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It was Spring-like morning at NoToll – we even got a few sprinkles – and 17 men posted for a warm bowl of Gumbo. It was served as follows:

Mosey to the back lot for COP, all IC, including:

• DQs
• Helicopters
• EFH’s Jazzercisers
• SSHs
• Imperial Walkers
• Freddie Mercuries
• HRMs
• Alternating Shoulder Taps

Mosey to the Pavilion for the THANG:

Nicole – a modified version of my first workout when Rosie introduced Nicole. Set the timer for 20 minutes and the charge was to complete as many laps around the soccer field as possible in 20 minutes. Each time you pass the Pavilion, stop and do 10 Derkins, 10 Jump Squats and 10 2-ct Flutter Kicks…GO

Plank-o-rama after time was called as we collected the SIX, then a little rando-rama (another Rosie favorite) COP, including:

• LBCs
• Hello Dollies with hands up
• Rosalitas with hands up

Variety Mosey – forward, side shuffle, backwards and forwards again…to the bathrooms

Lazy Triple Check – Pax 1 BTTW; Pax 2 No cheat merkins (HRM with Shoulder taps at the top); Pax 3 (the Timer) does 15 pole smokers…swap and repeat 3 times.

Ring of Fire by the cars – PAX on their Six holding six inches. Candle was lit at both ends and when it was your turn – do 10 2-ct flutter kicks then 10 merkins then hold Al Gore. Next man starts flutters when you get to merkins.

Finally, 3 Burpees OYO to finish.

COT, Number-rama, Name-a-rama, Announcements and Prayer Requests and YHC took us out.

NMS:

YHC has been missing the ladies of NoToll and wanted some movement this morning, so Nicole was on order. Guys were flying. I’m pretty sure Fresh Prince lapped me on the second lap. But, Tobit was hot on his heels and keeping him pushing – with Doozy close behind him. Well done men. Way to push.

What genius thought of going from BTTW to No Cheat Merkins? My shoulders were spent after round 1. Maybe I was just preparing us for another Lady of NoToll to make an appearance soon…who knows?

Great effort today guys. No frills. Nothing fancy. But, strong work.

No special announcements today, but several prayer requests, including Nancy Lopez with his father passing, Doozy’s Mother-in-Law (I believe) and Fresh Prince’s wife’s grandfather (I believe). I hope I got those last two right – my recording stopped. Also, a couple kids – one on Bullseye’s basketball team and one daughter of a friend of mine – are having some health issues – yet to be diagnosed. Let’s lift all these folks and their families up in our prayers and provide them support as we can. Same for all those unspoken prayer requests out there!

Be great and be positive fellas!

No More Gumbo For You!

YHC arrived early to set up some fun for the No Toll Regulars. Below are some photo images of perhaps one of the greatest drummers of all time.

COP

20 SSH, 10 DQ, 15 Hill Billy’s, 15 Arm Circles, 10 small, 5 big, Reverso, 20 LBC’s, 16 Helicopters, 10 Scorpions and 20 merkins

Mosey to the Field with the landing strip lighting (placed earlier by YHC)

The THANG

We rally at the jogging and YHC introduced the RUSH discussion and the recent passing of Neil Peart the drummer for the band at 67. So to warm things up we begin with the Red Barchetta (a Rush song originally from the Moving Pictures Album , their best selling album of all time.)

Red Barchetta – Warm up

Run 100 yards perform 100 jumping jacks return to the jogging path plank for the 6.

Run 75 yards and perform 75 Mountain climbers return to the jogging path and plank for the 6.

Run 50 yards and perform 50 squats return to the joggin path and plank for the 6.

Run 25 yards perform 25 merkins and plank for the 6.

Run 10 yards perform 10 burpees and plank for the six.

