Tag: Hoedown

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

11 of the finest athletes in all of the Tuckahoe region assembled for a workout led by birthday boy Fireman Ed.

COP: Mosey to Bodos’ main parking lot. 10 DQs, 15 CPs, 25 FMs, 25 LBCs, and 15 ACs each way.

E1: Polar bear across lot, 20 SSHs’ Polar bear again, 30 SSHs. Mosey to another Bodos parking lot behind church.

E2: Elevens with HRMS and LBCs. Mosey across the street to the next parking lot.

E3: Cumulative 4 corners with 10 burpees, 20 Heels to heaven, 30 Jump squats and 48 2 count flutter kicks. Mosey to the next parking lot.

E4: Catch me if you can with 5 on each leg scorpion kicks, the other partner does lunges. After partner 1 catches partner two they switch. Mosey back to horseshoe (Fireman Ed had a close call with a car crossing the street. Look both ways!!!).

E5: Finish with one minute people’s chair and 20 donkey kicks.

Announcements:

Bodos is going for his dissertation in May. If it all works out, he may change his name to Dr. Bodos.

Prayers are with the Bremer family (shooting near Godwin HS) It must be difficult to lose someone so young in such a senseless manner.

It was fun Q’ing and it was good to be back at Hoedown.

Fireman Ed.

Ten warriors of The Gloom banded together to face the first Monday of Daylight Savings Time Darkness at Hoedown. Temps were sunny and 70, yet again, for what YHC announced (incorrectly, YHC might add) as “National You are Wrong Day.” (The correct name is National Everything You Think is Wrong Day – https://nationaldaycalendar.com/everything-you-think-is-wrong-day-march-15/).

If YHC has this right, everything the PAX did was, more or less:

Mosey to the School Wall for 10 Donkey Kicks, in cadence.

Mosey to the Front of the School for the COP:

SSHs
Mountain Climbers
Imperial Walkers
Dead Man Hang (OYO)
Bodo’s Sky Stretchers (w/tippie toes)
Hillbillies
LBCs
1 flutter kick, Vinny-style (aka, Freddie Mercury)
Flutter Kicks
Scorpion Kicks
HRMs

Mosey to the front of Third Church. Find a space on one of the many beautiful walls. (Bodo’s requested that the PAX PLEASE do not leave footprints on the walls or in the landscaping.) The Q requested 10 donkey kicks, OYO.

Mosey to the Third Church Alternate Parking Lot.

Partner up for Swirling Blocks of Pain:

Round 1: Partner 1 does Bernie Sanders while carrying the block. Partner 2 does 3 burpees, then catches Partner 1. Swap. 2 loops of the parking lot.

Albert Gore & Family.

Round 2: Partner 1 runs while carrying 2 blocks. Partner 2 does 5 HRMs (or, maybe it was 3 – it’s Everything You Think is Wrong Day), then catches Partner 1. Swap. 2 loops of the parking lot.

Stretches.

Round 3: Partner 1 bear crawls. Partner 2 does 5 block thrusters, then catches Partner 1. Swap. 1 loop of the parking lot.

Albert Gore and Family.

Round 4: Partner 1 crawls bear (or is it “crawl bears?”). Partner 2 carries 2 blocks around the loop, then catches Partner 1. Swap. A single loop of the parking lot was plenty.

Stretches.

Mosey to the front of Tuckahoe Elementary School for a set of donkey kicks.

Mosey 20 yards to the bike rack for Elevens. Hand release mercans and box cutters.

Mosey BTTF for some Mary.

American Hammers, Rosalita’s, Hello Dolly, reverse crunches/gas pumps, flutter kicks.

Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, Pucker took us out.

Announcements:

HDHH next Wednesday the 24th at “after workish” in West Creek. YHC thinks HoneyDo said “Hardywood West Creek” but advises the PAX to head towards the Capital One campus and grab a beverage at each watering hole until the PAX are found. YHC will join virtually from south Florida.

TYA is assembling persons-of-interest for the BRR. Everything YHC has ever heard makes this sound awesome. Looking forward to it. September 8-11 or so (Thurs-Sunday). Run mountains in the dark or light until you drop. Then, contrary to all of your parent’s advice, get in the white van that is waiting at the rest stop in the middle of the night. Repeato for 30 hours.

