Tag: NoToll

18 strong came out for a beatdown at the plush, well manicured lawns of Hugeonot Park for the Tuesday No Toll edition of the Tuckahoe Takeover.

 

THANG

 

SSH X25

DQ X15

Imperial Walkers X15

Merkins X12

Freddie Mercuries X15

 

Mosey to the Pavilion between the fields, Pair up then one partner does 10 box jumps on the bench while the other partner does LBCs.  Repeat 5 times so each partner does 50 box jumps.

Mosey to the adjacent field for a fitting game of croquet.  Three groups of 6 lined up in the tunnel of love and one man crawled through.  Start at the end line and repeat until group has made it across the midfield line.

 

Mosey to other field for a few versions of the ladder from end line to mid-field.

Merkins 2-4-6-8-8-6-4-2

Jump Squats 2-4-6-6-4-2

WWII situps 2-4-6-6-4-2

 

Mosey back to basketball court for a triple check.  Balls the wall (or fence), elbow planks and run to the far side of the second court and back.  Repeat 5 times.

 

The pax then circled up to finish off with a ring of fire with 3 separate members doing 10 Merkins each for two trips around, then 3 burpees each for one trip around before wrapping up.

 

Moleskin:

 

This was YHC first trip to No Toll (I had just traveled internationally so my passport was up to date) and was quite surprised at the green freshly cut fields of No Toll – it was like working out in your living room compared to some of the West End AO’s where the grass might be cut once a quarter.  Many of the pax were dressed in appropriate attire and would have been welcome at any cocktail party in Old Westham or anywhere along River Road!  Several worked out in loafers, bermuda shorts were worn and Gumbo even doubled down with the double Izod with the popped color.  Very nice my good man!

 

Announcements:

 

Hardywood reminded us of breakfast options for Convergence on Saturday – see his message and links below…

 

“This year we’ll be doing a post workout breakfast on site after the Convergence at Grid Iron.   We’re keeping it super simple with breakfast sandwhiches, fruit and coffee.  Since this is a catered affair (not quite CCV but I’m sure you’ll survive) ONLY THOSE WHO SIGN UP WILL BE FED.

 

Convergence Breakfast Pre-Blast

 

Link To Convergence Breakfast Signup

 

18 soldiers congregated at Huguenot Park for an SOJ beatdown that went something like this:

THANG

Short mosey (to wait for McRibb), circle up for a COP: SSH, DQs, Copperhead Squat, Tempo Merkins, FlutterKicks, BoxCutters (slow count at the end)

Mosey to North Soccer Fields for Merkin Ladder: run width of field, 2 merkins, run back, 4 merkins…repeato by 2s up to 16, repeat 16, then come back down. Plank-o-rama

Mosey to bleachers for Triple Check: muscle ups, dips, 40 LBCs (pace). Plank-o-rama

Partner up for Love Field: Partner 1 runs width of field and back to partner, Partner 2 Bear Crawls, swap…repeato, alternating bear crawls & lunges

In honor of 750 Jump Squats the week before, 25 Jump Squats OYO

Mosey to end of field, repeat Love Field going full length of field with same partner.

Abbreviated Beast: jump squats, box cutters, merkins

Mosey back to flag for 3 min of Mary: American Hammers, Hello Dollies (slow counting), 20 LBCs OYO

COT – Gumbo took us out

Naked Moleskin:

Today’s workout was not easy.

YHC had no idea that slow-counting the BoxCutters would lead to so much complaining. Wow.

The Merkin Ladder smoked many of the PAX, YHC included, so 15 min in and many of the PAX were gassed. #crowdpleaser

Don’t get into a bear crawl competition with McRibb unless you’re betting on McRibb. He & Gumbo completed Love Field before they could even start lunging. Respect.

Good to see Posh back out for his 3 post since his first last week. Keep up the strong work!

