Tag: Hoedown

It’s funny how YHC hates getting wet except when Qing.  Then the PAX’s anguish sustains me.

Here’s what transpired:

Mosey loop around horseshoe and to the front parking lot

COP (IC)

• Don Quixotes
• Imperial Walkers
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Plankorama
• Hand Release Merkins
• WWIIs
• Imaginary Jump Rope

Mosey down Hepler and left on Paris

Automobile Bingo

• Cars – Merkins x 5
• SUVs/ Crossovers – Squats x 5
• Vans – Mountain Climbers 2ct x 5
• Truck – Burpee x 5

Mosey across Forest to Spottswood

Dora 1-2-3

• P1 – runs up the hill to the porta-potty and back
• P2 – Mike Tyson Merkins x 100, Flutter Kicks 2ct x 200, Monkey Humpers x 300

Mosey up Forest, left on Lindsay, back to the TES parking lot hill

• Clerkins – 12 at 12, 11 at 11…1 at 1

Mosey back to the front parking lot

Ark Loader

• Bear Crawl
• Crab Walk
• Bunny Hop
• Duck Walk
• Injured Bear L/R
• Human
• Polar Bear

Mosey to the cafeteria

Mary

• APDs
• Heels to Heaven
• Freddie Mercurys

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

Must be Q-drenaline, because nothing seemed that bad, but the PAX was full of complaints during the Clerkins.  Make it hard and they’ll come back is what YHC has always heard.  Perhaps we shall see.  Welcome Gonzo, Snuff can explain. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for UpChuck’s coworker/family, Hitch’s friend and mentor, Bodos’ parents in Asheville

10 HIMs fought off the comforts of the Monday Morning Fart Sack to catch YHC’s first post at Hoedown in nearly 2 years. As YHC headed to the second darkest AO in the West End, YHC’s mind raced a mile a minute. What to do? Head Off campus? It’s been nearly two years…. does the PAX even park in the same lot? A welcomed sight pulling onto Lindsay Drive reminded YHC was at the right spot…. BIG BLUE had secured the AO!

Fumbling for words as to why YHC wore long sleeves whereas Swirly had ripped his off, the clock struck go time and the PAX mosey’d down Helper Rd. Circle up at Paris for a quick COT

SSHs, Imperials Walkers, DQs, Dead Man Hang, Few Merkins and LBCs, time for the field trip YHC talked YHC out of. Instead of a hard right to Trinity UMC, YHC forged the PAX back to TES for a trio of partner exercises

The Thang

Dora 50-100-200

Handrelease merkins, Two Count Flutters, Monkey Humpers

Pace car Bear Crawls of the hill and moseys back

ABCs for the Six

Triple Check #1

Mosey to the blacktop

Pace car moseys the length of the court and back

other exercises: people’s chair and mountain climbers

Triple Check #2

Mosey to the cafeteria wall

Pace car lunges to Big Blue and moseys back

other exercises: reverso crunches and BTTW

5 mins of broga, stretching to close out the gloom

Numberama, Namerama, YHC Took us out.

Pleasure to lead at the closest AO to YHC’s home. Been too long. Enjoyed seeing some PAX YHC hadn’t in a while.

YHC isn’t up to date on announcements, see slack for further details.

Have a great week Gents! SYITG!

We repeated, almost completely, a workout from a few months ago. You’re welcome!

Mosey to corner Parking lot and give standard disclaimer

• 20 SSHs
• 10 Man-Maker Merkins
• 15 Crunchy Frogs
• Stretch

Mosey to Asphalt playground

• 20 IWs
• 10 Diamond Merkins
• 10 each side Suzanne Sommers
• Stretch

Mosey to corner parking lot

• 20 Squats
• 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
• 15 Knee Ups
• Stretch

Mosey to asphalt playground

• 10 Don Quixotes
• 10 Stagger Arm Merkins
• 15 Ukrainian Hammers
• Stretch

Line up on sidewalk to the asphalt playground for 11s

• Mike Tyson & V-Ups

To the grass playground in back; Count off by 3s. Rotate Clockwise.

• 10 Get-ups at the swings, (lay on your back and then stand up without using your hands)
• 20 Hanging Knee-ups at pull-up bars,
• 30 Dips at benches,

To the wall for

• 15 People’s chair airpress
• 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
• 15 Donkey Kix
• 15 People’s chair Milkers
• 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
• 15 Donkey Kix
• 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
• 10 BTTW Toe Taps

Time’s up!

Announcements:

Friday: 10-year anniversary convergence: Snuff’s house happy hour. They need some HCs.

