Tag: #CSAUP

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  • No Butter, Just Ice

    13 lucky gloom brothers donned the extra weight to conquer a BRUTAL 8 mile trail ruck in preparation for the Frozen Triangle 10-miler happening Feb 8th. After hearing from young Snap he was running behind 15 minutes, the on-time 12-PAX set out from Pump House Park and set a blazing pace down the North Bank trail toward the City. En route, Offshore came running past from the other direction and mentioned the Buttermilk was treacherous. Hmmmm, maybe we should have listened… Starting 15 minutes behind the pack, there was no way Snap was gonna catch up. But the PAX was stopped a few times for water and stretch breaks, and their beloved Q also made them do some IC Flutters and Squats once we crossed the Bell Isle bridge. We also added the Bell Isle loop, but still young Snap hadn’t arrived. This was where the Q asked for volunteers to go back for the SIX, and the PAX split with Ponch leading the front runners toward the Buttermilk, while YHC and a platoon of big-hearted warriors circled back over the Bell Isle suspension bridge in search of Snap. Turns out he blew past Bell Isle and was about to cross the Browns Island footbridge, but we got him turned around and once united we took off at double speed to catch the front runners. Finally reaching the Buttermilk, we knew catching up was going to be near impossible – the entire trail was covered in ice. A few of us who participated in the Grow Ruck had many reflective moments remembering the painfully slow progress under extra weight on these same trails, only then they were slick with hard rain instead of hard ice. Right then we all agreed Rodeo Clown’s strap-on ice grips to be a genius move. It was grueling but the PAX set out to try and catch up with the front-runners, and we periodically shuffle-jogged where the trail permitted. As it turned out we never had a chance to catch them, and the Ponch Crew were driving past us as we were finally crossing the Nickel Bridge. SUPER proud of these men for taking on what turned out to be a wildly challenging CSAUP. In comparison I expect the Frozen Triangle ruck will be a walk in the park. We have 15 PAX so far HC’d to ruck it – WHO ELSE WANTS IN?!?  Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Frozen Triangle 2025

    Frozen Triangle 2025


    Who: All Pax

    What: An epic CSAUP involving running or rucking to various AOs, stopping for a brief bootcamp at each AO.

    When: February 8, 2025 (day before superbowl). Beginning at 6 a.m. Wrapping up around 9 a.m.

    Where: Route begins at Dog Pile ==> Lynwood Elementary ==> Mary Munford ==> Dog Pile. Here is the route: https://tinyurl.com/2025-Frozen-Triangle-Route

    Why: It is a CSAUP. You get to burn a bunch of calories prior to superbowl. Be a HIM. Wave around the American Flag. To quote one of the greatest HIMs, “Transformation does not happen in the comfortable middle. Transformation happens at the hard edges. ”

    What’s next, how can I help?

    1. We need people to Q at Dog Pile, Punisher, and Mary. I have reached out a few via DM (check your messages).
    2. DTH to lead rucking group. Thank you.
    3. Need a team to lead provisions: I wanted to try something new for snacks/drinks this year. My idea being we could have a few guys drive an suv/van loaded snacks/drinks (I will provide) that meets the runners/ruckers at each destination. 
      This group would basically “setup” before arrival. If they want, participate in the AO beatdown. Then load up the supplies and move on to next AO waiting for people to arrive again. I think this would be a better approach because we won’t have to preposition vehicles or snacks. 
    4. Would you be interested in helping or participating? Let’s go!!

  • NO TOIL

    Eight CSAUP-loving SOJ studs accepted the 4WD challenge and whatever MABA madness might be in store. Here’s how we counted to 100:

    The THANG: 

    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • #MABA… x10 Burpees OYO

    COP #1: 

    • WARMERAMA = BURPEE TRAIL
    • Mosey around the woods loop periodically stopping to complete x5 burpees
    • TOTAL x30 Burpees

    COP #2:

    • QUARTER POUNDER PLUS
    • Line up on the end of the Field
    • Sprint to 25yd, x25 Mtn Climbers (2-ct), Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • Sprint to 50yd, x50 Michael Phelps holding People’s Chair, Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • Sprint to 75yd, x75 LBC’s, Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • Sprint to 100yd, x100 SSH’s, Bernie back
    • x5 Burpee recovery
    • TOTAL x20 Burpees

    COP #3:

    • PAVILION LADDER
    • x8 Burpee, run around Pavilion
    • x7 Burpees, run around Pavilion
    • ETC, down to x 1 Burpee & Run
    • TOTAL x 36 Burpees

    F3 PLANKORAMA REVIEW

    COP #4:

    • PAVILION COOL-DOWN …you know, since we didn’t do the usual Warm-Up at the start
    • x6 Burpees
    • x10 DQ’s IC
    • x10 ISW’s IC
    • x10 Soldiers IC
    • x10 Cherry Pickers IC
    • x15 Tempo Werkins IC
    • x5 Ranger M’s IC
    • x10 WWII’s IC
    • x10 Left Oblique WWII’s
    • x10 Right Oblique WWII’s
    • x20 Heels to Heaven
    • x10 Suzanne Sommers (ea side)
    • x20 APD’s
    • x30 Moroccan Nightclubs IC

    Mosey BTTF:

    • x10 Final burpees to complete today’s MABA 100 Burpee Challenge – BOOM! 

    COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Power outages, City Water Out

    NMS:  The DTH+Sable caravan arrived on scene and another 6 joined the party. GREAT numbers for 20 degrees and black ice everywhere. Extra emphasis was given for the Disclaimer this morning! Effort was made to spell NO TOLL in the snow while cranking 100 SSH’s, but Bromance thought the beatdown wasn’t hard enough and spelled NO TOIL instead. L Woods continues to accelerate and earned the name “L rabbit” as YHC tried to keep up with him. Belay’s fitness level and high quality form continues to set the standard. YHC did not take the bait and leap the gate today – nobody needs a broken leg. And hey, we stayed warm and crushed 100 burpees! (Actually 102 cause addition apparently isn’t my talent). Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • TONIGHT!!!  7pm SOJ Meeting at Rodeo Clown’s house, open to ALL SOJ PAX
    • Thur 1/9, TIM MAN VQ at The Forge!!!
    • Sat 1/11, Split BDay Q at Dogpile
    • MABA JANUARY CHALLENGE = 100 Burpees per Day x31 days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q8mbKXzRZw
    • DRY JANUARY – abstain from your usual indulgences this month! 
    • Ongoing opportunities (details on Slack): Breaking Bread, The Bridge, SOJ OTB monthly Ruck
    • February CSAUP – Frozen Triangle
  • Polos and Dockers

    Polos and Dockers

    6, maybe 7, depends how you count it, total studs stopped off on their way home to pick up chicken and work off some pounds in the latest edition of The Punisher. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the waitress at Dot’s Tavern, the following might have happened.

    COP

    SSHs, Hillbillies, Don Quixotes, Dead Man Hang.

    Run the loop, 1.25 laps.

    Line up at the parking signs. YHC felt inspired by Senor Frog. At each sign, we did 1-2-3. One burpee, 2 WWIIs, 3 merkins. Let’s call it 10 signs.

    Mosey over there for the Deck of Death. Here’s the catch: we didn’t have a deck of cards, which is a little bit of a challenge when playing Deck of Death. So, YHC just improvised and called cards of his choice.

    Diamonds: side straddle hops, or hop stride saddles
    Clubs: Monkey humpers
    Hearts: Squats
    Spades: Merkins

    This one will be back.

    Mosey BTTVSF. One round of the squat wave, dealer’s choice.

    Numbers, names, and The Handshake took us out.

    Announcements: Splintervals today.
    January 25, Fudd leading at The Bridge. Other Q’s, please announce this.

    NMS: Kubota and EF Hutton are sharp dressers for work.

  • Thanksgiving

    A bunch of PAX showed up for the 2024 edition of Thanksgiving. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to TYA, the following might have happened.

    From memory…

    …COP…pacing…SSHs…pacing…mumbling about Massachusetts…pacing…mumbling about Berkeley Plantation…some questioning of an unsuspecting PAX member (maybe Fudd?)…pacing…I can’t hear him…can you hear him?…pacing…guys wondering if anyone can hear him…WWIIs…pacing…mumbling…some discussion of rain…pacing…TYA’s got a really big parka…pacing…Pilgrims mentioned…say what you are thankful for…pacing…modern medicine…pacing…saved Kay, which is awesome…pacing…pacing…is that his real skin color?…pacing…he should get that checked…pacing…he has…pacing…doctor says that’s “natural”…pacing…merkins…pacing…let’s mosey…

    …back and forth to the picnic tables…elevens…watch for the sticks…pacing…parka…darkness…rain…pacing…

    …black top…triple check…pacing…Massachusetts…pacing…Virginia only held for one year…pacing…maybe 2 years…pacing…Massachusetts…Swirly’s getting anxious…pacing…did you know the Bruins won the Cup in 1623?…pacing…really? No way…Swirly ready to start running…pacing…as true as anything else said today…pacing…parka…pacing…rain…pacing…Swirly/anxious…pacing…more questions for Fudd…pacing…let’s start the triple check already…pacing…three things are…pacing…balls to the wall, WWIIs…run to the fence…pacing…Bernie Sanders back…pacing…ok, boys…pacing…let’s go…

    …mosey BTTVSF…No Idea who took us out (different guy)…pacing…

    Net outcome…Berkeley first, TYA pacing, upset that Massachusetts second,…real Thanksgiving started with Lincoln (yep, that Lincoln).

    NMS: TYA paces as fast with a parka as he does without a parka. And, he’s super thankful for Kay and modern medicine. Amen.

    Announcements (prospective, as of November): The Bridge on Saturday, November 30th (sets the record for F3RVA attendance!!!).