Announcements:

Sept 30 – F3 RVA convergence @ GridIron @6am + 7am

Bear Creek in Dec

Trail running training “opportunity” in Powhatan this weekend – see Hardywood

Hammers & Ales 10/7 – Viral helps Richmond Community Toolbank and Hammers & Ales is their big fundraiser of the year. BBQ from Buz & Needs & Stone Brewing beers for a good cause!

19 strong men came out for our lucky jackpot event.   Evan after the BRR the runners were strong. And the rain held off just enough for our jackpot beatdown.  Some remember when I brought this out the last I think everyone enjoyed the simplicity of the event!!!

The Thang:   Circle up

20 SSL

20 LBCs

10 cherry pickers

We teamed up in 2s with one man running and one starting a physical activity. We ran around the field once and than pick up where our partner left off.

1 Run/ 250 merkins

2. Run/500 LBCs

3. Run/750 jump squats

Round 2

Triple check

1. Run 2. jump ups 3. bench flutter kicks
2. Planked on the curb for the crawl to the left/right 10 merkins left/right 10 merkins
3. Ran back to the flag for American hammer ring of fire

It was a pleasure to lead this morning and so see all the BRR folks back in one piece.

Thanks J-Ville for taking us out with a prayer.

FYI I only count 18 who am I missing?

14 veterans broke the hold and posted for a post-holiday weekend workout.  Although YHC did not promise a taper-friendly workout and HoneyDo did, several BRR participants showed up to test me out.  Other than some early punishment, I took pity on our BRR buddies.  Here is how it went (more or less):

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

• SSHs x20
• DQs x12
• Arm Circles x10 small, x5 big forward and reverse
• Copperhead Squats x15
• Imperial Walkers x20
• LBCs x20
• Flutter Kicks x20

THANG:

Short mosey to the field and partner up for some punishment.  Its all great for your team to take a payday and play against a 1-A team in week one, but for God’s sake Keydets, put some points on the board.  So, with your partner, complete 62 Burpees.  One partner does burpees while other partner planks.  Break them up however you like, but YHC suggested 2 rounds of 10 and 1 round of 11 for each partner.

Catch our breath with some APDs IC

Short mosey to the pavilion and keep your partner for Dora 1-2-3.  Exercises were 100 jump squats, 200 box cutters and 300 single-count mountain climbers.  Other partner runs across the field and back.

Plank-o-rama

Mosey back to the basketball courts and circle up for Ring of Fire – 2 rounds.  Round 1: hold plank and bear crawl to the half-court circle and perform 10 Boo-Yah Merkins with your partner, then crawl bear back and Al Gore for the six.   Round 2 – hold Al Gore and when it comes to you drop and do 10 Merkins then back up to Al Gore for the Six.

6 MOM, including APDs (yep, double dose today), Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercuries, Hello Dollies, Rosalitas, American Hammers and Superman

COT – number-rama and name-a-rama, then YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• BRR is upon us.  Good luck fellas.
• ReeseStrong 5K and Crabs 9/16 (see pre-blast);
• Convergence 9/30 at GridIron (0600 and 0700 workouts or come early and stay for both hours);
• DK’s survivor pool is up and running – get your picks set and get DK $10 – either paypal or cold hard cash at a workout, like YHC did this morning

NMS:

Mumblechatter was high this morning and the PAX had lots of encouraging words for the Keydet football team after the initial exercise was explained.  All welcome, except for the jab from the Davidson Wildcat — really, you guys don’t even have scholarships on your football team.  In all seriousness, it was all deserved and well-earned by the Keydets this weekend.  Indeed, no Touchdown Al Gore for them.

I hope the BRR guys felt pushed but not crushed today.  I think there was plenty opportunity to take it at your own pace and I hope you guys did.

We wish you all well and hope you all slay your individual legs and kick ass collectively.  Have a blast and I hope you all return without injury.  Good luck fellas.

Oh, and according to Mr. Roper, whoever is in Wilson’s van will get to enjoy some tight buns…

No more Gumbo for you!

