Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

Amidst the growing number of election going spectators, 10 chiseled warriors embarked upon an old school ground and pound workout.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 HRM
  • 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 30 LBC
• Mosey to the football field for a bearimeter stopping every 50 yards (6 total times) to do 10 burpees, 20 WWII sit-ups and 30 APDs
• Mosey to the jerkin gym for 3x 8 reps
• Mosey to the bleachers for 25 bench kicks and 15 derkins, rinse and repeat
• Mosey to the parking lot for some Mary
  • 20 FM
  • 15 American hammers
  • Ring of fire with 10 merkins
• COT with YHC taking us out

Privilege to lead these men today.  It was unfortunate that Honeydo could not join us as this mix of exercises had his name written all over them.  Solid work all around by the PAX, and much less mumblechatter than we YHC attempted this bearimeter at Gridiron. 

Go out and vote today!  We are blessed to live in a land of freedom.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Nine nimble warriors came out to find themselves wondering “is this fall” with summerlike weather at HBR. With a Q flummoxed by a late Loose Goose addition we did:

COP: SSH (assymetrial optional), Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, LBCs, Scorpion Kics. Mosey to bus loop for Dora until PAX count was totaled to 9, scrap it off for Triple Check: Donkey Kicks, Reverse Cruches – full extension, run field & blacktop and back.

Head down to football field for: Goalpost Pullups – 4 Sets of 6. Over to bleachers for Benchkicks & Box Jumps: 20×10, 30×15, 40×20. Over to grass for Pickle Pounders. Then Jerkin Gym: 3 sets of 8. Finish with 3 sets up HBH, 10 WWIIs, back down, & 10 JumpSquats. Back to flag for APDs and Freddy Mercurys. YHC took us out.

NMS – Great morning to be out and to have 9. Handshake’s M has realized only morons run city/country streets in the dark at 5:30 so he was freed to post. Bodos made his maiden trip out to HBR and set the pace for the Hate-less crowd. Good to meet Squeeker, a double hater speedster who is also a W&M grad like Ronnie and YHC.

The Triple Check pairings were badly aligned with Bodos, Handshake, & Squeeker on one triple with Atilla, Loose Goose, and YHC making up team Clydesdale. Has anyone ever been lapped on a Triple Check before?

The PAX enjoyed the double arms dose of Pullups & Jerkins before we finished up on Heartbreak Hill. A varied mix of Mumblechatter this morning as Bodos learned about Garbage Plate’s favorite – Benchkicks, Ronnie shared about a case with sensitive appendage removals, and Atilla, unable to find a long sleeve shirt of his own, was undeterred and posted in his son’s Medium shirt, Aye!

0530 Handshake is all-alone in the parking lot. On a rare day that YHC didn’t have to launch early to get home early so The M could run, YHC was solo. YHC thought about giving it 2 minutes before setting off on a solo Q/Pax workout when out of the gloom two cars came screeching in, Loose Goose (the actual Q) and Lighthouse. Upon his fashionable entrance and fresh-from-the Rolodex reason for his tardiness Loose Goose asked if the Pax wanted to run the originally planned Lucky Horseshoe as The Three Amigos. YHC can’t remember what Lighthouse said, but YHC promptly replied “no”. The Loosest of Goose’s called and audible and exercises were completed and a beatdown ensued.

The Pax was very light this day, especially for beautifully mild weather. Even one of the Quioc Middle maintenance men remarked how light a crew it was #whereweretheHeatbreakers?

YHC apologizes for the super tardy backblast, but after Honeydo remarked about not seeing a backblast YHC realized it was never posted. A text was sent, the text was replied, but 2 days later still no backblast. So YHC is glad to provide.

7 stalwarts fought off the fart sack for YHC’s return to the Q sheet after sleeping through the last sign-up. Clear skies, cool temps, fall mist and a heavy fog brought back a sneak peak of swamp season at Heartbreak Ridge. While the PAX shivered and mumbled over the shorts-only mandate, the Miata’s older brother Bolted into the circle and Ronnie emerged. 530? It’s go time.

