Tag: Hoedown

As DTH continues his Summer Q Tour, a holy 7 brothers of the star spangled cloth gathered for their daily dose of flagellation. Here’s how they applied the whip:

The THANG:

Mosey to pick-up loop for COP #1:

• Imperial Squat Walkers x10
• Hairy Rockettes x10
• DQ’s x10
• Chilly Jacks (elbow plankjacks) x10
• DR.W’s x10

Mosey to church lot for COP #2:

• DirtyMacDeuce – x4 Sets separated by crossing the space, each set with x3 exercises (chest, legs, core), x12 reps for each exercise
• Bear crawl to cross lot
• Exercises: Dive-Bomber Merkins, Ball Dippers, & WWII’s
• ABC’s for the SIX

Mosey back to school blacktop for COP #3:

• Burp&Groin Pyramid – Add 1 Groiner per Burpee, going up from 1-10
• Audible to Plank Jacks to for coming back down 9-1
• Al Gore for the SIX

Mosey up to the Field for COP #4:

• Circle up for Captain Thor In-Cadence
• x1WW2 then x4 AmHam …escalate 2:8, 3:12, 4:16, 5:20… uuuggghhhh
• Exhausted, PAX skipped to complete 10:40, with the AmHam’s as single count

Mosey over to the Bars for COP #5:

• Complete x30 pull-ups & x30 jerkins OYO in whatever order desired

Mosey back to the field for COP #4.5 to complete the Captain Thor:

• 6:24, 7:28, 8:32, 9:36
• “Yes Bodos…single count…”

Mosey Back to the Flag for Mary:

• No Cheat Merkins x10 IC
• Flutters x40 IC to run down the clock

COT:

• Counterama #7
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS: 

• Good times with the Hoedown crew & guest Poppa Smurf, keeping it real with some fresh DTH Exicon fun… Hairy Rockettes are the inverse of DQ’s – not a bad Ham stretch actually. YHC had planned a neighborhood mosey to Tuckahoe Park for the Dirty MacDeuce, but a brief drive-by revealed no access from nearby Lindsey Court Rd…oh well. Maybe some future runner-loving Q can take their PAX the long way around. But anyway, the DMD, BurpGroin Pyramid, and Escalating Captain Thor’s all proved sufficiently challenging. So, flagellation successful! Make it a GREAT day gentlemen. 

7 regulars and 1 FNG (welcome Pipeline!) posted this morning in the glorious June dawn.

Mosey to the faculty lot, COP: 25 SSH, arm circles, 10 Helicopters, 10 DQs, 15 merkins, 15 LBCs, 15 Crabcakes.

Mosey to back parking lot of Third Church.

OLD 100

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

Wait for the Pax. Work back through the exercises from Burpees to Squats, without the runs, half the number.

Back for the COT. Numberama, Namearama (FNG Pipeline), Announcements. YHC prayed us out.

NMS:

My buddy Agony in Charlotte told me about the Old 100, but I’ve not been sure how to help the PAX remember the whole ladder of exercises. So I took the liberty of writing down a weinke with chalk on the parking lot asphalt. My plan after the Old 100 was to play an elaborate game that I set up at 5am with supplies from the church basement. But alas, during the COP the church janitor cleaned the whole thing up. No matter, we wouldn’t have had time for it anyway given how long the Old 100 took. Next time!

Have a great day gents. Live to serve.

11 (including 2 FNGs) started and LabRat joined LIFO to give us an even dozen for a good old sweaty hoedown. It went like this:

Mosey a lap around the parking lot and over to what I assume is the faculty lot for COP, including the following (all IC):

• DQs
• Helicopters
• SSHs
• Copperhead Squats
• Tempo Merkins
• LBCs
• Flutter Kicks

THE THANG:

Short Compounding 4 Corners – Staying in the faculty lot for a compounding 4 corners (waiting for LR) as follows:

• Corner 1 = 10 merkins, run to corner 2
• Corner 2 = 10 merkins, 20 jump squats, lunge to corner 3 (LR ARRIVED)
• Corner 3 = 10 merkins, 20 jump squats, 30 single-count mountain climbers, run to corner 4
• Corner 4 = 10 merkins, 20 jump squats, 30 mountain climbers, 40 APDs, lunge back to corner 1 and plank for the SIX

Mosey over the bus loop and wall for a triple check now with a solid dozen

Triple Check – good old fashioned triple check with Donkey Kicks, Box Cutters and a runner doing the bus loop with the last straight away backwards. Repeato x 3.

Mosey up to the blacktop and partner up.

Dora – Partner 1 runs to the first basketball hoop and does 2 burpees and runs back to switch. Exercises were: 100 HRMs (OUCH!), 200 Squats and 300 2-ct Freddie Mercuries.

