Tag: NoToll

The SOJ PAX bravely embraced the cool Fall temps at NoToll, only to find inflation had raised the D&D Toll. In the Spirit of Voting Day, here’s how the PAX dumped the tea overboard:

The THANG:

COP #1:

• Mosey to the bridge, pay the Toll of x20 Dips & x20 Derkins
• Mosey to the parking lot and circle up
• Variable IC warmups with moving sets in between to get the blood pumping

COP #2:

• Mosey to the Bleachers
• TRIPLE CHECK:
• Big-O’s on the bleacher
• WWII’s
• Runner crosses field & back
• When TC completed, Pay Toll #2 with another x20 Dips & x20 Derkins

COP #3:

• Mosey to the Pavilion
• DORA:
• x100 Merkins
• x200 Squats
• x300 LBC’s
• Runner crosses field & back

COP #4:

• Indigenous People’s Mosey back to the bridge for the final Toll of x20 Dips & x20 Derkins
• Mosey to the Bball Court
• ELEVENS:
• Chainlink Smokers 10–>1
• Groiners 1–>10
• Run between sides

MARY FINALE:

• Circle up to complete:
• Back Plank, alternating suspended leg and arm raises
• Captain Morgans (Peter Parkers) IC
• And Flutters OYO to close out time

COT:

• Counterama # 11
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• FRESH PRINCE took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Felt good to work through some old standard routines today, just putting in the work and grinding out that 1st F. YHC has been under some significant pressures in the recent past and it’s incredibly rejuvenating to steep in the pure waters of SOJ 2nd F. Thank you gentlemen for posting today, for hammering out those routines with enthusiasm, and for your prayers. Yours Always, DTH

The dark and cool gloom was conquered by 7 bearers of Light.

The Journey:

Q arrived about a minute late, but the PAX had already started a brief warm-up loop in the parking lot.

Long mosey to the lush and very water saturated rear field of the AO.

4 Corners-esqe Leap-Style Circuit:

Corner 1: PAX lines up single-file adjacent to a corner while maintaining an exercise, and last man does an exercise then runs to the front of line.
Last Man: 10 Hand-release Merkins | PAX: WW2’s
100x Monkey Humpers at the arrival of the next corner

Corner 2: PAX lines up single-file adjacent to a corner while maintaining and exercise, and last 3 men do an exercise, and then run to the front of line.
Last Three Men: 15 Heels-to-Heaven | PAX: Hold plank
Audible at 70% completion of the length, to Bear Crawl remainder of the distance to the next corner
100x Side Straddle Hops at the arrival of the next corner

Corner 3: Elevens with Burpees and Hand-Release Merkins between corner and next corner
100x Calf Raises (50 toes pointed in, 50 toes pointed out)

Elevens took longer than expected, Corner 4 was sadly missed.

Long mosey to basketball courts.

PAX lines up single file and does a group Bear Crawl around outer perimeter of the court while last man runs to the center of the court and does 10 Merkins to rejoin the “Bear Crawl Train” at the front.

Completed one loop around the court

Suicides from end to end of the court for the remaining 1 minute.

COT:

• Numberama
  Namerama
  Announcements: Hump Day Happy Hour
  Prayers: Prayers for Last Call’s co-worker battling COVID.

NMS:

Shoutout to DTH for yet again pushing me out my comfort zone to Q this workout and gradually get back into the swing of things despite still working to overcome an injury. Things didn’t go 100% as planned with some aspects but with the support of the PAX we did the dang thang. Such a solid life lesson of not always waiting until things are 100% comfortable or “right” to keep moving forward. Sometimes life presents you with a challenge and you just gotta go after it, even if you gotta wing it while you do it. Love this group of guys and so thankful to have the opportunity to lead this workout, enjoy your fellowship, and get drenched in the lush fields of NoToll.

11 gathered in the cool fall morning and Oyster reminisced about my last Q: “You made us do WW2s on the concrete instead of the grass.” Little did he know, towards the top of my list of reasons to Q is ‘stay high and dry.’

