Tag: Hoedown

Ten of the region’s finest assembled in the waning crescent for a hot potato Q.  With the regulars gone, Hoedown is turning into a regular “who want’s it” staredown.  YHC took control this morning before passing the potato.  Mosey to the black top ocean for COP that went something like this:

COP
SSH – 25
DQ – 10
MC – 20
LBC – 20
Arm Circles – 15 each way
Mosey back to the drop off loop just as Flipper arrives.

The Thang
Start off with Dora, the traditional way, not the proper way.  Partner 1 runs around the loop while partner 2 does an exercise on the hill.  Exercises were 100 incline (feet up the hill) WWIIs, 200 clockwork merkins (50 at noon, 3, 6, and 9), 300 single count lunges.

Pass the potato to Slurpee who took us down Lindsay.  Modified polar bear back up the hill.  Seven stride bear crawl followed by 7 merkins.  I’ll call this the Slurpee Bear.  Repeat until you get to the 6th car then partner up and partner carry up the hill and back down to the bottom.  50 jump squats then sprint back to the VSF.

EF Hutton took charge for mary, teasing us with something special he has been working on.  Alas, that will have to wait.  Mary included Freddie Mercuries, six inches, Wilson’s spaghetti party (two ways) then a ring of fire.

Numberama, namerama, then Flip dog properly took us out.

Moleskin
Today was the day of audibles, lots of ideas that required modification.  YHC took two of those honors, first with the attempted incline WWIIs.  That was a complete disaster.  Audible to flat WWIIs.  The second audible of the day was cutting 300 lunges down to 200.  YHC was getting bored.

Slurpee continued Audible Monday with two audibles of his own.  The Slurpee Bear was a pure smoker.  Third audible was to lunge as necessary.  Fourth audible was to only go 3 cars instead of the full 6.  I imagine this seemed like a good idea in his head.  Note to the PAX, careful calling on Slurpee during a hot potato.

The PAX wasn’t very creative during COT when naming our FNG.  Ponch did a good job providing background but nothing juicy stood out.  We tried the first concert (Travis Tritt), after which the PAX stood at each other trying to pull a Travis Tritt song.  Flipper finally pulled Trouble.  Sabotage indicated the FNG was light on his feet running up the hill, which prompted Twinkle Toes.  No one was excited about it but we rolled with it as there were no other creative options.  While driving home, YHC noticed that the license plate for our FNG was “JZY JFF”.  After a post workout conference with the Qs and Flipper, we settled on Carlton.  Ponch, let your boy know he is now Carlton not Twinkle Toes.  You are welcome.

Ring of fire with dealer’s choice merkins was a sight.  Especially Two Can demonstrating proper hand clap merkins.  Boy can get off the ground.

Well done all.  See everyone soon.

Splinter out.

Five pax stood in the parking lot looking at each other wondering where all the regulars were and who was going to Q.  When asked who wants it, all pax but Lab Rat took one step back.  OK then, let’s do some experimenting!

Original plan came to a screeching halt when we went to do a lap around the school only to be met by a formidable fence.    We straightened back out and got some COP done in front of the school.  Nothing fancy here, but get the muscles warmed up and stretched out.

We then moseyed back to the playground and quickly found a good 4-man circuit, and used a runner as the pivot.  We got in some leg crunches from the monkey bars, pullups, dips, and elevated planks.  Two rounds of those was plenty of upper body for a minute.

Since there were 5 of us, I will name this next one “The 4 Pillars”.  Yoga is the one thing I wish I did more of.  I am extremely inflexible, so most of the yoga I do is just me rolling around doing my best, but I have always enjoyed the balance poses.  So, in trying to incorporate some of that, we set up 4 corners around the field, one pax at each corner holding poses.  The fifth pivot member would do 3 burpees then run to next corner and swap out. Polling the pax after this, it sounds like this movement is definitely a keeper if a couple tweaks were made.  Most notably, changing up the poses to more F3-ish friendly.  Examples thrown out were:  People’s chair (aka Helix squat), The Crane (wax on, wax off optional), and the summertime pool classic, The Jack Knife.  We actually did:  Tiny Dancer and Tree.

