Tag: NoToll

Huguenot Park

  • U say tomato, I say Tabata

    8 of Midlo’s finest made their way to the very dark AO we love to call “No Toll” just to find out that there is actually a Toll to be paid.

    Mosey to the Toll area and pay to cross 20 dips, 20 incline merkins

    Mosey to the parking lot for COP w/ DQ’s, helicopters, imperial walkers, merkins and LBC’s

    Line up on the end line for some parking lot crawls increase merkins at each line

    Mosey to the hospital parking lot

    YHC made 3 lists of exercises and handed them to Rosie, Machismo and Wedding Singer and in that order they revealed what pain their list had on it. PAX did said exercises to music with the Tabata timer going – 4 exercises, 1 minute each with a 10 second break X2 sets

    Time was running out and YHC doesn’t pay for the Tabata app so 2 sets are all you get. Singer had the last list and YHC had to go old school and watch his Garmin for the timing.

    Mosey BTTF but first pay your Toll, 20 dips, 20 incline merkins

    Disturbed – Let the bodies hit the floor was playing so it seemed like a good spot to do 5 Burpees OYO

    Numbers / Names Machismo took us out

    NMS:

    I have been using the Tabata timer at my apartment gym for the last few nights and it seems to help me stay on track. YHC may have to start paying for the app just to get the full use of it.

  • Thick, Soupy, Stromboli Powered Old Glory

    12 Warriors, including 2 dedicated Summer Tourists, posted to NoToll for a good old fashioned Old Glory in the most humid of glooms. The Garmin struck 0530 and off we went past the gaggle of tomatoes gearing up for a run.

    2 laps with OG, plant the OG in the corner and set the timer to 20 minutes for the THANG (4 corners – 20 merkins, 20 jump squats, 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs), then 2 laps indigenous people style until the jailbreak for time.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers

    The sweat was rolling. The Stromboli from the F3 Fantasy Football drafting was gurgling, and the fields were glorious. Great morning.

    Announcements:

    • 2 tour stops left – Lumberyard Saturday and Batteau for the Labor Day convergence.
    • Labor Day convergence at Batteau (Forest Hill Park) and by popular (Gridiron) demand, Wojo has moved the start time back to 0700.
    • Prayers for Speakeasy (see meal train if you can support)

    No More Gumbo For you!

  • Jed York

    After a warmup of the greatest hits, 12 guys stood on a pristine grass field watching the sky with some wondering if it was a Canadian invasion, fortunately it was only the Falcon 9 rocket launch. Very cool but no time to waste, there were burpees to be done.

    Mini Cooper – 5 burpees, 5 merkins, 5 squats, run a lap around the field, repeato decreasing each round. The full Cooper starts at 10, we’ll save that for another day.

    Walk to the next field, lunge to regulate breathing. OC requested a count – 3 count was permitted. Next up was 4 corners, real prostitute style – temporarily renamed Jed York for his indiscretion Sunday morning. Start with 5 burpees and repeat 5 burpees at the start each time we return – Corner 1 -10 HRM, Corner 2-20 Monkey Humpers, Corner 3-30 Flutters, Corner 4-40SSH.

    Mosey back to the basketball courts for 5 minutes of rapid fire Mary.

    Prayers for the kids, teachers, and parents going back to school over the next few weeks.

    Announcements:

    Labor Day Convergence – Wojo to provide more info

    Snuff is doing a thing Friday evening – see him for more info

    L Woods is coordinating a food distribution Saturday – See Slack or L Woods

    Dealer is leading a Ruck Sunday morning on the trails, see Slack. Watch out for runners.

  • I’m a Real Man!!

    11 strong at an extra dark edition of No Toll. No Last call Q today – but the show must go on. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Warm Up: Indigenous Peoples run around the perimeter of the park. Man in the back does 3 Side Straddle Hops, then runs to front.

    Exercise One: On the Basketball Court – Self Dora
    100 Merkins – run after ever set of 25
    200 Squat Pulses – run after every set of 50
    300 LBC’s – run after every set of 100

    Mosey to the parking lot for Exercise Two: Catch me if your Crab. Partner up – one man crab walks, other runs to the end of the lot and back, then takes their place. Teams made their way to the gate.

    to the field for Exercise Three: Glory Days
    10 sprints across the field with 10 seconds rest in between. The 10 second rest was precisely measured to ensure a consistent workout.

