Tag: NoToll

13 hungry fellas (including 1 FNG – Ryan and 3 or 4 who posted early for BROGA) came out to NoToll this morning for a heaping helping of Gumbo. It hasn’t been on the menu for 266 days, so this was kind of the like the McRib coming back. Here is how the servings were dished out:

Mosey to the back lot and around the parking lot, mixing in some side-shuffle, backwards run and forwards run, then circle up for COT, all IC, including:

• SSHs
• DQs
• Helicopters
• Jazzercisers
• Imperial Walkers
• Russian Soldiers
• Tempo Merkins
• LBCs

Mosey to the pavilion for the THANG:

Ab-blaster Dora – partner up and complete 100 2-ct flutters, 200 2-ct Freddie Mercuries and 300 Hello Dollies, partners alternating between exercises and sprint across the field and back.

Plankorama to catch our breath

Half Nicole – Timer set for 10 minutes. Run lap around the field and each time you get to the pavilion complete 2 Burpees, 6 WWIIs and 6 Merkins. Repeato AMRAP until timer runs out.

Burpee Native American Run back to the courts

Donkey Kick sets –

• Set 1 – 10 DKs on the fence, bear crawl to middle of the court, sprint the rest to the end of the next court, jog back.
• Set 2 – 20 DKs rest the same.
• Set 3 – 30 DKs rest the same.

5 Minutes of Mary

• APDs
• Ankle Grabbers (name pending)
• American Hammers
• Rosalitas
• Superman
• SSH/Merkin combos – 10, 5, 3, 1

BTTF, COT, Numbers, Names and Prayer

Announcements:

• Prayers for Rosie’s M having hip surgery – hope all goes well and recovery is swift.
• Prayers for DTH and his crew and Chisel’s family after the loss of Chisel way too soon.
• Prayers for my daughter (Snare) to get some relief from the cycle of migraines, anxiety, etc. Mental Health is important gents – don’t let people suffer in silence.

Moleskin

Damn it was great to get back in the circle and lead such a fine group of men. 266 days is way to long. That won’t happen again. Thanks for following today. Make it a great day men!

No More Gumbo For You!

The cooler NoToll gloom brought together two Broga enthusiasts, 5 on-time HIM’s, the classically late arrival of our beloved Fresh Prince (Welcome back!), and two late-arrival vets from the deep south, who got misdirected by maps to a nearby parking lot. Here’s how 10 brothers found company in the pain:

The THANG:

WARMERAMA:

• Brief Welcome & Disclaimer
• Mosey to Basketball Court
• Cross courts via Hopping Hurpees (Hand-release Burpee after every 3 Broad Jumps)
• Return via Polar Bears
• Cross halfway with (?can’t recall, but probably sucked), then the other half with Lunges 
• Mosey to pick up Fresh Prince

PEARLS ON A STRING CIRCUIT:

• Mosey around perimeter of the AO stopping periodically for reps IC:
• Dips x10 IC
• Derkins x10 IC
• Squat Walkers x10 IC
• The Opus x10 IC
• Body Builders x10 IC
• Crowd Pleasers (Merkin/Groiner) x10 IC
• DR.W’s x10 IC
• …and a number of others…and we all felt smoked just with that little ditty

THE DIME POUNDER COUNTDOWN:

• Think Quarter Pounder, but with 10 yard intervals, and done in reverse order
• Sprint to the end, complete x100 SSH’s, Bernie back to start
• Sprint to 90 yard mark, x90 LBC’s, Bernie back to start
• 80yd, x80 Monkey Humpers
• 70yd, x70 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
• 60yd, x60 Freddie M’s (2-ct) 
• 50yd, x50 …ugh, can’t recall
• 40yd, x40 WWII’s
• 30yd, x30 Ball Dippers (1-ct)
• 20yd, x20 Diamond Merkins
• 10yd, x10 Burpees

Mosey BTTF:

• En route complete x20 Polesmokers IC

COT:

• Counterama # 10
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Beautiful SOJ morning with a healthy PAX getting after it! Enjoyed a bit more running today than the usual beatdown, and graced the men with a robust dose of 8-count exercises. Awesome to have Fresh Prince back out after an IR hiatus, and WOW that man can move! Also a pleasure to welcome Vagabond & Kelly from the deep south – keep coming back fellas! If you missed your friendly neighborhood dose of the good Doctor’s sweatfest therapy, there’ll be a similar high intensity opportunity on Thursday at the Forge. You versus you! SYITG, YHC, DTH

13 Strong men made their way through the fog, 1 solo Broga master, 1 former FNG now regular, 1 blast from the past, 1 that took a wrong turn and crossed the river and 9 regulars. According to the older gentleman that walks the perimeter of the park this is what he recalls.

