Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

No Q at Heartbreak ridge this Tuesday so it was another hotpotato. YHC did not realize the rule was who ever is last writes the BB.. Thought who ever took the lead wrote it. But Handshake helped remind me that was not the case. Soooooooooo.. because i didnt think i was writing a BB i didnt really pay attention to what we did. Maybe Handshake can add it into the comments field. 😉

I remember doing lots of triple checks…
I think i watched everyone do a 100 burpees..
i bet we did Merkins..and LBCs along the way..
Oh yeah… i remember playing wheelbarrow bumper cars with Attila and Handshake until Handshake wasn’t nice about it…. ? (Ouch)
Homer was singing some song when he was doing Bear crawls.
5 mins of Mary.. i remember this part.
90 seconds of American Hammers
90 seconds of Flutters
60 seconds of LBCs
60 seconds reverse crunch.

COT

Then Homer and YHC did a 10k run to round out the morning.

Lots going on over the next few weeks:
6/30 – Lockjaw Paddle after work (PM him)
7/1 – Start of Summer Tour 2021
signup sheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit?usp=sharing
7/1 – Ultimate Frisbee at the Forge
7/3 – 7am Dogpile Convergence (CB on Q)
7/6 – 3rd F Virtual 8PM (see slack for zoom link)
7/8 – F3RVA Town Hall at 8pm (location TBD)
7/10 – Puppypile following Dogpile
7/17 – Hitch House Party at 5:30p AYE!
7/31 – Flying Squirrels (DM BoneThugz)

Seven warriors braved HBR on a quick tour of what is normally Swamp land. It started with I hope it’s not like yesterday. Well good news folks it was a totally different beatdown and it went a little like this.

Mosey around the school to high ground for a 

Warmarama:

arm circles x 15

Reverso x 15

Don Q x 10

Dead man hang x 10

Merkins x 10

American Hammers x 25

Freddie Mercuries x 25

Descend into the swamp for which was 100% dry today for COP #1

Big Apple Turnover with a twist

We visited the big Apple on this journey from one end of the swamp to the other. Ultra distance for the big Apple!

first 25% near bearcrawl 25 merkins, 

crab walk 50% 50 WW2s

Bear crawl 75% 75 LBCs

Crab Walk 100% 100 squats

Mosey to the pitchers mound for COP #2

Today we played a little Home Run Derby

First up called for imperial walkers while the timer pitches, and runs the bases for a home run. 

Pax performs excercises while home run is hit

Russian soldiers,

Calf raises,

Merkins,

Dead man hang,

Side straddle hops 

Air presses

All 7 pax hit a home run today with a special ceremony at the end! Hope to see this one rotated around for those who showed up today you know what I mean.

Mosey to Cop # 3

One end of the dry swamp to the other we did a Quarter pounder

25% merkins Bernie back

50% Mountain Climbers Bernie to start

75% Flutter kicks Bernie to start

100% LBCs Bernie to start

Pinto gave a 10 second recovery then we mosied.

Mosey to Cop #4 

The Big Bang 

Shoulder to shoulder the pax stands and when the Gun goes off it’s a 20 second sprint as the pax scrambles in every direction and performs 20 reps of an exercise at the end of the sprint

Bang: side plank 10 seconds a side

Bang: 20 plank jacks

Bang: 20 merkins

Bang: 20 side straddle hops

Bang 20 flutter kicks

Mosey to the flag for a quick 

25 American hammers

And 50 LBCs

Times up!

Thanks for letting me host this morning gents! SYITG

An enlightened 11 came out to HBR to see what damage the storm a few hours earlier did. No rain and cooler temps were what we found.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks (per pax request)

Mosey over to PES for Dora 123: 100 Burpees, 200 Jump Squats, 300 LBCs. This took a while. Then over to MS basketball courts for: 10 HRMs at each hoop with bear crawl between baskets. 60 HRMs in total. Then wheelbarrow length of blacktop. Down to the Jerkin Gym, for Nomad’s sake. 4 sets of 8 Jerkins followed by 60 Benchkicks then back to the flag and 2 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

Announcements: HDHH next Wednesday at Hardywood West Creek. 3rd F next Tuesday night.

NMS: Good to have Nomad from Raleigh up to post with us. YHC had planned on some blockwork on the field but the 3 am monsoon caused an audible to the Dora start, much to Atilla’s displeasure. YHC was lucky to partner with Homer as he is a Burpee machine.

