Tag: Hoedown

My apology for not posting BB before now!

I believe that it was Wojo’s Q. Anyway, Last Call started us off to mosey to the Third Church parking lot, followed by COP as follows: 10x arm circle, 10x SSH, 10x Helicopter, 10x Deadman hang, 10x Merkins, 10x American Hammers, 10x Flutter Kicks.

Exercise#1: 11s. Starts with 10 merkins on one side of the parking lot and run to the other and do 1 jump squart and 9 and 2 and so on.

Roger Roger volunteered to lead the PAX and moseyed to the school’s playground, followed by the second exercise as follows: started off one side of the playground toward the other side of the playground with taking turns with bear crawl and 5 merkins and switch over to crab walk and 5 merkins.

Shiplap took the baton and moseyed to the school parking lot, followed by the third exercise as follows: triple check with one partner running around the driveway, another partner doing LBC, and the other doing people’s chair.

Hitchhiker led the PAX to the bottom of Lindsey, followed by partner workout as follows: one partner running to the top of the hill and back and the other partner bear crawling, walking lunges, and burpee jump.

Hitchhiker led the PAX back to the parking lot for clock merkins on the hill and finished the workout with ring of fire with five merkins each PAX.

Fireman Ed took us out.

9 grizzled studs started the week off right for a moist beatdown at the Tuckahoe Elementary Sauna. This is what was rumored to have occurred according to the fully customized golf cart that provided a quick breeze.

Mosey down to Lindsay Ct for COP at the cul de sac. Warm Up included SSH’s, DQ’s, Dead Man Hang, One Legged Merkins, Plank Jack Merkins, Freddie Mercury’s along with some mild Broga to get the relaxation started. Everyone sweating, let’s start…

THE THANG:

– Love Hill: Partner up for the trip back up to Lindsay. Partner Runs to the top, returns and switches. Exercises included Bear Crawls, Lunges, Broad Jump Burpees. AG for the 6

– Triple Check: Mosey down to West Drive Circle to check on Pucker’s house. Find 2 friends – 1 runner (counter clockwise around Circle), Flutterkicks & Jump Squats. Complete 3 rounds, one extra circle for Faceplant. So much fun, lets do it again.

– Triple Check #2: 2 runner (clockwise around Circle), American Hammers, Carolina Dry Docks. Broga Stretching for the 6.

– Parking Lot Merkins: Mosey up to teachers parking lot. Bearcrawl Merkins. Bearcrawl across the parking lot with 1 merkin at every line. Short circle in the grass for some Broga and calm the heart down. Return trip with Bearcrawl back across parking lot, this time adding 1 additional merkin at each line.

– BTTF for minute of plank. Numbers, Names Announcements, YHC took us out.

NMS: Thick morning reduced the mumble chatter. Humidity had everyone sweating at warm up and did not stop. Handshake requested some Broga early on, and YHC happily obliged. PAX had not ventured over to Puckers abode in a while. Much traffic in this area to include a 6 seater golf cart that flew buy. Pucker and Offshore have their models on order to avoid the congested parking at Kuba Kuba Dos. Some light stretching throughout made for an enjoyable morning. Handshake offered grillmaster tips and recipes throughout, because nothing beats a humid morning like thinking of cooking over a warm grill.

Thank you for allowing me the honor to lead this morning. Always great to start the week with good friends.

Humpday Happy Hour at Hardywood West Creek sometime in June.

13 of Richmond’s finest, plus one latecomer, gathered in the gloom of Hoedown to start the week right. Here’s what happened:

COP on the field (apparently a first): DQs // Cherry Pickers // Copperhead Squats // Imperial Walkers // SSHs

Triple Check #1: P1- People’s Chair with Air Press // P2: Planks // P3: Run to the bars, 5 Pulls ups, Run back. Mosey to Blacktop

4 Corners: Corner 1- 5 Burpees // Corner 2- 5 Burpees, 15 Merkins // Corner 3- 5 Burpees, 15 Merkins, 25 Squats // Corner 4: 5 Burpees, 15 Merkins, 25 Squats, 40 Monkey Humpers. Mosey to bottom of Lindsay Court, cross the creek, into the hidden park

Triple Check #2: P1 – Dips // P2 – American Hammers // P3: Bernie Sanders to the bottom of the grassy hill, crawl bear up the hill, run back.

