Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

  • Heartbreak Ridge

    9 gathered for this weeks rendition of Heartbreak and this is what happened:

    YHC was the mystery Q, it only came with a little disappointment from Lighthouse, once this was established we launched.

    COP of various exercises to included Inverted and regular Scorpion Kicks

    Park lot Bear Crawls. Bear Crawl and (2) HRM’s at each parking spot

    Mosey over to Lil’ Blue and grab a Microblock. Mosey over to the field.

    Various high rep exercises with the Microblock. Even though the weight is low when you do 50 reps it still burns.

    Mosey back to Lil’ Blue to return the blocks and then over to wall and group up for a Triple Check. P1 runs the lot and back, P2 does Bench Kicks, P3 does wall sits.

    Complete (2) Squats at each parking spot across the lot.

    Announcements – Oyster is hosting Frisbee at Gridiron NEXT Saturday (August 5th, not July 29th). Pickleball Tournament on August 26th, grab a partner. Honeydo is doing a Kayak trip from Huguenot Flatwater this Thursday about 5:00.

    NMS – quiet morning, not much mumblechatter. It was good to have Chaplin make the trip as part of the Summer Tour. EF Hutton ran over like a stud. We had 3 for Coffeteria afterwards.

  • No One Stays Dry

    Absent a few fart-sackers, five noble warriors assembled in the dew of the morning to a late-night Q volunteer.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Cumulative beast
      • 180 HRM
      • 144 WWII sit-ups
      • 108 side crunches – each side
      • 72 monkey humpers
      • 36 2x crab cakes
      • Last round – 36 burpees as out of time
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX today.  Great to have Whitesnake back.  Too bad Horneydo and Handshake were not there.  Many of the PAX have been injured at some point in the last 6 months, so grateful hearts that we were able to come together and do some ground and pound.  The ground was moist to say the least, so no one went home dry. 

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Ultimate returns to Heartbreak

    8 frisky wanna be Lab Rats descended on the less than stellar football field of Quioccasin Middle for one of YHC’s favorite ways to spend 45 minutes…..Ultimate frisbee. Bodos was nice enough to bring his small orange cones. After setting up the field and some last minute changes back and forth on light vs. dark jerseys we had our 4 vs. 4 and kicked it off. About 5 minutes in Attila showed up to throw off our even numbers, making it 5 vs. 4. The dark shirts stormed to the lead with superior numbers, and after the score reached 5-1 Lighthouse volunteered to abandon the dark side in favor of the light side. Our paler brethren then rallied to come back but were unable to eclipse the dark team’s lead, despite the spittle flying from Handshakes lips as he continued to harangue his teammates whenever they dropped a pass. YHC announced that the last goal scored would win, and Bodos and the other “lighties” quickly stormed down the field to score the “winning” goal.

    COT: Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

    Announcements: Honeydo is now calling himself “Horneydo” and has declared that he is back in the dating game! Katie bar the doors and someone better warn the ladies of RVA as it has been a while since this stallion has roamed the pastures looking for mares.

    Thanks for coming out today guys! That was a blast. I love playing Ultimate and hope to do this a few more times while we still have the early AM light.

  • Swamp Donkey is back in RVA

    Nine noteworthy gents survived last night’s storm and made it out to HBR. We were joined by a semi-regular visitor from Davidson and off we went:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Reverse Crunch, Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey over to PES front for Triple check: HRMs, WWIIS, and run loop. Mosey to back of school to playground for 4 rounds of 8 Pullups and Squats. Over to blacktop, few rounds of Bear Crawl, Crawl bear, Crab walk and lunges.

    Down to tennis courts for 3 rounds of Wheelbarrow and 15 Derkins. Just enough time to hit the Jerkin Gym with 4 rounds of 10 Jerkins and then back to flag for 2 min of Mary. Atilla took us out.

    NMS: Ample humidity and soggy conditions made this morning a challenge. But the PAX got after it. Good to be back at HBR after some travel and be met with Atilla’s “hospitality” again. Kubota says he has converted to a summer-time HBR regular. Swamp Donkey has posted several times before here and gets after it for someone who is 61. Unfortunately that is only mildly impressive when Pigskin is out keeping up with the PAX as Triple-Respect. Swamp Donkey was introduced to Jerkins and found out what the RVA pax knows, they suck. Hopefully he brings those back to to Davidson.

