Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

On this last day of April, YHC was joined by 10 of RVA’s finest blades to be sharpened upon the wet stone of Heartbreak Ridge. Here’s how the story circulates around the geriatric bus driver’s card tables…

The THANG:

Mosey to COP #1: (at the Hill)

• Welcome & Disclaimer
• SSH x30 IC
• Bear Crawl up hill, run down, Al Gore for the Six
• Hydraulic Squats x30 IC
• Bernie S up, run down, Flutters for the Six
• WWII’s x30 IC
• Crabwalk Up, run down, Elbow Plank for the Six
• Merkins x15 IC (but x2 Merkins per 4-count = 30 total)

Mosey to COP #2: (at the Track)

• No Mercy Mile (DTH-Modified)- PAX completes 4 laps around track, each time stopping at the first 50 yard line to complete 30 Monkey Humpers & 30 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
• (“Break” for PLT’s half-way through)
• Lap 3 Curves: Carioca both ends
• Lap 4 Curves: Partner Wheelbarrows

Mosey to COP #3: (at the Bleachers)

• Big-O’s x10 each direction

Mosey Back to Flag:

• Flutters
• APD’s
• Protractor until time out

COT:

• Counterama #11
• Namerama (no FNG’s)
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS: 

• YHC thought it would be fun to break up the usual COP opener with Ridgercizes, and all was going swimmingly until the Hydraulic squats – seems they’re either too confusing or too exhausting to complete as the PAX couldn’t keep up let alone keep count… as my old Physiology prof would say “Room for Improvement!” But then the PAX rocked the NMM with all the enthusiasm of a pack of greyhounds chasing a hare, which brought great warmth to YHC’s heart. We packed a lot in today, and YHC is already feeling it! Thanks for the opportunity to be stronger amid your fantastic company gents! 

10 healthy gentlemen appeared for a very rusty rendition of a Ronnie Q. Here’s what went down:

Mosey to the front of the school for COP.

Side straddle hops

Don Quixote

Russian soldiers

Arm circles – reverso

Merkins

Next, mosey to the track for a quick run with some merkins and burpees mixed in.

Stop at the jerkin gym and partner up for three sets of 10 jerkins.

Move to the bleachers for a round of dips. Quick cool down at the wall with wall sits and balls to the wall, then back to the bleachers for more dips.

Mosey to the hill for Dora – 100 merkins, 200 flutterkicks, 300 squats.

Now, off to the far side of the school to smoke the poles down the bus lane, each man holds 5″ (not 6″ Honeydo).

Finally, a quick 5 minutes of Mary with SSH, American Hammers, Hello Doras (or Dollies), a merkin ring of fire and burpees until the clock runs out.

Numberama, Nameorama and Handshake took us out.

Great work today fellas.

With the tax filing date past us 6 PAX were made aware that apparently winter filed the necessary paperwork for an extension. We were met with 40 degrees but clear skies to:

COP: Invisible Jumprope, 10 Burpees, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Helicopters. Back to main lot:

Merkin Arrows: Run entire lot – 10 Merkins each set of arrows. Audible on 2nd half to alternate WWIIs for merkins. Head to school wall:

Triple Check: Run lot, Dips, Balls2Wall. Then head on down to track for Lindsays: Benchkicks & Squats. Jerkin Gym: 3 Sets of 8 Jerkins. Over to Heartbreak Hill – Up & down 3 times. Back to Jerkin Gym: 3 Sets of 6 Jerkins. Back to Flag – 3 MoM: Freddy Mercurys, Heels2Heaven, American Hammers. Seymour took us out.

NMS – Just when you thought it was short sleeve weather in the Gloom we get another 40 degree morning. Actually felt good once we got moving. YHC wanted to get some Merkins in early so the 10 per Arrows set seemed like a good idea until we were 150 merkins in halfway. Only Handshake seemed disappointed for the audible to alternating WWIIs.