50 SSH to warm up. Mosey to the backlot. Don Quixotes, helicopters, imperial squat walkers, stretching, mirkins and some other stuff I forgot while trying to come up with a spontaneous plan.

First on the docket: 11s including WW2s on the concrete plus Caroline dry docks.

Next up, indigenous curb crawl around the island – everyone crawls and one by one each person ran around.

Lunge to the far side of the lot. Run back across, karaoke back again. Mosey towards the flag with a small payment to the durkin + dip troll who lives under the bridge.

Line up on the basketball court for some jumping herpes all the way across. That’s a hand-release mirkin into broad jump burpee (invented by Chaplain… for some reason).

Then a nice 4 corners lady of the night with 10 mirkins, 20 jump squats, 30 heels to heaven and 40 mountain climbers. On that first heels to heaven YHC observed with incredulity just how far away those stars really are. DK asked ‘where’s the weed’ and at that very moment with everyone looking up and laughing a meteor streaked across the dawn sky. High… and dry. Unlike Shatner’s Depends when faced with the blackness of space beyond this lush oasis.

A few minutes left for some mankillers, which YHC forgot how to do. Luckily Doozy was there to pick up the pieces with Gumbo keeping him honest.

Mosey back to the flag with an 1 min 30 elbow plank to finish it off.

A special prayer of gratitude for our purpose, whether we believe it or not, as hidden in the God-given infinite complexity of this world we call home – as Carl Sagan said: “For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.’

Fitness, fellowship and faith. Love it.

A lucky 7 SOJ veterans fought off the warm, dry fart sack to descend onto the misty yet plush fields of No Toll this morning to see what YHC had in store. Here is what was rumored to have occurred according to the ever-present walkers surveying the property.

Mosey to the parking lot with a quick buy in at the bridge – 10 dips and 10 derkins. Continue on for warmarama including SSH’s, DQ’s, Dead Man Hang, Merkins and American Hammers.

THE THANG:

Mosey to the far corner for 4 corners – 10 merkins, 15 jump squats, 20 WWII’s, 25 Monkey Humpers. Round 2 – Double each exercise.

Leap Frog Pole Smokers: PAX holds 6″ at each pole while 10 pole smokers are completed, then leap frog PAX to next available pole.

Mosey to the Pavilion for 100’s: 100 of each exercise, run across the field and back. Exercises included flutters, LBC’s, Incline Merkins, Shoulder Taps, Squats, SSH’s, and something else.

Back over to the parking lot. Stop for a quick round of 7’s (merkins and squats), bearcrawl and lunge from 1 side of the parking lot to the other.

Stop by the bridge on the way back to the flag for payout of 10 dips and 10 derkins.

BTTF for quick Broga Mary.

Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers – YHC took us out.

Announcements: Blood Drive needs volunteers and donors next Wednesday. Beer Mile this Friday at Faceplants. See slack for low down on both events.

NMS: Another damp, misty morning led to the typical grumblings when ab exercises were called. PAX pushed through with mumble chatter throughout the morning. Good work on the 100’s. Good to have Rosie back out on what is becoming a regular showing.

Twelve gloom seekers ventured to No Toll this morning. YHC had grabbed the Q late after daughters volleyball game so not much time to plan. According to the early morning walker here is what transpired.

COP- 20 each: SSH, LBC’; 10 each: DQ’s, cherry pickers, helicopters, Jazzercise, imperial walkers, Russian soldiers, Merkins, Flutters, Hello Dollie.

Split into 5 groups in parking lot. 1 on each corner and one group running to the next corner. Perform exercises at each corner until you were bumped to run. Merkins, Squats, WWII’s, SSH were the first. We did 3-4 rounds (lost count).

Mosey to top of lot for sprints and other various runs. Next round of corners. Exercises were Drydocks, FLutters, box cutters, monkey humpers. We did 2 rounds. Back to flag. Some stretching then time was called.

Announcements: See Slack: Sign up to volunteer, give blood, or both.

YHC took us out in prayer. Always an honor to lead. And Welcome back Fiona!

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.