Tag: Rock N Roll

Rockwood Park

  • Finally….Mudslide does a Q!!

    In the back of my mind….I knew the day would come to get out there, knock a Q out and now that I have one under my belt, I want to do more. Here’s the breakdown of today and if you missed it and wanted to come(don’t worry, another opportunity will happen soon).

    Started out with the warm-up: 20 SSH, 10 Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers, then to the ground for Merkins, LBCs, and ending with some Alabama Prom Dates. A little mosey over to one of the many lots and it was truly time to get rolling.

    First part: 11s(a combination of Groiners and WW2s(10-1, 9-2, etc)

    A little rest then over to the area near the fields for a triple check: runs up the stairs or side hills with tricep dips and scrunchy frogs as the missing parts.

    A short pause: then over to the field for a Loreine(40s). Monkey Humpers with plank jacks(30-10, 20-20, 10-30)

    A short mosey, then onto a Dora(in this case Mega Dora) 100 merkins, 200 squats, 300 supermans, 400 toe taps(now what ended up happening is the supermans were cut to 250 cause they will work not only your back but the core and areas you aren’t used to using)

    A mosey, then some walking lunges and finally coming to the end with a little Burpee madness(regular, Leonidas(2 merkins) 3 merkins, bodybuilders and bodybuilders/lieutenant dan combo. A few of us did some side shuffles down each of the lot, a little mosey back then the hour was up. Scary part is I know harder ones that you will see one day

    A few announcements: Welcome aboard to Purple Rain(courtesy of Heist). Poor guy will be feeling this later and tomorrow. Highlights from last night’s meetings over at Diamond Billards, Posh and Shank getting ready for the first Bermuda Triangle on Tuesday(I will be there). Frozen Triangle coming up 1/21/23 help in any way possible(I am sure I can come up with a good 15-20 minute workout). YHC led us out in a short prayer, a few of us joined up at Starbucks. Enjoy your day, rest up I will see everyone soon

  • Chapped Knees & Frozen Beards

    The frozen tundra of SOJ’s Rockwood Park challenged 6 HIM’s to survive 60 minutes of seven degrees and gloomy, with a windchill, in shorts. With the festive cheer of their Q’s jungle bells and nonstop movement, here’s how these ice-hardened men of valor conquered the morning:

    The THANG:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Slaughter start with a stretch of Bearpees down the parking lot to the Basketball Court

    COP #1:

    • Circle up on the BBall Court 
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Usual Warm-up exercises IC, with a low side shuffle around circle between sets
    • MUDSLIDE joined us double-dipping from a Dogpile that ended early

    COP #2: 

    • Mosey half the outer loop of the fields, periodically stopping to complete one of the following:
    • Opus Broad Jumps on a straightaway
    • Mosey
    • Partner up for x3 rounds of PLT’s x25 each (x75 total each) 
    • Mosey
    • Circle up for Body Builders x10 IC

    COP #3: 

    • For the length of the baseball fields to the twin stairs (about 100yd), partner up for Catch Me If You Can:
    • P1 begins bear crawls while P2 completes x3 WWII’s, after which P2 mosey’s to switch with P1, until they reach the stairs

    COP #4:

    • At the steps, line up for a LINDSEY:
    • Heels to Heaven at the Bottom – 10/15/20/25/30
    • Merkins at the Top – 30/25/20/15/10
    • Box Jump steps going up & down between sets
    • SSH’s to get blood back to fingers

    COP #5:

    • Complete rest of circuit loop
    • Stop for Buddy Big Boys x25
    • Mosey
    • Stop at the side Parking Lot
    • Partner up for a classic Dora
    • x100 Merkins
    • x200 Squats
    • x300 LBC’s
    • Runner completes ~100yard loop down the lot and back
    • Mosey around to the basketball court

    COP #6:

    • Line up on the bball court for GROINER SUICIDES:
    • x5 Rounds of Groiners at each suicide stopping point, touching baseline between, descending from x5 at each, then x4, x3, x2, x1. 

    Mosey BTTF:

    • Run down the clock with Boat/Canoe’s, and some stretching

    COT:

    • Counterama # 6
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Comments)
    • YHC took the PAX out with a word of encouragement to share the reason for the season with someone feeling left out or lonely

    NMS:  It’s gonna be daaaaays before YHC warms back up. Fingers still not working properly trying to type this BB. Awesome to have a solid PAX for the frozen madness this AM and extra props to young Touchdown and double-dipping Mudslide. Proud of SOJ and especially the Rock&Roll PAX for amazing growth in numbers and camaraderie this year. Hope ya’ll have a wonderful Christmas with your families. SYITG, DTH 

    Announcements:

    • Next Sat 12/31 Convergence at Dogpile for Doozy’s 100th Q
    • 1/6 SOJ Planning/Leadership Mtg (location TBD)
    • Frozen Triangle 1/21
    BAAAHHH HUMBUG !!!
  • Don’t mess with my very $ frisbees

    It always nice to roll up to an AO to meet some PAX that you haven’t seen in a while or that you have never met. 7 frozen, but dry and moving warriors arrived ready for battle or for whatever YHC had in store for them.

