Tag: Hoedown

A super strong 14 gathered in the gloom to start the week in the right way. Here’s what went down.

COP: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Ct. SSH // Deadman Hang // Helicopters // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Crabcakes // Crossleg APDs // LBCs // Merkins // Inverted Crabcakes // Picklepounders

Up the Hill: parter up. P1 runs to the top of Lindsay and back to P2, while P2 does lunges. Switch. Next round: Bear Crawls. Next round: Broadjump Burpees. All the way to the top of the hill. Mosey to Third Church middle lot

Triple Double Single Check: Triple Round 1 : P1 Squat Thrusters with Coupon, P2: WW2s, P3: Run the Loop // Double Round 2: P1 Manmaker Merkins , P2: LBCs, P3: Run the Loop // Single Round 1: P1 Block Burpees, P2: American Hammers, P3: Run the Loop. Mosey to Third Church back lot.

Relay Race!: Partner Up. Round 1: Run to end of lot, 50 2x Mt Climbers, run back, tag your partner. Partner Squats while waiting. // Round 2: Run to end, 50 Merkins, Run back, Tag your partner. Partner LBCs while waiting. //Round 3: Run to end, 50 Jump Rope Skips, Run back and tag your partner. Partner SSHs while waiting. Mosey back to the flag.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Today marks 5 years since the first day YHC showed up for F3 and was christened Bodos. 5 years has a big fat asterisk cause it was about 6-8 months before YHC showed up for workout #2, and another while longer before YHC became a regular. So grateful for this group and the fitness and friendship it’s brought into my life! Thankful for you guys. and Congrats to Singer and Oyster for winning the relay race.

Eleven strong dodged downed tree limbs for a quiet morning at Hoedown without some of the regulars.  Here’s what transpired.

Mosey to Spottswood Rd and up Silverspring Dr stopping for a Burpee at each SUV along the way until reaching Third Church back parking lot.

COP (IC)

• Imaginary Jump Rope
• Don Quixotes
• Russian Soldiers
• Copperhead Squats
• HRMs
• Flutter Kicks

Mosey to the corner

Dora Selfy

• 100 Merkins, 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 LBCs (run a lap after each 25/50/75 of the exercises– 12 laps total)

Mosey to TES parking lot

11s – Imperial Squats/ Carolina Dry Docks with a mosey from side to side of lot

Mosey to the paved hill

• Clockwork Merkins – 12,1,2….11
• Counter Clockwork Merkins – 12,11,10…1

Mosey back to the parking lot

Mary

• Wilson’s Spaghetti Party
• Reverse Crunches
• Box Cutters
• APDs

Ring of Fire and 30 seconds of Burpees

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

YHC arrived to a quiet dark parking lot.  Usually UpChuck is soon to follow, but he’s off on assignment.  At 5:20 PAX started to arrive with Handshake finally coming in hot as the PAX launched.  Minimal mumblechatter throughout the day, but a number of trumpets were sounding.  There’s no shortage of SUVs in the Tuckahoe region, and apparently no shortage of trees down.  Happy Birthday to Faceplant.  Hope it’s a good one.  Solid work gents.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

None of note

In a warmer than expected morning, seven PAX showed up for the beatdown while talking about the Super Bowl. Here is how it went:

• COP – Honeydo
  • Mosey to the basketball court
  • 10X SSH, 10X Imperial Walkers, 10X DQ, 20X LBC, 10X Scorpion Kicks, 10X Merkins
• Exercise#1 – Honeydo
  • Four Corners: 1st 10X Hand release merkins, 2nd 20X WWII, 3rd 30X V up, and 4th 40X Jump Squat
  • Run between 1st and 3rd and bear crawl between 2nd and 4th.
• Exercise#2 – Bacon Bits
  • Mosey to the soccer field
  • Triple Check: Partner one running to the other side field with 5 pull-ups. Partner two doing dips. Partner three doing WWII
• Exercise#3 – Handshake
  • Long mosey to the parking lot at Third
  • Dora: Partner one running to the other side field and back. The other partner does a set of exercises: 100X Merkins, 100X WWII, 200X SSH.
• Exercise#4 – Hitchhiker
  • Long mosey back to the school parking lot
  • Elevens: Run and bernie saunders up the hill, and inverted merkins and run back, and 2 count American Hammers.

