Tag: Hoedown

When YHC went to bed last night, it looked like the rain would hold off until after our workout. However, Marv’s advanced app provided a different story that turned out to be true. As the rain started to fall and 0530 rolled around, the 11 assembled headed out for this week’s edition of Hoedown.

Mosey to the black top for a warm up.

• SSH
• Imperial Walkers
• Don Quixote
• Dead Man Hang
• Merkins
• WWIIs

Mosey to the upper field for a Triple Check, starting along the wall of the school.

• Partner 1 runs across the field and does 5 pull ups.
• Partner 2 does donkey kicks on the wall.
• Partner 3 does dips on the benches.

Mosey to the center of the field for eye of the storm. Start in the middle with 3 burpees then run to a corner, do exercise, return to middle for the 3 burpees.

• Corner 1 – 20 squats
• Corner 2 – 20 LBCs
• Corner 3 – 20 Merkins
• Corner 4 – 20 Monkey Humpers

Mosey back down towards the parking lot under the covered walkway. Partner up along the railing. 4 rounds of 10 inverted merkins.

Mosey to the drop off loop for another triple check.

• Partner 1 runs around drop off loop
• Partner 2 Balls to the wall
• Partner 3 LBCs

Mosey to the parking lot nearest Forest Ave for 11s.

• Derkins – Start with 10
• WWIIs – Start with 1

With a few minutes left, circle up for some Mary.

• American Hammers
• APDs
• Heels to Heaven

Numbers / Names / Announcements

Reflecting on 1 year with F3, YHC is thankful for small changes, this group and the opportunity and ability to get up in the morning to come out in the Gloom.

As the title indicates, twelve gloom seekers gathered and stared at each other, with only one asking if it was a hot potato. Everyone else seemed to know who had the Q. Jovial banter, then off we went for something similar to:

COP

• Mosey around the drop-off loop then up to the blacktop
• 25x SSH
• 10x Helicopters
• 10x Copperheads
• 10x DQs
• 10x Mountain Climbers
• 10x Merkins
• 15x LBCs

The Thang

Saunter down to the end of the blacktop for Bleeder Sprints (a.k.a. Sex Panthers, thanks Mr. Rogers). 2x 50%, 2x 75%, 2x 90%, 2x Full Throttle.

Stay on the blacktop and partner up for more running on pavement. One partner runs to the end and back while the other does merkins, squats, LBCs. Repeato x3.

Slowsey to the parking lot for 11s. Bernie Sanders to the hill then up the hill. Derkins at the top and WWIIs at the other end.

Finished right on time.

Moleskin

Thanks to Kubota’s Westhoegean Weekly, YHC didn’t realize it had been so long since I took the Q. After an inquiry from Marv last night if YHC was going to Hoedown or Pickleball, YHC grabbed the Q. Funny, Marv was missing.

Plenty of mumblechatter this AM as counting was at a minimum. From internships to pump fakes on Q sign ups, we covered it all this AM.

Pleasure to lead fellas. Glad we never made it more than 100 yards from where we started.

¡Adiós Muchachos!

Announcements

• Memorial Day convergence on Memorial Day. 7am at Belle Isle parking lot

Nine men pushing for good results turned out for the latest edition of the Hoedown. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the people who created Senor Frog’s shirt, the following might have happened:

Today was supposed to be a HoneyDo Q. With the Silent Assassin on the DL, the Pax moseyed to the school wall in his honor. 20 donkey kicks.

Circle up for a proper Circle of Pain.

50 SSHs x4 count
Imperial Walkers 10 x 4 count
Hillbillies 10x 4 count
LBCs x 20
Rosalita’s x20
HRMs x10

Triple Check Numero Uno

Partner 1: Run the loop.
Partner 2: Dips on the benches.
Partner 3: Donkey kicks (in the seemingly unlikely, but nonetheless real, scenario in which a Pax member, or three, have forgotten what a donkey kick is in the last 4 minutes, do wall squats).

Mosey to the parking lot, then up the steps, take a hard right around the tree, then a hard left towards the road, then down the “median” marked by white lines, then press the button on the crosswalk (waiting for the lone femalian to drive right through the illuminated crosswalk lights, then left, then right, and into the Third Church Alternative Parking Lot. Grab 3 blocks, then grab 3 more blocks.

Triple Check Numero Dos

Partner 1: Run the loop, clockwise.
Partner 2: Block presses
Partner 3: Block overhead presses.

A little stretching.

Triple Check Numero Tres

Partner 1: Run the loop. But, this is no ordinary loop. Down the steps, hard left, up the other steps, out the parking lot entrance, then left onto Forest, then left onto Silverspring, the left into the parking lot, and back to the start.
Partner 2: Block squats
Partner 3: Block swings. These hurt YHC’s back, so if you can’t do it, don’t Q it. After 2 rounds, swear quietly, and switch to presses.