Mosey around the Bus Lot and back to the fields for COP

SSHs, DQs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Arm Circles. Warm? Let’s Boogie.

The Thang

Exercise I – Descending Deconstructed Burpees

Mosey to the top of Heartbreak Hill. Instructions to run down and up HB Hill then 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 Deconstructed Burpees

Deconstructed Burpee = Squat -> Leg Thrust -> Merkin -> Leg Thrust -> Squat. Hope DTH would have been proud.

Plankarama for the Six.

Exercise II – Compounding 4 Corners

Mosey to the track. 400 meters of what Dean would have intended….

• 25 Plank Jacks
• 25 Plank Jacks, 25 Jump Squats
• 25 Plank Jacks, 25 Jump Squats, 25 LBCs
• 25 Plank Jacks, 25 Jump Squats, 25 LBCs, 25 Hand Release Merkins

Al Gore for the Six

Exercise III – Fun with Cages and Bleachers

• 3×10 Jerkins on the Cage
• 3×20 Bleacher Bench Kickers

Ronnie departed…. PAX followed to bask in the glory that is Sport Mode

One Round of Climbing Bleacher Merkins

Mary

Flutter Kicks, LBCs, Alabama Prom Dates (Upchuck Style) and Merkin Ring of Fire.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

Was an honor to lead this morning, Fellas. Appreciate the battles we tackle together in the gloom and in our day to day. Go make the most out of Tuesday and this week! Have a great one!

8 PAX were ready to go at 5:30 at Heartbreak Ridge on a beautiful fall morning. With one PAX needing to depart early we had a set time for some partner work to knock out:

COP in the grass: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Heels2Heaven, Scorpion Kicks. Head to end of field: Partner up for Wheelbarrow across the field. Plank up & set of Pickle pounders at the end.

Down to Heartbreak Hill: Dora 123 of 100 Merkins, 200 American Hammers, 300 Jump Squats (audible at 150). Then over to Jerkin Gym for 4 sets of 8 Jerkins, just in time for Handshake to finish and him head home to his waiting M. The rest of the odd pax now did: Benchkicks & Derkins: 30/10, 40/15, 50/20. Head over to end of track grass section for quick mary: LBCs, Hello Dollys, pickle pounders. Back to parking lot: Follow the Arrows – 5 HRMs at each arrow, alternate Bear Crawl & lunges around lot. Back to flag for time: Flutterkicks until 6:15.

NMS: YHC arrived to see Handshake knocking out laps on the track. Asking him how much time we had with him there he responded an exact 5:57 so we had that much time with an even 8. We had to do the COP on the field since the ground was 100% dry with no dew, a rarity for HBR.

Several groans were heard off the bat as the Wheelbarrow the field started. Atilla was a beast on his section not leaving much work for YHC. Good to see Cobal back out in the Gloom. P-Trap appreciated the Pickle Pounder work as he needs the practice for his upcoming nuptuals. Maybe a trip to the Honeymoon Suite (gloom style) is in order in the next month if he posts again soon.

Garbage Plate was happy to get all of his favorites in: Scorpion Kicks, Benchkicks, and Bear Crawl. YHC always takes requests…

September 24, 2019

There seems to be something in the water as for a second straight day the designated Q failed to show up at a local AO.  Hoping all is well with Wojo and nothing to be concerned about, and the PAX took it in stride with a traditional hot potato Q.  Here is the thang:

• Mosey around the track
• Handshake Q
  • COP with SSH, Russian soldiers, DQ, merkins, scorpion kicks, LBC and 1 burpee
• Loose Goose Q
  • Mosey to elementary school for triple check with run, WWII sit-ups and wall sit
• Ronnie Q
  • Mosey to the bus stop for a series of pole smokers and leg lifts
  • Mosey to the back of the school with a stop for 5 burpees
  • Mosey to the bleachers for a series of dips, jump squats, dips, merkins
  • Mosey to the jerkin gym for 3x 8 jerkins
• Attila Q
  • Mosey to the football field for a modified arch loader with a bear crawl, crab walk, duck walk and bunny hop, with 15 WWII sit-ups at each sideline
  • Mosey to the bleacher for 2 sets of decline merkins and bench kicks
• COT with YHC taking us out

Welcome to FNG River Dance!  Solid work from a new PAX member of double hate age.  All in all, solid work from the PAX.  Loose Goose has announced that his Lucky Horseshoe laminated card will be coming out for an upcoming Heartbreak as we test our fitness on the track.  Get fired up!