Mosey back to the flag for numberama, namerama, announcements. Swirly’s grand mother passed away over the weekend. YHC took us out.

6 men gathered at Hoedown this morning, slightly overdressed and wondering if they’d be rolling in the slush & snow. Here’s how it went:

COP: Mosey to back Third lot for a warmup with lots of mumble chatter so we did an indeterminate amount of SSH, IJR, these things (IW),& DMH

Cross Ridge to the medical building for an undercover triple check: HRM, crabcakes & timer runs to touch the dumpster.

Mosey to Walgreens for an undercover Dora: 100x Carolina’s, 200x jump squats, 300x two count FK’s + wall sit for the six.

Head across to Tuckahoe shopping center for a long lunge from Pleasants to Pucks with a plank for the six. Upchuck told a story about Navy Seals while the PAX planked.

Jog to the ES inclined walkway & partner up for an undercover 2x bear crawl / crawl bear up the ramp & jerkins. Mosey to the back lot for 3x of crossing the field to 5x pull-ups, interspersed with people’s chair, dips and BTTW.

Mosey back to the flag with minor snowball violence for numberama, namerama, announcements (happy hour tonight at West Creek Hardywood) and YHC took us out. I’m thankful to Handshake for contributing the word of the day (nonsensical) and still trying to figure out why Upchuck was running on the beach at 3:30 AM. Until next time, GP.

10 of Richmond’s finest converged in the darkness at 0530. Here’s what transpired:

COP in the near Third Church lot: Floppy Arm Twists // Deadman hangs // DQs // Cherry Pickers // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // APDs // LBCs // Crabcakes // Tempo Merkins // Plank Jacks // Pickle Pounders // SSHs. Mosey to middle lot

DORA with a Coupon: 100 Alternating Block Merkins // 150 Squat Thrusters (switch to Squats halfway through) // 200 Block Windshield Wipers. Mosey to Field behind TES

TRIPLE CHECK: P1: Dips on the bench // P2: WW2s // P3: Karaoke to the Bars, 5 pull ups, Karaoke Back. Round 2: Karaoke. Round 3: High Knees.

COP: 5 Burpees, rest for 5 seconds, 5 Burpees, rest, 5 Burpees, rest, 5 Burpees.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Hanshake challenged YHC to quote Jonathan Edwards in the Q today. So here we go:

“There is a difference between having an opinion that God is holy and gracious, and having a sense of the loveliness and beauty of that holiness and grace. There is a difference between having a rational judgment that honey is sweet, and having a sense of its sweetness. A man may have the former, that knows not how honey tastes; but a man can’t have the latter unless he has an idea of the taste of honey in his mind.”

Clearly Edwards was referring to how different a set of exercises looks on paper, as compared to actually performing them. YHC made this mistake in believing that the originally directed 200 Squat Thrusters was a good idea. Appreciate the patience of the Pax on the audible.

Twelve stallions trampled the lure of the Fart Sack and reported to the paddock for this week’s version of the Hoedown. Temperatures were a seasonably pleasant sunny and 70 at F3RVA’s darkest AO. According to the inscription on the TES Boulder, this is what happened:

Mosey to the Third Church parking lot for the COP:

SSHs
5 burpees
Russian Soldiers
Imperial Walkers
Dead Man Hang
Scorpion Kicks
5 HRMs
WWI sit-ups

Mosey to the Teacher’s Parking Lot for MLKs:

Monkey Humpers (x15)
Little Baby Crunches (x10)
Kraken Burpees (x5)
Run the Loop, clockwise.
Repeato x3

Mosey to the Little School Library for Curley Howard’s:

2 HRMs
3 Flutter Kicks
4 Lt. Dan’s
5 Box Cutters
Run the loop, again, clockwise.
Repeato 3x, but increase reps x2 on Round 2 and x3 on Round 3.

