Tag: NoToll

22 faithful turned out on yet another glorious autumn morning for a potluck beatdown at what has become one of our most popular AOs.  Multiple Q’s took part “Hot Potato-style” which spiced up the party and had everyone on their toes. Here is loosely how it went down:

THE THANG:

COP:  Led by Bleeder

SSH x 25, Don Quixote x 25, 2 count Merkins x 15, LBC x 40, something else maybe?

Pass Q to Toga:

Bear Crawl Circus:  line up on endline and do alternating bear crawl exercises out to about the 20yd line.  Crawl for one minute and run back to endline.  Exercises were:  Bear Crawl, straight-legged Bear Crawl (on toes), Side Bear Crawls, Whirlybird Bear Crawls, Mountain Climber Crunch Bear Crawls (?)

Pass Q to Circle K:

Ab-o-rama:  WWII situps, Alabama Prom Dates, Freddy Mercury, LBC til Q says stop.

Pass Q to Loose Goose:

“Drop and Gimme 20” merkins at edge of soccer field.  Proceed to near soccer field and line up on sideline for sprints the width of the field.  Plank when done and wait for 6.

75% sprint to other sideline and back

Karoake facing right and back

Backwards sprint, forward sprint back

Maybe another one?

Pass Q to Rosie, and back to other field for Modified 4 Corners, 1 lap:  10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 jump squats, 40 2-ct flutter kicks.

Pass Q to BT for Super 7’s:  stay on same soccer field, line up on sideline.  7 Burpees, sprint to far sideline, 7 merkins/7squats, sprint back.  Repeat 7x

Pass to DK on way back to Shovel Flag.

COT:  DK took us out in no-nonsense fashion.

MOLESKIN (or RuangTong):

Quite a nice change to have multiple Q’s bringing some variety to the PAX this morning.  YHC is pleased that he came up with the format all by himself, with no help or input from anyone. In truth, YHC has struggled writing this BB because he was so focused the entire workout on what exercise he would lead in the event that his name was called that certain parts remain fuzzy.  Thanks to Bleeder and Toga for their creativity.

This was a great way to get VQ’s involved in leading.  YHC believes that if you see Rosie’s name on the list in the future, get plenty of rest the night before.  Nice work, men!  Also, it’s great to see some of our relatively new PAX coming back to post.

The Bear Crawl Circus was literally that.  Fudd, who misread the weather report and showed up in his Vision Quest gear, began to experience dizziness during the Whirlybird Bears and commented that we should never do those again.  I along with many in the PAX agreed.

YHC has been holding on to the Super 7’s for a few weeks.  Turns out that 12 minutes is not enough time to finish that series.  Duly noted, and will add that to the beginning of a workout soon.  That said, most all of the PAX had many pleasant things to say about it and were energized to start their day.  It should also be noted that YHC passed the Q to DK for COT, knowing that the backblast responsibilities went with it.  Somehow, that didn’t work, and YHC received the name-o-rama back on a RuangTong Thai Cuisine takeout menu with instructions that YHC would need it while writing the BB.  Will need to check the F3 by-laws to confirm procedural accuracy.  That said, DK’s vision combined with poor penmanship and pre-dawn darkness provided for an interesting list of the PAX on the RuoangTong, so YHC decided to give you a brain teaser to take your mind off of work (or in the case that you are a loyal Woodfin employee take your attention away from the latest online edition of Road and Track or Car and Driver).  I’ve taken what was written and challenge you to come up with the actual name of the PAX member.  At the very least, it provided some good names for FNG’s to come.

Fleshbone, Twirly (a layup, but it has a nice ring), Cheesy, Crocker (or Cracker or Crockett), Zicam, Spiffy, Heavy D, Scooter

Announcements (copy and pasted from J’ville’s BB written for this morning’s workout.  WTH?!?!)
– 2nd F Hump Day Happy Hour TODAY
Meet at Ardent Brewery @ 6pm for a 3.75-4.5 mile run. Ardent is located at 3200 W. Leigh St.
We will start and finish at Ardent so no need to set shuttle. It is recommended to bring a light to help navigate the back streets.
– Normal workouts this week (NO Q SCHOOL THIS WEEKEND)
– Possible change in time/duration of Thursday workout on Thanksgiving. Stay posted …