A little more stretching.

Mosey in the general direction of the TES parking lot, but take the crosswalk (using the lights, again, for safety). Pax run all over, leaderless.

Q instills some form of management. Circle up on the TES front lawn (or concrete, for those who did not want to get their whittle shirt wet). Don Quixotes and then HRMs.

Mosey to the Teacher’s Parking Lot.

Triple Check Numero Quatro

Partner 1: Sprint the 11 parking spaces and back.
Partner 2: World War II-style sit ups. (No verification that anyone in WWII actually did these).
Partner 3: Merkins.

Mosey to the Circle for Mary

Freddie Mercury x11-ish
Hello Dolly 10ish
Flutter kicks x25

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

El almuerza, manana (el martes), El Casa de Sandwiches de Estacion de Bomberos, Broad Street. Contact El Piel de Cerdo for details. But, do it in Spanish. 12:30 p.m. El conta en espanol; yo escribo in espanol.

Pickle Ball Mondays starting May 20 at Batteau. Repeato, in the words of Kid Rock, all summer long. This is one of two events at Batteau that might teach humility. Option 1) Attempt to beat Lockjaw’s son in Pickel Ball, and Option 2) Complete the Grow Ruck. C’mon. Who are you kidding? Your only chance is the Grow Ruck.

NMS:

The BB title comes from Senor Frog’s shirt this morning. That’s all. Just the words on his shirt.

Honey Do is on the DL with a calf injury. Heal up.

Bodo’s apparently survived a targeted assassination attempt while riding an e-bike. Wow. Glad to have him in the land of the living. Heal up, amigo.

Other dudes are on then mend as well. Heal up.

I tried exercises that were, at least somewhat, new. Muggy day.

Mosey to front of school and give standard disclaimer. All of the following in cadence

• 20 SSHs
• 10 Skaters: When Left leg goes behind and crosses the right leg, Bend at waist and touch ground with right hand.
• 15 Side lunge with knee hug:
• 15 Side lunge with knee hug:
• 15 Forward lunge with Twist body: left foot forward/twist left
• 15 Forward lunge with Twist body: right foot forward/twist right
• 12 Side elbow plank with Reach: Left side
• 12 Side elbow plank with Reach: Right side

Line up on sidewalk to the asphalt playground for 11s

• Mike Tyson & V-Ups

To the grass playground in back; Count off by 3s. Rotate Counter-Clockwise.

• 10 Get-ups at the swings, (lay on you back and then stand up without using your hands)
• 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
• 30 Dips at benches,

To the wall for

• 15 People’s chair airpress
• 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
• 3 Burpees
• 15 People’s chair Milkers
• 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
• 3 Burpees
• 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
• 10 BTTW Toe Taps
• 3 Burpees

To the flag for 5 minutes of Mary

• 20 American Hammers
• 20 Flutters
• 20 APDs
• 60 count 6-inch leg lift

Time’s up!

Numberrama

Namearrama

Announcements:

GrowRuck was tough! Bluegrass Festival was damp but successful. No other announcements.

Thought for the Day:

Grant that I may not so much seek to be understood as to understand.

Eleven young men & a Cat made the journey to Trinity United Methodist Church this morning for some self reflection. Well….. Bodos seemed more interested in scoping out the competition.

Finding no souls to save we went to work. 

We partnered up and the timer ran counter clockwise around the playground while his partner did WW2 x2, Scissor Kicks x2, Scrunchie Frog x2, APD x2. 

We slow moseyed to front of Trinity and took a moment to admire the cat.

Señor Frog considered taking him home than thought better of it. 

We did 11’s instead. 

Dips with Bear Crawls. X11 

We Moseyed around to back of church to find our spot on the wall. 

Donkey Kicks x20, Toe Taps x20, Balls to the wall with Pig Skin counting in some foreign tongue. Not sure what he counted to, but seemed long enough. 

Moseyed back to our vehicles while stoping to do 75 squats & 25 Monkey Humpers along the way. 

We ended our time together with a Mary of Burpees that was expertly explained by YHC. Some of the Pax had trouble with the clear and precise instructions so we ended with LBC’s instead. 

Prayer request for Up Chuck.

Dinner this Friday.

Bodos inspired us all with a few Godly words of wisdom.

Before YHC went to bed last night, he realized that no one had signed up to Q and planned to start his week off right. So, he picked up the Q. Here is what went down.

Mosey down to the bottom of Lindsey Court for a warm up that included: SSHs, Imperial Walkers, Don Quixote, Dead Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, Merkins and Wilson’s wife.

Next, partner up to head back up Lindsey. P1 runs to the top of Lindsey and back while P2 works his way up the hill doing a series of exercises. First bear crawl, then lunges and finally crab walk.