The workout was finished up with 3 rounds of Barry Sanders up the paved hill with 10 squats at top and 10 merkins at bottom.  With a few minutes left, we got the blood flowing thru the legs with parking lot tracers to the back and 5 minutes of Mary.

Thanks to Sabotage for taking us out this morning with a wonderful prayer of thanks.

Apology of the week goes out to ME, and is owed to me by Fireman Ed for completely ruining the air quality in one corner of the playground and then LEAVING.  The vapor trail did not follow and lingered for an impossible amount of time…so long I wondered if I did the deed myself….but dont remember eating pho recently.

 

Lab Rat apologizes…

When YHC arrived, the Pax was light in numbers, but the Pax converged quickly with Mr Holland having three seconds to spare.  Mr Holland is the Atomic Clock.

COP

• SSH
• Russian Soldiers
• Don Quixote (no Saab, so we went at a medium pace)
• Helicopters

Mosey across the front of the school and to the shopping center parking lot.  Line up for some 11s.

• 2 count mountain climbers and Carolina dry docks
• Run about 10 parking spaces between sets
• Once we exhausted the parking spaces, we crossed Ridge and headed down Holmes to finish

In the Kanawha parking lot, partner up for some Doras.

• Partner 1 runs from the speed bump to the dumpster and back
• Partner so does 100 reverse lunges, 200 monkey humpers, 300 flutter kicks

Karaoke a block down Ralston and then Karaoke facing the other way another block.  Bear crawl down the hill on University Drive.  Partner carries up the other side of the hill.

Run to the next stop sign at Ridge and elbow plank for the six.  Cross the road and Catch Me If You Can for a long block to Westham Parkway.  Partner 1 runs backwards.  Partner 2 does 5 HRM and runs forward to catch him.  Reverso.

Hang a left on Westham Parkway and perform an exercise when you come to each intersection:

• Sunset – 10 Boo-Yah Merkins
• Lakewood- 20 PLT for partner 1
• Hillsdale – 20 PLT for Partner 2
• Lindsay – 20 Box Cutters (turn left of Lindsay)
• West Drive – 10 Dive Bombers
• Lindsay – 5 Burpees

Back to the VSF for Merkin Ring of Fire:  Call out a number 1-5 and a style of Merkin for the Pax to perform.  Pass clockwise and the next Pax must call out a different number and style of Merkin.

Finish with some American Hammers.

YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Today! –  double dip opportunity at 6:30 pm – Come out to the Punisher and get a second Lockjaw Q
• Home run derby tomorrow – See preblast or Gumbo for details
• This Thursday – paddling on the river (water permitting) at 6:00 pm from the Huguenot Bridge.  No experience necessary and space in the tandem for those who want to give it a try.  See Lockjaw for details.
• July 4 Convergence – Hot Potato down on Belle Isle.

Always Be Tapering,

Lockjaw

Twelve fart-sack escapees convened at Hoedown for a Slurpee replacement Q.  Actually, there were 9 of us and three tricklers.  Today was not the day to be late to the AO.  Huddle up then off we went, north on Forest to the church parking lot for…

COP
SSH – x25
Burpee – x1
Russian Soldiers – x20
Burpee – x2
Imperial Walkers – x20
Burpee – x3
Copperhead Squats – x15
Burpee – x4
Don Quixotes – x10
Burpee – x5

The Thang
Slide over about 10 feet to start 4 corners with Old Glory exercises at each corner.  The first time through we bear crawled to the first corner, 20 merkins, crab walk to second corner, 20 jump squats, bear crawl to third corner, 10 burpees, crab walk to fourth corner for 20 WWIIs.  Al Gore.

Second round included the same exercises but the distance between the corners increased.  This time it was the perimeter of the parking lot around the church.  Backwards run when you are on the roads and forward run otherwise.  Al Gore.

