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Huguenot Park

  • Where’s the Beef!

    9 stallions skipped the fartsack just in time for a hot potato Q at No Toll.

    Warmarama:

    Circle up on the courts, pass the buck warmarama. SSH, DQ, SquatWalkers, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, Shoulder Taps, Jazzersize, Helicopters, Carolina Dry Docks.

    The Thang

    DTH starts the hot potato with a Lindsey across the Basketball Court. Side Crunches, OYO movement across the court and Squats. DTH passes the potato to Rosie.

    Mosey to the back parking lot for some 4 Corners.
    Corner 1: Squat Walkers
    Corner 2: Merkins
    Corner 3: Box Cutters
    Corner 4: SSH
    That was fun let’s go backwards
    Corner 4: SSH
    Corner 3: Box Cutters
    Corner 2: Merkins
    Corner 1: Squat Walkers
    Rosie passes the hot potato to Oyster

    Triple Check:
    American Hammers, Flutter Kicks, Runners to the porta potty.

    Triple Check:
    Freddy Mercuries, Dying Cock Roaches, Runners to the gate

    Mosey BTTF:

    Ring of Fire
    1 good Burpee

    COT:

    Counterama
    Namerama
    Announcements
    Machismo took us out.

    NMS: We missed the Q this morning. We hope everything is okay and all is well. We will see you next time buddy. What a great morning for a Hot Potato Q, I think we all needed it. Thank you Machismo for sharing more about your friend Swipe Right and for taking us out today. We are all sorry to hear this devastating news. We are all here for you.

    F3 RVA is not slowing down for the winter. The list of Announcements is growing and that my friend is awesome. Everything from the Frozen Triangle, EF Hutton’s call for Monthly Challenges, and did you see PIGSKINS New Year’s Resolutions? Grow Ruck coming in March, Currahee working on a CSAUP, First Watch has a tshirt (last day to order). Get on Slack for more Announcements.

    Have a great day!
    Oyster

  • Just keep it moving

    After multiple days in the teens, 9 Gloom warriors found 32 degrees to be almost balmy as if it where 70 and sunny.

    Mosey to the back parking lot for COP

    On your 6 with cross over leg stretches, American Hammers, Schrunchy Frogs, Deadman Hangs, Helicopters, DQ’s Imperial Walkers

    Mosey to the first field by the bleachers for a triple check

    Partner 1 does Dips, Partner 2 does Jump Squats, Partner 3 runs to the tree line and back

    Mosey to the goal line of the field for a Dora

    100 – Ball Dippers, 200 – SSH’s, 300 – Plank Jacks

    Mosey to the parking lot for 4 corners

    10 – Ball Dippers, 20 – Smerf Jacks, 30 – Squats, 40 – Calf Raises

    Mosey to the indoor outhouse for another triple check

    Partner 1 does wall sits, partner 2 does Pole Smokers, partner 3 runs to the light pole behind YHC’s truck and back

    BTTF 1 minute left 20 American Hammers IC

    Numbers / Names Greenbow took us out

    NMS:

    No Toll has always been one of YHC’s favorite AO’s, not just because of the AO itself but because of the guys that consistently post to it. It was good to see Greenbow out and getting after it again, seeing some of the newer faces that post multiple times per week Mudslide, Heist ,Machismo and House Party to name a few (you guys are awesome), keep posting. Last Call, Snuff and Honeymoon you guys are part of the glue that holds it all together (along with so many guys that couldn’t be here today), I want you to know how much I appreciate this PAX (F3RVA). 9/4/18 was YHC’s first post with F3 and it was at this AO, thanks for letting me Q the last No Toll of the year.

  • Harmonizing in the Gloom

    A fearless 29 appeared in the darkness of NoToll for the 8th annual edition of the F3RVA 12 Days of Christmas. YHC may not be getting a Christmas card from any of the PAX in attendance after that beatdown but that’s ok, I know where I stand in their hearts.

    Big circle for the warm up with lots of chatter – 12 of each SSH, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Shoulder Taps.

    Main Event – 1 Dozen LBC, 2 Field Sprints,; 3 Diamond Merkins, 4 Imperial Squat Walkers, 5 Burpees, 6 Carolina Dry Docks, 7 Ball Dippers, 8 Hand Release merkins, 9 American Hammers IC, 10 Freddie Mercurys IC, 11 Crunchy Frogs IC, 12 Broad Jump Burpees.

    Oyster warned me that he wanted the full 45 minutes that he paid for so we packed into the parking lot as more of an oval for the last 3 minutes of Mary.

