Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

6 burly men and one budding 2.0 emerged for a cool more and a rare Handshake Q, this is what transpired:

COP – bunch of random exercises to include Inverted Scorpion Kicks

Curb Crawls – 1 to 6 and then back down to one

Pull Ups – 5 pull ups per man while the others did a set of exercises x 3 times

Jerkin Gym – partner up for a pseudo Chaz Michael Michaels and Jerkins x 8 each for three rounds

Mini Dora on the Football Field – Partner up, 50 Burpees, 75 Merkins, 100 Flutters? YHC doesn’t even remember

Wall Sits for a 1 minute switch to Balls to the Wall for 1 minutes x 3 rounds

Triple Check some assorted variation

Announcements – Prayers for our world and our community. Fourth of July Convergence at 0600 at No Toll

NMS – its was a nice morning to be with the guys. You’ve got to love the cool June mornings. Be good, y’all.

A beautiful June morning greeted 8 noble warriors and 2 2.0s for an early week beat-down.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 10 IW
  • 10 dead man hangs
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 merkins
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 70 LBC
  • 20 APD
• Mosey to the parking lot for a burpee march, 1 burpee for each of the 20 parking spots with a 20 WWII sit-up chaser, rinse and repeat
• Mosey to the pull-up bars, each man does 10 pull-ups, while the remaining PAX
  • 1^st rotation – ab exercises (flutter kicks, hammers, Hello Dollys)
  • 2^nd rotation – leg exercise (squats)
• Mosey around the track to the bleachers for a Lindsey with dips and bench kicks
• Mosey to the Heartbreak Hill for a series of 10 sprints up and down the hill
• Mosey to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

The time has come for YHC to clean his gloves.  They were a Spinal Tap special today that repulsed the full PAX.  It is officially summer now that YHC gloves smell like @$$. 

Pit Stop had to see his father in a giddy mood upon the introduction of bench kicks.  Yes, there is a kid in all of us.  All in all, great work from the PAX today.  It was great to have Roger Roger back with the PAX thanks to Greenbow.  Solid headlock!

For those who do not know, 3^rd F is tonight.  Offshore has the Q.  It is virtual.  Log in to Zoom at 8 pm (Meeting ID: 822 7005 7337, pm for the password or check Slack).  Great time for all; it does not matter where you are in your spiritual walk.  You can share.  You can simply listen.  It is an environment welcoming to all.  Hope to see you then.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A hearty crew of five with two 2.0s welcomed another beautiful day at Heartbreak Ridge. Here’s how it went down:

SSH

Imperial walkers

Arm circles 

Don Quixote 

Merkins

Holly Dollys

LBCs

Next, mosey to the track-side pull up bar. Each man does pullups while the pax does incline merkins.

Quick saunter to the track for four corners. First corner 5 burpees, 2nd corner 10 merkins, then 15 jump squats and finally 20 two-count mountain climbers.

Reapeto – except increase reps to 10, 20, 30 and 40.

Mosey to the other side of the school. First – wall sits and balls to the wall. Then it was time to smoke some poles. The 2.0s needed a bit more instruction on these. Pax holds 6″ while each man takes a turn with 5 pole smokers.

Mosey back to the track for a triple check on the hill. SSH and LBCs while the third guy runs the hill.

Upon request, we did 3 reps of 8 at the jerkin gym. Back to the flag for some quick merkins, flutter kicks and a few SSH to run out the clock.

Numberama, nameorama and the Q took us out.

9 noble warriors took to the misty gloom at HBR for a supposed arm friendly beatdown. Here is what we did:

COP in front of track facing road: SSH, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Head over to baseball fields for

Dora 123: 100 WWIIs, 200 Carolina Dry Docks, 300 Jump Squats. Head on down to benches for: 4 sets of Benchkicks & Box Jumps. Box Jumps stay at 5 while benchkicks start at 20 and go up by 10 to finish at 50.

Jerkin Gym time: 3 sets of 8 Jerkins. Then over to Heartbreak hill. Run up, 1 burpee, down then 2 burpees, repeato until you reached 8 (or 10 if you’re Probation) then back to flag for some mary. YHC took us out.

