Tag: Hoedown

14 Scholars of the Morn, joined by a lost FNG, rose sooner than most of their Westhoe neighbors to converge onto the darkened lot of Tuckahoe Elementary. Fudd’s arrival signaled the start of the day so off we go. According to the Westhoe Ring cameras, here is how things went down…

Mosey to the Church Executive Parking Lot for introductions, disclaimers and to welcome our new FNG. Warmups included SSH’s, DQ’s, Dead Man Hang, Jazzercise (with toe taps), Merkins, WWII’s & Freddie Mercuries. All is good, let us move on.

COP #1: Mosey to the commoner church lot to collect some coupons. Only 3 block survivors, so lets modify. Triple Check is the call. Timer runs the lot, Flutter kicks and LBC’s performed by the partners. Rotate 3 rounds each.

COP#2: Mosey to the bank parking lot for Love Lots. Partner Up. 1 person runs around the bank to catch the Partner from behind while Partner performs Bear Crawls for Round 1, Lunges for Round 2, Broad Jump Burpees for Round 3. Continue around the building until everyone performs all exercises 1 time. Front Running Bastards proceed back to starting point upon completion.

COP#3: Back to commoner lot for elevating 4 corners. 10 merkins, then 10 merkins/20 squats, followed by 10 merkins/20 squats/30 imperial walkers, finally 10 merkins/20 squats/30 imperial walkers/40 APD’s. Everyone watch Handshake complete his thrusts, let us continue.

COP#4: Return to now illuminated school lot for a 2nd triple check. Timer runs across lot then Bernies up the asphalt hill to fence and returns. Mountain Climbers and Monkey Humpers are the performed exercises.

COP#5: Arrows. Mosey to the arrows. Bearcrawl to 1st arrow and perform 1 merkin. Lunge to 2nd arrow to perform 1 squat. Back to bearcrawl/2 merkins. Squat to next, 2 squats…..

BTTVF: Still time for some arm circles, Michael Phelps, Dead Man Hang. Time is finally called. Names/Numbers/No Announcements. Upchuck took us out with some thoughtful words.

NMS: Phenomenal turnout this morning at Hoedown. YHC had been fartsacking the last few weeks so signed up for the Q to ensure he could start the week strong. Thank you to everyone for joining. The clock seemed to be running a bit slower this morning as we were having so much fun. FNG Billy Surf lives nearby and stumbled upon us a few weeks ago doing stupid things at a ridiculous hour and decided to join in. Welcome and hope to see you back again soon. Enjoy the day off for some.

Five Hoedown regulars showed up the morning after Taylor Swift’s boyfriend’s team won the Super Bowl wondering why it was so quiet across RVA. Realizing that no one had signed up to Q, a hot potato commenced.

Oyster Q

COP – Deadman hang, Squats, Don Quixote, Flutter Kicks, LBCs, Merkins

Mosey down to the carpool drop off circle for modified triple check, aka double check. Timers run around the circle while others do Merkins and then mountain climbers.

Faceplant Q

Mosey up to pull up bars for a second double check. One group does 5 pull ups while the other holds plank on the wall. Rotate and then hold dip. The PAX did two rounds of this.

Then, mosey back down to the smaller parking lot for 11s. One-count lunges and then merkins on the curb.

Hitch Q

Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay. Timers run up the hill and back while the others do lunges. One round and then bear crawl for second round and third round is jump frogs.

1-800 Q

At the top of Lindsey, YHC took over and called for 3 burpees OYO. Then, mosey back to the school for a round against the wall. Sit against the wall and do 10 air presses, then balls to the wall for a 10 count, then wall sits with 15 air punches, then 10 donkey kicks, and then wall sits for a 20 count.

With a little time left, we circled up for some mary: Wilson’s wife, Fudd’s Wife (with left and right side high), Suzanne Summers (both sides), and Alabama Prom Dates.

Numbers, Names and Pigskin took us out with a prayer he kept tucked in his pocket. As always, the mumble chatter was good and covered a wide variety of topics.