Catch me if you can: P1 Bernie Sanders up Lindsay Court, P2 performs 3 burpees and then runs to catch P1, switch.

Triple Check #3 at the busloop: P1: Balls to the Wall // P2: WW2s // P3: Run the loop

COP: Plank, Merkin Ring of Fire // Flutter Kick IC // 1 min of silence- with the words, “Love, Surrender, Trust”

Moleskin: The first truly warm morning. After a 90+ degree weekend the blacktop was nice and radiant. Good to enjoy the park at the bottom of Lindsay in the daylight. Great mumble chatter. Somehow we managed to fit in a lot in 45 min. Thanks dudes for being one of the most consistent things in my life!

A prime 11 found RVAs darkest AO to have some sunlight in the COP.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Reverse Crunches, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey over to 3rd lot:

THE THANG: 11s of HRMs and V-Ups. Over to secret coupon garden, a few seconds of Boat & Cano then Partner up: 3 Rounds of Thrusters while other runs the lot. 60 Block presses. 4 corners with blocks lunging between of 25 Squats, Swings, and Curls4theGirls.

Drop coupons and head down to Triple check loop. Triple was Donkey Kicks, WWIIs and the loop. Finish with “Bearrow the Loop” aka 5 merkins at each arrow the main lot with bear crawl in between. Back to flag with an impromptu BOM-COT. YHC took us out.

Announcements: Memorial Day at Tredegar downtown 7:00. Be there if you’re in town. Breaking Bread needs summer Qs.

NMS: Nice numbers, great weather, and ample light this morning. YHC had toyed with a tax day theme but didn’t feel right without our resident accountant EF Hutton out there with us. Apparently Thrusters have been added to YHC’s favorite things list to go alongside Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl, and Scorpion Kicks.

The Ball of Man COT felt good to try again, sorry if that bothered anyone. Bodos has forgotten how bad we smell. BB title is a reference to good round of mumblechatter afterward. Shiplap’s presence at First Watch has been formally requested so he might win a OSOTW award.

15 Strong arrived on time (mostly) to get their week off to a strong start. Here’s how it went down.

COP: Dead Man’s Hang, Don Quixotes x10, Imperial Walkers x20, SSH x20 and some LBCs x20.

Mosey to the church parking lot where the coupons are stored. Each pax grab a coupon (we ended up 3 short but made do). Mosey to business park lot next door and pair up. Each partner lunges L & R then performs an exercise and repeats until meeting partner in the middle. Do 2 Booyahs Merkins then return same way you came. First round was Block Burpee, Second round was 3 WWIIs with block, third round was 3 Block curls then finish with the Block Burpee again. Enough with the coupons, returned them to their resting place.

Mosey to Church parking lot for a variant of 4 corners with a partner. Partner 1 runs while Partner 2 does an exercise. After both have run, run together to next corner, etc. First corner was Carolina Dry Docks, second corner was LBCs, third corner was copperhead squats and fourth was SSH. Pax finished quickly so we repeated this circuit twice.

Mosey to lot behind church for triple check. Wall sits, flutter kicks and Bernie Sanders out to end of lot then run back. We ended up doing 4 rounds thus our backblast title. YHC wanted to know what time it was (not having a watch) and was told “just after 6”. Plenty of time to add a fourth round which elicited some grumbling from the pax (“wrong answer – it should have been 6:12”).

Mosey back to flag for some LBCs and APBs to wrap up. Numberama, Namerama. Good start to the week. Thanks for letting me lead!

11 mighty men conspired for a beatdown at 0530 just before the rains came. Here’s what happened:

COP in the first Third Church lot: Deadman hang // Helicopters // Cherry Pickers // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // Crabcakes // LBCs// Inverted Crabcakes // Merkins // Various Wife Exercises // Elbow Plank // SSHs. 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. Mosey to back lot.

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 to Flag.

COP: Series of Core Excercises, end with some deep breathing and silence.

COT: Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Which wife corresponds to which exercise? Gomer gave too much blood, was gasping for oxygen. Uphuck is super fast at burpees, Handshake says it’s the science of a lower center of gravity.

13 fierce men joined for a beatdown. As of 5:10 AM there was no Q on the sheet. It appeared the previously signed up Q had to relent, so a Hot Potato ensued.

