Tag: Hoedown

You might have thought that the reason you knock on doors tonight is because 505 years ago, Martin Luther nailed the 95 Theses to the door on the Castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. Or maybe you thought we celebrate today because it’s Halloween. Nope! We celebrate today because it’s Whitesnake’s birthday! Happy Birthday, Whitesnake!

Mosey over to Third Presbyterian parking lot. Watch for cars as you cross the street!

Disclaimer: I’m not a professional. You participate at your own risk. There are trip hazards and it’s dark. Be careful. In addition, I may call out exercises that don’t work for you because of injuries or some other reason. Use your judgement and modify or substitute exercises.

Warmup:

SSH, MM Merkins, Knee-ups, Stretch

Mosey to back parking lot of church.

IWs, Diamond Merkins, Crunchy Frogs, stretch

Line up parallel to building

Burpee Broad jump to first handicap parking place, bear crawl to middle, crab walk to end of parking lot, mosey back: 2x

Circle up for 10-minute Tabata: 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off: BLIMPSBLIM

stretch

Mosey back to asphalt playground by school.

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

This was exceedingly hard on the elbow so we next took advantage of the grass.

Repeat other side

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

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

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

Numberrama

Namearama

Announcements:

Whitesnake will be Q’ing this week at Heartbreak, WaThoHuk, Circus Maximus and Curahee!

COT:

Lord make me an instrument of your peace.

For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek

to be consoled as to console,

to be understood as to understand,

to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

A lucky 7 began the week strong at 0530 at Hoedown. After making sure the stranger approaching in the dark was indeed Garbage Plate, the pax moseyed forth. Here’s what happened:

COP in the first Third Church lot. Standard fare. Mosey to middle lot.

Four Corners. Grab a coupon. Run to corner 1 and perform 10 merkins. Run back to start and perform 5 squat thrusters. Run to corner 1, 10 merkins, then corner 2, 20 WW2s. Back to start, 5 squat thrusters. And so on. Corner 3: 30 jump squats. corner 4: 40 2xFlutters.

Coupon-o-thon: Series of stationary coupon exercises. 10 curls x3 // 10 overhead pressx3 // 10 bench pressx3. // 10 swings x3 // 10 squat thrusters x3

Pumpkin Relay Race!! : 2 teams of 3, relay race with a pumpkin as the baton. Squats while waiting. Mosey back to TES.

Triple check: P1: Wall sit,// P2: American Hammers // P3: Run the loop

final COP: 10 burpees, SSHs.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: lots of loquacious regulars absent today meant a quieter but strong group on a perfect temp morning. Pumpkin Relay was a hit, might try it again with a larger group and larger pumpkins. Doozy and GP proved they are just as fast while sprinting with a large gourd.

SYITG.

With the Power of Love on repeat in a tranquil Q’s head, nine men were led on a journey of enlightenment.  Here’s what transpired:

Mosey over to Third

COP

• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Jazzercises
• Imaginary Invisible Jump Ropes
• Merkins
• Freddie Mercurys
• 7 Burpees OYO

Mosey across to the TES bike rack

Solo Dora

• Sets of 75 LBCs x 4, 50 Monkey Humpers x 4, 25 Bike Rack Merkins x 4
• Run length of front sidewalk and back between each set

Mosey to the Horseshoe

Partner Tango

• P1 – Run Horseshoe clockwise (3 cycles)
• P2 – Wall Sit w/ Air Press, Balls to the Wall, Wall Sit w/ Jack Lalannes

Mosey to the Handrails

• Jerkins x 10, Repeato, Repeato

Mosey back to Horseshoe

Mary

• American Hammers
• Wilson’s Spaghetti Party
• Tennessee Prom Dates

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

YHC was all Zen after weekend victories by the Manders and his softball team.  Throw in dry weather, the Bama loss, a 7-year F3iversary, and some Huey Lewis tunes, and a weekend just doesn’t get much better.  No complaints this Monday morning.  Shoutout to all the men YHC has encountered through F3 these past 7 years.  SYITG.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Beer Mile 10/29 – See Faceplant

Breaking Bread needs Qs for Thanksgiving and Christmas

A perfect number of triple check PAX made their way out of the Gloom in hopes that a Doozy Q might not have a burpee in it. Once the lights came on this is what was reported

COP mosey to the black top play area

DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Squat Walkers, LBC’s

Mosey around the way and across the street for some four corners prostitute style

Corner 1 – 10 American Hammers, Corner 2 – 20 Squats, Corner 3 – 30 Sugar Sticks, Corner 4 – 4 calf raises

Mosey to the next building over for a lap around and think about how to best use the space

Triple check – Partner 1 does lunges on the little hill, Partner 2 does WWII’s while partner 3 runs around the building.

Mosey back across the street to the school, in front of the school lets do elevens the long way

start with 10 dips on the steps or use the bike rack, run down the sidewalk to the lower lot and do 1 WWII repedo

BTTF Numbers / Names Last Call took us out

NMS:

Lots to talk about this morning, thoughts on parenting and best ways to handle teenage issues. We (men of F3RVA) have a wealth of experience when it comes to parenting, with all that experience we still get things wrong but that’s okay. As a dad you need to push to learn from your mistakes (learn from others mistakes) and hopefully your child will not end up as screwed up as you are. The mistakes of your children can not be 100% laid on your shoulders though, give yourself the grace to understand that your children have adult decisions to start making and that what they choose or choose not to do might be “based” on their upbringing but in the end are their responsibility. There is a point in your parenting career where you need to transition from being in charge with discipline and as dictator of their lives to being a mentor and guide to adulthood. This transition is hard to make, start too early and they may go off the tracks, start too late and …. Oh wait they may still go off the tracks!!! “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old (not necessarily a teenager), he will not depart from it. Prov. 22:6

8 strong gathered at Hoedown for a 70’s and sunny kickoff to the week. After a light jog to the medical office lot here’s what went down:

COP: 20x SSH, DMH, 10x DQ, 10x Manmaker MKs and jump right in

Plate #1 – 5 min drill, partners alternate wall sit & merkins, ascending by 2. Mosey back to the asphalt hill for a

Triple animal check – Crawl bear timer, Copperhead squats, Crabcakes

2 sets x 12 Jerkins at the handrail

Plate #2 – 5 min timer, partners alternate plank and squat shuffles, increasing by 2x each round. Mosey back to the asphalt playground for a set of

11’s – WWII’s and star jumps followed by the finale of

Plate #3 – 5 min timer, partner for crab cakes and burpees – ascending by 1x each round

Back to the flag for Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (zilch) and YHC took us out.

It’s always a pleasure to get out with brothers and start the morning right. Bodos, EF and YHC were reminiscing to the good old days of radio and call in requests. One radio show had a “name that sound” game & we decided the “whoolpfh” of wet t shirts being yanked off the pavement during WWII’s is one sound that would be unmistakable for the F3 nation and perhaps no one else.

Until next time GP

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