Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

10 strong came out on the first day back to school. The AO was buzzing with activity as HCPS staff were getting QMS ready. Here is what we did:

Mosey to Pemberton ES front for COP. SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, DQs, Imperial Walkers. Partner up in front atpes, wheelbarrow up steps with merkin each step, 5 at the top. 2 times through each man. Then 10 Burpees

Mosey to Honeysuckle hill. Bear Crawl up, 20 LBCS at top, 20 Squats at bottom. Repeato. Mosey to track for Benchkicks and Dips. 2 times through of 50& 30 respectively.

Over to Jerkin Gym. Start at 8 Jerkins, then decrease by 1 each switch, down to 1. Then 2 times up Heartbreak hill and Merkins at the top.

Back to flag for Mary to finish.

NMS – With YHC the only BRR runner in attendance the Taper Friendly tag had a little less meaning. Good to have Fudd at HBR for the first time. Glad to see Mr Holland make it out as well, he put in solid work. YHC was generous as only 2 pax wore gloves, next time we’ll crawl the parking lot for sure.

Several pax complained about lack of sleep with kids not sleeping well with school looming this am. YHC told Loose Goose this is just good BRR driver training.

Silent Assassin signing off.

New job, so I am a little slow with the BB.  However, 6 redwoods and 1 FNG braved the gloomy humidity for my virgin Q at the Heartbreak Ridge AO. Here is how it went down:

• COP
  • 25 SSH
  • 25 Imperial Walkers
  • 10 merkins
  • 20 Freddy Mercuries
  • 25 Crab Cakes
  • Parking lot tracers
• Burpee March x3
  • 15 burpees across 15 parking spots
  • 30 WWII sit-ups
  • 30 APDs
• 5 Burpees to make it an even 50
• Mosey around the track (300 meters) to the jerkin gym
  • 23 PLT/7 jerkins x3
• Mosey to the Heartbreak Ridge hill for a fully loaded “Toga” – run up the big hill 10x
• Ring of fire – 10 merkins
• Mosey around the track (300 meters) to the short hill – backwards run up the hill for COT
• COT with YHC taking us out

There was very little mumblechatter today. It might have been the combination of burpees and hill runs. The hill runs were an ode to our departed comrade, Toga. We have not taken on this long, steep incline since he departed for Nashvegas. It was long overdue. Normally we would pour some out for our lost homey, but thankfully no one blew chunks on the hill as a homage to Toga.  Garbage Plate channeled his inner-Toga and attacked the hill with a vengeance.

YHC was thankful for Ronnie’s constant encouragement of the PAX. Plus, welcome to Mr. Holland (he is a music teacher at Moody Middle School). The first workout is always the hardest. Come back! Iron sharpens iron. Hope to see you soon, even with the start of the school year.

Announcements:

•  Convergence on September 30th – 6 am and 7 am workouts; bring the numbers

It was a privilege to lead these men this morning. Nothing better than the fellowship that comes from a good beatdown.

Attilla

7 RVA regulars and 1 from Hickory, NC came out to Heartbreak Ridge on a muggy morning. We had 7 to start and picked up Conspiracy running into the AO on our way to the COP

COP- SSH, Merkins,Flutterkicks, DQs

Mosey to benches down hill- 3 Sets of 15 Derkins & 20 Dips. Mosey to metal benches on far side- 2 rounds of 40 Bench kicks, 10 Box Jumps, then run a lap around track.

Head to Jerkin Gym- 2 sets of 6 Jerkins each, run up Heartbreak hill, then repeato. Head to Donkey Kick Wall for namesake exercise. Start at 15 DKs, bear crawl to mid court, 10 WWII situps. Increase DKs by 5 each time, 4 rounds.

Mosey back to flag for some mary- Cross leg lifts, APDs, Box Cutters, then finish with Ring of Fire.

NMS- Good to have Tater Hole from Hickory out this morning. HBR must be getting a good reputation as a lot of out of towers make their way to this AO. Good to have Sabotage back in the gloom. He looks back in fine form and should be ready for his VQ any day now.

YHC had to create his own mumblechatter as the PAX is too nice and focused at Heartbreak Ridge. Garbage plate continues to beg for more Bench kicks so YHC had to deliver.

