Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

  • Knocking off the Q rust

    A sweaty seven HBR stalwarts came out to see how much sweat we could leave on the pavement. We did:

    COP: Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Squats, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion Kicks.

    Over to covered area: grab a pole and boxing cockroach while end PAX does 2 burpees then leapfrog down the line. Head to benches next 2 tennis courts: 3 rounds of 30 Benchkicks & 15 Derkins. Then over to basketball hoops. 10 HRMs at each hoop with bear crawl & lunge between. 2nd round was Jump Squats.

    Mosey down to track. Take advantage of cones on field. Mix of sprints, jog with some merkins and burpees thrown in. Finish up with 3 rounds of 8 Jerkins. Back to flag for 2 min of Mary.

    Announcements: Come rock out with Whitesnake’s band at Hardywood this weekend.

    NMS: Just a plain hot July morning beatdown. Too hot for mumblechatter even.

  • Groaning Ridge

    8 HIM’s with an appreciation for cool temps and hard things assembled at Heartbreak for the annual DYH summer tour Q. No frisbees or cabers, just a classic ride on the pain train. Here’s what the aged vet witnessed as he stood saluting the shovel flag for the duration of the beatdown:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Moseyrama around the track
    • MORNING CALL at the pullup bars (all PAX plank while individuals take turns to shout nickname & complete x5 Merkins until all PAX complete, and planking PAX complete incline merkins for every pullup done)
    • Mosey and circle up on the field
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1: 

    • Partner up for a FIELD KILODORA
    • While one partner runs to next corner and back, other partner completes reps, when reps for a given exercise completed, partners move to the next corner
    • x100 Merkins
    • x200 Lunges (single-count)
    • x300 LBC’s
    • x400 SSH’s

    COP #2:

    • Mosey over to Heartbreak Ridge
    • Let’s play TWENTY-ONE
    • Bottom x20 —> 1 Mountain Climbers
    • Top x1 —> 20 American Hammers (2-ct)
    • The Q got down to x8 Mtn Climbers before we called TIME

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  Aaaahhhh yes, good old Heartbreak Ridge where once upon a time I did my VQ. Love these fellas. That said, it was disturbing to start the day with the sound of Senior Frog repeatedly grunting his own name – perhaps the Q might have better explained the Morning Call routine before we started? That’s OK, he made up for it by “complementing” the OPUS reps, which if you think about it, are really just super slow burpees. The KILO-Dora (1000 reps) didn’t disappoint and we covered a lot of distance and time completing it, really only leaving about 13 minutes for the 21’s. After hearing the chorus of groans that issued from the PAX upon learning of our final destination, the Q decided the AO might be better called “Groaning Ridge” …but it was a solid burn to end our time, and the PAX appreciated it, even though they hated it. The Summer Tour continues! SYITG another time soon. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • DRY JULY – join us, give something up, get stronger and healthier!
    • Book Club – 7pm tonight at Dunkin (Pump & Patterson)
    • Thur, July 4th Convergence, Forrest Hill Park – FIELD DAY (bring your families!)
    • Next Tue West End Lunch & SOJ 2nd F 

  • Live Free or Die Hard

    In the 4th installment of the franchise, and the first to take place on the 4th of July and not during the Christmas season, some terrorist group creates chaos by messing with communications, transportation and electricity. I tried to prepare our group of nine for those circumstances.

    We moseyed to the front of the school for some warmups on SSH, IW, DQ, Merkins, Plank Jacks and LBCs. We then went around the fence at the bus loop and took on the hill between schools. Like the movie (and life), this hill has its ups and downs. We did 11’s of Jump Squats and HRMs and the exercise you started with depended on whether your birthday had occurred or not. That made some uncomfortable. This was a long set of 11s.

    We then ran to the back blacktop and worked on modes of transportation: bunny hops, bear crawls, crab walks, lunges and running and we did different versions two times.

    To eventually work our way back to Heartbreak Ridge, and thinking of the summer, we hit the softball field and did 7’s of burpees and merkins.

