Tag: Hoedown

11 hardened lads arrived to Hoedown in the finest of attire to start the week with a bang. According to the parking lot attendant, this is what was rumored to have occurred.

5.30 start, most of us moseyed around the traffic circle while others that were a bit delayed joined up for warmorama consisting of invisible jump rope, helis, DQ’s, jazzercise, merkins, LBC’s, Suzanne Summers and Dancing Bears. Warm? lets mosey to the blacktop.

7 of Diamonds. YHC calls and exercise which PAX will perform in multiples of 7 reps at each corner. Hold for the 6. Exercises included 7 Hand Release Merkins, 14 WW2’s, 21 Jump Squats, 28 2 count flutters, 21 2 count Shoulder Taps, 14 Imperial Walkers, 7 Burpees. Short Mosey to the school.

Triple Check. Coupon Curls, Peoples Chair, Timer runs around Gaga Pit and returns.

Mosey to grass for pickle pounders until time.

Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers. YHC took us out kindof.

Announcements: Beer Mile scheduled for October 29th. See Faceplant for deets. Happy birthday Fudd

NMS: It has been a moment since YHC has Q’d at Hoedown. Good way to start the week. Great mumble chatter this morning. YHC is looking for recruits for his public speaking classes with emphasis on pronunciation, theology and gender neutralityisms. Location is on some private island. Spaces are filling up fast so be like Bodos, and book today. Great time this morning gents. Way to work.

For those who have been to Hoedown, it is a dark place. So, unlike the rest of the group, I wear a headlamp. Before we got started, I walked over to Faceplant who was tying his shoes. ‘Don’t move, I can finally see what I’m doing.’ It’s taken 69 years, but I have found my purpose in life.

 

Warmup:

Short jog ending up in the front corner lot.

Disclaimer

20 SSHs

20 IWs

10 Don Quixote: (FYI, back in Charlotte, we call these Sharon Towers, after the name of a retirement home.)

Mosey to the asphalt playground for:

7 minutes of Burpees

Stretch

Mosey to the field in the back of the school, everybody counts off by 3s.

3x 10 Pullups, 20 Merkins, 30 Squats

Mosey over to the Wall. (We should give this a name: Something like the Berlin Mauer.)

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 Ali

10 Dirty Hookups

Stretch

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

Mosey to the shovel flag

20 Dollies

20 Heels to Heaven

60-count 6-inch leg lift

I got back last week from a two-week trip to Germany, plus an overnight trip to DC. This is my second workout since returning from Germany. It’s good to be back.

 

Announcements:

THIS SATURDAY: Gridiron 8-year anniversary convergence: I understand this was the first F3 workout in Richmond. We’re starting at 7:30 instead of 7:00 to give the Crucible folks the opportunity to be here. Parking may be an issue so park at Short Pump Middle School and come over to the football field.

Use this as an opportunity to call up folks you haven’t seen post in a while. There will be refreshments afterwards.

Saturday afternoon: Sit and Sip: Contact Gomer Pyle with questions. Cornhole tournament. Bonfire, Overnight camping trip.

Eleven non-recovering NC runners gathered at the darkest AO for some Splinter magic. Moon was almost full and the sky was reflecting plenty of airborne water particles, 100% possibly. Regardless, we wandered over to the jacked up Ford truck to attempt to pick up GP before we decided to just depart for our mission. The goal? Make everyone jealous for not posting at Hoedown. Mosey over to the church parking lot via Lindsay and Forest for…

COP

• 1x Burpee
• 2x Merkins (+ 1)
• 3x Squats
• 4x LBCs
• 5x SSHs
• 6x Burpees
• 7x Merkins
• 8x Squats
• 9x LBCs
• 10x SSHs
• 11x Burpees
• 12x Merkins
• 13x Squats
• 14x LBCs
• 15x SSHs

Next exercise is… the mosey. Over to Silverspring Drive, stopping at Carriage lane. Partner up for a version of love hill, uphill. One partner runs to the top of the hill while the other performs an exercise. Flip flop until both partners are at the top. Exercises were Bear Crawls, Lunges, Broad Jumps (not walk out Burpees).

