Tag: NoToll

YHC grabbed the Q on Sunday night. It’s been a minute since YHC had led a workout and thought there was no better entry back into Q land than No Toll. At 530 sharp, 11 studs of SOJ launched from the parking lot and the workout went more or less like this.

Warmup: Side Straddle Hops, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Deadman hang, Merkins, Wide Grip Merkins, Diamond Merkins and LBC’s.

Anyone who had money on YHC correctly counting during the warmup would have lost. Credit to the PAX for overcoming the adversity.

Mozey to the pavilion for the Lake Norman –

5 Burpees – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 People Chair with Air Press – run round the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 People Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s, 40 Alabama Prom Dates – run around the pavilion

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s, 40 Alabama Prom Dates, 45 arm circles (your choice) – run around the pavilion

Time was not our side to get a little closer to the full workout, so we jumped to

5 Burpees, 10 Merkins, 15 American Hammers, 20 Squats, 25 Peoples Chair with Air Press, 30 Side Straddle Hops, 35 WWII’s, 40 Alabama Prom Dates, 45 arm circles (your choice), 55 calf raises and 1 minute of plank hold

Anyone who bet that YHC would correctly make it through this part also would have lost money.

The PAX agreed that the Lake Norman was pretty difficult and we should really consider friendly areas like Buffalo when searching for a new workout. Maybe that’s why we like Wilson so much. Another add for today would have been music. During this discussion, a few of the PAX fondly (?) remembered Boberry’s Radiohead NoToll Q which generated a few laughs.

Back to the flag for Numberama/Name-a-rama. YHC took us out in prayer.

The back blast title came from the post workout discussion when DTH somehow noticed that YHC had an absurd amount of grass clippings in his belly button. YHC was hoping that other heavier members of the PAX would have the same problem…sadly no. A feature unique to YHC.

Have a great day men.

10 gluttons for punishment had a date with Cindy and the dirt trails today. Here’s what happened :

Warmarama on basketball court (while Wilson is being Wilson) : 20 SSH IC, 10 *UKRAINIAN* Soldiers IC, 10 Don Q’s IC, 10 Cherry Pickers IC, 10 Imperial Walkers IC, 10 Merkins IC

THE THANG :

Mosey to cinder blocks pile (thanks Last Call for the donations) and grab 5 cinder blocks for the whole group

Mosey back to basketball court then partner up

First Exercise – Partner 1 does Thrusters while Partner 2 runs a lap around the basketball court (switch)

Second Excercise – Partner 1 does bicep curls while Partner 2 runs a lap around the basketball court (switch)

Third Excercise – Partner 1 does bench press while Partner 2 runs a lap around the basketball court (switch)

Repeat entire circuit above for 2 more rounds

Put Cindy’s back in pile then mosey to dirt trails

Stop 1 – partner up for 1 minute stations. Both partners do the same exercise then rotate to the next station. The stations were leg raises, pull ups, dips, squat jumps and monkey humpers

Stop 2 – partner up for 1 minute stations. Both partners do the same exercise then rotate to the next station. The stations were jerkins, WWII’s, squats, merkins and SSH

Mosey BTTF for 30 seconds of flutter kicks

DONE

Numbers, Names, YHC took us out after COT

Prayer requests : Lab Rat, DTH’s sister Elisabeth, Doublemint, McGruff, Heartburn

NMMS : Never a dull moment when Wilson posts. Thanks for the comedic relief and thanks everyone for the push this morning. OC noted Wilson doing a strange pose in the woods that seemed like he’d been there before…hmmm….had to be there.

Proverbs 10 : 9-12 NIV

“9Whoever walks in integrity walks securely,

but whoever takes crooked paths will be found out.

10Whoever winks maliciously causes grief,

and a chattering fool comes to ruin (WILSON).

11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,

but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

12Hatred stirs up conflict,

but love covers over all wrongs.”

