Tag: Hoedown

Tuckahoe Elementary

  • Pre-Field Day, On the Blacktop

    Two studs, no duds, sprang to life and into the latest edition of The Hoedown. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the Espresso-to-Go-Go team setting up for Field Day, the following might have happened:

    COP: Mosey around the larger parking lot, run the circle, and end up on the blacktop.

    SSHs, Dead Man Hang, and various stretches. Work in some mercans, arm circles, helicopters, squats, and ab exercises, including all the wars (WWI, WWII, and American Civil War). Reminder: ACWs are a heels-to-Heaven rolling into a WWI.

    Mosey to the – oh, YHC’s weird knee issue flared, so mosey more slowly – wall for people’s chair.

    After a slight recovery, line up. Then, sprint to the first basketball hoop, do 5 mercans, and back to the start. 2nd hoop, 10 mercans. 3rd hoop, 15. 4th, 20.

    Second round, LBCs, but do 10, 20, 30, and 40.

    Third round, monkey humpers. 10, 20, 30, 40.

    Fourth round, side straddle hops, single count. 10, 20, 30, 40.

    Walk it off…then mosey to the school wall for a self-administered triple check, including touch-a-tree.

    People’s chair, run the loop, 25 LBCs, and touch three trees. Do this 3 times, OYO.

    Slow-sy to the smaller parking lot. Grab a parking space. 3 mercans, 3 WWIIs, and 3 squats per space. Go halfway around.

    Then, mosey to the bus circle, 4 loops, and BTTVSF.

    Finish with 3 burpees…and then add 2 burpees, and then add 1 burpee to wrap it up.

    Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

    NMS: 2 person workouts are great for mumble chatter and a good excuse to avoid counting in cadence. All numbers are unaudited.

    Prayers for Charlotte and YHC’s grad school classmates (11 deceased in 25 years).

  • Tour of the Hood

    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

  • Monday April 20

    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.

  • Oysters favorite field

    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

  • Easter After

    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”

  • Better than Florida

    Three dudes converged on Hoedown without a designated Q as Spring Break is in full effect for many. After deciding Tuckahoe surely had better weather than anywhere sunny and warm, a hot potato was called and here’s a little sample of how it went.

    Garbage Plate kicked off with a warm up and slightly discombobulated set of 11’s

    Salt Lick led bench exercises, a set of US state themed Mary and a good bit of running.

    Data closed out the morning with some jerkins and a wicked frog hop rotation.

    Numberama, namerama, a few announcements and YHC took us out.

    It was a pleasure to kick the week off right with you all! Until next time, GP

  • Frog Down; Frog in Distress

    Dr. Saltlick “You don’t look to good”.”What should I do if you die or something?”

    S Frog “Do some Doctor Shit”….

    Dr. Saltlick “Ah… Some Doctor Shit.. Yea.. Got It.”

    6 started the week early this morning at Hoe Down with some high expectations.

    EF Hutton called 0530 and we started with a short mosey around the parking lot.

    Circled up for a standard COP warm up.

    Each man armed themselves with 10 LBs of CR coupons and we were off.

    Mosey a loop around Lindsay Dr, Westham Pkwy, Baldwin Rd, Stuart Hall Rd, Forest Ave. @2.2 miles.

    Stopping for some deep squats along the way.

    Triple Check at Trinity United. LBC, Chuck Norris RIP, Loop around playground.

    Time Check: S. Frog “How long does it take to get back home from here”?

    Data- “We’re are good We’re right across the street”…

    S. Frog “Data’s lost. We have a 1/2 mile mosey up hill with coupons with 6 minutes on the clock to go”…

    Top of the hill. I can see the parking lot. Frog Down.. Frog Down.

    Allergy season is here.

    Thank You for letting me lead this morning.

    Spine prayed for us.

    Saltlick did some verbal CPR.

    Lots of good mumble chatter.

  • Beta tested

    6 men braved the weather to check out this weeks Hoedown. 5 of us haven’t been on vacation, but Beta was just on a vacation to a place so elite it even makes Fudd jealous.