During the Donkey kicks Gomer Pyle won the Ron Burgundy award for taking YHC’s literal instructions of crawl out to the mid court basketball hoop and went over to touch the hoop. On a side note Gomer looks ready for BRR despite what he says.

Tater hole put in solid work, especially as the War Daddy. You’re welcome back any time. Feel free to take Jerkins and Donkey Kicks back to Hickory with you. As we were leaving this morning our visitor offered a clarification that his F3 name is for an actual place in Hickory.

Announcements – Lots of stuff in September going on.

Silent Assassin signing off.

COP — Don Quixotes and other stuff
Exercises — Some other namby pamby stuff that doesn’t matter
Viral finally arrives!
Dora 1-2-3 — Partner up. 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 Copperhead Squats – pace set running from 20 yards out to up to the top of the terrace of the top field and back.
(Redneck) Tunnel of Love
Myrtle Beach Tabata — Partner up. People’s Chair <-> Crabcakes 3x repeato
SOJerkin Gym (Attila with the Q) — 10 Jerkins, 20 PLTs 2x repeato
Quick Ring of Fire, then 1MOM (20 American Hammers OYO, Flutter Kicks, Homer-to-Marge)

Mosey back to Goose’s flag. Numberama. Name-a-rama. EF Hutton took us out.

NMS

This morning, of one of the worst fears of life as an F3 Q actually happened to YHC. There is nothing SO BLINDLY TERRIFYING as knowing one has a Q and then missing one’s alarm, waking up and doing the math & realizing that outside of bending the time-space continuum, there is no chance one will make it on time.

And one needs to get dressed.
And one needs a water bottle, filled with water preferably.
And one notices it is pouring so “don’t forget to bring a towel!”
And WHERE THE F ARE MY KEYS?!?!?!?!

As YHC drove at a breakneck pace up Chippenham/Parham (contrary to popular myth, Henrico County doesn’t wall off the West End Fancyboys from SOJers after dark) he felt like Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar — trapped in a fourth dimension just beyond the communication of anyone . Text after text with no response.

Right now they are wondering who’s Q.
Right now they are moseying away from the flag.
Right now they are proclaiming a pox on all of SOJ!

Once YHC finally arrived on the scene. The PAX was gracious to yield the Q back to YHC. For as terrible as YHC felt about his late arrival, the PAX jumped right in behind. Gotta love this group!

In a move that might have strained YHC’s already tenuous endearment to the PAX, after repeatedly jumping over a looong deeeep puddle right at the base of the terrace of the soccer field during Dora, the PAX lined up along the soccer field sloptrough for a quick trip or two through the Tunnel of Love.

While YHC is prone to tall tales, YHC is not exaggerating in that the water was: 1) at least six inches deep, 2) probably full of goose crap and fertilizer run off, and 3) COLD.  YHC normally comes home with a goodly sum of grass clippings carried in his trousers, but today was a whole other level of muddy grossness.  Hope everyone enjoyed it as much as YHC. 😉

Thanks to the PAX for letting us SOJers take over this week!

Thanks to Flipper for humbly suggesting that 300 Lt. Dans wasn’t such a good idea.

Thanks to Pucker for pinch hitting. YHC has dubbed thee an honorary SOJ Redneck of the Roundtable. Find your nearest Walmart or Cabelas to pick out your first Realtree camo shirt free of charge. Tell store security Viral sent you!

Let’s get viral!

In the absence of our usual leader Loose Goose, YHC took the Q for HBR (Heartbreak Ridge not Harvard Business Review).  Five braved the unseasonably cool conditions this morning for a good start to their day.

SSH X25 (some initial difficulty counting for your YHC), Imperial Walkers X20, Don Quixote X15, Flutter Kicks X15, Hello Dolly X15

Mosey to the hill at the end of the football field to make good use of this slope.  Paired up, with one running up hill to fence and back while teammate performed an exercise – 3 rounds for each exercise.  LBCs, Deep Squats, Merkins, Lunges, Alabama Prom Dates.

After having enough of the hill work, mosey to the basketball courts.  OYO 10 Merkins/1 WWII situp, run to far end 9 Merkins/2 WWII situps and continued until we got to 1 Merkin/10 WWII situps.

