Tag: Hoedown

Two PAX launched early to secure the extended AO, eight more joined for the main event.

Mosey to the horseshoe

• R/L Shuffle
• R/L Karaoke
• High Knees
• Buttkickers

Mosey up to the blacktop

COP (IC)

• Don Quixotes
• Cherry Pickers
• Reach for the Stars
• Russian Soldiers
• Merkins
• Suzanne Somers L/R
• Alabama Homecoming Dates
• Scorpion Kicks
• Monkey Humpers

Mosey to back field

BEAST

• Merkins
• Imperial Squat Walkers 2ct
• WWIIs
• Plank-Ups R/L 2ct
• Jump Squats
• Heels to Heaven

Lindsay (Run width between)

• Dips
• Reverse Crunch

Mosey back to blacktop

Triple Check

• Box Jumps
• Hand Release Merkins
• 5 Burpees then run to fence and back

Mosey to horseshoe infield

Mary

• American Hammers
• Flutter Kicks

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

YHC took off early to get day 25 of the mile-a-day challenge knocked out. Apparently Splinter was lurking somewhere in the bushes ready to ambush as YHC forgot whether to turn on Lakewood or Sunset.  Pre-workout mumblechatter centered on William and Mary and if the schools’ athletics were ever good enough to have a true rival. Jon Stewart doesn’t like UpChuck’s line of questioning. Honeydo, chime in.  Solid work today Gents, fences are merely a suggestion.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Shoe Drive – see Gypsy

HDHH – Thursday Hardywood West Creek

9 studs gathered this morning for what felt like the official start of fall at Hoedown. Here’s what went down.

Mosey a few steps to the side of the main lot to kick off: 15 x SSH, DMH, 10 x DQ then jog to West Drive Circle to kick off with a Dora. 100 x merkins, 200 x jump squats, 300 x LBC’s and the timer runs a loop. Wrap up and head back towards Tuckahoe Elementary School.

Pit stop on the no pets hill for 30 x decline WWII’s and some plank. Faceplant may or may not have stepped in a treat during this evolution.

Mosey to the slick paved gaga lot. Bear crawl 1/2 way while simultaneously organizing into ascending birthday order as a group. Lunge the rest of the way to the other side.

We found a grassy knoll near deep in the Tuckahoe complex and out came the music. Nobody’s favorite song, “Flower” by Moby, was queued and we brought Sally up and down for 3 minutes and 24 seconds (alternating plank & 6″). I think Bodos mentioned he was adding Flower to his playlist.

Next was some time on the wall: peoples chair, pass the coupon with donkey kicks (5x, 10x, 15x, 20x, 10x) in between reps.

On to arrows in the main lot, 5x WWII with alternating bear crawl and lunge between each arrow. Hoedown regulars may still feel some disorientation from the mid-circuit starting point.

Music box came back out and Sting led us in 26 Roxanne burpees interspersed with some SSH. Head to the field for 2×20 PLT to wrap up the morning.

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Handshake noted a new field hockey group for M’s – check in with Handshake for details, Free to Bleed – close to full, see backblasts for details, Breaking Bread – one more slot open for 2021, Christmas night, looking for volunteers) and YHC took us out.

Thanks for hanging with a meandering and non traditional Q this morning! Until next time ~GP

A helpfully divisible 12 converged at Hoedown this morning. The meteorologists said 0% chance of rain, which was confusing because all evidence pointed to the fact that it was in fact raining. After painfully grappling with this unhappy development, and making many comments about the reliability of local meteorologists, we accepted reality and proceeded with the Thang:

COP in the first Third Church lot: Deadman hang // Helicopters // Cherry Pickers // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // Crabcakes // LBCs// Inverted Crabcakes // Merkins // Elbow Plank // Pickle Pounders // SSHs // Burpees. Mosey to middle lot.