    Great morning to be out on the plush yet slightly frozen fields of NoToll and good to see a few bare knees for the SOP strong crew. I know Honeydo was supporting the SOP cause on his birthday across town. The caroling got a little off sync about halfway through but the PAX got back on track quickly for the remaining rounds. A few new options for rounds 6-8 kept the PAX on their toes. Great to have Circle K make the trek SOJ to represent DaVille. Flatline showed off his military training and agility flipping over Circle K and deftly avoiding taking out the Q with a smooth tuck and roll. The Woke Panther was shining bright with his rainbow lights. Our local giant, Gomer Pyle, showed out in the team photo this morning, according to Tryhard that’s how you position a deer (or anything else) to make it look bigger. (Note to self for future photos?) I hope everyone is as energized as I am after this morning. Grateful for this group and for all of the blessings we have this season.

    Merry Christmas gentlemen.

    Everything is coming up Rosie.

  • Warm-up for Rosie’s TDOC

    Nine SOJ HIM’s embraced the chilly gloom of NoToll to see what the good Doctor might pull from the annals of beatdown glory. For your reading pleasure, the PAX conquered the following:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA:

    • Mosey down to the parking lot and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Variable Rapid Fire Sets to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1:

    • Mosey over to Field #1
    • 4 CORNERS (Escalator+DeEscalator)
    • Corner 1 – x10 Merkins
    • Corner 2 – Add x20 Am.Ham’s (2-ct)
    • Corner 3 – Add x30 Squats
    • Corner 4 – Add x40 Groiners
    • Reverso going back around removing an exercise each corner
    • PLANKORAMA with review of the F3 Core Principles and Credo

    COP #2:

    • Mosey across to Field #2
    • Partner up for Catch Me If You Can
    • P1 begins bear crawling down length of Field while P2 completes x20 2-ct Hallelujah Flutters, after which P2 mosey’s to switch with P1
    • Complete x3 rounds of flutters each then mosey to the Pavilion

    COP #3:

    • TRICEP TRIPLE CHECK:
    • P1 – Dips
    • P2 – Merkins
    • P3 – Crab walk out 20 yards & back

    COP #4:

    • Mosey back to Field #1
    • Partner up for PLT’s
    • x20 each, x3 Rounds

    COP #5:

    • Line up on end of Field #1
    • 50% Run length of field
    • 100% Sprint
    • 25% Mosey and settle breathing
    • 75% Run

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Bernie Sanders En route
    • x90 seconds of burnout LBC’s

    COT:

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

    NMS:  Really enjoyed the rapid fire COP’s today to get around the AO a bit, and the PAX absolutely crushed it! Highlight of the morning was Last Call’s unnerving enjoyment of taking on two men at once for PLT’s. What can we say, he’s got a big heart! YHC believes the PAX and AO are now properly prepared for Rosie’s Twelve Days of Christmas next week! SYITG, DTH

    Announcements:

    • 12/20 NoToll 12 Days of Christmas
    • 12/21 Final Gravity HDHH
    • 12/31 Doozy’s 100th Q for 2022 at R&R
    • TBD – SOJ Leadership/Planning Mtg
    • 1/21 Frozen Triangle
  • I love the 90s!

    9 men stayed south of the James so as not to pay any tolls. The toll was paid in sweat however by the PAX that morn.

    Started with a short mosey to retrieve some coupons from the woods by the fields. Then return to the basketball courts for some warmerama. Highlights included jazzercise, collard pickers, and hairy Rockettes.

    The thanng

    triple check! Partner 1 runs the loop around by the tennis courts and back. Partner 2 merkins. Partner 3 goblet squats with the coupon

    then one round of suicedes on the basketball court.

    round 2

    a Dora! Partner up, as team complete 50 blockees, 100 squats with coupon, 200 chest presses with coupon. Timer runs length of court then Bernie’s back.

    return the coupons

    Just enough time for some 4 corners! 10 merkins, 20 WW2s, 30 ball dippers, 40 monkey humpers.

    numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out

    nmm

    Better late than never on this BB It wa great way to start the day. Tunes were a crowd pleaser for once with 90s rock on the jukebox.