    Mosey lap around the field, then back to the Basketball Court. Finished up with 5 minutes or so of assorted ab exercises.

    COT and YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: the backblast title – During the cool down lap, I heard someone talking about a stat that indicated only a small percentage of men ever do a sprint after the age of 35. So today we all overachieved and joined an even more exclusive club – well done. As always, it was a great honor to lead.

    SYITG

  • No Toe

    THE CONDITIONS

    Pre-dawn gloom, precious morning light, and a stack of angry-faced logs waiting at the fence line.

    WARMARAMA

    With heavy iron, sharp edges, and lumberjack work on the docket, the Q focused on getting the shoulders, back, core, and legs primed and warm:

    • Side Straddle Hops (SSH)
    • Merkins
    • Carolina Dry Docks
    • LBCs
    • Arm Circles (Forward & Reverse)
    • Raise the Roofs
    • Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Imperial Squat Walkers

    THE THANG

    Phase 1: The Dark Rotation (Dry Run Triple Check)

    While the gloom was still thick, we divided into 3 Triples to master the rotation loop and get familiar with the station switches around the double basketball courts:

    • Station 1: Log Step-Ups
    • Station 2 (The Timer): Basketball Court Lap (Sprint around both courts)
    • Station 3: Ranger Resistance (Abs)

    Phase 2: Introduce the Axes

    As the light started to break, we brought in the steel:

    • Station 1: Wood Splitting at the Fence Line
    • Station 2: Basketball Court Lap (Timer)
    • Station 3: Freddie Mercuries (Abs)

    Phase 3: Dual Log Splitting + Indigenous Court Movement

    To burn out the last of the logs, we opened two splitting stations along the fence while the rest of the PAX executed an Indigenous PAX Run / Indian Run loop around the basketball courts:

    • Court Movement: The moving line cycled through Bear Crawls, Lunges, Alternate Lunges, Butt Kickers, and high knees.
    • Fence Line: 2 PAX actively splitting wood at the two log stations, rotating back into the moving court line as wood split.

    MOLESKIN / COT

    Solid, gritty effort from all 9 PAX this morning. Swinging axes in the gloom is no joke, but the PAX handled the safety protocols like pros, brought the noise, and left it all on the courts. The rotation on the court movement kept everyone on their toes! But No toes were lost in the performance of this workout.

    Prayers for DK and his recurring back spasms. for the pax that aren’t out and we need to recruit and for the impact we’ll make today on some knotty issues in our lives. Keep on splitting those logs gents.

    Bonus: Firewood was distributed and everyone went home with a fresh load for the hearth! Thanks for letting me lead, men.

    AYE!

  • Ride the Lightning

    7 headbangers + 47 minutes of circle mosh to Metallica’s 1984 album Ride the Lightning. In an attempt to generate enough static electricity to summon even more lightning, mankillers in the middle of the field. COT laying on the pavement, rain gently falling from the sky.

    We were going to listen to the black album, but there were so many flashes and so much thunder from the oncoming storm that we had to pivot. Good times reminiscing about the old days when music was raw and cassettes needed rewinding. And after all that, the storm never came. Takeaway is: never wait on the rain. Ride the Lightning.

  • Quattro de checko

    AO: No-Toll

    QIC: Machismo

    PAX: Stagg, DOOZY, SCRAM, Tin Man, Dookie, L Woods, CHAPLIN, DEALER, Machismo Total Count: 9

    Warm-A-Rama

    We launched right on time at 0530. After a quick disclaimer, we kicked off an extended Warm-A-Rama to get the blood flowing:

    • Side Straddle Hops (SSH)
    • Imperial / Ukrainian Soldiers
    • LBCs
    • Merkins
    • Alabama Prom Dates
    • And other exercises

    The Thang: Fast-Paced Quadruple Check

    Cheezmo’s inspiration for the day was maximum movement at a relentless pace. Yes, it is possible to squeeze four Triple Checks into a single beatdown if you keep moving!