Announcements: New virtual 3rd F tonight at 8:00. See slack for details.

NMS: Another morning of strong numbers. Between the dogpile and gridiron Murph attendees most of the PAX arms were spent from the 100 Pullups & 200 Merkins yesterday. YHC promised to focus on abs and take it easy on the arms, without a said plan at 5:30.

Good to have Ronnie and Howler out. Howler was doing a full body Alabama Prom Date on the Jerkins but at 11 hard to judge him.

Greenbow and Pucker were team red today. Handshake joined us late in the COP, some days coming out to the gloom is the remedy to get your mind off what is going on at home. Saying goodbye to the longtime family pet is never easy, unless it is a cat.

At the end Probation shared with the PAX he can’t wait to sign up for his VQ. He just can’t figure out which AO gets to pop his Q-cherry. Heartbreak Ridge is very kind to VQs…

A beautiful Tuesday morning awaited 4 faithful warriors who shook off the fart sack and tackled the morning with an enthusiasm not recognized by the common man.  Some mumble chatter, but here is how it went down for these noble warriors:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 10 DQ
  • 10 old man stretches
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 merkins
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 30 2x LBC
  • 20 APDs
• Mosey to the black top for a one man Dora
  • 100 HRM (20 reps for each leg)
  • 200 squats (40 reps for each leg)
  • 300 LBC (60 reps for each leg)
• Lap around the school back to the parking lot
• Mary
  • 20 2x flutter kicks
  • 20 2x American hammers
  • 20 WWII sit-ups
• COT with YHC taking us out

The only man Dora was a time and muscle burner.  Solid work from the PAX as we got cardio as well as work all the major muscle areas.  Good to see these men today as they put in solid work.  Lighthouse and Honeydo were both sporting new haircuts as part of the Phase I integration.  The M’s approved.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Nine strong made it to HBR on another perfect morning. We did:

COP at Pemberton ES: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Scorpion kicks.

Triple Check: HRMs, WWIIs, run the loop. Over to far lot of PES. 3 rounds of: 25 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl width of lot, 25 Jump Squats & run back.

Mosey to Jerkin Gym for another Triple check: Jerkins, hold jerkiner, & Pickle pouders. Some groups really overthought this.

Over to namesake hill: Up, 10 WWIIs, back down & 5 burpees. 2 more rounds, increasing by 5 on the 2nd one. Mosey back to flag for few Flutterkicks then out. Atilla took us out.

Announcements: Memorial Day Murph at Dogpile with various sub-locations to keep numbers smaller. Also prayers for DTH and send him an email if you can.

NMS: Another week and another Spider Run regular regular converted to the West End’s best AO as Upchuck joined us. Also great to have Hank Hill back out along with P-trap. Way more mumblechatter than usual this morning, as things start to seem closer to normal.

The fuzz is keeping an eye on the PAX but seems like we are abiding the rules well. YHC wanted to dole out a lot of Jerkins for some proper arm work but avoid a mutiny like last week at Hoedown. Our group of Pucker, Lighthouse, and YHC got after it along with Atilla, P-trap, and Hank Hill. Not sure what the other 3 were doing.

The sunrise around 6 was just beautiful. With people wanting to get back to outside, good weather, and no school to get home to now is a perfect time to EH those FNGs. We even have some good FNG names lined up for them.

A mighty band of four posted at Heartbreak for a Hot Potato and this is what went down

Atilla –

• warmup lap around the Track
• COP with the normal group of exercises and his patented “Suzanne Somers”
• Curb Crawls: 1-6 and back down to 1
• another lap around the track

Handshake –

• Pull Ups, person one completes 5 Pull ups and rotate through the group, followed by 4, then 3, 2 1
• Touch a Tree – Partner one touches 10 Trees, Partner two completes a set of exercises. Follower by 8, 6, 4, 2.
• Cool Down Lap around the Parking Lot

NMS: Not much mumble chatter this morning with the exception of Atilla’s gaseous emissions. Lighthouse remarked that he participated in the virtual workout on Monday, and said the birds were so loud that it was main sound being picked up by the computer microphone.

