Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

  • 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.

  • Back to Bootcamp

    Time to reclaim Hearbreak Ridge.  After 3 straight weeks of ultimate and dingers (all good, just realizing it had been 3 straight weeks), time to strap on the boots for a beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

    • COP
      • SSH
      • IW
      • DQ
      • Helicopter
      • Arm Circles
    • Mosey to the football field for a cumulative beast:
      • 216 HRM
      • 180 reverse crunches
      • 144 squats
      • 108 flutter kicks
      • 72 2x crab cakes
      • 36 burpees
    • Cool down with 50 LBC and 40 APD
    • Mosey back to the parking lot with a Bernie back up the slope
    • COT with YHC taking us out

    It was time for the paid workout hogging the parking lot to see how real men workout.  Solid work from the PAX today.  If you have not been in a PAX with our elder statesman Pigskin, make it a point.  He is running laps around dudes ½ his age.  It is spectacular.  Plus, he is a great guy to hang out with.  Solid work from all of the PAX.  Lighthouse, Ronnie, and Handshake were leading the PAX.  Great to see Carfax.

    God is good all of the time!

    Attila

  • FNG Bees to the Ultimate Honey

    Heartbreak hosted the last Ultimate Frisbee for the season, landing two awesome FNG’s into our brotherhood. 

    The morning started with Chaplain joining YHC for the ride up from SOJ, rolling up to QMS in time to witness some tension between Pinto and the new workout crew’s boss lady telling him to move his car out of “their” planned workout area. YHC was also asked to move…and YHC suggested they put their cones out earlier to avoid this little misunderstanding in future… 

    With a mash-up of vets and FNG’s from all over, YHC led the PAX in a little moseyrama around the field and a brief COP for warming up and stretching the necessities. 

    Rules were explained, teams divided into uneven numbers (6v7) based on dark(er) and light(er) shirts, and PULL! the game started. It was initially gloomy enough to make visualizing teammates challenging, but the neon frisbee at least stuck out. 

    The Light 6-man Team kept the lead initially, but then the Dark 7-man team finally pulled past at the 4-4 mark, ultimately winning 7-4.  Everyone did a great job avoiding injuries, and YHC was definitely soaked with sweat by the end in spite of cooler temps this AM. 

    With 2 minutes to spare, game was called, cones gathered, and the PAX circled up for a quick fire Ring of Fire and a little stretching.

    COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS: A big welcome to TERMITE (VMI class of ’95, Engineer, recruited by Shakedown) and to COUPON (friend of Carfax, originally from the Congo, working at Beth Bath & Beyond…hence the “Coupon”). Look forward to seeing these gentlemen around the West End! SYITG, YHC, DTH

  • Pete Alonso Would Be Proud

    A lucky 13 dusted off the bats and mitts to play some long ball.

    Mosey through the woods into TLL complex onto Field 5 outfield

    COP (IC)

    • SSHs
    • DQs
    • Helicopters
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Merkins
    • Freddie Mercurys
    • LBCs

    Mosey to the 1st base line

    • High Knees
    • Butt Kickers
    • Karaokes
    • Bernie Sanders

    Mosey to Home Plate

    • Run out a Single, Double, Triple, Homer

    DERBY TIME

    Objective hit Homers – roughly 15 pitches

    • 0 = 3 Burpees
    • 1 = 10 WWIIs
    • 2 = 10 Jump Squats
    • 3+ = Batter’s Choice

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    There’s nothing like some old timers hitting the sandlot and re-living their glory days.  Unless of course they never had glory days.  Either way plenty was had this day.  By YHC’s count 15 balls cleared the fence.  UpChuck blasted one the farthest while Roger Roger brought home the trophy with 3 bombs.  More than half the PAX left the yard and YHC walked off with one over the scoreboard.  Welcome friendly new guy TI (Texas Instruments – birth name Cheng).  Special thanks to the guys of Heartbreak Ridge for letting YHC take the Q and do something dumb.  Next year Team Derby West End vs. SOJ. Apologies for not enough Burpees, the PAX was simply too good.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    Open spots for Breaking Bread in the Fall

    Field Day and Retreat in September – more info to follow

  • Ultimate Heartbreak

    11 hippy looking dudes showed up for some Ultimate frisbee this morning…some knowing what was coming, others didnt have a clue. After convincing almost everybody to give it a shot, we got going to the dewy field of Heartbreak for some fun.

