Tag: Hoedown

5 mighty men started a new week the right way at Hoedown this morning. Here’s how it happened:

COP: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // LBCs // Merkins // SSHs 21s (count to 5 in Candace, to 21 silently in our heads, all stop at the same time, Handshake messed up so we did 5 burpees).

Up the Hill: parter up. P1 runs to the top of Lindsay and back to P2, while P2 does lunges. Switch. Next round: Broad jumps. Next round: Bear Crawl. All the way to the top of the hill. Mosey to blacktop.

7 of Diamonds: On the blacktop, run from corner to corner, 7 burpees in each corner // Next round: 14 two count flutter kicks in each corner // 21 merkins // 28 squats // 21 carolina dry docks // 14 WW2s // 7 Burpees. Mosey to field.

Triple Check: P1: Donkey Kicks // P2: Dips on bench // P3: run to monkey bars, 5 pull ups, run back.

Mosey back to the flag. In honor of International Panda Day, lay on your back and spell out I LOVE PANDAS with your feet.

Numberama, Namerama, Socially Distanced COT

Announcements: Doozy has the Q at No Toll tomorrow, come prepared for a St Patty’s day treasure hunt

While our bodies were wondering what we were doing up at 4:30am, eight men gathered in the near west end under a brilliantly bright moon to tell daylight savings where to go and how to get there. And to do a 45 minute workout.

The Thang:

Two laps around the traffic circle and then the COT up on the blacktop.

10 Helicopters. 10 Don Quixiotes. 25 Side Straddle Hops. 10 arm circles (forward and reverso) 10 Mercans. 15 LBCs. 10 four count Freddie Mercury’s. 5 burpees.

Mosey to the west end of the black top for “full blacktop agilities”. Start at the west end, agilitize to the east end, do an exercise, agilitize back. The agilities:

Kareoke–5 mercans High Knees–3 burpees Ballerinas–10 LBCs Leaps and Bounds/Butt Kicks–10 2 count side straddle hops. Sprint–10 Hand release mercans.

Mosey to the field for “Make them Up as You Go 4 Corners”.

Three sets for four corners for the group:

Corner 1: 10 Mercans. Corner 2: 10 Mercans. 10 LBCs. Corner 3: 10 Mercans. 10 LBCs. 5 Burpees Corner 4: 10 Mercans. 10 LBCs. 5 Burpees. 10 Freddie Mercurys

Corner 1: 10 LBCs Corner 2: 10 LBCs, 10 four count Freddie’s Corner 3: 10 LBCs, 10 four count Freddie’s, 5 Burpees Corner 4: 10 LBCs, 10 four count Freddie’s, 5 Burpees, 10 2 count SSHops

Corner 1: 10 Four Count SS Hops Corner 2: 10 Four Count SS Hops Corner 3: 10 Four Count SS Hops Corner 4: 10 Four Count SS Hops

Mosey to the Triple Check wall…yet we did double checks. Partner would circle the traffic drop off circle while the other partner would do the following…

Balls to the Wall Mercans LBCs Arm Circles People’s Chair Monkey Squats

It was a continuous motion type of thing with the QIC more or less making it up as he went. It wasn’t ideal, but did keep the motion going constantly with no rest.

COT– 20 American Hammers. Spell “Mister Holland” with your legs, 20 American Hammers.

Congratulations to Handshake, it’s been almost 2 years since he showed up at Hoedown…well done sir.

Also, for much of the Q I called Mr. Holland, Don Draper. Both are male characters in motion picture and TV dated dramas respectively, so it’s easy to get them confused. I apologize to Mr. Holland and, in some respects, Don Draper as well.

10 gentlemen of the gloom (GOG) gathered in the dark to start a new week in the right way. Having noticed that there was no Q at 5am, YHC signed up and quickly scribbled a wienke to reprise a favorite from last summer. Here’s what happened:

COP: SSH // Helicopters // DQs // LBCs // Crabcakes // Merkins // Plank to Elbow Plank Program. Mosey to back parking lot of Third Church.

OLD 100:

• 100 Squats. Run a lap around the church. Wait for the Pax.
• 90 2x Flutter Kick. Run a lap, etc.
• 80 2x Mountain Climbers. Run a lap
• 70 WW2s. Run a lap
• 60 Dips. Run a lap
• 50 LBCs. Run a lap
• 40 Merkins. Run a lap
• 30 Lieutenant Dans. Run a lap
• 20 Donkey Kicks. Run a lap
• 10 Burpees. Run a lap.

