Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

YHC has been sidelined with the flu.  Seeing that there was no Q, signed up last night, not knowing it was going to be wet and rainy.  No worries.  With one HBR faithful warrior, Handshake, in tow, we commenced a covered workout as YHC works his way back into shape.  Here is how it went down:

• Mosey to the bus loop for COP

• 30 SSH
• 15 IW
• 10 DQ
• 15 helicopters
• 20 merkins
• 40 2x LBC
• 10 2x Suzanne Somers, each leg
• 25 APD
• 12 minutes of alternating burpees and donkey kicks
• Modified straight-line 4 corners (4 stops with 10, 15, 20, 25 reps)
  • HRM
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Monkey humpers
  • Crab cakes
• Mosey back to the parking lot for COT with YHC taking us out

I have missed the PAX and missed this AO.  Good to be back with a faithful warrior.  Hopefully the weather will improve and bring back more of the PAX in future weeks.  The burpees and donkey kicks were a good kick-starter to getting back in shape.

God is good all of the time!

Attila

Six strong warriors made their way out to HBR to wonder if anyone grabbed the Q overnight. Hot Potato was announced and we went about our way

Handshake: COP – SHH, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, HRMs, Incorrectly done Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to pullup bar for morning call – 5 Pullups per man while others do 5 Merkins. Jump the fence and commence with a mini-beast of: HRMs, WWIIs, & Squats. Pass Q to YHC

Mosey to PES back lot to find coupons. 35 Overhead presses, run loop. 30 Squats run loop, 20 Sit N Press & loop, 25 Swings. Deposit coupons back and hand over Q to Lighthouse. Down to Heartrbreak Hill.

Run up hill, 5 burpees, back down & 1 burpee. Repeat but 2nd round Bernie up then 3rd round Crab walk up. Boberry gets Q, aka “It’s Bo time…”

Triple Check – Donkey Kicks, Dips, & run up to dugout. Call for time back to flag – 90 seconds of mary. Lighthouse took us out.

NMS – Great to have Loose Goose back out at HBR and some Winter Tour visitors. BB title comes from Handshake trying to trick the pax with a called cumulative burpee beast call of which the PAX was not falling for it. Not much of a poker face on Handshake… Mumblechatter ensued as of whether an All Burpee Beast can be done to which YHC said yes it’s happened at 45MoM, Toga took that Q on a few years ago.

The sun was shining bright over Quioccasin Middle as six men of greatness assembled to receive a beatdown. YHC had noted the Q sheet empty, so a hot potato was called and every man shared a turn on the giving end of the beatdown. 

The THANG:

DR TRYHARD:

• Moseyrama with variable warmerama around track to COP #1:
• MORNING CALL at the Pull-up Bar – each pax takes a turn cranking out 5 pull-ups while the planking PAX perform a merkin for each pull-up completed. Six men = 30 Merkins.

PROBATION:

• Mosey to bleachers
• Dips x20 one-count
• Merkins x10 IC

HANDSHAKE:

• Mosey to bus loop for Triple Check
• Flutters, Windshield Wipers (Kimchi Twists), and 3rd man sprints to end to complete x5 Merkins and sprints back

LINKED IN:

• Partner up and complete x2 Rounds:
• Partner 1 Donkey Kicks
• P2 Suicides

DON DRAPER:

• Mosey a little way around the school
• Stop for People’s Chair with painful variations
• Mosey to Upper Courts for 4 Corners
• x10 JumpSquats, x20 BallDippers, x30 Squats, x40 Lunges EACH LEG 
• Mosey to grassy hill and take turns with a Bernie Sanders up hill while PAX plankorama’s
• Mosey over to schools’ back steps for two minutes of rapid fire stair stepping or box jumps

LIGHTHOUSE:

• Mosey to handicap rails and bearcrawl from bottom to top, then plank walk with hands and feet on top rails from top to bottom …x2 rounds

PROBATION – Round Two:

• Mosey to grassy hill 
• Round 1 – Bear crawl from bottom to top & complete x6 burpees
• Round 2 – Crabwalk up & x6 Burpees
• Round 3 – Polarbear up & hands-up Flutter kicks x20 IC

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• DON DRAPER took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• Day 2 of the Corporate Challenge brought YHC and Draper to HBR this AM, only to discover no Q on the books. NO PROBLEM! Great opportunity to give a couple of the newer guys the chance to lead. WELL DONE Probation and Linked In. We’ll be looking for your VQ’s sometime soon. And of course Draper just HAD to wreck our quads for the rest of the week…thanks a LOT bro. Keep posting fellas, and keep headlocking your coworkers and neighbors – they need this!!!

