Tag: Hoedown

Mr. Eyeroll was a no show, so EF took the Q and just decided to keep it.  Here’s what went down.

COP

• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Copperhead Squats
• Helicopters
• Hand Release Merkins
• Freddie Mercurys
• Alabama Prom Dates
• SSHs

Mosey to TES sign

• Bearcrawl loop around sign and tree
• Lunge a loop
• Bunny Hop/ Duck Walk a loop

Mosey down Lindsay to the W Drive Circle

DORA w Partner

• 100 Mike Tyson Merkins
• 200 LBCs
• 300 Monkey Humpers
• Partner runs the loop

Traveling Lindsay up Lindsay Dr over to Lindsay Ct

• Carolina Drydocks/ WWIIs (30/10, 25/15…10/30)

Love Hill up Lindsay Ct w Partner

• Lunge
• Bearcrawl
• Broadjump Burpees

Mosey to the Horseshoe infield

Mary

• American Hammers
• Heels to Heaven
• Flutter Kicks

Ring of Fire

MOLESKIN

With the TES parking lots being re-blacktopped, the PAX had to make alternative parking arrangements.  With only 3 regulars and one downrange guest, parking was not a problem.  Glow from Greensboro was relieved to find out Hoedown is not a running AO.  YHC planned to get Faceplant in on the Q but had too much fun running the show.  Plenty of holes on the Q sheet, grab a slot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

A few weeks left to complete the summer tour

Pickleball tourney is coming soon

Eight PAX who probably shouldn’t be playing basketball (except maybe Splinter) hit the court this morning in a rather comfortable temperature. According to the early morning Kanawha swimmers who were wondering why 8 grown men were playing basketball at 0550, this is what went down.

After admiring the freshly paved asphalt hill and lower playground area of TES, mosey to the front of the school for:

Dead Man Hang, Reach for the Sky, DQ’s, Helicopters, Jazzercizes, There was some chatter about backs needing to be loosened up, so, down on the ground for Scorpion Kicks.

With backs now loosened up, mosey toward Kanawha Rec. Assoc. with a travelling Lindsey (Carolina Dry Docks and Two-Count Flutter Kicks)

After reaching the KRA parking lot, line up on one side for Curb Crawls 1-5 Merkins on the ends with Bear Crawls in between. Switch up with 4-1 Jump Squats on the ends with Lunges in between.

Mosey to the bottom of the parking lot and collect a strategically placed basketball and head into the Kanawha field to the hoops court. Next exercise is removing the soccer goals, trash cans and saw horses from the court. This was strenuous.

Time for a quick game of 4 on 4! Captains are the youngest (Faceplant) and oldest (Pigskin, duh!) PAX members who were there.

Faceplant, Wedding Singer, Kubota and Senor Frog versus Pigskin, Splinter, Pucker and Tater

Splinter dominated early, YHC hit an early three, Singer made a basket or two, Splinter comes down from 10 feet up to land wrong on his left ankle, Time was called, play resumed, Tater made a shot or two, Faceplant ran a good point and passed a lot, Pucker is a defensive stud, Senor Frog intercepts passes, Splinter comes back into the game, YHC tries to break Splinter’s ankles with his dribbling skills, YHC loses ball out of bounds, Splinter yells “How do you like that defense!, Pigskin is playing basketball at age 70, enough said!

Mosey back towards the shovel flag with another travelling Lindsey (LBC’s and Squats)

Two minute elbow plank at the flag to wrap things up!

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

NMS:

This was a workout that YHC ran back from last August for his birthday, but working out on KRA’s field was replaced with some hoops. Everything else was somewhat similar, except Splinter hurting his ankle. Heal up! The lap swimmers at KRA had some entertainment to keep them distracted from actually swimming laps (who would want to swim laps at 0530 in the morning, besides Fudd??)

It’s always fun to try to be a kid again and play the types of games we incorporate into our workouts, like basketball, pickleball, ultimate, etc., but we also need to realize that we are not still kids and to listen to our bodies. While this morning was fun, we probably shouldn’t have done it. Let me back up, YHC probably shouldn’t have Q’d it.