Double ROF – PAX in plank and first rotation was 10 merkins. Second rotation was Alternating Shoulder Taps, which turned into shoulder-tap merkins (Thanks Splinter, great idea!).

4 Minutes of Mary: Hello Dollies, right into Rosalitas, then six inches starting iron-cross style then shifting to hands up to the sky and then straight overhead, then 10 WWIIs OYO and back to the flag…

COT, Number-rama, Name-a-Rama and YHC took us out

Announcements:

• Rollercoaster and HDHH this Wednesday – 6:00 p.m. run 6:45 fellowship. Palani Drive
• Lookout for an SOJ happy hour at Independence golf course next week.
• Puppy Pile – 6/29 – rumor is Marv has the Q and Splinter has the backblast. Teamwork makes the dream work…or at least makes Big Data work in this case.
• Fingers crossed and prayers for Toto’s mom who had an interview last week and is hoping for some good news this week.
• July 4 convergence at Tredegar 0700

NMS:

Counting the takeover of DaVille (which I am), YHC needed a Tuckahoe Q to Q in all 4 regions…Hoedown looked ripe for the taking, and it was great.

Great to get back over to Hoedown and to Q it. Last (and I think only) time I was here it was FREEZING cold. Today – the humidity was out in full force. Each man left signs of where they laid for box cutters and puddles where they held plank. Good work men.

YHC had intentions of going slightly off-campus and using Lindsay hill for a round of Lindsays but LabRat called at about 0505 to let me know he would be coming in LIFO and hot and that he had an FNG coming. Truth be told, YHC was still sore from Dogpile and OTB, so keeping the moseys short and the running down was a welcome audible.

Welcome to Shakeweight (Pete) who IS a certified personal trainer among other interesting facts (he’s an Aussie), but that is how we landed on Shakeweight. And welcome to Rolex (Shane) who met Lab Rat playing disc golf — he got his name because during the ROF YHC looked over at Shane and noticed the lovely old school shiny (read not a tech or fitness) watch on his wrist oh, and no gloves. Love that you guys posted this morning after meeting Offshore and Lab Rat, respectively, yesterday or this weekend. Way to push through this morning. Stick with and keep posting!

And, don’t worry Kubota – I made sure to get you in the PAX list this time!

Great morning fellas – thanks for letting me come take the lead.

No More Gumbo For You!

9 men enjoyed a beautiful rainy Monday morning Hoedown extravaganza. Here’s how it went:

Mosey to front lot for a warmup: 20 x SSH, 10 x HC, 10 x Hillbillies, 10 x Merkins, 10 x Back extensions, 10 x LBC’s

Native American run to the “Tuckahoe Public Park”

Six playground stations: 90 seconds continuous clock at each station including – donkey boulder kicks, teeter totter WWII’s, bench jumps, picnic table dips, wall jumps and plank timber traverse.

Check Triple: including – crawl bear up the hill, Eeprub’s (reverse burpees), reverse WWII’s

Mosey back to Tuckahoe for 3 x 10 each jerkins on the walkway railings.

Field day audible called after a late realization that Tuckahoe field day must be upon us at the upper parking lot… all PAX must be pushed on a sit down scooter around a cone and back.

Back to the flag for numbers & names

Announcements:
– Tool time benefit sale 6/22 & service project opportunity: see Viral for details on both.
– Early risers optional 4a start on 6/22

YHC closed us out. Fun times this morning – thankful for the chance to lead and enjoy the summer rain outside with such a fine group! It was good to have Hot Yoga back out to Hoedown and pulling us along on the runs. BT was definitely the 2019 scooter MVP.

GP

Eleven, including a handful of tourists, jumped into the week with vigor and came forth to the latest rendition of Hoedown. Temps were sunny (almost) and 70 (almost).

COP: Mosey around the horseshoe (2 laps) to start the legs moving, then circle up in the teacher’s parking lot for:

Arm circles (10 little, 10 big, then reverso, but only for 10 big…YHC doesn’t believe in small, reverse arm circles).
IWs
SSHs
HBs
LBCs
FKicks
HRMs

Mosey around the horseshoe two-ish more times…

…onto the parking lot for…

12’s, like Elevens, but one louder. Run across parking lot, Bernie Sanders up the asphalt hill, then clockwork merkins. Run across the parking lot, and complement the merkins with 1-11 WWIIs (no complement to 12 merkins…YHC is kind). ABCs for the six, then hold six inches once done with ABCs.

Mosey to the blacktop for the Dart Board.

Two circles, similar to a poor man’s dart board, were drawn on the ground. One had a series of exercises; the other a series of numbers (5-40, in increments of 5). One man selected to roll. The first die was targeted for an exercise. The other die was targeted for a number. Based on where the dice land, the PAX does the number of reps for the chosen exercise. Unless, there is a miss, in which case the PAX does 5 burpees for the first miss and 10 burpees for the second miss. Don’t miss three times. PAX rotate rolling…for those who didn’t have a chance to go, next time.

