Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

Fourteen reruns and 1 brand new episode (FNG) descended on Mary today for a Splinter led themed beatdown.  After a short mosey halfway around the track we circled up for some fun that went something like this:

COP
The Homer – 15x modified helicopters, reaching around Homer’s spare tire at mid-waist
The Marge – 10x jump squats, trying to touch the top of Marge’s hair
The Lisa – Lisa likes perfection so we followed along with Saab and did 15 or so Don Quixotes
The Bart – On your six, with a marker between your toes, flutter kicks pretending like you are drawing Bart’s haircut.  20 or so of those
The Maggie – Maggie does nothing but make a sucking noise.  Burpees suck so we did 10 of them OYO.

The Thang
Short mosey over to the long edge of the tennis courts for a little Simpson’s trivia.  What is Homer Simpson’s job?  Someone quickly replied Safety Inspector for Sector 7G.  YHC decided to go nuclear on the next exercise.  Bear Crawl 1-2-3.  Partner up where one partner bear crawls to the net and back while the other performs exercises.  100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats.  Plankorama when done.

Circle up for the next section of trivia.  According to Homer, what is the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems?  Two Can sort of guessed it with beer, but alas it is alcohol.  In F3 the cause and solution are burpees.  So we did 10 minutes of them.

Quick jaunt over to the wall for triple check with a brief explanation that one of YHCs favorite episodes is Homer at the Bat.  Baseball, triple, get it?  Explanation cut short and focused on triple check: donkey kicks, plank, karaoke.

Speed round lap of catch me if you can with 1 partner running backwards while the other completes 10 merkins and then runs forward to catch up.  One lap then Al Gore for the six.

Mosey back to the flag for numbers, names and YHC took us out.

Moleskin
YHC hasn’t done a themed workout in a while, well, if you exclude March Madness.  Looking at the calendar YHC was reminded of the introduction of The Simpsons on April 19, 1987 on the Tracy Ullman Show.  Seems like a fitting tribute.

Homer at the Bat is arguable one of the top 5 Simpsons episodes of all time and one of YHCs favorites.  Homer leads a team of misfits through an undefeated season in the corporate softball league with his “Wonder Bat”.  In the championship game, naturally against the Shelbyville nuclear power plant team, Mr. Burns decides he is going to hire a bunch of professional baseball players in made up jobs at the plant so he can cement his win.  Through a series of very comical errors and misfortunes all of the professional players are injured or cannot play thus leaving the original team.  All with the exception of 1.  Darryl Strawberry can play so Homer sits out.  I won’t ruin it for anyone that wants to watch the end.  If you need the DVD just let me know.   Baseball led me to the triple check, thus the long winded story.

Catch em if you Can is another great but somewhat obscure Simpsons episode.  Homer and Marge trick their kids into staying home on a vacation instead of visiting family out of town.  Instead, Homer and Marge decide to hit up Miami Beach, AC and other venues.  Bart and Lisa find out and decide to chase them around the US.  The perfect satire of the typical American family.  Our tribute to this was catch me if you can.

YHC had a few other references planned but somewhat glad we didn’t get to them as I cherry picked the things that I really wanted to do.

Anyway, hope the PAX enjoyed the trip down memory lane.  Kudos to whomever it was that pulled the Sector 7G reference.  A true fan!

Splinter out

20 strong attacked Mary this morning and here is how we rolled..

Warm up : SSH’s, Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s, Merkins, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s, Burppees

Ring of Fire : pax hold plank while doing 5 pull ups

Partner Dips : 3 sets of 15 partner dips partner holds feet.

Triple Check : Run the perimeter of the black top – LT Dan’s – Captain Thor’s

Polarbears – Donkey Kicks – bear crawl every 5 steps do a merkin to the fence at the fence 10 donkey kicks run back to start and plank – repeat.

Curb crawls : curb crawl dips ladder up to 10 and back down

Burpee Shuffle : jog in place each pax member calls out burpee one at a time all the way around the circle.

6 inches – boom..

The scoop: YHC was glad to see such a strong crowd this morning – way to represent dudes..

