Tag: Hoedown

We stayed ‘on-campus’ and focused on keeping the heartrate up, upper body work and stretching.

Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise
Warmup: Lower Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise
Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 20 Russian Soldiers, 10 Stagger arm Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise
Warmup: Lower Parking lot: 12 Don Quixote, 10 Stagger arm Merkins, 20 Flutters, stretching exercise
Wall Courtyard: 10 single count air-press (People’s chair), 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
10 single count milkers (People’s chair), 12 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
10 single count Lalannes (People’s chair), 12 BTTW ToeTaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
Railing for Derkins/Outboards: Single count: 10 Pull-ups, 10 Derkins, 9 Pull-ups, 9 Derkins, etc.
Upper Parking lot: 5 minutes of Tabata Burpees
Wall Courtyard: Angry Donkeys (11s with single count Air press People’s Chair and Donkey Kix. We did these together.)
Far Parking lot near the Wall Courtyard: 10 Mike Tysons, bear crawl across, 10 Squats, crab walk back.
Far Parking Lot: Line Jump: 20 count in cadence, stretching exercise, 3 times
Lower parking lot: 60 count 6-inch leg lift, stretching exercise.
Time’s up.

Announcements:
I put on Slack that we are having a Blood Drive under the channel “Freed to Bleed” (a new channel I set up). It will be WEDNESDAY, October 20 from 10 to 3 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Midlothian (off Hiway 288, south of the James). We need donors and volunteers for the day of the drive.

For those interested in learning a little Español:
Uno, Dos, Tres, Cuatro, Cinco, Seis, Siete, Ocho, Nueve, Diez
Arriba: Up
Levántese: stand up
Ándale: Come along
Siéntese: Sit down (on your six)
Recuperar: Recover

15 fine gentlemen gathered in the Tuckahoe gloom for a Hoedown to kick off the week. Snuff rolled in and off we went, mosey down to the bottom of Lindsey.

COP: 15xSSH, DMH, 7xDQ, 10xFK, 10xAPD, 10xHRM

Much to Handshake’s surprise we Bernie Sandered all the way out of Lindsay Ct, gathering the six and moving to the main parking lot.

Four Corners: Cumulative 10x plank jacks, 20x MH’s, 30x Superman, 40x WWII, jog long legs, crab walk short legs. On the way to corner two we discovered the parking lot is a triangle…. audible corner 3 = Snuff’s ride.

Mosey to the makeshift Hoedown jerkin gym and partner up for 3 rounds of 8x jerkins. PAX waits in plank then 1x burpee & crawl bear up ramp to gather in the upper field for SSH’s. New partners for 2×25 PLT’s followed by two rounds of 10x pull ups across the field with the other partner doing big boy sit ups.

Return to the traditional Hoedown triple check location near the bus loop and gather in 5 groups of 3 – wall sit/donkey kicks (nobody chose donkey kicks, go figure), full crunches, and the timer executes Chaplain’s recent creation: jumping Hrpees (jumping burpees with a HRM) for about 30 yards to the side lot and jog back.

YHC called the morning a bit early as time was short. Mosey to the circle for Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Field Day at Dogpile 9/18, Retreat 9/25) and YHC took us out.

Way to work today gents & thanks for hanging with me on some obscure exercise combinations. Here’s to a great week. Until next time, GP

Fourteen rose to the challenge, threw of the lure of the Fart Sack, and posted on a Q-less Monday. With conditions steady at sunny and 70, YHC called a Hot Potato (and then never let go). According to the teaching staff preparing for the new school year, some or all of the following may have happened:

Mosey around the bus loop and to the school wall for The COP:

SSHs x~50
Dead Man Hang (BYO cadence)
LBCs
IWs
WWIIs
HRMs
Box Cutters

Mosey to the Parking Lot for Ascending / Descending Parking Lot Arrows

Perform one exercise at each arrow. Transport between arrows will vary.
Round 1 – 3 HRMs + bear crawl, Al Gore for The Six
Round 2 – 6 WWIIs + lunge, plank for The Six
Round 3 – 9 monkey humpers + walk, 6 inches for The Six
Round 4 – 6 four-count flutter kicks + any method except walking, reverse plank with one leg off the ground for The Six
Round 5 – 3 burpees + dealer’s choice, APDs for The Six

Mosey back to the School Wall for a Triple Check:

Run the loop
BTTW
WWIIs

Mary, plank jacks, and other stuff. Mosey BTTVSF.

Numbers, Names, Bodo’s Requested that YHC take us out.

Announcements:
Let’s keep the following in mind and prayer (if you are so inclined) this week:
Pigskin has a friend who passed from cancer.
The people of New Orleans and other areas impacted by Ida.
The people of Afghanistan and the Americans and our allies who have supported them.
Folks who have or are recovering from COVID.
Walter.
YHC feels like he missed one other request – apologies. Please let me know.

NMS:

Great to see both grizzled and chiseled veterans out there today. Great to the see continued presence of some newer guys. Nice to have Bodo’s back from quarantine. At some point, watching Tik-Tok and playing video games had to end, my friend.

YHC did not plan a Q for today, but somehow “inverted keg stands” came to mind. Splinter politely pointed out that an “inverted” keg stand is just standing up. Exceptional point. The PAX averted the inverted part and did keg stands. And, while YHC has not known Pigskin for long, the man can do a ramrod straight, pretty close to vertical, keg stand.