Anyway, we got a workout in and we missed some of the Hoedown regulars who were fartsacking 🙂

YHC with the Q at HBR tomorrow. Come join the fun! No Basketball 🙂

Way to work this morning, men, and SYITG!

Kubota

7, wait, 8, wait, 9 gathered for this weeks episode of Hoedown and this is what transpired:

Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay for a COP of various exercises.

Partner up – P1 Polar Bears up the hill while P2 runs to the top of Lindsay and back, switch off.

Mosey to West Drive Circle for a Triple Check – P1 WW2’s, P2 Squats, P3 runs the circle.

Indigenous Peoples Run back to the school.

Triple Check2 – P1 Flutter Kicks, P2 Wall Sits, P3 Bernie Sanders the circle

Indigenous Peoples Wall Sits – Everyone lines up in Balls to the Wall position and person 1 Bear Crawls and when they reach the end person 2 starts, each person runs to the end of the line and Wall Sits until everyone has finished.

Gorilla Shuffle down the sidewalk and then back.

Finish with 3 minutes of Mary.

Announcements – Last Frisbee of the season this Saturday led by Oyster and sponsored by the Gridiron Gang. Pickleball Tournament led by Hitchhiker August 26th?

NMS – last night at approximately 2045 hours the Q sheet was empty was empty so YHC decided to sign up. YHC figured a light attendance with so many summer vacations happening but we ended up with a solid number. It was good to see Showcase again from Bristol. Fudd attended too.

Eleven eager PAX came out to see the pre-launch of the new & improved Hornydo. Upchuck confirmed that the humidity in the Gloom made him feel like home at the Clinic. We did:

COP in Bodos lot: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Pickle pounders, Reverse Crunches, Merkins, Scorpion kicks. Mosey to the 3rd back lot. Dora 123 of: 100 Merkins, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jump Squats.

Over to the bonus lot for 4 corners: 10 Burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 WWIIS, 40 SSH. Alternate bear crawl and run in between. Back to school and over to railings for Jerkins. 3 sets of 8. Over to the steambath that was the TES field. Partner up for 3 rounds of 8 pullups & pickle pounders. 3 sets of 25 PLTs then back to flag for 3 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

NMS: Although the rain last night cooled things off slightly the Gloom was plenty thick. Kind of morning where you can easily sweat out 5 lbs. 1-800 ran to the AO, with his keys. He managed to not lose them while we covered some ground. Good to have Heist and Rosie make the trip north. Although SOJ did not have solid numbers for a supposed takeoever they did send 2 of their strongest to set the pace north of the river. Also great to have Whitesnake back of the IR. You’ve been missed in the Gloom.

Announcements: 3rd F opportunity in the works for Summer Tour participants. Be on the lookout for more details.

It felt good at first but pretty soon, we were all sweating like crazy.

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.

20 SSHs

10 Arm Slap Merkins

20 Deep Mountain Climbers

Stretch

Mosey to first parking lot

20 IWs

10 Diamond Merkins

15 Gorilla Jacks

10 Helicopters

Move to corner parking lot

20 Squats

10 Peter Parker

20 Heels to Heaven

Stretch

Mosey to asphalt playground

15 Lunges

10 Garden Variety Merkins

15 Crunchy Frogs

Stretch

Burpee Broad Jump from mid court to edge

Crab Walk back

To the grassy area in back

Circuit with 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars, at the benches for 20 Dips, 20 Ukrainian Hammers close to the swings; 3X Cycle clockwise.

To the wall for Angry Donkeys (11s with People’s Chair air press and Donkey Kix)

To the rails for 10 Bulgarian Split squats each leg (single Count), 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

Mosey to the flag

20 Heels to Heaven

20 APD

20 Flutter

Time’s up!

Announcements:

Stay hydrated! Everyone (all 4 of us) drank a bottle of water.

Take out:

I use the following hymn (I didn’t sing it, just read it.)

Lord of all Hopefulness by Jan Struther

Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,

Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,

Be there at our waking and give us we pray,

Your bliss in our hearts, at the break of the day.

 

Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,

Whose strong hands were skilled, at the plane and the lathe,

Be there at our labors, and give us we pray,

Your strength in our hearts, at the noon of the day.