Mosey to the Blacktop for Sergei Mangote:

Bear crawl across blacktop
Perform 10 mountain climber merkins (3 mountain climbers followed by a hand release merkin). Q called 20 originally, then sanity prevailed and Q modified.
Repeato 3x.

Mosey to the Corner for Florida Abs:

Pick 3 PAX members. Have them share their favorite ab exercises. Last Call chose LBCs. Garbage Plate chose V-ups. Honey Do chose heels-to-Heaven.

Start with 20 of the 1st exercise. Then, run halfway down the blacktop and do 20 of the 2nd exercise. Run the remainder of the blacktop and do 20 of the 3rd exercise at the end. Bear crawl across the width of the blacktop, and repeat the cycle on the opposite side of the blacktop. Continue the cycle until time is called. Handshake and Bodo’s made it through about 1.5 loops.

Mosey back to the VSF

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

NMS:

Today the country celebrates Martin Luther King’s Birthday. YHC thinks this is great. YHC also has never understood why this country celebrates every famous person’s birthday on a Monday or a Friday. YHC thinks this is a little nutty. However, it is perhaps no less nutty than the tradition of mixing flour, butter, eggs, and sugar in a pan, cooking it, lighting it on fire, and then singing. Birthdays are strange.

Welcome back to Honey Do.

Let’s hope for a peaceful week for our country. YHC confesses – he is done with crazy people pushing nonsense. 2021 is a year for intelligent people to lead through persuasion, reason, and kindness. YHC challenges every member of F3RVA to commit themselves to leading by setting a positive example.

12 RVA Warriors came on a crisp morning to help YHC celebrate another year around the sun

This how it sent down.

Grab a coupon and mosey up to the blacktop

COP (ALL IC) – SSH (x36), DQ, Hillbillies, LBC’s (x36), Heels to Heaven, Alternating Shoulder Taps, Arm Circles

THANG

Mosey to the field

Murder Birthday – Using the coupons, start with 6 murder bunnies follow by 6 coupon burpees. Sprint to the swing set and jog back. Rinse and Repeat a total of 6 times. PLANK-O-RAMA for the six

Swing sides of the field

11’s – Start with 10 2ct Flutter Kick + Press and 1 Pull up

Mosey to the courts

1985 Trivia – YHC asked True/False questions from sports and pop culture from the year 1985. If the PAX got it right everyone completed 6 Sit-up + Press. If they got it wrong, suicides and 6 Sit-up + Press. Questions were as follows:

1. Boston Celtics won the NBA Finals?
2. Chicago Bears who the Super Bowl XIX?
3. Most popular song was “Can’t fight this Feeling – REO Speedwagon”?
4. Most popular movie was “The Goonies”?
5. Most popular TV show was “Cheers”?

Mosey to the SF

2 MOM – Merkin Ring of Fire (6 reps)

Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

MOLESKIN

Another birthday, another coupon workout. This starting to be a theme for YHC on his birthday. I was great to see the Tuckahoe crew this morning. Since finishing my own tour of RVA, I have stayed in Daville so it has been close to 2 month since posting anywhere else.

Glad to have Swirly out this morning. Continue prayers for your M and her recovery.

Well 1985 was a really good year not just because I was born then. Found out some great movies, songs, and shows were released that year. Here are the answers to the questions:

1. Lakers won the Finals
2. 49ers won the Super Bowl (1984-1985 season)
3. “I Want to Know What Love is” by Foreigner most popular song. Also that year; Careless Whisper, We Are the World, and One More Night – Phil Collins
4. Back to the Future most popular movie. Also that year; Beverly Hill Cop, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Police Academy 2
5. The Cosby Show most popular TV show. Also that year; Dallas, The Golden Girls, and Miami Vice

SPIT ON THAT!!

14 resolute resolution-holders came out to celebrate the WFT playoff berth with some fun. We did:

COP in front of school: Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Flutterkicks, Merkins. Mosey across street to the dark 3rd lot. 4 corners of 10 HRMs, 20 WWIIS, 30 Jump Squats, 40 SSHs. Then repeato but increase reps by 5 each station.