It seemed at the start some of the pax was still half a sleep – so YHC had to get that straight quickly. No half assin at a Swirly Q – you approach the workout like it’s your last chance to make the team – you give it your all – it’s not abut being first or the best – it’s about doing your best! TYA texted YHC this morning saying he was not gonna make it – was up in the night with some recurring stomach issues – but 10 min later he pulled up to Mary – parked and got in big blue – YHC said hey you good dude – TYA says yeah I realized I was making up  excuses and F&%$#@ that – no excuses baby – Yep you damn right  that brought a tear to YHC’s eyes – F&*%$# love it dude – that action says it all TYA!

Some of the pax might have thought that YHC was grumpy this morning – but  not at all YHC  was just ready to work – and work we did along with some great laughs. Handshake took a spill on the triple check hope you recover fast dude – rub some dirt on it walk it off take an advil – whatever you gotta do man..  Viral was not about to get caught on his last run of the triple check Hardywood called out to him and Viral turned on the burners – way to push Viral – never seen you run like that – wow !

Lot’s of grunts and moans during polar bears and curb crawls but nothing like the sounds of moaning during 6 inches after a burppe shuffle – music to YHC’s ears…. Great job guys – thanks for letting me lead this morning.

CSAUP – It’s here – let the fun begin – get there tomorrow no later than 6:45.

Healing place – Slurpee is the Q on the next one please see him to assist .

Ok as the title of the BB says – Offshore is in need of fluids – never has anything like this been said in the COT but hey it’s a COT so it’s a safe place 🙂 After all the laughter it turns out this is actually a  real thing  – Offshore  is leading a study –  the city  crime investigators need to practice discovering different fluids at crime scenes  – so if you want o give blood – piss in a cup –  Cuff the Governor  – Shake Hands with the Mayor – Slap little Johnny behind the ears – box the clown – choke the chicken- sling the snot – or whatever other middle school boy term you can think of 🙂  See Offshore – he will gladly accept your donation. Phonics  said he was all in until he heard you had to give blood – that was a deal breaker 🙂 hilarious …

Viral took us out – well said Viral – hard to be serious after Offshore’s words – I think Hardywood is still shaking from laughter 🙂

See y’all in the gloom…

Thirteen proficient ball strikers hit the links at Mary Munford in a quest for the elusive F3 Mudgear brand Green Jacket in perfect 70ish and sunny weather.  EF planted the flagstick.  Here’s how it went down.

Mosey down Magnolia Lane to the driving range in front of the school.

COP (IC)

• Merkins x 18
• Flutter Kicks x 18
• Copperhead Squats x 18
• Arm Circles x 18 (9 front, 9 back)

Mosey to the 11th

Amen 4 Corners (4 rounds)

• American Hammers x 18 (2c)
• Mountain Climbers x 18 (2c)
• Merkins x 18
• Dips x 18

Plankorama

Mosey to Rae’s Creek

Chase the Tiger

• P1 Elin does 3 burpees then runs down P2 Tiger bearcrawling, alternate down fairway
• SSH x 36
• Reverso and Repeato

Gore-orama

Drive, Chip, Putt

• From tee box hit the box around the shovel flag – 5 burpees per stroke, repeato 3 holes

Mary on the 18^th green

• Caddy Leg Toss (2 sets of 18)
• Freddie M. (Couples) x 18
• Tee Box Cutters x 18
• Alphabet – spell AUGUSTA NATIONAL or JOSE MARIA OLAZABAL (PAX Choice)

Mosey along cart path back to Clubhouse

19^TH GREEN

Hello Friends.

Every year at this time there’s an event they call a Tradition Unlike Any Other.  Up range here at MM Country Club we now have our own little tradition unlike any other.  The PAX, though smaller than last year, had an idea of what was to come and were pumped to tee off at 0530.  Unlike TYA last year, it didn’t take spelling Augusta National at the end of the workout for the theme of the day to become known.  Unlike the pros who warm up on the range, YHC prefers to warm up at the bar and jump right in on the 1^st tee box, thus straight to Merkins to get it going in the COP.  During the 4 Corners, Swirly, playing speed golf, was crossing the Hogan Bridge while the rest of the PAX had yet to make the turn.  Well done!  The Drive, Chip, Putt competition went a bit smoother this year with the LED powered Pro V1 Frisbee vs. the range disc used last year.  Equipment matters little when you’re a hack however.  YHC is pretty certain the PAX was about 6 over through 3, but we’ll just put down Par on the ol’ scorecard.  It was the short game, and the long game that let the PAX down.  Not surprisingly mumblechatter involved a lot of Caddyshack quotes and of course someone in the gallery yelled GET IN THE HOLE!  As we go forth let’s remember that 2 wrongs don’t make a right, but 3 rights make a left.  As mentioned during the COT, may the PAX’s days be filled with Eagles and Birdies.  Until next year…

