Tag: DaVille

Well no one wanted the Q for Tuesday so 9 Davillians decided that a hot potato was in order and went down something like this:

COP – Corned Beef led the warm up by moseying to the front of Atlee HS next to bus loop and we circled up for 15 SSH, 10 slow DQ, 10 Imperial Walkers, 20 4 count LBC’s, 10 4 -ct HC and 10 Hand Release Merkins passed Hot potato to Opus.

Mosey to tennis courts for a suicide dora with 100 merkins, 200 LBC and 300 SSH. partners switched after a suicide run from baseline to service line, back to baseline to net, base line to opponent service line then baseline to opponent base line and back. Switch with partner and continue until all reps are complete. Opus passed hot potato to Emoji.

Mosey to back of school to weight room wall and we performed a triple check; however, each partner had to run to five different trees. So like a triple check with 2 bonus rounds! Partner one, ran to 1 tree and back(timer), partner 2 LBC’s, partner 3 donkey kicks on gym wall. So we did 15 reps where each partner was able to touch five different trees, this worked well as we kept counting to one hand and could use the other hand to touch the tree. Emoji passed potato to Spike.

Mosey to bus loop and we go to the benches and start Jacob Ladder 11. We start with 1 dip mosey to light pole at the other end of loop and perform 10 burpees, then mosey back to bench 2 dips and run to pole and 9 burpees, we had to audible due to time when down to 6 burpees and 4 dips, mosey back to flag.

Numberama and Namerama.

We talked about missing Davillians lately and hope to see them soon in the gloom. We were updated on Helix’s family and Spike took us out in Prayer.

Proud to be around the F3 Davillians and see you all in the gloom! CB

Daville welcomed five morning workout warriors and during the COP a 6th man came to join us in the gloom. YHC is happy with the even number total 6 makes 3 partners and 2 triple check groups…here we go!

COP

20 SSH, 10 DQ, 15 arm circle 10 small 5 big, Reverso, 20 Freddie Mercuries, 15 hand release merkins, mosey to Picnic tables.

The THANG

YHC started to demonstrate the Coyote Ugly exercise with Opus holding feet and quickly called an audible to modify with feet firmly planted on the ground and started with 1 merkin on the ground, lift chest to seat, 1 merkin, then table 1 merkin, down to seat 1 merkin then down to ground 1 merkin. We repeated up to 5 reps each then back down to 1. So we will call this round Chipped Beef (thank you Opus as we started with chipped teeth had we tried to continue in the original prescribed manner).

Mosey to grass for partner leg toss 20 reps each, then divide into groups of 3 for a triple check. Partner 1 runs a lap around bus loop(timer), partner 2 Copper head squats, partner 3 – 10 hand release merkins and 10 LBCs repeating 10 and 10 until partner 1 returns. We did this 3 times.

Mosey to wall for balls to wall we started chicken peckers (5 reps) starting with left man working to the right, the other 5 held a BTW head stand during this round, when last man reps were complete, drop feet to ground and did 5 donkey kicks. We recovered for 15 seconds, returning blood to feet and legs and repeated this combination 2 more times.

Mosey back to flag for some Mary closeout ring of fire, 10 reps of 2 count scissor kicks, mountain climbers, four count merkins, LBC’s, diamond merkins, and box cutters.

Numberama, namerama

Emoji took us out in the COT.

Enjoyed the gloom with my F3 brothers this morning. CB SYITG

Announcements – TYA will be hosting Dogpile for the 5 year F3RVA anniversary…please try to make this convergence event! The retreat will start from there. Directions to destination will be passed out or relayed at Dogpile after the work out.

A Lucky 7 (or unlucky depending on how you look at it), came out to Atlee HS for Week 2 of the Iron PAX Challenge

This is how it went down

Grab a cinder block and mosey to the bus loop

COP (ALL IC) – DQ, Arm Circles

THANG

IronPAX Challenge Week 2 – “Meatloaf’s Massacre”

Round 1 – 10 Manmakers, 20 Overhead Presses, 30 Swings, 40 Goblet Squats, 50 Incline Block Merkins, 4 laps around the bus loop

Rinse and Repeat for Round 2, 3, and 4 with the following modification. Decrease run 1 lap for each subsequent. Round 2 – 3 laps, Round 3 – 2 laps, Round 4 – 1 lap

Mosey back to the SF, Numberrama, Namerama, Emoji took us out

MOLESKIN

The IronPAX is alive and well in RVA this year! YHC didn’t realize to yesterday he had the Q today. With already plans to run the IronPAX later this week, just seemed right to bring it to DaVille

This was a good “test run” since it seems later this week, YHC will need to make sure to cut out the COP and have the blocks ready.

Some of the PAX had to modify the workout to get it all in but overall this was a smoker. T-Claps to Corned Beef for pushing Spike and YHC the whole way.

SPIT ON THAT!!

