Tag: Hoedown

It was a collaborative effort this AM in the gloom of Tuckahoe Elementary and Hoedown. An absent Q left 7 of us making it up on the fly…and making it up on the fly, we did.

The Thang…

Handshake took us on a nice little jaunt to the east side of the Walgreens parking lot. COT with some side straddle hops, Donkey Hoteys, LBCs, calf stretches, some LBCs, Mercans.

The PAX then stayed and did a 3X Check…jog around the pharmacy, while the other two did dips and hand release mercans.

EF Hutton took the spud from there and we headed back to the TES parking lot. This was a Dora with pairs. Bernie up the concrete hill three times while we did 100 Imperial Squats, 200 Monkey Humpers and 300 SSHs.

From there Bodo’s took us to the black top where we did a 4 corners. Burpees, Mercans, Carolina Dry Docks, Squats, maybe another one.

YHC, took us out at the end with some American Hammers, 1 minute of elbow planks, Alabama Prom Dates and one (1) Richard Kimball.

Fun mumble chatter on the way to Walgreen’s about the morning Conspiracy showed up 90 seconds late at Munford and TYA basically took the Q to the Museum District to workout. Conspiracy had brought props and wasn’t really all that happy with that.

We’re thinking about our friend Chippendale and hoping Wojo is doing fine.

A perfect 7 warriors gathered to start the week at Hoedown In a comfortable 60 degrees. Here’s how it went down:

Mosey to Splinter’s favorite eternally wet grassy knoll for a warmup of: 20xSSH, 10xHC, 10xAC, 10xHRM, 10x Scorpion kicks and off to the Lindsay loop for a triple check: squats, LBC’s and the timer runs the loop.

Native American back to the drop off loop for PLT’s 2×25 followed by 6 min running timer of ascending burpees. Partner 1 starts with 5 while second man is doing box cutters. Switch for 6, 7, 8…. for 6 min. Mosey over to the wall for the main event.

8 min kickboxing Tabata with 40s on, 20s people’s chair rest. Jab-Cross R/L, Jab-Cross-Uppercut x 2 R/L, Jab-Cross-Kneex2 R/L, Jab-Cross-Uppercutx2-Hookx2 R/L. No elementary school staff were harmed, though likely were amused…

Wrap up with 2×10 jerkins, 2×20 dips, 2 sets of Australian Mongolian Pigskin one leg squats x 10 with 10 Derkins and an undetermined amount of SSH’s to finish the morning. Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Whitesnake bluegrass festival on 4/22 – see Slack for details, all the best to Motorboat who is moving to Seattle next week) and YHC took us out.

It was a privilege to lead this morning & thanks for humoring my unconventional Q! Until next time, GP

A lucky 7 emerged from the end of Spring Break, equipped with plenty of Easter candy to tackle all that was in store for them. According to the Easter Bunny, the following may have happened.

Mosey over to 3rd Pres for COP. Report overhead flickering light to the appropriate Pax. So noted.

Over to the back parking lot for indigenous people bear crawl. The pax at the end does 5 burpees, runs to catch up, taps the new 6, and takes point at the front. Somehow Fudd found us and joined mid-exercise.

Over to the third parking lot where we picked up blocks for a modified 4-corners. Curls, overhead presses, APDs with blocks, squats, swings, and tricep extensions.

LBCs

Triple Check – Partner 1 runs with the block, partner 2 does block bench, and partner 3 does elbow plank.

Repeat the 4-corners exercise.

Replace blocks in their wooded enclave and perform Lindsays the way home – box cutters and carolina dry-docks.

American Hammers and Flutter Kicks to finish up.

YHC took us out.

5 of RVA’s finest lept from the Fartsack for this weeks Hoedown. At 9:45 pm YHC saw no Q on the sheet and decided to take it. With no plan in mind we wandered and triple checked with 5 people.

COP

Mosey to Triple Check 1

Mosey to Triple Check 2

Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay and complete 20 Bunny Hops followed by 20 Lunges of Squats to the top of the Hill

Mosey back to campus for another Triple Check

2 Minutes of Mary

Announcements – Spring Fest at Gomers Church (Trinity UMC) Saturday, April 15th. Whitesnakes Bluegrass Festival at the American Legion Post on the River off Robious Saturday, April 22nd.

NMS – light number and light Mumble Chatter with a lot of people gone for Spring Break. YHC was happy to lead.

My first Q at Hoedown since October.

Mosey to front parking lot of school

Disclaimer; In addition to the usual “I’m not a professional, modify” I added “watch out so you don’t trip and look out for cars”. That’s important too!

SSH, MM Merkins, Knee-ups, Stretch

Mosey to front parking lot of church.

IWs, Diamond Merkins, Crunchy Frogs, stretch

Mosey to back parking lot of church

Line up parallel to building

Burpee Broad jump to end of first handicap parking place, bear crawl to middle, crab walk to end of parking lot, mosey back:

Burpee Broad jump to end of first handicap parking place, lunge walk to end of parking lot, mosey back:

Mosey over to front of church

7-minute of Burpees

Mosey back to front of school.