Jerkin Gym sets was probably not the best idea but the PAX knocked them out. Lots of real estate mumblechatter today as Nomad’s work fits this along with our resident slumlord Pinto.

A solid Pax of 9 arrived for a muggy morning at Heartbreak Ridge. Here’s what went down, more or less.

Mosey to the side of the school for COP – SSH, imperial walkers, Don Quixotes, arm circles, merkins and LBCs.

Head to the elementary school for a DORA (even though we had the perfect triple check numbers). After some confusion, we did our 100 burpees, 200 reverse crunches and 300 squats.

Mosey back to middle school for a round of AMRAP pull ups, with the rest of the Pax doing sets of dips.

Next we did 3 rounds of Jerkins at the Jerkin gym.

Finally, a triple check at the ridge – merkins, flutters and Bernie to the top.

Back to the flag for a quick 5 merkins.

Numberama, nameorama and Handshake took us out.

Pinto won the award for dressing like the Q. His red shirt was not quite as form fitting as mine, but it was a great effort. Child size medium seems to work best.

Is it really June?  A cool morning free of humidity greeted a lucky 7 at Heartbreak Ridge.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • SSH
  • IW
  • DQ
  • Arm circles – forwards and backwards
  • Helicopters
  • Suzanne Somers
  • Merkins
  • LBC
• Mosey to the tennis courts and partner up – wheel barrow to the net and do 10 derkins, rinse and repeat 4x each man
• Mosey to the blacktop for a 3x check
  • Run
  • Balls to wall
  • HRM
• Mosey to the football field for an arch loader
  • Bear crawl across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
  • Crab walk across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
  • Bunny hop across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
  • Cheetah sprint across followed by 25 reverse crunches and 20 monkey humpers
• Mosey to the hill for 10 hill sprints (final being a Bernie Sanders)
• Mosey to the parking lot for COT and YHC taking us out

Post-convergence hangover could not stop this PAX.  Solid work on a glorious day.  Plenty of airline tales from Roger Roger.  The skies are reopening much like most of our country.  Great work by these rugged warriors. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A dozen of the West Ends finest gathered for a Heartbreak Ridge beatdown. However, what they didn’t realize is we’ve reached the time of the school year where nobody learns anything so we went for a Field Trip. A quick COP then off Campus we went. Ever quarter mile we stopped for 10 Merkins, 15 LBC’s, and 20 SSH’s, about 1/2 through we switched to 10 Merkins, 15 WWII’s, and 20 Squats). The route was: Quioccasin west to Gaskins. Gaskins north to Della, Della east across the path and continued on Della to Pemberton, Pemberton north across Quioccasin to the DMV Parking Lot, then DMV Parking Lot to east on Quioccasin east to West End Presbyterian Church (YHC’s Church) then west back to Quioccasin to the Flag. 3.44 miles by YHC’s watch.

Annoucements: 3rd F tonight, check slack tonight at 8:00, Offshore with the Q. Memorial Day Convergence at Tredegar, 7:00 on Monday morning.

Moleskin: In the 3 years YHC has been involved in F3 nobody has ever done an off-campus beatdown, YHC wanted to change that. YHC felt it went well, there was only one spot on Gaskins that cars went past while we were doing Merkins/LBC’s/SSH’s that gave YHC a little pause, but the other stops we stepped up off the sidewalk and into the grass. Thank you all for allow YHC to mix it up.

12 HIM’s arrived on a 70 and sunny morning to help YHC start off his anniversary week in style

This how it went down

Warm Up – Brought some Daville to Tuckhoe with parking tracers while we tried to avoid being hit by the garbage truck.

COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, LBC’s, Heels to Heaven, HRM’s, Arm Circles

THANG

4 Corners – Using the whole parking lot. Running the long ways and run backward the short ways. 10 Burpees, 20 2ct American Hammers, 30 Merkins, 40 SSH. Rinse and Repeat for two total rounds

Triple Check – Using the jungle gym by the track. Pull ups/Jerkins, WWII Sit-ups, and Bear Crawl to closest tree (slight up hill) then Crawl Bear back.

Jacob’s Ladder – Traditional style using the largest hill by the track. Run up the hill complete a Burpee, run down then back up for 2 Burpees. Rinse and Repeat till reaching 7 Burpees. To keep things interesting we Bernie Sanders up the hill the last two rounds

Rail Work – Using some sidewalk rails we complete High and Low Incline Merkins IC

Skull Crushers – 10 IC Right Leg then 10 IC Left Leg

The 6’s – Circle up. Hold feet six inches off the ground for six seconds. Exercise IC: Six LBCs, six Heels to Heaven, six American hammers, six Gas Pumps, six Freddie Mercuries, six Rosalitas.

Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

MOLESKIN

This Friday (6/21/21), marks YHC’s 5th Anniversary with F3. To celebrate I will be Qing for 5 days straight and wanted to post at some other AO’s beside DaVille since not traveling at all this year.

It was great to see some guys that I haven’t seen in months and meet some new PAX that wouldn’t normally have a chance to.

YHC has been getting a little horse this week due to grass pollen being high so my voice as started to “squeak” some during the COP and giving directions during 4 Corners. This of course lead to the “hate” mumble chatter on YHC’s age.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Memorial Day Convergences at Tredegar starting at 7 am

SPIT ON THAT!!

A lucky 13 warriors shook off the fartsack to start their Tuesday off right. YHC picked up some new coupons yesterday and we needed all of them.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Block Squats, Alternating block merkins, Flutterkics.

THE THANG: 30 Minutes of Fun: 10 Derkins at near side bleachers, 20 Donkey Kicks on Concession Stand, 30 Benchkicks on far bleachers, 40 Block Presses at halffield. Repeato but increase reps by 5 each lap until time called at 30 minutes.

Some Mary then introduce Block the Plank to HBR Pax: Elbow Plank with block on back while other does 20 Thrusters. 2 rounds each. Drop coupons back and finish at flag. YHC took us out. Prayers for Bodos dissertation defense, although he is a lock after reading his Thesis title: “Integration of Parkour moves into Sunday Worship”

NMS: Third time around for this timed loop thing. Still seeking an appropriate name. Maybe Handshake Repellant?? as he opted for the fartsack this morning. Had he posted we might have set a HBR record of 14.

Gypsy was so excited he slowed down to stay near YHC and express his gratitude. Probation, Seymore, and Homer set the pace getting well into the 7th lap.

Announcements: Convergence on Memorial Day 5/31 0700. Belle Isle. We’re back on with our Memorial day tradition. 3rd F tonight with Florence on the Q, all are welcome. Last day for F3 monogram shirts for this round is Friday. See Slack for detail on all of these.

12 hardy gentlemen emerged from the gloom at Heartbreak. Here’s what happened:

COP – SSH, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers, Arm Circles, Merkins and LBCs.

Mosey to the bleachers to select a coupon and then head to the football field.

Exercises at the 25, 50, 25 and Endzone lines. Two rounds that included Blockburpees, incline merkins, decline merkins, bench presses, kettlebell swings, and curls/pull ups.

Next, bring your coupon to the bleachers for 3 sets of tricep pullovers, combined with bench kicks.

Deposit your coupon and head to the Ridge for a triple check (finally with the right numbers). Squats, flutter kicks and run to the top.

We then headed to the track for catch me if you can, with two sets of merkins and two sets of burpees.

Next, over to the blacktop for a mini Dora – 50 merkins, 100 squats and 150 LBCs. The haters were wrong – we finished with 5 minutes to spar.

Finally, a quick ring of fire to honor an example of automotive excellence in the form of a high mileage, 20 year-old Miata. Plus American Hammers to run out the clock.

The Q had to exit left after numberama and nameorama to take his daughter to marching band practice. The Pax found a new Q to take them out.

Excellent work boys.

7 burly men met for a weekly Heartbreak Ridge beatdown and this is what transpired

COP – lots of stretching and 3 rounds of Scorpion Kicks. A survey was taken to determine which Scorpion Kicks were better: Inverted or Regular, YCH says the ground voted for Inverted.

Mosey to PES for a Triple Check: Run around loop, Hand Release Merkins, WWII’s

Mosey to PES Bus Loop: P1 Runs to end of of the loop and Back P2 Bear Crawls down the loop, switch and repeat going back up the loop. Lastly, Crab walk solo down the entire loop.

Mosey to Playground/Pull Up bars are PES Playground: P1 5 Pull Ups while P2 does Merkins, repeat 7/8 times.

Mosey to Blacktop at PES for a Triple Check: P1 Run to far fence and back, P2 Flutter Kick3, P3 LBC’s.

Mosey back to the flag for 5 OYO Burpees and 10 WWII’s to finish.

Announcements: Freed to Bleed on this Saturday, May 1st.

NMS: Nothing major to talk about today. YHC has a certain plan, but when Atilla wasn’t going to make it YHC put that option back in the filing cabinet.