NMS:

Handshake posted an epic family moment this weekend. Any PAX who have not seen it, head on over to Slack and check it out. “Get it out! Get it out!” Many a tear was shed laughing during today’s Donkey Kicks. Well done, Handshake. Kudos to the M for anticipating your children’s giddiness and filming the event.

YHC learned some new profanities during the last round of the Swirling Blocks of Pain today. Frankly, that’s hard to do given YHC proficiency with profanity. Crawl bear is awful. YHC thanks Sippy Cup for introducing the CB to YHC some years back.

UpChuck spits the bit.

9 Aspiring Chalk Artists rose from the warmth to ascend on Tuckahoe Elementary School and the cozy sunny and 70 degree conditions that it provided. According to Upchucks’ 1st grade teacher, this is what as rumored to have occured.

5.30 struck with a short mosey around the teachers bus loop with Warmarama in the adjacent parking area. Motion encouraged warmarama included moving Russian Soldiers, Hillbillies, Arm Circles and Deadman Hang. All seems toasty, lets begin.

THE THANG:

7 of Diamonds: Mosey to the basketball courts for 4 corners variance. 7 rounds of exercises at each corner. All multiples of 7. Exercises included: 7 Burpees at each corner; 7 WWII’s (YHC atoned for his error by ordering additional 20 reps at the end); 21 Merkins; 28 Jump Squats; 21 Carolina Dry Docks; 14 American Hammers (2 count); 7 Lt. Dans. Mumble Chatter along the way included Snuff imitation of Monty Python’s Holy Grail, Bodos and Wojo recieved chalk tattoos, among other topics.

Short Mosey to the field for Triple Check Weave. 1 person on the benches doing dips, 1 person on the monkey bars doing hanging V Ups, timer in between starts with Murder Gorillas. After 1 round, timer quickly switched to a mosey. 5 rounds of each. More time on the clock

Mosey to the asphalt hill for Merkin Clockwork: 1 at 1:00, 2 at 2:00 (rotating your position around the clock face)……11 at 11:00, 12 at 12:00.

Finish up with some stretching. Names, Numbers, Announcements, YHC took us out.

NMS: Prayers for Upchucks MIL

Various chalk designs were found on the basketball court especially during WWII’s. Pink chalk shows up well on a black canvas. Wojo returned from a weekend adventure searching for the perfect blend in Kentucky. Murder Gorillas are tough and not recommended at the end of the workout. Upchuck made a friend (not a surprise) with an arriving teacher to avoid finishing clockwork. Typical Hoedown morning. Thank you gents for giving me the opportunity to lead. Great start to the week. SYITG.

Nine guys were dry until Singer made them all moist.  Here’s what she said.

EF Hutton Q

Mosey down Lindsay Ct

COP (IC)

• Imaginary Jump Rope
• Helicopters
• Jazzercises
• Imperial Walkers
• Merkins
• Crabcakes
• Jack Webb Legs – 1:4 Ratio Jump Squats/ Monkey Humpers up to 10:40

Love Hoedown Hill

• P1 – Run
• P2 – Polar Bear, Lunge, Broadjump Burpees

Wedding Singer Q

Mosey to Parking Lot

11s (Run across lot/ Bear Crawl hill)

• Merkins/ WWIIs (on the wet end)

Hitchhiker Q

DORA

• P1 – Burpees x 100, SSHs x 200, LBCs x 300
• P2 – Run to end of parking lot and back and swap

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Somehow there are multiple levels of wetness, today started pretty harmless and dry, but leveled up quickly.  YHC kept the PAX off its 6, then Singer said $%& it and called for WWIIs on the downhill end of the parking lot.  By the time the PAX reached Hitch’s LBCs, UpChuck’s back to parking lot suction sounded like a toilet plunger after dollar taco night.  Bodos had the guns on display looking taut.  Personally, YHC would save that shirt for date night. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Open spots for Breaking Bread through the summer, get your slot while you still can

Congrats to Hitchhiker for his new home – Karaoke night to follow

Prayers for Roger Roger’s M and 2.0s