Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

  • Working with a Prime Number

    Prime numbers suck, but we still welcomed a late arriving Handshake with open arms.  A small, but mighty PAX assembled at Heartbreak Ridge for a boot camp beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • DQ
      • IW
      • Helicopters
      • Arm circles
      • Suzanne Somers
      • Merkins
      • LBC
    • Mosey to the tennis courts for 4 sets of partner wheelbarrows with 10 derkins at the end
    • Mosey to the black top for a four corners with 10, 15, 20, & 25 reps at each corner, repeating with the following exercises
      • HRM
      • Reverse crunches
      • Monkey humpers
      • Crab cakes (2 count)
    • Mosey to the front of the school for a 5x check
      • Run
      • Wall sit
      • Shoulder taps
      • WWII sit-ups
      • Storm squats
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    Great work by the PAX today.  Welcome back to HBR Gypsy and Bacon Bits. 

    Announcements

    • Happy Hour this Thursday at 5:15 at Hardywood West Creek
    • Shoe and clothes donations in December – talk to Gypsy if you have questions

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • We don’t pay for the workout, we pay for the sweet 90s hip-hop Jams

    Seven cheapskates posted to the free workout. The Q didn’t have any fancy boxes for box jumps, cinder blocks instead of kettlebells, and no boombox blasting tunes from Yo MTV raps circa 1998. Instead we:

    COP on tennis courts. SSH, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Helicopters, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey over to DK wall: 4 rounds of 25 Donkey Kicks, run the blacktop then 5 Burpees. Down to Coupon depository for blocks then Concession stand triple check of: 50 Block presses, Block swings, and step ups.

    While we were there partner up for Block the Plank: 1 pax elbow planks with block on the back while other does 30 Squats. 3 Rounds. Drop Coupons back then over to Jerkin Gym, 4 rounds of 8 Jerkins. Packing Peanut demanded we do Heartbreak Hill. We did 3 rounds of WWIIs at the top. Back to flag and 2 min of Mary.

    NMS: The pay2play group is back out after a few months off. They had a boom box blaring some sweet Jams while we were running around. YHC heard some Onyx, maybe some Digital Underground. Handshake said the music reminded him of make out parties in middle school. Block the Plank is always a hit with the Pax when called although no other Qs ever use it.

    Glad to see Packing Peanut out at HBR for 2nd week in a row. YHC is willing to bet he’ll be out in the gloom in a few weeks when it is below freezing while the pay2play group is done for the winter.

    Announcements: Blood Drive tomorrow. No aspirin until then.

  • Hot Potato

    Overnight showers subsided and 8 noble warriors descended upon Heartbreak Ridge for a hottest of potatoes.  Here is how it went down:

    • Attila
      • COP
        • SSH
        • Dead man hang
        • Russian soldiers
        • Helicopters
        • Arm circles – forward and reverse
        • Suzanne Somers
        • Merkins
        • LBC
      • Mosey over to the parking lot exit for a curb crawl (ascending up to 6 merkins and down to 1)
    • Handshake
      • Mosey to the elementary school playground
        • Partner up – one man runs the track while the other man does 6 pull-ups and another exercise while he waits
        • 4 rounds with squats, WWII sit-ups, HRM and flutter kicks
    • Fireman Ed
      • Mosey to the middle school bus loop for a Dora
        • 100 pole smokers
        • 200 jump squats
        • 300 SSH
      • Mosey back to the parking lot for some stretching (DQ)
      • COT with Fireman Ed taking us out

    Solid work from the PAX.  Good to see some familiar and new faces.  Welcome to HBR Pack of Peanuts and Burnout! 

    Announcements – Blood drive is October 20th.  Please sign up.  If you have questions, Pigskin is your man!  There is a channel of Slack with more info.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • IPC Week 5?

    A suspicious six slid in to the QMS parking lot wondering whether YHC was joking about an IPC extra credit week. After the Q suggested an AMRAP of 42 minutes of block thrusters the PAX suggested a normal beatdown would be welcome. So we did:

    COP: Normal stuff including Scorpion kicks

    Mosey to tennis courts for Triple check: HRMs, Reverse crunches, & run courts. Head over to blacktop and stop for 3 sets of PLTs. Then over to the DK wall for modified dora: 50 burpees, 100 Donkey Kicks, 150 Jump squats.

    Down to the back of track, grab a coupon. 3 rounds of: 10 Thrusters, 15 Pullovers, 30 Benchkicks.

    Back to flag for 3 min of mary then time. YHC took us out.

    NMS: Good to be back to regular beatdowns at HBR. IPC is a difficult but there is not time for mumblechatter or teamwork. Warmer temps and humidity for October this morning. Handshake was upset we didn’t stop at the Jerkin Gym. Atilla fartsacked on the off chance YHC was serious about an extra week of IPC. Maybe we should tell Offshore every week is IPC though as that way he posts at HBR.

    Announcements: Sign up for Freed to Bleed Blood Drive, 10/20. We need many more blood donors. Great way to lose weight.

  • Mary Anne’s Abbreviated Mayhem

    One last Iron Pax challenge to finish off September.  Six noble warriors muscled through MaryAnne’s Abbrievated Mayhem.  Here is how it went down:

    Exercises done in sets of 25 reps, run 25 yards and do 3 burpees before returning for the next set of reps.  Exercises included:

    • 200 curls
    • 175 squats
    • 150 overhead presses
    • 125 swings
    • 100 merkins
    • 75 thrusters
    • 50 Bonnie Blairs
    • 25 Blockees

    900 reps, excluding the burpees.  The PAX went for 46 minutes as Lighthouse and Offshore finished the gauntlet.  T-claps for those beasts!  Good work by all!

