Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

Great numbers this morning with Henrico Spring Break finally being over. Stories of cruises, beaches, lost kids, fjords and diarrhea all morning long!

We started with some warmups in the front lot and then moseyed to the hill on the East side of the middle school. I’m still not sure what I will do for my annual Die Hard workout so we tested out this hill. We ran to the top as a group to make sure the construction did not create too many traps. We then did a triple check that I’m not sure we’ve ever done on this hill by the Pax reaction. Timer went down and up while the partners did HRM and Squats.

After that was over, we went to wall, told it F’ off, and then moseyed to the back of the elementary school to the “softball” field. It looked more like a backstop surrounding grass and random dirt patches but we used it anyway to kickoff softball season. We split up the group by bases, home plate was the timer with 10 burpees, they then relieved the first base group who was doing jump squats, who relieved the WW2 second base group, who relieved the 3rd base merkins team and so on. We went around twice for fun.

We then went to the bus pickup off Pemberton, found a pole, and did 20 pole smokers OTO, moseyed to the front lot of the elementary school and did a half lot bear crawl, then moseyed all the way back to the front lot of the middle school. We did some ab work for a few minutes then moseyed back to the flag for some LBCs, leg raise for a 30 Pigskin count and then ended with burpees.

Good group for coffeeteria afterwards.

Prayers for Charlotte and her family.

Thanks for letting me lead.

Spring break and the start of the teenage years, what a way to greet the Tuesday gloom at HBR.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• One man Dora – 5 sets to get to the reps, with a 100 yard run in between
  • 100 HRM
  • 200 monkey humpers
  • 300 LBC
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for 4x of 8 reps
• Mosey to incline by the parking lot for some Bernies up the hill
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great work from the PAX.  High reps, and no one to share them with.  HBD to Nacho Libre.  Vandelay has himself a teenager;  this one does not appear to be a headache yet.  Prayers up for various PAX members, especially those with family members dealing with poor health.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

9 regulars and 1 Downranger posted for a Heartbreak Hawt Potato

Apparently our Downranger had various flight issues which lead to him changing airlines entirely. Instead arriving in Richmond at 7:30 pm he didn’t arrive until after 11:00, and despite not getting to sleep until almost 1:00 he still posted. Respect.

Nobody was signed up to Q so YHC decided to do a Hawt Potato with YHC as the leadoff.

Handshake Q – Mosey to the QMS Bus Loop and do a COP. Mosey up to the front parking lot at PES for a Triple Check. P1 runs the Inner Loop P2 HRM P3 WWII’s.

Pinto Q – Mosey to the side parking lot at PES. Mini Dora. 50 Merkins, 75 Squats, 100 Heels to Heaven.

Cousin Eddy (Downrange) Q – Mosey back to the QMS Bus Loop and do an Indigenous Peoples Wall Sit. Mosey over near the Fuel Pumps and do an exercise in which YHC cannot remember, but it’s a Squat in which you go immediately into a Calf Raise then another Squat and go into a Jump Squat. Next a Merkin with your arms at normal width, then another Merkin with your right arm wide, then another Merkin with your left arm wide.

Lighthouse Q – FAST Mosey around the back of the school to the Parking Lot exit need to exercise equipment. Curb Crawls. 1 to 6 and then back down to 1.

Atilla Q – 4 minutes of Mary

Announcements – Upchuck is looking for someone to take over his duties/responsibilities of ensuring F3 RVA has a Q at The Bridge once a month.

Prayer Requests – Fudd’s sister, Mary and her family. Roger Rogers FIL and his family. Wojo’s mom and his family. My M’s Cousin’s daughter, Charlotte, and her family.

NMS – It was nice to have Cousin Eddy today. T-Claps for a guy that only gets 4 hours of sleep after an extended travel time and still makes it to the workout.

A dedicated dozen, of the bakers variety, fought their way through debris from last night’s storm to post at HBR. We did:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Helicopters, Ukrainian soldiers, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion kicks. Mosey down to the end of the track for 2 rounds of 25 PLTs. Then over to the football field for a Beast: Merkins, WWIIs, Squats, HRMs, Jump Squats, Crunchy frogs.

Over to the Jerkin Gym only for the PAX to say it was too soggy. Instead over to benches for 3 rounds of: 30 Benchkicks, 15 Derkins. Mosey back to the parking lot. 2 rounds of sprints across the lot and back. Back to the Flag for 2 min of Mary then YHC took us out.

NMS: Several PAX posted even though they were without power this morning, way to wake up in the Gloom. Lots of whining about getting wet on the football field. Then everyone was treated with a wet ass stuck to the frosty benches on the benchkicks.

Pinto showed his dedication by waking his M up to cut up a tree that fell just so he could get to HBR this morning. Knowing his record with chainsaws that is impressive.

12 men gathered at Heartbreak to grown as leaders.

Quick Indian Run, Care Bear Squared x 1, Weaving Indian Run to the elementary school, Lunges followed by sets of exercises; Weaving Indian Run Back, Chumba Wumba Burpees, Side straddle hops x 21 x 2, 10 Extra Burpees, Marys

Q Tip: Listening: Repeat the last word that is said or Prompt with “Tell Me More” or “What I’m hearing you say is…”

Announcements: 2nd F today. Welcome FNG Bogie!