After last lap, we worked back up the ladder, cutting number of exercises in half and eliminating the lap. Got up to WW2s and then ran out of time.

COT: Numberama, Namerama, Prayers for DTH and family as they travel and for the day ahead.

NMS: Great group today and great mumble chatter. Welcome back Fireman Ed- glad to see your ankle’s strong again! Have a great day guys, live to serve.

Six tenacious thrill-seekers erratically parked at Hoedown this morning for a late sign-up edition of a Splinter Q. After describing how much sleep YHC lost over the past few days thinking about this Q, off we went for something similar to what is transcribed below.

Quick double loop counter clockwise around the drop off loop in honor of Upchuck ?. Diversion after turn 3 of lap 2 up the stairway and to the center of the sea of black.

COP
– 10x Donald Quixotes
– 1x Burpee
– 15x HIGH Knees
– 2x Burpee (accurately predicted by Hitchhiker)
– 15x Arm Circles each direction
– 3x Burpee
– 20x American Hammers
– 4x Burpee
– 15x Imperial Walkers
– 5x Burpee
– 15x Mountain Climbers
– 6x Burpee
– 10x Lunges
– 7x Burpee
– 15x Hillbillies
– 8x Burpee
– 20x LBCs
– 9x Burpee
– 10x Kimchi Twists
– 10x Burpee

Very short mosey to the very short basketball hoop (appropriately sized for some PAX members) and wait for Upchuck to demonstrate his inner Spud Webb. Small 4 corners bounded by two basketball goals. 10x merkins, 20x squats, 30x WWIIs, 40x Flutter Kicks (2 count). Alternate bear crawling and lunging between stations.

Slightly longer mosey to the southeast corner of the black sea for a full sized 4 corners. Increase count by 5 for previous exercises. Skip jump between stations with arm waving OYO.

Anticipating complaints due to the lack of moseying, YHC led the PAX for a brief mosey down Lindsay. Partner up for catch me if you can. After some discussion around the intended outcome of Bernie Sanders, and Handshake catching his breath, partner 1 starts “Sandersing” up the hill while partner 2 completes 3 burpees then runs forward to tag partner. Continue up the hill.

Mosey back down the hill with great fanfare.

Same partners, suicides up Lindsay with lit lamp posts on the right acting as the lines. Partner 1 runs legs 1 & 3 and partner 2 runs legs 2 & 4. Idle partner squats and jumps repeatedly.

Needing to run back up the hill, YHC beckoned alternate “Sandersing” and forward run with the lamp posts acting as the transition point. Convene at the top before scurrying back to the parking lot for 2 minutes or mary which included reverse crunches and LBCs.

Numbers and Salutations before ample prayer requests with YHC taking us out.

Great fun today fellas.

Splinter

The Tuckahoe gloom welcomed nine endorphin pimps this morning to the latest DTH sweat-rave. Here’s what sunny and seventy felt like ripping through their veins:

The THANG:

Mosey to Shovel Flag for COP #1:

• Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
• DQ’s x10 IC
• Imp.Walkers x10 IC
• HuRpees (Hand-Release Burpees) x10 IC
• Crab Cakes x10 IC
• DTH’s x14? IC (…a few extra provided in absence of PAX counting…)

Mosey to upper field for COP #2:

• TRIPLE CHECK:
• P1 & P2 – PLT’s
• P3 – runs across field to complete 10 pull-ups, then returns to switch

Mosey down to Bottom Wall for COP #3:

• “Dirty HookUp” x20 IC (plank facing wall, place each hand up on wall, then bring them back down, 4ct, alternate hand order half-way through)
• People’s Chair with variable arms
• Donkey Kick-Offs (Counting up by x5 reps per set with 5 seconds of rest with feet on wall between sets …ascended to x20 DK’s)
• People’s Chair with variable arms
• Hip Slappers x10 IC (BTTW with alternating hip slaps, 4ct)
• People’s Chair with variable arms
• THE HOEDOWN x10 IC (spontaneous idea for 4-ct routine while sitting, reaching down to slap feet, followed by reaching up to slap wall above head)
• Chicken Peckers x20 IC

Mosey to Blacktop for COP #4:

• BEARMUDA TRIANGLE:
• Round 1 – x10 Burpees ea corner
• ABC’s for the SIX
• Round 2 – x10 BallDippers (2-ct)
• Lt Dan’s for the SIX
• Round 3 – x10 WWII’s
• Dying Quixotes for the SIX
• Round 4 – x10 Merkins (dealer’s choice)
• Variable Plankorama (Holding 3”, Pickle Pounders, etc)

Mosey BTTF:

• Slow to Fast Freddie M’s x20 IC

COT:

• Counterama # 9
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• Oh man, was the pain train in town today or what!? Hitchhiker’s perpetual groaning during the wallerama was epic. And look, now you Tuckahoe guys have your very own DTH original exercise to repeato with pride…or perhaps that was the first and only time “The Hoedown” will be seen at Hoedown… Thanks for putting in the hard work today gents – makes YHC work all the harder to lead from the front. SYITG!