  • The games are made up and the points don’t matter

    100-4-100 The celebration of reaching 100 posts before the end of 2024. I started with F3 in May, Choo Choo shortly after and Beaver shortly after that. We all reached 100 posts about the same time. Props to Choo Choo and Beaver for starting up the lumberyard and reaching these numbers so fast. I wanted to do something special and stupid. Everything was 100 count or 100 yards. We even had an FNG. Special thanks to the guys who traveled an hour to be here. Several completed the list and added to it. Great job by all. What a way to finish 2024 and looking forward to an even better 2025. I want to shout of Big Rig for dragging me out on that Tuesday back in May to get me where I am today. I want to thank everyone for continuing to push me since then.

  • Iron Sharpens…… Cardboard?

    13 PAX met at the Hill of Satan for Week 2 of the IronPAX Challenge 2024 edition. Some knew what was in store for them and were ready! Some didn’t know and stayed to get some! Some knew what was in store and knew better. All 13 put in work this morning. 3 PAX left for the “cardboard PAX” edition.
    90s playlist started, clock started and away we went with the following.

    THE THANG:

    • Run 800 meters
    • 80 Merkins
      • Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats (no cheat/no surrender)
      • Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs back to start
    • 80 Coupon Plank Jacks (toes down & up = 1)
      • Murder Bunny travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats
      • Reverse Murder Bunny back to start
    • 60 Merkins
      • Bricklayers travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats
      • Bricklayers back to start
    • 60 Coupon Plank Jacks
      • Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats
      • Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs back to start
    • 40 Merkins
      • Bricklayers travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats
      • Bricklayers back to start
    • 40 Coupon Plank Jacks
      • Murder Bunny travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats
      • Reverse Murder Bunny back to start
    • 20 Merkins
      • Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs travel 15 yards
      • 14 Cactus Jump Squats
      • Lt. Dan’s Magic Legs back to start
    • 20 Coupon Plank Jacks
    • Run 800 meters

    800 meters tuned out to be up to Rosetta’s house and back. Some had to modify, some left it all out there, and then some! Twerking was optional as per usual. Ten year events happening today and tomorrow. Big one is 7am beatdown at dogwood dell tomorrow. Make it a great day fellas!

  • IPC WK 0 aka Welcome Back Flo!!

    7 warriors of the gloom met at 0600 for Goyne Hard… IronPAX edition week zero. According to the walker that can’t seem to be EH’d this is how it went down. Short warm up and explainer, then down to business:

    Kalsu and then Reverse Kalsu

    • Format
      • Complete the workout for time
    • Equipment
      • 400 meter track or 200 meter out and back
      • Coupon is needed for this workout
      • EMOM timer set for 1 minute
    • The Thang
      • Kalsu – 100 thrusters
        • Start the 1-minute EMOM timer
        • Perform 5 burpees
        • As soon as you finish the burpees, start doing thrusters
        • When the timer goes off, do 5 burpees
        • Keep repeating this until you finish 100 thrusters
      • After 100 thrusters, run 400 meters
      • Reverse Kalsu – 100 burpees
        • Start your 100 burpees as soon as you get back
          • Don’t restart the EMOM timer. You are at the mercy of the timer as to when you get back
        • Each time the EMOM timer goes off, 5 thrusters
        • Perform burpees in between until you get to 100 burpees
      • Workout ends after your 100 burpees
      • Record your total time

    All PAX completed it and agreed it was terrible. Best form award goes to Beaver, dude had perfect jumps on every burpee and got down LOOOOW for the squats, TCLAPS to you ! Great to share this challenge with you guys this morning!! Kotter award goes to Florence, great to see you in the gloom again! Fastest time goes to State Farm, with a blistering sub 19min time!!

  • OTB BranderRUCK

    Four chiseled warriors found gloom on the other end of the day rucking a little over five miles around the perfectly paved trails of Brandermill (distance and pace varied between devices). Thanks to MEATBALL for the route and leading a blistering pace! Welcome to FNG STEVE who’s from our church and lives near Bon Air – he’s looking forward to earning his nickname at a bootcamp soon! And always awesome conversing with KATNISS. Thanks for choosing the hard path fellas – we’re getting stronger together! Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • SAVE THE BABY

    Last scheduled Holy water but more to come. Good positive turnout and looking to grow from here.

    WARMARAMA: Stretches oyo and laps to warm up and cool off in the pool. After we jumped in the relay race. Two teams of two, One person bear crawling underwater with 20lb dumbbells while the other swims a lap and jumps out for 5 merkins. Back in to tag the team mate until they reached the side of the pool they started on. Next was the buddy brick teams of two slide a dumbell under water while both are holding onto it. One had to hold onto the dumbell at all times. Each would alternate coming up for air. Working on treading water we passed a small 5lb watermelon ball while keeping it above water. It you drop it you had to retrieve it.

    THE THANG:The baby 10lb dumbell made it’s way too the deepend and needed to be saved. After various different routines of saving the baby we moved onto drownproofing. While some may find it intimidating it’s a great exercise to become more comfortable with under water activities. Alot of boundaries were pushed and great improvements made today. Buddy breathing using a snorkel is a great team building breathing exercise that pushes everyone.

    I’m looking forward to hosting more feel free to reach out. Great work by all today.