    1. The Forgotten Pavilion
      • Station: Step-Ups & Dips
      • Timer: Run to the entrance and back
    2. The Basketball Courts
      • Station: Merkins & Squats
      • Timer: Sprint across the court and back (Lightning fast rounds)
    3. The Playground
      • Station: Incline Merkins & American Hammers
      • Timer: Playground circuit run
    4. Back to the Courts
      • Station: Alabama Prom Dates & World War IIs
      • Timer: Court run

    6MOM (Mary)

    We wrapped up with about 4 minutes of Mary. Went around the circle with 5 reps each in-cadence, finishing off with a ~40-second Plank holding pattern while Dookie and L Woods tag-teamed the F3 Mission Statement:

    “To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.”

    Announcements / COT

    • Homegrown Half: Coming up this Saturday!
    • Leadership Meeting: Tonight at 2000 (8 PM) at DTH’s. We’ll be discussing how to get more men involved and how to give away this gift we’ve been given.

    NMS (Naked Mole Skin)

    Today’s thought was centered around generosity. Generosity isn’t just a limited resource that you deplete until it’s gone—it’s a muscle. The more you flex it, the stronger it gets. Let’s keep thinking through ways we can give this away, invite the sad clowns, and build up our community.

    Prayer requested for Doozy on multiple fronts.

    Honor to lead! Aye!

  • Stolen Valor

    YHC had every intention of kicking things off at the basketball courts, but those plans were derailed when another individual had already claimed them by doing laps around the court. In hindsight, perhaps that should have been the first clue that this morning wasn’t going to go according to plan. Unfortunately, the biggest surprise came after the workout, when YHC realized the top half of the shovel flag had disappeared. Nobody in our group touched it, which means somewhere out there is a serial flag thief roaming around Robious. If you happen to see the missing top half of an American flag, please notify the proper authorities. Until then, the investigation remains ongoing.

    COP1

    • Indigenous People Run around the soccer fields.
    • Last man performed 10 Side Straddle Hops before catching the group.

    COP2
    Triple Check

    • Runner completed a lap around the basketball courts.
    • Remaining partners completed a wheelbarrow
    • Upon the runner’s return, both partners completed 5 Jump Squats before rotating.

    COP3
    Dora

    • Runner to the opposite baseline and back while partners accumulated:
      • 100 Hand Release Merkins
      • 150 World War IIs
      • 200 Squats

    COP4
    Suicides

    • Sprint to:
      • Free throw line
      • Midcourt
      • Opposite free throw line
      • Opposite baseline
    • At each stop:
      • 10 Double Count Flutter Kicks
      • 10 American Hammers

    Announcements

    • Homegrown Half – August 1
    • GrowRuck – September 25

  • No Toll World Cup

    Four descended from their vehicles to a suspiciously low number of PAX at No Toll, only to realize it’s All Star week and the gang is playing home run derby at Robious. Scram took the reigns and off we went.

    Mosey to back parking lot, pay the toll. Warm up.

    Four corners once and then backwards.

    Parking lot crawls, lunges and merkins.

    Singer takes over – Dora across baseball field. Mosey to tennis courts. Abs. Mosey to basketball court for World Cup suicides.

    We realized quickly it would just be the four of us which was quite odd from the numbers No Toll has generated the past few years. Thanks to Scram for starting us off. Good World Cup conversations. Didn’t think France could lose! Espana!

    -Singer

  • HR Derby Part Deux (Mini Derby)

    A lucky 7 posted to Huguenot Little League for some swings and some punishment for outs. Given the low numbers, we got lots of swings. 2 rounds of 5 swings. 1 round of 3 swings and even a “swing off” to end it.

    L. Woods and Doozy are singles machines. Snuff has warning track power and apparently a hole in his glove. Rosie and BT are the epitome of consistency with 1 HR in each round.

    That left OC and YHC. YHC dominated round 2 with 3 HRs in 5 swings, but I lost to OC in the final round swing off. YHC still retained the aggregate title with a 7-6 margin over OC.

    Final tallies:

    Rosie – 3

    BT – 3

    OC – 6

    Gumbo – 7

    We counted, named and prayed.

    Always fun. Thanks for coming out. Hit the batting cages for next year men!

    No More Gumbo For You!