    Mosey to the parking lot by the baseball concession stand for COP

    DQ’s, Deadman Hangs, Helicopters, Apple Bottom Poppers, LBC’s, Sugar Sticks

    Move to corner and get the frisbees out

    Lay frisbees out in each parking space at the top side of the lot. Each HIM will start in a different space completing 20 of the exercises labeled on the frisbee then run a lap around the lot. When HIM returns he moves to the right and repeto until he’s done all the exercises.

    Move to the side of the Concession stand for a triple check

    Partner 1 does Hoedowns, Partner 2 does Smerf Jacks, Partner 3 runs half of the lot

    Mosey to the first lot on the other side of the concession stand

    Parking lot crawls with your choice Merkins or WWII’s until 10

    Mosey down the stairs for another Triple check

    Partner 1 does Dips, Partner 2 does Step ups, Partner 3 Box jumps up the stairs runs around and down the stairs. (We found Footloose’s supper power is Box Jumps).

    BTTF for a Ring of Fire

    Numbers / Names Chaplain took us out

    NMS:

    As usual there was a fair amount of running at the Doozy Q. YHC has been trying to limit or tone down the running at his Q’s but it just seems like the right thing to do to keep the PAX moving. Enjoyed a little 2nd F with Florence, Melville and Wet Bandit at Starbucks afterwards.

  • Reps Wear Down Resistance

    18 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend and Twitter’s Trust and Safety Review Board it went a little something like this.

    COP: 40 SSH, 30 HRM, 20 FC, 20 LBC, 20 AHAC, 1 Arm Circle and that was too many.

    Exercise #1: 5 Rounds 10 EZ Burpee (burpee + Lt. Dan) + short run to pavilion and back.

    Exercise #2: 5 Rounds 20 Super Sit Up (combo of WW2 + scissor kick + Don Quiote) + short run

    Exercise #3: 5 Rounds 10 Kracken Burpee (burpee + 3 hand release merkins) + short run

    Mosey back to the flack for 5MOM. American hammers, hand release merkins and 1 min plank.

    Moleskin: The. Pax. Brought. It. This was designed to push, pull and challenge the pax. The modified burpees were no match for the fearless warriors. The nature center and accompanying trails make this one of the best AOs around. If you haven’t hit a Rock N Roll workout, get it done!

    NMS: Welcome Melville! He was named by Machismo for something about Moby Dick or that hot dolphin trainer from Free Willy. If we went down that thread I don’t know how in the hell we did not name him Blow Hole. Any way, welcome Melville.

    Activities/ Mixers / Missed Connections: Gomer is pretending it’s 1991 for some soccer game or something with some bar hopping. Speaking of soccer, YHC has watched some futbol and I learned something new. A) You can tie B) I haven’t seen that many floppers since I went to that assisted living nudist camp.

    Northern Invasion – Join the fellas from F3 The Capital at Hardywood West Creek from 1-4.

    12 Days of Christmas 12/20: Now in it’s 7th inaugural annual tradition. This is an F3 RVA classic. Join your old pal Rosie at No Toll. Another fun fact. No one talks about Rudolph’s brother Kyle The Brown Nosed Reindeer. Turns out he could fly just as fast as Rudolph but was terrible at stopping.

    HDHH – 12/21 Final Gravity. Keep an eye out for Lockjaw and the liberal MILFs from the northside.

    The Epiphany/SOJ Conference of Success on January 6th: I mean good lord, Rosie is all over the place and we are all better for it. He’ll be leading a strategy and growth session for the SOJ crew on January 6th, which also happens to be the Epiphany. Details coming.

    Frozen Triangle: If you know, you know. CSAUP. See Rosie. 1/21/23

  • Getting HP ready for his first half Marathon

    5 bootcampers and 1 rucker made it to R&R for some wet and wonderful fresh air according to the squirrels this is what happened.

    mosey to the first covered picnic area for COP

    DQ’s, Deadman Hangs, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, American Hammers, LBC’s

    Stay under cover and start with 25 Incline merkins then 25 dips on the benches, 20 IM’s – 20 Dips, 15 IM’s-15 Dips, 10 IM’s-10 Dips, 5 IM’s-5 Dips

    Mosey down the road to the next parking lot Lunge 1/3rd of the way down the length, Deep squat box jumps 1/3rd, Backwards lunge the last 3rd – Reverso

    Mosey onto the trail every hill up Bernie, mosey down hill, do various exercises at the bottoms and some at the tops

    Found one spot that YHC nicknamed the halfpipe where we Bernied up with squats at the top, Mosey down with Ball Dippers at the bottom X2

    Mosey back to the flag

    How much further is it to the end of this trial? We’ve been running a while and HP had an unexpected run with Rosie yesterday. If we keep this up we will have to sign HP up for the Richmond Half next November.