Almost a Bakers Dozen showed up under questionable weather forecasts for day 2 of Handshake week. The clock struck 0530 and the Pax grabbed the Coupons from YHC’s and Honrydo’s pickup truck (9 block in total).

We moseyed to the normal COP spot for a warm up, then we moseyed back to the main parking lot for a rare Quad Check. Four Men, Four Exercises, Four Times, revolutionary…

3:4 of the men in the group have Blocks. P1 – Curls for the Girls, P2 – Overhead Presses, P3 – Sit and Press, P4 – Runs to the Busses and back. This took quite a bit of time with the long run.

Circle up, 1 block every 4th man. Rotation of various exercises for 10 reps for men with the Coupons, and the 4th man does Burpees. Rotate through multiple times.

Mosey back to the flag to finish with 10 seconds of Flutter Kicks while Atilla complained.

Announcements – 2nd Tuesday WestHoe lunch next Tuesday 3/10 at Noon, see slack for location.

Prayer Requests – Whitesnakes dad needs to have a heart procedure in preparation for a knee surgery. Pinto’s BIL is having/has head his Prostate removed due to Prostate Cancer.

NMS – The numbers were slightly lower than normal given the questionable weather, but YHC was glad to see most of the usual suspects. Day 2 down, 4 left. Tomorrow is the official 8 year anniversary.

The ghost flag made its return at HBR to hi-jack a pigskin Q. 16 warriors showed up for what they thought would be a pigskin Q, but Roger Roger came in early and planted the Ghost flag to lead this beatdown. 

Warm-a-rama: 

Mosey around the parking lot with some karaoke, Bernie sanders, and regular to the hidden alley for a little Q led warm-a-rama.

20 SSH 

15 Arm circles 

15 reverse arm circles

10 merkins 

25 Hammers

The Thang:

Grab a partner then a seat on the wall for people’s chair.

Rinse and repeat 3x:

5 mike Tyson’s 

Bear crawl to center

5 boo-ya merkins 

Crawl bear back 

Mosey to elementary parking lot for a LaChora

It went like this:

Timer run a lap

100 merkins

200 air press

300 squats

Mosey back to bus loop

People’s chair for 6

Milkers

Air press 

Partner up- 

3x 

20 pole smokers

Air press 

Mosey to alley:

People’s chair Air press for 6

Partner up- 

Rinse and repeat 3x:

5 mike Tyson’s 

Bear crawl to center

5 boo-ya merkins 

Crawl bear back 

Mosey to the flag-

Air press 

Hammers

Merccuries

LBCs 

Air press 

Mary 5 merkins 

Thanks for letting me Hi-Jack this beatdown! See you in the gloom.

Another week, another 18 strong found their way to the Gloom at Heartbreak Ridge. Temps above freezing had most in SOP, with Fudd leading the way. We did:

COP: YHC staples with a finish of Scorpion Kicks, in honor of YHC getting stung by one last week on vacation.

Mosey to PES parking lot before Tomatoes appear. Dora 123: 100 HRMs, 200 Reverse Crunch, 300 LBCs. Over to the front of PES for a few rounds of Bear Crawl, Lunge, Crab Walk, & some Bernie. Head to down back of QMS for some more Merkins. Back to the main QMS parking lot. Burpees across the lot, then Polar bear back. Finish with 2 min of Mary.

Announcements: Frozen Triangle this Saturday.

NMS: Solid numbers are the norm now at Heartbreak Ridge, now if we can only get some BB comments on Slack…

Always good mumblechatter when Gypsy finds his way to post at HBR. Fudd did his norm of arriving late to the COP, in his summer short shorts. Joey Chestnut was excited to ask YHC about his vacation in Mexico last week, mostly about thicc latinas. The boy is 18 after all.

A legal 18 showed up at Heartbreak Ridge despite the continuing mounds of ice.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • Ukrainian soldiers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • DMH
  • Merkins
  • LBC
  • Penguins
  • APD
• Beast across parking lot
  • HRM
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Jump squats
  • Side crunches-each side
  • Crab cakes
  • Burpees
• 3x check
  • Run
  • WWI sit-ups
  • Merkins
• Bear crawl to the flag
• Mary
  • FK
  • Cross crunches – each side
  • WWI crunches
  • LBC
• COT with YHC taking us out

Solid numbers for a Tuesday but no Handshake.  Also, who the hell knows when our site Q will post again at HBR.  A chatty 18.  Good work from the PAX.  There was a welcome increase in temps.

Announcements – lunch at Firehouse Subs today and Frozen Triangle is rescheduled for 2/21.

Continued prayers for those looking for jobs and dealing with sickness/injury.  God is good all of the time!

Attila

13 men at Heart Break Ridge. Clear Parking Lot.

We borrowed Honeydo’s 5 Cinderblocks from the back of his Truck but poor Honeydo only left with 4 (whole) Cinderblocks.

4 Groups (3 with 3 men and 1 with 4 men).

4 groups of Triple Checks with 1 round of 13 Burpees.

Announcements – Frozen Triangle this Saturday starting at Dogpile at 0600. 2nd Tuesday 2nd F next Tuesday 2/10 at noon at Firehouse Subs – Innsbrook

Prayer Requests – Salt Lick saw the Monks while they were on their journey. He thought the Walk for Peace was for world peace only but was also for internal peace.

NMS – glad to see 13 at Hearbreak after last weeks reduced snow numbers.