Tag: NoToll

Apologies for the delayed back blast. YHC has loads of excuses for the delay. Hit me up if you want to hear some.

4 SOJ regulars assembled at NoToll for a summer beat down. YHC was assuming there would be enough for a lovely game of ultimate frisbee, but you know what the say about assuming. 2 on 2 is no good, so a boot camp it was. Rumor is that it went down something like this:

THANG

Mosey to basketball court for COP: SSH, DQs, stop, wait…aren’t there some bricks leftover in the woods? mosey to woods to pick up bricks, return to COP: DQs, brick layer medley, several rounds with no recollection of exact exercises performed.

1 way 11s: Line up against fence for donkey kicks, run prisoner style with bricks to other side of court for 1 burpee (always only 1 burpee). Ascend donkey kicks to 11. audibles for taking/leaving bricks as we proceeded. Such a dumb exercise. Maybe the dumbest yet.

Return to COP for more bricklayer round robin exercises.

Put bricks back, mosey to bleachers, pay toll, mosey on

Triple Check for 1: perform exercises like it was a triple check, but stay together to socialize.

Dips on bleachers, WWIIs, run across field and back x 4

Pole smokers, conveyor belt, run around island and return x 2

DTH invited everyone to share their most embarrassing story while socializing….YHC took him seriously and shared a story involving George Herbert Walker Bush. Ask YHC, not the others.

Mosey back….ran out of time quickly.

COT

DTH took us out.

Naked Moleskin: Cheers to the others for putting up with bricks, false hope of ultimate, and sweating.

Lured by the promise of coffee and donuts, 9 strong fought off the fartsack to hit NoToll in the foggy gloom. Warmup on the basketball courts with the PAX attempting to stay dry but there’s no way that was going to happen today, might as well get it done early. Travel across the bball courts with various movements including bear crawl, crab walk, duck walk, lunch, polar bear…

Back to the pavilion with a 20 dip toll. 20 WWII in the pavilion and run to each corner of the fields for an exercise then back to the middle before going to the next. Corners were 10 burpees, 20 MH, 20 Jump Squats and 20 merkins – OC reminded us that starfish have 5 arms so we added the one that grew back with 20 smurf jacks. Triple check in the parking lot – pole smokers, plank walk around this island, run to the other island and back. Enough time for 6 minutes of rapid fire randorama, everyone lasted the full 6 minutes.

Coffee, donuts, and fellowship post workout. We learned about pickleball, how to get a ‘D’ in college level tennis, and discussed the recycling of F3 names.

Announcements:

School of Rock – 2.0 workout June 3 8am at Rock N Roll

Summer Tour – sign up, get to some new spots

Happy Hour 6/9 at Diamond Billiards

YHC jumped on the empty Q sheet slot Monday evening. It’s been a minute since YHC has Q’d at NoToll and was happy to see 10 HIM’s in the parking lot ready to get in shape for beach season. 530am on the swatch watch? Time to go.

A short jog to the parking lot for 5 burpees to cross the bridge onto No-Toll field. Run down to the other end of the field for 5 more burpees and back over bridge #2. The PAX agreed that without the burpees a troll was likely to reach out and grab you as you crossed the bridge. Gotta pay that toll at no-toll.

Continue on our journey to the field pavilion for a little warm-a-rama: SSH, Don Qui-Low-te’s, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Copper head squats, Merkins, LBCs.

Thang:

• 25 Burpees / Jog the perimeter of the soccer field
• 50 Merkins / Jog the perimeter
• 75 Monkey Humpers / Jog the perimeter
• 100 Alabama Prom Dates / Jog the Perimeter
• 125 LBC’s / Jog the Perimeter
• 150 2 count touch the heels / Jog the Perimeter. Note to self – 150 was a bit to many to count here. DTH kept us honest though. Where would we be without DTH? Probably just sitting around with flabby abs.
• 125 LBC’s / Jog 1/2 the Perimeter
• 100 APDs / Jog the 1/2
• 75 Monkey Humpers / Jog the 1/2
• A bit short of time to finish the Merkins and Burpees, so 15 burpees and let’s head back to the flag.

On the way back to the flag, cross the bridges again with 10 merkins on both sides.

Arrived at the flag with 90 seconds to spare, so a quick ring of fire for 5 of your favorite merkins.

Time Called.

Announcements: Many. Check Slack and reach out to members who have recently joined to attend.

Prayer requests: None

Don Draper took us out.

PAX logged just over 2 miles today. Well done MEN!

9 triple checkers gathered for a Brick inspired workout.