See you in the Gloom…

-BT

13 faithful of the RVA PAX braved the saturated fields at #NoToll for a Tuesday morning beatdown. It went something like this:

COP: 20 SSH, 20 Flutter Kicks, 20 Russian Soldiers, 20 Slow Bending Squats

Mosey to Fields.
Partner up for Dora 1-2-3: 100 merkins + 200 lbcs + 300 squats as team
Alternate with partner while 1 partner runs width of soccer field and back.
TYA & Wedding Singer awarded 8 exercise restrictor plate (per round) to pay for the Patriots’ perfection.

Mosey to Parking Lot
COP: 20 Rosalitas, Capital Letters: spell “Kirk Cousins Likes That!”, 20 Louisville Recruiting Trips (aka Alabama Prom Dates)

Mosey to poles for Lazy Dora 1-2-3: 100 merkins + 200 pole smokers + 300 monkey humpers
Alternate with partner while 1 partner planks.

Mosey to Shovel Flag.
8 Burpees OYO to celebrate Patriots 8-0, Bungles 8-0, Painthers 8-0, or Warriors 8-0.

Moleskin:
The pole smoker/monkey humper combo of the 2nd Dora 1-2-3 drew loads of comments and commentary:
– where to grab the pole while pole smoking: base, tip, top
– how to grab the pole while pole smoking: 1 hand, 2 hands, golf club grip
– Splinter’s pole was decorated with hat
– YHC & TYA shared the same pole on opposite sides (TYA in the grass, YHC on the pavement)

YHC planned a 3rd Dora 1-2-3. Maybe next time.

14 Faithful and 2 spirited FNG’s gathered for the latest rendition of #OldGlory at #NoToll.  It was a perfect fall morning with the right mix of gloom, fog and wet soccer fields, and the PAX hit the ground running, literally.

THE THANG:

Mosey from the front parking lot with shovel flag in tow to the back parking lot for quick disclaimer and Old Glory recap.  Start with 1 mile run (2 laps of complex), then loops around the AO with 4 exercise stations at the corners:

Station 1: Merkins x 20

Station 2: Jump Squats x 20

Station 3: Burpees x 10

Station 4: WWII Situps x 20

Complete as many loops as possible in 20 minutes (by 6:03 today), then gather to run another mile around AO with the leader carrying Old Glory the entire way.

End with 3 MOM:

Flutter Kicks x 20

LBC’s x 28

Rosalitas x 10

Mosey back to front parking lot with Shovel Flag for COT.  YHC took us out.

MOLESKIN:

Another solid performance, men!  Take a look at the numbers below to make sure 1) that I got your performance recorded correctly, and 2) to check out the improvement.  Impressive!  Big welcome to Flashdance and Chesney who performed admirably in their debut and are sure to be an immediate improvement to this motley group. Anytime you get an accomplished veteran and a Vol For Life to join your ranks, you are certain to be better off.

Many groans could be heard as YHC hoisted the flag and started the worked, and it made him happy!  YHC is starting to feel like Loose Goose, but PT benchmarks are important, men!  My next Q will have more creativity, but following the likes of Splinter and HoneyDo is a tall order.  At one point, a jubilant DK belted out the Carolina Panthers fight song.  On ode to the birthplace of the Old Glory workout, or perhaps a fantasy football victory?

Tclaps to Jville who in his inaugural Old Glory campaign pushed to 3.5 laps.  Great work! Sippy continues to blister this workout, improving steadily.  4 loops is in his reach.  At the beginning of the run, someone (DK maybe?) noticed that Sippy Cup actually put down the sippy cup as he started.  Splinter accurately acknowledged that there may have been a ripple in the force of the galaxy at that moment.  Your stats:

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Normal workouts this week, but we need Q’s.  Check out the Sheets.

Q school on 11/21 with Dredd and OBT at Dogpile.  Note that this is an AO change and will be at 0700, with Q school at Bleeder’s office, where afterwards we will all get to race on the enclosed go-kart racetrack that he built there.

Pumpkin Run was a success on Saturday.  Thanks to all who participated and manned the booth.

