church for more COP with Imperial Walkers, LBC and Don Quixote.  Mosey to back of church for triple check.  One PAX does dips on the benches, second LBC, third runs to end of parking lot and back.  On the return trip, run backwards.  Mosey toward Windsor Farms.  Stop at the intersection of Cary and Windsor way.  Team up, first team member does 10x Lt. Dan’s while second member does polar bears.  Everyone make it to halfway down Windsor Way.  Mosey the rest of the way to the church.  Elevens with LT. Dan’s and American hammers.  Mosey back to Mary Munford ,stopping a couple times along the way.  Circle up in the field for 3 minutes of Mary, 20x rosalitas, 20 x flutter kicks and 25 LBC. Mosey back to the shovel flag.

NMM

Looked like we were going to have a light Thanksgiving crowd this morning.  When I showed up at 550, there were less than a dozen PAX present.  By the time the workout started we were up to 34.  Great showing given that there are a lot of travelers out the who had to workout someplace else.

Lots of mumble chatter early on about the first thanksgiving.  I appreciate the effort from the folks in the great state of VA, but if you do some research, the answer to where the American style Thanksgiving  started is pretty clear.  Regardless, it is not worth arguing over such a frivolous fact on this awesome day when we are supposed to look around and see what we are grateful for.

Vinny posted in a classic Virginia outfit today.  He was sporting Yard Khakis (pronounced yah cakeys) and a blazer.  This and the UVA student body at football games proves that Virginians think that a blazer (especially a blue one) is appropriate attire anywhere… a wedding, funeral, birthday party, F3 workout, football game, beach party, toga party.  Actually, the only day its not appropriate is on Halloween.

Thanks to Hardywood for the coffeetaria afterwards.  What a great thanksgiving tradition he has started and continued for the past several years.  Great way to ensure some high quality second F after a workout

It was an honor to lead today on my favorite holiday of the year.  I am thankful for a ton of things in my life.  Having traveled in many parts of the world, I know how truly special our great country is.  Yes, we have our problems, but there is no place better on the earth to liver. Also, I am grateful to this group for allowing me to be a member of the PAX.  The workouts and camraderie fill a space in my life that I did not know even existing.

TYA OUT

12 Ruth & Ollie regulars and one Al’s Toy Barn FNG posted at Ruth & Ollie for the book signing of all book signings. It went like this:

COP: Arm Circles (forward & reverso) / 16 burpees in honor of Marv still not posting the BB from last Friday. 16 BBs have been posted since then, and counting. Thanks Marv. / Helicpoters / Invisibile Jump Rope / LBCs / Scorpion Kicks.

Thang 1: Merkin Beast: 1st round – Wiper Merkins. 2nd round – Wide Grip Merkins. 3rd round – Diamond Merkins. 4th round – HR Merkins. 5th round – Chuck Norris Knuckle Merkins. 6th round – Mahky Mahk look yahrself in the mirrah, form Merkins.

Thang 2: Partner up: PLTs 4 rounds of 25. 1st round – left side. 2nd round – right side. 3rd round – middle. 4th round – dealers choice (80s & 90s mixed tape style). Heels to Heaven and SSHs for the Six.

Thang 3: New partners: Catch Me If You Can. Partner 1 polar bears on tennis courts while partner 2 performs 25 hill billies (2 count) and then chases down partner 1 for switcharoo. AMRAP style. Go hard to the whisle.

Thang 4: Merkin Ring of Fire: 10 merkins while PAX holds plank. After completion of circle PAX bear crawls into the center of the circle to warm up and perform 20 merkins in unison.

Back to the Flag – YHC took us out.

For those on the Merkin Challenge, you did 246 plus however many you completed during Thang 3.

Announcements: YHC’s M has a book release and signing party tonight at Ruth & Ollie in Carytown from 4 to 7. Kids are welcome. Even you Saab!. It’s a children’s book about The Homestead. YHC’s M illustrated the book. Along with free beer/wine and food, the books will be for sale, as well as original art from the books and other unrelated original art. Please swing by if for no other reason than to see YHC in a bow tie and TYA in his Yard Khakis.

Moleskin: Today was a great day to be out. Glad to have y’all on board and welcome Toy Story. You can’t post to your first beatdown in a blue Mini Cooper, profess to be a film maker, and walk away with any other name. I know, Lab Rat will have some “better” offering. Hardywood also has a book signing tonight. It’s in WACO, Texas. Something about animal husbandry. See him for more details.