Mosey to the wall of the school by the parking lot for a Triple Check.  Wall sit, box cutters and run to the far curb and back.  We finished three rounds before moseying back to the flag for two rounds of ring of fire with Merkins.  Then finished with Merkin Hammers, Freddie Mercuries, Heels to the sky and flutter kicks.  Solid start to the day!

Not to be deterred by low numbers, 3 of the baddest men on the planet took to Heartbreak Ridge like they owned it. The weather was perfect, somewhat cool and humidity seemed lower than it has been in awhile.  The Greatest Beatdown ever performed went something like this:

Mosey around the track 1 1/2 times to the corner near the jerkins bar for COP:

20 SSH IC, 15 Don Quixotes IC, 20 Imperial Walkers IC, 20 Hillbillies IC, Arm Circles small 10 forward 5 large Reverso.  20 Freddie Mercuries IC, 10 Merkins IC

Start at 1 corner of the Track run around the track and stop at the 50, endzone corner, endzone corner, 50, endzone corner, and back to the start.  First time around do 20 Merkins at each stop, 2nd do 20 jump squats, and 3rd time around do 5 burpees at each stop.

Move to Heartbreak Ridge

Bear Crawl up the Hill…..Crawl Bear Down the Hill.  (not that great so we moved on)

Toga’s House of Pain for a Triple Check

Runs up and around the shovel flag.  2. Freddie Mercuries 3. Balls to the Wall  X 3.

Crooked Wooden bleachers: 8 dips on the way down on each bench first 4 then 20 dips on last bench.  Back up 10 incline merkins on first 4 then 20 merkins on last.

Back to Flag for a Steamy Triangle( not enough people for a ring of fire)

20 APD’s IC, Hold 6 inches for final minute.

Numberama/Namearama……Garbage Plate took us out.

MoleSkin

YHC would Q more but is often afraid his 5:33 start time would not endear him to the PAX, but at the request of Loose Goose, I took the Q.  I arrived early to an empty lot and darkness, oh the time is changing fellas.  I had big plans to lay the most epic beatdown in F3 history.  However at about 5:25 my loan friend Ronnie rolled in and with about 30 seconds to spare Garbage plate rolled in to at least give us enough for a triple check.  The Pax killed it. Always up to the task.  At one point we saw a possible EH running the track but according to Ronnie maybe we should wait when its not such a lame Q.  Thanks Ronnie for the props.  We proceeded to follow thru with the plan and at the end, we all agreed that this was probably the most incredible feat of human endeavor.  It may have been the greatest Q followed up with the greatest individual efforts by a Pax in RVA history.  It was the Greatest beatdown in the World,  but this wasn’t really what happened at the greatest beatdown of the world this is only a “Tribute”   Tenacious D fans will get the joke.  If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?  If only 3 pax show up for the greatest beatdown in the world,  was it really the greatest?  Not sure but I will roll anywhere with Ronnie and Garbage Plate.

No announcement.. there were 3 of us.

10 stalwart men gathered for some hard work in the gloom this morning at Heartbreak Ridge. Just as the last PAX arrived ON FOOT AND ON TIME, they proceeded to carry the flag around the AO in honor of Circle K’s father, who passed away yesterday. They left some shovel marks and maybe even a few trenches along the way as they sucked in the humidity on this fantastic July morning. Here’s how it went down:

THE THANG
— Mosey to northwest corner field outside of the track.
— Warmup: Invisible Jump Rope x20 IC, LBCs x20 IC, QUALITY Merkins x5 IC, Imperial Walkers x20 IC, Don Quixote x10 IC, Russian Soldiers IC

— Mosey to Jerkin Gym
— With partner, 10 QUALITY Jerkins, 10 QUALITY Merkins, 2 sets
— Plank-o-Rama
— Take a lap around the track, do another set of 10 QUALITY Jerkins, 10 QUALITY Merkins with your partner

— Mosey to upper field.
— Ark Loader:
. Lunge 1/2 of the field, sprint the rest. Lunges should touch knee to the ground as long as you’re able.
. Bear Crawl 1/3 of the field, sprint the rest
. Plank-o-Rama
. Bunny Hop 1/3 of the field, sprint the rest
. Army Crawl (aka “drag your pickle on the ground” per Gomer Pile) 1/3 of the field, sprint the rest