Side plank: Feet side by side. Elbow rest, Other arm pointed high. UP: hold for 5 seconds, DOWN, for 5 seconds: 10X

Repeat other side

Front Plank: elbow plank: hold for 10 seconds, drop for 5 seconds: 10X

Mosey to wall area for the usual:

15 People’s chair airpress

10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence

15 Donkey Kix OYO

15 People’s chair Milkers

10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers

15 Donkey Kix OYO

15 People’s chair LaLannes

10 BTTW toe taps

15 Donkey Kix OYO

15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali

10 Dirty Hookups

15 Donkey Kix OYO

Mosey to grassy area behind school

Drop and roll: line up in grassy area behind school. Run forward 3 steps, drop and roll right, 3 steps more, drop and roll left, across field.

Request from Bodos for Bulgarian Split Squats:

10 Bulgarian Split squats in cadence, each leg, followed by 10 Derkins in cadence: 2X

Back to the flag for numberama, namerama

Señor Frog has been a faithful attendee since Handshake got him out here. Persistence is what makes us better!

Announcements:

Wednesday: Fireman Ed finally gets some respect. Happy 50^th birthday! At First Watch.

April 22: Whitesnake’s Bluegrass event

Ten fine gentlemen, including two from downrange, convened in the well lit parking lot of the former darkest AO in RVA. After exchanging comments about personal clothing choices and waiting for Fudd to arrive (on time no less), away we went. It was exactly as described below.

Short mosey around the drop off loop, back up to the blacktop sea, almost all the way to the gaga pit. Circle up for disclaimer and COP:

• 20x SSH
• 10x Helicopters
• 10x Don Quixotes
• 7ishx reverse hip walk extensions
• 20x Mountain Climbers
• 10x Merkins
• 10x Scorpion Kicks
• 10x Freddie Mercuries

The Thang

Stay exactly where we were and pop open the trusty interval timer, setup exactly for what was planned today. Tabatas, 30 seconds on, 15 seconds recovery. 3 sets of each of the following with 30 second rest when changing exercises.

Merkins / Squats / WWIIs / Dips / Lunges / Flutter Kicks / Diamond Merkins / High Knees / Heels to Heaven / Carolina Dry Docks / Jump Squats / LBCs / Burpees

BTTVSF.

Moleskin

YHC often gets grief about volume of running during my Qs. Today was a different attempt at diverse workout while still having moments of elevated cardio. Success or failure? Only a thumbs up or thumbs down in Slack will tell.

It only took one set of one exercise before one of the (unnamed) PAX members disclaimed, “Boring”. YHC quickly audibled during the change in exercises to add music, starting with “Platinum Pop Hits” for about 30 seconds before quickly changing to 90s Hip Hop, the latter offering the PAX the opportunity to practice rhythm cadence. Most songs were crowd pleasers.

The final set, after the last of the normal sets, resulted in many questions from an expected PAX member. YHC didn’t even have to jump in to explain as his peer to his left quickly retorted, “He’s the Q, he can do whatever he wants”. Thank you Bodos!

Welcome to our PAX from out of town, plenty of good options around town to check out while you are here.

¡Adios muchachos!

– Splinter

A full house hand of Aces and Jokers fought off the comfort and dryness of the fart sack to embrace the damp and cooler conditions of Tuckahoes darkest AO. Daylight savings would not hold these fine gents back. This is what was rumored to have occurred according to the safety cone placement specialist.

Short Mosey over to the covered office park pavilion. Salutations and introductions ensued followed by quick warm up of SSH’s, Helis, Dead Man Hang, LBC’s, Dying Cockroaches, Suzanne Summers and light stretching. All seemed warm short mosey to the rear church lot

THE THANG:

Church Lot 11’s: 10 Lt Dans at far end, 1 curbside merkin at the near end. 9/2, 8/3…. Good times had by all.

Burpee Alley: Short mosey over to Silverspring Drive. As we wandered down the street brocode style, lets stop at every vehicle for an exercise: SUV = 1 burpee, car = 1 merkin, truck = 1 squat. Double the count if vehicle is parked on the street. Lots of SUVs. Continue this across Forest Avenue past EHarmony’s house and onto Paris Ave/Hepler Rd. Modify to SUV = Imperial Walkers (2 count), Car = Mountain Climbers (2 count), Truck = Monkey Humpers. Double the count for road vehicles.

Quintuple Check: Upon arriving back at the school, quick 2 rounds of 5 exercises along the bus loop. Timer runs the loop. Exercises included Balls to the Wall, Peoples Chair, LBC’s & APD’s.

BTTF for numbers, names, announcements. YHC took us out.

Announcements:

Splinter is running a March Madness Bracket. $10 gets you in, see slack for details.