Happy Cinco de Mayo, enjoy some socially-distanced Beers.

The County of Henrico is not messing around these days.  The football field at QMS is locked down.  No games, no temptation.  The PAX had to substitute grass for asphalt today in another COVID-19/social distancing friendly workout.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • One lap around the track
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 10 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 merkins
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 40 2x LBC
  • 20 2x APD
• Mosey to the parking lot and allow the deck of cards to dictate our fortunes
  • Run across the parking lot and perform 15 reps as follows:
    • Hearts – HRM for 1^st half; merkins for 2^nd half
    • Diamonds – LBC for 1^st half; WWII sit-ups for 2^nd half
    • Spades – Copperhead squats for 1^st half; side lunges for 2^nd half
    • Clubs – crab cakes for 1^st half; flutter kicks for 2^nd half
    • Joker – burpees
• COT with YHC taking us out

YHC has gotten lazy with his Qs.  Just let the deck of cards tell us what to do.  Some mumble chatter as to the cumulative effect of so many runs.  My response, yep, that is how I Q.  Deceptively painful, except for 10 minutes of burpees.

Good to have a visit from Water Wings!  Come back any time and enjoy the in-laws heated pool.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

A cool 5 of Heartbreaks finest warriors set out free their mind and exercise with no Q on the sheet and this is how it went.

COP – Atilla – going through a typical warmup, but throwing in his patented Suzanne Summers to work through his teenage fantasies

Exercise 1 – Atilla – Curb Crawls. Ascending from 1 to 6 and then back down to 1.

Exercise 2 – Handshake – 5 person double check. 5 men, 5 exercises, twice through for a total of 10. Person 1 runs around the loop, then person 2 Balls to the Wall, person 3 Stair Jumps, Person 4 LBC’s, Person 5 Flutter Kicks. 2 full rounds through.

Exercise 3 – Handshake – Mosey over to the Pemberton Elementary Bus Loop. 3 people start at the bottom of the loop and Polar Bear their way up the covered bus loop area while the last 2 Bernie Sanders from the top of the loop to the bottom to keep things socially distanced. Round 1 was Polar Bear, Round 2 was Crab Walk

NMS – Heartbreak has been fortunate to grow in numbers through the Corona pandemic, YHC has enjoyed seeing some new faces and faces that haven’t been seen in a while. YHC is glad to see Pucker in the fold and Seymore back in F3 action. Have a wonderful day, men.

7 Warriors posted for their pre-nap daily workout. As has been common lately there wasn’t a Q signed up so hot potato ensued.

COP: 25xSSH, 15XDQ, 15XRussian Soldiers, 15XBox Cutter, 10XHeels to Heaven

Mosey to Elementary School for a couple of rounds of four corners:

Round 1: Run backwards the long sides, lunges on short sides, 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 jump squats and 40 2 count mountain climbers.

Round 2: Run backwards the long sides, lunges on short sides, 10 WWIIs, 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 30 SSH and 40 2 count butt kickers.

Q was taken by Attila which we quickly learned was our mistake. Mosey up to upper blacktop for 1 minute alternating exercisesd for 12 total minutes. 1 minutes burpees then 1 minute donkey kicks repeat 6 times. There was much rejoicing.

Q handed back to Pucker and mosey to side of middle school for some catch me if you can. Confusion ensued based on a (valid) suggestion to keep appropriate social distancing and avoid general particle collisions by running too close together. PAX did get some more backwards running and jump squats in.

Mosey back to flag. Ring of fire with 10 merkins each, with each PAX member doing his own variety of merkins. Then finished with 20 2 count mountain climbers.

We enjoy these morning workouts and hope to be able to continue to do so. A special prayer today for a friend’s 19 year old daughter who was diagnosed with Sarcoma and is going through chemo the past few weeks. Thoughts are with all PAX in these interesting times.

Peace out.