Quick right on Spotswood and continue up the hill, past the illegal court, stopping at the right turn on Spotswood for the next version of love hill. Partner up. One person runs to the bottom of the hill while the other performs an exercise. Flip flop until both partners are at the top. Exercises were Crab Walks, Monkey Walks, Walk out Merkins.

Collect the six and then mosey up Paris. 11s to the bottom of the cul-de-sac with diamond merkins and jump squats. Collect the six and mosey back to the parking lot where we almost were run over by a teacher (who was complaining about previous attempts to help carrying supplies into school) while completing Flutter Kicks and American Hammers.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin

Great bunch of men this morning. Some shed clothes, some said they were new but really were not, some tried to drink breakfast beers. Regardless, these are strong men. Grateful to have an opportunity to lead today.

Announcements

• Shawn G Hogan beer mile on 10/29. Virtual options available
• Prayers for those in need, especially those who were spoken today that need extra support
• Prayers for Bodos who is already beginning to forget his age

Always a pleasure today. Thank you for letting me lead.

Upchuck found a new way to skip out on doing exercises; he helped the teachers arriving at Hoedown carrying their supplies.

Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

Begin with Disclaimer:

I am not a professional

You’re undertaking this at your own risk.

There are hazards and it’s dark so be careful.

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

20 IWs

10 Diamond Merkins

15 Gorilla Jacks

10 Helicopters

Move to other parking lot

20 Squats

10 Peter Parker

20 Heels to Heaven

stretch

15 Lunges

10 Garden Variety Merkins

15 Crunchy Frogs

Stretch

To the upper Parking Lot

Burpee Bear Crawl from mid court to edge

Crab Walk back

To the grassy area in back

Divide into three groups; 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

Stretch

60 count 6-inch leg lift

Announcements:

Labor Day: Convergence at DogPile at 7:00

Takeout by YHC

First day of school. Our oldest grandson begins 1^st grade today. Please remember there’s a change in the traffic patterns and there are school buses. Drive carefully!

15 strong who were trying to get their week started off on the right foot, converged at Tuckahoe E.S. for a rare Kubota Hoedown Q. According to the lap swimmers at Kanawha Recreation Association, this is probably what happened.

Mosey to the front of the school for:

COP:

DQ’s x 10, Helicopters x 10, Dead Man Hang x 10, SSH’s x 45

Enough of that, let’s mosey.

Colt 45’s on the go (Bro-Code style):

Merkins and Flutter Kicks

40/5, 35/10, 30/15, 25/20, 20/25, 15/30, 10/35, 5/40

Finish up at the KRA parking lot

Line up for curb crawls/lunges 1-5 Carolina Dry Docks at each end

Mosey to the KRA field and partner up for:

Wheel Barrow the length of the field, switching up as necessary

10 Booyah Merkins with partner

2 x 20 PLT’s each partner

Mosey back to KRA parking lot and complete 11’s on the go back to the flag. Squats and WW2 Sit-ups.

20 Alabama Prom Dates to finish us off.

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out!

Announcements: See Slack 🙂

NMS:

First of all, welcome to FNG – Buttermaker! He is an assistant football and baseball coach at Freeman. He loves all things military and goes to church with Bodo’s and half of the other pax in Tuckahoe. Handshake was disappointed YHC hasn’t seen Bad New Bears yet.

YHC took us out and prayed for our brother that most of us know, Two Can, who is in jail and awaiting trial. Let us not judge, but let us pray and put things like this into God’s hands.

Finally, thank you for coming out to celebrate YHC’s 45th birthday beatdown. It’s brothers like you and the pax not there that help keep YHC going even when the physical pain and the mental drain get worse.

Enjoy your week, men and SYITG!