    The light was not optimal and the frisbee was always wet, but no excuses were made for the multitude of bad throws and many drops. Fun was still had by all, and the dark jerseys won out with their extra man. MVP standout was definitely Snuff…he has skills. Bodos quickly found out that Snuff was his man and they made for a tough duo to beat. Lights tried our best to mount a comeback, but we just couldnt find the connection to hang in there.

    Well played by all, look forward to next June when we can run it all back again. In the mean time, if you want to play pickup, let me know! Many games around the RVA for pickup, and I am always willing to play.

    Apology of the week goes out to Oyster and anybody that was guarded by Bodos for the violation of the 1 meter rule. It is a disc space rule….see below (marker is the person guarding the thrower):

    Disc space:

    1. It is a disc space violation if:
      1. any part of the marker is less than one disc diameter away from the torso of the thrower; or
      2. a line between any two points on the marker
        1. touches the thrower; or
        2. is less than one disc diameter away from the torso or pivot of the thrower.

    And now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

    Lab Rat apologizes…

  • Chiseling a HIM

    The heavens declared 8 warriors worthy to ascend the mighty Ridge, including one yet to earn his place among the brotherhood. According to legend, and the gawking herd of pay-up-to-workout “Reload” clowns cramping our parking area, this is what transpired:

    The THANG:

    COP #1:

    • Mosey up to the grass field and circle up for Welcome, F3 Disclaimer, and a fair number of Tryhard-style Warmerama exercises in-cadence, broken up with short runs around the lacrosse goals
    • Holding elbow plank at the end, YHC provided a little review of the F3 principles and outline

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the base of Heartbreak Ridge
    • Partner Up
    • Complete x3 rounds of:
    • x20 PLT’s each at the bottom
    • Run to the top
    • x10 Booyah Merkins at the top
    • Run to the bottom
    • Close out with x1 Bernie to the top, and x1 Bearcrawl to the top

    COP #3:

    • Mosey over to the Jerkin Gym
    • ELEVENS:
    • Jerkins 10 —> 1
    • Dips on the bleachers 1 —> 10

    COP #4:

    • Mosey back up to the field and partner up for a Mini-Dora
    • x50 WWII’s
    • x100 Merkins
    • x150 Squats

    Mosey BTTF:

    • x10 Merkins of excellent quality completed in pro-F3 style with loud cadence called (for the crowd of wannabes)

    COT:

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

    NMS: This morning marked a monumental day for YHC see his old friend Joe Ferguson, FNG “Chisel” (he’s a carpenter) finally answer the call to HIM-ism. Without any premeditated plans made whatsoever, YHC framed the workout around showing Chisel the AO and keeping things simple but challenging. He kept up easily as we all enjoyed a solid beatdown, and the 8 HIM’s in attendance glistened like gladiators in the morning light (OK, we were suuuuper gross and sweaty with the 1000% humidity). But we still represented F3RVA well, and I’m sure the prowess of our feats of strength will be told around the tables of those “Reload” members wondering how they might too workout for free. Looking at their website, apparently they pay $12 each for 60 minutes of clipboard-led routines (dumbbells and resistance bands provided…) and they’ll be a regular invasion of the Quioccasin parking lot. I was honestly tempted to drop some literature about F3RVA, but figured that’d be poor form.  Thanks as always for permitting me to lead. YHC, Tryhard

  • CarFax

    Strong showing at Heartbreak Ridge and we may have deadlocked a FNG (CarFax) in to joining going forward.

    After a mosey (as I was told a fairly quick mosey) to warmup, we headed to the upper parking lot for some leg workouts( Dora of 100 Lunges, 200 Calf Raises, and 300 Squats). Then a mosey to the bottom of the hill for a chest workout (and definitely Homer’s favorite), Clockwork Merkins. Mosey to lower field and exercise equipment for a modified arm workout (Triple Check of 30 dips, Jerkins, Pull-ups). Mosey to the big field where we met a FNG (CarFax) working out by himself. So we brought him along for a modified Ab Ripper X (25 each of Crunchy Frogs, In and Outs, Bicycles/Reverse Bicycles) then a Bear Crawl 25 yards for (25 of Heels to Heaven, and V-up Roll Ups), followed by a Bear Crawl of 25 yards for WW II’s and American Hammers. The Pax seemed like they had more energy so we went for 3 runs up Heartbreak Ridge. It was a good morning!