Numberama

Nameorama

COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CSAUP – just over a week away

19 brave souls posted at 530 for a beatdown in Richmond’s west end.  Spring has sprung.  Shorts and a t-shirt were the uniform for the day.  Jerusalem cruisers were optional.

The Thang:

Mosey to side of Tennis courts for COP.  10x Don Quixote’s (Saab did 3), 10x Helicopters, 20x SSH, 20x LBC. Mosey towards Reveille church, stopping along the way for a little bit of exercise at intersections.  Take the short cut to the Reveille, ring of fire with 5x hand release merkins.  Mosey to Windsor Way.  Lung down the yellow brick road, one pax does 5 hand release merkins and 5 WWII setups.  Mosey to church for Elevens.  Swirly picks hand release merkins and Saab picks Burpees as the exercise.  Mosey to other short side of field.  Triple check one pax does WWII setups, second does jump squats and third runs to other side of field and runs backward to other side.  Mosey back to Mary Mumford, again stopping to get a few merkins and setups along the way.  Finish up at 616 in the parking lot.  YHC took us out.

NMM

I owe the PAX a minute.  I pride myself of starting and finishing the workout on time (for confirmation of this, please talk to Conspiracy).  We started precisely at 530 GMT (Garmin Mean Time), but we finished 1 minute past the appointed finish time. It is kind of challenging to manage time when you are commuting to a field a half mile away, but a commitment is a commitment and I didn’t meet mine this morning.

There was a little controversy when I said lets go to the short side of the field.  A few of the PAX asserted that the field was a square and therefore didn’t have  short side.  I think once we ran the short way, it was apparent that it was indeed a rectangle.  Speaking of the field, the dew was heavy this morning and the grass on that field is deep.  Don’t get me wrong, its a nice field (not up to the standards of no toll) but cutting the field once a year or so might be a nice idea.

Many benefits to the good weather.  No layers of clothing, no need to stay in the car pre workout to stay warm and most of all, no rush to get to the cars post workout. As such, several of us lingered around the AO post workout. For the most part, who know what silly subjects we covered.  One thing that did come up from Vinny was a new code name for a group of women.  There was a group of women running by the AO at around 630 and Vinny said “there goes a pack of wool”.  When someone pointed out that there was one male amongst the women, he simply amended his quote to the backblast title.  I don’t know what that all means, but it was as funny as heck.

Thanks for all the birthday well wishes.

TYA OUT

Fourteen Ice Warriors rose to great warmer temperatures for some fun the snow.  Here is a recap of their adventures.  Enjoy!

COP – Arm Circles (at least one Pax appeared out of the shadows every time), Helicopters, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers, Invisible Jump Rope

Mosey back to the tennis courts for 4 Corners – ascending style.

• Corner 1 – 10 HRM, bear crawl to C2
• Corner 2 – 10 HRM, 20 Copperhead Squats, run to C3
• Corner 3 – 10 HRM, 20 Copperhead Squats, 30 American Hammers, bear crawl to C4
• Corner 4 – 10 HRM, 20 Copperhead Squats, 30 American Hammers, 40 LBCs

Mosey to the blacktop for B.O.M.B.S.

• Partner 1 – run the length of the blacktop and back
• Partner 2 – works on 50 burpees, 100 overhead claps (SSH), 150 merkins, 200 big boy sit ups, 250 squats

Form a circle on the blacktop for the ever Merkin Shuffle!  Pax member can call out 1, 5, or 10 merkins of any style.  One cannot reuse what what was immediately prior.  Pass clockwise.

