Two sturdy timbers sprouted early for a pre-dawn nature expedition, Punisher-style.  Here’s how The Thang went down: COP: Mosey the “long way” around the school to Hermitage side of school. SSHs x50 Calf stretches (’cause YHC was feelin’ tight) Hill Billies x15 Arm Circles x15 Don Quixotes x15 Torso stretch LBCs x20 Mercans x10 Mosey 27 feet to the southeast and reassemble at the Picnic Area for Elevens: Dips and Donkey Kicks Mosey to Laburnum Side of School for Mercan Ladder (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2) Four-Part Trail of Pain around parking circle and out to…

A dozen dedicated dudes posted for the latest offering of The Punisher under perfectly pleasant, not punishing, conditions. The Thang:  Mosey along the Hermitage Road side of Linwood Holton Elementary School to a spot between the outdoor pavilion and the street for the startup COP that included 20 x, each, of SSHs, Hillbillies, Don Quixotes, and Russian Soldiers, 30 x LBCs, and 15 x Arm Circles, forward and back. Stroll back down the Hermitage Road past the parking lot entrance.  Line up on the edge of the sidewalk, facing LHES.  Bear Crawl across the grassy knoll to the second tree…

A mighty four redwoods emerged today for Punisher. COP – Helicopters, Don Quixote, Hillbillies, Russian Soldiers, LBCs. First Up – Triple Check – Plerkins and run to the light post in the median. Mosey over to the picnic table for 11s – Merkins and dips. YHC missed this event from this past weekend’s longhouse, so we progressed behind the school with “bridges and boulders”.  Finish with a jog to the playground. 7 pullups and 20 PLT – 3x through Lindseys! Scorpions and box cutters. Honeymoon suite ring of fire – Monkey humpers, diamond merkins, APDs, pickle pounders. Mosey to the…

Five ground pounders represented for the Labor Day edition of The Punisher, a special celebration of the Hoos victory over The Tribe in their tri-ennial match-up (28-10 win for the Good Guys).  Here’s more-or-less how it went down, all in Linwood Holton’s yard (omage to Swirly). COP 3/4 run around building Don Quixote x10 Hillbillies x28 SSHs x28 (spelling U-V-A) Reverse crunches x10 Mercans x10 Mosey to the…wait…1 burpee…to celebrate W&M’s one third-down conversion. Mosey to Bus Circle for Ground Game, Vol. 1, Part 1 One member of our Tribe started each round as the bear, as in, bear crawling…

Sixty degree weather and reduced humidity brought a PAX of 7 for The Punisher.  As I’m sure is true in other F3 households, YHC’s better half appreciates the opportunity to offer advice and counsel in the pre-Gloom gloom as YHC bumps the bed and kicks shoes while feeling in the dark for pre-selected F3 attire.  Not.  So following a 3:30 AM whiz, YHC collected clothing and accessories and headed downstairs to sleep one additional hour on the sofa.  I’m sure M Chum appreciated this. Clavin, Honey Do, Lockjaw, and Saab were in the Holton Elementary parking lot early and were…

A lucky 12 + 1 FNG convened this AM at the Punisher for a themed workout of sorts.  Gather around the shovel flag for pleasantries plus a few words with Fudd then off we went.  Mosey to the back of the school for COP.  It went something like this: COP SSH x20 Don Quixotes x10 Arm Circles x15 Mountain Climbers x20 LBCs x20 The Eclipse Theme The 400.  The sun is about 400 times the size of the moon and is also roughly 400 times the distance from earth.  Simple geometry will tell us that is why the moon and…

A healthy crew of nine gentlemen joined together at Punisher to start the week off right.  Here’s what went down: 41 SSH 12 Don Quixote Arm circles – 10 small, 5 big.  Reverso Imperial walkers 12 merkins 41 lbcs on your own 41 apd Mosey to the basketball court for some suicides. Regular 2 4 6 8 burpies (whoops – I said merkins, so that’s what we did). Regular 2 4 6 8 merkins Regular Mosey to the playground for 3 sets of dips and AMRAP pull ups. Partner up for some leg tosses  2×20 Next, mosey to the school…

Six of the faithful posted to Punisher this morning on the first of seven days of the southside takeover special event. Johnsonville took Q, and this is what went down, more or less: THANG: COP slaughter starter (20 burpees) 50x ssh 50x LBCs Merican countdown (10x wide mericans , 9x regular, 8x diamond, 7x wide, etc. to 1x) arm circles 20x front, 20x back mosey onto grass out front for COP 25x pickle pounders 25x imperial walkers 25x partner leg tosses 25x crabcakes native American run clockwise around school to bus loop classic curb crawl up to 5 and back…

A PAX of 4 posted for this morning’s Punisher including 3 from RVA and 1 F3 brother from North Carolina.  The Thang:  Startup COP (actually a Triangle of Pain initially that was replaced by a Square of Pain) on grassy area near Laburnum Avenue with SSH x 20, Imperial Walkers x 20, Don Quixotes x 20, Plank Shoulder Taps x 15, and Xs and Os x 15. Mosey to the Bus Loop for Curb Crawls.  Bear Crawl across the Bus Loop and complete an Incline Merkin.  Bear Crawl back for 2.  And so on up to 5 Incline Merkins then…

Four posted for this late July version of The Punisher on a cool morning brought by overnight showers.  The Thang:  Startup COP on Hermitage Road side of LHES with 20 x each of Imaginary Jump Ropes, Imperial Walkers, Don Quixotes, Hillbillies, and Hello Dollys, followed by forward and reverse Arm Circles. Mosey to the front schoolyard for variant of Red Barchetta (from the F3 Exercise encyclopedia).  Run from the hedge near the parking lot to the far sidewalk for 100 SSHs and return and plank.  Run to a power pole about 75% of the way across the yard and complete…