The PAX needed 10 Burpees in the COP to wake up. P-Trap joined us mid burpees. YHC joked we were doing 100 Burpees to start, not sure he believed it or not. Not much mumblechatter this morning, just solid work by all 6. We lamented Mr Holland’s move to Glen Ashland meaning we’ll lose him to DaVille on Tuesday mornings. And since it was below 50 degrees Loose Goose continues is cold weather boycott.

The THANG:

600 miles so 600 thangs on repeat in this Dora flight at heartbreak ridge. Here’s how it went:

Mosey to COP #1:
Front of the school under the one light for a turbulent warm up in which the Pax quickly reminded me that I better get in cadence quick.
Warm up: 20 cheerleaders in honor of the hoos victory, a trial attempt at the Moroccan nightclub, don quixotes, helicopters

Mosey to COP #2:
Strolled into the fuselage to go directly into a holding pattern where we did an indigenous people run for two laps
At the forefront of the fuselage we did a jog to the second yellow pole and bear crawled to pole 3 and jog back for 100 merkins, 200 pole touches, 300 cheerleaders in this first Dora of 600
Chair hang one minute
Mosey to COP #3:
Basketball court- partner up, one runs backwards to opposite basketball goal and in honor of the hoos-
100 Bobby Hurleys- squat slap ground to a jump shot
200 plank jacks
300 flutter kicks

COT:
Counterama #8
Namerama
Announcerama (see Comments)
YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

Comment:
Oh the slow flight into the warm up was ever so turbulent this morning. YHC hit moderate turbulence in cadence on YHCs second Q. The PAX quickly reminded the Q to get it together with some love and acceptance and a modified cadence. After the first two warm ups cadence improved to constant light turbulence as we finished the warm up. YHC will Make sure cadence is spot on in the next beatdown!

The beatdown commenced after the holding pattern indigenous people run. The PAX found strength in pushing the brave who entered the fuselage for a double Dora! Thanks for the support and I promise to fix cadence on the next flight.

All DOOZY has a VQ tomorrow at Source of Truth. Support DOOZY tom AM!

Prayers-

Don Drapers family as his wife and himself take some RnR and the grandparents watch the kids.

RogerRogers father in law eye cancer/surgeries.

Some mighty men remain in RVA this week while the masses take a week of R&R.  For those that remain, the challenge is significant and the rewards are great.  Five noble warriors posted at Heartbreak this morning.  Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 20 SSH
  • 15 Russian soldiers
  • 15 IW
  • 10 DQ
  • 15 helicopters
  • 20 hand release merkins
  • 20 Suzanne Somers, each leg
  • 20 2x flutter kicks
• Mosey to the black top for a bearimeter of massive landscape with intermittent exercises totally
  • 50 burpees
  • 125 WWII sit-ups
  • 100 APDs
• Mosey to the track for a Lindsay at the bleachers – dips and bench kicks
• Mosey around the track back to the jerkin gym for 3 sets of 8 jerkins
• Mosey to the edge of the track, finishing with a series of 6 Bernies
• COT with YHC taking us out

Great job by the PAX today.  Seymour and Garbage Plate led a strong effort, with Ponch executing perfect burpee form.  Grateful for the fellowship of these men in an otherwise quiet and uneventful workout.  Honeydo, this workout was for you. We were a series of donkey kicks short of the Q being confused for you. Looking forward to reuniting with the rest of the PAX next week as folks get back in town.  Should be a quiet week at many of the AOs.

Goes without saying, but Go Hoos this weekend.  YHC double dipped on Saturday if you count the pacing and constant nervous movement during that epic Elite 8 victory. 

God is good all of the time!

Attila

4 strong showed up for a gusty Heartbreak Ridge adventure this morning. Hot Potato Q went like this:

Fireman Ed — Warmup lap on the track followed by SSH x15 & DQ x 10 to get moving. Dora with 100 x box jumps, 200 x squats, 300 x flutters. Mosey to the playground and partner up for two rounds of 8x jerkins & pull-ups.

