Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

A proud 27 showed up for a rare, humid Winter morning ready for a solid beat down.

Thang: Mosey around to Basketball Court. Stay in large circle formation while jogging for a quick warm up. Skipping, inside/outside shuffle.

COP: DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Copper Head Squats, Flutter Kicks, APD’s, Merkins.

Mosey to large field: Large circle formation, with the Q mixed in the circle. Fire Drill: All PAX is running in place, each PAX member (starting with the Q and moving to his right) will shout Fire! When each Fire is heard, PAX will hit the surface, roll to the right and perform one Merkin, roll back to the left and perform one Merkin, back to feet and repeat until it works around the circle back to the Q.

Staying in the same circle formation, perform 3 sets of 10 each SSH’s and Burpees.

Up along the fence at edge of the field for a Lindsay (40’s). Perform 30 Donkey Kicks, run to the other side of field and perform 10, 2 count Mountain Climbers. Back and forth across field, subtracting 5 from the DK’s and adding 5 to the MC’s, adding up to 40 each time. To be completed when you have 10 of the DK’s, and 30 of the MC’s.

Mosey to Tennis Courts: Try a Suicide Variation (evidently the Q created some confusion in his explanation). Use the far line on each tennis court as the turn point. First “lap” is standard suicide, second lap is caraoke, third lap is running backwards.

Mosey back to Flag: 2 minutes left and a tribute to Don Draper to his 37th Birthday! 37 Merkins, 37 LBC’s.

It had been a while since YHC had Q’d and today was a great day for it. Thanks to the PAX for making it a great one! Awesome work by all! Most comments I received (I’ll take them as positive) where ones in reference to the Fire Drill and Immediately into the SSH/Burpee routine. I have to admit, that was more of a smoker than I had anticipated. Good thing we don’t have to rely on Conspiracy in the event of a real fire…haha.

Announcements: See Flatline or Corporate if you want in the BRR. Flatline’s Mother in Law is going in for open heart sugery…keep them all in your prayers.

We finished with 26 at the end, but I was told there was a 27th there and somewhere in the midst of the gloom was able to slide out without notice. Saab mentioned the name, but YHC has since forgotten…little help? Sorry, to the mystery PAX member.

Have a great day, men!

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 it wasn’t…and when YHC surveyed the Pax, in cadence, if anyone would cheer for the Patriots in the Superbowl besides TYA, 2 meager voices said aye…respect, we’re jealous…but we’re sick of it, TYA. As a Redskins fan, YHC is more excited about Tony Romo finally making his first Super Bowl, hoping he’ll muff the Jim-Nantz-gift-wrapped tee up…and that Sean McVay wins so that Jay finally gets fired.

Mosey to where everyone parks for a Bearimeter: partner up – 1 partner bear crawls parking lot perimeter, while 1 partner runs backwards around perimeter, meet partner switch and continue in same direction of bear crawl – repeat until perimeter complete

Mosey to track for variation of Merkin Mile…Dryhumper Mile(easily could have been then post title): Run a lap, then 25 Carolina Drydocks + 25 Monkey Humpers – repeato x4

Mosey to endline of main field that was open, partner up for Traditional Dora: 1 partner runs to end of field and back, 1 partner performs 1 merkin, 2 WW2s, 3 squats (1 set) until partner returns. Switch & repeat-o until 100 sets complete. Audible called with 40 to go.

Mosey back towards the flag, assemble for Mary: Alabama Prom Dates, LBCs, Xs & Os

COT- Dr. Tryhard took us out

Naked Moleskin

YHCs car thermometer read 12-14 degrees on the way, the AO was a balmy 16 which felt like 70 and sunny…

YHC thanks Saab for unlocking his car so we could hang before the workout…miss you, dude.

Swirly crushed the DryHumper mile…shock factor = 0

Handshake had never done a traditional Dorra before…and wasn’t pleased. Saab also complained about the transition time. Bless all of your cotton socks, as Mrs. K would say.

Annoucements:
Tshirts
BRR in Sept
Retreat in Sept

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, perform the exercise and back to HP for plank. Run to first and second, perform the exercises and back to HP for elbow plank until you’ve circled the bases, performed the exercises, and finished back at HP with a :60 elbow plank.

Catch Me If You Can: Pax was expecting the usual 5 WWIIs and play by normal rules. Not today. If Tom Brady can deflate the football, we can all change the game. 20 WWIIs and go. The goal here was to catch your partner – running backwards – if you could. It’s called Catch Me If You Can. Not, Catch Me A Whole Bunch and Switch. Some caught their partner, some did not. But everyone ran their butts off, and earned their avocado ice cream.

Crab Walk Beast: Starting line is doubles line on first tennis court. Turn around line is center line of court number 2. First exercise: LBCs. Second exercise: SSHs. Third exercise: HR merkins. Time running out. Modify fourth round to lunges and jump squats. Buzzer rang. Back to the flag.

Pucker, riding that Patriots high, took us out.

Announcements: Puppy Pile is a maybe for Saturday. Stay tuned. My law firm is running a canned food drive for furloughed federal employees in need. Reach me at 804-852-0800 for details. Dr. Try Hard has limited add space left on his shovel flag if you are looking to expand your marketing. New AO opening on 4/4 at Huguenot HS. Dr. Try Hard – well done setting this up. You may lose out on naming rights, however. Breakfast Club launches from ETs at 05:30 every Saturday. Bring your shovel flags and run with us. It is a really cool experience.

NMS: TYA was lucky enough to experience one of the coolest events in sports, an NFL conference title game, in KC this past Sunday. His Chiefs fought hard, but in the end, were robbed by the NFL – Bob Kraft machine. While he was there, Tawmmy Avocodo rode in an elevator. And no TYA, we are not changing Friday’s run name from RAMM to PATS for the next two weeks.

Great work today men. The energy was awesome! The gloom really is a powerful thing. Loved having y’all out there with me today. Go Rams!

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..