Tag: Hoedown

We had 3 walkers due to injuries along with a couple of dogs. One of the dogs was an FNG. “What was your first concert?”

Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

Begin with Disclaimer:

I am not a professional. The idea is to get better, not to get hurt, so feel free to modify called exercises.

Mosey to corner Parking lot

• 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

To the grass playground in back; Divide into 3 groups. Rotate 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 asphalt playground for 11s

• Mike Tyson & V-Ups

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

Mosey to the flag: Birddogs

• How: Start on your hands and knees with a flat back. Contract your abdominals as you simultaneously slowly extend your right arm straight in front of you and your left leg, in line with your head. Keep your chin tucked. Visualize a glass of water on top of your back and keep your hips level enough so it doesn’t spill. Hold for three to five seconds. Return to start and perform three to five repetitions. We did about 6 of these, each side

Time’s up!

Announcements: Convergence Thursday 6:00 AM at Mary Mumford

VQ at Dogpile on December 2 (sorry but I didn’t get whose VQ this is)

Take out: Name something you are grateful for; F3, Family, Handshake and others for headlocks.

Eight First Watch regulars, including one who declared it may never get cold enough to wear his Patriots beanie, gathered in the parking lot waiting for some natural light. Since no natural light existed, we made our own fireworks. Off we went to the front of the school for:

COP

• 20x SSH
• 1x Merkin
• 10x Copperhead squats
• 2x Merkins
• 10x Mountain Climbers
• 3x Merkins
• 20x LBCs
• 4x Merkins
• 10x Hellicopters
• 5x Merkins
• 10x Monkey Humpers
• 6x Merkins
• 15x Arm Circles
• 7x Merkins
• 10x Lunges
• 8x Merkins
• 10x Something or others
• 9x Merkins
• 10x Heels to Heaven
• 10x Merkins

The Thang

After a few PAX members dried off after COP, we moseyed back the other direction toward Lindsay. Despite a PAX suggestion for 31 minutes of Don Quixote’s, we did a downhill version of Love Hill. Partner up, one runs to the bottom then back up while partner is doing exercises. Exercises were crab walks, lunges, broad jumps. YHC drew the lucky straw and had Garbage Plate who apparently does crab walks on wheels.

10 count then 11 Merkins.

Different partner then back up the hill. Exercises were polar bears, duck walks, broad-jump burpees up to the top.

10 count then 12 merkins

Scurry back over to the parking lot, waiting for teachers to arrive, but no teachers today. We did 11s instead. Bernie sanders across the lot, then backwards up the hill for WWIIs. Forward run down the hill and across the lot for jump squats. Either Mr Rogers & YHC miscounted or everyone else cheated.

13 merkins.

Quick circle for 20x Freddie Mercuries before numbers, names, and Garbage Plate took us out.

Announcements

• Shoe drive has begun. Mr Rogers will collect at Dogpile. Ask around for other POCs for other regions.
• Thanksgiving convergence @ Mary. More details to follow.
• Tuck-a-ruck Friday @ Hoedown @ 18:45. See Lockjaw for deets.

Have a great day fellas!

14 bootcampers and 1 walker convened in the waning darkness to see what YHC had planned. After admiring the halo around the moon, we moseyed to the black top for warm up.

Warm Up

• SSH
• Don Quixote
• Arm Circles
• Shoulder Tap Merkins
• APD
• Hand Release Merkins

Off campus running tour around Spottswood Park with stops for exercises and then end at the Third Church parking lot at Forest and Silverspring

• 10 Merkins
• 10 Squats
• 10 Hand Release Merkins
• 10 Freddy Mercurys
• 10 Shoulder Tap Merkins
• 10 WWIIs
• 5 Burpees

Triple Check #1 in Third Church Parking Lot

• Partner 1 – Heels to Heaven
• Partner 2 – WWIIs
• Partner 3 – Run around parking lot

Run back to TES for Triple Check #2 in fields behind school

• Partner 1 – Wall sits
• Partner 2 – Dips
• Partner 3 – Run across field, 5 pull ups

Run back down to horseshoe for 11s – Donkey kicks and Burpees. Starting with 1 donkey kick and 10 burpees. YHC called an audible as we closed in on time.

Number and namerama

Announcements

• Rucks this Saturday at Daville and SOT
• Prayers and support for everyone running the Half and Full Marathons this Saturday
• Splinter will be at River Road Shopping Center Saturday morning cheering on the runners for anyone who wants to join.