    COP with various exercises.

    Partner up for the Jerkins.

    Mosey to the front of the school for alternating 20 Merkins, 20 Dips, 10 Merkins, 10 Dips, 5 Merkins, 5 Dips.

    Mosey over to Third Church’s Block Depot and each grab a Coupon. Various exercises and Mosey around the Parking Lot 10-12 times.

    On the way back stop at various locations and do 20 of an exercise.

    Finish with 20 SSH’s and 20 Squats.

    Announcements – Oyster is looking for a Sunday Q of this months Breaking Bread. Upchuck is looking for someone to take over Q responsibility for The Bridge.

    Prayer Requests – Wojo’s Mom who is recovering from a broken hip. Roger Roger’s FIL who is in hospice. YHC’s M’s first cousins daughter, Charlotte, who is entering the final days of her cancer fight. Prayers for her and her family. EF Hutton saw a tree fall on a gentleman. He is not doing well, he is on life support.

    NMS – Breezy 65 degrees today with a touch of rain. Nice weather to be out with the guys. Be safe out today with the incoming storms.

  • Spring Out of Bed

    Three absolute animals sprang out of bed into the first regular workout of Daylight Savings Time. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the half dozen delivery vehicles visiting this morning, the following might have happened.

    Mosey to the teacher’s parking lot for the COP.

    50 SSHs.
    Dead Man Hang
    Lisa’s
    Pigeon left / right
    Don Quixotes
    Imperial Walkers
    Hillbillies
    WWIIs
    Flutter kicks
    Hand Release Merkins

    Parking Space Exercises

    3 merkins, 3 WWIIs, 3 squats at each space. 3 burpees at the No Parking Zone.

    Reminder: Time for us as visitors was limited to 15 minutes, according to the signs.

    Touch a Tree (Rules explained; no questions of any sort)

    Rounds of 10 and 8…WWIIs and Flutter Kicks

    Rounds of 4 and 6…squats and monkey humpers

    Round of 2…les burpees

    Mosey to the parking lot…bear crawl up the asphalt hill, run back down, across the parking lot, 10 merkins, 20 squats, and Bernie Sanders back to the asphalt hill. 3 rounds.

    Numbers, names, and Salt Lick took us out with a message about gratefulness.

    Announcements:

    Looking for a site Q for The Bridge going forward.

    NMS: 56 and foggy is perfect. Who needs to sweat when condensation does the trick?

  • Day 1 – Jazz Flute

    Hoedown is where it all started. On a cool March morning in 2018, 6 weeks after my second child was born. I don’t remember much of the actual workout but I do remember having to crawl through a tight Crawlspace during my first appointment and my arms and chest were so sore and by 2:00 I was ready for a nap.The amazing thing is of the 12 guys at that workout 9 are still regulars. One has moved and two no longer post.

    YHC has decided to make a week of it and Q Monday-Friday. It’ll be hard to think of new and exciting things to do each day, but YHC will try.

    As the clock struck 0530 Vandalay and Oyster were exiting their cars. We made our way down Hepler for a COP.

    Mosey from Hepler back to the mini loop at Hoedown for a Triple Check. P1 HRM’s, P2 WWII’s, P3 Run the loop. 3 rounds.

    Mosey to the Third Church Parking Lot to recover the Coupons. Get back in your Triple Check groups. After a failed attempt to do something on the fly YHC audibled to something easier to describe.

    We finished with a Coupon Handoff. 12 guys circled up, a Block every third man. Block Man completes 10 of a exercise and the other two men complete a different exercise.

    Mosey back to the flag to close out the beat down.

    Announcements – Breaking Bread. Saltlick has this month but we need a Q for next month. The Bridge is open for March, check the Q sheet and grab some friends.

    Prayer Requests – Upchucks friends that are battling illness and unfortunately nearing the end.

    NMS – fun morning with 12 of the best people to hangout with 0530 on a Monday morning at an Elementary School. Excited to start off my 8 year celebration where it all started.