On your six for Mary:

• APD – right leg over left
• APD – left leg over right
• Flutter kicks
• Rosalitas
• Hello Dolly
• American Hammers

Return to VSF where YHC took us out.

NMS:

Arm circles always bring out at least one Pax.  Works every third time or so.  This time it appeared to be Labrat who arrived without announcing himself.  Very odd.  As we progressed over to the 4 Corners, YHC said “Hello Labrat” to a member of the Pax while doing American Hammers and there was no response.  Perplexing.  Maybe Labrat isn’t himself this morning or hard of hearing?

In the COT, YHC was standing next to Labrat and realized it wasn’t him at all.  Bandana and glasses are no longer Labrat’s signature accessories.  Sorry Bodos.

Flipper graced us with his presence LIFO.  Seems chiropractors have a special watch that provides an adjusted time differential that only they are aware of.  Good thing we didn’t go off AO this am.

YHC must confess that he has always confuses Hello Dollies and Rosalitas.  In recent workouts YHC has been known to ask Wedding Singer “Which is the sluttier sister?” to keep them straight.  Without Wedding Singer present, I transposed them.  I have a new system to keep them straight after consulting with Saab and Swirly post workout.

The Merkin Shuffle was no joke.  By the end, there were a couple of knee abrasions as arms gave out in the transition to upright position.  Of course, Swirly provided a coup de gras at the end.

Announcements:

• CSAUP – We need volunteers for Tuckahoe Party Zone and CSAUP post party.  Inquire with YHC.
• CSAUP – Splinter needed your t-shirt size by yesterday.  Get it in ASAP or your get micro-small.

Time to Taper,

Lockjaw

Eighteen upperclassmen including 1 FNG strolled onto the Mary Munford campus this morning, some veterans of today’s escapades while others were unsuspecting.  YHC received a few strange looks when he emerged from his vehicle.  Yep, March Madness baby!  Tip-off was promptly at 0530.

Mosey, single file to the basketball courts for disclaimer then COP:

COP
Invisible Layups (4 left hand and 3 right hand)
Invisible Jump Rope (x20)
High Knees (x20)
Butt Kickers (x20)
Defensive Slides (x10)
Floor Slaps (x10)

The Thang
Stay on the basketball courts for a gasser of Lindsay’s.  Jump Squats & Merkins.  30/10, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30.

Line up on the end line for line drill then first round of 1-1s with Lab Rat and TYA firing away.  Miss the front-end of a 1-1 then the PAX does 10 burpees.  We did this twice and never found out what we would do if we made 1 or both free throws.

Line up in two lines at opposing ends of the court.  Single file, continuously toss the ball against the backboard with the person tossing the ball moving to the end of the other line and the next person in line continuing the sequence.  When the ball hits the ground PAX drops and completes 5 burpees.  We tried this for a few minutes before calling failure.

Line drill then second round of 1-1s with Rosie and Swirly making attempts.  Once again we did this twice with no one making a basket.  10 burpees each time there was a miss.  Joy!

Circle up at mid-court for Box Out Ring of Fire.  PAX planks while 2 members attempt to do a 5 second box out drill.  Defender tries to prevent the offender from reaching the ball in the middle of the circle.  After a few iterations the PAX began counting down by completing 5 merkins for each participant.  Everyone participated that wanted to (I know who you are…).

Pair up for the much anticipated 2-2 matchups.  Play half-court for 3 minutes.  Winning team stays, losing team rotates clockwise.  Odd team out does WWIIs for 3 minutes.

After 15 minutes we gathered our belongings and race back to the flag.

Moleskin
Welcome FNG Flange!  This workout should not necessarily be your litmus test for whether or not you come back.  We are mostly business when it comes to workouts but every once in a while it is nice to do something different and have some fun.

YHC appreciates the PAX suffering through some of the attempted exercises before we got to the more enjoyable 2-2 games.  If the PAX would have allowed it, YHC would have scheduled 45 minutes of 2-2 games.

In 3 years, the PAX has attempted 14 free throws and only made 2.  Of those 2, Sippy Cup is the only one to make a free throw.  In 3 years.  1 person, 2 free throws.  Maybe we should try this again in the summertime when it is light.

For those wondering, this is what a tap drill should look like.  Also, these kids are like 12.