6 of us showed up this morning to a Q-less AO and the bright moon as our only light (well, except for Hitchhiker’s headlamp). Got the hot potato going, starting with Doozy.

COP, then Doozy’s standby Mankiller, which should be renamed Calfkiller.

Pass to Hitchhiker. Dora: one partner run to the far end of the blacktop. 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats.

Pass to Flipper, stay on the blacktop. Bearcrawl to Fence, 10 Donkey Kicks, Crabwalk back // Partner carry to fence, 10 Buya Merkins, Partner carry back // Partner run to fence, 10 Donkey kicks, run back, while other partner is balls to the wall

Pass to Bodos, mosey to the field. Triple Check, Partner 1: Run to the Bars for 5 pull ups, run back // Partner 2: Dips on the bench // Partner 3: Flutter kicks

Relay race on the field, teams of 3. Run to the soccer goal, 5 burpees, run back, tag the next guy. Mountain climbers while waiting.

Pass to Corned Beef, mosey back to blacktop. Triple check. 2 guys Partner Leg Toss, 1 guy run to the fence and back.

Mosey back to the flag for a quick Mary.

Numberama, Namerama, COT.

A day after the Super Bowl, we started talking about the performance of Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. 6 gathered for the workout on a lovely Monday morning without Q so it was a hot potato. Here is how it went down:

We wanted to make sure that Splinter did Q this morning so he first started off. COP – 10x Don Quixotes, 10x Russian Soldiers, 15x Arm Circles, small then large, 10x Copperhead Squats (performed as Prisoner Squats), 20x High KneesDora by the bike racks. 100 bike rack merkins, 200 SSH, 300 curb jumps. Run to the tuckahoe sign and back. Pass to EF Hutton.

EF Hutton took us out to the uphill at the parking lot. His all time favorite 75 Burpees as a team while the other partner Bernie Sanders up the hill 3 times. Then Heals to Heaven 20 in cadence. Pass to Garbage Plate.

Garbage Plate took us out to the octagonal area in the basketball court. We started of 3 rounds of 30 dips and 30 squat and then we got into the octagonal area. We did 15 merkins as a ring of fire and then we did 2 rounds of clockwise bearclawls. (Correct me if I am wrong.) Pass to Handshake.

Handshake led us to do triple jack as a team: one partner ran around the block, second partner put his foot on the wall, and last one did world war 2 sit ups. Pass to Hitchhiker.

Hitchhiker took us back to the parking lot. Partner up. 3 rounds of one partner ran to the other side of the parking lot and back and the other partner did “kimchi” twist (a.k.a leg wiper exercise). Pass to Linkedin.

Linkedin said, “time’s up!”

Announcements:
Linkedin got a job and he will start working in two weeks.

Please let me know if I forgot anything.

Yesterday morning in the hills north of Los Angeles, the sporting world lost one its great stewards of the game played in gyms across the globe Kobe Bryant. Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna, and 7 other fathers, mothers, daughters and sons perished in a helicopter trip turned into tragedy. Love him or hate him, on or off the court, the world lost a master in his craft. Today’s HoeDown served as a statistical memorandum to “The Black Mamba.”

COP

Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Court, a variant from the norm, much like Mr. Bryant, who jumped from High School to the Pros.

Circle up, F3 Welcome, Mantra and disclaimer.

• 24 SSHs – #24 will be retired in the NBA
• 8 DQs – The OG Number
• 20 Imperial Walkers – # of NBA Seasons
• 18 Russian Soldiers – All Star Game Appearances
• 9 Merkins – To The Lost
• Arm Circles. Warm? Let’s Boogie.

The Thang

Mosey back to the Bus Loop for our first (of 2) triple check – Kobe’s 2 scoring titles

• Pace Care: Run the Bus Loop
• People’s Chair
• WWIIs

Boxing Cockroaches 3 sets of 20 reps => Kobe dropped 60 in his last ballgame.