Triangle of Pain (Bermuda Triangle)

We set up a triangle of red lights 30 yards apart and light 1 1 burpee, bear crawl to light 2 perform 2 burpees and light 3 perform 3 burpees. Return to start, light 1 1 WW2 sit up, Lunge to light 2 2 WW2 sit ups, Lunge to light 3 3 WW2 SU. Third time 1 merkin at light one bear crawl to light 2 2 merkins, lunge to light 3 10 merkins and a you against you choice of bearcrawl of lunges to start.

Triple Check Sprint

YHC re-aligns the lights for a triple check sprint where we divide into groups of 3 Partner 1 runs to the light(100 yards away) and back Partner 2 performs the PLT while Partner 3 is throwing down the legs. Rotate with Partner 1 performing the PLT, Partner 2 is throwing down the legs and partner 3 is running to light and back. We do this 3 times.

YHC check time and we have time for another triple check, Partner 1 runs to the light and back , Partner 2 is performing squats and Partner 3 dips. we rotate and do this 2 times and police up the light and return to the flag for COT

COT

We circle up for a merkin ring of fire where each member of the PAX performs 5 merkins while the remaining PAX is holding Plank.

Numberama and Namerama

We circle up and discussed announcements – Winter Tour is going on now, DTH announced that the custom shirts should be delivered in the next couple of weeks, great feedback on the breaking bread event check out Q sheet for sign up. We were also updated that Exit Row is recovering from surgery and our out of town guest(Sir Topem Hat) is visiting due to the death of a close relative and our prayers are with you.

YHC took us out…It is always a pleasure to lead…have a great day gents…CB

Moleskin

We are reminded daily that life is precious Neil Peart took no exception to this in his life as he experienced tragedy by losing his only daughter in a car accident and wife the same year. He went on to write a book “Ghost Rider: Travels on a healing road”. He rode 55,000 miles on his BMW motorcycle for 14 months to find the new meaning of life after his recent sadness where is is by himself, no spouse no daughter. I would submit this is a tough pill for anyone to swallow and he chronicles that what helped him heal was the interaction and compassion of others that proved to be most healing. Listen to the music and you can appreciate the sound and song. Read the lyrics and you will see what a profound mind Neil possessed.

Fans responded to his death according to Forbes January 17, 2020 : Music streams of Rush surge 776%. Apart from streams Rush catalogue grew 2,304% and their albums gaining 1,820%.

Neil – we have never met, YHC has had the pleasure to see you perform live and you will be missed. You were an inspiration to me and have the list below as some of your wisdom:

My Favorite top 10 Neal Peart Quotes:

1- “If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice “

2- “If you’ve got a problem, take it out on a drum“

3- “From the point of ignition. To the final drive. The point of the journey is not to arrive. “

4- “Quick to judge, quick to anger, slow to understand… prejudice, fear and ignorance walk hand-in-hand.“

5- “Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.“

6- “I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it’s an evolving state of mind.“

7- “You can surrender without a prayer, but never really pray without surrender. You can fight without ever winning, but never ever win without a fight. “

8-” …The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.“

9- “Live for yourself there’s no one else more worth living for. “

10- “A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission.“

Drum solo link below if you are interested on You Tube

Neil Peart – (Drum Solo) on Letterman 6-9-2011

Have a Great Day Gents I look forward to seeing you in the gloom….CB

20 warriors posted in the 23 degree weather, that felt more like sunny & 70.

YHC asked OC to grab the shovel flag and off we went.

Plant the flag at the first soccer field.

Old Glory was called.

1 mile as a PAX of 20

20 min of 4 corners using the large perimeter around the NoToll fields: 20 merkins, 20 squat jumps, 10 burpees, 20 WWIIs

1 mile as a PAX of 20 with Old Glory in tow

3 minutes of Mary: Hello Dollies, Freddies, LBCs

Mosey back to cars with the shovel flag.

COT: Rosie took us out

Naked Moleskin:

YHC wanted to keep the PAX moving on this cold, cold 70 degree day….so Old Glory it is! YHC had never led an Old Glory workout….and it was a pleasure.