We need to talk about a HHH.  It has been mentioned that we should do another pub run, but I forgot to mention it today.  Let’s bring it up.

Great job today, fellas.  AYE!

-BT

Nineteen of the Faithful posted in the #NoToll darkness to run the fields and engage in several other activities. Johnsonville planted the shovel flag by the basketball court and took the Q. This is how it went down, more or less:

Mosey to front entrance and COP:
ssh x 25
lbc x 24
shoulder shrug merkins x 15 (“sherkins?”)

mosey back toward gate and COP:
don quiote x25
merkins x15
imperial walkers -> hillbillies x25

mosey to rear parking lot:
1. 200m repeat circling parking lot
2. 200m repeat “”
3. 200m repeat “”

mosey to grassy area between 3 soccer fields and COP:
chiabatta – circular leg lifts (cw then ccw)

line up on baseline of right soccer field.
4. 200m+ repeat to other end line and back
5. 200m+ repeat “”
6. 200m+ repeat “”

mosey to shelter
chiabatta — dips and derkins

line up on baseline of left rear soccer field.
7. 200m+ repeat to other end line and back
8. 200m+ repeat “”
9. 200m+ repeat “”

mosey to left front soccer field
chiabatta — bear crawls and crawlbears

line up on baseline of left front soccer field.
10. 200m+ repeat to other end line and back
11. 200m+ repeat “”
12. 200m+ repeat “” (back to back with prior set due to time limitations).

mosey to SF. Announcements. COT

This was a tough workout even for the hard-baked runners. You know things are pretty messed up when you view bear crawls as a welcome break. Many really dug deep to finish the last few sets of repeats with poise, and YHC was impressed and grateful to be among the strong.

Sippy Cup and Swirley seemed to consistently finish at the top. If I failed to mention other top performers, then please give them a shout-out below. They deserve it. YHC could not hang with those men.

Congratulations to HoneyDo and CHum Bucket for completing a Goruck this past weekend and showing F3Richmond the way.

Loose Goose threw down the gauntlet, challenging men to complete the 10,000 or 5,000 merkin challenge with him in November. YHC accepts the challenge.

Please make every effort to attend the F3 Great Pumpkin Run 5K and Kids’ Fun Run this Saturday, whether you are running or just hanging out. F3 is the chief named sponsor (thanks Bleeder!), and this is a great opportunity to grow our numbers. The race starts at 8:30AM at Lewis Ginter.

— Johnsonville

16 strong gathered at No Toll to celebrate the greatest movie that was ever released on October 25, 1985.

Here’s how it went down:

Mosey to basketball courts for Marty McFly layups. Remember the sweet Nike high-tops he had?

COP
25 – Alternating George McFly uppercuts
25 – Doc Brown Great Squats
20 – Van Halen Guitar Kicks (10 each side)
20 – Hoverboard squats (10 each leg)

Mosey to tower for Clock Tower Merk & Burp. In each of 4 different clock positions (12/3/6/9) we paid respect to the time the Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightening. 10 Merkins and 4 burpees at each clock position. Lap around town square between each set.

12:00 – 10 stagger merkins – right hand high. 4 burpees. lap around town square.
3:00 – 10 stagger merkins – right hand wide. 4 burpees. lap around town square.
6:00 -10 stagger merkins – left hand high. 4 burpees. lap around town square.
9:00 -10 stagger merkins – left hand wide. 4 burpees. lap around town square.

Mosey to field for Tunnel of Love. Pax downward dogs and tunnel of love commences. All while listening to Huey Lewis and the News – Power of Love.

Mosey to Pavilion for Time Machine. Exercise to the dates Marty/Doc traveled during movies 1-2.
11/5/55 – merkins, 6 count clock lunges, flutter kicks
10/26/85 – carolina dry docks, 180 jumps, LBCs
10/21/15 – 2 count dips, jump tucks, WW1 situps

Mosey to near field and circle up for 1.21 GW of electricity. 1 set of 21 burpees.

6 MOM
– 20 Rosalitas
– 45 seconds (ish) of Flux Capacitors
– 20 Earth Angels

Back to SF.

Moleskin
Strong turnout for a tribute to Back to the Future. YHC appreciates sticking with some of the arbitrary exercises during COP to get to the meat of the themed workout.