    Announcements: 4th July Convergence at Dogpile, 7:00.

  • It’s summer

    Oyster checked another box on the Summer Tour with a visit to Heartbreak Ridge. The first month of the Summer Tour is 2/3s over! Got to visit some other AOs!

    Mosey forward, Karioke left, Mosey backwards, Karioke right back to start

    Disclaimer

    Warmup: in cadence

    20 SSHs

    20 Imperial Walkers

    10 Don Quixote

    Mosey to benches in front of Quioccasin;

    10 Dips in cadence

    10 Derkins in Cadence

    10 Step-Ups in cadence

    3x

    Mosey to the wall at Quioccasin

    15 People’s chair airpress

    10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    15 People’s chair Milkers

    10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali

    10 BTTW toe taps

    15 Donkey Kix OYO

    Mosey to hill between Quioccasin and Pemberton

    Jacob’s ladder with 5 Knee-ups at bottom each time: up the Heartbreak hill 7 times with 1, 2, 3, etc. to 7 Burpees at the top

    Mosey to wall across the parking lot at Pemberton

    Dora with

    100 Merkins

    200 Crunchy Frogs

    300 SSHs

    Mosey to parking lot in front of Quioccasin for

    20 Ukrainian Soldiers

    10 Diamond Merkins

    Mosey to flag

    15 Heels to Heaven in cadence

    60-count 6-inch leg lift

    No Announcements

    Takeout by YHC using an excerpt from Romans:

    We also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.

  • The ULTIMATE Takeover

    Ultimate Frisbee at Heartbreak was a BLAST this morning with perfect 7v7 teams and White Snake taking laps on the track. With a final score of 5 to 5, and each scoring team “earning” x5 Burpees for every TD while the loser walked, here are the HIGHLIGHTS:

    • Labrat – best short throws (nobody was fast enough to catch the zingers he played long)
    • Gecko – stickiest hands, both catching and intercepting (LOVE this guy’s energy!)
    • Snuff – best TD catch (literally laid out flat and superman caught a speeding bullet in the very last second before it touched the ground – BOOM! …and yes, Labrat had an eyebrow raised)
    • DTH – credited for still having an extra gear, but won extra burpees and the “worst throw award” on the final Pull slung out of bounds
    • Tebow – hammer throw success!
    • Lighthouse – most missed TD’s and accompanying profanity (he was always there making the perfect TD run but never quite catching up with the pass)
    • Mariner – cleanest TD routes and effortless TD’s
    • Joey C – amazing effort for 99% of the game, but then couldn’t land the winning TD
    • White Snake – credited for the last catch of the game, and yet somehow, his only catch

    COT:

    • Counterama # 15
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS: Hey fellas, thanks so much for humoring the SOJ Takeover and posting decent numbers for a great game. Loved to finally meet Señor Frog who I’ve read so much about, and it was awesome energy today from Gecko who recently transplanted from the Carolinas. Much appreciation to Labrat for explaining the rules and keeping the bootcamp extra credit to a reasonable minimum. Respect to all the older gents getting after it today! Missed some of the West End regulars – where was HoneyDo and Handshake?! Maybe next time. SYITG, DTH

    Announcements (see SLACK!):

    • TODAY “Pigskin’s Buyin” 2nd F lunch at Firehouse Subs Innsbrook
    • SOJ Takeover – keep posting for more fun!
    • 6/21, 0500, Paddling the James
    • 6/27 – Gumbo’s Home Run Derby

    Prayer Requests:

    • Gecko mentioned the loss of a friend’s M to suicide. Life is precious brothers – may the Lord use us to stand in the gap and rescue folks to His Love. 

  • Chum Bucket at Heartbreak Ridge

    9 of western Henrico’s finest gathered for this weeks Heartbreak. No Q in site, but a text to forewarn. Apparent groin injury due to overuse.

