Tag: NoToll

Huguenot Park

  • YHC is not counting. You’re counting.

    17 HIM’s joined YHC for a No Toll beatdown today. YHC has been off the Q sheet for awhile, and it felt good to be back!

    Warmarama: Mozey to the courts for a lap around the court then line up on the baseline for a suicide warmup.

    • Round 1: 50% jog
    • Round 2: 50% jog, 1 burpee at each line.
    • Round 3: Bernie 50% jog, 5 merkins at each line
    • Round 4: 75%, 5 air squats at each line
    • Round 5: 100%

    Mozey to the fields stopping to pay the toll along the way. 10 dips and 10 decline merkins for your troubles please.

    Thang 1: Partner Up. Complete 50 burpees as a team. One person burpees, the other runs to mid field of the soccer field.

    Mozey

    Thang 2: Partner Up, complete 100 merkins as a team. One person merkins, the other runs to mid field.

    Mozey

    Thang 3: Partner Up, complete 150 2 count lunges as a team. One person lunges, the other runs across the field.

    Mozey

    Thang 4: Partner Up, complete 250 Freddie Mercuries as a team. One person Freddie’s, the other runs across the field long ways.

    Mozey

    Thang 5: Partner Up, complete 500 air squats as a team. One person squats, the other runs across both the soccer field and the parking lot.

    Mozey back to the flag with some active stretching the way.

    Announcements:

    • Convergence at Dogpile
    • L Woods is showing off his meat at his house. To see it, you need to bring a side. Check Slack for deets.
    • Crabgrass has a monster workout planned for Timberwolf Thursday to close out the Boys of Summer tour.

    YHC took us out.

    Machismo figured out YHC’s plan today. YHC can’t screw up the counting if the PAX has to do it.

    Great workout and great company this morning. Awesome way to start the day!

  • Sweet dreams are made of these!

    0528: cool, dewy, 60’s, and a cacophony of fullheart mumble chatter bouncing around among the gathered PAX. 0530: classic 80’s rock electric guitar booms out from a speaker being carried off into the gloom by the Q …the PAX brimming with questions follows behind with bewildered enthusiasm.

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey out to Field 1 and circle up
    • Brief Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Brief smattering of warm-up Reps IC

    THE F3 BEATDOWN DECK:

    • PAX given review of Beatdown Deck rules of engagement – 5-card rounds, each followed with a run around the field, complete as many rounds as possible …most of the PAX still chattering away, most not hearing any instructions anyway over the blasting classic rock, oh well
    • x6 awesome sets completed, x30 cards total – BOOM. 
    • Silly group pic around completed cards

    Mosey BTTF:

    • 3 minutes of stretching

    COT:

    • Counterama # 15
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  YHX was amazed with the frisky cool-weather mumble chatter happening before launch time.  Didn’t feel right to interrupt so it was just the music to Q our kickoff, and the PAX remained animated for the full 45 minutes – clearly seen in the group picture. Could a Q ask for a better gaggle of gloom HIM’s to start the day with?!? And many thanks to the beatdown deck bringing a smokefest – ALWAYS a solid option. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Final Days
    • Labor Day Convergence at Dogpile
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
    • 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC

  • Raw Dog the Railyard

    A pair of single ones enjoyed the lush bermuda turf of Huguenot Park in the latest rendition of No Toll. YHC instructed the Pax that gloves were optional but not recommended. Effort, however, was all out and on display. YHC cut off salutations and greetings to get the party started at 5.30.

    Short Mosey to the parking lot where introductions and disclaimers were announced along with some light stretching of YHC’s favorite hits. All seemed limber so let us begin.

    Mosey across the bridge to midfield of the recently sprinkled pitch in pristine condition for the imposing beatdown. YHC decided to copy a previous Doozy Q idea by laying out 12 glowsticks around the perimeter. Instructions were simple. Each glow stick had a card with an exercise. Pax completes 20 reps of said exercise and returns to the center where they will find a willing partner to perform 10 booyah merkins, then venture out to another glow stick. Exercises included Jump Squats, Plank Jacks, Ball Dippers, Lt. Dans, Side Stradle Hops, Mountain Climbers, Pole Smokers, American Hammers (2 count), WWII’s, Freddie Mecuries (2 Count), Dips and Carolina Dry Docks. Some of the PAX enjoyed the monogomous booyah relationships, while others ventured out with numerous partners with a few throuples tossed into the mix. Pax seemed to enjoy the ravelike glow around the field that led to premature finishes, leaving YHC to formulate additional COP. No worries.