PAX did lots of burpees, some flutter kicks, HRMs, and merkins.

In between rounds of exercises, run to the first basketball hoop and back, EXCEPT on the last round…stay at the far end of the blacktop for…

…Gaga. YHC has wanted to play for some time, and to a hyper-competitive 46-year old, YHC is tired of losing to his kids. Today was YHC’s chance to lose to his friends. 2 brackets…5 PAX in Bracket 1, 6 PAX in Bracket 2. Winner of B1 (Hot Yoga) played Winner of B2 (MARV) for the title. Hot Yoga was crowned the winner, though it’s possible YHC did not enforce the rules, which YHC doesn’t actually know. YHC apologizes to MARV, who may have won before he did not win. Lab Rat also apologizes, because that’s what he does.

Mosey to the Horseshoe for 4 MoM. WWIIs, flutter kicks, reverse crunches.

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

Announcements:

Ultimate Frisbee tomorrow at Heartbreak Ridge. Loose Goose reported that Lab Rat will have “the stuff.” Since the HC Police will certainly be present, the PAX should be cautious when possessing “the stuff.”

Summer tour…Phonics reminds the PAX that 28 have signed up. August 1 is the theoretical last day to start, though YHC notes that a PAX who has not posted anywhere all summer may struggle to post 27 of the following 33 days. Take up the challenge.

NMS:

Today won the title of Best Weather of June, and likely July, and likely August. 58 and limited humidity.

Splinter is a good man. So good, that he has been renamed “Pied Piper” for leading minors astray.

8 men from the west end and YHC said no to their fart sack this sunny and 70 Monday morning to get in some coupon action.

This is how it when down.

Grab a cinder block from the stack and mosey up to the black top

COP (ALL IC) – SSH, DQ, Hillbillies, Tempo LBC’s, Merkins (on Cinder Blocks), Arm Circles

THANG

Jacob’s Ladder (sort of) – Only thing that made this a Jacob’s Ladder was the count up to 7. Using the blacktop, line up on one side in front of the basketball hoops. Complete 1 Situp + Press. Bear Crawl w/ block to the other side and complete 2 Situp + Press. Rinse and Repeat till 7 reps

Mosey to the playground field

11’s – Complete both exercise on one side (1 Block Burpee + 10 Block Swings), run across the field and back. Rinse and Repeat till 10 Burpees + 1 Swing.

Mosey to canopy area next to school

Triple Check – Dips, Derkins, Hallelujah Run (Block over head) down the sidewalk and back

Mosey back to the SF for Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements and YHC took us out.

MOLESKIN

Always great to make the trip to the Tuckahoe area. Since YHC wouldn’t be Qing a KB working this week, seem only fitting to have some sort of coupon workout.

YHC must have been slamming the cinder block a little hard during the ladder. About halfway thought his broke in half and had to run back down the hill to get a replacement

Offshore was beast during the 11’s lapping the rest of the PAX

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Loose Goose has the Q at Heartbreak tomorrow. There will be no Cinder Blocks
• Memorial Day Convergences at Tredegar
• Puppy Pile Saturday June 1st

SPIT ON THAT!!

Nine rain-shower dodgers circled around the flag for this morning’s iteration of Hoedown. Everyone greeted the sleeveless Fudd, then off we went for a quick warm-up jog through the neighborhood before meeting in front of the school for:

COP
SSH x20
Arm Circles x15
Copperhead Squats x20
Don Quixotes x15
Freddie Mercuries x20
Merkins x20

The Thang
Mosey to the parking lot nearest the cafeteria for instructions. 3 exercises of 20 each then run to the far end of the parking log, traverse up and down the hill, then run back to whence we came. The run got shorter and shorter with each iteration. Exercises were:

Merkins, Squats, Flutter Kicks, Run forward/backward
Werkins, Lunges, LBCs, Bear Crawl / Crawl Bear
Clerkins, Ball Dippers, Reverse Crunches, Crawl Bear / Bear Crawl
Boo Ya Merkins, Step Back Lunges, APDs, Crab Walk / Walk Crab

Slow shimmy over to the stairway ramp for 3 sets of 10 jerkins.

Sideways shuffle over to the paved ocean for triple check. Al Gore, APDs and Karaoke / Backwards Run / Forwards run.

Hustle back to the flag where announcements were made and YHC took us out.

Moleskin
The weather was glorious today. Soon after COT, the skies opened up and everyone scattered. Always great to see Fudd out in the gloom and he continues to EH even from afar. Welcome to FNG Ben who is a local Midlo graduate, thus the Magnum moniker.

Someone commented about the length of the karaokes on the blacktop should be called ball twisters, from which YHC retorted “twisticles”. Someone should look to see if that can get added to the lexicon.