Big apologies to Tobit for yelling TIME right next to him from a far corner. I guess that’s what he gets for lapping most of us!

Fresh Prince & Tobit made things look easy. Way to push yourselves, guys.

2 weeks, 2 DK Q’s, SOJ appearances by Upchuck at both….respect!

Announcements

Orange Crush is offering to host February Poker. More info to follow.

At an hour and with a climate that all logic screams “Are you MAD? Go back to bed!”, SIX veteran gloom warriors hydroplaned their way to NoToll to once again place the flesh under heel. 

The THANG:

Mosey in driving rain to Pavilion for COP #1:

• Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
• SSH x30 IC
• DQ’s x20 IC
• Imp.Squat Walkers x20 IC
• No Cheat Merkins x10 IC
• Freddie M’s x30 IC
• Oblique Crunch x10 IC ea side
• Gas Pumps x20 IC

Audible to remain sheltered for COP #2:

• 4 Corners + Escalator/De-Escalator:
• Corner 1 – x10 Merkins
• C2 – add x20 WWII
• C3 – add x30 MH’s
• C4 – add x40 FlutterKicks (2-ct)
• High quality lunge between corners
• Reverso x4 corners back to start
• Plankorama for the SIX

No Mosey for COP #3:

• Partner up for DORA:
• x100 Box Jumps (audible to step-ups for safety purposes)
• x200 Dips
• x300 LBC’s
• Other partner crosses space & back in variety of creative ways (BC, CB, Lunge Walk, Broad Jump, etc. …our resident Whore Daddy (Rosie) chose to run Cooper out across the pond and back, bless him)
• AlGorama for the SIX

Circle up for quick COP #4:

• James Bonds – BoatHolds with arms extended, hands together with fingers making a pistol – 10 count forward, 10 count Right, 10 count Left
• x3 rounds completed

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama #6
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• The PAX remained dry in their cars until 0529, then emerged to get sloppy wet in the downpour, gladly waiting an extra minute to pick up our friendly neighborhood Boberry. Cooper couldn’t have been more thrilled to back out with his boys. We moved double time to find shelter at the Pavilion, and YHC audibled the entire workout to remain there instead of waterskiing on the surrounding ponds. Our theme for the day was “Vincit Qui Se Vincit”, which means He conquers who conquers himself!  Make it a great one fellas & SYITG.

“Exodus is not just describing a ragtag group of people wandering around in the desert. It is describing how resilient people are made. It’s an eternal story of spiritual and moral formation that happens again and again and again.” – David Brooks, Second Mountain

24 studs wandered together in the most manicured desert that Chesterfield County has to offer. Despite freezing temps in The Piedmont, it was 70 and sunny at No Toll. According to local legend it went a little something like this.

Mosey to parking lot.

COP: SSH X 20, IW X 20, Lunge X 20, WWII X 20, FC X 20, HRM X 20, Arm Circle X 1

Mosey to the Stepford fields.

RECTANGLE OF SUCCESS: Dividing the field into six stopping points including the four corners, two midway points and another back at the start. Pyramid merkins were on the agenda.

• #1 10 Merkins
• #2 20 Merkins
• #3 30 Merkins
• #4 40 Merkins
• #5 30 Merkins
• #6 20 Merkins
• #7 10 Merkins

BUSHWACKERS: Partner up. One partner begins lunging the long way across the field. The other partner completes 10 Captain Thors. Once exercises are done, run to the lunging partner and switch. Lunges are to take place all the way to the end and back.

GRANDMAS SHAKEWEIGHT: Partner up. One partner begins to Crawl Bear long ways on the field. The other partner completes 8 Shoulder Tap Merkins. Once exercise is complete run to Crawl Bear partner and switch.

11s PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION: Elevens made themselves known. The exercises were burpees and copper head squats.

Mosey back to the flag. Numberma, namerma and the smooth and sultry voice that is Marmaduke led us out.

