Tag: NoToll

Huguenot Park

  • Unquenchable Ring of Fire

    A breezy 70 degrees at NoToll with nary a rain drop in sight welcomed a 14-strong PAX of SOJ HIM’s for a ride around the Ring of Fire. Here’s what we did:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey onto the BBall court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • RING OF FIRE #1 (Johnny Cash, 2:36) – Smurf Jacks for the duration of the song with a Burpee for every “ring of fire” lyric (x17 burpees total)
    • Other variable warm-up reps IC
    • RING OF FIRE #2 – Plank walk around circle, Merkin for every “ring of fire” lyric and change direction of plank walk

    COP #1: 

    • DORACIDE
    • x100 Merkins
    • x200 Monkey Humpers
    • x300 Oblique LBC’s
    • Moving partner does suicides, then switches

    COP #2:

    • Mosey out to the parking lot
    • Stretch
    • VARIABLE SPRINTS alternated with variable Bernie, etc
    • Plankorama Review

    COP #3:

    • CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
    • P1 – Starts lunge walking around the lot
    • P2 – x30 Flutters (2-ct) then run to switch

    Mosey BTTVSF:

    • RING OF FIRE #3 – Plank jacks for the entirety of the song with a Groiner for every “ring of fire” lyric

    The Final Ring of FIRE …AKA, COT:

    • Counterama # 13
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    Prayer Requests:

    • Sister Maria – battle with cancer
    • Dealer’s Coworkers with struggles

    NMS:  Hey guys, does our God love us or what?! ZERO rain for the duration of the workout and COT, then literally as we’re walking to our cars it starts to downpour! What amazing timing. YHC was fully ready to do the EXACT same beatdown in the pouring rain, but it was such a blessing to stay dry. Pretty awesome numbers at NoToll given the 98% chance of rain – TClaps fellas! Sorry (not sorry) for the J.Cash ROF repeato, but it was too good not to find some other fun ways to use that song. It’s a great burner! Truly appreciate sharing the gloom with you guys. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • ONGOING – Wed AM Ruckhenge QSource
    • 9/20&21 – 10 Year Anniv (multiple events)
    • 10/15-16 – CPR Classes! 
    • 10/25-27 – F3 Family Camping
    • 11/2 – F3 Daddy Daughter Dance
    • 11/3-9 – VQ Week! 
    • ONGOING – The Bridge

  • All Hail Sky Boob!


    15 Warriors of the gloom came out to No Toll on a crisp Tuesday morning. 14 were expecting a Rosie Q. They did not get what they came for. YHC Ghost Flagged Rosie and stole the Q


    Start off moseying to the parking lot next to the recycling area, and the PAX was awed by the sight of the alien space craft shooting through the night sky. “It’s a Sky Boob!” said the PAX. When I was finally able to get the PAX back to task and not gawking at the giant boob in the sky, here’s what may or may not have happened.


    Standard warmarama, maybe more arm circles than DTH would have preferred.
    The Thang
    10s. Just like 11s only 10s
    9 DC bear crawls-1 wide grip merkin
    Then run it back
    1 DC Crawl bears- 9 diamond dry docks


    Four corners escalator
    Adding a new one to the exicon. Need a better name.
    Double clutch Squat jumps (down for a Squat, halfway up, back down then jump)
    1st corner 25 heels to heaven
    2nd 25 h2h, 25 double clutch jump squats
    3rd  25 h2h, 25 double clutch jump squats, 25 merkins
    4th 25 h2h, 25 dcjs, 25 merkins,  25 Ball Dippers


    Quarter Pounder
    25 WW2s
    50 Oblique LBCs (25 each side)
    75 Ball dippers
    100 Side strattle hops


    100 supermans just because


    Mosey back to the parking lot
    Safety squats
    Grab a cone and do 25 squats in Cadence.


    Bttf
    Finish off with 100 curb dips


    Lots of exercises adding up to 100 today was not a coincidence. Turns out this was my 100th Q!
    Great crew today that tolerated all of the 100 counts. I thoroughly enjoyed my first time at No Toll. I was blessed to lead this PAX. Thanks for being a good sport Rosie.


    Announcements


    Serious question
    If a PAX had a heart attack in a workout, would you be able to perform CPR and keep them alive until an ambulance showed up?
    Reach out to Flatline to sign up for CPR training. Be prepared to save a life.
    Open spots available
    10/15 and 10/16
    Meatball is looking for HCs to bring a dish to the 10 year Potluck at Hugueno Park

  • Next Episode of the OG OG

    15 men posted to NoToll this beautiful Tuesday morning. Some knew what was coming. Others didn’t. 0530 and off we went with the shovel flag.

    OLD GLORY

    • One Mile run with OG
    • 20-minutes of 4 corners around the perimeter of NoToll
      • Corner 1 = 20 merkins
      • Corner 2 = 20 jump squats
      • Corner 3 = 10 Burpees
      • Corner 4 = 20 WWIIs
    • Reconvene at the corner with the Flag and run one-mile Native American Style

    COT, Numbers, Names, Announcements Prayers

    Announcements:

    • 10-year convergence 9/21 at Dogpile at 0700 with lots of things earlier for double/triple? dips.
    • Pre-convergence happy hour 9/20 at Snuff’s casa.
    • Post-convergence BBQ at NoToll
    • Ruckhenge tomorrow 0500 at Stony Point Einsteins – starting Qsource

    NMS:

    Great to have so many guys out for Old Glory, even if many were simply uninformed. Great job all. You can post your score (or add your latest score) on the following sheet:

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

    Great to have Phonics make the long trip and crush it with Doozy. Well done rabbits. Also, wonderful to have Princess Fiona out for this one. Great to see you bud.

    Make it a great day.

    No More Gumbo For You!

  • Happy Birthday Senior Frog

    16 of SOJ’s finest gathered to start the morning off right. After a short mosey to the basketball court a brief introduction and disclaimer where had.

    Start with 50 SSH in honor of Senior Frog, 5 burpees, DQ’s, 4 burpees, Helicopters, 3 burpees, Imperial Walkers, 2 burpees, Ukrainian soldiers, “Rosie” asked for 10 burpees

    Mosey to far corner of parking lot pay toll on the way 20 dips, 20 inclines

    4 corners – Corner 1 (20) WWII, Corner 2 (10) Jump Squats, Corner 3 (30) LBC’s, Corner 4 (40) Lunges

    Mosey around field to the pavilion

    4 corners – Corner 1 (10) LT Dans, Corner 2 (20) ball dippers, Corner 3 (30) SSH ?, Corner 4 (40) Squats

    Mosey to the pavilion, we where not doing enough arms so 10 burpees OYO

    Mosey to the first field

    4 corners prostitute, corner 1 (10) Mountain Climbers, Corner 2 (20) WWII, Corner 3 (30) Jump Squats, Corner 4 (40) LBC’s

    BTTF pay a toll 5 dips, 5 inclines sprint BTTF, Numbers / Names NTB took us out

    NMS:

    It has been a minute sense YHC has done a bootcamp Q, it was nice to get back into it. Now that House Party is a runner we have decided that Last Call will be running at our next Home Grown Half. Happy Birthday to Senior Frog and welcome to the respect club.

  • Transfer of Qing

    20 High Impact men traversed the courts fields and parking lots of “No Toll” seeking advantage. Pax included the return of Neutral (Martin Krebs), Downrange Pax from Knoxville “Rev Sleepy”, and an FNG that spent the last year on vacation with his wife traveling the world jealous welcome to Griswald.

    With 20 pax there was a stutter to Machismo’s side straddle hops and the Q drenaline was flowing but what a pleasure to lead such a crowd.

    Warmarama included. SSH, 20 count “On my Up” Merkins and WWII (both need a bit more rehearsal), DQs, Imperial Squat walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers.

    Mosey to the first field:

    Triple check with Squats and dips.

    Eye of the Hurricane: 20 merkins, 20 Squats, 20 WWII, 20 Double Count Lunges. with a 5 Burpee center.

    Ascending squat jumps on the parking lot lines.

    Indigenous people run to around the field and back to the court to circle up.

    Mary. and YHC took us out.

    Announcements: we have convergence on Labor Day at a new Nuckhols road A.O. name T.B.D. some creative suggestions were given. Also there is a new A.O. in Moseley Elementary school. Both announcements can be found at F3RVA.org.

    YHC took us out with a reflection on the leadership organization that is F3 and the opportunity that we give our kids to lead when we allow them to share what happened during their day with us. It’s called transfer of learning. Great work pax. YHC out.