Final note: the Q sheet for the rest of this week has the same number of PAX (6) signed up to Q as we have for Breaking Bread for the rest of the year (also 6). This is great for Breaking Bread. This is sub-optimal for the week. While it’s the first week of school for many of our 2.0s, let’s remember the F3 principles, one of which is that “workouts are led by a ROTATING Q who also participates in the workout.” If you Q regularly or basically every time you show up, now is a great time to encourage other guys to sign up. If you rarely Q, now is a great time to pick up the challenge of leading from time-to-time. Pigskin recently described this as “doing his part.” YHC likes that.

UpChuck spits the bit.

COP – SSH, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Helicopters, Merkins

Pair up – run up Lindsay Court while partner bear crawls, lunges, bear crawl burpee (ask Last Call)

Triple Check on West Drive Circle – Flutter kicks, Squats, run the circle

Triple Check #2 at TES parking lot – lunges, LBCs, Bernie Sanders to fence and run back

Mini-Dora – 50 Merkins, 100 Squats, 150 two count LBCs while partner run the loop

Finish with 1 minute wall sit. Numberama, Namerama.

Welcome Ripcord to Hoedown!

Ten strong for the newest edition of Hoedown, including a one-week veteran’s FNG.

Mosey to basketball blacktop

COP (IC)

• Copperhead Squats
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• SSHs
• Merkins
• Freddie Mercurys
• Hello Dollys

Jack Webb Legs

• 1:4 Ratio up to 10:40 – Jump Squats and Monkey Humpers

Mosey down Lindsay Dr and hang a right

Triple Check

• P1 – HRMs
• P2 – Heels to Heaven
• P2 – Run the circle counterclockwise

Mosey back to Lindsay Dr

Love Hill

• P1 – Polar Bear, Lunge, Broadjump Burpees
• P2 – Run up to Lindsay Ct intersection and back

Mosey to Handrail Maze

• Partner Jerkins 3×10

Mosey to Horseshoe infield

• PLTs 3×20

Mary – Rosalitas, APDs

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Great to have Neutral’s 2.0 join us this morning.  The first one is the hardest.  YHC never wants to cause a splash of Merlot, but it is a little satisfying when the old dudes can show the young dudes what they can do.  Gomer Pyle was fired up doing his best Andrew Dice Clay impressions and UpChuck had a really good story about his lawyer this morning.  Perhaps he’ll tell it again at the next Puppy Pile.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for the turmoil in Afghanistan

Teams SOJ/Tuckahoe need Field Day captains 9/18

Third Annual First Inaugural Retreat 9/25 (cornhole sign up coming, get a partner now, preferably from a different nanoregion)

Seven grabbed Monday by the horns.  Here’s what they did, as best YHC recalls.

Honeydo

Mosey to the front school lawn

COP (IC)

• Russian Soldiers
• Don Quixotes
• Helicopters
• Cherry Pickers
• LBCs
• YHC actually has no recollection but you know the drill

Mosey to Church Parking Lot and get coupons

Triple Check x 2

• WWIIs/ Squats/ Run
• Swings/ Presses/ Run?

Pucker

Mosey to other side of Church

11s

• Carolina Dry Docks/ Flutter Kicks?

Garbage Plate

Mosey back to Horseshoe

• American Hammers
• Run the Loop
• Crunchy Frogs
• Bernie the Loop
• Merkins?
• Run the Loop
• APDs?

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Strong work on a muggy Monday morn.  YHC has never not enjoyed a hot potato, except when the associated grease burned his foot.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

HDHH – Wednesday (oops too late)

Field Day

Retreat

Nine of this region’s finest gathered under the waning crescent for an impromptu hot potato. Very little mumblechatter pre-launch, so we just stared at each other. EF Hutton had enough and said, “time to go”. Mosey to the newly sectioned off black top for a Hutton led COP.

COP (EF Hutton)
12x Copperhead Squats
10x Imperial Walkers
10x Helicopters
10x HRMs
20x Suzanne Somers
10x Something or others
20x Suzanne Somers
10x Mountain Climbers

Prostitute (EF Hutton)
5x Burpees, 20x Merkins, 20x Jump Squats, 20x WWIIs, 20x Mountain Climbers. Work around the 4 corners repeating said exercises a number of times.

Triple Check (Handshake)
Mosey up to the field for people’s chair, WWIIs, run across the field for 5 pull ups.

Triple Check (Splinter)
Mosey to the parking lot for jump squats, plank, bernie sanders across the parking lot and up the hill to the fence for 10 derkins then run back.

Mary
Ring of Fire (Duck-duck-goose style) with 10x dealer’s choice followed by a lap around the ring. Thanks for the audible Pigskin! Finish off with a minute and a half of american hammers.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin
Quiet bunch for Hoedown today. Maybe it was all the counting, or just recovery from the weekend. YHC detected 3 or 4 different language counts by Pigskin today. Regardless, great to get out with the gang and to push each other this AM. Sorry to hear Upchuck is battling his knee. Get well soon brother!

Announcements
HDHH next Wednesday at Honeydo’s
Field Day 9/18
Retreat 9/25

¡Adiós muchachos!