Saturday: 10-year anniversary convergence: Dogpile: 6AM Ruck, 7AM Workout, 1:30 – 6:00 Huguenot Park for dinner and afternoon of fellowship (Shelter #1)

Circle of Trust: from 1 Samuel Chapter 8:

¹⁰ Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. ¹¹ He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots. ¹² Some he will assign to be commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. ¹³ He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. ¹⁴ He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his attendants. ¹⁵ He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. ¹⁶ Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle and donkeys he will take for his own use. ¹⁷ He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. ¹⁸ When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer you in that day.”

In short, the Lord told Samuel to tell the people “I’ll give you a king but you will be disappointed.”

Keep in mind that whichever party you support or whichever politician you support, they are humans which means they are just like those of us around the Circle of Trust. They are flawed people and may even have a couple additional flaws. If you want salvation, don’t look to a politician, look to the Lord.

Five God Fearing men issued in this new brisk Monday Hoedown style.

Mosey the bus loop while waiting on the Hitchhiker to catch up.

Standard Hoedown COP warm up & disclaimer in front parking lot.

Mosey to Walgreens shopping center for group LBC-Run, APD-Run, Merkin-Run, Scissor-Run.

Mosey across street for (2) deep squats at every pole and post. *To many to count.

(3) sets of 20 Dips at left of shopping center.

Mosey around back of school through fence. This got YHC a few bewildered looks with some questioning mumble chatter.

Partner up for some more Dips-Run, Balls to wall-Run, Balls to wall-Run.

Mosey to covered walk way for some partnered Gerkins. + More Dips.

Mosey around bus loop for a COT.

Prayer Psalms 51:10-12

Prayer Request. Work Stuff from the Pax.

I enjoyed the small 5-Man Pax this morning. What a great way to start the day!

Twenty, yes twenty (!) mighty men of Westhoe gathered in the gloom for a Monday morning beatdown. Bathed by the glowing luminescence of the Third Church building, casting rays of light which emanated out of every single window in the entire damn building, the pax ventured forth at 0530. Here’s what happened…

COP in the near Third Church lot: Deadman hang // helicopters // DQs // Ukrainian Soldiers // Copperhead Squats // APDs // LBCs // Planks

Merkin Jax  1:4 ratio : 1 merkin, 4 plank jax, 2 merkins, 8 plank jax, up to 5/20 and all the way back down. Mosey to middle lot

Endless Escalator! Perform 20 reps of exercise 1, run a lap. Exercise 1 + 2, Run a Lap, Exercise 1+2+3, Run…..all the way up to Exercise 1-10 and Run a Lap. Exercises:

• Merkins
• WW2s
• SSHs
• Carolina Dry Docks
• Squats
• Crunchy Frogs
• 2x Mtn Climbers
• 2x Imperial Squat Walkers
• Reverse Crunches
• Burpees

Audible was called at 6:05, the whole pax started at the top and worked our way down the ladder, 10 reps each. mosey back to the school

COP: Swirly led some final ab excercises

NMS: awesome morning to have so many guys come out. Lots of mumble chatter about why YHC cannot get the contractor to turn off the lights of the church building every night. Attempted confrontation of contractor was thwarted, maybe next time.

Next Monday Convergence at Knuckleville somewhere way out West. SYITG!

A whopping 17 of RVA’s finest and best looking lads took to the streets of Tuckahoe to analyze the effects of the evening summer squall. On the guest list today was 2 out of town visitors from across the country to witness firsthand what YHC had planned. Let us begin..

Mosey to the church parking lot to comment on the newly installed fire hydrant and island for protection. Circle up for introductions and disclaimers. Warm ups included SSH’s, Deadman Hang, Jazzercise, DQ’s, Helis, LBC’s, Suzanne Summers left, Freddie Mercuries, Suzanne Summers right & Hello Dollies. All is right with the world, so let the beatdown commence..

Mosey to the executive church parking lot to the pile of coupons. Split off into numerous groups of 3 (or round up if needed) for Triple Check. Round 1 included Wiper Merkins on the coupons, WWII’s, while timer runs the loop. Round 2 included Curls for the Gurls, Mountain Climbers, while timer runs the loop in the opposite direction. Return the coupons to their woody abode and mosey to the bank lot…

4 Corners. Bear Crawl to 1st corner, 10 merkins. Lunge to 2nd corner, 20 Squats. Bear crawl to the 3rd corner, 30 WWII’s. Lunge to the 4th corner, 40 Monkey Humpers. Car enters the parking lot, so out we go like a thief in the dawn.