Upchuck – COP

Roger Roger – Triple Check – Iron Chair with Arm Lifts, Dips, Run across field and 13 Pull Ups

Doozy – Hardcore Parkour over to Bodo’s overflow parking lot for Four Corners: American Hammers, Flutter Kicks, Crunchy Frogs, Heels to Heaven

Garbage Plate – Mosey to Bodo’s main parking lot for a Mini-Dora: 50 Hand Release Merkins, 100 Monkey Humpers, 150 jumpy things. Mosey to the front of Tuckahoe Elementary for a side thingys,

Handshake – Triple Check: Alabama Prom Dates, WWII’s, run to far steps and do 5 Burpees then run back.

Announcements: Freed to Bleed Blood Drive on Saturday, May 1st, don’t forget to sign up. Breaking Break is available to sign up for June. Broga with Last Call at 0500 at No Toll Tomorrow.

Prayers: Upchuck: Covid-19 is on the fall here in the US with the vaccine being available. Other parts of the world no so much. 300,000 new cases in India yesterday, prayers for other parts of the world.

NMS: It was a nice working today, cool but not cold. It was good see Angus out again, as well as seeing Crash Test Dummy for the first time. YHC loves a good Hot Potato.

11 PAX mustered at Hoedown to kick the week off right. After a quick check of the Q sheet to be sure YHC was in fact on point, here’s how it went:

Mosey to the bottom of Lindsey for a warmup: 20x SSH, DMH w/ 5x Michael Phelps, 10 x RSs, 10x IW, 10x Merkins, 20x LBCs, 5x Scorpion Kicks (still unclear on any tangible physical benefit of a Scorpion Kick)

Partner up and climb out of Lindsey, one partner runs to top of hill and back while other partner bear crawls, lunges, and burpee broad jumps forward, repeat as necessary to the top. Al Gore for the six.

Mosey to the bus loop for a 5 minute drill with HRM and People’s Chair. Partners alternate for reps of 2,4,6,8,10… etc HRM while the other partner holds PC for a running 5 minute clock.

Remain at the loop for a Triple check with Donkey Kicks, Heels to Heaven and a jaunt around the loop for the timer. Plank for the six.

Mosey to the grassy knoll for 25x PLT’s and 30x inclined WWII’s

Head up to the back field for a three minute drill with MH’s and plank, same ascending 2,4,6,8… reps structure for a running 3 minute clock.

Split into two teams for 4 minutes of true crab soccer, complete with goals and a soccer ball. 3 burpee bonus for any goals scored. No goals were scored. Unsure if this was due to the burpee bonus or the fact that we all sucked pretty bad at crab cake soccer. Mosey back to the flag.

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements (Blood drive, Tomato Run, BRR see TYA) Prayer requests (Doublemint, EF Hutton) and YHC took us out.

Solid work this morning gents. Fun to see Ticket to Ride for a second round at Hoedown, enjoyed Hitchhiker’s all star crab goalie performance, and glad Last Call is still a man in action after a close call on the field. Until next time, GP

9 stallions and one out of practice last minute substitute Q, showed up expecting Doozey to appear from the fog at any moment, ball & chain in hand.

When he failed to materialize, Honeydo jokingly suggested I take the helm, and I (being somewhat lost this early in the morning), complied. AKA “why I spent an hour after breakfast Monday feeling like I was going to splash merlot”

So, yeah, I blame Honeydo for this mess I got myself into.

THE THANG:

Run across Forest Ave. to parking lot

Intro, merkins, imperial walkers, armcircles

Run South on Forest to next parking lot

Partner up for Dora: 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 4-count Freddy Mercury’s while partner does a lap

While this was going on, especially for the 300 reps, Pax enjoyed the regret telling Greenbow “those bicycle things” are called Freddy Mercury’s

Run to fenced blacktop

Man Killers in honor of Doozey – like his signup on the Q sheet this morning, this was quickly exposed as a “mistake”. Last Call had to step in lead these, because I forgot how (THANKS!)

Pax divides in half for a crossing pattern – 500 Merkins, 250 ww2s as a team.

The way we did the X, each team decided.. The way we should have done it: split Pax in half, do 20 reps of exercise 1, sprint to opposite corner, do 10 reps exercise 2, sprint back to start. Repeat for 5 rounds.

Lap around the parking lot, to the grass for Mary – LBCs, leg lifts, scissor kicks.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: BRR a long time from now, but almost full. Blood drive much sooner.

YHC took us out: thankful for Easter; be kind; encourage someone