 

Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,

Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,

Be there at our homing, and give us we pray,

Your love in our hearts, at the eve of the day.

 

Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,

Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,

Be there at our sleeping and give us we pray,

Your peace in our hearts, at the end of the day.

With Kubota occupied by burning fan motors and smoke detector alarms, EF was called into action.  Without a plan, YHC put on the greatest hits album and let muscle memory takeover.

Mosey in front of school

COP

• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Jazzercises
• Freddie Mercurys
• Suzanne Somers L/R
• Merkins
• SSHs

Mosey down Silverspring Dr to Spottswood Rd

Auto Bingo

• Cars/ Crossovers x 5 Merkins
• Trucks x 5 Squats
• SUVs x 1 Burpee

Dora

• P1 – Runs up Spottswood hill and back
• P2 – 100 HRMs, 200 2ct. Flutter Kicks, 300 Monkey Humpers

Mosey down and across Forest to Paris Dr. back to TES

More Auto Bingo

• Cars/ Crossovers x 5 Carolina Drydocks
• Trucks x 5 WWIIs
• Vans x 6 Lunges
• SUVs x 1 Burpee

Mosey to the grass

• PLTs – 3×20

Mosey to parking lot

Triple Check

• P1 – Run across and Bernie up the hill to the fence, run back
• P2 – Merkins
• P3 – Lunges

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Good to have Olaf visiting from Houston, though he could have left the heat and humidity there.  Very few complaints from the PAX this morning apart from inconsistency in which vehicles were crossovers vs. SUVs, particularly CRVs.  If YHC had had time to prepare, blocks would have been brought along to smash whenever a Volvo was spotted.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Convergence tomorrow 0700 Dogpile

Summer Tour continues

3 strong and youthful Tuckahoians welcomed an a lost SOJ regular this morning without required medical assistance to reject the nursing home Pickleball trend that is sweeping the community. Here is what was rumored to have occurred according to Martha and Rupert.

Short mosey over to the church employee lot for Introductions, disclaimers and warm ups that included Invisible Jumprope, DQ’s, Jazzercise, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, Rosalitas and Dying Cockroaches. Asphalt seems to be coming up around the area of a certain PAX member. Lawsuits were discussed.

Mosey to the rear parking lot for 11’s. Merkins and Lt. Dans were called running the parking lot long ways. After round 1, let’s audible to run across the parking lot width to help expedite this beatdown.

Short mosey to the commoners parking lot of the church, grab a few coupons for a DORA. 50 Big Boy Situps, 100 Squats with coupon, 200 Chest Presses with Coupon. Timer runs the loop. After 2nd round, let’s audible from Big Boys to WWII’s. Return coupons to their protected location.

Short mosey to Silverspring for Burpee Road. Burpee for every SUV along the route, Brocode Style. YHC was very forgiving on the SUV classification based on off-roading capabilities. BTTVF for few minutes of Broga.

Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayers. Kubota took us out as YHC had to get going this morning.

NMS: Mondays are difficult, but the week always starts better with a Monday F3 beatdown. No better way to reject the fartsack then to Q. Numbers at Hoedown have been affected by the geriatric calling of Pickleball at Batteau. MumbleChatter is always strong with Kubota and Handshake, with Kubota fancing himself more of a rabbit then a Clydesdale these days. Handshake submitted his FOIA request to get the background on 1-800. Can’t wait to get him out to First Watch for some oversharing and the really good stories.

Great work gents. Good way to start the week.

Four strong hit the darkest AO that was surprisingly bright this morning. With lights shining on the parking lot and dawn breaking, the following occurred:

KUBOTA Q:

Mosey to the front of the school for COP:

Dead Man Hang, Reach for the Sky, Helicopters, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, Jazzercizes, Shoulder Taps, Plank Jacks, Merkins, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks

Mosey past the school sign and partner up for Touch-A -Tree

Round 1: 3 trees and partner does merkins

Round 2: 4 different trees and partner does WW2’s

Round 3: 5 different trees and partner does SSH’s

SENOR FROG Q:

Mosey to the triple check wall and keep same partners

Round 1: Run Horseshoe while partner Wall Sits

Round 2: Run Horseshoe while partner does Ball to the Walls

Round 3: Run Horseshoe while partner Donkey Kicks

Round 4: Run Horseshoe while partner does Dirty Hook-ups

Pigskin Q:

Mosey over to railings and grab some rail for:

10 Bulgarian Split Squats each leg/10 Derkins, then 9/9, 8/8, 7/7, 6/6, 5/5, 4/4, 3/3, 2/2, 1/1

Head over to blacktop and keeping same partners, one partner goes to fence and other partner by the gym entrance. Bear crawl to each other and complete 10 Boo-Yah Merkins, run back. Three rounds!