Third round was all running, same exercises at the corners.  Run out Rock Creek to Baldwin, Baldwin to Stuart Hall, Stuart Hall to Forest, then back to Rock Creek.  Plank-o-rama.

Mosey back to the school via Paris and partner up for a modified catch me if you can.  Partner 1 bear crawls sideways on the incline hill in the parking lot while partner 2 completes 10 merkins then runs to catch up.  Down to the end and back.

Same partners, partner 1 holds 6″ while the other runs the bus loop.  Repeato x3.

Circle up for some quick mary which included American Hammers (x20) and LBCs (x20).

Numbers, names and YHC took us out with some advice that may not pass the HR muster.

Moleskin
YHC was pinged by Slurpee yesterday indicating he couldn’t take the Q today so YHC stepped in.  YHC has not done an old glory in quite some time but Hoedown is not very conducive for said routine.  Thus the modification with 4 corners of escalating size.

Vinny was very thankful for all the running today as he has been lacking recently.  Also, great to see Sabotage out there for the first time in a while.  Kudos to Ponch who just notched his 4th workout in his first 8 days.  Keep it up!

Celebratory toast of the day goes to Sugar Sock who hit his 100th workout today.  BT had the nerve to ask him how he knew how many times he had posted.  Silly BT.

Great to see the variety of faces today.  Summer challenge is in full effect.

Announcements
Puppy Pile – 705 Saturday
Frisbee tomorrow at Heartbreak
Convergence 7/4 at 700 @ Tredegar

Splinter out.

A lucky 13 descended upon Tuckahoe Elementary to jumpstart their week.  This is what transpired more or less…

COP:  Helicopters, DQ’s, DRM’s

Lindsays on Lindsay:  Mosey (halfway) down Lindsay.  Perform Lindsays starting with 30 Merkins, run to top, 10 J-Squats…repeat Lindsay-style.

11’s:  Near parking lot, find a nice patch of grass for your ass and start with WWII’s.  Run up embankment, touch fence, then perform Merkin…repeat 11’s Style.

Field:

• 10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl to center of field, perform 10 Heels to Heaven, Crab Walk Back
• Repeat above starting with 20 DK’s then 20 4 count Flutter Kicks.
• Repeat again with 30 DK’s then 30 two count LBCs.  Polar Bear back

Catch Me if you Can:  Partner runs backward while other performs 5 Merkins.  Tag up and switch.  Continue for 5 minutes back and forth across field.

Few Minutes of Mary (Hello Dollys and Scissors), then COT.

Moleskin:

Shakedown provided YHC a heads-up yesterday that he would be bringing an FNG (Tony) to the workout.  Although he missed the stellar COP, he arrived in plenty of time for Lindsays to commence.

Creative juices were not flowing today so the PAX/Q initially landed on the name Pothole – given Tony’s work with VDOT.  Both Tony and the Q were less than enthused.  Afterward YHC did some research on the Corp of Engineers – which Tony had also been with for many years.  After consultation with others, he has been dubbed “Ponch” – a somewhat verbal abbreviation of “Lake Pontchartrain.”  This is the lake which breached the levees built by the Army Corp of Engineers during hurricane Katrina.

Welcome Ponch.  YHC was impressed you were already thinking of exercises to offer in the event it was a hot potato Q.  We look forward to your return and leading this group someday.

Saab abides.

 

16 strong came out to soak in the cooler temperatures at Hoedown. Here is what went down:

COP – SSH, Helicopters, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks, Flutterkicks, Don Qs. Mosey over to Tuckahoe Shopping Center. Partner up:

Wheelbarrow across lot, 10 Shoulder Presses. Switch partners going back. Repeato x3.

Cross street to Church lot for 4 Corners. Reps of 10, 15, 20, 25. First round: backwards run & merkins. 2nd round: karaoke & Heels2Heaven. 3rd round: High knees and Mtn Climbers.

Mosey to back of TES. Partner up again. Donkey Kicks & partner runs field & 5 Pull-ups. Repeato x4.  Then Elbow plank, 4 sets of 20 PLTs. 10 Burpees then back to flag. Finish up with Freddy Mercurys & American Hammers.