Brick Jacks

WWBrick

American Brickhammer

Brick Angels

Brick shoulder taps

Brick merkins

Brick Circles.

Mosey to first obstacle Triple check. Dips, American Hammer, Run to intersection Bernie back.

Bricklayer crawl then last man does a Merkin and runs to the front.

Next triple check was pole smokers and shoulder taps bear crawl then mosey back.

Mosey back to the flag for your choice brick excercise.

Reflecting on the title freed to lead. It’s an oxymoron. Leadership is often considered a shackle when we choose to lead it’s empowering. Go, lead, be free.

Nine nefarious SOJ studs gathered in the NoToll gloom to experience the latest SOJ attraction… the finest pair of beatdown balls in all RVA! Here’s why these fine gentlemen won’t be walking straight for the rest of the week:

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Mosey onto the BBall Court and circle up
• Classic Rock ON
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom
• Mosey out to the bleachers, stopping en route to pay the Toll – x20 Dips, x20 Derkins

COP #1:

• DEATH DICE – Round 1
• Circle up, each PAX takes a turn tossing the dice to determine exercise & reps
• Highlight: DEALER rolls x30 “Dealer’s Choice” – he chose Burpees – oof

COP #2:

• Mosey the full field
• TRIPLE CHECK: Dips, WWII, Run

COP #3:

• DEATH DICE – Round 2

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 9
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• OC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS: There was a death dice on Station in Papua New Guinea which looked like a really good/bad idea. We roped it into one of the last bootcamps while I was there and it produced a solid sweatfest. So YHC got home and ordered a version from Amazon with two foam dice, one with variable exercises and the other with total reps, seconds or “burn-out”. The PAX initially gave YHC’s squishy balls a D- on badassery but soon discovered (mostly thanks to 30 burpees called by Dealer) that the dice are worthy of an A+ in the world of bootcamp sweatfests. In fact, it was enough YHC spontaneously gave the PAX a break with a mid-way run and triple check between Death Dice sets. Always fun to bring something new to the gloom! #SOJSTRONG …SYITG fellas, DTH

Prayer Requests:

• Let’s lift up OC and all our fellow Dad’s in the throws of parenting difficult teenagers. 

WORDS OF WISDOM:

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.” Abraham Lincoln

“The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.” Theodore Roosevelt

“God meets daily needs DAILY. Not weekly or annually. He will give you exactly what you need when it is needed.” Max Lucado

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• MAY – FNG CHALLENGE – Bring out as many FNG’s in May as you can, then get them to come out again for our Memorial Day convergence
• 5/12 – SOJ Happy Hour and Leadership Chat
• 5/21 – SOJ Family BBQ at BWE
• 5/29 – Memorial Day Convergence at Tredagger 
• 5/30 – Rosie hosting the 1st SOJ Summer Coffee Tour following NoToll
• 6/3 – School of Rock workout for our kids that will follow R&R monthly through the summer
• 6/29 – Ultimate Frisbee at the Forge – other future dates/locations TBD

An intimate gathering set for 2 was played on this perfect sunny and 70 morning. Parking lot looks a bit empty but rules are rules, lets get this going. According to the cops and dogwalkers patrolling the area, this is what went down.

Warm up mosey down to Robious and return to the basketball courts for quick warm up that included a variety of exercises.

Venture back out to the parking lot for Love Prairie. Runner runs to the gate and returns to switch with partner that is doing Bear Crawls, Lunges and Broad Jump Burpees. Mosey around the gate to the big parking lot.

Seven of Diamonds. Run around the parking lot, stopping at each corner for 7, 14, 21, 28, 21, 14 & 7 reps of an exercise. Merkins, Squats, WWII’s, CDD’s, Lunges, LBC’s, Burpees were called.

Mosey back to the basketball court for DK perimeter run and quick suicide/pole smoker. Short stretch session to finish things off.

Numbers, Names, Announcements (see slack), Prayers, YHC took us out.

NMS: Great to have Rosie come out for an unusually lite mix for No Toll. Good mumble chatter about a variety of topics including vacations, colleges among others. Numerous events are upcoming throughout SOJ in effort to engage new members and families. Tremendous leadership by everyone pulling these together.

It has been a minute since YHC Q’ed a bootcamp (and apparently Q’ing a run doesn’t count). 8 HIM joined YHC on the lush fields of No Toll this morning to get the day started off right. Here’s what went down…

30 second late start waiting for PAX coming in hot. YHC received some jabs over starting late so off we go. Mosey to back parking lot.

COT: DQs, Imperial Walkers, LBCs, Flutter Kicks, TTTs, Tricep Extensions

Ascending Quarter Pounder:

Run to 25 for 25 merkins, Bernie back.