GARBAGE PLATE Q:

Mosey over to the Gaga Ball Pit and grab some wall. 30 Dips/20 SSH’s in cadence. 30 Dips/10 SSH’s in cadence.

Mosey to back field and keeping same partners complete two rounds each of 20 PLT’s and 10 Jerkins on dip bars.

Mosey back to the VSF and square up for ring of fire consisting of Hand Release Merkins, Shoulder Taps, Side Dips and finish with 45 seconds of Alabama Prom Dates.

Numbers, Names, Announcements and Pigskin took us out!

NMS:

With YHC’s return to Hoedown since school is now finally out for the M, YHC was expecting some regulars. It looked like it was just going to be Senor Frog and YHC at first, with the plan of helping Senor Frog get acclimated to Q’ing so that he can get his VQ on soon. YHC thinks he is ready! With the last minute additions of Pigskin and Garbage Plate, a four-way Hot Potato was called. Pickleball prevails now on Mondays with the early morning sunlight but Hoedown will be getting it’s numbers back later in the summer. Quality not quantity was the theme this morning 🙂

Way to work this morning, men! Leading and partnering!

Have a great day and SYITG!!

Kubota

9 dudes including some rabbits and Clydesdales converged on what is sometimes called the darkest AO in F3RVA. Thankfully the Sky Q left the lights on for the PAX today. Paid the SOJ toll to get across the river , 530 hits and off we went. According to the dog walker wondering “how we do it?”, this is more or less how it went down:

loop around parking lot, warmerama including but not limited to:

• Invisible jump rope
• Jazzercise
• dead man hang
• Collard pickers
• merkins
• pretzel twists
• scorpion kicks
• hillbillies
• flutter kicks

mosey across the blacktop to the field for two sets of triple checks.
mosey back across the blacktop to the hill for a Jacob’s ladder, up hill for 1 burpee, back down 2 burpee etc., up to 5 (only once), then back down to 1.
stretch it out then mosey to the black top for a 4 corners prostitution style. Exercises were merkins, Jump squats, ball dippers, and monkey humpers. BTTF

numbers, names, YHC took us out

announcements:

• Summer tour, sign up and see more AOs and PAX! See slack or Honeydo for details
• 2nd F lunch at firehouse in Innsbrook tomorrow at 12
• SOJ takeover continues through Friday, post and and get an SOJ Q!

NMM

TCLAPS to Gomer Pyle today for leading by example and picking up trash from the AO. As a PAX we followed suit and did our part. YHC is of the opinion that we should leave the AO better than we found it, just as we “leave no man behind, and leave no man where you found him”.

Bonus points were awarded to Faceplant for bringing an FNG and neighbor, who lives within sight of the school. Faceplant knows him from church. They share a common situation in that they both have recent additions to their families. 1-800 is an attorney who handles class-action litigation. Always great to have an FNG join us!

Bonus points were also awarded to Garbage Plate for posting this past Friday in Charlotte.

Mosey to asphalt playground

Disclaimer;

Warmup with

SSHs

Don Quixote

IWs

Stretches

Next:

7 minutes of Burpees

Stretch

Mosey to grassy area behind school

Triple-check with:

10 Pullups, BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers, Merkins

Mosey to Asphalt playground

Suicides: Starting at end of sidewalk and going to each of 4 BB goals 2X

Stretch after each one

Next:

11s in upper parking lot: Mike Tyson and Knee-ups

Mosey to wall courtyard

11s Angry Donkeys (People’s Chair airpress and Donkey kicks)

Stretch

15 Dollies

Stretch

60 count 6 inch leg raise

No announcements

Take out by YHC. Excerpts from Psalm 8.