  • London Bridge is falling down

    Our attempt at the Bridge of Hate turned into more of a Bridge of Chaos as PAX members started dropping like flies. Despite our best efforts to hold it together, it quickly became clear that some of us should stick to building bridges out of Legos. Thank you all for indulging my creative attempts.

    Warmups:

    1. Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers,  Copper head Squats, Arm Circles, Cherry Pickers, Helicopters, Merkins, LBC, Alabama prom dates, Flutterkicks

    COP #1: (Basketball Court) Musicrama

    CUPID SHUFFLE 3:45

    • Mountain Climbers throughout the song
    • Merkins- when song says “down”
    • Left- shuffle left from mountain clumbers
    • Right-shuffle right from mountain climbers
    • Kick- kick

    Killing in the Name of  5: 13 (Killing in the name of -Burpees)

    • Alternating Lt. Dans, merkins, squats and jump squats at the end, all while doing a burpee each time “killing in the name of “ refrain was sang.

    COP 2: Catch me if you can

    1 partner runs backwards around soccer field while other partner performs exercise

    Leg 1

    Merkins x 10

    Leg 2

    Carolina Dry docks x 15  ( hips high upper body head down)

    Leg 3

    10x LBCS

    Sprint last leg

    COP 3: Bridge of Hate

    Pax laid down shoulder to shoulder with arms up to form a bridge. Pax at the front of the line was passed down to the end.

    COP 4: Pavilion

    100 merkins 200 LBCs 300 squats while other partner runs to end of field and back.

  • Ultimate Frisbee Tournament – Replay Booth needed?

    29 HIM’s including 2 FNG’s showed up this morning to will their team to a championship in the first annual ultimate frisbee tournament. Here is what went down…

    Warmarama- quick F3 mission and warmup ( SSH, dead man hang , merkins and light stretching) and the teams were selected.

    First game was a shorter warmup game where the Foreskins prevailed over with some superior passing and long range caches on the back field. Meanwhile the team with an extra man decided to use them as a sub and prevailed with some short quick movement down the field.

    Second game- The foreskins turned our to be to strong and took the championship. MVP performance from Snip with some insane passing skills.

    YHC is thinking we need to run this back again sometime in the fall. We may need to start recruiting coaches and allow them to draft / recruit teams…NO NIL MONEY! thoughts?!

    Announcements-

    Sign up to go to the bridge. Small commitment and big reward of helping others get back on their feet. Contact Upchuck for details.

    New AO coming to Magnolia green 8/28- tell your friends

    Pickleball tournament- contact Oyster ( the king of pickleball)

    YHC took us out in prayer

  • Not Enough Arm Circles for Some

    Twelve of the most able bodied gentlemen around gathered at random moments leading up to a prompt 0530 launch of NoToll. DK squealed in barely on time but caught up to the PAX fairly quickly. Short mosey to Field #1 to kickoff this NoToll takeover.

    COP

    • 20x SSH
    • 10x Ukrainian Soldiers
    • 10x IWs
    • 15x Arm Circles forwards/reverse
    • 10x Helicopters
    • 10x Copperhead squats
    • 20x LBCs
    • 10x MCs

    The Thang

    Short jaunt over to the sideline where YHC proclaimed we would be doing a broken merkin ladder. Everyone rejoiced? Run across the field for 20 merkins, back across for 19. Continue to 16 then Al Gore for the six. Break exercises were 2 sets each of 20 jump squats and WWIIs.

    Saunter along the tree line to Field #2 for the second iteration of the broken ladder. 15 – 11. Break exercises were 20x dips and step ups on the benches. 2 sets.

    Three full strides over to Field #3 for ladder elements 10 – 6. Al Gore on the other side before break exercises of two sets of 20 monkey humpers and 20 2-count american hammers.

    Shimmy over to the parking lot for ladder elements 5 – 1. Finish up on the recycling side with 20 lunges and 20 LBCs. Only one set as we had other business attend to.

    Slowsey back to the basketball courts where YHC collected 3 tennis balls. Broad side of a barn was called. PAX had to throw a tennis ball from the 3 point line and hit the backboard. Hit, no penalty. Miss, penalty. A variety of hits and misses with bear crawls, crab walks, something else, and burpees as penalties. You will have to ask the PAX if they hit or missed.