14 All Stars (in something) descended on the the red dirt fields of Huguenot Little League for the 2022 Burpee Derby that actually turned out to be a HR Derby. Here is how it went down:

Congregate and sign up for batting order positions before 0530. At 0530, circle up in right field for COP, including:

• DQs
• Deadman Hang
• Helicopter
• SSHs
• Imperial Walkers
• Copperhead squats

On the line for some warmups:

• high knees
• shuffles
• karaoke
• butt-kickers

Run a few foul polls – waiting for the light to join us a bit and then it was time for the SHOW

The rules – 3 swings (but feel free to wait for a good pitch). Anything other than a HR (over the fence in fair territory) is an out. 3 outs = 3 Burpees. 2 outs = 2 Burpees. 1 out = 1 Burpee. Let’s Play Ball

First 4 or 5 guys had the disadvantage of darkness (sorry, Doublemint, Snuff, OC, House Party and Posey). By the time Mr. Roper stepped in, there was no excuse. In any event, no HRs were hit until Rosie at #8, so that was 7 straight 3 out = 3 burpees for 21 burpees out of the gate.

The birthday boy launched 1 dinger. DTH followed up in the 9-spot with 1 dinger. Then it was back to a burpee fest for the next 4 guys. YHC hit last and launched 1 dinger as well. All in all, 39 burpees in round 1.

Tiebreaker round – Rosie, DTH and YHC each got 3 more swings and YHC beat Rosie 2-1 in the tiebreaker round.

Enough time was left for a lightening round – 2 swings per person. HRs were launched by Rosie (2), Snuff (1), Upchuck (1) and YHC (1). So Rosie won the lightening round – more affectionately knows as the Women’s Featherweight Division. Well done, Rosie. Your crown is being processed along with my Men’s Heavyweight Division belt. Am I mixing enough metaphors for you all?

Finally, some ending exercises on back in the outfield:

• Jacob’s Ladder
  • From right field line, run to center field and do 5 merkins, run to left field line and do 10, back to center field for 15 and back to right field for 20.
  • Repeato with 2-count flutter kicks
• Hold 6-inches for the SIX
• Hello Dollies IC until the final bell rings.

COT, Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayer

Announcements:

• HDHH at Snuff’s casa tonight. Details on Slack
• Dealer VQ at Forge tomorrow
• Murph at Twin Team Friday
• School of Rock at Rock N Roll Saturday

Prayers:

• For all those in our PAX and families dealing with sickness and/or injuries.
• DTH’s sister hoping to chemo started back up ASAP
• Upchuck’s friend JB
• Wisdom and Guidance for all of our teenage and older children making life decisions, especially Mr. Roper’s son out in the great state of Colorado.

NMS – it was a glorious morning for a HR Derby, even if it was a little dark to start (sorry to the 1st inning batters). And, thank goodness we finally knocked some balls out of the park. And, thanks to Posey for tracking those down. Great fun as always. A lot of burpees and a good sweat going. Have a great day men. Make the most of it!

No More Gumbo for You.

Eleven HIM’s converged at NoToll to play Ultimate Frisbee. Last Call looked like a well oiled Gumby sauntering over from a Solo Broga, dripping with confidence and namaste vibes. Juanita showed up with cleats and his own light up disc – which should have clued us all in. The following details the morning’s shenanigans, but it was clear – there can be only Juan! 

WARMERAMA:

• Mosey to the Field
• Warm-up loop and place cones
• Variable IC Warmup Reps
• Teams randomized by counting off into Team 1 and Team 2, making it 5v6, with tiny JV pennies supplied by Juanita 
• RULES: x3 Merkins for any player involved in a turnover, and x3 burpees for the losing team on each touchdown.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

It became immediately clear that Juanita was familiar with handling a disc, which was a good thing since the other team had Snuff who we all know is the dark horse of Ultimate (it would have been super bad if they were both on the same team). YHC ended up on the team of 6 and generously offered to have a man switch teams half way through to even things up… apparently, a slimmed down team of 5 PAX was the perfect number for the small field cause our early 2-2 score quickly took a turn for the worse as the five young guns ran a 6 touchdown streak, keeping YHC’s team exhausted with repeated burpees. Down 8-2, YHC verbally browbeat the lads into our own little streak with the final touchdown in Bone Thugs nimble fingers, valiantly losing 7-9 to the bad guys. 

Noteworthy bad guys were Florence who will now be known as “The Hammer” for his unique and quite effective throwing style, Judge who is waaaayy faster than he lets on, Bullseye with his sneaky passing down the middle, and Last Call who will now be named “Mr Inertia” after body checking YHC (like a rag doll) off a catch and right out of bounds. It was not dissimilar to Orange Crush sending Snuff into a flat-spin, but to Snuff’s credit he held onto the disc for a touchdown. 