A half dozen icicles of great length and girth formed up in the last minutes before 0530, freezing temps and gloom abounding. The DTH timepiece struck 0530, and amid bright sunshine and temps climbing to 70, six limber warriors shook off the ice and set to work. Here’s how Cooper led the way:

The THANG:

Moseyrama a latecomers loop around the parking lot, returning for COP #1 at the Flag:

• DQ’s x10 IC
• R.Soldiers x10 IC
• Werkins x10 IC
• WWII x10 IC

Mosey to the Ridge for COP #2:

• Bear Crawl up hill, run down, Al Gore for the Six
• Imperial Squat Walkers x20 IC
• Bernie up, run down, Flutters for the Six
• Flutter Kicks x20 IC
• Crabwalk Up, run down, Elbow Plank for the Six
• NoCheat Merkins x20 IC

Mosey to Bleachers for COP #3:

• Big-O’s x10 each direction

Step onto the Track for COP #4:

• No Mercy Mile (DTH-Modified) – PAX completes 4 laps around track, each time stopping at the first 50 yard line to complete 25 Monkey Humpers & 25 Merkins at opposite 50 yard line. Straightaways run, while curve exercises varied for each lap:
• Lap 1 Curves: Bear Crawl & Lunges
• Lap 2 Curves: Alternate Partner Carries
• Lap 3 Curves: Carioca both ends
• Lap 4 Curves: Partner Wheelbarrows

Mosey to Jerkin Gym for COP #5:

• Same partners
• Jerkins x10ea
• Dips x10ea
• Repeato 2nd Set

Mosey Back to Flag for COT:

• Counterama # 6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” (James‬ ‭1:2-6‬ )

3 fools warriors escaped the dry, warm comforts of the fart sack for another edition of Heartbreak Ridge, this time with some added moisture. While it appeared a potential FNG sat safely in his Camry….. the clock struck 5:30 and the unnamed bystander did not flinch. The trio set off….. to the Bus Loop.

COP

Mosey to the bus loop to bask in the temporary relief from Tuesday’s deluge.

SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, “Cherry” Pickers, Tempo Copperhead Squats, Tempo Merkins, Arm Circles and reverso

The Thang

Exercise I – Greasy Poles

utilizing the bus extended bus loop steel awning, PAX moseys to the end of the run, stops at each pole (confirmed 21 count of poles) and performs 3 merkins, returns with one Lt. Dan at each stop.

Exercise II – 4 corners at a gas station

Mosey to the bus gas hub

25 HR Merkins, 25 Monkey Humpers, 25 Jump Squats, mosey back to the canopy for 25 reverse crunches

make sure to burn your gloves this evening.

Exercise III – Suicides

Run to each sign along the canopy and return to the start, there were 10 signs

Repeato with a burpee at each sign

Exercise IV – Triple Check

Return to the main parking lot

pace car – run to the opposite curb and return

member 2 – flutter kicks

member 3 – copperhead squats

Mosey back to the flag

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

Reminders: Buy your F3 shirts (including hoodie options) by COB tomorrow. See DTH with any Qs.

Appreciate battling the elements this morning, Gentlemen. Felt like we wore weighted vests the second half of this am. Wonder if the rusty cage and heartbreak hill will have dried by next week?

6 PAX came out wondering if Q sheet was in fact open. With no official Q at 5:30 we set off to end of track for COP and a Hot potato Q:

COP (Honeydo): Miserable Jumprope (aka Invisible Jumprope), Miserable Burpees, Don Qs, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Pass Q to Lighthouse, which turned out to be big mistake:

Lighthouse Beast – Mini beast with way worse numbers: Round 1- Merkins 20 per stop. Round 2- LBCs 20. Round 3 – 5 Burpees. Pass Q to Handshake, off to Jerkin Gym: 3 sets of 10 Jerkins. Then over to Heartbreak Hill:

Run up, 15 WWIIs, back down then 1 Burpee. Repeat 5 times. Pass Q to Atilla – Over to bleachers for 3 rounds of: 25 Dips & 25 Benchkicks. Then up to parking lot for Triple check of: People’s chair, American Hammers & run.

Atilla took us out.

NMS – Nothing like creating new exercises when PAX mishears the Qs instructions. Now YHC has to think of what miserable Jumprope would really entail. Some confusion at the start as Wojo was on the Q sheet yesterday at some point but it was blank at 5:15 so technically not a no-show. PAX did learn a lesson as Lighthouse is NOT messing around. A modified beast with 120 merkins in round 1 then burpees. ouch.

Jerkin Gym was the iciest YHC can remember and the benchkicks on the frozen bleachers almost led to a case of frostbitten ass cheeks. Great to have P-Trap back out at HBR, and on his birthday, aye! Great way to start off your 35th year.

A Nifty nine PAX closed out Nineteen in Hot Potato fashion at Heartbreak Ridge. Several Wahoo PAX were tired from the late finish of the Orange bowl but needed a last 2019 Big Data point. Here’s how it went down:

COP: Honeydo – SSH, Don Qs, Arm circles, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Hand to Handshake:

Mosey to “Danger Zone” for Triple check – Run loop of PES lot, Merkins, & Kimchi Twists. Hand Q to Seymour- Mosey to Honeysuckle hill for 6 rounds of Bear Crawl up & run down. Hand off to Mr Holland, down to track for shortened Track beast: 1st lap Merkins, 2nd Lap Merkins + WWIIS, 3rd Lap – Merkins, WWIIs, & Burpees (ouch). Attila took us back to flag for 75 secons of mary & COT.

