Tag: Heartbreak Ridge

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.

Eleven emerged to celebrate YHC’s 40th Flag Day Eve with a beatdown that went something like this:

Mosey to left field on Field 1 for COP: Hammer Dance x20 IC, Windmills x10 IC, Upright APDs x8(?) IC, Mariah Careys x10 each leg IC, Men At Work x20 IC.  In between each set, 5 walkout Merkins OYO.

Mosey to the shotput pad for Sally.

Mosey to the track for Triple Check: Crawl Bear up hill, Hello Dollys, LBCs.

Mosey to the midpoint between the softball fields for Lindsay: Merkins and Broad Jumps toward the third baseline of Field 2.

Mosey to the hill.  Bear crawl halfway up and plank, incline Merkins IC x5, rotate 90 degrees, Merkins IC x5, rotate 90 degrees, decline Merkins IC x5, rotate 90 degrees, Merkins IC x5, bear crawl to top of hill.

Mosey to the other side of the track.  Merkin ROF, WWII situps x10 IC, M.C. American Hammers x20 IC, Primo-led Marge/Homer/Single-Leg Dollys.

Mosey back to the flag for COT.

NMM:

YHC plans what he thinks is more than 45 minutes, and the PAX just crushes it.    PAX still needs to work on Upright APDs, though – they haven’t made it through a full set yet.

Themes for the workout today were humping the air, YHC’s personal challenges (Sally, Merkin Challenge, Crawl Bear up that hill), and indestructibility of the Soundfreaq Soundkick: https://www.amazon.com/Soundfreaq-SFQ-04-Sound-Bluetooth-speaker/dp/B007XOQI4S The speaker survived being run over by a smiling woman in a Buick during the COT.  Polls open at 7, ma’am.

Props to Cake who continues to post in a hooded sweatshirt.  He is from Roanoke, which is halfway to Mouth of Wilson.

During the Lindsay, PAX spotted a lawnmower being brought to the softball fields.  Alas, it was only a tractor for dragging the dirt infield.  “We just have about 5 more minutes, sir.”  “I gotta drag this field.”  Ok…

Thanks to Rosie for introducing Sally and bear crawl/Merkin up the hill, FlipDawg for inventing the  M.C. American Hammer on the fly this morning, Primo (Charlotte) for leading the Marge/Homer/Single-Leg Dollys, and Toga for lending the SF.  Happy Birthday to Gumbo’s 2.0.

Sally is the name of YHC’s new puppy.  The M and 2.0 threatened to change her name, but couldn’t decide on a new name, so her name at the vet is Sally For Now.

West End lunch is Fridays at noon at Whole Foods.

 

 

12 terrific trees of men showed up on this Tuesday at Heartbreak Ridge.  This is what transpired:

Mosey through the parking lot and did a dash of “Parking Lot Tracers” as we progressed to the COP location:

COP

• X52 SSHs for the wonderful podcast 52 where corporate tried to poke Da’Ville bear
  • X10 Merkins for it is the monthly Challenge
• X25 Imperial Walkers
  • X10 Merkins
• X25 Freddie Mercuries
  • X10 Merkins
• X15 Smurf Jacks
  • X10 Merkins
• X10/X5/X10/X5 Arm Circles
  • X10 Merkins

THANG

Mosey to a corner of the parking lot:

“Bear Park Merkins”

Line up on the edge of the parking lot.  Bear crawl to first parking lot line. Complete 1 Merkin. Bear crawl to the second parking lot line. Complete 2 Merkins. Repeat till there are no more lines – 19 lines in total…

Abs of Fun

• 12x 8ct Swirlies
• 12x 4ct Heels to Heaven
• 12x 10ct Windshield Wipers
• 1 minute breather
• 12x 4ct ABCs
• 12x 8ct Swirlies
• 12x 4ct Heels to Heaven
• 45 second breather
• 12x 10ct Windshield Wipers
• 12x 4ct ABCs

“Feel the Bern”

16 – no make that 9, Bernie Sanders hill repeats

Line of Fire

5 Merkins back and forth

COT/Namorama

NMS

5:30 came and a sizable crowd of men started across the parking lot.  YHC started doing parking lot tracers and caught many of sleepy heads off guard.  This is normal parking lot.  There was a lot of tracing going on in this parking lot.  Respect was given as the PAX knocked off 52 SSHs and 100 Merkins in COP.  YHC didn’t even try to push Da’Ville counting on the Pax as he knew he needed to pick his battles.  And battle it was to do “Bear Park Merkins.”  Holy smokes, YHC should have given the arms a break after the 100 Merkins in COP.  But if you are going to be stupid, you better be tough.