Handshake — Mosey to the parking lot exit for curb crawl ascending to 10 merkins. Follow up with 3x 20 of Willson Dying Cockroaches.

Seymore – Mosey to the football field for 5x burp-ups on the goal post, run to the other end and repeat x4. That was enough.

Garbage Plate – Mosey to the loading dock for 2x of 30 dips followed by 30 WWII. Followup with Rosalita and FK session to wrap up the morning.

Announcements – Props to those who completed the weekend goruck adventure!

Seymore closed out the morning. Well done gents!

9 standup men of the West End of RVA posted in colder-than-expected temps on this Tuesday to tackle the gloom. The Q rolled in hot, and the pax took off toward the track. Here is the summary of what happened… more or less.

Mosey around the track to the grassy end near the road for warmup COP: Invisible jump rope x20, Russian Soldiers x15, Imperial Walkers x15, Kickbacks x15, Merkins (slow all the way up, slow all the way down) x8

Mosey to the football field for the Beast. At at least 2 plank-o-ramas somewhere in here: LBCs, Merkins, Flutter Kicks, Lunges, Burpees. (SURPRISE!), Helix Squats

Mosey to the far side of the track for arms work. Do each of the following 3x in rotation: Jerkins x10, Bench dips x20, Bench kicks x20

Mosey back to the start for Mary: Hello Dolly x20, Freddie Mercury x20, APD (slow) x20, Elbow plank 1 min

NMS: A pleasure to be back in the Q chair with this excellent group at HR this morning! The Goose household’s germ warfare made winter rough and it took awhile to get back into shape enough have the breath to lead (while of course having enough energy to chide Handshake along the way).

YHC did not expect to have to scrape ice from the windshield — that little spot I cleared to see through the neighborhood thankfully expanded from the defroster within a minute or two.

Before the starting gun, the Q’s plan was a loose set of priorities – use the field after almost 2 wks of no heavy rain, get some arms work in, and make sure to insert some core work. The two items that did not make the cut when all was said and done were hill work and block party. You can bet those will be part of the menu in the near future. That football field is fantastic when we can actually use it, almost as good as a NoToll field. Hopefully 2019 will be a little more moderate with the rain so that we can continue to enjoy that turf.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: GroRuck and Dogpile both at 7am on Sat with Dredd from Charlotte. Happy Hour @Triple Crossing on Fri 6pm. Pray for Roger Roger’s father in law (Lee)

The THANG:

Since my last flight was 1300 miles home on a weather reroute. The PAX soared over Heartbreak ridge with 1300 thangs in an expertly timed fashion. We all know it’s not cool to be late for you’re flight. DTH almost missed the flight. The door was closing when he mosied up to the fuselage. Today was my fIrst flight at heartbreak ridge and also my VQ. I thought we should commemorate today’s journey with my last flight. Today we will incorporate 1300 thangs in the gloom! Here’s how it went:

Mosey to COP #1:
Flag out front
11 was the number: Helicopters, don quioxtes, arm circles forward and back, burpos in cadence,

Mosey to COP #2:
Strolled into the fuselage of the metal rusty covering where Partner 1 did 200 SSH and 125 flutter kicks while partner 2 ran backwards and sprinted back to partner 1
Followed that up with 200 jump squats and 125 plank jacks while partner 2 ran the fuselage

Mosey to COP #3:
Basketball wall- hang invisible chair
We repeated our numbers 125 and 200 to complete 125 merkins 200 WW2s while partner 2 runs the em route section of our flight today
We Followed up with 125 burpees and descended into 200 hello dollies for 1.5 minutes to landing back at the flag.

COT:
Counterama
Namerama
Announcerama (see Comments)
YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

Comment:
A couple of folks asked what’s a sortie and the mumble chatter started when I said first flight as it was my first solo flight in F3. A sortie is a mission and we accomplished it in today’s beatdown. Thanks for putting up with me today as it was truly one to remember!