Kudos to Lockjaw who knew it was 10:04PM when the Hill Valley clock tower was struck by lightning. I would have been concerned except he mentioned he just watched the movie last night.

The tunnel of love to the Power of Love was a real crown pleaser. EF Hutton disclaimed he didn’t realize how much he loved Huey Lewis & the News. He mentioned that he was going to download on itunes and put it on repeat for the rest of the day.

The time machine was interesting in that YHC had to figure out an exercise to do 85 times. I went with 85 single count LBCs and hoped it was a crowd pleaser. Much mumble-chatter and grumbling ensued. Mission accomplished?

Props to Viral who corrected Bleeder on the exact amount of electricity in a bolt of lightning. One-point-twenty-one “jigga-watts” was the correct answer.

I think I heard Shooter singing Earth Angel during 6MOM. Perhaps he saw a shooting star as well.  TClaps to BT for bringing the pain to the Flux Capacitor.

Announcements
– Hump day HH tomorrow @ Splinters. Details here. Please RSVP if you have not already. 530 interval hill run. 600 HH. Families invited.
– Journey to manhood at St Christopher’s 7:00 Wednesday.
– Go ruck saturday. Check with Honey Do. Either way wish him and Chum luck.
– Pumpkin race 10/31 @ lewis ginter. Kids run at 830, adults at 900.

Splinter

15 gathered on a beautiful fall morning to enjoy a dry NoToll soccer field for a change.  Weather was 60 degrees and here is how it went down:

Mosey to left soccer field for COP:  25 SSH, 10 slow count merkins, 25 LBCs, 20 Don Qs

Mosey to other soccer field for some glowstick chases:

25 Partner Leg Toss, run to glowstick then other partner does PLTs, x 2

Bear Crawl to glowstick, toss and chase with Crab Walk, then toss & broad jump

Then Pax divided up into 4 groups for Max out:  60 seconds in each corner of soccer field doing an exercise at each corner:  Stations were Merkins, WWII Situps, Burpees, & Russian Twists

After 1st set of 4 run to center of field for Al Gores then another set but this time each station for 90 seconds.

Mosey to lamppost for sets of Tuck-jumps:  1st set 15, then 10, then 5

Finish up with Ring of Fire – Merkins, then Flutterkicks, + 5 Burpees to finish then back to the Flag for COT

MOLESKIN

Good turnout for NoToll this AM.  There was very little mumble-chatter during the Max out corner set and afterwards much discussion on the timing accuracy of the 60 and 90 second stations.  YHC takes this as a good thing.  A minute or more of Burpees or Merkins should feel like forever. Again thanks to J-Ville for bringing the Tuck-jumps out a few weeks ago, they seem to do quite well at smoking the PAX.  Lastly Shooter needs new breaks.

Announcements:  Bottom to Tap this Saturday, Go Ruck next Sat, then Pumpkin Race on Halloween. 2nd F next week at Casa De Splinter, sounds like a run beforehand at 5:30.  Be sure to RSVP on Splinter’s pre-blast.

19 strong posted for a solid outing at RVA’s NoToll. Here’s how it went down:

Thang:

COP: 25 x SSH, 25 x Flutter Kicks, Capital Letters OYO, 15 x Merkins, 25 x Imperial Walkers

Mosey to soccer parking lot…line up

Modified King of Hearts:
1) Forward lunges across entire parking lot
2) 10 x Broad Jump Burpees + Bear Crawl to end
3) 2 x Karaoke
4) 2 x Backwards run

Triple Check: lap around parking lot + pole smokers + donkey kicks & wall walkers on shed

Double Beast of Mary: 12 exercises at each station rather than 6
1) LBCs
2) Capital Letters (12 letters each time)
3) Freddie Mercuries
4) WWI Situps

Mosey back to Flag for COT

Moleskin:

Welcome to Art Vandelay. You arrived late and missed our disclaimer. Hope you enjoyed the workout and will be back out with us soon!

Swirly & Sippy & Toga continue to set the pace on most of our field combinations…well done, gentlemen.

During the lunges, Grizzly shared that the initial round of Capital Letters smoked him. YHC’s apologies for going back to them during the Beast. Should have done some Russian Twists for TYA.