— Mosey to west school wall adjoining the parking lot
— Triple check: Wall Sits/Planks/Sprint to other side of parking lot & back. Any PAX who have not carried the flag get their opportunity here

— Mosey to start point with the flag
— COP: Ring of Fire (10 QUALITY Merkins), Freddie Mercurys x20 IC, APD (slow down & feel it in your back) x20 IC, Hello Dolly x20 IC

— COT

MOLESKIN
First things first – all PAX offer our condolences to Circle K and the Thurman family. Per Swirly, Mr. Thurman was a Marine, and thus in honor of him and in thanks for his service to our great country, we each took a turn carrying the flag during our workout this morning. Our prayer was and is for comfort in your grieving and for His grace in remembering & celebrating the life of your father. We are with you. You’re an important member of the F3RVA PAX, and we’re privileged to be able to support you during this time.

The emphasis of today’s exercises (YHC said it many times) was quality & maximum benefit over speed. The Q’s original options list included B.O.M.B.S. but with the volume of reps there it would have been much easier to let our focus falter. Maximum Benefit. Well done, PAX for rising to YHC’s challenge and executing.

Thanks Flipper and Pucker for stepping up to Q over the next two weeks. Take care of that shovel flag. The PAX is grateful that we’re not all still staring at each other wondering which non-HoneyDo/non-Loose Goose Q will take the reins.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Arrangements for Circle K’s father: Visitation will be Wed 7/19 @ Blileys Funeral Home on Augusta 6-9pm. Funeral will be @ 3pm Thursday at Our Lady of Lordes.

ReeseStrong 5K on Sep 16 – sign up now to be part of the largest, BEST team in the race. Crab picking, good fellowship, and good beer at Circle K’s afterward (all of this is family-friendly) http://www.reesestrong.org/reesestrong-5k/

Honk.

Six strong shook of the Fartsack on a beautiful Tuesday morning. Here is what went down:

COP – SSH, Don Qs(slowed down for Loose Goose), Freddy Mercurys, Merkins, Russian Soldiers.

Mosey back to parking lot for Touch-a-Bus. 5 Buses, 5 Burpees at each Bus.  Mosey towards the Jerkins Gym, stop for 50 Bench Kicks, then time for main event –

The Jerkoff- 11s of Jerkins, run up heartbreak hill, WWII situps at the top.

Head back to benches for 50 more Bench Kicks, then back to Jerkin Gym for 2 sets of AMRAP Jerkins. Back to the flag for mary, Seymour took is out.

NMS- With the Home Run Derby at NOTOLL this morning, and YHC not a baseball fan nor much of a player, YHC opted for a more universal theme. The Jerkoff was a well received by the PAX, as who does not love a combination of Jerkins, 11s, and hills.

However the 11s did take a long time as the hills from the Jerkin Gym is a good distance. Flipper remarked this was the longest Jerkoff he’d ever experienced, way to soldier through. The only way to improve your endurance is practice…

Garbage Plate questioned the pointfulness of Bench Kicks, wondering aloud whether they were in fact Corporate approved. After the 2nd Set of 50 he became more appreciative.

Ronnie shared with YHC his thoughts of posting in Dallas recently, good to know F3RVA sets the bar high. Also good to learn Loose Goose is officially in for the BRR, we’ll have to do more of the heartbreak hill in the coming weeks.

Announcements – HDHH for Toga tomorrow at 6 at The Answer.

Silent Assassin signing off.

5 fearless and worthy men met for sharpening at another heart breaker. Despite an absolutely terrible already bright 62F and clear morning this cherry was happy to VQ.

After startex and pre-amble, Conspiracy (LIFO) joined us and then Loose Goose needed to find Elvis. Splinter, Offshore and YHC got started and the others joined in when they could:

THANG :

• Mosey to front of QMS
• Warmup IC = SSH x 20, Merkin x 20, LBC’s x 20, Flutter Kicks x15, Dolly x15, Rosalita x15, Flutter Kicks x16, Merkin x20 (we wanted to admire Conspiracy’s form again)
• Mosey to the low ground next to the ball field
• Lazy Triple Check – Iron Chair, 20 decline Merkin, 20 Dips
• Mosey to basketball court / blacktop wall
• Pair up for F3 Graffiti:
  • 15 Donkey Kick on wall – BTTW + Iron Char
  • Suicide burpee count down (from 9 – 9 lines)
• Mosey to PES playground.  Pair up: 30 pullups
• Indian Run around the outside of the courts and ball fields to the track
• 2x Orangutans on football goal posts
• 3x ring of fire – double pump merkin burpee

Numberama, Namorama and YHC took us out.