Mosey back to the school past the downed limb to the Wall o Pain. Triple Check again to eat some clock. Dirty Hook ups, Peoples Chair, Timer runs the bus loop. Mosey to the green grass for some quick mary on your 6. Time is called.

Announcements – Congrats to Bodos and Oyster on their Pickle Victory over the weekend. New AO holding Labor Day Convergence and being launched near Short Pump by Whitesnake, see slack for deets. Welcome to our out of town Travelers Salt Lick (F3 Lubbock) and Rep Sleepy (F3 Smokies), both in town this week for work with the anticipation to hit other AO’s.

YHC took us out.

NMS: Phenomenal turnout this morning for perfect conditions. YHC wanted to put a brief stop to all the running the AO has done lately. No better way to take the Q and reintroduce the coupons. Great mumble chatter about weekend excursions and the highly anticipated start of school. Hopefully power is restored to those affected by the recent storm. Thank you gents for the opportunity to lead. Great work fellas.

Copied it and modified it because I didn’t know what all the exercises were. I probably got it out of the Wall Street Journal sometime ago. Either that or I googled for workouts that did not depend on the Fibonacci sequence. (a series of numbers in which each number is the sum of the two that precede it. Starting at 0 and 1, the first 10 numbers of the sequence look like this: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34).

Moseyed over to the front of the school.

Warm-up:

• Side Straddle Hops: 20 in cadence
• Arm circles: 15 forward and 15 back, in cadence
• Leg swings: 10 in cadence, each leg (Stand on one leg and swing the other)
• Imperial Walkers: 20 in cadence

Main Circuit: 4X OYO, Stopped after each exercise so everyone did them together

• Jump Squats: 15 reps
• Merkins: 15 reps
• Lunges: 15 reps each leg
• Plank: 45 seconds
• V-Ups: 15 reps
• Burpees: 10 reps
• Deep Mountain Climbers: 15 Reps

We finished ahead of schedule and so we moseyed to the wall so I could add some time to the workout with the Wall Workout©

• 15 People’s chair airpress
• 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence
• 15 Donkey kicks
• 15 People’s chair Milkers
• 10 BTTW Australian Mountain Climbers
• 15 Donkey kicks
• 15 People’s chair Lalannes
• 10 BTTW Toe Taps
• 15 Donkey kicks
• 15 People’s chair Muhammad Ali
• 10 Dirty Hookups
• 15 Donkey kicks

Cool Down:

• Downward Dog Stretch:
• Cobra:
• Cat-Cow Stretch: (Meow, Mow)
• On your six:
  • Left hand right foot
  • Right hand left foot
• Plank
  • Left hand right foot
  • Right hand left foot
  • Pigeon
• Stand up:
  • Right over left
  • Left over right

Announcements:

2^nd F 2^nd Tuesday, Noon, Firehouse Sub in Innsbrook

Good News for Splinter’s mom in her fight with leukemia! Clean last checkup!

Closing

Think about how the following relate to each other.

“11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’” Exodus Chapter 16

“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk to them of our own necessities but of their advantages.”  “The Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith

“Give us this day our daily bread”. Lord’s Prayer

A quartet of the finest looking chaps embraced the sunny and 70 conditions to start their weeks off strong. 5.30 hit in mid-conversation with the PAX soon realizing that no on had signed up to lead. Q rotation was called with Faceplant leading off. Here is how things went down.

Faceplant Q: Mosey around the carpool loop for numerous laps. Stopping at each lap for variety of exercises and stretching routines typically in conversation. No stragglers this morning, so off we continue down Lindsay. Love Hill – partner runs to the top of the hill while lunges, bear crawl and broad jump burpees are performed. 1 round each followed by mosey to the top. Q is passed to…

Pigskin Q: Mosey over to the Wall of Pain for Pigskin signature beatdown. Cadence count of Airpress, Inverted Hipslaps, 15 Donkey Kicks. Milkers, Australian Mountain Climbers, 15 Donkey Kicks. Mohammed Ali’s, Inverted Toe Taps, 15 Donkey Kicks. Q is passed….

Whitesnake Q: Mosey to the top of the blacktop to examine the perimeter via 4 corners. Round 1 included 10 HR merkins, 20 squats, 30 WWII’s, 40 2 count mountain climbers. Round 2 – 10 2 count American Hammers, 20 V-ups, 30 LBC’s, 40 SSH’s. Q is passed…

Last Call Q: Blacktop 11’s. Start with 1 monkey humper followed by 10 merkins across the blacktop. Wosey to the carpool loop for numbers, names, prayers. YHC took us out.