Once at the top of the hill, the PAX moseyed down Lindsay Drive to the southern end of West Drive Circle for a triple check. P1 ran the loop around West Drive Circle. P2 – WW2s. P3 – squats.

While waiting for siri to answer whether Kenny Loggins was in a band, the PAX moseyed back across Lindsay Drive to the northern end of West Drive Circle for another triple check. P1 runs to the end of the street (despite complaints that it was too far). P2 – arm circles. P3 – Hand Release Merkins.

Mosey back up Lindsay to the parking lot for 11s. Start with 10 jump squats and 1 2-count monkey humper. Most of the PAX finished before YHC called time.

Numberama / Namearama

Announcements – GrowRuck coming up. See Slack for details.

YHC took us out challenging the PAX to think about when we are sheep and when we are shepherds.

Thirteen tough taxpayers came out to Hoedown on tax day. We went off campus to pay our fair share, the Westhoe way:.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks, LBCs. Mosey down to Spottswood for a marginal rate escalator:

10% Bracket – 10 Merkins, 12% – 12 LBCs, 22% – 22 Jump Squats, 24% – 24 Box Cutters, 32% – 32 Carolina Dry Docks, 35% – 35 WWIIS, 37% – 37 Burpees. Each bracket was a higher spot up Spottswood hill. Start at bottom and repeat exercises going into the higher bracket. After 37 Burpees were done we met at bottom of hill then mosey back to flag. Finish with 3 min of Mary then YHC took us out.

NMS: The PAX crushed this escalator even though it took 30+ minutes to complete. Running up the hill longer each time kept the blood flowing. There was some grumbling at the initial call of the top bracket being 37 Burpees but the PAX blew through them when we got to the end. There may be a lesson in here about the unfairness in our progressive tax system as well. Taxation is theft!

A bakers dozen of stargazers took to the darkened streets of Tuckahoe, some with appropriate eye covering, in anticipation of a once in a lifetime astrological event that previously occurred in 2017. According to the custodial staff prepping for such rare events, this is what occurred.

Mosey to front of the school for introductions and disclaimers. Warmups included invisible jump rope, helis, jazzercise, dead man hang. Mosey over Bodo’s lot in search of drier ground for hand release merkins, LBC’s and light broga work. All was warm, so let us begin.

Gather some coupons from the recently replenished donations. Partner up for triple check. Timer runs the lot, wiper merkins and big boy WWII’s with blocks.

Partner up bringing one block with you to the bank lot. Timer runs around the bank while partner performs mobile exercise with block. Exercises included curls, lunges and military press. Alternate when caught from behind. 2 laps were completed.

Back to the church lot for a 2nd triple check. Timer runs the loop in opposite direction. Coupon exercises included standing skull crunchers & chest press.

Return coupons to the pile and mosey back to the front of Tuckahoe for 11’s. Incline merkins at the stairs/bike rack with squats at the top of the stairs. Finished early due to time constraints.

Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayers: Good luck to Faceplants 2.0 on surgery to repair broken arm. Prayers to Lockjaw as he goes thru some physical ailments for him and his papa.

YHC took us out.

NMS: Great numbers and mumble chatter as spring break tales were plentiful. YHC wanted to dive into the recently replenished coupon pile that Upchuck had donated a few weeks ago. Thank you gents for starting the week strong. Don’t look up at the sun today.

A lovely spring morning brought ten John Travolta wanna-be’s to a Hoedown. According to Uma Thurman dancing through EF Huton’s head, it went something like this:

Moseyed to the upper blacktop, ran a lap and then circled up for some warmups of SSH, Hillbillies, Ukrainian Soldiers, DQs, Deadman hang to Cherry Pickers, Freddie Mercuries, Mercury Freddie’s, LBCs and a pencil role to merkins.

We then lined up for some square dancing (four corners) starting with 10 donkey kicks, 20 squats, 30 Shoulder Taps, 40 SSH (Doing every exercise on the way back). Had so much fun and did it again with 10 HRM, 20 WWII, 30 LBCs, 40 Hammers.

Everyone was starting to get their groove on and the imaginary music moved us to do the burpee shuffle. Ten burpees, then shuffle half way down the blacktop, then nine and shuffle back—all the way down to one. 55 total burpees. The Pax loved it. There was time to do it again but I went against the pax and took us down to the loop and did two rounds of a triple check—run the loop, people’s chair with air press and merkins.

Accused of not being creative enough, I had us partner up and do a Bro-Burpee. This is the hot new dance coming to an AO near you.

We circled up and finished with a burpee ring of fire—went around 3 times. Senior Frog may still be there doing burpees as he wouldn’t stop.

The pax started the morning complaining about their Saturday workout and they transitioned to complaining about mine by the end. Mission accomplished.

Announcements: EF Huton has the best pork loin in Richmond according to the lucky receivers of his Breaking Bread food. Sign up to top his loin.

Thanks for letting me lead.