Kubota

A perfectly divisible 12 converged at 0530 on the darkest AO in Tuckahoe. Here’s what transpired:

COP after a mosey down to the bottom of Lindsay Court: Deadman Hang // Helicopters // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // Copperhead Squats // ADPs // LBCs // Peter Parkers // Hand Release Merkins // Pickle Pounders // SSHs

Up the Hill: parter up. P1 runs to the top of Lindsay and back to P2, while P2 bear crawls up the hill. Switch. Next round: Lunges. Next round: Broadjump Burpees. All the way to the top of the hill. Mosey to Third Church middle lot

Triple Check: each triad grab a coupon. Round 1: P1 Squat Thrusters // P2 American Hammers // P3 Run the loop. Round 2: P1 Bench Press // P2 Flutter Kicks // P3 Bernie Sanders to end of lot, mosey back. Round 3: P1 Block Swings, P2 LBCs, P3 Bearcrawl to short end of lot, mosey back. Mosey back to TES

Crash Landing: 2 minutes of mini sixes: 5 merkins + 1 Burpee, 4 Merkins + 2 burpees, all the way up to 1 +5.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Gratefully receive and faithfully steward the gift of life!

YHC took the Q at Hoedown as part of the DaVille take over Monday. A big PAX was waiting in the parking lot to get their Monday started right.

• COP
  • Mosey to side field for some SSH
  • YHC decided that field is not flat enough, so mosey back to parking lot to finish up COP
  • Imperial Walkers
  • Helicopters
  • Arm circles
  • Shoulder taps
  • Plank jacks
  • Hand release merkins
  • Flutter kicks
  • Copperhead squats
• Mosey to black top for animal movements
  • From starting point, duck walk to fence, Freddie Mercuries x 10, duck walk back to starting point
  • Next bearcrawl to fence, heels to heaven x 10, bearcrawl back to starting point
  • Last lunge to fence, flutter kicks x 10, lunge back
• Mosey back to parking lot for 11s
  • Bottom of hill American hammers
  • Bernie Sanders up the hill for monkey humpers
• Mosey to pull-up bars for some Bulkhead special
  • 1 pull-up + 2 merkins
  • 2 pull-ups + 4 merkins, rinse and repeat until 7 pull-ups
• Short mosey to soccer field
  • Starting at one goal 10x burpees, mosey to other goal post, slow mosey back
  • Next 8x burpees, mosey and back
  • 6x, 4x, 2x burpees rinse and repeat
• Stay in the field for a triple check
  • P1 – dips
  • P2 – LBCs
  • P3 – run to end of field and back
• Mosey back to parking lot for some stretching
• Notes:
  • YHC was very excited to Q Hoedown, but it became bittersweet. On a scouting missing to the AO with the kids, YHC’s 2.0 fell off the monkey bars and fractured her wrist. This ended the scouting report for YHC and most of the Q was ad hoc. Luckily YHC’s 2.0 is a tough kid and coping well with the injury.
  • Great effort was put in by all and as usual great camaraderie.
  • Thank you for welcoming me to Hoedown gents!

Eight eager PAX took on RVA’s darkest AO on this first morning of August. After running a little loop to catch Hitch we did:

COP: Invisible Jumprope, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion kicks.

Mosey to secret 3rd coupon drop zone, partner up for a Dora 123: 100 Block Thrusters, 200 Block swings, 300 block presses. Add another round of partner run & block swings. Mosey to the back field at TES. Partner up again: 4 rounds of 6 Pullups while partner dips or stepups on bench.

Finish with 2 min of Mary then back to the flag. YHC took us out.

Annoucements: New AO this Saturday – The Crucible. See slack for details. Really need pax there to help support this launch.

NMS: YHC has not been out to Hoedown in a while. Solid PAX as always. Dora took a while and that section of the parking lot sure could use a large fan for some airflow. Someone put that in the suggestions box for Bodos.

At Hoedown today, we had 15. Someone said today was like purgatory. I took that as a compliment because there is a worse place than purgatory. It started like this.

Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

20 SSHs

10 Man Maker Merkins

15 Knee-ups

20 IWs

10 Diamond Merkins

15 Gorilla Jacks

20 Ukrainian Soldiers

10 Stagger Arm Merkins

15 Crunchy Frogs

I detected an increase in the level of complaining. Perhaps a change of scenery would help. And so we moved to the asphalt playground.

10 Don Quixote

10 Stagger Arm Merkins

15 Flutters

Stretching

Line up about 2/3s from the end of the asphalt playground.

Burpee/Broadjump to the first white line and then Bear Crawl to end

Crab Walk back 2/3s of the way and Burpee/Broadjump to the starting line.

Stretching

To the grassy area in back

Count off in 3s; Circuit with 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars, at the benches for 20 Dips, 20 Ukrainian Hammers close to the swings; 3X Counter-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 (single count), 9 and 9, 8 and 8 etc.

Wall Courtyard: 15 air-press (People’s chair) in cadence, 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

Wall Courtyard: 15 milkers (People’s chair) in cadence, 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

Wall Courtyard: 15 Lalannes (People’s chair) in cadence, 12 BTTW ToeTaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

Stretching and time’s up.

It was great to have this group to lead today! If you haven’t already, I encourage you to be the Q. You get an additional amount of adrenaline so you’re able to do more. You’re in control. You can back off when you get sufficiently tired. And it’s always amazing knowing that the pax will actually follow your lead!
One standard I’ve been a slack about is the disclaimer at the beginning of the workout. We should always do this.

Below is what I found on F3nation.com. I think I need to work up a shorter version.

Disclaimer and Notice

F3 Nation, Inc. (“F3”) is a peer-led, zero-cost non-profit workout group. F3 makes no representations with regard to the skill level of workout leaders, the safety of the exercises performed during workouts or the hazardousness of the premises upon which workouts are conducted. The men who lead F3 workouts are not paid to do so and no representations of any kind are made by F3 about their skill level. The premises upon which F3 workouts are conducted are not owned or maintained by F3. F3 makes no representations of any kind regarding their safety. Although F3 workouts vary widely in intensity, all F3 workouts tend to be rigorous and are undertaken upon uneven ground during periods of limited visibility. Therefore, there are certain dangers inherent in participating in an F3 workout. Participants must be 18 or older and are assumed to have made their own reasonable decision as to whether they should so participate. Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a father or male legal guardian. F3 disclaims any and all responsibility for any individual’s decision to participate in an F3 workout. By participating in an F3 workout, an individual assumes the risks inherent in doing so. This Disclaimer and Notice is made by F3 on its own behalf and on the behalf and for the benefit of any person leading an F3 workout and/or otherwise acting for the benefit of F3.

 

Announcements:

• Update your contact information in Slack. I had to do this on my computer. I could not get it to work on my cell phone. I clicked on my picture in the top right corner. Selected ‘profile’ in the drop down and scrolled down to see the emergency contacts.
• Gomer Pyle is looking into getting ‘dog-tags’ we can wear with contact information.
• At Robious Elementary Homerun derby tomorrow.
• HumpDay Happy Hour at 6:00 at Snuff’s. Bring swimsuit, beer. Details on Slack, #2^nd F Fellowship
• Leadership call tomorrow at 5:00. Details on Slack. See #Leadership.
• At least one person in every group should carry a phone in case it is needed. If someone has a heart attack, you don’t want to have to run back to get a cell phone.

Takeout by YHC

Twelve gentlemen gathered in the waning morning light at Hoedown for our tribute to Treehugger. It went something like this:

Mosey to the blacktop for COP

COP

• SSH x25
• DQ x10
• Hillbillies x15
• LBCs x20
• Scorpions x10
• Shoulder Taps x15
• Mountain Climbers x10

Mosey to the top field for The Crossett Fit Games.

• 10x Pullups
• 20x Vee Ups
• 30x Merkins
• 40yd Broad Jump Burpees
• 50yd Sprint
• .5 mile run to the corner of Forest & Lindsay and back
• Repeat 5x (we only made 4x)

Numbers, names, YHC took us out with prayer requests from the PAX.

Moleskin

Last night while contemplating today’s workout, YHC stumbled across Florence’s slack post. YHC changed plans and opted for the tribute this morning. Man was it a heck of a workout, even without wearing a 20# vest. Prayers for Treehugger and his family.