6 straight A students came out for a first day of school beatdown that went something lke this…

Run the light posts in the front of the school. Each light post is 10 Mountain climbers (2 count of course)

Front of Chickahominy for the mini COP — SSH, DQ, Hillbillies

Run to the new exit for Chickahominy — PSA for the new exit freeway. increasing merkins at each yellow and black warning sign, 10 WW2’s at each speed bump

Mosey to the pull up bars — each person does 5 pull ups while the rest of the PAX does squats. Opus chose Spike (teacher’s pet) to be the demonstrator of the pullups. Nice Form. Once Spike was done, he chose the next person to go, etc.

Triple check on the playground
Swing push outs & plank, run the length of the school and back, alternate 5 inclined merkins and 5 dips on the bench

7’s — 1 burpee, bear crawl up hill, 6 flutterkicks — repeato until 6 burpees and 1 flutterkick
Then do 10 flutterkicks.
Run back to bus loop.
When we get to the bus loop do the mountain climber run again.
Back to flag.

Numbers, Names, Announcements, YHC took us out

It’s always mixed feelings at the beginning of the year for YHC. Still looking for that endless summer, but ready for the challenge of a new school year as well. The playground has endless possibilities for fun in the future. We will be back.

Opus

Three hearty early-risers gathered in the gloom for a Daville workout. Here is what happened:

(Temp QIC Helix)

Mosey to front of middle school for…

COP (All IC x 10, unless otherwise specified)

• Small arm circles plus large (x 5), reverso
• Head circles (each way)
• Hip circles (each way)
• Toe sweepers
• Copperhead squats
• Merkins
• Plank Jacks
• Burpees OYO (x 5)

(Temp QIC Spike)

Mosey to track for…

Four Corners x 2

20 reps at each corner, exercises were Merkins, WWII Sit-ups, Pull-ups, and Heels-to-Heaven

(Temp QIC Trout)

Mosey to middle/high school bus loop for…

11s

Exercises were dips and donkey kicks

COT, BOM, Spike took us out

NMS

A tiny-but-mighty crowd today. Spike set the bar high with challenging the PAX to two rounds of 20-reps pull-ups, plus providing assistance for the PAX. Mumble chatter centered on 2.0s returning to school, middle school anxiety, and M’s getting some well deserved respite.

These gloom workouts really do catapult YHC thru the rest of the day. Just a great way to bracket life’s stressors, and grow from self-inflicted challenges. Thanks for sharing (and providing) the moment, Spike and Trout.

Announcements

Labor Day convergence and first annual retreat coming up in September.

9 of the strong greeted the gloom at DaVille for some ground work

Mosey to grassy area by basketball court

COP

• Arm Circles
• SSH
• Merkins
• LBC

The Suck

                Do the exercise in each station while the rabbit runs to the end of the parking lot and back, then move to the next station

• Jump Rope
• Squats (proper squats)
• Chuck Norris merkins
• Battle ropes
• WW2 situps
• Jump squats
• Something I can’t remember
• Sandbag work with Eric

Mosey to the wall

One burpee for every person that passes the Q on the way

Wally World like thing

3 sets of

• 5 donkey kicks
• BTTW handstand merkins
• Merkins with feet on the wall
• Run to sidewalk and back

PAX wall sits while one crawls under legs to end of line, then next goes. Everyone goes twice

Then

PAX goes BTTW while one bear crawls under to end of line, then next goes. Everyone goes once

Mosey back to the flag

5 burpees for everyone that gets back to the flag after the Q

Merkin Ring of Fire to finish out the time

Numberama

Namearama

Spike took us out

NMS

YHC doesn’t often Q DaVille, his love of Ground-n-Pound seems like a waste of the size of the AO. But pressure from the PAX will make a man do some positive things, weather he wants to or not.

MumbleChatter was high and the effort was strong as everyone worked through the exercises.

As always it was an honor to lead this group of men

See you in the Gloom.

Ten willing participants convened near the flag for this mid-August rendition of Daville. Greetings and salutations and then off we went for a little mosey around the school to the basketball courts.

COP
SSH x20
Russian Soldiers x15
Arm Circles x15
Copperhead Squats x15
Hug and Loves x15

The Thang
Mosey over to the parking lot for a Daville version of 11s (with 9 then 4 trees). Run up the right side of the parking lot stopping at each tree for increasing merkins. 1 up to 9. Run backwards down the left side of the parking lot stopping at trees for reverse 2 count lunges. 1 up to 4. Repeato with monkey humpers then burpees.

Saunter over to the tennis courts for width-wise line drills. Start on the side line and do line drills across 3 tennis courts, stopping at each doubles alley. Stop on the far end for exercises. 5 merkins at each stop. 2nd set included karaoke followed by jump squats. 3rd set included karaoke the other direction and WW2s. Various forms of people’s chair in-between sets.

Serpentine over to the baseball field for some fun on the bases. Single – run to each base and complete 10 merkins. 40 total. Double – run to second and do 20 squats then run home and complete 20 squats. Triple – run to third and complete 30 2-count flutters then single home for 10 more merkins. Home run – run around the bases (inside the park style) and complete 40 LBCs.

Quick run back to the flag where we had 10 more seconds for 10 more merkins.