NMS – YHC had wanted to try out the Shopping center lot for a Q for some time just to change things up. All started well until several tomatoes pulled in for their workout at Zing Fit. we must have been quite a sight at 5:40. Fudd was disheartened for not a single tomato gave a ” Hi Roger” as they moved past us.

Saab was warned before the start his choice to go glove less might not be wise. We also used the other church lot for the first time. A lot easier to try things out in the light of June mornings. Also good to see Gucci back in the gloom, now a regular again.

Please pray for Ronnie and Kubota as they both are on IR for a while. The Hoedown Q is open next Monday with Kubota out.

YHC was glad he could Q on his 3 year Anniversary of his first post. Amazed at what great friends I’ve made and how you PAX have made me a better man.

 

13 Strong showed up on a beautiful Monday morning for a great start to the week:

COP:

Lap around the hood

Side Straddle Hop

Helicopters

Flutter kicks

LBC’s

Merkins

THANG:

Mosey to the top of Lindsay for a good old fashioned 11’s sequence (Merkins at the top of Lindsay Drive and Crunchy Frogs at the bottom)….

 

 

Mosey back to the flag for Merkin Ring of Fire, Mary (American Hammers X30, 6 inches X 30 count), COT, Numberama, Namearama, Announcements, and Splinter took us out.

NMS:

YHC was excited to Q on such a nice morning.  In thinking about the plan last evening, YHC decided that although partner carries and wheelbarrows are fun, it was time to change things up.

YHC decided to challenge the PAX with something YHC isn’t so good at which is running.  What a better track (back and forth) than Lindsay Drive for some 11’s.  I believe down the hill one time is .2-.25 miles, and it’s a hard, steady climb back up (obviously same distance).  Doing that 20 times was a real challenge for YHC!   Tclaps to Garbage Plate, Gucci, Splinter, and Offshore for leading the way, man you guys are FAST!

Simply put, YHC loves how F3 pushes each of us to be better not only physically but overall as men.

Go get ’em today fellas, what a great start to the week!

 

Announcements:

Memorial Day Convergance at Tredegar/Belle Isle May 28th.

Summer Challenge:  Post at every AO between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

16 youngsters appeared in The Gloom for the 70^th Anniversary School House Edition of the (Tucka)Hoedown. It’s very possible that the following happened.

Neighborhood lap

COP (in Factors of 7)

Hillbillies (7)
SSH (14)
Mountain climbers (21)
Imperial walkers (21)
LBCs (14)
HR mercans (7…save these for later, eh?)

Run to School Day

Partner up
Both partners polar bear crawl to first SUV. Mercans every so often along the way.

SUV Shuffle (Omage to All the Mom’s)

Stay with your partner.  Or, apparently, don’t.
10 mercans at first SUV, then Bernie Sanders to top of hill.
Run back down to second SUV. Repeat mercans, and repeat BS to top of hill.
Repeato at each SUV on the street, or until Q decides on the definition of an SUV and the definition of “on the street,” and whether the PAX has done sufficient mercans.

Al Gore for the six

Parking Lot Arrows

Line up on first painted arrow in the parking lot.  Partner up.  (Note: this version of partnering up is purely social, and is in no way related to any exercise.  Just trying to keep it social).

First Round:

7 of an exercise at each arrow. Saab selected hand release mercans.  YHC says there are 10 arrows. This may or may not be true. But, if the Q says it, the PAX does it. 70 HR mercans.  That slowed the Mumblechatter for a while.

Bear crawl between arrows.

Al Gore for the six.

Second Round:

LBCs. PAX did 14 at each arrow. Side straddle hop in between. (Wait for the running moms to pass before starting.)

LBCs for the six.

Mosey to the SF.

4 Minutes of Phys Ed. (aka Mary)

Rosalitas
APDs
Reverse crunches
LBCs
Hello Dolly
Possible the PAX did other ab exercises as well.

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

Announcements:

HDHH Wednesday.  Gumbo is providing golf lessons, or golf balls, or some such fun.  You buy your own beer / wings / food after.  See him.