Increasing the sets from 6 to 12 on the Beast definitely makes a difference. Sadly, the Beast was not fully completed.

Shooter saw a shooting star during the FlutterKicks in the first COP (go figure)…confirmed by BT.

YHC’s car was not affected by the VW recall…and thank you for the concern, Toga…thankfully the familiar jet engine noise it makes will continue to delight the motorheads and Johnsonvilles of the RVA PAX. Fudd, a LIFO this morning, was also identified by a noise his car made when turning into a parking space. Maybe Lug Nut should check out our rides…

Fourteen of the faithful posted in the humid dark at #NoToll. The lush fields had been saturated by several days of rain, and YHC (Johnsonville) elected to keep things mostly on asphalt in order to avoid harming the AO.  This is how it went down, more or less:

COP:
50x SSH
25x slow squats
10x merkins
25x LBC

Mosey to back parking area.

Helter Skelter Elevens — Pax split in halves, each starting in a separate corner of the parking lot. Half #1 did elevens starting with 10 burpees, then a run counter-clockwise to the opposite corner of parking lot, then 1 bicycle, then a run counter-clockwise to starting corner for 9 burpees, etc. Half #1 did the same, but on the other pair of corners and with clockwise runs.

Mosey to grass between field by shelter.

COP:
Plyometric Lindsays (i.e. fortys) alternating between tuck-jumps and butt-kickers.

Mary:
25x WWI situps
10x dolly
10x rosalita

Mosey to SF.
COT.

Moleskin:

Sippy Cup clearly dominated the Helter Skelter Elevens. DK also had a very strong showing in the other group, lapping YHC. The remainder of the PAX finished fairly close together.

There was no mumble-chatter at all during the set of Plyometric Lindsays, hopefully suggesting that YHC provided the Pax with a sufficient challenge. YHC may have missed something, however, since YHC had slipped well past the point of seeing black spots.

Great job getting through a challenging workout! The schedule this week is:

WED: Source of Truth featuring Splinter
THU: 45 Minutes of Mary featuring TYA
FRI: RAMM featuring Bleeder
SAT: DogPile featuring Loose Goose and GridIron featuring Earthworm

Respectfully, J-ville

Nineteen answered the call this morning and emerged through the gloom at No Toll.

The COP:
SSH x 25
Imperial Walkers x 20
Hillbillies x 20

The Thang: Mosey over to the back parking lot and formed three six man teams for a scavenger hunt.  Cards were distributed to each team with the following tasks (in varying order):
• Find A Bench In The Woods and Do 50 Bench Dips Per Person
• Find A Tennis Court and Lunge Across Both Courts And Back (Parallel To Nets)
• Find The Lonely Wooden Wall and Get Everyone On Your Team Up And Over 3 Times Each
• Find “Katie” and Jump Up And Try To Touch Katie 20 Times Per Person
• Find A Swingset and Do 50 “Swerkins” Per Person
• Find Any Another Team and Switch Cards With Them
• Find A Basketball Court and Bearcrawl From One Basket To The Other, Crab Soccer Back. Twice.
• Find A Picnic Shelter and Do 25 “Four Count Merkins” Per Person
• Find An American Flag and Do 50 Flutterkicks Per Person
• Find A Trash Can In A Dark Place and Do 50 LBC’s Per Person
• Find A Traffic Light. Stop And Do 5 Merkins Every Time You Pass A Speed Bump
• Find Any Another Team and Tell Them To Start Over On Whatever Exercise They’re Doing
• Find A Soccer Goal and Do 50 WW-2 Sit-Ups Per Person
All tasks had to be completed as a team. Between each task, the teams cut cards and performed the requisite number of Burpees before moving on to the next task.

Moleskin:
Excellent teamwork all around in carrying out the tasks. YHC tried to set up the teams so that there was a relatively even distribution of over-achievers, general-achievers, and aspiring-over-achievers. Hints in the form of glo-sticks were largely a failure. Some team members might want to play a little Blackjack today, since they seemed to get tens on every draw. Lots of hard work today. Well done.

Special welcome to former FNG Home Wrecker who posted up for the first time this morning.