Announcements
Memorial Day convergence at Tredegar. No Hoedown that day.

Prayers to Handshake’s friend who is going through terrible circumstances.

See everyone in the gloom.

Big Data is watching.

On a beautiful Monday morning, 12 mighty warriors met up for a beatdown and i believed they received it.

Warm ups:

10 Don Quixotes, 20 Side straddle hops, 10 forward and backwards Arm circles and 10 Merkins

First Exercise:

Doras with 100 Gaga jumps (jumps over the Gaga Ball pit boundaries), 200 Carolina Dry Docks and 300 2 count flutter kicks, Other partner is running to the other side of the black top and back.

Mosey to Hillsdale road

Second exercise:

Fireman Carry up the hill around the cul-de-sac back down the hill

This is where Roger Roger carrying Bodos nearly toppled. I credit Roger Roger with a good save but it was close.

Bear crawl up the hill ~1/8 mile jog down the hill and plank

Mosey to the field behind TES

Third Exercise:

Triple check with Donkey kicks, Tricep dips and run to the chin up bar and do 5 Burp ups (burpies to a chin up).

Last exercise:

Run to the horsehoe and share in 65 PLTs. 65 to 1 were the odds of Country House winning (or winning by default) the Kentucky Derby. Was that a foul or not? I have no idea. Finish with 15 merkins.

Announcements: Bodos first Q is this Wednesday at Dog Pile.

We have Field Day this Saturday. For those at Tuckahoe Nano Region, represent with the collared shirt and old khaki shorts, I’d say even a visor.

I had fun Q’ing again although I was unable to complete the triple check due to being slightly out of shape. I also had a few comments on my sleeveless shirt. I think my look resembled the latest photo of Christian McCaffrey (look up Christian McCaffrey jacked). Have a productive week and god bless!

Twelve. Decent numbers like old times. Fudd’s in town too. Sunny and 70. What more could one want?

Run a 1 mile route to UR for COT in the gazebo. Decided to keep it short since it was a confined space.

• Russian Soldier
• Invisible Jump Rope
• Don Quixote

Over to the Richmond side of the lake for catch me if you can. 1 partner runs backwards to the Commons while the other does 5 merkins and run to catch them. Reverso until the end and Al Gore.

Along the Commons, take 6 lunges and perform 5 derkins on the wall. BTTW for the six.

Jog along the lake to the path of steep and sustained ascent. Partner carry and swap as needed.

Over to the Amphitheater and perform 5 dips on the first 10 steps. Off to the trail and exit the school.

Taking a running tour return to the AO while working out along the way.

• American Hammers
• Fudd Squats (in front of Fudd’s old place)
• Carolina Dry Docks
• Flutter Kicks
• LBCs
• Monkey Humpers

Fudd took us out.

ABT,

Lockjaw

8 sponges, including 1 FNG, flopped out of The Fartsack and into Hoedown for a sunny and 70 Monday morning. The motorcyclists hauling through Westham tell the story (loudly) like this…

Mosey to the Third Church parking lot for the COP

Invisible Jumpropes x22
Don Quixote x10
Imperial Walkers x15
Side-straddle Hops x20
Scorpion Kicks x10
Hand-Release Mercans x10
Little, Baby Crunches x20

Mosey to the Horseshoe

Garbage Plate suggested PLTs…so the PAX did 20 PLTs at each of the arrows on the Horseshoe…6 arrows = 120 PLTs each

Mosey to the Soccer Field for Lake Florida

YHC travels a bunch (or had you not heard)…to Florida. YHC believes F3RVA could use more AOs with man-made lakes, massive humidity, and the possibility of carnivorous reptilian observers…for today, the field at Tuckahoe would have to suffice. The PAX was told to mosey around the outside of the field, stopping at six points around the field, to perform the following exercises:
20 squats
20 hello dollies
20 flutter kicks (4 count)
20 hand-release mercans
20 reverse crunches
20 dips
Each PAX also composed and played a 5-second musical accompaniment on the playground drums. To YHC’s knowledge, Mr. Holland selected no PAX members for the All-County Chorus or any accompanying percussion activities.
Do this 3 times.

Mosey to the Blacktop for a Quadruple Check

Partner 1: bear crawl up the hill to the tree
Partner 2: Balls to the Wall
Partner 3: People’s Chair
Partner 4: World War II style sit-ups (Mr. Holland’s choice)

2 rounds only due to time restrictions

Mosey Back to the Flag for 2 minutes of Mary

Rosalitas x20
LBCs x20

Number-am-a, Name-a-ram-a, Vinny took us out

Announcements:

Breaking Bread Sunday…please let YHC know if you would like to join
Field Day, May 11…see Vinny for details
Welcome Umbrella…Joel is a lawyer who helped recruit Vinny…and his favorite insurance coverage is umbrella.