  • Stacking the Deck for a Hate Party

    A dozen SOJ warriors braved the cold gloom, warmed by the idea of a Tryhard sweat fest. While a couple gloom-brothers sauntered off for an intimate walkabout, here’s how the other x10 PAX celebrated YHC’s last day of hate:

    The THANG:

    DECK CHALLENGE: 

    • Mosey to Field #1 and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Explain the challenge is to complete x39 cards from the F3 deck, to honor the Q’s last day of hate
    • Classic rock playlist ON, let’s go!
    1. SPRINT across field and back
    2. x100 2-ct Flutters OYO
    3. x20 Copperhead Squats IC
    4. x10 4-ct Merkins IC
    5. High-knee across field and back
    6. x10 WWII IC
    7. Butt-kickers across field and back
    8. x20 Smurf Jacks IC
    9. x10 Chuck Norris Merkins OYO
    10. x10 Rosalita Dips IC
    11. Bernie across field and back
    12. x100 Calf-raises OYO
    13. x10 Werkins IC
    14. x20 Freddie M’s IC
    15. Sprint across field and back
    16. x20 Monkey Humpers IC
    17. x20 Diamond Merkins OYO
    18. x10 High/Slow Flutters IC
    19. Bear crawl across field, mosey back
    20. x10 4-ct Jump Squats IC
    21. x10 HRM’s IC
    22. x20 Heels to Heaven IC
    23. x20 Burpees OYO
    24. Lunge backwards down field, mosey back
    25. x20 Merkins OYO
    26. x20 LBC’s IC
    27. x100 SSH OYO
    28. x10 Gorilla Humpers IC
    29. x100 Arms Circles OYO
    30. x20 Am.Hammers IC
    31. Sprint across field and back
    32. Lunge walk down field, mosey back
    33. x10 Carolina Drydocks IC
    34. x15 Oblique LBC IC (ea side)
    35. x20 Mtn.Climbers IC
    36. x10 Lunges IC
    37. x20 Shoulder Taps IC
    38. x20 Plank Jacks IC
    39. Karaoke across field and back

    EXRA CREDIT!

    • 8-ct Opus, x8 IC
    • 8-ct DR.W’s, x8 IC
    • 8-ct Body Builders, x8 IC

    Mosey BTTF for COT:

    • Counterama # 12
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  As always it was an amazing honor to bring the heat for some beloved SOJ brothers. Between the labored breathing and rock music YHC made out some decent mumblechatter, and some kind of joke was enjoyed by the far-side PAX during our Gorilla Humpers, and of course there was some welcome hate-talk with the 8-count extra credit. Whadya expect?!? Haha, Look forward to seeing ya’ll for the 40th birthday Q tomorrow. Who KNOWS what crazy is comin! Yours, DTH

    Announcements:

    • 11/30 – DTH 40th bday Q at SOT
    • 12/2 – Rosie’s M will be selling nudes of Rosie at the Gallery of the Black Irish Social Club from 5-8pm (321 W Broad St)
    • 12/3 – Dogpile Magnum PI Day (mustache, Hawaiian shirt, donations for the Bridge)
    • 12/10 – 3-6pm HDHH Hardywood West Creek with the Capitol PAX
    • 12/20 – NoToll “12 Days of Christmas”

    Prayer Requests:

    • PAX on IR – Doublemint, Doozy, Prince, and many others – connect with them and pray for them!
  • GratiQ’d

    A cold morning to give thanks to the gloom with some throwback tunes.

    45 minute playlist:

    SSHs, DQs, Mirkins, LBCs, stretching, etc etc.

    4 corners lady of the night with mirkins, American Hammers, jump squats and LBCs.

    Triple set of wall sits, balls to the wall and donkey kicks, Pigskin-style.

    Indigenous bear crawl around the court.

    11s with mirkins and WW2s.

    Basketball court suicides with 5 mirkins. Then another with 10 mirkins.

    Circle up for some Mary, 25 mirkins, then 25 more, and then because we were just going for it, 25 more after that.

    Thanks for entertaining my playlist – music makes it easy to push harder.

    Peace.

  • Getting ready for Holiday travel

    7 Holiday travelers decided to get out and hit the road just to get prepared for the next couple months and all the windshield time they may have.

    Mosey to the parking lot for COP

    DQ’s, Dead Man Hangs, Helicopters, Hillbillies

    Lets mosey (with headlamps) out the back of the fields to the VA Credit Union parking lot for 20 WWII’s.

    Mosey to the VA Health for Woman’s parking lot 20 WWII’s and 30 2 count Mountain Climbers.