    Finally made it BTTF about 5 minutes late but we’ll call that extra credit

    Numbers / Names Mudslide took us out

    NMS: Most definitely YHC did not plan to do so much running today. YHC thought the loop was a loop within the larger trail but we ended up putting in a lot of miles for sure. My apologies to House Party who was the only not so usual runner in the group.

  • You Can Do It!!

    9 strong at Rock N Roll this morning, including another victim of Florence’s game day recruiting efforts. A brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the tennis court for Warmarama:
    Side Straddle Hops, Mummy Kicks, Helicopters, Apple Bottom Poppers, Hillbillies, Alabama Prom Dates.

    AND Super Mario Jumps, Karoake x 2, Lunge Walks, Bernie Sanders, Forward Straddle Hops, Appalachian Lunge Walks – all across the tennis courts.

    Exercise One: Four Corners (Prostitute) – all Merkins
    10 x Diamond Merkins
    20 x Hand Release Merkins
    30 x Merkins
    40 x Werkins

    According to Ponch’s calculations: 300 total. Felt like more!

    Exercise Two: Running Ab tour. PAX ran one of the wooded loops, stopping at various locations for escalating ab exercises:
    20 WWII’s, 25 American Hammers, 30 Flutter Kicks, 35 Mountain Climbers, 40 side touches, 45 LBC’s, 50 Lazy Boys. Might have mixed a couple of those up.

    Exercise Three: Parking Lot Gassers
    Round 1: 30 jump squats, sprint, jog back
    Round 2: 50 calf raises, sprint, jog back
    Round 3: 25 Lt. Dan’s, sprint, jog back
    Round 4: 50 copperhead squats, sprint, jog back

    Back to the flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements

    YHC took us out

    Final thoughts: It was great welcoming Bobby Boucher into the group! He had made the mistake of walking by us during the 4 corners and was lured in by Florence. Much respect for jumping right in and finishing the workout. I will let him tell you about the nickname. Keep posting! Glad to see Shank coming back out for the second straight week. Strong work by all today.

  • Beach body prep starts now

    6 regulars and 1 FNG gathered for a chilly start to the day at R&R and at 7:00 YHC had to start moving before my feet stuck to the cold ground.

    Mosey around to the back parking lot for COP and brief explanation to our FNG the core principles and tell him he can’t sue anyone if he gets hurt

    Mosey to the large circle that goes around the park for an increasing / decreasing jog around. First stop 20 WWII’s, second stop 20 WWII’s – 30 American Hammers, third stop 20 WWII’s – 30 American Hammers – 40 Jump Squats, fourth stop 50 SSH’s then back down starting with SSH’s and at each stop drop off each exercise until the last stop is only the 20 WWII’s

    Mosey to the concession stand for what Ponch named the dip, dip row boat. PAX sits in a line on the ground with the last person doing dips on the bench while everyone else rows the boat on both sides, timer is the guy in the boat gets out and runs to the stop sign and back. Runner replaces the dipper and everyone in the boat moves forwards.

    Wall sits with some Hoedowns added in

    Mosey walk to the corner of the lot for a quick four corners

    10 – Ball dippers, 20 – Smurf Jacks, 30 – Calf Raises, 40 – Squats

    Wall sits

    Mosey BTTF for a ring of fire of your choice either you’re sitting in a Not So Lazy Boy or a Plank position. 20 of the exercise of your choice

    Numbers / Names Chaplain took us out

    NMS:

    Welcome aboard to our new FNG, Shank. Posh and Shank have committed to starting a new OA in Petersburg to start after the new year 1/2/23 on Tuesdays, YHC will be making the trip south for a couple month to help get this new AO off the ground. Posh will be the Site Q for this new AO (meeting place TBD) stay tuned for F3’s growth south of southside.

  • Rock and Roll

    12 guys made it out on a bright Saturday morning. Plus a cameo from Doublemint. Much lighter than it has been due to the time change.

