Tag: 45 Minutes of Mary

4, no 5, gentlemen of the gloom staggered in for 45 MOM. After processing Gumbo’s relief that he was not abandoned as a lone wolf today, we commenced our beatdown at 531. Here’s what happened:

COP on the blacktop: Deadman hang / helicopters / DQs / Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers / Copperhead Squats / APDs / LBCs. Mosey to edge of blacktop.

Descending Jacob’s Ladder: Starting at 100 reps, the Q calls an excercise and a mode of transportation across the blacktop. Modes of transport included a mosey, karaoke, Bernie Sanders, High Knees, Lunges, Broad Jumps, and Sprint. Excercises as follows: 100 SSHs / 90 2 count Mtn Climbers / 80 LBCs / 70 Carolina Dry Docks / 60 2 count American Hammers / 50 Squats / 40 Merkins / 30 WW2s/ 20 Jump Squats / 10 Burpees. Mosey to Tennis Courts

Quadruple Check: P1: Wall sit on the fence / P2: Shoulder Taps / P3: Pickle Pounders / P4: Run to pull up bars, 5 pull ups, run back. 3 rounds. Mosey back to the parking lot

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Small but great group today. Fargo has made it out twice this week so far, but he’s still working on arrival time ;). Live a story today that is bigger than your own comfort and success!

Ask and ye shall receive…. 7 gents showed to Mary for the geriatric workout of the week – one of which arrived on a disproportionately sized motorbike.

Best wishes to Senor Frog on his upcoming nuptuals and the thereafter…

Saab abides

A formidable 5 landed on Mary for a geriatric workout of the week. Those that posted can attest to all the hard work that was done…

Saab abides

Seven of us showed up for today’s workout on this gorgeous Thursday! Here’s how it went:

Started with a mosey to the front of Reveille United Methodist Church for our COP (deadmen hang, helicopters, SSH, you know the drill).

First challenge: A twist on the classic 11. Ran to the fence for 10 merkins + 1 WWII, then back to the other end for 9 merkins + 2 WWII. Kept going until we hit 1 merkins + 10 WWII!

Next stop: Church parking lot for triple check. One guy paced around the inner lot while the other two cranked out dips and jump squats, taking turns.

Moved over to Seventh Street Christian Church lot for four corners – push-ups, jump squats, SSHs, and sit-ups at each corner.

Finished back at the flag with a killer ring of fire ab session!

📣 HEADS UP: Pickleball is back at Batteau starting June 2, 2025!

Thanks for showing up, fellas! 🔥

12 High impact men emerged from the gloom to see if today is the day for a 45 min continuous COP.  Like Kramer test driving till we ran out of gas we kept at it til we re-discovered why we do more than COP for bootcamp workouts.  We realized it quite well.

According to Mr (Teacher) who got a good gander of us while delivering dimensional lumber, this is what went down more or less.

Welcome, Mission, disclaimer. 54 birthday burpee start. Mosey to the grass.

COP all in cadence:

• 1 SSH
• 10 Helicopter, 10 Turn & Bounce, 10 Don Quixote; neck rotations; pec stretch.
• 50 sumo squats
• 50 ‘mer’cans: 20x 4 count regular, 10x perfect mercans
• 50 WW2s;
• 60 Little Baby Crunches: 20x regular, 10x Left Leg straight, 10x Right leg straight, 10x legs to the sky, 10x both legs straight.
• 60 leg lifts: 20x flutter, 10x dollys, 10x rosalita, 10x box cutters.
• 10x APD, 10x Tuscaloosa Trailer park twisters
• Arm circles: 20x forward, 20x backward, overhead clap, seal clap 10x, 25x mountain climbers (that 108); 10x merican; 10x OMC mericans; 10x (worthless) Carolina Dry Docks
• 20x monkey humpers
• 35 min elapsed
• Light jog (typical CoP follows)
• 20x gorilla humpers
• 10x Mercians
• 20 LBC; 20 Flutters; 10 Freddie Mercury; 10 Heels to heaven; 10 box cutters
• 5 burpees
• Deadman hang. Deep hamstring stretch. Pec stretch
• 4 min left for Typical Mary 20 flutters

Mosey to the flag. 0.25 miles 45 min

Upchuck took us out. Prayers for the kindness of people. Prayers for the PAX.

Announcements: Bridge with Corned beef this weekend; Herme bridge May 10; CSAUP 2 May – support if you cannot do it.  Join or die screening at the Byrd April 28.