All was happy that a bus came and forced us to Abs of Fun a tad, and just a tad early.  YHC, living up to his name messed up and took the first break BEFORE the ABCs.  Errrr….  The pax might have enjoyed the change up, for a bit.  But Windshield Wipers, wiped that enjoyment.  YHC was nice and gave the Pax a strong 3 count rest bit.

Needing to bring the “ridge” into the mix, the PAX headed over to the track. YHC briefly discussed Bernie Sanders and off we all began.  YHC once again lived up to his name and lost count.  Cake was there to set the record straight.  Throughout the PAX discussed the value of socialism and having YHC do all the work on this exercise.  This request was denied.  As in the primaries, the rules were changed to benefit the status quo and 6 versus nine became the target.

To capture 300 Merkins for the workout, the PAX lined up and did a “Line of Fire” back and forth of 5 Merkins.  YHC is proud of these warriors and welcomes Trig to his first F3 workout.  I only caught of the 11 names on my phone before I stopped recording prematurely.  If anyone can fill in who I missed, that would be great.

Announcements:

• Charlottesville is up and running and still needs our support. Consider and commit to get out there and help the efforts to get Charlottesville up and running. See Lab Rat
• Fudd soiree next week.  Respond to his BB.

A magnificent seven with a plus one posted for a beautiful morning at Heartbreak Ridge.  Hilarity ensued as we engaged in the following:

Mosey around parking lot to warmup COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Quixote, Merkins, meet our temporary mascot (more on this later)

Mosey to field for intervals= 15 secs sprint, 45 secs mosey: repeato x10

Mosey to pull-up bars for: 7 pull-ups, 15 froggers, 10 flutter kicks, WWII sit-ups while waiting for the pull-up bars: repeato x3

Mosey to dip bars for: 7 jerkins, 10 SLOW heals to heaven: repeato x3

Mosey to the Hill of Eternal Pleasure for 10-12 (number being debated) sprints up the hill.

Mosey back to parking lot for 10 burpees in cadence and single leg APDs.

YHC took us out

NMM:  It’s always a pleasure to see the bright and shining faces of a strong PAX waiting to see what’s going to happen at the AO.  In this instance, the special surprise was the bright and shining carapace of our newest mascot hereafter known as Lunchroom.  Our six legged buddy saddled up next to Honeydo and then moved to the center of the ring to take the Q.  Ever the shy one, Lunchroom suffered from stage fright and moved back to the outer circle to finish the exercises with Garbage Plate.  For the life of me, YHC can’t understand why we didn’t immediately break into a round of Dying Cockroach, but maybe that would have been mean considering our guest.

Speaking of cockroaches and their knack for not letting anything stop them, Kru made some comment about coming back and completing all of his runs up The Hill of Eternal Pleasure after the workout.  YHC hardly heard this due to the sound of everyone sucking wind, and little thought was given to the statement.  Guess who went back to finish his hill sprints after the COT.., that’s right, it was KRU!  YHC has seen people do monthly challenge reps after a workout and nut jobs like Sippy Cup and Saab run home, but YHC has never seen someone head back to the AO to get in their reps.  Detention well served!

Announcements:

• Malpractice has a fundraising 5k in the works.  Someone please post the link.
• See Honeydo if you can clown car to CVille this Saturday.
• There may be an over under on how long YHC can muster a Hardywood’esque positive personality when posting in Nashville.

Stay Classy,

Toga

A Terrific Ten took to the illuminated fields of Heartbreak Ridge on a cloudy 64 degree morning.

COP under the lights- SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins.

Touch a light post. 2 at a time, Burpee at each light, increasing each one up to 8. Mary in between each round of 2.

Mosey to front of school for Lindsays. Derkins and Box Jumps. Increments of 5 from 30/10 to 10/30.

Mosey to Donkey Kick Wall for more Lindsays. Donkey Kicks and Mtn Climbers. After DKs Polar bear 5 times out for Mtn Climbers.  Back to baseball field for mary- Heels 2 Heaven, WWII situps, Alabama Prom Dates, ten finish with RoF.

Back to flag, YHC took us out.

NMS- YHC was prepared for low numbers and rainy conditions when the alarm sounded at 5:00. Instead we had 10 strong, no rain, and the baseball field lights shining bright as you drove in to the AO.