    Start in the basketball court

    20 Side strattle hops
    10 Ukrainian soldiers
    10 don quyotes
    10 Imperial walkers
    15 little circles palms up
    15 big circles palms down
    10 merkins
    15 LBCs

    Mosey to the tennis courts
    Four corners
    Benches at each station
    Disperse into groups at each bench

    Someone uses each bench to do 12 step ups
    All others do Broad jumps front and back and side to side
    Keep doing this untl everyone has done 12 step ups

    1st 4 corners
    10 burpees

    30 Freddy Mercuries

    10 merkins

    40 bicycles

    2nd
    15 burpees

    30 crunchy frogs

    15 merkins

    25 leg raises w heels to heaven

    Everyone does 10 supermans to make sure our stomachs are equally wet

    3rd
    15 burpees

    30 heel touchers

    15 merkins

    25 World war 2s

    4th
    15 burpees

    15 standard merkins

    15 left oblique v ups

    15 right oblique v ups

    Everyone does 15 supermans

    Mosey over to picnic tables in center parking lot
    15 chair dips
    15 jump squats

    20 chair dips
    20 side straddle hops

    25 chair dips
    25 Skaters

    Mosey over to the concession stand
    Team up
    Balls to the wall plank
    Other person bear crawls down the hill and Bernie Sanders backwards up the hill 3 times

    Run around parking lot 25, 50, 75, 100% each section

    Run to power tower and back increasing by 25% until to 100%

    Mosey back to basketball courts
    Merkins to fail
    Leg flutters 20 count IC
    Plank for 1 minute
    Don quyotes 10 count IC
    Stretch

    Side shuffles to vehicles

  • No Morning Wood

    YHC took the Rock N Roll Q as part of the DaVille takeover. I was also motivated to catch up on the merkin challenge.

    • COP
      • Parking lot tracers
      • SSHs
      • Imperial walkers
      • Don Quixotes
      • Arm circles
      • Cherry pickers
      • Shoulder taps
      • Trunk twists
      • Hand release merkins
      • LBCs
    • 11s
      • merkins and WWIIs
    • Mosey to big parking lot
      • Starting on a parking lot line, lunge 2 spaces do a squat, lunge back 1 space do a squat
      • Rinse and repeat until end of parking lot
    • 7 of Diamonds
      • R1 – 7x merkins
      • R2 – 14x flutterkicks
      • R3 – 21x merkins
      • R4 – 28x SSHs
    • Mosey to pull-up bar/dip bar area
      • 2 rounds of exercise stations, with a runner being the timer
    • Native American run back to starting parking lot with 1x burpees for end runner
    • 3 corners
      • C1 – 10x merkins
      • C2 – 10x merkins + 20 squats
      • C3 – 10x merkins + 20 squats + 30 LBCs
    • 3 minutes of stretching
    • COT and Florence took us out
    • Notes:
      • Rock N Roll is a great AO and the PAX was awesome
      • Hard work was put in by all
      • Thank you for letting me lead gents!
  • Prostitutes get confused on where their home is

    3 regular (ly) dressed trick or treaters and 1 fully decked out in his anima costume visited RnR this morning to see what Doozy had prepared. YHC had to admit right out of the gate that there was no plan this morning, it was going to just have to come out of his sick and twisted head.

    Mosey to the tennis courts for COP

    DQ’s, Dead Man Hangs, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, American Hammers

    To the corner for 4 corners prostitute 10 – WWII, 20 – Jump Squats, 30 – LBC’s, 40 – Calf Raises

    Reverso (direction) 10 – 2 count Ball Dippers, 20 – 2 count American Hammers, 30 – squats, 40 – LBC’s

    Chaplain was having a hard time fully committing to the Prostitute and kept trying to make it a regular 4 corners

    Mosey a long way to the stairs by the concession stand

    Partner up – Partner 1 does exercises while partner 2 runs up the stairs around the building and back – Dips, Step ups and Box Jumps

    Mosey to the parking lot (because Chaplain asked for it) 4 corners regular

    Corner 1 – 20 WWII, Corner 2 – 30 Squat Jumps, Corner 4 – 40 single count American Hammers, Corner 4 – 50 – Lt Dans

    Mosey to the end line of the parking lot (somewhat of a beast but not really) run about 1/4 of the way do 10 of called exercise, run to the 1/2 repeto, run to the 3/4 repeto, run to end turn around repeto on the way back. Exercises where your choice WWII or Merkins, second wave Smerf Jacks

    Mosey to the next lot full sprint from end line to end line

    Mosey back towards the flag, YHC did not realize they had removed the rails when they re-did the parking lot

    BTTF time for ring of fire your choice Plank position or Lazy Boy, if you chose plank, when its your turn you do 20 Merkins of your choice. If you chose Lazy Boy you do Ab work of your choice

    Numbers / Names Chaplain took us out

    Beer Mile tonight see Face Plant for details

    NMS:

    YHC really did try to think of a good way to make this a Halloween workout but was having trouble getting in the spirit. YHC’s kids are all aging out of the Halloween experience. The M and I will still sit out front in the driveway this year handing out lots of candy / beer (age appropriate) and Posey will head out with friends for some candy but will most likely end up playing X-Box or Play Station. Next year will probably be the harder year because Posey will more than likely not dress up and it will be a year of lasts with our middle child.