    We then moseyed to the top of Heartbreak Ridge and reenacted an elevator scene wear McLane takes out the attractive double agent Maggie Q. We crawl beared down the hill and ran back up twice.

    After moseying back to the flag, we did some flutters, reverse crunches and LBCs to end the day.

    I don’t think we learned anything today but we did get about 2 miles in. A good day to die hard is coming.

    Prayers for my father-in-law John and Wildcat.

    Enjoy the day and thanks for letting me lead.

  • UF Banned!

    8 HIMs ready to conquer the day. Let’s Goooo!!!

    Warmarama: Mosey to the back of the school. SSH, Imperial Walkers, DQ, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Copperhead Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, LBC, Flutter Kicks.

    The Thang: The Eye at Heart Break Ridge.
    Round1: Let’s Go!!
    5 Burpees
    Corner1: Merkins x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner2: Squats x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner 3: WWII x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner 4: SSH x 40
    5 Burpees
    Round 2: That was fun!
    5 Burpees
    Corner1: Hand Release Merkins x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner2: Squats x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner 3: Heals to Heaven x10, WWII x10
    5 Burpees
    Corner 4: SSH x40
    5 Burpees
    Round 3: Should have played UF
    5 Burpees
    Corner1: Carolina Dry Docks x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner2: Squats x20
    5 Burpees
    Corner 3: Heals to Heaven x10, WWII x10
    5 Burpees
    Corner 4: SSH x40
    5 Burpees

    Ring of Fire!
    5 Minutes of Mary (Flutter Kicks, LBC, Rosalitas, Hello Dollys, American Hammers)

    BTTF:
    Numberama: Namerama:
    YHC:     Took us out!!

    NMS: YHC planned for a bootcamp workout but also came prepared if the PAX was expecting Ultimate Frisbee. YHC read the room and a bootcamp workout it is. Maybe next time boys. Thanks for letting me lead at Heart Break Ridge today.

    Are we sure Limey is downrange. Great to see him posting again this week.
    If you are not planning on going to Deliverance at First Watch tomorrow, please go to WDog. Limey is planning to hit WDog and would love some company. Let’s Goooo!!!

    Oyster

  • What happens at the Jerkin gym

    11 West End Gentlemen and 2 Southsiders set off after decisions were made by the Q and others to forego the gloves. An uneven prime number threw off plans for triple checks or Dora. After a warmup highlighted with proper Hillbillies, the real fun began.

    Heartbreak Hill 6 pack – Jump Squats at the top, HRM at the bottom. Next to the jerkin gym where Whitesnake skipped and did a lap to heal his wrist (no word whether the injury was from solo jerkins). Partner up for decreasing ladder of 5-1 jerkins. Half a lap to the bleachers for Lindsey – Bench Kicks and lunges.

    Repeato – back to the hill for a 6 pack of V-ups and Monkey Humpers. Jerkin Gym – 5 to 1. Lindsey – Bulgarian Split Squats and WWII. Close with some Mary.

    Great to be out at Heartbreak with the Fabulous Gypsy and others. The namesake hill and jerkin gym are 2 of my favorite spots so we had to visit those twice. Despite his graceful fall yesterday, Pigskin was back out for more, he may have been slightly slower but Atilla kept him company. This may not have been a tough enough workout for Senor Frog who could not be heard hacking at all this morning, he has a routine in the morning that does not include the jerkin gym. Despite being assured that Ultimate frisbee was unlikely, Honeydo was not there to enjoy the benck kicks.

    West End 2nd F Lunch – today at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook

    3rd F book discussion @ Dunkin – #5 of Jordan Peterson’s rules, come to discuss the rule, maybe not the writing style

    2nd F @ Snuff’s 7:45 pm, in Bon Air – See Slack for details.

    Prayers for Fudd’s sister and others with relatives that are struggling with illness.