NEWS:

DTH SHIRTS: Let’s be honest, we all wanna be Dr. Try Hard. Now imagine you can do that without having to go to medical school, VMI or kill a deer. Now you can look the part! In three easy payments of $19.99 you can get with your own DTH Shirt, which you can buy here. It’s extra to get your own name on it. https://backblasts.f3rva.org/2019/12/20/your-f3-name-shirt/

WINTER TOUR: The Grateful Dead, your weed smoking college roommate and F3RVA….do you know what they have in common? It’s not only a sweet hemp necklace or the ability to survive for days on acid and falafel. All of the above love a good tour. Oyster has organized the Winter Tour of 2020. Rumor has it he will be running the merch tent and an interactive sound forest.

OK BOOMER, I’M A SLACKER: Honey Do has set up an F3RVA Slack channel . He also sent out and email with some ground rules; the most important of which is no pics of TYA in his courtesy shorts. I don’t know who was taking those at BRR or how he got his ankle behind his head but the sharing of those and making memes about chicken legs and gonads has to stop. Excellent boundaries Honey Do.

MOLESKIN: Way to work today fellas! That many merkins and burpees would leave the wells of most men dry. Way to keep digging.

Your pal,

Hardywood

Twas the morning before Christmas with Draper in his sweatshirt and me in my shorts emerged from our cars for a 2 person beatdown. When what to our wondering eyes should appear but an SUV Clown car with 5 large men.

No Q, hot potato. YHC started with COP and 11s. Draper took over with a twist on Dora and then the Quarter Pounder. Nancy pushed us back to the flag with some native American run merkins and WW2s.

Wilson took us out with a extra prayer for Aisle 5, as he goes in for surgery Thursday.

Merry Christmas guys. Enjoy the time with family and friends.

30 spirited men traveled from near and far to participate in a yearly tradition almost as popular as the classic “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”. EF Hutton wins the Holiday Spirit award showing up dressed as a present and everyone else gets a gold star for participating in the sing-along. I thought about making some changes to the program but realized I knew it too well and might confuse myself so we stuck to the same order, much to the PAX dismay, especially when we got to 12.

A short little COP to introduce the day with SSH, Helicopters, and IW, then onto the main event.

• 1 – Dozen LBCs
• 2 – Sprints across the field
• 3 – Diamond Merkins
• 4 – Imperial Squat Walkers
• 5 – Burpees
• 6 – Dips
• 7 – 2-count lunges
• 8 – Decline merkins
• 9 – American Hammers IC
• 10 – Flutter Kicks – IC
• 11 – Crunchy Frogs – IC
• 12 – Broad Jump Burpees

The PAX crushed it with enough time leftover for a big ring of fire.

Another year, another great turnout for the 12 days of Christmas. A big Thank You to all for coming out and letting me lead you this morning. Great times as always, only a few have posted every year and for some this was a first. Hardywood was sharing secrets on how he finished each round so fast, I think I heard him say “It’s genetic and unattainable” but maybe I was just hearing things. Great to have a few guys from the other side of the river, Hitchhiker, Garbage Plate, LinkedIn and EF Hutton join us for the festivities.

Reminder that we have a great thing with F3, Viral shared info about a viral video on linked in that a UK man made in which he admitted to having no friends. Link here Reach out to someone that hasn’t been out in a while or is a FNG and don’t give up easy, the EH takes time and we know how important it can be.