Kudos to House Party for putting his height and fast hands to work, and it should also be recorded that while OC’s early efforts were generally disastrous, he made up for it with creating touchdown opportunities in our rally. A solid effort by all and a good number of merkins and burpees all around. Thanks for posting fellas. SYITG, DTH

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 11
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

Prayer Requests:

• Healing for McGruff, Heartburn, and Labrat

Announcements:

• TODAY – SOJ Happy Hour at Triple Crossing
• 7/21 – NavySeal Themed BoneThugs Q at The Forge (bring a squirt gun!)
• 7/26 – Gumbo Q’s Home Run Derby
• 7/26 – Pool Party HH at Snuff’s place
• 7/28 – Dealer VQ at The Forge 
• 7/29 – 3rd F at Starbucks (Broad&288)
• 7/30 – Boberry Q’s School of Rock
• 8/2 – Ultimate at Heartbreak Ridge
• 8/4 – New Glory at The Forge
• 8/8 – Daville Takeover all AO’s
• 8/9 – 2nd F Lunch at Innsbrook

18 fine looking gentlemen and 1 not so good looking lad descended on the hard courts of No Toll to see what YHC had in store for a beatdown to break out from last weeks’ holiday fog. This is what was told back at the precinct by Chesterfields finest ensuring no suspect activity was occurring.

Mosey to the parking lot for warmups that included all the classics. SSH’s, DQ’s, Helis, Dead Man Hang, Jazzercise, LBC’s, Suzanne Summers. All good… lets get moseying.

THE THANG…

Mosey to the Tennis Courts for 11’s. Donkey Kicks on 1 side, Chainsmokers on the other. Plank for the 6.

Short mosey to the Basketball Court to find the coupon pile.

DORA… Partner up – 50 Block Thrusters, 100 Curls for the Gurls, 150 Chest Press. Timer runs suicides on the court.

Triple Check… Find your 2 best friends. Elevated Merkins on the block, Block Squats, Timer runs the loop through the woods and around. No block… improvise.

Deposit coupons in the woods for future use

Back to the Courts for quick closing stretch. Numbers, Names Announcements. Doozy took us out

Announcements.

No Toll Ultimate Frisbee 7/19

HDHH – Triple Crossing Midlo 7/19

Gumbo’s Home Run Derby/Rosie B-day 7/26 Huguenot Little League (behind Robious Elementary ) – No workout at No Toll that day

Dealer VQ at Forge 7/28 –

NMS: YHC had some extra cinderblocks of varying size lying around the jobsite. Hopefully they last longer in No Toll than they did at the Forge. Too bad YHC quick math was off for a triple check but improvisation prevailed. More running than YHC expected as that loop was brutal. Good work by Florence, Dealer and Posey. Great mumble chatter and turn out this morning. Enjoyed the company and the day fellas.

On a fine morning, south of the james, 8 High Impact Men got together in an effort to get better, the be more Prepared. According to the gentleman coming out of the woods that may or may not have been Bullseye….. this is alleged to have transpired.

Start out of the gate with an Indigenous People Run AKA Shake N Bake with one burpee and run to the front all the way to the pavilion, each PAX going twice. Circle up for disclaimer, and F3 Mission: “to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership“

COP

Invisible jump rope 

Dead man hang

Jazzercise

Hairy Rockettes 

Collard pickers

Scorpion kicks

Pretzel twists

next up the Quarter Pounder

25 HRM

50 squats

75 American hammer

100 LBC

number of reps = how many yards you run, Bernie Sanders back each round. Mosey to adjacent field for:

4 corners lady of the night style:

10 Carolina dry docks

20 WW2s

30 monkey jumpers

40 SSH

After some consternation we all got the proper amount of running and dry docks. Back to Pavillion for:

Mini Dora:

Partner up and complete:

50 Dips

75 Pole Smokers

100 LBCs

Then BTTF the way we came. Start as a group, end as a group. Names, Numbers, Fresh Prince took us out.

announcements:

Talk of a southside HDHH, details will be forthcoming.

Yesterday YHC was asked, “why are we doing this?” The answer given was ”to prepare for life” YHC still feels this is appropriate for F3. We are preparing ourselves to be better fathers, brothers, friends, bosses etc.