Triple Check with a Coupon. Round 1: P1 Squat Thrusters, P2 WW2s, P3 Run the loop // Round 2: P1 Manmaker Merkins, P2 Flutterkicks, P3 Run the loop // Round 3: P1 Block Burpees, P2 American Hammers, P3 run the loop. // Bonus Round: P1: Overhead Presses, P2: LBCs, P3: Run the loop.

Four Corners, Four Rounds. Round 1: 28 Squats in each corner // Round 2: 21 LBCs in each corner // Round 3: 14 Merkins in each corner // Round 1: 7 Burpees in each corner. Mosey back to school

Triple Check #2: Balls to the Walls // Mountain Climbers // Run the Loop

COT: Some cool down stretching. Numerama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

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 Far Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise
Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 20 Lunges, 10 Peter Parkers, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise
Warmup: Lower Far Parking lot: 12 Don Quixote, 10 Merkins, 20 Dollies, stretching exercise
Wall Courtyard: 10 single count air-press (People’s chair), 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
Wall Courtyard: 10 single count milkers (People’s chair), 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
Wall Courtyard: 10 single count Lalannes (People’s chair), 12 BTTW ToeTaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
Wall Courtyard: 12 Dirty?? (I forgot what you called them. Put your hands on the wall the in cadence, move one hand and then the other to the ‘floor’ and back on the wall): People’s chair Muhammad Ali, 15 Donkey Kix OYO
Railing for Dips/Derkins: Single count: 10 Dips, 10 Derkins, 9 Dips, 9 Derkins, etc.
Far Parking Lot: Line Jump: 20 count in cadence, stretching exercise, 3 times
Upper Parking lot: Partner up: Start off from each side of the parking lot: bear crawl to the middle and 10 hand-slap merkins, mosey back. 3 times
Up to the grassy area: Partner up: partner 1 runs to the pull-up bars and does 5 pull-ups, Partner 2 does Squats. 3 times
Back to lower parking lot and Time’s up.

Announcements:
Blood Drive October 20 (Wednesday) at Good Shepherd Lutheran Old Hundred Rd, Midlothian, VA 23114 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

We need donors and volunteers. Sign up on RedCrossBlood.org and search for ‘F3’. It’ll likely be the second one that comes up. If you want to volunteer, you can send me a note on Slack.

As of now, we need 1 more to help set up (from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM), 4 to sign-in (9:45 – 12:30 and 12:15 to 3:00) and 3 to take down (3:00 to 5:00).

We have 6 donors! We are looking for a TOTAL of 40. Please sign up!

Two Cornhole champions along with twelve more champions at life took on Monday as champions do.

Mosey to the front school lawn

COP (IC)

• Don Quixotes
• Dead Man Hang
• Imaginary Jump Rope
• Imperial Walkers
• Jazzercises
• Merkins
• Plankorama
• Crabcakes

Mosey to bike racks

Triple Check 1

• Bike Rack Merkins/ Squats/ Run

Mosey to parking lot hill

• P1 – Bernie Hill x 3
• P2 – Burpees (combine for 75)

Monkey Humpers IC for fun

Mosey to rails

• Jerkins 3×10

Mosey to horseshoe

• Curb Crawl up to 4 and back down

Mosey to horseshoe infield

• Scissor Sisters Ab Routine – 3x10R/10L

Mosey to Cafeteria

Triple Check 2

• BTTW, WWIIs, Run Horseshoe

Burpees for time

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Lots of Cornhole chatter this morning as expected.  Congrats to UpChuck and Hitch for representing Tuckahoe/ City Proper and bringing the trophy home where it belongs.  Splinter is the new Swirly, arriving extra early to secure the AO, one does wonder where he goes before reappearing in time for launch.  Many of the PAX take their headlamps and illumination seriously, ask UpChuck’s 2.0s.  Stay safe out there.  Thanks for allowing and following YHC’s lead.    

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Blood Drive – see Pigskin

Shoe Drive – see Gypsy

Prayers for Tryhard and all who knew Chisel

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.