    Collect all the glow sticks and partner up for a triple check along the fence. Ab centric check included pole smokers and LBC’s. Timer runs 2/3 of the field and returns.

    Mosey back to the virtual flag for 2 quick rounds of suicides at the courts followed by 3 minutes of Broga.

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

    Announcements: SOJ leadership retreat tonight at Casa de Heisto near Satans Hill. Addresses and directions on Slack. Be there if you want to influence future ideas for NOS or SOS. Homegown Half Marathon launches this saturday 8/16 at 6 am from Robious Landing. Get your hills in with a 1/2 marathon, 10k run or 5k ruck (7 am launch for the ruck). Family and M’s are invited to participate. See slack for routes and deets. Travel to the Bridge with Upchuck and Bootleg on Saturday for an epic beatdown. Good travel and best breakfast in Central VA to those that attend.

    Prayers: Thoughts and prayers to all those suffering from whatever ails you, specifically cancer which is affecting a few F3RVA families. Get yourself checked out if you are not feeling well. Prayers to those families going thru transitions with kids starting school or leaving the nest. Tough transitions are ahead but F3 can provide a strong support group, just ask someone if you are going thru tough times.

    NMS: Great group today with sensational mumble chatter. Rosie may or may not have gone shoeless for todays events. Always encouraged at the plush turf. Thank you fellas for the opportunity to lead this morning. Always a privledge to start the day off with a beatdown and a smile.

  • HR Derby Part Deux

    11 sluggers posted to Huguenot Little League for another chance to drop bombs or hit dingers. It was dark so all had to endure 30 minutes of traditional bootcamp before stepping into the box for swings, but we made it work.

    Mosey foul pole to foul pole and back again and circle up for COP in the plush, memory-foam outfield grass. Do some traditional warm-ups and stretching, then a Triple Check with the runner running pole to pole, 1 PAX doing a wall sit or pole smokers on the fence and the other doing a combo exercise of 4 merkins and 10 2-ct mountain climbers on repeat until the runner returns. 3 times through.

    Traveling COPs through the outfield and then the main event.

    We were able to go through the lineup twice. Many bombs were dropped. Some burpees were done. In the end, OC and Gumbo led the way with 3 HRs overall – 2 each in the first round and 1 in the second. I think almost everyone hit at least 1 bomb as well. More impressively, we had more than 1 hit the top of the fence and then go over, including one that bounced on the top of the fence twice.

    Great time had by all. See you next year!

    COT, Numbers, Names, Prayer

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Da Bears

    No bear crawling was had but an FNG Packers fan got a new name here at No Toll. Welcome to the newest member of the Bill Swerski club “Ditka”. Machismo with cameos form Last Call had the Q this morning and YHC was glad for some of the audibles. Here’s what went on:

    Warmarama: F3 mission statement: To plant, grow, and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. Pop Quiz in front of our FNG what are the five core pinciples of F3 “Leave no man behind” = 10 Burpees Faith= 10 burpees. Finally Pax got out Free of charge, Open to all men, Outside rain or shine, Guys rotate the Q, and Ends in the COT. FORGE acronym credit to DTH. SSH, Merkins, Freddi Mercury, Peter Parkers, American hammers, UKs, ISWs and DQs were had.

    Human conveyor belt started with 5 Australian mountain climbers then digressed to just holding balls to the wall as the last in line ran to the front circling the Tennis court by the water tower.

    Next was 4 corners prostitute style with 10 merkins, 20 freddie Mercuries, 30 squats, 40 SSH.

    Next was eye of the mericane at the pavillion with 25 of each Big Boy Situps, American Hammers, SSH, and monkey humpers (thanks Last Call for the popcorn mod).

    Pleasure leading this morning good energy and movement even though YHC didn’t quite know what he was getting into with the human conveyors, and the peter parkers. Not hard to sweat in these temps. L woods and NTB looking for EHs for GTE Cary – if you haven’t done it YHC would recommend it. A brief search of slack returned no results for homegrown half for this year so YHC will have to trust pax announcements that is coming on the 16th out of Twin Team Robious Landing park.

    YHC is looking forward the Snuff underground Q at the Forge Thursday.

    Reflections were made on the sacrifices that the ancient Israelites made of their most precious gifts the lambs. I was reflecting on how much we are sacrificing to buy more time and giving more to Snuffs AI 2027 plan. We are relinquishing bits of humanity to the machine in order to gain a few minutes. I challenge you that as we gain moments of productivity let us look to continue to engage with our F3 brothers, coworkers, and family, and as the author of Romans 12:1 states, “offer your bodies as a living sacrifice.” SYITG. Machismo out.