Announcements:

Winter Tour – See Oyster’s pre-blast and the sign up sheet

DTH is going to be setting up the sale of “your name” shirts early next year

Christmas Day workout – Upchuck has WDog

New Years Day – ? TBD

A balmy 60’s and less-gloomy-than-usual NoToll welcomed 18 brothers to taste and see the goodness of turf perfection. Here’s how we embraced the moist lushness:

The THANG:

Partner Carry (alternate as needed) to COP #1 in the Parking Lot:

• SSH, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers, NoCheat Merkins, FreddieM’s, Starfish Crunches

Mosey over to Field #1 for The Crossing:

• Low crawl x20 paces
• Bearpees x20 paces (Burpee every 5 BC paces)
• Lunge x20 paces 
• Repeato to reach the end of the field

Return across Field via Quarter Pounder:

• Sprint out to complete exercises, then run backwards to beginning
• 25 yard line – x25 WWII’s
• 50 yard line – x50 Merkins
• 75 yard line – x75 SSH’s
• End Line – x100 LBC’s
• Flatline Q’d Mary for the SIX

Crossing #2:

• Low crawl x20 paces
• CrabWalk x20 paces
• Broad Jump x10 paces 
• Repeato to reach the end of the field

Quarter Pounder #2:

• Sprint out to complete exercises, then run backwards to beginning
• 25 yard line – x25 Burpees
• 50 yard line – x50 Am.Ham’s (2-ct)
• 75 yard line – x75 Mtn.Climbers (2-ct)
• End Line – x100 Calf Raises
• ABC’s for the SIX

Partner Up:

• Wheelbarrow to the Bleachers (alternate as needed)
• Complete x3 Sets of PLT’s (x20 each)
• OYO Dips on bleachers for the SIX
• All Together x10 High Quality Dips IC

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama #18
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• NoToll in December has never felt so breezy balmy. YHC waited a solid minute extra to kick-off this AM while at least 5 guys exited their vehicles. But 18 dudes is a GREAT crew. YHC noted that the old Partner Carry warm-up was generally ignored in preference to a typical jog to the parking lot. Thanks to the few game fellas who gave it a go. Felt good this morning to cuddle up close to that oh-so-soft NoToll turf. Glad we could make good use of it on such a nice morning. Thanks to everyone for pushing hard this morning, and always humbled and thankful for the opportunity to lead such great men. Get out there and be a footstool for someone today – everyone needs a lift closer to the Almighty. SYITG

14 SOJ regulars assembled at NoToll hoping to get horizontal in the lush green fields. Döner Kebab secured the Q from Marmaduke the night before…and had other ideas. The beatdown went something like this:

THANG

Mosey to Robious then circle back to basketball courts

COP – 29 SSHs, 13 DQs, 13 Copperhead Squats, 29 Crabcakes, 29 Hello Dollies, 13 Bob & Weaves (each side)

Mosey to Robious then circle back to restrooms

Triple Check – Donkey Kicks, Merkin at bench (dealer’s choice), run to playground and back

Mosey to Robious then circle back to poles in front of restrooms

Curb Crawl – Up to 5, repeat, then back down

Mosey to Robious then circle back to basketball courts

Space Invaders – 4 gunners + 10 aliens (Gunners lunge, keep line and try to tag aliens who are performing Bob & Weaves IC – 5 to left, step forward, 5 to right, step forward, repeat) When a gunner misses, do 2 burpees

Repeato, gunners backwards lunge 2nd time around

Sharks & Minnows – DTH and Fresh Prince stay in the middle as sharks. Crab walk round 1. Bear crawl round 2

Circle up for 8 Count Body Builders – Pan PAX x14

Marmaduke 4 Corners – 20 merkins, 20 mountain climbers, 20 monkey humpers, 20 squat jumps – continue until time called

Mosey back to VSF.

COT – Gumbo took us out.

Naked Moleskin:

Sorry Marmaduke felt bad enough to relinquish the Q, though maybe he feels worse now that Riverboat Ron just hit an iceberg. HTTR.

Thanks for the opportunity to lead. This workout would have been better on a wet day because we avoided the blankets known as NoToll fields. Lots of activity near the cars this morning.

Announcements:

Magnum PI workout at Dog Pile Saturday. Bring ‘stache & Hawaiian Shirt

POG’s VQ next Wed at SOT

HDHH @ O’Tooles Midlothian next Wed (Dec 11) at 5:30pm