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Ocho hombres assembled in the gloom for a healthy helping of DTH love – here’s how we nearly all spilled merlot…

The THANG:

LIFO-Mosey around Parking Lot, picking up PTrap & Conspiracy en route, then circle up for COP #1 at the Flag: 

• SSH x20 IC
• DQ x10 IC
• LBC’s x20 IC
• Body Builders (8ct Burpee) x10 IC
• Crab cakes x20 IC
• No Cheat Merkins x10 IC
• Mtn Climbers x20 IC
• DR W x10 IC

Mosey around track to Pull-Up bars for COP #2: 

• Follow the Leader Moseycises around track – Shuffle In, Shuffle Out, Butt Kickers, High Knees, Caraoke In, Caraoke Out, Ball Headers 
• Morning Call: Each man in turn declares his F3 name & performs x5 Pull-ups calling cadence to the pushing pax who complete x5 merkins IC. (x40 total)

Mosey to the hardtop wall for COP#3:

• Wall sits for the SIX
• “Dirty HookUp” x20 IC (plank facing wall, place each hand up on wall, then bring them back down, 4ct, alternate hand order half-way through)
• Wall Sit cool down
• Hip Slappers x10 IC (BTTW with alternating hip slaps, 4ct)
• Wall Sit cool down

Mosey to the Field for COP #4:

• 4Corners + Escalator: x10 Burpees, x20 WWII, x30 Merkins, x40 Am Hammers (2-ct) 
• ABC’s for the SIX

Mosey to Rails for COP #5:

• Partner up for x3 rounds of:
• Jerkins x10 ea
• Cliff Hanger Merkins x10ea
• Dips x10ea

Mosey BTTF:

• Flutters x20 IC
• APD’s x20 IC

COT:

• Counterama #8
• Namerama (FNG Pistol Pete)
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

Naked Moleskin: 

• Always a pleasure to run the gauntlet of HBR’s considerable acreage, and YHC had already assembled a fairly high-intensity routine before Handshake reached out to request an especially challenging beatdown for his FNG friend Pete Schrock, who’s a fitness warrior in his own right, and who Handshake has been head-locking to post for north of 6 months. Pete’s got a pretty wild story so if you have the chance, ask him about it. Needless to say, the gloom was ripe this morning for hardening our minds and bodies, and eight is a great number for keeping everyone together. It doesn’t happen often, but YHC definitely felt the wave of merlot nausea as we COT’d. Thank you brothers for affording me the opportunity to lead – it was an honor. SYITG!

7 HBR regulars and 1 visitor from TN posted to Heartbreak Ridge on a humid morning. Conspiracy coming in at 5:29 gave us an even 8. We got to work, some would say 43 seconds early:

COP: SSH, Hairy Rockets, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks (per loose goose request), Don Qs. Mosey over to Heartbreak Hill for a:

Dora 123: 100 V-Ups, 200 Merkins, 300 Jump Squats while partner runs up & down Heartbreak Hill. Plank and then over to Jerkin Gym:

3 rounds of: 10 Jerkins & 20 PLTs

Finish up with loop around Parking lot: Alternate Bear Crawl and Lunges with 2 Burpees at each set of Arrows. Call for time and back to flag.

NMS: Good to be back on the Q at Heartbreak Ridge. YHC had to alter his tentative plan when Sample from Kingsport arrived, so we went right to the hill for the Dora. Several PAX members question the sequence of exercises of the Dora of 100 V-Ups and 200 Merkins but this ain’t YHC’s first Q.