NMS: Great Hot Potato Q with everyone adding their own bit of spice to the mix. Good mumble chatter consisting of Pigskins’ world travels, Faceplants AARP membership and BRR training. Many Hoedown regulars must be recovering from their takeover travels or getting the final swings if for the upcoming Pickleball tourney. Hot Potato’s are always fun but particularly brutal with Pigskin’s wall of pain. Great work today fellas.

Six Hoedown zealots gathered in the “too dark for pickleball” parking lot for this takeover? edition of Hoedown. Is it really a takeover when it’s one of yours? Regardless, we waited for the Q before YHC stiff armed Oyster proclaiming, “I got this”. Short mosey around the drop off loop then up to the pavement ocean for:

COP

• 10x Helicopters
• 10x DQs
• 10x Copperhead Squats
• 20x SSHs
• 20x MCs
• 20x LBCs

Short mosey, most slowsey’d, to one end of the pavement for Dora. Partner up for merkins (100), jump squats (200), LBCs (300 – courtesy Señor Frog).

Second short mosey over to the jerkin gym. New partner then 5 rounds of jerkins (10, 8, 6, 4, 2). Careful your shoulders don’t hit the ground…

Quick saunter up the concrete path to the very green and filling in rec field. New partner. One partner runs and does 5 pull ups while the other does step ups. Three rounds.

Shuffle over to the swingsets. We had six people and six swings, so seemed appropriate. 10x derkins with feet in the swings. 75% sprint across the field and back. 10x derkins in the swings, 90% sprint across the field and back. 10x derkins in the swings, 100% sprint across the field.

Scurry back to the parking lot for one more round of sprints, competition style. Run, touch the white donation box, then back to the sidewalk. First to touch the sidewalk with their hand wins (kind of like rugby tries, where they have to touch the ball to the ground after the try. For some reason I’ll never know). YHC won because Faceplant didn’t follow directions.

Since Señor ad-hoc’d up and down the hill by the fence, YHC decided to have more fence fun. Run to the hill, bernie up the hill, 10 derkins, run back across, 10 WWIIs. After much deliberation, Last Call announced round 2 exercises. Dirty hookups and DQs. Faceplant was ready for round three and proclaimed the final exercises which for some reason YHC cannot remember. Probably because I was laughing at Oyster being dissed.

ROF 10x dealer’s choice followed by 20x APDs with the final count extra long.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out.

Moleskin

Thanks for letting me lead today. With a takeover Q no-show, YHC wasn’t about to let Oyster steal the show. See y’all this week.

Splinter out.

Room Numbers

Nine Nincompoops danced in the rain at The Hoedown this morning. The 5:30am alarm went off right when the rain was starting to get more annoying. Quick mosey to pick up Mr. Rogers from his car and off to the rear of the school and continuing on to a lesser used, grassy area, at the southern end of the schoolyard. Circle up for:

Dead Man Hang, Helicopters, DQ’s, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, APD’s, Reach for the Lightning, More Dead Man Hang to go over some Hoedown history.

Head over to the school building and at each number on a window, door, etc., perform that number or combo of that number of an exercise. Exercises included upper body, abs, legs and Burpees. Bear Crawl, Lunge and/or Mosey between each room number.

When the pax reached the main entrance of the school, we spelled TUCKAHOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL with our feet while on our six. EF Hutton may have spelled something different. The next room did not have a number but had CLINIC on the window. YHC gave Upchuck the Q for that little part of the workout. He called running a small loop while doing a burpee at every tree, post, bush.

After mostly finishing off the the school building, mosey to the car loop for a:

Triple Check

Wall Sits, Flutter Kicks, Run the Loop

To the Flag for 25 seconds of APD’s

Numbers, Names, Announcements and YHC took us out.

NMS:

It seems several PAX, including YHC, are on an F3RVA nostalgia trip. Whether it’s EF Hutton with the old podcasts, Splinter loading old backblasts into Big Data, Upchuck trying to figure out what his first F3RVA nickname was, the time Two Can chugged a beer right after one of my Dogpile Q’s (please pray for Two Can), or YHC reliving old Q’s by Q’ing them again, the history of F3RVA is important to remember and understand.

Splinter’s original Room Numbers Q was my second ever post and the rain at that one was twice as hard as the rain this morning. Flashbacks came back to when YHC started F3 in 2017. Splinter still had a kid in Pre-School and there was no Handshake yet. There was Honeydo but no Hornydo. Bodo’s was just starting to accept his name 🙂

We have said good-bye to several pax from that time. Moving away, losing interest, prison, etc. But, we have gained many since then. Let’s keep growing this thing!

Enjoyed it this morning, fellas!

SYITG!

Kubota