Seven fearless regulars and one bold FNG descended on NoToll this morning for a wet start to the day.  In an attempt to keep the PAX as dry as possible, here’s what transpired….

Mosey to pavilion for COP

SSH x 25

DQ x 15

Imperial Walkers x 15

LBCs x 30

Merkins x 12

Onslaught of 11s 

11s were slightly modified…perform both exercises at pavilion before running the field and back

Round 1: Box jumps and WWII situps

Plankorama

Round 2: Derkins and Box cutters

Plankorama

Round 3: Inclined merkins and American hammers

Mosey back to the invisible flag for numberama, namerama, etc.

YHC had, what he thought was, a decent beatdown lineup for NoToll this morning.  However, pounding rain woke YHC up at 4:30 and thoughts of keeping the PAX dry and improv ensued. YHCs M thought he was a bit on the slow side for heading out this morning…but duty calls. Arrival at NoToll found Rosie and Gumbo already present and YHC was relieved to not be leading a workout of one. Five more (including an FNG) arrived right on time.

Knowing how much water the NoToll fields hold, YHC thought some rounds of modified 11s would be welcomed. The modification (that is, performing both exercises before running) brought about some confusion from the PAX (including YHC) but that’s what you get when improvising.  The cool rain seemed to be invigorating and the PAX crushed the workout.  YHC figures it won’t rain every Tuesday and his planned beatdown will make at an appearance at some point.

Welcome to GED (FNG-Dan). Way to be for posting first on a rainy morning.

Announcements

BRR in two weeks

ReeseStrong, Sept. 16 followed by oysters/crab at Circle K’s

Convergence at GridIron on Sept. 30

Pleasure to lead this morning. Peace out homeslices!

On this sunny and 70 morning in the RVA, 16 regulars and 1 FNG posted (at least briefly) for a beatdown on the beautiful dew-filled fields of NoToll and it went a little something like this:

Mosey to the (SNIPER…Viral is down, I repeat, Viral is down — check on our brother and carry on…) to the back parking lot for COP, including:

• SSHs IC x20
• Don Quixote’s x10
• Helicopter x10
• Hillbillies x15
• Hand-Release Merkins x15
• Flutter Kicks x20

THANG:

Mosey to the first field and partner up by the fence for the first set of partner exercises…Wilson was solo until Flashdance appeared out of the darkness to fill-in for Viral.  The Bat signal worked.

• 20 PLTs x3 with your partner
• 20 (2-count) Boo-yah Merkins – down, up, clap right hands, then down, up clap left hands = 1…yes, the PAX LOVED this one!
• Al Gore for the six

Mosey to the Pavillion for more Partner exercises – keeping your same partner –

• Dora 1, 2 (no time for 3) — Partner 1 sprints across the field and back while Partner 2 does box jumps and then box cutters = complete 100 box jumps and 200 box cutters as a team.
• Plank-o-rama for the six
• 20 last box cutters for everyone OYO to help the last team finish

RECESS TIME:  Mosey to the front field (which appeared damp and freshly mowed of course) for some Ultimate Fris-BURPEE.  Partners split up – one skins, one shirts to form 2 teams.  Each time the Frisbee hit the ground (except kickoffs), the ENTIRE PAX did 1 Burpee where they were and then play continued.  I believe the final score was Skins 3, Shirts 1, but I KNOW for a fact that we did a LOT of Burpees.  Note to self – it is time for the glow in the dark Frisbee.

Mosey back to the Flag (avoiding obstacles) for number-rama, name-a-rama and COT.  YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Breaking Bread this Sunday — still need 2 or 3 helpers.  See pre-blast: https://backblasts.f3rva.org/2017/08/17/pre-blast-breaking-bread-827-help-needed/#comments
• GoFundMe site for fallen Trooper Cullen — https://www.gofundme.com/cullenfamilyeducationfund
• Convergence – September 30 at GridIron – workouts at 0600 and 0700 show up for one or both and bring new guys and Kotters

NMS:

Another great crowd at NoToll – though YHC was a little worried there wasn’t going to be enough for the RECESS activity until the New Market clown car (with McRib close behind) came rolling in right on time.  Then, our man Viral found a loose obstacle (branch, twig, root??) no more than 10 steps into the mosey and went down with a twisted ankle.  He left, got some ice and returned for COT…hope you’re feeling better brother.  I’ll leave it to Big Data to determine points for injuries, but I think returning for COT and BOM counts in my book!