    Mosey to the back entrance to Cosco 20 WWII’s, 30 Mountain Climbers and 40 Jump squats

    Mosey to the storage company on the corner of Mall and Robious 40 Jump Squats, 30 Mountain Climbers and 20 WWII’s

    Mosey onto the sidewalk on Robious 30 Mountain Climbers and 20 WWII’s

    Mosey to the entrance of No Toll for 20 WWII’s

    BTTF – Repeto all 3 sets of exercises 20 WWII’s, 30 Mountain Climbers and 40 Jump Squats

    2 sets of Ring of fire first set is abs second set is legs

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out with and example from a Podcast I listened to the other day about putting down the weight that you are carrying.

    NMS:

    YHC is old and does not have the best memory. The hardest thing for YHC to do is remember names and Scripture. As an attempt to put Scripture with the example this morning (without actually looking up the Scripture) YHC wanted to recall the Verse where Jesus talks about his burden being light which is Matthew 11. YHC’s brain kept saying Proverbs 119, which Jesus couldn’t have said because Proverbs came from the Old Testament. YHC did memorize Proverbs 119 at one time but its about keeping your way pure. In the end YHC’s point being that you have a lot of brothers out there in the Gloom that have been or are going through what your going through, don’t carry that burden all by yourself.

  • The PAX Voted for a Blood Moon

    An 8-PAX of SOJ HIM’s prepared their hearts and minds for midterm elections in the best way possible, doing things the hard way, together. Here’s what went on the Gloom Ballot:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA:

    • Collect bricks at YHC’s truck
    • Mosey onto the BBall court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • THUNDERSTRUCK – Musical warm-up entailing the PAX perform repeated squats with bricks held overhead, then pumps bricks out to sides with each “Thunder” or “Thunderstruck” lyric 
    • Other Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

    COP #1:

    • Mosey out to Field #1
    • QUARTER-POUNDER WITH CHEESE
    • Brinks in hand, the PAX gave a shout out to Bernie to reach each quarter of the field, stopping for reps, sprinting back to start between
    • x25 Brick Merkins
    • x50 Squats, bricks held overhead 
    • x75 Freddie Mercury’s, bricks overhead
    • x100 SSH (bricks optional)

    COP #2:

    • Brief Plankorama with Bricks in Hand
    • Low Plank held on bricks during MidTerms Trivia – PAX knowledge effectively demonstrated to the tune of prolonged low plank

    COP #3:

    • Mosey back to the BathHouse for a TRIPLE CHECK
    • Partner 1 – Brick Hoedowns
    • Partner 2 – Core Brick Exercise (Dealers Choice)
    • Partner 3 – Runs down to the playground and back carrying their bricks

    COP #4:

    • Drop off the bricks en route back to the Basketball Court
    • ELEVENS (to honor 11 Virginia Representatives being voted on today)
    • 10–>1 Ball Dippers (2-ct)
    • 1–>10 Merkins

    Circle up for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

    NMS:  YHC didn’t feel particularly froggy this morning, but nothing like being the Q for an awesome band of brothers to kickstart the morning. The usual groaning was endured with bricks appearing, and more so with the musical beatdown to start the workout, but everyone did their best all the same! The appearance of the Blood Moon was spectacular, and the Elections Trivia was enthusiastically voted “Best Homeschool Curricula.”  Appreciate ya’ll humoring and pushing me this morning. Love, DTH

    Announcements:

    • Merkin Challenge ongoing
    • HDHH on 11/22 (2 weeks from today) at Hardywood West Creek
    • Forrest Hill Loops on 11/25 (see Slack)

    Prayer Requests:

    • Last Call knows a young guy our age going on Hospice for Prostate Cancer – prayers for Buddy and his family, and for all of us to keep our eyes & hearts open to find JOY each day regardless of the trials of life
  • An OG start to Stache Month

    8 strong this morning at NoToll, 1 LIFO and 1 rucker. 7 total for this quarter’s installment of Old Glory.

    Strong effort as always by Rosie – darn near completed 4 full laps. Also strong performances by Snuff and Heist. Heist and Belichick were OG virgins, so welcome to the party.

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

    Come out and get some OG in February at NoToll

    Ended with COT, numbers, names and prayers

    Announcements:

    • Prayers for Bullseye’s mom as she recovers from a femur break (and surgery?)
    • Prayers for Snuff’s brother-in-law as he deals with some life obstacles.
    • Prayers for Doozy as he hoped to get a no-surgery report from Ortho today – fingers crossed
    • Grow your staches this month gents and spread the word for The Bridges.
    • Magnum PI day at Dogpile 12/3 – staches and Hawaiian shirts mandatory

    Great morning gents.

    No More Gumbo For You