Tag: Hoedown

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

Four, then 5, then a very late 6, literally fought off the fartsack to gather at the ‘Hoe for today’s post super bowl hangover workout. Short mosey over to the church parking lot for:

COP

• SSH x21
• Helicopters x10
• DQ x10
• Arm Circles x10 x5 (x2)
• Copperhead Squats x15
• LBCs x20

The Thang

Quick mosey backwards to pickup the LIFO then medium mosey over to the other church parking lot for the start of Super 21s. 1x merkin / 1x reverse crunch. Run to opposite corner for 2/2. Back to start for 3/3. Continue to 5/5. 21x jump squats.

The smallest of moseys over to the other church administrative office parking lot for 6-10, running halfway around the building between sets. 21x lunges.

Slightly longer mosey over to the Walgreen’s parking lot for 11-15, running to the end of the parking lot between sets and bernie’ing back. 21x side lunges.

Back to the church administrative building for 16-20, running halfway around between sets. Slow walk if you are a leader. 21x squats.

Back to the 2nd church parking lot for set 21. IG run back to the bus loop.

Triple check: BTTW, pickle pounders, 21x american hammers

WWIIs until time expired.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin

‘Twas a great morning to be alive. Cool air, light breeze, fresh (a’hem) air. Today we were reminded of the 8 lbs of chicken wings Handshake made and who knows what Fudd made.

Flo showed his bashfulness during triple check while also learning about the intestinal habits of a few middle-aged men.

Apologies of the day goes to Pigskin for not keeping the distance down. Way to push it!

Thank you to all who showed.

Splinter out.

F3RVA’s darkest AO was anything but on a moderate February morning. The conditions, and Silent Assassin on the Q sheet, drew a bakers dozen PAX out to see what we could do in the light. We did:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, IPs, Merkins, Reverse Crunch(es)

Mosey up to soccer field for Triple Check: Run across & 5 Pullups, Donkey Kicks, & Jump Squats. Head over to 3rd back lot for a Dora 123: 100 Hand-Release Merkins, 200 Heels2Heaven, 300 SSH. Back over to main TES for Fudd’s favorite, Bearrows. 3 Burpees at each Arrow while alternating Bear crawl and Crab walk between. Finish up with 3 min of Mary and done. YHC took us out.

Announcements: Breaking Bread is now open to PAX to go in and serve and eat with those there. This is good news and a great experience if you have not done so. And we’re going back to 2017 for a relaunch of Batteau on 2/20.

NMS: Nice to see 13 strong out to start the week off right. Oyster said he had to get up early and make the drive to spice things up from his normal Satans Hill on Monday. Hoedown is always welcome to be his, and any PAXs, side piece AO. PAX stayed together well during the Triple check but on the Dora had some wild variances in finish times. Some said form was abandoned, Handshake wasn’t there to critique Hand-release merkin form. Fudd was so excited we came back to do the Bearrows that he pushed through and finished first. YHC was worried he would try to get injured by the dumptruck to get out of it but we all stayed safe.

A nice, round pax of 11 arrived in their Vineyard Vines finest to venture around and awaken the slumbering neighbors. Q sheet was vacated, Handshake arrived to announce a hawt potato. Everyone popped their collars and away we went. This is what was rumored to have occurred according to the early morning travelers.

Handshake Q: Short mosey down and around West Drive Circle. Circle up with Fudds’ failed attempt for a mutiny. F3 disclaimer and warm ups that included SSH’s, DQ’s, Ukrainian Soldiers, LBC’s, Inverted Scorpion Kicks.

Triple Check: Runner around the loop, World War II’s uphill, Hand Release Merkins downhill. AG for the 6.

Mosely down to Lindsey Court. Partner up for Catch Me if you Can (inspired by Roger Rogers heroic aviation tales). Bernie up the hill, while partner performs 5 burpees than pursues.

Top of Lindsey – Q was passed…

Wedding Singer Q: Mosey to the dropoff circle for a Triple Check: Runner on the loop, Wall Sits, Dying Cockroaches.

Mosey over to the asphalt hill for elevating merkins. 1 merkin at the bottom, bearcrawl up the asphalt hill to the fence, 2 merkins. Mosey back down, 3 merkins, bearcrawl up – 4 merkins….upon reaching 5, begin decent back down to 1.

Upon completion – Q was passed….

Last Call Q: Burpee arrows. Follow arrows around parking lot. 1 burpee at 1st arrow, lunge to 2nd arrow – 2 burpees, bearcrawl to 3rd arrow – 3 burpees. Alternate method of approach. After 5 burpees, work your way back down to 1 burpee. Upon 1 burpee, work your way back up until arrows are no longer there.

Finished up with some broga and quick Shravasana.

Numbers, Names, Announcements – Pigskin took us out.

NMS: Great mumble chatter throughout the morning as expected with hot potato and triple checks. Good to have Pigskin and Fudd back from their medical expedition with good tales and in good health. Roger Roger is a stud when it comes to west coast engine failure. Fargo making it thru 2 rainy day posts, Keep up the good work. Great work this morning fellas.

CSAUP hangovers, warm fartsacks, misty weather, and the threat of a punishing EF Q are some of the excuses six men overcame this morning at Hoedown.  Here’s what transpired:

Mosey to the Third Church back parking lot

COP

• Don Quixotes
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Dead Man Hang
• Merkins
• Mountain Climbers

Mosey to Silverspring Dr, left on Carriage Ln, right on Spottswood Rd

Greta Thunberg’s Nightmare

• Car = 5 Merkins
• Truck = 10 Squats
• Van = 10 2ct Flutter Kicks
• SUV/Crossover = 1 Burpee

Stop on Spottswood at top of hill

DORA

• P1 – 100 HRMs, 200 Reverse Crunches, 300 Monkey Humpers
• P2 – Run to bottom of hill and back

Finish GT’s Nightmare and mosey across Forest to Lindsay and up the Horseshoe

Scissor Sisters (best demonstrated)

• P1 holds feet at 12 inches,
• P2 rotates feet around P1’s feet
• Flapjack, Reverso, Repeato x 3

Ring of Fire

2 Minutes of Broga

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

The PAX was smallish, but mighty.  Bodos tried to do his part to save the world by driving his more environmentally friendly van or simply because it had heat, but our trek behind Third Church proved our neighbors care far less.  There were more automobiles, primarily of the gas guzzling variety, than there were houses and likely people.  Alicia Silverstone and Stiffler’s mom made their way into the mumblechatter.  Bodos enjoyed a good game of Human Frogger and Handshake, well Handshake said Handshake things.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Frozen Triangle returns January 2030

9 of the toughest men of Tuckahoe gathered for a MLK Day Hoedown

COP with various exercises (both regular Scorpion Kicks and Inverted Scorpion Kicks were completed)

(2) Triple Checks with various exercises first at Bodo’s overflow lot, second at Bodo’s office building

Upchuck did 5 Burpees while we Planked

Triple Check at the Walgreens lot

1/3rd of a Triple Check back at Tuckahoe

5 Burpees until time

Announcements – Frozen Triangle this Saturday at Dogpile, see Slack. Upchuck has started a new Trail Run Channel on Slack for those training for a Trail Run race. Discouraging nicknames will be given

No prayer requests today.

NMS – it was a quiet day at Hoedown, a lot of regulars were not in attendance. YHC had 2 potential themes planned: 1) Heist was planning to cross the river so YHC had a “Hoedown Sampler Platter” but at the last minute he backed out (insert eye roll) 2) YHC had planned a workout to demonstrate to both Splinter and Honeydo how much of an inspiration they are, but they both fart sacked (insert double eye roll). I’d say it was a good day anyways. Thanks to Pucker for helping me see through the all Triple Check workout. I will keep both previous themes saved for a another day.