14 of the Most Interesting Men in Westhoe converged for a Monday morning beatdown. Here’s what happened:

COP in the first Third Church lot: Deadman hang // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // LBCs // Hand Release Merkins // a whole lot of Pickle Pounders. Mosey to Third middle lot

Jump Rope Triple Check: P1: Jump Rope // P2: Plank Jacks // P3: Run the loop, Bernie Sanders the second half. Mosey back to TES dropoff loop.

Elevens: Grab a place on the wall. 1 Mike Tyson on the wall, bearcrawl to the other side, 10 WW2s, lunge back. Keep going until 10 and 1. Mosey up to blacktop.

Blacktop Sprints: Sprint to the other side of the blacktop and do 100 LBCs. Sprint back across and do 75 SSHs. Sprint back, 50 Merkins. Sprint back, 25 Burpees. Mosey back to the flag.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Welcome FNG Dos Equis! Handshake was whiney that I named him so quickly, but when a good name is suggested, why waste time? Lots of shoulder work this morning, Pigskin take note for tomorrow. Thanks for letting me lead guys! SYITG.

11 HIM posted for a Fudd beatdown at TES.

Mosey to the 3rd parking lot for COP. SSH’s, helicopters, DQ’s, plank, merkins, stretches, flutter kicks, HTH, arm circles.

Mosey to the blacktop for some tunes and ground & pound.

1st song – Beat It – hold plank and do 1 shoulder tap merkin each time MJackson sings “Beat It”. Not sure how many we did in total but it felt like a lot.

2nd song – The Beast by Sixwire – rotate between 4 exercises, changing with each new riff/song. Squats, forward alternating lunges, backwards alternating lunges, speedskaters.

3rd song – Heroes – do SSH for the entirety, stopping to do 1 burpee every time we hear “We could be”

4 corners on the blacktop. Rd 1 merkins x 10, squats x 20, 2 ct flutters x 30, LBC’s x 40. Rd 2 add 10 to each set and repeato.

Finish in the first corner with various Mary exercises…..2 ct flutters, HTH, Freddie Mercuries, American Hammers, and maybe something else. Mosey back to the SF for numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS:

Always seeking to change things up from the usual, YHC decided some tunes would be a nice distraction. The PAX did not seem disappointed and it seems a solid beatdown was enjoyed by all. YHC’s legs are a bit more sore than was expected, and that is a most welcome development. Tclaps to everyone for putting out a great effort. Nice to have Pigskin back from Honduras.

Announcements: Westhoe ShieldLock at Dunkin on Patterson Tues nights at 7pm. We are reading “Heart of a Warrior” by Michael Thompson so if you plan to come you’ll need to buy the book.

Sign up for Breaking Bread in the month of your birthday.

Frozen Triangle Feb. 10th.

Thanks for letting me lead today fellas. Let’s remember all of the blessings that we have, especially those that we take for granted. And don’t forget the reasons you post in the gloom…..everyday people do everyday things but we can’t be one of them. You are a hero to more people than you know…..especially your 2.0’s and M. Go be the best version of yourself today for them.

And never stop chasing the wabbit!

Fudd

10 Burpee eating machines made their way out of the heated cars to see what was on todays agenda. Just as our COP was ending Face Plant made it 11. According to School administration this is what may or may not have happened.

Mosey up to the play area for COP

SSH’s, one Burpee (OYO), DQ’s, two Burpees (OYO), Helicopters, three Burpees (OYO), Imperial Walkers, four Burpees (OYO), WWII, (Oyster made us do 10 Burpees OYO), Rosalitta’s, Hello Dollies and American Hammers

Mosey to the church parking lot

Four corners #1 10 – Hand Release Merkins, 20 – Merkins, 30 – Shoulder Taps, 40 – Squats

Four corners #2 10 – Schrunchy Frogs, 20 – American Hammers, 30 – Sugar Sticks, 40 – Jump squats