While the lighting was difficult and the bazooka arm of Viral was sorely missed, the PAX got their Burpee quota in and had some fun with Ultimate Fris-BURPEE.  I don’t know about you guys, but between that, the Dora sprints and the 40 booyah merkins, I was gassed…and FULL OF BLADES OF GRASS EVERYWHERE…EVERYWHERE.  By my watch, we logged 2.2 miles in total.

Welcome Cheesesteak – hope to see you back out again soon!

Great work men.  Always a pleasure to lead.  Thanks for following along today.

No more Gumbo for you!

 

On a very muggy Tuesday morning 16 regulars, 1 returning nephew, and 3 FNGs rolled into No Toll to start the day off right!

How it went down:

COP –

SSH x 20

DQ x10

Copperhead Squats x 10

Helicopters X 10

LBC x 20

Mosey to Pavilion –

Triple Check #1 – Run, WWII Sit-Ups, Decline Merkins

Mosey around field Once, Back to Pavilion, Switch Fields

Triple Check #2 – Run, Catalina Wine Mixers, Dips

Mosey to front field, and do a lap

Triple Check #3 – Run, Calf Raises, Incline Merkins

Mosey to baskeball cout

• Lunge to half court and back
• Suicide
• Russian Soldiers Length of court
• Suicide
• Sprint length of Court and Back with arms in the air X 3
• Circle up for Mary – Alabama Prom Dates, Flutter Kicks, and 10 WWII OYO to finish

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out

Announcements:

• Reece Strong – See Phonics, Please RSVP to Circle K for Party after
• Sept 30th Convergence – 6am and 7am
• New AO This Thursday At Tomahawk Middle (Timberwolf)
• Gumbo will pre-blast, He is q at Breaking bread this month
• Still Spots open for BRR

MS-

As 5:30 was approaching the headlights kept coming in to No Toll, and to end up 20 guys there this morning, was absolutely awesome!  With that many PAX members there it was hard for YHC to keep up with the all the mumble chatter, but it was good to have PAX members back from vacation, PAX members back who haven’t been there in a while, and of course 3 new FNGs, welcome Jenny Craig, Reservoir, and Homer!  Also, DK brought his 12 yr old nephew, TurnCoat, who is in town from Philly, but somehow is a Giants fan, good luck with that.  Turncoat was eager to get back out with the PAX since he first joined DK last summer at a workout.  Great to have him out and he most certainly killed it. Also shout out to Mr. Roper, 2 of the 3 FNGs were EHd by him.  Thanks for entertaining the Triple Triple this morning, and also thanks to Honeymoon for pointing out that we only did 2 suicides instead of 3.  Strong work by everyone!  See you in the gloom!

Marmaduke

 

 

7 brave souls entered the wet conditions at No Toll to beat the rain and enjoy a solid beat down.  Here is what went down.

COP

• SSH x 25 IC
• Hillbillies x 20 IC
• Don Quixote x 11 IC
• Merkins x 20 IC
• LBCs x 20 IC

Mosey to Pavilion to meet Lindsay

Lindsays

• Round 1 – Dips and Copperhead Squats
• Round 2 – Derkins and Box Cutters
• Round 3 – Incline Merkins and American Hammers
• Round 4 – Merkins and LBCs

Stay in pavilion for Native American Pole Smokers

• PAX holds 6 inches while rotating through 10 pole smokers each

Long mosey in the rain back to the Tennis Courts

Mary

• Burpee Shuffle
• Merkin Ring o Fire
• Alternating Leg Lifts
• Alternating Leg over knee LBCs
• Superman