10 Men of La Mancha gathered in the gloom to tilt at windmills and attempt a new record for Don Quixotes. They thought YHC was joking.

Mosey to the back lot making sure to NOT pay the toll. Warmups: arm circles and dead man’s hang. Line up on the curb and proceed to Don Quixote broad jump across the entire lot. At the other side, 25 more Don Quixotes.

Mosey to the field where 2 lines of 5 men each, in tight formation, bear crawl to the opposite end. From there, a walking lunging arc ending up right back at the beginning. A giant D in the dew. What could it possible stand for?

Mosey further down the field and proceed to walk again in tight formation in a giant circle, arm raises the entire time. Then from the corner of the circle, some other exercise. An enormous D.Q. in the wet grass – as seen from outer space.

Mosey to the pavilion to find a lone Sancho Panza, sitting on the bench, pondering the fields. What was he thinking, watching the PAX do their Dora, timers running the field and back for 50 Don Quixotes, 100 LBCs and 150 plankjacks?

Mosey back to the lot for some 50%/75%/100% sprints interspersed with slow-toll mirkins, mirkins and more Don Quixotes.

Mosey over for a short Post-toll with 25 flutterkicks, 25 jump squats, 25 heels to heaven and 50 ball dippers.

Heading back to the flag going Low-toll under the bar. At the bridge we do NOT pay the toll. From the bridge, a low-toll duck walk back to the flag where we finished with 5 back-breaking… you guessed it… Don Quixotes.

A chivalrous COT and great mumble chatter to start the day.

Shoutout to the PAX for indulging the insanity of a wandering knight, lost in the wilds of his own head.

Peace.

A perfect dozen quadrapods gathered in the NoToll gloom, senses quickened and spirits aroused, already tasting victory over the flesh. Their curiosity was piqued as the Q rolled up with 30 seconds to spare having effectively prepped the AO…

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Moseyrama a bit then circle up on the Basketball court
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom

COP #1:

• Mosey out to the Field
• Split PAX into 2 teams for CRAB SOCCER
• Play for x10min, any goals earning the losing team x10 Merkins while the winners plank

COP #2:

• Take a break with FOUR CORNERS:
• x25 WWII
• x50 Squats
• x75 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
• x100 LBC’s

COP #3:

• Switch it up to BEAR SOCCER for x10min
• Any PAX kicking the ball out of bounds earned the kicker x2 Burpees

Mosey BTTF:

• En Route, pay the Toll at the bridge of x20 Dips & x20 Derkins
• x1 Minute of Boat/Canoe

COT:

• Counterama # 12
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• HOUSE PARTY took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  With the SOJ Takeover in the history books, it was great to be back at NoToll. YHC rewarded the PAX faithful with some soccer ball “fun” today and all agreed Bear soccer is way more fun than Crab Soccer. Crab is slow and awkward, Bear is faster with full body tackles. DOOZY gets the gold star for the only goal scored today, mostly due to excellent (and illegal) goal keeping on the part of NANCY and ROPER. Everyone felt it in the shoulders, especially CHAPLAIN who earned the most burpees for booting it out repeatedly. YHC took out LAST CALL a couple times just for the fun of it! Anyway, nothing like mixing it up for a little summer fun – appreciate ya’ll posting! Best, DTH

8 redwoods gathered for a NoToll beatdown that was as humid as YHC can remember. The workout was rumored to go something like this:

THANG

Slaughter Start – 10 burpees OYO

Mosey to basketball courts for 2 x merkincides + plank work

Mosey to back parking lot for COP: SSH, DQs, Emperial Walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Bob & Weave

Q handed over to Nancy Lopez for ab work while YHC & Flatline marked out the field

4 on 4 Ultimate – 2 burpees if your team scores

Halftime – Mary in the middle of the field: LBCs, Box Cutters, X’s & O’s

Mosey back to flag

Dips & Derkins @ Bridge

Quick set of Rosalitas

NAKED MOLESKIN

Apologies for the delayed back blast. Lots of excuses here, but none that are convincing.

Thanks for entertaining YHC with the ultimate. The field was smaller for 4 vs 4, but the running was just the same. YHC’s watch measured 8000+ steps by the time he got home.

See TYA for Blue Ride Relay info. See Flatline or Vinnie for info on The Bridge.

Until next time!