YHC took us out

Seven candy starved regulars rose to the full moon to lighten up the areas darkest AO this side of the river. Weekend tales were spun as 5.30 struck. This is what was witnessed by the early morning walkers surveying the area.

Introductions, disclaimers, motivational speaking and warm ups on the blacktop that including SSH, Dead Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, Shoulder Tap Merkins, LBC, Heels to Heaven completed with some stretching. Mosey to the well-lite corner to begin: 4 corners, lady of the evening style. 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 monkey humpers, 40 mountain climbers.

Mosey up to the Field for Eye of the Hurricane: 4 stations, 20 reps each. After each station return to the center to perform 20 APD’s. Stations included pull ups, dips, donkey kicks, hanging V-ups.

Mosey to the wall for Dora: 100 Hoedowns (Jack Lalines), 200 incline merkins, 300 LBC’s

BTTVF for numbers/names/announcements. Splinter took us out with a quality message of reuniting with old friends.

-Ruck planned 11/11 start at Twin Team to SOT and back. See Slack

NMS: Ideal conditions for Hallows eve. Moon soaked AO was in prime condition with numbers spaces to remember the parking order. Well done this morning gents. Great way to start the week. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to lead.

Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

Begin with Disclaimer:

I am not a professional. The idea is to get better, not to get hurt, so feel free to modify called exercises.

Also, note that we have a FNG! Welcome Rainman! Works with autistic children and certain autoimmune diseases. Has 2 daughters, 12 and 10. Knows various members of Fudd’s family. Fudd with the headlock! Thanx Fudd!

Mosey to corner Parking lot

• 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

Move 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

To the grass playground in back; Divide into 3 groups. Rotate Clockwise

• 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
• 20 Dips at benches,
• 10 V-Ups at the swings;

To the rails for

• 10 Bulgarians, each leg, 10 Derkins, 9 and 9, 8 and 8 etc.

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 LaLannes
• 10 BTTW Toe Taps
• 15 Donkey Kix
• 15 People’s chair Muhammad Alis
• 10 Dirty Hookups
• 15 Donkey Kix

Mosey to the flag

• Side plank: Feet side by side. Elbow rest. UP: hold for 5 seconds, DOWN, for 5 seconds: 10X
• Repeat other side

Time’s up!

Announcements: None

Take out: “Render unto Caesar, the things that are Caesar’s and unto God, the things that are God’s.” The coin was made in the image of Caesar and you have been made in the image of God.

After observing how many stars could be seen and whether any in the PAX had seen shooting stars, mosey to the upper blacktop for Warm Up.

Warm up

• SSH – 20
• Ukranian Soldiers – 10
• Imperial Walkers – 10
• Don Quixote – 10
• Merkins – 10
• WWI – 10

Thing 1 – Mosey to Third Church parking lot for 4 corners.

• Start with bear crawl to first corner
• 10 Hand release merkins
• Bernie Sanders to second corner
• 20 WWIIs
• Crab walk to third corner
• 30 Burpees
• Bernie Sanders to fourth corner
• 40 squats

Native American style run back TES horseshoe

Thing 2 – Triple Check

• Partner 1 – Balls to the Wall
• Partner 2 – Freddie Mercurys
• Partner 3 – Run half way up ramp, then 10 dips and return

Thing 3 – 11s in the Parking lot

• Burpees
• Shoulder taps

Finished up with 10 Alabama prom dates.

After numbers and names, the PAX offered critiques on how YHC could have improved his VQ which he will note for next time. YHC then closed out in prayer.

12 Hoedown regulars and one FNG gathered in gloom. After some amateur stargazing and astrophysics lessons from Prof Pigskin,

Bodo’s took the Q

Mosey to COP. Stretching, Don Quixote x10, Helicopter x10, HRM x10, LBC x 10, Hello Dolly x10, one legged APD x 10, pickle pounder x10, SSH x20. Mosey to soccer field

COP. Stretching, Don Quixote x10, Helicopter x10, Ukrainian Soldiers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Hand Release ‘Merican x10, LBC x 10, Hello Dolly x10, one legged APD x 10, pickle pounder x10, SSH x20. Mosey to soccer field.

Triple check #1, runner does 5 pullups and returns, dips, donkey kicks

Triple check #2, Bear Crawl to soccer goal and Bernie back, swing pumps, WW2

Gomer Q. Mosey to the parking lot, burpee every 20 meters or so.