COP: DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s

Mosey to the end of the parking lot,

Parking lot crawls: Bear Crawl to the first line for 1 merkin increase count by 1 merkin at each line until 10. Switch direction with Lunges and squats, switch directions with Crab walks and LBC’s, switch directions with Crawl Bears and Plank Jacks

Mosey to the Pavilion,

Ab ring of Fire: PAX does exercise while 2 timers do 25 WWII’s (American Hammers, Sugar sticks, Scrunchy Frogs, LBC’s, Hello Dollies, Rosealitas)

Mosey to the tennis courts,

Four corners Prostitute: 10 Merkins, 20 Plank Jacks, 30 Mountain Climbers, 40 Shoulder Taps

Mosey to the Basketball Court,

Burpeesides – Run from the baseline to the free throw line (Burpee), back to base line (Burpee), Half court line (Burpee), Base line (Burpee), opposite Free throw line (Burpee), Base line (Burpee), opposite base line (Burpee) and base line (Burpee)

BTTF

Numbers / Names and DTH took us out

NMS:

It was good to see Gumbo back out in the Gloom but after being gone for so long some of the PAX was thinking he might need a new name. Much thought was given but really Gumbo is the best name the PAX could think of so no change was made. Handshake made his way south of the river and it was good to see him too. Unfortunately, YHC was not willing to get out of the fartsack early this morning and Last Call had to do Broga all by himself which might have freaked the dog walkers out just a bit. T-Claps for Loogie making his second F3 appearance, keep posting brother it might get easier one day.

5 SOJ regulars were graced by the presence of an FNG and 3 New Marketeers that found their way to the lush fields of No Toll this morning to see what YHC had planned to work off the festivities of the long holiday weekend. Iron Pax was threatened but this is what occurred to the best of my knowledge.

F3 Disclaimer and Warmarama in typical No Toll location that included SSH, Dead Man Hang, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers and Copperhead Squats.

Mosey to far field for 7 of Diamonds. 4 sets of exercises with 1/2 field mosey between sets. Exercises included 7 Hand Release Merkins, 14 World War II’s, 21 Imperial Squat Walkers, 28 Carolina Dry Docks, 21 Jump Squats, 14 Scrunchy Frogs, 7 Burpees.

Remain under the Pavilion for Triple Check: Timer runs across the field, Elevated Merkins & Dips on the bench.

Mosey back to the restrooms for another Triple Check: Timer runs to end of the parking lot, Pole Smokers, Peoples Chair. Time for only 1 round and back to the flag.

Numbers, Names – Welcome Loogie.
Announcements –

– 9/11 Dog Pile & Puppy Pile this Saturday 6 & 7 am.

-BRR starts this week. Good luck boys.

-Doozy planning 9/11 road trip to D.C. on Saturday to climb the Lincoln Memorial. Reach out if you want ride with.

-Blood Drive looks to be popping up on Slack led by Pigskin.

– Field Day coming up 9/18. Let the trash talking commence.

YHC took us out.

NMS: Great to see the New Market folks arrive early this morning. It has been a while since YHC has seen them after the growth at Satans Hill. Open discussion between Nancy and the PAX during the 7 of Diamonds on the location of the set of exercises in a literal diamond or square. You vs. You. Good work today gentlemen. Hope to see Loogie out again soon and YHC is thankful Doozy was not around during his naming ceremony.

7 young bucks and 1 senile old dude made their way to a 70 and sunny beatdown at No Toll this morning. According to the nurses at the home this is what happened.

COP

DQ’s, Burpee, Helicopters, Burpee, Imperial Walkers, Burpee, Cherry Pickers, Burpee, LBC’s, 5 burpees

Mosey to pavilion

Partner up: Partner 1 alternate between 2 exercises, Partner number 2 run the soccer field

Dips / Merkins, ???????? Ball Dippers / Jump Squats, ?????? Scrunchy Frogs / Bench crunches, ?????? Calf Raises Inside / Outside

Mosey to the basketball court with a sprint in the middle

Circle up on the B-Ball Court for ab ring of fire

Florence killed it to start with his “not so lazy boys”, and everyone else just added on but I can’t remember what.