The PAX took advantage of the lights during the COP. Maybe the form police turned them on to observe from the trees.

Good to have Cake from Roanoke out. And it sounds like RVA will be seeing more of him as he will be in town a lot this summer. He put in solid work and represented the Star City well. You had many AO choices this morning, you choose wisely and are welcome back to Heartbreak Ridge any time.

YHC’s legs were still sore from Gumbo’s Box Jump ladder at Dogpile so why not do Lindsay box jumps, the Pax agreed. You know the PAX is smoked when Derkins are the easy part. Ronnie almost successfully flipped over the stone bench on his box jumps, which made YHC glad he did the initial disclaimer. Can’t have lawyers getting hurt in the gloom though.

The PAX finally got to break in the DKW. Some pax asked why pass up all the school walls to head over to that stand alone wall. We found out as the DKW is painted making Donkey Kicks much harder. Offshore appreciated the 45 WWII situps to make a small dent in the monthly challenge.

Loose Goose used up his 1 Gosling pass this morning and hopefully will be back next week.

YHC discovered after the beatdown that Malpractice, Seymour, and Garbage plate need site logins to get it on backblasts ( and start Q’ing) as they are Heartbreak Ridge regulars.

Lastly this new AO requires a lot of fence jumping, a truly functional skill. For those PAX who plan on hijinks and/or tomfoolery this upcoming summer it is a great place to practice your craft.

Silent Assassin signing off.

 

11 posted at Heartbreak Ridge for a little fun in the sun.  Here’s how it went down:

Mosey around track and circle up for warmup COP: Hillbillies, SSH, Strict form merkins (more on this later), Imperial Walkers

Mosey around track to bleachers.  10 single leg hip raises L, 10 decline merkins, 10 single leg hip raises R, 10 merkins, 10 Bulgarian Lunges ea. leg, 10 close grip merkins

800m mosey

Back to bleachers:  10 single leg hip raises L, 10 decline merkins, 10 single leg hip raises R, 10 merkins, 10 Bulgarian Lunges ea. leg, 10 close grip merkins

400m mosey

50m strict form lunges, break for merkins at the 50, 50m lunges, 6 strict form burpees in cadence, mosey to the opposite side of the track, 50m strict form lunges, break for merkins at the 50, 50m lunges

Mosey to Mother Goose’s favorite hill and execute sprints up the hill till time to head back to the flag (Attila thinks we got in 10).

COT

NMM:  Without getting too political about this, there has been some discussion about keeping good form throughout the multitude of exercises that find their way into our workouts.  Now, some exercises can/should be done with solid form, but YHC defies anyone to show good form in something like a Richard Kimble (looking at you Honey Do).  For this reason, we stuck to some very basic exercises, kept low reps (never more than 10 merkins) and maintained a slower cadence.  The PAX was most certainly tired of hearing YHC count.., among other things.  The six count burpees and methodical lunges received lots of comments.  The sprints up the hill received no comments.

Throughout all of this, Conspiracy was fist pumping, applauding, and possibly didn’t correct anyone’s form throughout the entire workout.  During the lunge parade, he actually accused YHC of trying to get to his “erotica zone.”  Most of the PAX was instantly confused by this as erotica refers to art or other material designed to arouse sexual desire.  The fact that our very own form doctor doesn’t know the difference between erotica and erogenous should make everyone question exactly where he received his Form Doctorate.  We may need to actually see the diploma.

Announcements:

• Charlottesville starts this weekend.  See Lab Rat
• Love Seat wants everyone to come play with wood.  I happily don’t have details on this.
• Congrats again to Loose Goose on the new addition to his flock.  The Loose one and Mother Goose could benefit from some meals, and hopefully someone can post a link to that site in the comments.

Stay Classy,

Toga

An energetic eleven encamped upon Quioccasin MS for week 3 of Heartbreak Ridge. 44 degrees at the start required the PAX to keep it moving.

Mosey to Pemberton ES for COP – SSH, Don Qs, Arm Circles, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Helicopters.

Partner Up for Wheelbarrow up the steps- Merkin at each step up to the top, repeato. Mosey to side of QMS – Totem Pole Indian Run.

Bear Crawl up newly named Honeysuckle Hill. 5 Burpees at top, back down then 3 Burpees at bottom. Repeato. Head to basketball court. Split pax and do 10 WWII situps at each goal. Next round do 5 TuckJumps.

Mosey to track to the Jerkins Gym. 4 sets of 6 Jerkins. Back to main lot- Burpees across parking lot. 1 for each spot. 19 in total.