Round 1. Bear crawl & 5 ‘mericans on each arrow. Change over to crab Walk and WW2

Round 2. Lunge with 5 squats on each arrow (too easy). Finish strong with 5 burpees for the last 3 stops.

Mosey to BTTVF. Hello Dolly to completion.

COT: Senor Frog took us out.

Announcements: WestHoe 2nd F at Firehouse subs noon 10/10.

NMS – Welcome to Iron Maiden fka Daniel. Ahh the naming during a hot potato, when no one wanted to be Q for the day. Originally we were working with Belshazzar, which is another name for Daniel and also the name of an Iron Maiden song with a reference to the writing on the wall dream from the Old Testament. Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego were also mentioned but that super great idea was met with groans, even though Shadrach is a Beastie Boys song. Daniels first concert with the USAF band was less than inspiring (for obvious reasons) and while his most memorable concert with the Foo Fighters and some promise with potential monikers Monkey Wrench, Everlong and My Hero but our musical depth was rather shallow today. Daniel likes Star Wars, and Chewbacca was offered, and we failed to come up with any good Star Trek names, even though Viger or Ferengi might have worked. Honey Roger seemed to have some interest from the PAX but is just dang strange – we are at our Rogers quota already.

Iron Maiden it is.

Get some!

A baker’s dozen posted to see what Fudd had in store for Hoedown today. Bodos offered refreshing breath to any takers (there were none) and we were off.

Mosey to the front of the school for COP:

SSH x 46

DQ’s x 10

Helicopters x 10

Dead Man Hang down to plank and then various yoga poses

Arm Circles

Flutter Kicks

Mosey to the Lindsay cul de sac, partner up. One partner runs to the top of the street while the other bear crawls. Switch and then take turns doing Bernie Sanders and then broad jump burpees until the team reaches the top.

Mosey to the alley on the side of the school for a triple check. Partner 1 does a wall sit, P2 does squats (with good form), and P3 runs to the front of the school around the lit up sign and back. Rinse and repeat until all 3 P’s have done 3 of each rotation.

Mosey to the bottom of the sloped asphalt next to the parking lot. Face down hill in plank and crawl bear up the hill by intervals called out by YHC, pausing to hold plank until the next interval, until all PAX reach the fence. Then do Heels to Heaven x 20.

Mosey back to the SF for Mary. Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS:

Bodos spent the pre-workout time drinking coffee before popping in a stick of gum just prior to launch. He was kind enough to offer a stick to everyone else although no one partook. YHC would be concerned with aspirating that thing but still appreciate the gesture. Seeing Bodos with coffee was surprising given that after doing the same at a recent Spider Run, he promptly had the urge to take his morning constitutional. This instigated a convo about the best tasting coffee and Bodos apparently has the best brew pot in the world. When YHC admitted that he uses a $30 brew pot from WalMart, Bodos was aghast. Doozy mentioned that he had tried a high dollar pot at one time, which promptly broke, and he was back to the $30 special himself. This made YHC feel a little less shame, however thoughts of expensive coffee continue to dance through my head……we’ll see what Santa has in store at Christmas. Mumblechatter was fairly heavy today which is typical for a Fudd Q, and welcome as far as I’m concerned. If no one’s talking that’s kind of boring IMO. YHC attempted to challenge the PAX in proper form of various exercises, as well as trying to motivate the PAX to maximum effort during the last plank of the Mary session around the SF. At one point, YHC said, “Remember…..weakness is pain leaving the body” which prompted immediate corrections from Upchuck and Splinter. However, the PAX knew what YHC was getting at and appreciation is felt for their tolerance of the occasional mistake. Mumblechatter continued post workout on Slack as there were no merkins performed during today’s beatdown, which was intentional due to YHC’s shoulder PT which is ongoing. Methinks a solid beatdown was still experienced, although I would defer to the PAX that were there for their opinions.

As always, it was an honor and a privilege to lead today. Never lose hope boys, and never stop chasing the wabbit!

Fudd

Thank You for coming to my first Q everyone!

Started out this Monday with some new Hoedown guests that went out of there way to join us. Thanks for coming Fergie, Atilla and Mr. Rogers.

Started out with a short mosey to the circle for a standard warm up and lesson in counting.

Followed by a short mosey to a dead end then back to the circle parking lot for some fun leg work out 11’s.

Another mosey back to the bus loop for a wall sitting Triple check.

Then a mosey back to the parking lot for some duck walks and merkins.

Ending with a nice prayer from Fudd!