NMS – YHC has always wanted to do 45 minutes of Mary at 45MOM and we did it today. A lot of chatter, and by a lot, YHC heard A LOT for talk, but while busy working, not possible to participate nor hear much of it. Please share. Just happy that PAX can find 2^nd F while participating in 1^st F.  2^nd F is important too.

YHC’s awaited and anticipated surgery was finally denied – will see what will happen next – its not the same as loss of a loved one, not by far, but there is still a grieving process in not being able to do what brought so much joy for so many years. That is a loss. Thanks for the support.

Thanks for letting me lead

Get Some!

Nine fantastic gentlemen gathered for the best AO between Commonwealth and Westmoreland. After discussing the surprisingly chilly tempature and debating what Hitch would be wearing when he leapt out of his car at 0530 (answer: tights, shorts, long sleeve shirt, hoodie, neck gaiter, and sub-zero winter gloves), we were off.

After a little warmup COP, we jumped straight into the OLD ONE HUNDRED

OLD 100. Perform a set of exercises, run the track, wait for the six

• Round 1: 100 Squats. 
• Round 2: 90 2x Mountain Climbers. 
• Round 3: 80 2x Flutter Kicks. 
• Round 4: 70 LBCs. 
• Round 5: 60 Carolina Drydocks. 
• Round 6: 50 WW2s. 
• Round 7: 40 Merkins. 
• Round 8: 30 Jump Squats. 
• Round 9: 20 Lunges
• Round 10: 10 Burpees.

All in all, lots of good body work, plus at least 2 miles on the track (there is some debate about the distance). There was some attempt to lobby for changes to the routine, but the Q resisted with autocratic might, other than Splinter’s appeal to run a different direction on the track. Nacho Libre wins for most dedicated Pax!

Great work gents!

Nine of the finest gentlemen of the gloom (plus 3 walkers) converged this morning for 45 minutes of Mary’s best beatdown in RVA. After some complaining from Oyster about various subjects, we moseyed out at 0530: Here’s what happened:

COP on the blacktop: Deadman hang / helicopters / DQs / Imperial Walkers / Ukranian Soldiers / Copperhead squats / LBCs/ other various stretches!

Big Bang: Elbow Plank in a circle, shoulder to shoulder, with a headlamp at the center. On the YHC’s command, the pax jumps up from plank position, runs 10 paces, performs 10 burpees, then runs back to the circle to plank position // Next Round: 20 paces, 20 Jump Squats // Round 3: 30 paces, 30 merkins // Round 4: 40 paces, 40 LBCs // Round 5: 50 paces, 50 SSHs. Back to plank position for Pickle pounders IC. Mosey to Tennis Courts

Dora: 100 WW2s / 200 Merkins / 200 Squats. Mosey to corner of school

Triple Check: P1: Body Rows on Bars / P2: People’s Chair on Wall / P3: Run to pull up bar, 3 solid pull ups, run back. Mosey back to the flag

COP: some ab work to close

NMS: Great morning in some last lingering chilly weather! Hitch regaled us with tales of bliss from Dubai. His kids now expect full time maid service.

There’s so much trouble in the world! Don’t ignore it, but prioritize gratitude. SYITG.

Two young FNGs joined a nine-man PAX of bootcampers and walkers in the warming gloom. Warmarama. Four-corners on the stone dust track. Partner wind sprints on the tennis courts. Just for fun, a penalty kick soccer shoot out with a very lopsided outcome. Ring of fire.

FNG 1: Peter Grigg, age 12, dubbed “Nacho Libre”

FNG 2: Jimmy Grigg, age 9, christened “Wolfgang”

Seven strong PAX for a beatdown and 4 walkers took off at 5:30 on their various routes. The bootcampers did:

COP: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Donkey Kicks.

Mosey to Triple check spot for just that: Carolina Dry Docks, Donkey Kicks, run to fence & back. Then over to field for 11s on the soccer field. Exercises were: HRMs and WWIIs.

Over to the tennis courts: Several rounds of sprints and exercises, then over to covered pavilion: sets of Pole Smokers, merkins, and Burpees. Back to flag for American Hammers to close us out.

NMS: Always good to come out to lead at 45MoM. Another morning with pax dressed for wildly different weather. Ample running this morning hopefully kept everyone warm. Beaver was leading the pace with ample energy while Hitch gave us the longest 20 count ever. Bodos shared his apparel struggles and the preconceived notions that accompany it. The walkers joined us at the end.