  • NOS vs SOS, The Ultimate Rivalry

    27 SOJ warriors met on the pristine NoToll fields of battle for a first ever NOS vs SOS (North of South, South of South) Rivalry matchup. The ultimate disc was the weapon of the day and both sides of Midlothian were ready to do battle. Here’s how first blood was not just drawn, but gloriously spilled without mercy. 

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey lap around the field and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Brief smattering of IC Reps

    SPLITTING TEAMS:

    • SOS brought 11 PAX and a fancy LED frisbee 
    • NOS brought 16 warriors, and two HIM’s who live at or just on the other side of Midlothian were sent over to balance the teams (originally we had 15 so after sending two over it was an even split 13 vs 13, then NOS had a latecomer join during the first game)
    • With NOS and SOS split, Crabgrass and DTH split their PAX in halves, so each playing team was either 6 or 7 guys
    • Rules explained – two 15min games for each team to play the opposing two teams. Final score cumulative.

    GAME 1:

    • The 6v6 teams took the further field, while the 7v7 remained on Field 1
    • LIFO Destiny’s Child arrived during Game 1 and joined the NOS 6 man team as a sub
    • The 7v7 was a fairly even match-up with NOS pulling ahead to win 4-2
    • The 6v6 was reportedly “excellent exercise” with a score of 0-0… YHC was to later learn this was the score Crabgrass wished for, but was in fact a massive victory for NOS of 7-0
    • Total points: 11-2 with NOS well ahead 

    GAME 2:

    • Teams switched opponents
    • For the 6v6 game, the extra man team used a sub to keep it even, and NTB even played for the SOS and got them a TD
    • Final score for both games was 7-1, with NOS proving to be the clearly superior PAX when it comes to Ultimate Frisbee
    • Total points: 14-2 with NOS on top

    FINAL SCORE: NOS 25, SOS 4

    • TClaps to the NOS Warriors!!!
    • Challenge thrown to SOS to host and choose their preferred sport for the next matchup. 

    Circle up at the Fieldside SF for COT:

    • Counterama # 27
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Pad Thai and his M have reached the Delivery Day today for their second child, prayers for peace and safety for mother and child

    NMS:  Well WELL, that was quite fun to trounce the boys of the deep South! So far the young pups are all bark and no bite. We’ll just have to wait and see what they can do for a comeback match hosted on their own SOS turf. Honestly there were amazing plays for both sides in all the games, but the NOS PAX have a few ringers and were able to get the passing game to work well. Look forward to the next one. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Ongoing
    • 7/27 School of RUCK (7am kid-friendly workout and ruck at Rockwood Park)
    • 8/16 Homegrown Half
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
    • 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC 

  • No Rain Out Today

    10 glory days seekers disregarded the forecast, crossed their fingers and showed up praying the field conditions would permit a HR Derby….and they did. We had to improvise a bit, but we were able to get it done and the lower numbers allowed for 2 full rounds and 2 lightning rounds for 8 swings each. And, finally, after about 8 years (or however many we have been doing this), YHC finally overcame his performance anxiety (must have been the smaller crowd) and connected for 6 HRs in 8 swings. Glory Days!

    Several others connected for HRs, including Rosie, NTB, OC, Dry Rub and Singer I believe. If I missed anyone, apologies – sound off in the comments. And a good time was had by all. Rosie even did some sliding practice that was surely on purpose no matter what the replay shows.

    Given the weather and low turnout, YHC is going to host a HR Derby Part Deux on Tuesday, August 5. I have grabbed the NoToll Q for that day. Let’s do it again. But – to be clear – YHC will not relinquish the 2025 crown regardless of what happens on 8/5!

    Thanks for coming out. Let’s hope for dryer weather on 8/5.

    COT, Numbers, Names and Prayers for Wildcat (clean scans!) and for NTB (contemplating a promotion).

    Great morning gents. It may not have increased our muscles much, but it sure as hell brought some joy and fun!

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Destiny’s Child !!!

