Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

It was a super clear, crisp morning for a Heartbreak Ridge extravaganza. 5 men posted for a 5 station experiment. Here’s how it went down:

Warmup: 15x SSH, 10x arm circles, 10x DQ, 10x Russian soldiers, 15x LBC, 10x scorpion kicks then mosey to the front of the ES.

5 stations, 5 min each station, partner up; alternate ascending exercises 2,4,6,8… until timer sounds. Hold a specified position when not exercising.

Station 1 – at front of ES; burpees + Al Gore

Station 2 – tennis courts; jump squats + plank

Station 3 – back lot wall; hand release merkins + peoples chair

Station 4 – field house; lunges + balls to wall

Station 5 – bleachers on the hill; side hip dips + bleacher holds

Two Bernies up the hill to wrap up. Numberama, namerama, no announcements and YHC took us out.

Moleskine: Lots of mumblechatter + movement between stations made the morning pass quickly. Thanks to the PAX for humoring YHC with a trial workout format which seemed to flow well. 5 minutes seemed to be the right amount at each stop, YHC didn’t hear many counts get into the 20’s. At station 4 there was some suggestion of modifying balls to the wall for a more attainable movement; ultimately we decided to modifying balls was not a good option for anyone. Enjoy the day gentlemen.

4 valiant gentleman descended on Heartbreak Ridge to find again that there is no Q. There seems to be a pattern here which needs to be broken soon.

COP by Fireman Ed: Lap around the track, 10 Don Quixotes, 10 Arm circles, 15 2 count mountain climbers and 10 merkins

First Exercise: Take 5 benches. do 5 dips, then up to 25 dips by the 5th bench

Baton is passed to Ronnie: Mosey to front of school – do 5 merkins, crab walk to other side do 4 merkins, bear crawl to other side, and so forth down to 1 merkin.

Go to tables, Do 5 box jumps to seating benches, 5 burpees. I may have forgotten something here.

Mosey to side of school and do a pole relay. while one pax is doing pole leg lifts, the other three are holding 3 inches, We did that relay for most of the side of the school. Baton passed to Fireman.

Doras with 100 donkey kicks, 200 jump squats and 300 2 count flutter kicks. Baton passed back to Squeaker.

Mosey to chin up area. Pax 1 did 6 chin ups, Pax 2 did dips on the somewhat high bar, Pax 3 did ass to grass squats and PAX 4 did elbow to leg plank.

Baton passed back to Fireman who led in mountain climbers, 2 rounds of merkin mary and 5 OYO burpees.

Announcements: TYA is leading Turkey Day convergence at Mary at 6 a.m. (thanks for letting us sleep in:) and Friday at 7 at Forest Hill Park is the CSUP (CSOP).

Even though it was a hot potato, thanks to God for giving us the health to get out there and better ourselves.

An even dozen, including 1 visitor, arrived at varying times to Heartbreak Ridge on a gorgeous morning. Again no Q so Handshake started us off:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Hairy Rocketts (horizonal version) aka inverted upside down Scorpion kicks. Back to main lot for: Quad Check – 1) B2tW, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Run lot & back. Head down to Jerkin Gym: 3 Sets of 10 Jerkins. Pass Q to Offshore:

Over to Heartbreak hill – Triple check of Merkins, WWIIs, Bernie Sanders up hill.

Hand Q to Garbage Plate, 1 lap of Indian Run then over to ramp: Crawl Bear up hill, bar shimmy down. 2 times. Q over to Honeydo: 3 sets of PLTs, back to flag for some Pickle Pounders. YHC took us out.

NMS – Today was textbook Hot Potato where PAX were pushed for the full 45 min. Quad check got us going from Handshake then other Qs never let up. Good to have Stump Jumper back visiting RVA. He debated whether on posting at Spider Run or HBR but in the end he gave us the perfect dozen number to work with. P-Trap, the married version, was back out having resting his shoulder injury. No clue whether the shoulder injury occurred on the Honeymoon or not, hence the need for more Pickle Pounder practice.

Fireman Ed was extra mouthy today, with his JETS drubbing on the Skins still on his mind. Low, low times for those who still HTTR. Lighthouse is officially a HBR regular now as YHC can’t remember a week he wasn’t there. Merkin count estimated in the 180-200 range based on Quad & Triple check inclusions. Your mileage may vary.

6 PAX were looking around at 5:30 perplexed by two unusual things: an open Q slot at Heartbreak Ridge and 65 degree weather on a morning where it was supposed to be snowing. Atilla took the reins and off we went:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, HRMs, APDs, Helicopters. Mosey over to tennis courts: 3 rounds of Wheelbarrow to net, 10 Derkins each man. Pass Q to Handshake, who took us down to football field for a “Bea” or abbreviated beast of: Merkins, WWIIs, and Burpees. Q passed to Lighthouse: Head over to Jerkin Gym- fake, stop at end of field & partner up: 1 man runs lap while other does LBCs. 3 Laps.

Q passed to Honeydo – 1 minute left so back to flag & some Heels2Heaven.

NMS YHC knew the Q sheet was open last night but assumed some generous PAX member would step up. Instead we “Batteau’ed” it up with a Hot Potato. Atilla got us going. Handshake made the pax call out Burpees on the 3rd round. Lighthouse seems to like running by his short Q portion, pax be warned. Good to have Seymour back out, apparently boxing is a young non-professional man’s sport…

Squeeker is fast, that is all.

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