NMM

PAX enjoyed exploring the features of the Heartbreak AO. Sunrise is at 551a but BMNT was at 440a so it was already quite bright thus killing off the gloom and allowing a solid recon. There are some coupons behind Pemberton that are lonely and in need of use – YHC thought about several audibles, but decided to leave them for next time. Once again, PAX noticed who we think is the pastor from West End Assy of God doing a light workout – EH commence. Some nerd discussion about big data and moving the forum. TClaps to Splinter for the initialization and legacy data movement.  We wrapped it up with feasibility discussion about real pull up bars in the AO and whether we really need construction plans.

Thanks to Splinter for letting me take his slot and borrow his shovel flag.  Thanks to all PAX for bearing with a VQ.

Announcements

• Circle K putting together a convergence for the Fourth
• Friday Lunch Fellowship at Whole Foods
• OBX pre blast next two weeks – then later in summer

5 regulars and 1 FNG busted out of the fartsack this morning to move in “V formation” and expand our claim of this great AO. Last night’s storm left a few temporary Mississippi-style swamps around the AO but these 6 were not deterred. Here’s how it went down.

THE THANG

Details and Audibles:

• Warmup COP: Jump Rope, LBCs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers
  No running with Pull-ups & Merkins
• Mosey route modified to ensure the AO was marked in all 4 corners. We own this b***h now! Corner 1 – 10 Burpees. Corner 2 – Dog leg raises, 10 each leg. Corner 3 – 10 WWII situps. Corner 4 – 10 IC Freddie Mercuries.
• 5 Minutes of Mary became ~7 Minutes of Mary due to time. Lots of exercises ending with Superman, of course.
• COT/naming of FNG

SOGGY MAN MOLESKIN
– Welcome FNG Volley to F3 and back to RVA! He walked up to the Q promptly at 5:18 and declared, “I’m Nate. My friend in North Carolina EH’ed me.” IS THIS GUY A NATURAL FIT FOR F3RVA OR WHAT??? Going with the tennis theme, the PAX just couldn’t bring ourselves to name a pastor “FNG Deuce,” especially since you acquitted yourself so well your first time out. We look forward to having you back at Heartbreak Ridge and other AOs in F3 RVA.
– When YHC scouted the new parts of the AO yesterday it was bone dry. Today, it didn’t take us too long to splash our way into the upper field, and it was tough to find a firm piece of ground (forget dry) from there on out. But like Chuck Norris, YHC (and I’m assuming everyone else) was pushing the earth down with Merkins, not himself up as hands sunk into the ground…
– Attila (and to a lesser extent FNG Volley) taunted the Q by wearing an extremely clean white shirt. Though YHC was definitely tempted to modify the plan and make an example of such a crime, seeing and having this gander fully take ownership of the AO was something that had been a priority for awhile now, and was not to be put off any longer. That Calvin Klein undershirt of Attila’s got away with only some H20 and maybe a little mulch stuck to it. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Won’t happen again.
– Regarding “marking the territory” it was good to check out parts of the AO we hadn’t seen or used before. Better Pull Up bars over at the elementary school, and maybe even more recently mowed grass??!?! Excellent. We left our marks F3 style — no fire hydrants or trees were watered and no golden eggs laid.
– Well wishes to Sabotage and his gimpy shoulder. Get well soon, and we’ll enjoy seeing you post at runs until then.
– As always, it’s an honor to lead, thanks for allowing me to do so this morning. This is one of those days that, due to constantly interrupted sleep last night, YHC likely would not have posted if “Loose Goose” hadn’t been on the Q sheet. Time to go sign up again. Sabotage was signed up for VQ week at 45MoM and needs a sub. Is anyone else feeling LUCKY????

Honk.