NMS – Good final beatdown of the decade at HBR. Nice to have 9 strong out. YHC has taken the liberty of naming the corner section of PES as the “Danger Zone” with the giant exposed propane tank and low hanging powerlines. Hitchhiker’s Kimchi Twists, after debuting at Hoedown yesterday, made their way to HBR. Will they spread to SOJ and Daville next? Guess we’ll see in 2020.

Mr. Holland pushed the PAX on the 3rd round of the Track Beast with Burpees. Those 3 Laps ate up almost 20 minutes. Good thing Splinter was not here as Mr Holland was not up for sharing the potato.

Squeaker and LinkedIn made the rest of the PAX look slow as usual, but still good to have them out. Bodos drove past Spider Run to get a full body beatdown, always welcome out at F3RVAs brightest AO.

CONVERGENCE tomorrow at The Forge 7:00. Let’s have so many PAX there that DTH cannot try and spring his Cabers on us.

A Naugty Nine hoped to earn their way onto the Nice list with some Christmas Eve work at HBR. The PAX were rewarded with an early Xmas gift from the kindhearted Q with:

COP- Invisible Jumprope, Hairy Rocketts, Don Qs, Merkins, Arm Circles, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Head to football field for proper warm-up:

Sprint across field, jog back. Bear Crawl across then jog back. Backwards run across.

Mosey to Benches: YHC called for 3 sets of Box Jumps & Derkins, but apparently some PAX are keen on that “smile without missing teeth” look and with Benches covered in ICE an audible was called. Off to Heartbreak Hill:

10 Merkins at botton, run up, 10 V-Ups up top. Repeato increasing reps to 15 then 20. Then off to big field: Wheelbarrow across alternating PAX.

Over to DK wall for Triple check: Donkey Kicks, WWIIs, & run blacktop. Head back down to Jerkin Gym – 4 Sets of 8. Back to football field for some minute burpees: 7 in a minute, increase by 1 up to 10 per minute. Back to flag for some Mary. YHC took us out.

NMS – 5:29 we had 4 PAX and then quickly swelled to 9 as we made our way to the COP. Seymour was able to find us despite the Qs efforts to hide us. The benches really were a sheet of ice and YHC was glad to call of Box Jumps, heck even Derkins on them could be dangerous.

Good to have some non-HBR regulars out this morning. Kubota is stamping his winter break hall pass and good to have Mr Holland back out in the west end. YHC called the Bear Crawl to slow down LinkedIn only to see him lap us on the bear crawl. Someone find out what his kryptonite exercise is quick.

Merry Christmas F3RVA!

7 mighty PAX decided to avoid the 12 days of Christmas and head to Quioccasin MS for a beatdown. We even had a visitor from somewhere between Raleigh and Charlotte (Cary NC wherever that is).

The program went like this: Lap around the track, 25 SSH, 10 DQs, 10 R Soldiers, 15 ACs (front and back) and 25 FMs. Mosey to covered alcove at side of school.

Exercise 1: 2 Burpees at each pole – 42 burpees in total

Exercise 2: Plank position with last person leapfrogging the other PAX. Keep going until we reach the other side of the alcove. For some reason this exercise cause a bunch of angry mumble chatter. Mosey to other side of school.

Exercise 3: Together do 30 seconds of balls to the wall, 30 seconds of chicken peckers and 30 seconds of dips. Mosey to track.

Exercise 4: Four corners non-additive with swamp derkins (the bleacher area did not drain well), jump squats, monkey humpers and 2 count flutter kicks.

Exercise 5: Go to “THE HILL” and each partner wheelbarrows up the hill. This one got some Philadelphia Eagle fan love for sure.

Exercise 6: Share 100 PLTs. Mosey to parking lot and close with a round of mary (merkins).

No notable announcements and closed in prayer.

Even though the visitor from down south butchered my name (good having you visit Term Paper), I enjoyed leading the PAX and hope everyone is not stressing out over all the prep for the big day next week.

Fireman Ed out.

No Q at 10 pm last night and YHC was still at the office.  Sign up for Q and beat myself down out of anger at the current boss.  Subsequent apologies to the PAX.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 30 SSH
  • 15 IW
  • 15 DQ
  • 15 Helicopters
  • 20 merkins
  • 80 LBC
  • 40 APD
• Mosey to the bus loop for 10 minutes of burpees
• Mosey to the black top for 4 corners with 10, 15, 20 & 25 escalating reps at each corner, exercises included
  • HRM
  • WWII sit-ups
  • Crab cakes
  • Monkey humpers
• Mosey to the track for intervals, 30 seconds on, 30 second mosey, rinse and repeat until clock expired
• COT with YHC taking us out

Today we asked the ultimate question for HBR regulars, which is worse – 10 minutes of burpees or the lucky horseshoe? YHC can at least testify that the burpees do not last the full workout.

Garbage Plate and Squeaker are freaking gazelles.  They can fly on the track.  Iron sharpens iron.  Handshake led the charge on burpees and 4 corners…it is good to be young and that is why you get hate in the COT.  T-claps to Cobalt on a strong effort, and thankful for Lighthouse being a faithful poster.  Great start to the day.  Time for a nap and caffeine. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila