Tag: Hoedown

It had to have been 9 years ago that I brought my 2.0 to an F3 workout. He was 9, going on 10 and had just won a student council election at Mary Munford (this is all if my memory serves me right, which, most likely, it does not).

Anyway, since he had just won the election, and, at the time, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss’ hit comedy “VEEP” was the latest and greatest binge watch, he got the handle “VEEP”.

Looking back over the last 11 or so years, some of my most memorable workouts were with my 2.0’s (my female 2.0 is “Pink Panther”…something, I’m 100% sure, she’d be super fired up to be now that she is almost 16 and about to enter her Junior Year of HS).

Most of the time, the 2.0s were excited to join dad and his mysterious group of guys that he wakes up super early to go run around and sweat with. Every now and then, the 2.0 was out in the morning due to some punishment. Most likely not turning homework in on-time. But even then, if I remember correctly, Veep had a couple of quick one line jokes that made his old man proud.

All of this to say…well done to Wolfgang, the 2.0 of Vandalay, for joining us, in the summer no less, ITG. Needless to say, Veep, who just finished his first year at Virginia’s Polytechnical Institute, well, Veep, was asleep.

The Thang

COT– Dead Man Hangs, Don Quixote, Helicopters, Arm Circles (forward and backwards). Side Straddle Hops. Fudd’s wife. Pulsating Calf stretch. Runners Stretch….left hand high, right hand high. 10 two count mercans.

According to Handshake…while I don’t Q often, when I do, we do agilities, most likely in honor of my time in college.

High Knees. Butt Kickers. Ballerina’s. Leaps and Bounds. Kareoke.

Four corners, starting in Alaska (freshly painted US on the blacktop).

10 Mercans. 20 LBC’s. 30 Copper Headed Squats. 40 SSHops

20 Mercans. 40 LBC’s. 30 Monkey HUMPers. 50 SSHops

Mosey down to Lindsay. 20 Mercans.

Partner Up. Up half the hill while the partner is…

Lunging. Bear Crawling. Bernie Sanders-ing.

Meet Halfway up the hill. Finish the Hill while the partner is

Lunging. Polar Bearing. (that’s all we got).

Mosey to the front of TES…

Partner Up for “Duals”. First Partner runs while the other does incline Mercans. Next “Dual” is the partners running while the other does calf raises.

Mosey to parking lot. Mercans. three burpees. SSHops.

Good work Wolfgang and the rest of the guys. Nice to see 1-800 at the tail end of the workout…it’s not the same without him there.

Admittedly, it’d been awhile since I’ve been to Hoedown…not sure why, but just one of those things.

The wonderful aspect of growing AOs is that ultimately more people are under the tent…more guys are involved and working out. The “ever action has an equal opposite reaction” is that the numbers dwindle at the other AOs.

It’s all good, but gives us even more reasons to get guys out and working out. Especially at Hoedown where there are no shortage of Dad’s/Dudes/Men who could use a good workout to start the week.

Speaking of…if you’re like me and haven’t been to Hoedown in awhile, re-commit. You’ll be glad you did.

Since the spreadsheet was blank for this one…EF Hutton took the reigns, and YHBBW (Your Humble Back Blast Writer, Marv!) said he’d be the one to write the Backblast. How much faith did Hutton have in that occurring? Probably little…little faith…but aha! it’s not yet 7bells on Monday and this bad boy is about to be posted.

The Thang…

Warm Ups…

Dead Man Hang, Donald Quixote, Helicopters, Copper Head Squats, Imperial Walkers, Wilson’s Wife, Fud’s Wife, Mercans

Mosey over to Spottswood for a Triple Check.

Hand Release Mercans, Jump Squats, 100 (or so) yard run up the Spottswood Hill.

Mosey over to church parking lot for continued Triple Check (there were, after all, only three of us)

Wall Sits with Pigskin-esque exercises to choose from, WW2s, Run around the parking lot counter-clockwise.

Mosey to Other parking lot with the coupons…

Assortment of coupon exercises, including, but not limited to…Overhead presses, curls, swings, bench press, tricep press, copperhead squats, curls, squat thrust. Alabama Softball Players(?). 20x each. Couple of laps around the parking lot.

Mosey Back to the Flag.

American Hammers

Frederick Mercuries

Good to have Knight back with us after launching next week. You guys should get back to Hoedown this summer.

After a long break from the Q, I got back at it today. Highlight: Initiating a FNG to the fold at Hoedown. Welcome, Knight!

Warm Up: Spine Circuit Stretch; 20-count side straddle hops; 20 imperial walkers; 20 windmills; 20 inchworm merkins

[Mosey to retrieve coupons.]

Thang 1: 20 squats (with coupons), followed by mosey around parking lot; 20 kettle bell swings, followed by mosey; 20 curls, followed by mosey.

Palate cleanser1 : 10 burpees

Thang 2: 20 squats (with coupons), followed by mosey; 20 overhead press, plus mosey; 20 bentover rows, followed by mosey.

Palate cleanser 2: 10 burpees

Thang 3: 20 squats (with coupons), plus mosey; 20 American hammers, plus mosey; 20 curls, plus mosey.

Palate cleanser 3: 10 burpees

Thang 4: 20 squats (with coupons), plus mosey; 20 kettle bell swings, plus mosey; 20 curls, plus mosey.

Dessert: 10 burpees

Digestif: 40 yards of murder bunnies

[Mosey back to flag]

Man Killers (from 5-count down only), plus 20 WWI’s

We then had the honor of welcoming FNG (Ryan Berry) to the fold. His F3 name is Knight.

*Participants: Spine (Q), Pigskin, Salt Lick, Beta, and (introducing) Knight

A merry band of 8 met to kick off Monday. We were fortunate to be at 60% capacity which also included Big Data himself.

When the bell struck 0530 we were off, as we began our mosey Fudd drove past us. Fudd has a unique way of being 1 minute late to every AO no matter how close or far from his home, but YHC digresses.

Mosey to Third Church Parking Lot for COP.

We started our Mosey behind Third Church as Senor Frog sprints by which then required the Pax to make a hard right and to take another route. Mosey around the front of the church and make a right on Silverspring and mosey down the hill and pause at Carriage Lane. Mosey from Carriage Lane to Spottswood and make a left on Spottswood and stop at the end of the road.

Left Driveway Extravaganza. Starting with the first driveway we completed 5 of an exercise then Moseyed back. Then down to the second driveway and 10 of an exercise then back. We completed this all the way to the 8th driveway and 40 of an exercise. Once we complete the 8th driveway we started again with 40 reps then worked our way back stopping at every driveway. When this was complete it was 0610 and we had about 1/2 mile to travel.

Mosey back to the Flag for 1 minute of LBC’s to close out 0615.YHC didn’t use the GPS, but it was 4,000 steps which is about 500 more than an average F3 45 minute Bootcamp.

Announcements – Memorial Day Convergence at Dogpile Monday, May 25th at 0700. Oyster says Breaking Bread for May is open.

Prayer Requests – Fudd’s sister, Roger Roger FIL’s, Wojo’s Mom, Charlotte.

NMS – Warmer morning than we’ve seen in quite some time. YHC is glad to have the Q to determine what we would (and wouldn’t) be doing.

5/11/2026
Upchuck brought his rucksack and coffee cup while the rest of us did a Hot Tater. I started off with:
• 20 SSHs
• 20 Imperial Walkers
• 20 Ukrainian Soldiers
• 20 Copperhead Squats
• Stretch Right foot-Right hand and flapjack
Mosey to the wall and count off in 3s. That didn’t take long.
• Partner 1 runs the entrance drop-off “circle”
• Partner 2 does hand release merkins
• Partner 3 does WWIIs
Salt Lick took over and we did an Indigenous People’s run to the field behind the school and discovered they have a sprinkler system. We went to the benches for
• 10 Step-ups right foot
• 10 Step-ups left foot
More Indigenous People’s run around the field and to the play set for
• 10 hanging knee-ups
More Indigenous People’s run to the asphalt playground for 2 rounds of Gaga ball. Tie for the championship trophy goes to Salt Lick and Oyster. I won the highly desired Participation Trophy!
Oyster took over and we did four corners.
• 10 merkins in corner 1
• 20 jump squats in corner 2
• 30 Monkey Humpers in corner 3
• 40 Flutters in corner 4
• 30 Monkey Humpers in corner 3
• 20 jump squats in corner 2
• 10 merkins in corner 1
Mosey to the front corner parking lot. At each parking space, bear crawl to the next line and do
• 1 merkin, bear crawl to the next line
• 2 merkins, etc. up to 10 merkins
Mosey to the ‘flag’ parking lot for 11s between the ‘street’ side of the lot up and fence at the top of the hill
• Jump squats
• WWIIs
Time’s up. Rejoined by Upchuck.
Announcements:
2nd Tuesday, 2nd F mañana at noon: Tres Machos in Innsbrook
COT
Recent suicide of an 8th grader reminds us to show some kindness and concern for those we come in contact with. You never know what they may be dealing with or how you could touch them for the better.

6 dudes posted for a tour de Westham with Fudd.

COP – various exercises to get warm. Mosey down Lindsay, right on West Drive Circle, run to #305 and do some burpees as YHC grew up in that house. Mosey up West Drive, right on Lakewood. Do some more burpees. Mosey down Lakewood to Forest, cross over to the Third ancillary lot, grab the blocks for a triple check. P1 runs the loop, Pax 2 & 3 do block swings and curls.

Rifle carry around the lot, stopping at most of the painted arrows to do a few burpees. Put the blocks back and mosey to the VSF for 8ish minutes of Mary. YHC took us out.

Thanks for letting me lead fellas. Enjoyed it, as always.

Fudd

Six citizens of the great RVA awoke this morning with great strength, resolve & purpose.

0531: Mosey to help Fudd out of the car.

Touch a Tree

Circle up for Introductions & Disclaimers.

COP – SSH, DMH, Fudd & Wilson’s M, U-Soldiers, I-Walkers, WW2, LBC, Merkins.

Mosey around neighborhood loop for some “all inclusive” Pax Pick exercises at every corner.

Shopping center Balls to the wall; Last man standing.

Swing Set assisted reverse crunches.

Partner assisted pull ups. 3X5.

Mosey back to the missing flag.

Numbers & Names.

Pig Skin prayed over us.

See Slack for prayer requests and announcements.

Synopsis: 40* & Crisp. Mumble Chatter engaging. CR-Coupons functional. Pax disposition – Optimistic & Engaging.

2230 hours, Sunday, April 12th there was an empty Q sheet for Hoedown. It couldn’t be left this way so YHC signed up.

0528 hours, Monday, April 13th we had 5 men, then 6, then at 0529 the 7th man rolled up. Perfect numbers for partner work, triple checks, etc.

Mosey over to the Blacktop for a COP.

Mosey up to the Playground for extended pull up rotation. 1 person hops up on the Bars and either does 3 Pull Ups or 5 Pull Ups (your versus you) while the ground does various exercises: WWII’s, HRM’s, Squats, Flutter Kicks, etc. YHC believes we did it about 9 times.

Mosey over to the wall and complete Wall Sits then Balls to the Wall then mosey across the field and back. Dirty Hookups starting with right hand, then Dirty Hookups starting with left hand then mosey across the field and back.

Mosey over to the Swings and get in the Merkin position with feet on the Swings. Each man complete 20 Knees to chest x 2 times and then a third time 10 Knees to chest.

Mosey over to the Soccer Goal and run back and forth about 12-15 times.

NMS – felt like an old school Hoedown today, the weather was beautiful.

Announcements – none

Six gentlemen of fine stature and poise presented themselves this crisp Monday morning for a spiritual, physical and mental awakening.

Mosey to a parking lot style COP warm up including, but not limited to introductions, disclaimers, yoga stretches, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Etc…

Mosey to the Seven Eleven for a couple pole Merkins.

Mosey to the wall for some toe taps.

Mosey to the CVS for a partner style Dora. Merkins, LBC, Monkey Humpers.

Mosey back to Seven Eleven for a Merkin filled curb crawl.

Mosey to building for some partner toe taps & BuYa Merkins.

Mosey to school for some dips.

Mosey to railings for some Jerkins.

Mosey back to missing flag for a COT.

See Slack for Prayer Requests & Announcements.

Pig Skin prayed for us.

Over all a fun morning with lots of Mumble Chatter.

All six men made it back in one piece.

Make it a great Monday!

And as a wise Doctor Saltlick once said.

“Try and suck a little less than yesterday”