9 of Richmond’s best braved the Quioccasin terrain for some light exercise on a brisk Tuesday morning.

COP:

Quick warmup lap and mosey to the front of the school, followed by 20 SSH’s, 10 Merkins, 20 LBC’s, 7 Don Quixotes and 15 ceremonial Arm Circles.

The Thang:

Start up – Alternate 5 Box Jumps and 30 Merkins, ascending 5 jumps and descending 5 Merkins until 30 BJ’s and 5 Merkins. Al Gore for the six.

Tennis time – Mosey to the rear tennis courts for 30x each of front, side and cross line jumps, each followed by a tennis court shuttle. Next up was one tennis court suicide with 5 jump squats at each stop. Mosey on to the basketball courts.

Jerkin Gym – Given the excellent Heartbreak Swamp conditions, groups of 3 completed makeshift Jerkins at the basketball courts, 10 each followed by 100 cumulative donkey kicks. Repeat 3x. Plank for the six plus bonus plank time. Mosey to the track.

Bench + Dip + Abs:  At the bleachers, bench kicks x 30 then up to the wooden bleachers for dips x 30. Repeat 3x. 20 inclined WWII’s followed by American Hammers to round out a beautiful morning workout.

No Burpees were performed as part of this workout.

Numberama, Namerama, COT

Announcements:  Go Ruck coming up soon – see other back blasts for details.

Moleskin – I was thankful for the chance to lead such a fine group this morning, inadvertently including “Burpee Style” during tennis time instruction. PAX was thoroughly confused but embraced the lack of burpees and the days theme was solidified. Later, after brief debate, it was also determined conclusively that it will in fact be darker next Tuesday morning than it is today. Spring forward. Case closed. Finally, 810 bench kicks were performed in an unspoken tribute to Honeydo this morning. Garbage Plate is still skeptical the bench kick is a true F3 movement, yet we will persist.
Peace – GP

11 Pax, including 1 FNG, made for a prime number PAX beatdown at HBR. Mid 30s temps and clear skies. It went down like so:

COP: SSH, Russian Soldiers, Don Qs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

Mosey to PES for Block Party: Grab Cinder blocks: 4 rounds, each round add new exercise: R1: Overhead Presses. R2: OP + Sit’n Presses. R3: OP, SP, + Ball Dippers. R4: OP, SP, BD, + Block Swings. Finish up Block Party with some Boat & Canoe.

Mosey to Tennis Courts: 3 Sets of Wheelbarrow to net, 10 Derkins. Head to DK wall for Venezuelan Chair sits, then 2 rounds of Donkey Kicks and Planks. Then pair up for: Take it easy on my shoulders please: 3 sets of 20 PLTs.

Back to main lot, audible from Jerkin Gym, for Burpee Escalator: Start with 8 Burpees in 1 minute, increasing Burpees by 1 each minute, up to 12 in the last minute. Back to Flag, YHC took us out.

NMS – If there is a HBR F3 shirt to be made then there needs to be a mid-2000s Honda Accord in the picture somewhere as we average 5 Accords in the lot of Tuesday mornings. Welcome to FNG Cobol, a friend of Ponch. His initial name was revised post workout, who says YHC isn’t compassionate…

Everyone was having a fine time at the Block Party until 1 PAX member broke their Cinder Block, causing us to end the party early. YHC was surprised to discover DTH’s cryptonite exercise is Boat & Canoe.

During the Peoples chair sits the PAX discussed revising the name of Venezuelan Chair sits, Earthworm would be proud. Although PAX were disappointed the Jerkin Gym was called off the Burpee Escalator seemed a fair trade off. 50 Burpees in 5 minutes at the end is a good way to finish.

Annoucements – See GrowRuck pre-blast from last night. Still time to sign up RVA PAX!