    Circle up for a minute of APDs much to the likeness of Last Call before numbers, names, and YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    Much mumblechatter between DK and Last Call during COP. Those two acted like two sorority girls that hadn’t seen each other since those unspoken activities at their senior formal.

    YHC appreciates the hospitality shown by the NoToll regulars. It was hard for me to believe, but it has been since January 2016 since YHC Q’d NoToll. The fields are as nice as ever and the camaraderie is almost as great. See y’all in 2032!

    Splinter out.

  • Q Quadrant Burnout

    10 No Tollians circled up for a Queso Q at the three fields and a parking lot of No Toll. Here’s what they did.

    WARMERAMA:
    – – Welcome & F3 Disclaimer and Mission Statement.
    The Mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership

    -SSH,  , DQs,  Merkins, Opus, Obliques, etc.

    The quadrants of the Q source are Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right, Leave Right. The quadrants of No Toll Burnout are:

    Parking lot: 25 ea. Merkins, Diamond Merkins, Opus, and air force merkins

    Field 1: WW2, LBC, Mountain Climbers, Scrunchy Frogs

    Field 2: copperhead squats, Imperial squat walkers, ukranian soldiers, Lt. Dan’s,

    Field 3: Arm Circles, SSH……and Time.
    Mosey BTTF:
    –
    COT:
    Counterama #10
    Namerama
    Announcerama: Starting 9/4 Ruckhenge is leading a charge for Q training over a ruck. Join for Coffee or the ruck+

    Convergence shirts on sale go to mudgear to order. https://f3gear.com/collections/active-preorders/products/f3-rva-10-year-shirt-pre-order-july-2024?variant=44017249648828

    F3 is a leadership organization. Check out the focus of F3 leadership on the newly revamped f3nation.com and listen to Dark Helmet’s address here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbSTDi1ioJw&t=3288s


    I’m reflecting on what it means to be a leader from reading the book by Simon Sinek called Leaders Eat Last.  If we are a leadership organization what does that look like:

    If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

    The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they are privileged to lead and understand that the true cost of the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest.

    HC thankful for you brothers.

    Find your Why here are 3:


    Don’t cry for Last Call, he is in South American bird hunting, but do say something kind to someone, because you never know what they are going through.

    We are lifting up a particular brother today struggling with thoughts of Suicide.

  • Quarter Pounding some Corn

    A whopping 17 of the areas finest looking fellas came out to enjoy the plush fields of Huguenot Park. Conditions were an ideal sunny and 70 with the turf in perfect condition to enjoy. After some tying and retying of shoes, we were off to enjoy the morning. Here is how things went down.

    Mosey to the 1st field to confirm conditions. Circle up for Introductions, salutations and short motivational speech. Warmups included SSH’s, Helis, Hillbillies, Arm Circles, Dead Man Hang, LBC’s, Reverse Crunches and 6″ hold. Quick announcement of lights were left on a truck, Machismo seemed OK with it so lets get going.

    THE THANG: Quarter Pounder (Lady of the Night Style). Line up on the touch line. Run to the bridge (25+/- yards) to perform 25 Merkins, return to touch. Repeat Merkins then continue to bleachers (50+/- yards) perform 50 WWII’s (crowd favorite as YHC had to reconfirm the # numerous times, must be losing my voice). Circle back to perform 25 Merkins and return to touch. Repeat Merkins, WWII’s and continue to 1st tree (75+/- yards) for 75 squats. Circle back with 50 LBC’s, 25 Merkins then touch. Repeat Merkins, WWII’s, Squats then onto the fence for 100 flutters (2 count). Repeat Squats, LBC’s, Merkins then touch.

    Thang 2: Mosey to the parking lot poles for triple check. Timer runs around 4 islands while partner perform pole smokers and curb crawls.

    MBTTF with a stop along the way at the bridge for 20 dips. Names, Numbers, Announcements. Doozy took us out. YHC brought out some sweet corn for the PAX to enjoy.

    NMS: Incredible summer time numbers with many regulars enjoying the turf conditions. Good mumble chatter in muggy conditions. Good to have NTB get back into the fold after work had kept him away for a few weeks. Corn was plentiful and enjoyed by the PAX, including Machismo who is either feeding a family of 20 or generating ethanol for his gas powered vehicles. Thank you gents for the opportunity to lead. Always good being with you guys in the gloom.