And this is what a box out drill looks like.  Skip to ~3:30 for some good examples:

Enjoy the games everyone!

Splinter out

 

 

 

14 men fought off the warmth of the fartsack to start the day in the gloom.  We accomplished the following:

Mosey to corner of school grounds for COP and performed:

11 Invisible jumpropes – 1 for each lap of TYA’s 100 mile journey

27 LBCs – 1 for each mile Saab ran with TYA

8 DQs – 1 for each hour it took to get to SC in the 35 foot motorhome

7-Copperhead squats – 1 for each hour it took to get back home

Mosey to grassy area beside BBALL courts for F3 Cornhole- Two PAX toss bags at cornhole boards.

Each bag on the board=5 merkins

Each bag on the ground=1 burpees

Each bag in the hole=Person who made it in the hole calls out an exercise.

While the two PAX members were tossing conrhole bags, the rest of the PAX performed exercises.  Repeato until all PAX members had a chance to toss the cornhole bags.  Exercises suicides, LBCs, flutterkicks, Freddie Mercuries, bear crawl and some other stuff.

Mosey to far corner of school grounds near Cary Street.  Start at first light and perform 1 burpee.  Run to second light and perform 2 burpees.  Continue along entire block until the PAX reaches Grove Ave.

Mosey back to track for Ascending 4 corners.  Corner 1=10 merkins, Corner 2=20 WWII situps, Corner 3 = 30 LBCs, Corner 4 = 40 squats.

Mosey back to flag for 3 minutes of Mary and finish with 10 burpees OYO (because Saab likes Burpees).

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

Announcements

Good luck to all those running the Bel Monte race this weekend.

F3RVA CSAUP coming up soon.

NMS – Everybody in F3RVA knows that Swirly and YHC cannot stand still for long.  With that in mind, YHC and Swirly had a lot of down time during last weeks trip.  While TYA was accomplishing the monumental task of running 100 miles, Swirly and YHC devised a game of cornhole that served as a 45-50 minute workout as well.  YHC thought it would be a great idea to bring the game back to the F3RVA PAX.  Only in F3 can you be completely out of breath playing cornhole.  Apparently, we need to play more F3 cornhole because we did a lot of burpees.  Congrats to the PAX members that made the bag in the cornhole and thank you for making us perform an exercise other than burpees.

The exercise of the morning was the Burpee.  (Your welcome Saab)  YHC thought we would be performing burpees, as it is pretty challenging playing cornhole in the dark, so YHC thought he would continue the burpeesfest throughout the beatdown.  MIssion accomplished as the Burpee Block definitely had YHC out of breath.

Glad to have you in town Altar Boy.  Come back anytime.

Circle K

13 strong, willing and able posted at 45MOM on this awesome first day of March.  Shakedown’s shovel flag was planted and 5:30am, off we go!

Short mosey through the neighborhood north of school to prepare for Lockjaw’s windy RAMM run tomorrow in which he will have the wind to our back the whole time.

COP:

Helicopters x 15

DQ’s x 10

Russian Soldiers x 15

Imperial Walkers x 15

LBC’s x 15

Crab cakes x 10

Merkins x 10

 

Mosey over to tennis courts for…

4 Corners Escalator:

1st corner – 10 merkins

2nd corner – 10 merkins, 20 two count Freddy Mercuries

3rd corner – 10 merkins, 20 two count Freddy Mercuries, 30 Monkey Humpers

4th corner – 10 merkins, 20 two count Freddy Mercuries, 30 Monkey Humpers, 40 Dwight Howards on fence

What goes up must come down…Reverso the above.

 

Head over to grass strip by tennis courts for…

Doracides:

Partner up.  First partner runs to cone one and performs 1 burpee, back to baseline and then down to cone two for 2 burpees, back to baseline and then down to cone three for 3 burpees, back to baseline and switch with partner.  Exercises at baseline were 100 v-ups, 200 Carolina Dry Docks, 200 SSH’s

 

Head over to basketball courts for…

Triple Check:

Partner 1 – Butt Kicks down to the fence and High Knees back

Partner 2 – Captain Thors

Partner 3 – Peoples chair on school wall

Two Rounds

 

Partner up for:

2×25 PLT’s each partner (straight legs, try not to touch ground with feet)

10 Plerkins each partner

Mosey back to flag for 3 burpees and done.