Wall sit then back to flag for Mary and RoF. Atilla took us out.

NMS – Colder weather had all the PAX in long sleeves except for Loose Goose. Fearing for his safety YHC was determined to keep the pax moving. Can’t have Loose Goose catch a cold with an expectant M at home. The goal was also to explore more of the fine new AO.

Toga posted in spite of his cracked rib, an injury from a dive he took during a beer pong game. And no that is not an embellishment from YHC, be sure to ask to see his impalement scar.

Good to have Kru back for week 2, he is a fast learner as he came with gloves. Angus mentioned he lives 2 minutes away from HR. Both put in solid work. Sabotage rolled in again in his minivan, saying that classifies as a Brooklyn Beamer. YHC wonders if his glasses are even needed or just for style, it will take some time to beat the hipster out of him in the gloom. We’ll know when we ask him to grab a beer and he doesn’t say “how about The Veil.”

Flipper smoked us up Honeysuckle Hill. YHC needs to up his bear crawl game. Or maybe those Hokas are specifically designed for bear crawl.

We have barely scratched the surface of this AO. YHC was drooling over the wall next to the basketball courts as it is made for Donkey Kicks. Alas we needed to be sure to get the PAX down to the Jerkin Gym.

Loose Goose says he is set to Q next week however we need a backup Q just in case his M ( and baby) have different plans for him.

Tennis Thursday is a FREE event at KRA. As of now YHC will be playing wallball and drinking by myself.

Silent Assassin signing off!

 

 

15 F3 faithful and 1 Rad FNG got out of the fartsack this morning to put in some real work before the day began. HoneyDo, apparently still recovering from a previous workout (or his nighttime side job), planted the shovel flag as the PAX assembled. Here’s what followed:

THE THANG

Mosey to the NW corner of the grounds to find… lots of basketball and tennis courts!
Plank while awaiting the rest of the PAX. Disclaimer

COP – Merkins IC x10, Russian Soldiers IC x15, Freddie Mercurys IC x15 (slowly), Imperial Walkers IC x15. Maybe another exercise?

Mosey to the large plateau/field on the North side of the school grounds

Ark Loader — do the allotted exercise 1/3 of the way across the field, run to the end and back. Plank and await instructions. Allotted exercises: Bear Crawls, Lunge Walk, Burpee Broad Jumps, Crab Walk forward (arms first), Bunny Hops, Army Crawl. Plank-o-Rama somewhere in the middle.

Mosey to the holler between football and baseball fields.

Lieutenant Dan’s Hill — one partner runs up the hill & does 10 Lieutenant Dans at the top (squat + forward lunge L + forward lunge R). Other partner stays at the bottom and does 5 Merkins, then plank. Each partner does 3x. Audible called to do WWII situps during 2nd & 3rd rounds.

Mosey to nearby flat ground on football side of the holler. Push-o-Rama with recovery exercises built in:
Merkins OYO x15, LBCs IC x20, Werkins OYO x15, Squats OYO x15, Diamond Merkins OYO x10, Freddie Mercurys IC x15, Stagger R/L OYO x10 each arm, P90X Karen Pot Stirs each arm, Chuck Norris Merkins (knuckles) OYO x15.

COT

MOLESKIN

– A great morning for a beatdown! It’s a pleasure and an honor to get some good work in with you men before most of the city is even awake. As mentioned in the COT at the end, it had been >1 year since YHC had Q’ed and it is great to be back in the saddle. I took some time off during a rough year last year from F3, and coming back to be a regular part of the F3RVA PAX has been an effective and essential part of my journey over the past 6 months.
– Welcome FNG Krü! Glad to have you, you did an admirable job this morning, both in coming to a group where you didn’t know anyone and in the work you did while there. We look forward to having you back. For those who don’t know the incredible 80’s movie from which his F3 name originates, here are a couple of additional clips that show what you have been missing from your life for the past 31 years. Plus, the bad guy in the movie was Bart Conner! How great is that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ6AUYa-29o

ANNOUNCEMENTS

– 5/19 – golf tourney, talk to Wilson
– 5/20 – F3 Charlottesville launch. Remember that F3 was a gift from a bunch of guys in NC to us, let’s do the same. Help needed in getting the word out in Hooville and in Q’ing and helping with the first weeks of Saturday workouts. Send email to F3Charlottesville@gmail.com
– The Q sheet now has Heartbreak Ridge on it. If you’d like to lead a workout at this great new AO, go sign up.