    Thanks for letting me cross the river to lead, always a pleasure to see familiar faces in an unfamiliar location. SOJ takeover continues this week – Locals holding down the fort at SOT/MOT, Crossing, and Ruckhenge, get some strong SOJ energy at WaThaHuk, giddy up at First Watch, sing along at Wdog, and bringing some flowers on a Manndate.

  • He’s got Wilfred Brimley Thighs

    A terrific ten found it sunny and 70 to start at Heartbreak this morning. After rearranging our normal parking around the 200 extra buses in the parking lot we did:

    COP on back blacktop: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

    Partner up for Dora 123: 100 Derkins, 200 Jump Squats, 300 Benchkicks. Over to tennis courts for 4 rounds of wheelbarrows & 10 Derkins. Mosey down to Jerkin Gym with a stop along the way of the tunnel of love on the bars. 4 rounds of 7 Jerkins. Finish up with a few trips up & down Heartbreak Hill to give Last Call his $s worth.

    Announcements: Ruck on Thursday afternoon for D-day 80th. 2nd F Tuesday lunch on the 11th at Firehouse. Prayers offered up for Fudd’s sister and Splinter’s mom.

    NMS: Solid PAX with Last Call making his Virgin post at HBR. He was impressed with the options and space at Heartbreak and we only covered half the AO. Atilla was nursing an injury but still pushed through. YHC was hoping Senor Frog might spill some merlot on the pavement at the end but he was just doing his normal hacking. Some solid mumblechatter as Last Call visited the Jerkin Gym for the 1st time, hence the BB title.

  • Summer is underway!

    8 gathered on this beautiful end of May morning to tackle the short week with the right mix of dopamine and adrenaline! The thang:

    warm up with 20 SSH, 10 Don Qs, 10 Ukrainian soldiers, 30 LBCs, 10 merkins. Mosey to lot behind Pemeberton Elementary. BLIMPS workout. Run across lot 10 burpees, run back and then return to exercise spot, 30 LBCs, repeat runs, 20 two count imperial walkers, repeat runs, 25 merkins, repeat runs, 25 plank jacks, repeat runs, 30 side straddle hops. Rinse and repeat for 2nd BLIMPS. Once completed mosey to front of school. Dora : 100 merkins, 200 WWIIs, 300 two count American hammers. Mosey to Quioccasin school pick nick table, three rounds of 25 dips, times up back to flag. 2.6 miles covered today and a beautiful less humid day. Announcements: come support Whitesnake band playing at kindred spirits Saturday 2 to4 at the richmond city location near the diamond, F3 RVA 10 year anniversary Sept 21, save the date. Closed in prayer another day of reflection for those that have laid down their lives for this great country! God is Great, Amen

  • Die Hard with a Vengeance

    Nine movie fans were super happy to take part in another Die Hard morning at Heartbreak. We started with a review of Die Hard and Die Hard 2. That started with running up and down Heartbreak Ridge 8 times and doing a warm up exercise in between including Cherry Pickers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Hillbilly’s, Merkins, Copperhead Squats, and Arm circles (each direction separately). With the stairs to the 9th floor blocked, we hit the ventilation shaft and Bear crawled up the hill and ran back down twice. We separated those with an ode to Die Hard 2 and some Bird Dogs and then Plank Bird Dogs.

    The basic premise of the third Die Hard movie is solving riddles to stop a bomb. I had three riddles (two from the movie and one I made up) and Burpee Bombs planned if the riddles were not solved correctly.

    First riddle was from the movie and involved a man going to St. Ives. It is a riddle hidden in a math problem distraction. Like John McLain, the Pax failed and did not have Zeus (Samuel Jackson) to find the simple solution. We did ten burpees to light the fuse and then went to the baseball field and split up on the bases. Home plate was the timer at ten burpees while each base also did burpees until relieved by the previous base. Roughly 40 burpees later, it was time for another riddle.

    The second riddle involved the school name change 8 years ago (which the Pax got-Byrd) but did not connect it to the next location, the basketball courts. Another Burpee Bomb exploded. We partnered up and one partner did an exercise at the wall while the other ran to the opposite end and did ten burpees before coming back to switch. We rotated through exercises and 9,8,7,6,5 burpees until we finished. 45 burpees later and rounds of flutters, reverse crunches, LBCs, peoples chair with milkers, heals to heaven and jump squats and we had one more riddle from the movie.