    Prayers for Chisel’s family after his passing.  Blood drive on October 20th.  Contact Pigskin with questions.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • Week 3 of IPC

    A fearless five took on the 3rd weekly installment of IronPax challenge. No COP, got right to it:

    Round 1: 50 Kracken Burpees, running length of field every 2 minutes. Run a lap after done.

    Round 2: 50 Bonnie Blair Burpees, run field every 2 min beep. 2 laps.

    Round 3: 50 Bonnie Blairs, then run 3 laps and done.

    NMS: Pigskin crush it this morning and set the pace. Rest of pax finished with time to spare. YHC hates the EMOM stuff since doesn’t let you get in a rhythm. One more week left. Then we can expect Handshake, Lighthouse, and Atilla back at HBR.

  • And I thought regular Murder Bunnies sucked

    Eight strong took on the Week 1 IronPax challenge on a beautiful morning. Some PAX were fully aware of the awfulness to ensue, several HBR regulars hid in their Fartsack, others jumped right in. No real COP, brief instructions, and review then start.

    Round 1: 800 m, 25m Murder Bunny, 10 Shoulder Tap merkins, Reverse MB back, 20 block burpee thrusters, MB back for 10 STM, then Reverse MB back.

    Round 2: 800 m, 25m Murder Bunny, 10 Shoulder Tap merkins, Reverse MB back, 20 Burpee horizontal jumps, MB back for 10 STM, then Reverse MB back.

    Round 3: 800 m, 25m Murder Bunny, 10 Shoulder Tap merkins, Reverse MB back, 20 Burpee Vertical jumps , MB back for 10 STM, then Reverse MB back. Done

    5 PAX finished under 40. 3 more got through 2+ rounds as we called for time. All put in solid work.

    NMS: Don’t know whether it is better to post and have no idea what we are in for or know this is coming. Pax are familiar with Murder Bunnies which are tough but somehow the Reverse Murder Bunnies are far worse.

    Gypsy & Roger Roger set the pace with Offshore right behind. YHC would like to see anyone do the Vertical burpee jumps correctly as everyone’s quads were done by the 3rd round. Respect to the Greenwood PAX for a strong start with this Week 1.

  • Tuesday sweat party

    11 veterans plus one grizzly-eyed Re-FNG posted to participate in Volun-told Q

    COP – SSH’s, Don Quixote, Hand Release Merkins, etc.

    Mosey to the Pemberton Elementary School parking lot for a bad idea. Partner up, P1 do Flutter Kicks until you almost die, P2 do Suicides every two parking spots until the second side of the parking lot was reached (YHC may not have anticipated how long that would take, but there were too many complaints for YHC the cancel the order)

    Mosey to Playground at PES for a Triple Check. P1 Run backwards around the small track P2 WWII’s, P3 10 Pull ups, 3 rounds

    Announcements – 3rd F tonight at 2000 hours. Iron Pax starts next Thursday 9/7 at Heartbreak Ridge. Practice Iron Pax at WTF tomorrow.

    Prayer requests – New Orleans citizens/Pax members. Offshores friend, Steve, who just had Open Heart Surgery

    NMS – it was a slightly cooler day but the humidity was 93%. Its good to have Gypsy back after his bout with Covid. I’m glad to return the favors he and Honeydo grace YHC with.

  • 3 cop cars for 6 PAX

    Six studs were not deterred by the strong police presence although a lack of Q made it a hot potato:

    Honeydo COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Reverse Crunches, Scorpion Kicks, and Merkins.

    Pinto Q: Mosey to PES for Dora: Merkins, Squats, LBCs. Hand to Bacon Bits: Triple check of WWIIS, and Peoples chair. Mosey down to track: Triple check again of Dips, Step Ups & Flutterkicks.

    Fireman Ed Q: 2 times bear crawl up hill w/ 10 SSH at top. Mosey back to COP spot: Burpees each parking spot then Heels2Heaven at end of lot. Lighthouse Q to finish of Curb Crawls to 6 and down. Finish with some mary.

    NMS: PAX arrived to find a triplet of Henrico’s finest in our normal parking spot. Once they realized Handshake was not going to post they sped off and we got after it. YHC loves the irony that the pay-group only uses half the parking lot while the combined AO has some much for us to play with. This new group will get a chance to watch us take on the IronPAX next month.

    Prayers for those still recovering from COVID.

  • Too humid and rainy for paid workouts

    4 fearless faithful found a completely empty AO to play with by ourselves. So we did:

    COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Reverse Crunches, Merkins.

    Over to PES lot for Dora 123: 100 Merkins, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jump Squats (audible to 100 for time). Over to PES playground: 5 rounds of 6 Pullups & 10 Squats. 3 sets of 25 PLTs.

    Down to Jerkin Gym: 4 rounds of 8 Jerkins. 40 Reverse Crunches. Across field then round of Donkey-Ups. Up to blacktop for rounds across including: lunges, Bear Crawls, and Crab walk. Back to flag and some mary to close out.

    NMS: Light crowd this AM with Gypsy in quarantine, Handshake mia, and others on vacation. 4 who posted got after it. YHC tried to keep the PAX dry but drainage on the HBR fields is non-existent. The pay2play group was a no-show this morning, either too rainy or messy. They don’t know what they are missing as the bog down by the Jerkin Gym is always welcoming.