    YHC arrived early to set up the field and appreciated the assistance of House Party who was already on site getting some miles in. Moseyed back to the parking lot to collect 11 eager frisbee lovers and returned to the field for warm-up and a slightly late arrival of ringer Snuff. Here’s how we ran into Destiny:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey to the perfectly manicured Field #1 and circle up next to the shovel flag
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • A brief collection of warm-up IC Reps
    • DTH splits the teams evenly-ish, 6v7

    THE TEAMS:

    • Team 1 (Pinnies) – Dealer, Snuff, Oyster, NTB, Machismo, Doner Kebab, (LIFO FNG Destiny’s Child)
    • Team 2 (No Pinnies) – Snip, Tin Man, Belay, Bodos, Singer, Crash, DTH

    THE MATCH:

    • Team 2 scored early and Team 1 answered quickly. Again a point for Team 2, and again a resounding answer from Team 2. Truly neck and neck, never more than a point apart, the teams battled it out. Clearly YHC actually picked decently matched Teams. There were some phenomenal picks and blocks and amazing long throw end zone TD’s. Team 1 was clearly better with short passes, and it began to feel like Team 2 was only barely holding onto the lead. Then a random guy came and sat on the bleachers and was quickly invited to join Team 1 to even up the numbers, 7v7. At that point Team 1 took the lead and Team 2 was really struggling to keep up, but we ended the game with the points beautifully tied up 8-8. 

    Circle up at the Shovel Flag for COT:

    • Counterama # 15 (includes HP)
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer highlighting what we’re grateful for

    Prayer Requests:

    • Lifting up Snuff and family for the loss of his Father in Law

    NMS:  Awesome matchup today with both Teams hammering hard to win. Awesome to have a surprise FNG, a neighbor of Machismo and Belay, happen to be in the park and come over to join us. It was clear DESTINY was with us, hence his fantastic nickname “Destiny’s Child!” Haha, welcome bro! See ya’ll out there again soon. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Ongoing
    • 7/19 Bridge
    • 7/22 Ultimate Tourny 
    • 8/16 Homegrown Half 
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP 
    • Oct 1-3 GrowRuck

  • Kicking off July with an OG

    10 patriotic gloom warriors posted to NoToll to test themselves with the Old Glory.

    YHC grabbed the SF at 0530 and it was game time. Mosey around the fields 2x for a mile. Plant the flag and set the clock to 20 minutes for AMRAP 4 corners: 20 merkins, 20 jump squats, 10 burpees and 20 WWIIs, then back to the SF for another mile Native American style.

    It was steamy. The sprinklers were on. YHC had a flat tire (old shoe creating a blister) so I opted for no shoes after the 1st four corners. Felt great on the grass!

    Beautiful start to the morning! Thanks for coming out men. Record your laps here if you would like:

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-L8e9W24ygnU0suaGyKxzi1PgPqY1CBd57hLrKTZI-g/edit?gid=1717732871#gid=1717732871

    3 minutes of Mary at the end, including Superman. He Qs – we need to teach all the newbies how to do Superman. Bring it back. I need more people to sing along!

    Announcements:

    • HR Derby at Huguenot Little League 7/15. Don’t go to NoToll that day.
    • Convergence this Friday July 4th in DaVille (at Atlee High School). 0700. Be there and bring your SF.

    Prayers for Doozy’s friend who recently lost his father and for all those out traveling, defending our country or just dealing with shit! Reach out to someone you haven’t spoken to in a while. Say hi. Reconnect.

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • 300-12

    Machismo took the Q as 16 Hims conquered the fields of No Toll for Merkin inspired workout.

    F3 Mission was read: To plant grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership.

    Disclaimer was given, but not as good as the one Dookie read to us.

    Wamarama: various exercises were done and intro to 300 given. Counting down from 24 sequentially with an exercise totals 300. The goal for the day was to complete 300 Merkins.

    Props given to DK and here to Rosie (330 and 329) cumulative appearances at No Toll. When YHC thought he was streaking with 28 appearances it is humbling to be with you all keep up the good work.

    COP 1: touch a sprinkler triple check. Squats and APD. Q audible added the touch a sprinkler variant for the runner. DTH tried hard to remind YHC to keep up the count on the Merkins. 23,22, 21, 20….

    Run around to the other side of the field

    COP 2 Dora 100 arm circles, 200 SSH, 300 Mountain Climbers 19,18,17

    COP 3 various rounds of exercises witling down the 300 merkins.

    It was a pleasure to lead this fine group today.

    Announcements were given: Flag football at the forge on Thursday, Deliverance at Huguenot Flat Water, Ruckhenge, Harper’s Mill AO moving? find it on slack.

    Prayer requests for Machismo hiring a new PM.

    Naked Moleskin: This idea of 300 came from Machismo’s son Ben who participated in a 3,000 pushup and memorization of 12 bible versus over 10 days at camp. Guys you have sharpened me and I’m thankful for you all and leaders and leaders around us for the way they sharpen our community. Here are the versus he memorized:

    ‘ Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him. Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. ‘

    James 1:2-13
    https://www.bible.com/bible/59/JAS.1.2-13