    COP of various exercises

    Mosey to the main parking lot for some tracers. Run to the far parking space and touch the line, mosey back to the first line, continue on to the second to the last line, and then back to the first, continue until all lines have been touched.

    Triple Check. P1 Bear Crawls across the lot and runs back, P2 does Wall Sits, P3 does Dips. 3 rounds.

    Mosey back to the COP Parking Lot. As a group, 30 HRM’s, 50 WWI’s. Break in the middle of the 50 WWI’s for both Inverted and Regular Scorpion Kicks.

    Mosey to the Pull Up Bars and complete 10 Pull Ups each.

    Mosey back to the Flag for 30 LBC’s and 20 2-Count Flutter Kicks.

    Announcements – none

    Prayer Requests – none

    NMS – quiet morning. Likely the Parking Space Run was the culprit. YHC didn’t have anything planned but YHC figured it out. Glad to have Hutton and Chum Bucket at Heartbreak. Bonus Points to Hutton for running to and from the AO.

  • Screw the Hot Potato

    Five noble warriors fought off the post-holiday weekend fartsack to embrace the suck of Heartbreak Ridge.  YHC hogged the hot potato.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Dead man hang
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the blacktop for 4 corners
      • 70 HRM
      • 70 WWII sit-ups
      • 70 monkey humpers
    • 5x check – 3 rounds
      • Bear crawl/run
      • Wall sit
      • Balls to the wall
      • FM
      • Merkins
    • Mosey to the Heartbreak Hill for 7 hill runs and 1 Bernie
    • Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work from the PAX today.  Steady and solid effort from all.  Great fellowship.  Certain PAX members want to see a pic of Probation’s fiancé to confirm existence and worthiness. 

    Announcements include the assumed July 4th convergence TBD.   Summer tour is underway.


    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Jams & not elevens

    It was a perfect morning for nine to gather at daybreak for Heartbreak & YHC was honored to Q after a long hiatus. Honeydo showed up in his colorful jams, matching sneakers and off we went to the ES parking lot.

    COP: 15xSSH, 11xDQ, 10xHC, 10xIW, 10xHRM, 15xLBC, air spell Heartbreak Ridge (lowercase for Slippin Jimmy). Ready to rumble, we meandered to the little playground for a triple check: Big Boy Sit-ups, shoulder taps & the timer runs a loop. After mr. jams man pined for a release from the shoulder tap movement, the crew was treated to 10x Scorpion Kicks OYO. Dealer’s choice for regular style to release one’s lower back or to invert and avoid the infamous pressure.

    Mosey back to the rear asphalt field and partner up for a Dora: 100 x HRM, 150 x LBC, 150 x squat with alternating bear crawl / lunge route as a timer. Native American mosey to the GP railings for a signature 2x over/under crawl bear / rail crawl combo.

    With 7 minutes remaining we started a set of 11’s, convoluted & without any counts that added to 11… scorpion kicks at the bottom of heartbreak ridge, bernie to top & do odd number sets (1,3,5,7,9,11) x 3 of heels to heaven. YHC abandoned this chaos at round 4 to hit a single set of 12x jerkins and mosey back to the flag. Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Convergence Memorial Day at Tredegar 7a) and YHC took us out. Thanks for the colorful and wonky morning! Until next time, GP

  • 48 Continued

    YHC continued his birthday week Q’s at my weekly posting AO’s with HBR today.  Here is how the PAX celebrated 48:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • Ukranian soldiers
      • DQ
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Dead man hang
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Burpee march – 3x down the parking lot with 48 total burpees, 48 2x FM and 48 APD
    • Mosey to the football field for 4 corners – 12 reps at each corner and cumulative
      • 144 HRM
      • 96 WWII sit-ups
      • 48 squats
    • Mosey to the jerkin gym – 4x reps
      • 48 jerkins
      • 48 PLT
    • Mosey back to the flag for COT with YHC taking us out

    Good to see these nine warriors on such a glorious morning.  Mumble-chatter early, more silence later.  Great work by all.  Plenty of reps.  The PAX is grateful that YHC is not at double or triple respect.

    Convergence on Memorial Day at Tredegar at 7 am.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila