Tag: Hoedown

17 – yeah, 17 – men of action tossed the Fart Sack to the side in favor of a seasonally pleasant morning workout. Temperatures remained constant at 70 and sunny. According to the F3 mobile app, the following may have occurred:

Mosey to the 3rd (but 1st in YHC’s heart) Church parking lot for the COP. Intro, disclaimer, etc.

SSHs, LBCs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Hillbillies, Hand Release Merkins, WWIIs, Dead Man Hang, Some Other Things That are Like a Dead Man Hang, Some Yoga Stretches

Mosey to the back parking lot. Partner up.

Round 1: Man 1 runs the length of the lot and back to the Church. Man 2 bear crawls the length of the lot and, if you are EF Hutton, starts bear crawling back. After Man 1 completes at least one full loop, swap positions and continue.

Wallsit for the six.

Round 2: Shorten the distance to half the parking lot. Change to crab walk. Same rules.

BTTW for the Six. Wrap up with alternating shoulder taps.

Round 3: Shorten the distance to 1/4 of the lot. Change to broad jump (or, if you are EF Hutton, Triple Jump) burpees.

Mosey to the 2nd Church Lot at Third Church. Grab the coupons. Mosey to the Third Church lot at Third Church, and partner up.

One man has a block. One man does not.

The person with the block (Partner 1) has a choice – give the block to Partner 2 to carry on a run around the Third Church Office Metroplex. If Partner 1 selects this, Partner 1 will do SSHs while Partner 2 runs with the block.

Or, Partner 1 can selfishly keep the block for himself while Partner 2 runs the loop block-free. In this case, Partner 1 will do block burpees. Something like 3 rounds, but it was not a triple check.

Mosey nowhere. Line up in the parking spaces, alternating with a block in every other space. Think of this as “Around the World,” only every other station has a block. Any man who has a block does 10 squat thrusters. Any man without a block does the called exercise. Rotate one space clockwise after each round. YHC thinks we did WWIIs, snow angels, HRMs, and heels to heaven.

Put the blocks back, and mosey BTTVSF.

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out with a reminder that our group is all-volunteer. Take the time to thank the man next to you for his dedication and leadership. New ideas are always welcome. YHC also encourages guys to take the time to research and learn before coming to a conclusion / suggestion.

Announcements:

Welcome, Flo (Jack). Name comes from Jack’s work as an underwriter at Kinsale Insurance. Great to have you.

Punisher Q is open this evening – jump on it. Let’s hope Chum heals quickly.

Second Tuesday lunch at Firehouse Subs in Innsbrook tomorrow at lunch time (YHC doesn’t know the exact time). Check with Gypsy (YHC thinks).

Monday evening with the Nantan will be on Tuesday evening this week. Gomer posted this to Slack, so that’s where the information about this is posted.

HDHH is sometime. Usually on a Wednesday. If there isn’t one scheduled, ask Doozy where he wants to have a beer as he usually has some good suggestions for new places. Then, plan to go there with him. Advertise this plan on Slack.

Prayers for YHC’s employee / buddy JB. Radiation last week and starting chemo today for 5 days. He has an uphill challenge after a botched diagnosis.

NMS:

YHC pulled in late to see an over-flowing parking lot. Awesome.

Great to meet Flo, nice to have several guys (Pigskin, House Party, Last Call, etc) make the trip over the river, and fantastic to have Wojo back. Great to partner with EF Hutton, House Party, and Splinter.

Solid work from the PAX.

UpChuck spits the bit.

16 of Virginia’s finest sons (some native, others transplanted) posted in the pleasant pre-dawn gloom to participate in something that F3RVA has not experienced for at least 4 years…..a Fudd Q. Here’s how it went down:

The Thang:

Circle up in the grass of the horseshoe for COP

SSH x 30

Don Quixote x 10

Dead man hang

Leg crossover stretches

Various Yoga poses

Merkins x 15

Mosey to Trinity UMC for Triple Check:

Rd 1: P1 wall sit, P2 plank, P3 run a lap around the church

Rd2: P1 bttw, P2 flutter kicks, P3 run a lap

Rd 3: P1 burpees, P2 crabcakes, P3 run a lap

Kubota gave us a 20 count, then mosey to the front of the church for the Tunnel of Love. Started at the main church doors and tunneled our way towards Rock Creek until we got to the 2nd hydrant. Splinter gave us a 10 count and we then moseyed back to the VSF for 8 or so minutes of Mary:

Alternating V ups x 20

Flutter kicks x 30

LBC’s x 20

Imperial Walkers x 20

Plank for 2 minutes

Merkins x 15

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

NMS:

It was great to be back in the saddle, Q’ing a workout in RVA once again. Oyster pointed out that YHC’s watch is slow…..maybe that’s a legacy from Colorado mountain time. Noted Oyster…..we’ll get started on time at my next Q! It was interesting to see how the intervals between dudes in the tunnel of love magically got significantly wider once the ending point was revealed as the second fire hydrant. Also noted for the future.

YHC appreciates the showing today for his 1st RVA Q in a long time. It was great seeing some of the same faces that have accompanied my F3 journey through the years. YHC started with F3RVA in early Oct. of 2014 and it’s pretty incredible to think about how far this group has come in the last (almost) 8 years. Countless lives have been changed and the ripple effects from the men we have affected for the better continue to extend out and touch places and people that we may never see or know. I love the fact that we change men’s lives for the better. When you change one man’s outlook…..when you change his attitude, his countenance, his confidence……. you change the lives of everyone he loves, everyone he interacts with, everyone that shares even a small portion of his time on this earth. I’m addicted to the belief that we change the world a little bit every day…… in ways that many of us will never truly know.

Thanks for coming out to support my return fellas. Stay on the lookout for men that could benefit from this life. Have the courage to ask them to join us.

And never stop chasing the wabbit!

Fudd out

Ten of the area’s finest gathered at the brightest AO in RVA for a return to normal Q following last week’s takeover. Briefly discuss if today is the summer solstice (it’s tomorrow) or if it is simply the longest day of the year (it’s also tomorrow), before we moseyed to the front of the school for:

COP

• 20x SSH
• 10x Helicopters
• 10x DQs
• 10x Merkins
• 5 stride bear crawl forward (to get onto the cool “grass”)
• 20x LBCs
• 10x Scorpion Kicks

The Thang

Mosey over to the rectangular parking lot for exercises everyone loved. Partner up for 4 different exercises, 3 different sets. While one partner exercises, the other runs various lengths around the quadrilateral and back. Exercises were:

• Set 1: Merkins / Lunges / WWIIs / Burpees
• Set 2: Diamond Merkins / Jump Squats / WWIs / Burpees
• Set 3: Werkins / Calf Raises / American Hammers / Burpees

Multilingual 10 count from Pigskin then off we moseyed down Lakewood to a left on Hillsdale. Stop and point our rears south and complete 20 monkey humpers in Lockjaw’s driveway.

Continue our mosey to the ‘P’ shaped lot for a modified dora. 100 CDDs, 100 Side Lunges, 200 LBCs. Collect the 6 and then back to the flag where we counted, spouted off various names, and YHC took us out.

Announcements

• First Watch is yacking this week
• TYA has the bridge this Saturday
• House Party has a VQ at Rock N Roll on Saturday

Moleskin

Marvelous morning today for Hoedown. Other than the initial rolling in the grass, we stayed dry today. Let’s hope we can keep this weather for a little longer!

SYITG!

Splinter

15 Tuckahoe Aristocrats, 1 FNG, and 2 SOJ Jorts Wearing Hill Billies kicked off the work week portion of SOJ Takeover. Here’s how this Hoedown went :

Definition of F3 and 5 Core Principles for the FNG.

Warmarama : 20 SSH IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

Mosey to YHC’s truck

YHC grabs Cindy from back of the truck. Perform an Indigenous Run to Trinity Church with Cindy. PAX in front runs with Cindy until the PAX in back relieves him of his duty. Repeato until we reach the Church. Lay Cindy down ever so gently on the pavement.

Walls of Jericho:

Just as Joshua was instructed to do in the Bible – performed around a building so we used the church building, pick 7 different exercises and complete 7 reps of each then run a lap around the building. Complete for 7 laps. Exercises we did before each lap were : 
Burpees, Squat Jumps, Freddie Mercuries DOUBLE COUNT, HRM’s, Ball Dippers DOUBLE COUNT, Standard Sit Ups with hands behind your ears, Lt Dan’s DOUBLE COUNT (We completed 5 and a half sets before we needed to head BTTF for time)

Indigenous Run BTTF with Cindy. (Halfway through the Run we switched to Indigenous Walk with front PAX Rifle Carrying Cindy while last PAX sprints to the front to switch)

Mary : Not So Lazy Boys (15 seconds Middle, Right, Middle, Left, Middle)

DONE

Numbers

Names

COT : Ongoing prayers to all PAX on IR and recovering – Lab Rat, Mr. Holland, Don Draper, Ollivander, Soul Train (forgive me if I’m missing anyone). Continue to check in with those PAX.

*SUNDAY JUNE 26 WE NEED A PAX TO Q FOR BREAKING BREAD*. This is a great opportunity to serve while including your M’s and 2.0’s. Drop off a meal for 10 – 15 people at 5:30 PM to Southside Health Center at 180 E Belt Blvd, Richmond, VA 23224. Contact Upchuck for more details and talk to PAX at all the AO’s for tips.

T Claps to Offshore for bringing out FNG Zack now named Gold Digger. He’s in the Army and was serving (or still is?) at Fort Knox where all the Gold at.

YHC took us out in prayer

NMMS : Upchuck called YHC out for “cutting corners” on the church loop run. Apparently there was a bigger loop YHC was unaware of but I figured it out by the 3rd loop run haha. Gypsy moaned about the sequence of exercises requiring getting up and down too much so we varied up the sequence instead to do the same muscle group exercises together. Not sure that was any easier? Enjoyed this morning thoroughly fellas!

Nine wistful gentlemen emerged from the mist and assembled as early rays brightened the Tuckahoe shire. Polite conversation explored social norms of abrupt Q leadership transitions. Topics probed included timing of communication, channels, appropriate excuse disclosure, and how the situation presents an opportunity for the group to step up. The group settled on a hot potato approach with Handshake taking the first rotation promptly at 5:30am.

As the group – perfectly proportioned for triple checks – moseyed toward Lindsay they sensed a disturbance. Suddenly, out of the gloom emerged a raging machine guided seemingly by a man possessed. The nine kindly gentlemen scattered to and fro, somehow avoiding the devil’s chariot. Like a bat out of hell, the craft skimmed the earth as the driver ejected, smoothly tucking and rolling before the beast came to a full stop. Welcome Bodos, #10.

Handshake, nonplussed but still in command, doubled back to sound the all clear, collected the men, and willed peace back to the shire. While recalculating triple check numbers, he guided the group to the Brigadoon-like pocket park on West Drive Circle to begin the quest. According to the Tuckahoan dog walker, the following may have happened:

COP in the circle: SSH; DonQ’s; Imperial Walkers; Ukrainian Soldiers; Hand-release Merkins

Triple Check: P1: Squats; P2: WWII’s; P3: Run around Brigadoon. Switch.

Mosey back to the Tuckahoe blacktop

Handoff to Whitesnake who led a round of 7’s: Merkins; Bearcrawl; Burpees

Handoff to YHC for Ab-solution:
50 flutters
10 Share-The-Love incline sit-ups
Ab Recovery: 40-yard dash of Bearcrawls & Crabwalks
Dirty dozen: Flutters & LBC’s

Mosey to the wooden tree for 60-second sprint-in-place cooldown

Numerama, Namerama, Faceplant took us out.

Let’s keep our brothers in our thoughts and prayers, particularly Lab Rat and Saab+family.

Ten of RVA’s finest convened in a dark parking lot to start the week out strong. Here’s what transpired:

COP: Mosey to back lot at Third Church office building. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Ukranian Soldiers // 1 legged APDs // LBCs // Hand release Merkinss // Inverted Crabcakes // Elbow Plank to Pickle Pounders // SSHs

Elevens: Bear crawl to other side of the lot, 10 Merkins, Jog back to where you started, 1 Squat. 9 then 2, 8 then 3, and so on.

Triple Check: Mosey up to the middle Third lot and each triad grabs a coupon. Round of 3s: Squat Thrusters // WW2s // Run the circle. Round of 2s: Kettle Bell swings // American Hammers // Run the circle. Round of 1: Block Burpees // WW2s // Sprint the circle.

Grab a partner and a coupon. Round 1: Each partner 30 Curls while other other partner APDs. Round 2: 30 Shoulder Presses // Copperhead squats. Round 3: 30 Bench Press // SSHs. Round 4: 30 Body Rows // High Knees. Mosey to back lot of Third Church

Suicide + Burpees. Sprint to the end of the lot, 1 Burpee, rest 5 seconds. Sprint to other end, 2 Burpees, rest 5 seconds. Repeat until the Q says stop. Mosey back to the flag.

NMS: Great to have slightly cooler temps and a light breeze. Math was a bit messed up today – thought we had 9 guys for triple check but had one extra, then thought we needed 6 coupons for partner work but only needed 5. Arithmetic is not YHC’s strong subject.

7 at Hoedown today. Here’s how it went.

Parking lot at the corner

10 Lunge Twist Right

10 Lunge Twist Left

10 Travolta Right

10 Travolta Left

20 Rocky Balboas (toe taps in a plank position)

20 Deep Mountain Climbers

10 Alabama Prom Date (one-legged) Right

10 Alabama Prom Date (one-legged) Left

Upper Parking lot

5 minutes of burpees

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

Wall Courtyard: 15 Muhamad Ali (People’s chair) in cadence, 10 Dirty Hookups in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO

Playground: Teams of three

Timer: 10 Pull-ups, Dips, WWIIs: Clockwise rotation: 3X

Upper Parking lot: Pair Up

Bear Crawl to middle: 10 Hand slap Merkins, Mosey back: 3x

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

Run around the circular (oval) driveway

Grassy area in the middle:

20 Dollies

20 Heels to Heaven

10 Merkins

60 second leg lift

Tuckahoe Takeover must be over because I was able to sign up for the Q. It’s now starting to get warm in the morning. It wasn’t quite 70 degrees but it was humid. Get ready for the summer! Drink lots of liquids beforehand. And maybe bring something to drink after the workout is over.

Prayers for Lab Rat, Whitesnake’s neighbor, Pinto and the people of Ukraine.

Announcements

May 30 Memorial Day convergence.

June 4 Blood Drive at Epiphany Lutheran, Please sign up to donate blood at Redcrossblood.org. Also, we need some assistance with the blood drive, You can sign up to help with the Q-signup sheet. There is a tab (worksheet) for the Blood Drive. Less than 3 weeks to go. We have 6 donors out of 37 slots.

 

 

A cool 10 broke double digits for one of the first Tuckahoe Takeover workouts of the week.

After admiring the alignment of what appeared to be four planets from atop the hill, the clock chimed 530 and off we went for COP.

Deadman Hangs, Scorpion Kicks, Hill Billies, Helicopters, Don Quixote got us warmed up.

While on the blacktop sea, we did incremental 4 Corners:

10 Copperhead Squats

10 Copperhead Squats, 20 LBC

10 Copperhead Squats, 20 LBC, 30 Flutter Kicks

10 Copperhead Squats, 20 LBC, 30 Flutter Kicks, 40 Mountain Climbers

Off to the field for a Triple Check – Dips, Bench Step Up, 10 Hanging Leg Lifts as the timer.

Over to the walkway for a Pigskin Special: 11s with Bulgarian Squat Splits and Derkins. Lots of fun!

Over to the grass for Jack Webb – 1 Merkin: 4 Arm Presses: 8 Arm Circles with 10 iterations.

To the parking lot for Lindsays: Box Cutters and Carolina Dry Docks; Bear Crawl between arrows. We got about half way through and were disrupted by a teacher car.

We finished the day off with some American Hammers.

YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Memorial Day Convergence at 7 am
• June 4 – Donate blood or trek to the Bridge

10 hardened scholars took to the dark streets of Tuckahoe to start the week with a sweat. According to the maintenance worker setting out cones this is what was rumored to have occured…

Mosey down to the end of Lindsey Ct. for F3 disclaimer and introductions. Warm ups included in no particular order SSH, DQ, Jazzercise, Cherry Pickers, Arm Stretches, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Solders.

Everyone is warm so lets get back up the hill. Partner up. One person runs to the top and returns while other partner Bear Crawls, then Lunges, then Jumping Herpes. Meet at the top then slow mosey to the basketball court.

Love in an Elevator – 4 corners: 10 HR Merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 Squats, 40 Monkey Humpers. Lady of the Night while you stop at every corner to repeat the previous exercises.

Still time left on the clock – BTTF for 5 minutes of Broga to work out the kinks.

Names, Numbers, Announcements, Prayers, YHC took us out (poorly by Bodos standards)

Blood Drive June 4th – Needs volunteers to run the event and give blood. See Pigskin for Details.

Memorial Day Convergence – 7 am at Browns Island. Gomer is leading with Hitch bringing Coffee.

NMS: Great job this morning fellas. 4 corners was brutal in the warmer conditions but you gents crushed it. Not much mumble chatter. Broga was selected over 11’s as my arms were done. Always good to get back out to Hoedown to start the week off right. Thank you for the opportunity to spend the morning with you guys. YHC is going to sign up for Bodo’s public speaking classes this fall.

11 at Hoedown today for a new set of exercises from YHC. Riddle: How to you explain ‘clockwise’ to people who are used to digital clocks?

 

Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot

20 SSHs

10 Arm Slap Merkins

20 Deep Mountain Climbers

20 IWs

10 Diamond Merkins

15 Gorilla Jacks

Stretch

20 Squats

10 Stagger Arm Merkins

20 Heels to Heaven

15 Star Jax

10 Stagger Arm Merkins

Stretching

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 be fair, I didn’t announce the direction of rotation until EF Hutton asked.

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, 10 derkins, 9 and 9, 8 and 8 etc.

To the lower parking lot for

3X 20 WWII, mosey, bernie up the hill and return

To the petting zoo (there was a tent up for a petting zoo at the school this past weekend.) for

Heels to heaven and a 60 count 6-inch leg lift.

I don’t know about the rest of you but I was tired.

Announcements:

June 4: We have 2 events

Convergence with Charlottesville and with men who are serving time or on probation. We would like RVA to do this once a month, 3^rd Saturday to help lead with Vinny(?) from Charlotteville. It’s 1 hour from Midlo, followed with BBQ. Sorry I’m a little weak on the details but see Flatline for questions or additional details. F3 did something similar in Charlotte with a group of men in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction. The group was in-town so travel was real easy. This was rewarding. I went several times and lead exercises. I was always impressed with both the people there and the men from F3 who supported this. It’s a great opportunity to not only get in some exercise but to support men in the community who need a little support.

AND, if that doesn’t work out for you, you have another opportunity! Blood drive from 10 to 3 at Epiphany Lutheran (west end of Monument where it intersects with Horsepen.