Run to 50 for 25 merkins, 50 squats, Bernie back.

Run to 75 for 25 merkins, 50 squats, 75 two-count mountain climbers, Bernie back.

Run to the end zone for 25 merkins, 50 squats, 75 two-count mountain climbers, 100 SSHs, Bernie back.

One round of Killer B’s: Bear crawl half way across field, repeat 5 broad jumps, 5 burpees until crossing the rest of the way

11s: Box jumps and WWIIs

With plenty of time remaining, the PAX earned another round of Killer B’s.

Indigenous people’s run around the entire perimeter (and BTTF) with last person doing 5 merkins before catching up.

5 MOM: American Hammers, WWIIs, Flutter Kicks, Dollys, Crunch Frogs, and more that I can’t remember

Burpees until time is called.

Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayer Requests, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

Oyster Pays lunch this Thursday at Rusty Taco (1145 till ?)

May 21: Family time with basketball and grillin at Bettie Weaver, 530 (see OC for more details)

May 6: CSAUP (see Gomer)

Prayers for Chippendale who is recovering from a minor stroke on Saturday. Glad that all is well.

NMS: Great to be at No Toll this morning with these fine gents. Appreciate OC turning down the Q at Old Hundred to join YHC this morning….and appreciate Gumbo crossing the river. And appreciate the rest of y’all too. Today’s Q involved a lot of counting. So much so that it cut into the mumblechatter a bit too much. The BB title is a quote from DK…who wasn’t letting all the counting mess with his conversation.

Have a great day fellas! Thanks for letting me lead. Peace!

When YHC had dreams of getting kicked off the Q Sheet it almost happened. After YHC scraped the fartsack off arriving late, we went directly into some Warmarama.

8 count absolution, 14 SSH, 10 LBCs, 20 Merkins, Arm Circles,

#1 Dora: 100 dips, 100 merkins, 150 SSH

#2 11s Merkins and WWIIs

#3 Broya 25 PLTs ea 25 Boya Merkins 25 PLT 25 Merkin.

#4 Ring of abs.

YHC had big dreams of carrying a telephone pole through this workout. Watch out for the Q at No Toll there may be an opportunity yet. After totaling that Merkin love up it’s around 176. Excellent work fellas, again sorry for the late Q.

8 regulars and a self EH’ed FNG made their way out of the Gloom to find themselves at the first Doozy Q of the year, it also was a birthday Q so extra fun was had by all.

5:30 mosey to the parking lot but pay the Toll on the way

20 Dips, 20 Incline Merkins

Circle up in the lot

52 SSH, 2 Burpees, DQ’s, Helicopters, 52 Crunches, 5 Burpees, dead man hangs, 52 Imperial Walkers, 10 Burpees

Mosey to the corner for a four corners prostitute with a twist

First corner 10 WWII’s, second corner 20 American Hammers, third corner 30 Scrunchy Frogs, fourth corner 40 Lunges. The twist is that there is no free return corner, every time you return to the starting corner you do 52 Squats

Mosey to the parking spaces just past the gate for some parking lot crawls

Bear Crawl to the first line and do 1 Merkin, increase be 1 Merkin at each line until you end at 10 Merkins

Mosey BTTF but pay the Toll on the way, 20 Dips / 20 Incline Merkins

Circle up in the basketball court for a ring of fire

PAX holds a Lazy Boy position while each HIM does 15 of his favorite ab exercise

Numbers / Names Greenbow took us out

NMS:

Welcome to our latest FNG “Fritos”. The title for this BB was based off a comment that Fritos made during the four corners. Greenbow was jabbing at YHC about turning 52 and Fritos said “there is a difference between a 52 year old that been working out for 30 years and a 20 year old that hasn’t”. The comment really got me thinking, YHC hasn’t been working out for 30 years but YHC is in the best shape of his life and its all because YHC started (5ish years ago) with this PAX and this PAX has made me better. We do all have to start somewhere but starting is only part of it, we all get out of it what we put into it.

I did take some time off from the Q sheet but in the words of John Wick, “people keep asking if I’m back and I really haven’t had an answer but Yeah I’m thinking I’m back”

8 stalwarts posted to NoToll this morning (2 extra early for some Broga) and most knew exactly what was in store…perhaps others stayed in the fartsack or traveled to a different Nano region to avoid it – only they know.

The 8 of us crushed an Old Glory and are all better off for it.

Log your laps here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit#gid=1717732871

Well done men!

Announcements – see slack

Prayers for Wildcat and Dinky.

No More Gumbo for You!