Good to see Loose Goose back out and Handshake in the gloom on his M’s appointed morning to workout. It was nice of the County to cut the grass on the hill and near the Jerkin Gym, however all PAX were covered in fresh grass clippings from the V-Ups, Merkins, and PLTs. The M told YHC I still had grass on my legs after the first shower so had to jump back in, always a good sign.

Sample says he’ll be posting around F3RVA the rest of the week. We told him if he needs to take it easy for a morning be sure to post somewhere SOJ.

6 PAX gathered at Heartbreak Ridge to kick off the 2019-20 school year. It went like this:

Mosey around the parking lot to the field house for warmup of 20x SSH, 10x Helicopter (yes, singular), 5x super slow Don Quixote, 15x Cherry Pickers, 15x LBC and 10x Merkins.

Back up to the parking lot and around the perimeter, stopping at each of the 18 painted arrows for an alternating 5x Lt. Dan, 5x MHs, 5x star jumps at each arrow. Plank for the six. Mental note that Google imagery inaccurately depicts 12 arrows…

Down to the Jerkin Gym and partner up for three rounds of 10x jerkins and 20x PLTs. Plank for the six. Run one lap on the track with a Bernie corner. Gather at the field house for Wall of Fire: hold the people’s chair lineup while each PAX member alternates down the line for 10x donkey kicks, 10x merkins, 10x LBCs and 7x burpees.

YHC has somehow lost the weinky. Honeydo or Handshake suggested a GP classic: crawl bear over-under on the railings by the field house. Improvised for a quick 2x session, Al Gore for the six. Mosey to the hill by the parking lot. Classic Dora 100x Merkins, 200x LBC, 300x squats. Timer runs up the hill + 5x coupon curls for the girls at the top. GP audible at ~200 squats to bear crawl up the hill and head back to the flag.

Numberama, namerama, no announcements and YHC took us out. Super quick wrap up to get everyone home for the excitement. Summer fun, check. Start of school, check. Crawl bear, check. Great way to start another school year.

GP

A spectacular six showed at Heartbreak Ridge to see what Coach Wojo had in store for this morning’s practice. With YHC’s FitBit left at home, this morning’s beat down was aided by Verizon’s finest certified pre-owned replacement I-Phone X. 5:30 Bell? Let’s mosey.

COP

Mosey to the teacher’s parking area for COP

• 30 SSHs
• 15 DQs
• 20 Imperial Walkers
• 25 LBCs
• 15 Flutterkicks
• 15 Armcircles + reverso. Warm? Let’s boogie.

The Thang

Exercise I – Burpee Mile

Mosey to the dirt track. 1 mile run with 12 burpees every quarter of a mile. Mumble chatter included blowing chow, slurpees and the preference for a *BEER* mile. Correlation does not imply causation.

Exercise II – Big 11s at Heartbreak Hill

Mosey to the bottom of Heartbreak Hill. Hand Release Merkins at the top; Jump Squats at the base. Plankarama for the Six.

Exercise III – The People’s Chair

4 minutes felt like 40.

Mary

2 minutes left for some LBCs and Hello Dollies.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

Announcements/Prayer Requests

• Lifting up Helix, his family, but most importantly, his daughter. Know the next several weeks will be challenging. We’re here for you, Brother.
• Convergence – 7am – Labor Day Monday – Timberwolf
• IronPax Challenge – Annual Challenge our Brethren South of here put together. I believe the DaVillians did it last year? An option for the Week Zero workout will be at this week’s TwinTeam.

Great work today, Gentlemen. It was an honor and privilege to lead. The weather provided a needed reprieve from the summer steam and luckily the AO was ripe for a beat down.

Nurse that Achilles, Attila and loosen up that quad and hammy, Conspiracy. Garbage Plate recommended Yoga for your troubles.

Congrats to Oyster on completing the Summer Tour!

Have a blessed day, fellas.