BTTF

Numbers / Names Snuff took us out

NMS:

YHC has been waiting all day and checking in periodically to check on the BB and starting to wonder what the He!! the Q is doing not getting the BB in, who was the Q this morning? Oh yah I was the Q, D@m8 I got to get on it. Getting old sucks and YHC’s memory is fading.

6 Abs of steel veterans showed up to No Toll to see what Jane Fonda had in store for them only to find Doozy with the Q.

COP mosey to the Tennis courts, PAX saw a car rolling up on our way out so once the circle was formed and a body was spotted running to the parking lot a few yells where made and Florence joined in.

DQ’s, Helicopters, Arm Pretzels, Weed Pickers, Imperial Walkers, Merkins

Mosey to the parking lot

Regular 4 corners (10) LBCs, (20) American Hammers, (30) Scrunchy Frogs, (40) Sugar Sticks

Mosey to the pavilion

Triple check – Partner 1 does bench crunches, partner 2 does knee slides, partner 3 runs across both fields (or one field twice)

Mosey back to the parking lot

Prostitute 4 corners same exercises as before but reverse the corners (10) Sugar Sticks, (20) Scrunchy Frogs, (30) American Hammers, (40) LBCs

Mosey to the basketball court Bear crawl suicides with a LBC at each line and increasing by 1 crawl bear back to baseline until times up (per Doozy’s watch)

BTTF – Numbers / Names DTH took us out

NMS:

As summer starts to wind down YHC decided to make it as much an Ab day as possible so the PAX can finish the beach body season strong. YHC finally broke down and bought a shovel and used an old flag that has been waiting to see the light of day again, YHC will be adding stickers from other regions that he visits.

6 SOJ regulars for a sunny 70 degree start at 5:30 in the Gloom. YHC enjoyed a trip to Indiana but is glad to be back home to pick up the Q at No Toll

COP in the far parking lot

DQ’s, Helicopters, Weed Pickers, Arm Pretzels, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Merkins

Mosey to the end of lot for parking lot Crawls

Bear crawl from line to line increasing merkins at each line by 1 until 10. Reverse and crab walk back to the start with LBC’s at each line increasing by 2

Mosey to the far corner for a regular 4 corners abs (10) American Hammers, (20) Scrunchy Frogs, (30) Sugar Sticks, (40) Knee Slides

Mosey to the Pavilion for a triple check

Partner 1 does Dips, partner 2 does Decline Merkins, partner 3 runs a lap around the field (after first lap we modified the run to just across and back)

Mosey back to the parking lot for another 4 corners but this one was a prostitute

(10) Squats, (20) Lunges, (30) Jump Squats, (40) Calf raises

Time was called BTTF

Numbers / Names YHC took us out

NMS:

YHC highly recommends that if you are not already on the National Slack channel, get connected. There is a lot of Mumblechatter but its a great way to hear how things are going in other states and YHC was able to find out some great intel on the AO’s that we where visiting before we made the 40 minute drive at 4:15 in the morning.

4 gloom warriors made it out this morning to the plush fields of No Toll for a high volume beatdown, Ollivander style. According to eye witness reports that can neither be confirmed nor denied, here’s what went down:

COP: 9 Don Quixote, 10 Cherry Pickers, 25 SSH, 10 Burpees OYO

Mosey to field #1 and partner up for a Dora – 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats. Finish with a shakeout jog around the field.

Mosey to field #2 for a proper 6 set Beast – Merkins, 2 count Mountain Climbers, Jump Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, 2 count Flutter kicks, and Burpees to finish.

Mosey along the trail to the pull-up bar for a ‘do as many pull-ups as you can’ challenge

Mosey back to parking lot for Numbers / Names. YHC took us out.

NMS: This was YHC’s first time back in the Q saddle since COVID. It was also the most proud I’ve been of a group of men. These 3 warriors pushed themselves to the limit and then took a step over that. When it’s a small crew you can’t hide among folks. And I saw Crash Test Dummy, Bullseye, and Last Call rise to the challenge and dig deep into that well of strength and endurance because they wanted to better themselves. Hats off to you guys. So grateful for the chance to lead. Until next time, be dareful out there!