Tuckahoe Lunch Crew meeting on Tuesday at Firehouse at noon. See Pigskin for deets.

NMS: This morning was tough. Wet, cool and dark. Great turn out considering the conditions. Showcase is in town from Bristol, VA for training all week and might show up at AO’s around the regions (specifically SOJ). Word of the day was to stay dry, and was mostly accomplished. Conditions were misty but not unbearable. Thank you gents for showing up on the truly gloomy morn.

16 veterans and 1 FNG joined for this weeks episode of Hoedown. YHC had been planning this workout for a few weeks but there was an extra twist when Swirly motivated another one of our coworkers to come out. YHC had been planning on repeating FNG workout (originally hosted by Honeydo) to celebrate the day, and with another coworker there as a FNG it was a great opportunity for us both to experience the same first workout 5 years apart. Here is what transpired:

COP – Invisible Jump Ropes, Don Quioxtes, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutter Kicks

Mosey to the back field – 4 Corners: C1 – 5 Burpees, C2 10 Merkins, C3 15 WWII’s, C4 20 Mountain Climbers. Round 2 – increase every exercise by 5, Round 4 increase again by 5

Mosey to the Pull Up Bars – R1 – 10 Pull Ups, R2 – 8 Pull Ups, R3 – 6 Pull Ups

Triple Check – P1 – Donkey Kicks, P2 – Run to far side and back, P3 – Step Ups

Mosey back to the front of the school and partner up. P1 – 20 PLT’s and both partners Bear Crawl across the Grass. P2 – 20 PLT’s and both partners crawl back across the grass, repeat 3 times.

Mosey back to the circle for 3 minutes of Mary.

No announcements of prayer requests.

NMS – it was great to have such a big crowd on a Monday for the “official” 5 year Q. The Pax List for YHC’s first post was: Plush, EF Hutton, Kubota, Slurpee, Offshore, Wedding Singer, Upchuck, Ronnie, Mr. Holland, Keymaster, and Honeydo. Unfortunately Plush and Slurpee are no longer active and Keymaster moved to California. That being said the only person who is still a regular that couldn’t make it was Wedding Singer, but the two of us texted and he’s getting ready for the Bear Creek 10 Miler and he has a long Run on Sunday, good luck Wedding Singer!. I’m glad YHC’s co-worker Jason was able to make it out. YHC came locked an loaded with a great nickname from a movie the Pax was either too old or too young to get the reference. Fortunately the PAX reminded YHC that with the average age being early to mid 40’s that they too make generational references that YHC doesn’t understand and they found a good name for Jason. Jason is from Panama Beach, Florida and the main club hangout from MTV’s Spring Break 1998 in Panama Beach was a place called Senor Frog’s. So henceforth Jason will be known as Senor Frog.

No Q late Sunday, Handshake made the call for a hawt potato.  Things turned cold quickly:

Handshake Q

Mosey to the Third admin building

COP

• Dead Man Hang
• Don Quixotes
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Helicopters
• SSHs
• Plankorama
• Inverted Scorpion Kicks
• Hand Release Merkins
• LBCs
• Imperial Walkers

Mosey to Kanawha via Ziontown

Audible

Triple Check

• P1 – Run about 100 yds to the white SUV
• P2 – Hand Release Merkins
• P3 – Flutter Kicks

EF Hutton Q

Mosey back to the Third Church side lot

Mini Self Dora

• 25 Hand Release Merkins, run a lap, repeato
• 50 Monkey Humpers, run a lap, repeato
• 75 Freddie Mercurys, run a lap, repeato

Mosey back to VSF

Mary

• American Hammers
• APDs

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

The hot potato turned cold fast in transit to Kanawha when it proved a little further off campus than anticipated.  Due to time constraints, it became a Bash Brothers mashup.  Plenty of HRMs and talk of abdominal beasts.  The earlier sunrise means better days are ahead.  SYITG.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Some openings in Breaking Bread

Batteau is back

A perfectly divisible six converged on President’s Day. With some regulars no doubt heading to the Batteau revival, the six faithful Hoedowners forged onward. Here’s what happened:

COP in the first Third Church lot: Yoga stretches // Imperial Walkers // Ukrainian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs // Hand release Merkins // Pickle Pounders // SSHs. Mosey to middle church lot

Triple Check #1: P1: Squat Thrusters with Coupon // P2: American Hammers // P3: Run the lot

Coupon work: Curls // Kettle Bell Swings // Bench Press. ICx20, 3 rounds. Mosey back to the school

Elevens: Bearcrawl up the Concrete slope. Merkins and WW2s.

Triple Check #2 at the Drop off loop. P1: Dirty Hookups on the wall // P2: Burpees // p3: Run the loop

COP: Flutter Kicks // LBCs // Oblique LBCs // Freddy Mercuries

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

NMS: The legend of YHC’s destructiveness continued as a coupon spontaneously exploded apparently with the sheer power of the hand grip. Great morning, great temp, great to be with you guys to start the week. SYITG