    “What has four legs and is always ready to travel?”. Lighthouse got the answer (An Elephant) so we went back to the flag and never got to 100 burpees. Old Handshake was sad: “More Burpees” he said. Instead we did some Plank Jacks, LBCs and SSH to end the morning.

    The first of the non-Christmas themed Die Hard’s, Die Hard with a Vengeance is a great movie. None afterwards are worth a watch so I will need to wait until Christmas time for a Die Hard only Q. I think we can defeat Hans Gruber and his crew again. Heartbreak Ridge will be waiting for us, maybe with some snow next time.

  • 49 & Still Silent for Now

    Time to mark the start of another year of life with a theme Q.  Here is how it went down at HBR today:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the football field – 49 run with 7 exercises/7 preps and run back to goal line, rinse and repeat 7x
      • 49 burpees
      • 49 HRM
      • 49 WWII sit-ups
      • 49 side lunges – each side
      • 49 crab cakes
      • 49 squats
    • Mosey to Heartbreak Hill for 7 runs up the hill with 7 CDD at the top (49 total)
    • PLTs – one set of 25 and on set of 24 (49 total)
    • Mosey around the track and back to the parking lot for DMH
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    This is one of those it looks easier on paper than reality.  More cardio than it appears at first sight.  T-claps to the PAX for finally figuring out the theme.  Thanks for humoring YHC. There was a lot of mumblechatter to start, but boy did that fall off of a cliff after a bit.

    Lunch today at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrooke.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Zig Zags, Dizziness, and Microblocks

    10 HBR regulars, 1 FNG, and 1 Downranger joined for these weeks Heartbreak Ridge

    Long-Mosey around the front of the school and back around to the back blacktop. Meanwhile Whitesnake is running over to Pemberton. Luckily Gomer is loud enough to signal Whitesnake. COP with various exercises to include the Pencil Roll and Inverted Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey over to the wall for a Triple Check. P1 Wall Sits with Overhead Presses, P2 does LBC’s, P3 runs to the Poles on the far side and Zig Zags through them from right to left, Complete round. Round 2 same exercises but Zig Zag left to right. Round 3 same exercises to run to the center and 1/2 the group turns left/turns right and Zig Zags and then reverse to the other side.

    Form up in a line for a Pencil Roll Train. 3 count exercise to 5. Dizziness complete.

    Partner up for a Handshake Partner Triple Check. 10 Boxing Dying Cockroaches each partner, 10 Boo-yeah Merkins, 10 Partner Boo-yeah WWII’s, 3 rounds. Last round finish with 20 Boo-Yeah WWII’s.

    Mosey to the rails down by the Field House. Hands and Feet on the rails up to the top and then Bear Crawl back down. 1 round.

    Mosey to Lil’ Blue and grab 6 Micro Blocks. Block for every other man. M1 does and exercise with the block while M2 does a different exercise, pass the block to the left. Do this for a few rounds.

    Partner up with the Block. Partner WWII’s with the block handing off each rep. Complete 30 each while switching sides in the middle to work the opposite side of the Abs.

    Recover and get back to back with your partner rotating and handing off the block. 1 minute until the timer.

    Announcements – 2nd F Lunch at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook next week at 11:30/12:00? on 5/14. May Convergence at Tredegar. 10 year anniversary coming up in the Fall, September 27th weekend?

    NMS – Great to have Mayhem (F3 Hampton Roads) with us today. YHC met Mayhem at the Oceanfront workout last year. Mayhem also saw Florence last week when Florence was on vacation. Cujo (FNG) who is in RVA for work and lives in Upstate Maine. Cujois a friend/colleague of Mayhems. Unfortunately there currently isn’t a F3 Chapter where Cujo lives, but maybe there is an opportunity now to start one?