Numberama, Name-o-rama

Announcements

• Convergence on September 30th at Gridiron
• Reese Strong 5k 9/11
• Circle K crabfest 9/11 after 5k (see Pre-blast to RSVP)
• New SOJ AO starting 8/17 at Tomahawk Middle School (Name TBD)

YHC Took us Out

NMS

There was a 100% chance of rain at No Toll when YHC checked the weather before hitting the fartsack last night and thus a decision had to be made.  Make a plan to keep the PAX relatively dry or go all in and plan for a soak fest at No Toll.  Being the conservative soul YHC chose option 1 and decided to alleviate the PAX from being pelted by the downpour this AM.  That and Lindsay don’t like no rain.  The plan was to utilize the pavilion as long as it was pouring, which it did for most of the allotted time.  As YHC pulled into the lot, there was only 3 other PAX waiting.  This number held firm until the New Market clown car showed up as the others were doing side straddle hops during COP.  From there, the PAX worked the upper body pretty hard today, which was very much appreciated by Shakedown and his achy knee, and much needed after YHCs week at the beach, which included a lot of over indulgence of food and beverage.

It was great to be back in the wet and mossy gloom of No Toll.  Welcome also to Dr. Phil who is visiting up from Greensboro, NC.  You crushed it today and the SOJ crew was glad to have you.

Great job to all, and thanks for dealing with Lindsay and all of her antics, as well as indulging my spotty and suspect leadership.  YHC is humbled as always to lead such a fine group of men.

Til Next Time

McRib

 

HoneyDo called it.  It was a beautiful morning for an Old Glory and with the GhostFlag flying proudly, the Ghost Glory was off and running with 11 faithful and 1 FNG and this is how it went…

YHC grabbed Old Glory and lead the PAX to the back of the AO (passing 3 parked cop cars and getting a flashing light salute as we ran by — should have EH’d them!), continue without stopping for 2 full laps around all fields to complete the 1 mile warm up.  Plant the Flag and plank for the six.

YHC explained the exercises in each corner as this was the first OG for several folks.  The timer was set for 20 minutes and the PAX was off.  Honeymoon and DK jumped out in front with EF Hutton hot on their heels.  Those three lead the way with a strong effort this morning.

When time was called (no 2-minute warning this time – Wilson would have been proud!) all PAX returned to the flag and lined up for a final 2 laps native American run style so each PAX member got a turn carrying Old Glory a few times.  FNG (Nick) brought it home for us. Total mileage will vary for folks from 3 – 3.8 miles.  Well done men!

2 MOM with LBCs, American Hammers and Superman.

COT – number-rama, name-a-rama and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• This Thursday night (1800 hours/ 6:00 p.m.) at OBT will be at The Veil Brewery talking about F3 and the Iron Project.  Come out if you can.
• SOJ Takeover next week.  Still looking for a couple Qs = see Rosie or DK if you need the super secret Q sheet.
• New SOJ AO on Thursdays (Tomahawk Middle School) – starting the week after the SOJ Takeover (so 8/17) — naming rights pending.
• Gumbo has the Q for this month’s Breaking Bread — Sunday August 27 5:00 p.m.  See me if you want to join.

NMS:

YHC put the #GhostFlag up for grabs but with guys out of town and with so many AOs on Tuesdays, SOJ retained ownership of the #GhostFlag today.  Honeymoon said we need to throw some flare on the GF and identify when it is taken, so YHC will note that SOJ claimed it on 7/29/17.

Several recent newcomers to the PAX had never experienced an Old Glory, so between kicking off the month of August, having the 100-mile monthly challenge and wanted to get at least 3 miles in and not having done one recently, Old Glory seemed the obvious choice.  All PAX members attacked it hard.  Well done men!

Always a pleasure to lead, thanks for following today.

No more Gumbo for you!