Over to office area. Bear crawl spaces with 2 HRMs at each space. Back to the horseshoe for Triple check fun: Donkey Kicks, Reverse Crunches, & run the loop. Stop to commemorate the Former-Skins victory with 20 Burpees.

Then onto skating-blacktop for 3 sets of PLTs. Over to parking lot arrows. Alternate Lunges & Broad Jumps with 3 HRMs at each arrow.

Announcements then YHC took us out.

NMS: Hoedown blowing it out starting 2021 with 14 PAX. Been a while since F3RVA’s darkest AO cracked a bakers dozen. Maybe the promise of 30 degrees and foggy was too much to pass up for this first Monday of 2021. PAX blew threw the beatdown, and YHC saved the 20 Burpees for midway instead of in the COP. Kubota would be proud. Strong work by all the PAX this morning. Good to have some non-regular Hoedowners attend like Oyster and Ronnie.

Announcements: 3rd F tomorrow night at 8:00. Gomer Pile has the Q.

11 strong gathered in the gloom for a workout to start the week. Here’s how it went down…

COP: Mosey to the front of the school to start with Dead Men’s Hang, SSH, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers and finally some box cutters.

We moseyed behind the school to the playground on the upper field for a Dora. Partner up. One partner does the exercises while other partner runs to school and does 10 donkey kicks and returns. Exercises were 100 incline Merkins, 200 (full count, 2 count, 4 count depending on who you ask) LBCs and 300 SSH.

Mosey to upper blacktop for Triple Check. Exercises were copper head squats, flutter kicks and run to fence at end of blacktop and back. Three rounds.

Next up we moseyed to teacher’s lot, partnered up with one partner doing Lt Dans while other partner runs the sides of the lot – backwards on short side, shuffle to right on long side, then forwards on other short side and shuffle to left on other long side. Switch and do 5 rounds.

We found we still had some time left so we moseyed to the main parking lot, partnered up and had one partner doing reverse crunches while the other partner ran up to the paved hill, then Bernie Sanders up the hill and run back. We did this until near full time then moseyed back to the flag and did one round of ring of fire of 10 Merkins each. Times up.

Wasn’t sure what to title this workout until UpChuck asked if I was prepping for ski season given all the lunges and squats. Seems appropriate as it is that time of year. Upchuck suggested we buy 5 acres of land at a posh Colorado resort for a cheap $895K (at 1990s prices) and start F3 Rockies. I can pitch in $100 to that!

Congratulations and good luck tomorrow for Bacon Bits whose wife is scheduled to have their second baby! Also good luck to Water Wings child who is having adenoid surgery on Wednesday I believe. Finally, good luck to Water Wings who is completing 1000 miles run in 2020 – only 35 miles left to go!

The legal limit of 10 gathered for a Hoedown special to start the holiday week off right. Here’s how it went:

Warmup: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsey for 20xSSH, DMH, 8xDQ, 10xAC forward/back, 10xRussian Soldiers, 3 burpees OYO.

Partnered up to alternate run/bear crawl back out of Lindsey. Hitch joined us at the top somehow, Al Gore for the six then a tribute moment of Fudd’s wife to honor our guest from Colorado.

Mosey to the Tuckahoe wall for 5 minute drill round 1: partner up and alternate Donkey Kicks & Squats. DK’s are the timer and ascend by 2s 2,4,6,8…. for 5 minute running clock.

Head to the back field by way of a crawl bear up the covered walkway. Triple check in the gloom with rounds of wall sits, flutter kicks and 7 perfect pull ups. Several engineering jokes emerged. After the triple check we knocked out 400 WWII’s as a group and headed off for the slippery parking lot for round 2. Audible called to continue to the main lot.

Round 2 of the 5 min drill: ascending x2 HRM’s and Lt. Dans.

Mosey to the front lot for 3rd and final 5 min drill: ascending (x1) Burpees and crunches.

Head back to the flag, numberama, namerama, announcements (no Currahee this Friday, Satan’s Hill New Years convergence) and YHC took us out. No animals were harmed and no sprints were run in the making of this ground and pound workout. Good to be out with such a fine crew; well done gents. Until next time, GP