Four corners #3 10 – squats, 20 – Toe Taps, 30 – Jump Squats, 40 – Ball Dippers

Mosey to the front of the school

11’s – 1 Incline Merkin run to parking lot 10 Schrunchy Frogs so on and so forth

BTTF (Face Plant needs to get some Burpees in) 10 Burpees OYO

Numbers / Names Oyster took us out

NMS:

YHC only had half a plan when he got to the AO this morning but one thing he did plan was four corners around the church. Unaware that there was construction going on that prevented safe passage around the church a reroute was in order and a solution was presented. Oyster loves Burpees so much that he didn’t want his friend Face Plant to miss out on his share, so YHC was forced to grant 10 Burpees OYO at the end of the beatdown.

But not during the workout. I grew up on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and so I still like seeing snow.

Mosey to corner Parking lot and give standard disclaimer

• 20 SSHs
• 10 Man-Maker Merkins
• 15 Crunchy Frogs
• Stretch

Mosey to Asphalt playground

• 20 IWs
• 10 Diamond Merkins
• 10 each side Suzanne Sommers
• Stretch

Mosey to corner parking lot

• 20 Squats
• 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
• 15 Knee Ups
• Stretch

Mosey to asphalt playground

• 10 Don Quixotes
• 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
• 15 Ukrainian Hammers
• Stretch

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. (Apparently, some people are a bit confused about which direction is 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
• 15 Donkey Kix
• 15 People’s chair Milkers
• 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
• 15 Donkey Kix
• 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
• 10 BTTW Toe Taps
• 15 Donkey Kix

On the patio in front of the wall for

• 60 count 6-inch leg lift

Time’s up!

Announcements:

Grow-Ruck: May 4 weekend. Check Slack

1 year Q for Purple Rain at Rock N Roll:

A dozen gathered at Hoedown to kick off the second week of 2024. After a long Q hiatus, YHC was excited to get back to work – here’s how it went:

Extended mosey to pick up stragglers and head to the office parking lot for COP w/heavy mumble chatter, 20xSSH, DMH, 10xHC, 10xCP, 10xLBC, 10x interrupted merkins, and off to round one, a 5 min drill. Partners alternated ascending burpees and wall sits, starting at 5 burpees and increasing until the 5 min clock ran out.

After a quick jaunt across Forest, we partnered up again for three laps around the church lot: polar bear, lunge and crab walk, each for a lap with the partner running a loop to act as a timer before trading spots.

Back to TES for a quick triple check in the front teacher’s lot: WWII, HRM and 20 calf raises on the stairway. This triple check went fast and Handshake anticipated YHC was out of tricks, but we were able to make up some time with 3x 10 jerkins on the bar near the ramp. Big biceps all around.

With five minutes remaining it was back to the flag for some Mary – 40xFK, 20xHD, 20xWWI, 20xH2H, 10x diamond merkins. Numberama, namerama, announcements (Feb CSAP ~ Faceplant, some Q’s open) and YHC took us out. It was a pleasure to kick off the first full week of 2024 with such a fine crew. Until next time, GP

The four of us looked at each other and asked: “who’s the Q for today”? Someone responded “your mom” signed up as Q. Apparently, she fart-sacked and so we had a ‘hot potato’. The following is approximately correct.

Wedding Singer started out with a mosey to the 3^rd Presbyterian parking lot for:

• 20 SSHs in cadence
• 10 Don Quixotes in cadence
• Stretching
• 10 Merkins in cadence

And then we moseyed over to the office building beside the school for

• 20 WWIIs in cadence
• 20 Freddy Mercuries in cadence

Mosey to the parking lot behind building (very short distance) and partnered up for

• Partner 1 bear crawls across parking lot and jogs back
• Partner 2 does Merkins
• Switch with a goal of 100 Merkins

Last Call took over and we used the cross walk to mosey to the office building between Ziontown, Ridge and Forest. We partnered up and did the following:

• Partner 1 runs around the building
• Partner 2 does WWIIs
• Switch roles

Second time:

• Partner 1 runs around the building
• Partner 2 does Merkins
• Switch roles

Last Call took over and we went to the parking lot with the cinder blocks and partnered up for a triple check

• Partner 1 runs around the parking lot (timer)
• Partner 2 does called exercise
• 50 single count windshield wiper merkins
• 125 curls
• 200 squats

YHC took over and we did

• 30 Flutters in cadence

Moseyed to the front of the school for

• 20 Bench Kicks on the stairs in cadence

Moseyed to the wall for Angry Donkeys.