 

YHC took us out with a few words and we all prayed the Lord’s Prayer together.

 

NMS:

YHC was not as nervous for this Q as he was for his VQ a couple weeks ago and actually slept well last night.  YHC and Slurpee arrived to the AO extra early to set out cones and secure the AO.  AO had already been secured by none other than Swirly!  YHC thought he may arrive before Swirly because of the setting out of the cones, but to no avail.  Big Blue was parked with headlights on!  Lockjaw made a rare post without being the Q which has brought his Q ratio down probably a half of a percentage point.  YHC tried to work all parts of the body this morning, hopefully he succeeded.  Yes, that was a lot of Carolina Dry Docks!  YHC forgot to audible on the triple check to go from three rounds to two. Apologies.  Vinny posted again for the third time during his first week. That is great, man!  Keep coming back!

Announcements:

Breaking Bread is open for March!

Please think about and pray for TYA and his support team as he takes on the 100 miler this weekend!

If you want to Q Dogpile, you better sign up now!

In looking at #bigdata last night, I noticed 51 posts for Swirly for the first two month this year!  WOW!  On track for over 300 this year.  Great job!

WAY TO WORK, GENTLEMEN!!  GOOD JOB!!

See you in the gloom!

Kubota

 

 

 

15 stalwarts posted on a pleasant February morning for some Fitness, Fellowship and Faith

The Thang

Mosey five feet or so to field nearest to the intersection of Grove and Commonwealth for COP.  SSH x 20, LBC x20, arm circles x 15 each side.  Mosey down grove and stop at intersection for 10x Don Quixote.  Mosey to intersection of Grove and Antrim for curb crawls ascending/descending to 5.  Mosey to Reveille church.  Partner up, first partner does dive bomb merkins on the picnic tables and other PAX runs the circle.  Doras with jump squats, merkins, and LBC.  Partner runs backwards to curb and then forward to the pavilion.  Mosey back to MM.  On the way stop at a few intersections for burpees.  Mosey to covered pavilion for 5 minutes of mary – hello dollies, spell “The Yankee Aggressor”, Rosalitas and American Hammers.  Back to the flag and TYA takes us out.

NMM

Great to get off campus this morning.  With the 3000 signs now on the MM field, it is crystal clear that the field is now closed.  The stops along the way were to placate some of the PAX who were 1) complaining of missing and exercise, the Don Quixotes , or 2) declaring that they forgot their gloves, curb crawls. Lab rat appropriately pointed out that YHC did a great job of trying to get someone injured or killed this morning.  Lots of exercises in the road or at a busy intersection.  In hindsight, it was probably not the best idea.

Lab rat and Viral had a conversation during the Dora’s this morning. Here is how it went from lab rats perspective.  “Viral, why did you run to the other side of the curb?  Was it to do the old Technicolor yawn”  Viral answers Yes.  Lab rat says “good job pushing yourself so hard to the point of getting yourself sick”  Viral says thanks.  From Viral’s perspective it went like this…..Labrat says something with the words technicolor yawn in it, he has no idea what Labrat is talking about so he just answers yes to be polite.  Lab rat then tells him he appreciates that he works so hard.   Viral thinks, how nice of him to complement me.  Lots of words spoken but no communication at all.  ‘Things were cleared up at lunch today when Labrat said to Viral, I ratted you out for splashing merlot today. Viral vehemently denied and then a 10 minute conversation happened where things were cleared up?  Viral was not at all concerned about the fact that we though he might have splashed…he concern was that we knew so little about him that we thought it would be possible to push himself hard enough to throw up….in his own words “I would neve push myself that hard”

One of the PAX members suggested that the easiest way to spell TYA was “a-s-s-h-o-l-e”.  I won’t mention any names, but it rhymes with “Saab”.  Oops.

Announcements

Flatlines Dads memorial service is Sunday at Bon Air United Methodist church

Kubota is leading breaking bread this weekend. He could use one more pair of hands…Note this is a great event to have 2.0s help out with.

TYA OUT