Mosey to the blacktop for a circuit – 3 rounds mosey to and from the fence, at the fence perform

• 2 burpees – 2 US Gold Medals
• 10 hand release merkins – career 30% 3pt FG shooter)
• 27 monkey humpers – career high of 81 points on Jan 22, 2006 vs Toronto Raptors
• Plankarama for the six

Second Triple Check – 2 NBA Finals MVPs

• Pace Car – Run to and from the jungle gym, perform 3 pullups (9x NBA First Team All Defense)
• Donkey Kicks
• Jump Squats, gotta work on that jumper
• algore for the six

Improv

• around the clock merkins
• 4 minutes of mary (LBCs, flutter kicks, alabama prom dates, 60 seconds of six inches)

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

The darkest AO in Richmond continues to live up to its name with near pitch black conditions as the PAX moseyed to the bottom of Lindsay. Seeking a guiding light YHC changed course and shot back towards TES. The news surrounding the sporting world played a heavy hand in YHC’s beatdown for this edition of HoeDown. Kobe played nemesis to all that faced him. He broke my heart as a 7 year old when it became apparent he’d never don the teal and purple. I watched from 3000 miles away as he set the basketball world on fire for the next 2 decades. A master of his craft and influencer of a game that controls my home state from November to April, or May if we’re lucky. I tip my cap to The Black Mamba, The Greatest Charlotte Hornet who never was .

Enjoyed it fellas! SYITG

8 cold but otherwise well conditioned men arrived and eagerly gathered in the gloom at Hoedown this morning.

COP

DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, flutter kicks and Kimchi twists

Mosey to the teacher parking lot for Man killers

Mosey to the ADA compliant sidewalk – as usual YHC was trying to make things up on the fly and failed. YHC decided to try to use the hand rails jumping from side to side but quickly realized the drop off on the outside could really get someone hurt, switch to dips.

Mosey to the court for four corners.

10 – Merkins, 20 – WWII, 30 – Plank Jacks, 40 – Squats

Mosey around to the bottom parking lot

11’s start with 10 – Merkins Bernie sanders across the parking lot up the small hill 1 – Monkey Humpers

Mosey to the lower parking lot arrows follow them around in a Crab walk stopping at each arrow with 3 Merkins

Mosey to side of lower Parking lot and partner up partner 1 – WWII partner 2 – run the length of the parking lot and back (X3)

YHC wanted to use the small hill again and there was time left on the clock so 11’s on the hill. At the bottom 10 – Decline merkins at the top 1 – Inline merkin so on and so forth

Back to the flag – 2 minutes still on the clock finish out with some American Hammers

Number/Names YHC took us out

NMS:

When YHC was in the Navy on of his good friends would always say that “we are in deep Kimchi” whenever things got heated. YHC never asked what Kimchi meant but assumed it meant shit. YHC decided to ask Hitch Hiker what it really meant, Hitchhiker informed YHC that it actually is a way to make cabbage. However Cabbage twists does not sound as menacing as Shit Twists, so you do you and call them as you see them.

10 strong gathered in the Hoedown gloom this morning for some Monday morning fun. Here’s how it went:

Warmup – Mosey to Tuckahoe front yard for SSH x 20, DQ x 10, IW x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, Wide grip Merkins 10x, Superman 10x.

The meat and potatoes – Mosey to a prior unknown Hoedown region; the Far Corner (the hill and clearing along Lindsay Drive beyond the parking lot). Start with a set of 11’s on the hill, jog down and Bernie on the way up with HRM’s and Copperhead Squats. Followed up with 30x decline partner WWII’s on the hill then alternate wheelbarrow back to the parking lot.

After departing the Far Corner we had opportunity for three (3) five minute stations. A running 5 minute clock was started at each station with an ascending count (2…4…6…8….. until time is called), each partner alternating exercises.

Station 1 (gaga pit): Dips with recovery flutter kicks

Station 2 (back field): Donkey Kicks with recovery plank

Station 3 (front sign): Burpees with recovery Al Gore

Mosey to the flag for a minute of American hammers & reverse crunches.

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements & YHC took us out

Reminder to order your F3 swag from DTH by close of business on Wednesday. Looking for 5 more orders. Link is here:

https://f3.mudgear.com/products/f3-rva-shirt-pre-order”

Moleskine: Definitely great to get out of the fart sack this morning & start the week of right with everyone. Happy to see a Slurpee resurgence and some winter tour travelers. Also thankful for no signs of pets around the no pet signs per Handshake’s observation… Until next time, GP.