• 11s with People’s chair airpress and donkey kicks.

And in the “courtyard” by the wall we did

• 20 Pole Smokers (imaginary poles)
• 20 APDs
• 5x Pointing Dog (start on all fours, raise right arm and left leg and hold for a count of 10, switch arm/leg)
• 60 count 6-inch leg lift

Times up!

Announcements

12 Days of Christmas

Takeout with some additional commentary by YHC:

The Spanish have a verb “esperar”. This means ‘to hope’ or ‘to expect’. These words, expect and hope, do not mean the same thing. If you expect something, it will almost certainly take place. We expect Christmas in a week. It will certainly happen. But we hope for a season of goodwill and a coming new year better than this fast-expiring old one. (I hope we all had a great 2023 but I know there have been struggles for at least some of us.) Today, the years since the birth of Christ are called CE or the Common Era. But in years previous, this timeframe was Anno Domini or “In the year of the Lord”. The hope was that the presence of Christ in this world would bring us a world of peace and love. May 2024 bring us a bit closer to those ideals.

YHC woke up, saw the snow, and decided not to leave the level of moistness to chance.

Mosey to the covered walkway

COP

• Dead Man Hang
• Good Mornings
• Don Quixotes
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Merkins
• Plank-o-rama
• LBCs
• WWIIs

Triple Check 1 – Merkins, Bulgarian Squats, Bernie Up and Back Twice

Triple Check 2 – Dips, Toe Taps, Bearcrawl

Triple Check 3 – BTTW, Wall Sit, Run plus 5 Burpees

Triple Check 4 – Freddie Mercurys, Heels to Heaven, Lunge

Mary

• LBC-o-rama (Multiple variations x 15)

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

YHC was pleasantly surprised to find snow this morning, but a quick survey of the AO revealed it was mostly a slippery and muddy swamp with a dusting of the white stuff on top.  Executive Decision was to save the fun for another day and stay dry.  Senor Frog and Pigkin did not protest.  Creativity was at an all time low.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Shoe Drive

WestHoe 2^nd F Lunch tomorrow Noon Firehouse Subs

Secret Santa

14 studs posted for a Fudd beatdown. According to the tomatoes running around TES, here’s what transpired:

COP – SSH, DQ’s, Helicopters, Merkins, Susanne Sommers, Freddie Mercuries, and maybe some other stuff

Mosey down Lindsay to W. Drive Circle, do 3 burpees OYO. Mosey south to the top of the circle, 3 burpees OYO, 6 Imperial Squat walkers, mosey to the corner of W. Drive & Hillsdale, repeat and add 9 monkeyhumpers, mosey to corner of Hillsdale & Lakewood, repeat exercises & add 12 SSH’s, mosey to corner of W. Drive & Lakewood, repeato & add 15 Freddie Mercuries.

Triple Check – Timer bear crawls halfway down W. Drive and Bernie Sanders back up, P2 & P3 do Freddie Mercuries & HRMerkins. Audible after 1 round to change bear crawls to jog.

Native American run back to front of the school for another triple check – Timer runs to front entrance of school, P2 & P3 do wall sits & squats.

Mosey back to the flag for some mary. Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS – Had some good mumblechatter today about some bad past experiences with various spirits, the 4 teams that qualified for the CFP (poor FSU), VCU’s dismal start to the basketball season, and doing burpees until you throw up. It was a great 45 minutes with solid dudes and YHC enjoyed all of it. Thanks for letting me lead today boys.

Never stop chasing the wabbit!

Fudd