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

Moleskin
It was great to get out to Daville this morning. I’ve been searching for the right day to make the trek and today was a perfect day. Always fun to get out and explore a new AO. Thanks to the Daville crew + Double Mint for allowing YHC to lead, even though you guys were counting weird at points.

Appreciate the love out there today. There were definitely a few “sighs of joy” when announcing the exercises we were performing. YHC can only assume those were sounds of endearment.

Big Data corrected a lot of data yesterday but today it’s all about chalking one up in the Daville column for Splinter.

7 lucky bros showed up for a Daville workout that would leave them aiken. Here is what transpired…

• SSH
• Helicopters
• Crab cakes
• diamond merkins
• reverse crunches (gas pumps — they worked!)
• AST’s
• crunchy frogs
• angled knee jumps
• american hammers
• werkins

Mosey to the bus loop for round one of Aiken legs (20 of each of the following — squats, lunges, split jacks, box jumps)

Mosey to tennis courts for modified 4 corners
— Run counter clockwise to corner one, 10 merkins, run the rest of the loop and plank up for the 6
— run clockwise to corner 2 — do 20 mountain climbers, keep going to next corner and do 10 merkins, back to start and plank
— run counter clockwise, 10 merkins, run, 20 mountian climbers, run, 30 WW2 situps, back to start
— last round — stay at first corner do 40 SSH, run, 30 ww2 situps, 20 mountain climbers, 10 merkins, back to start

Mosey back to Aiken legs area for a second round of Aiken legs! Yay!

5-1-1 5-1-1
5 donkey kicks at Atlee, run to first fence, 1 burpee, run to second fence, 1 burpee, continue to chickahominy wall, 5 more donkey kicks, come back and do the burpees on the way back as well.
Then do the same exercises with 4 dk’s and 2 burpees
Repeato with three of each.
Indigenous people’s run back to the flag

a round of mary including but not limited to the following exercises — mountain climbers, hand release merkins, dirty dogs, LBCs, etc…

Numbers, Names, Announcements

NMS — Being awake at 3:45 has it’s advantages — it means you are up for at least an hour before everyone else and can get mentally ready for the workout. YHC had lots of Q energy today — I hope that energy was spread to the rest of the group! Not much to report from today — mumblechatter was minimal (no Emoji or Labrat or Phonics). The PAX rocked it today — excellent work by all. Thankful for Marco Polo and Bulkhead’s new job situations! Prayers for Helix and his family as mom and daughter head to Childrens Hospital of Philly to hopefully get some answers and peace of mind for the future.
Keep praying for our nation as well — there are a lot of good people here in the US, but all we hear about is the truly awful stuff on the news. Bring a positive light to the people you converse with today — you never know what someone else is going through. “Be the change you want to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi

12 DaVillians and 2 summer tourists found DaVille for a somewhat cooler morning that went like this…

Mosey around the parking lot back toward the front of the high school.

COP All IC – 30 SSHs, 10 don quixotes, arm circles, 10 hand-release merkins (HRMs), 10 plank jacks, 10 mountain climbers, 20 tempo LBCs, 10 crab cakes, 10 imperial walkers

Triple Check – Bear crawl / Crab walk to the sidewalk & back, donkey kicks, flutter kicks

Mosey into the new neighborhood across the main road and to the back.

Modified DORA – Partner up, one partner runs the road to the SECOND port-o-john an back while the other does the following cumulative exercises – 100 HRMS, 100 WWII sit-ups, 100 SSHs,

Mosey back toward the school but stop near the dirt hill.

Ankle-breaking Hill – one partner holds Al Gore while the other runs up the dirt hill and does 2 burpees and returns. Switch.

Mosey back to the flag area.

Superman.

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

NMS:

YHC arrived at DaVille to an empty parking lot around 5:20 am and wondered if anyone would show up. The PAX quickly filled up the parking spots and Spike came running in. A police car stopped to find out what was going on and Trout gave the explanation for why a bunch of guys (and 7-11) were up this early in the morning.

YHC changed part of the workout because HoneyDo always inspires donkey kicks to be included in the beatdown. The PAX seemed to enjoy the challenge of mixing the bear crawls and crab walks in the triple check.

The mosey into the new Giles Farm neighborhood was inspired by yesterday’s Tomato Run adventure in the same area. YHC saw some potential hills and loops for some F3 fun. The modified DORA included a run on the road that provided for some hill challenges. YHC called out that the run went to the port-o-john. Circle K commented, “The first port-o-john, right.” The answer…. “NO, the second port-o-john back up the incline.” The PAX attacked the exercises. Spike and Anchovy showed all how to run with a vengeance. YHC wondered if anyone was going to take a break in the port-o-john but nobody disappeared behind the doors…

YHC noted that there was some extra time and decided to point the PAX to run up the dirt hill for a little adventure. The good news is that nobody twisted an ankle or hurt themselves!

The final Superman featured Emoji’s vocal abilities. Impressive.

Another fine morning in the GLOOM!

The Carpenter