Golf Friday For the Cause.  See Wilson.

Puppy Pile Saturday at 7:05 a.m.

Breaking Bread…May 27…would love to have one more family join YHC’s.  Hard to market “Food by UpChuck,” even to the homeless.

NMS:

YHC had quite a night.  Mother’s Day with in-laws ran late, CAPS, CAPS, CAPS, and then a client issue.  Thus, no preparation today.  According to Inspector Flipper, it was apparent.  Perhaps YHC saying,”Man, I really don’t have anything planned” gave it away.  Well done, Inspector.

Hats off today to the PAX for putting up with some disorganization.  What can be said?  Sometimes you just need to grab a partner.  2nd F during the 1st F.

That said, the PAX did reach some milestones.

HoneyDo did not puke.
Saab called for an audible.
Gomer Pyle learned that YHC cannot (or does not) bother to count.
Fudd is still counting SUV’s on Lindsey.

Footnote: An SUV is whatever the Q says an SUV is.

Side note: Was it Kubota who pointed out the need to respect the Rural SUV (aka pickup)?  YHC thanks him kindly for his support.

Endnote: YHC continues to be impressed that Fudd shows up on days he is traveling.  This is not easy given the commuting pressures, tightness from sitting in the car, etc.  Great to have him out there.

Way to push it, Hand Shake. Hope that ankle keeps coming along.

Thanks to Mr. Holland for pushing YHC up the hill, backwards.  Well done.

UpChuck spits the bit.

21 of RVA’s finest came out for good weather, a workout, and chance to steal a Ghost Flag.

Mosey up to the sea of blacktop for COP:

• Don Quixote (slow style for Saab)
• Helicopters
• SSH (43)
• Russian Soliders
• HRM (which turned to regular Merkins upon YHC ingesting a pollen cloud )

Up to the field for Dora 1-2-3:

• 100 Copperhead Squats
• 200 Box Cutters
• 300 Scissors (2-ct)
• Partner runs across the field and back

Elbow Plank

Down the road to the bottom of Lindsay for Lindsays:

• 30 2-ct Mountain Climbers
• bear crawl 5 paces
• 10 Scorpions
• bear crawl 5 paces
• Repeat until the 30/10 ratio is 10/30.

Partner up for some catch me if you can up the hill.  Partner 1 runs backwards and Partner 2 does 5 burpees and runs to catch him.  Reverso and repeato until you reach the top.

Elbow Plank

Mosey over to the green grass of the horseshoe.

• 20 left oblique crunches
• 20 right oblique crunches
• 20 PLT
• 7 4-ct BooYah merkins
• Repeato

Circle up for Merkin Ring of Fire.  Pax member calls 1, 3, or 5 quantity of a style of Merkin for the Pax to perform.  One cannot repeat what the prior person called.

YHC took us out.

NMS

Nothing like spring light to illuminate the Hoedown AO.  Perhaps the first time we have had light and no rain.  Perfect for seeing all of the tripping hazards.

The Pax was strong today.  The oblique crunches offered the Pax a dilemma: spooning someone or face to face.  Multiple opinions were rendered on approaches, but regardless, it was good Keymaster was not there to crop dust in this scenario.

With 21 Pax present, we had 3 from SOJ, 3 from DaVille, and 1 form Richmond Proper.  How to break the tie?  YHC decided that SOJ and DaVille would each put forth one person for a 20 rep burp-off.  Shakedown and Spit were the representatives and the they were off!  Aided by form in which he seemed to pounce straight up and land like a cat in burpee position, Shakedown pulled ahead slightly taking home the flag for SOJ!  Well done Spit and Shakedown. Way to represent!

Announcements:

• Shakedown (and Mr. Holland?) are shaving their heads for a good cause.  (https://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/mypage/984556/2018)
• Puppy Pile on 5/19 – Hot potato Q for the 2.0s.
• Ghost Flag rules for those interested : https://backblasts.f3rva.org/2017/07/20/ghost-flag/