Tag: Rock N Roll

Rockwood Park

  • Nine of Hearts

    After an unseasonably long hiatus from Rockwood, YHC returned on bended knee, a dozen red roses in hand (frozen solid given the 20 degree temps) and asked the PAX “Will you be mine?!” Here’s how they said… YES! 

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA:

    • Step onto the BBall Court and circle up
    • Random collection of OYO exercises called while listening to YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE by Hall&Oats
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Next up in the Musical Warmerama – I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE – SSH’s to the beat, with a Burpee for every “I believe in a thing called love”, and deeply sensual lunges for “Touching You, Touching me”
    • Foreplay’s over, let’s GO!

    COP #1:

    • Mosey around the traffic loop back to the big parking lot
    • BROMANCE 4-CORNERS, with a nod to our hard working ladies of the night (AKA, Prostitute Style)
    • Partner up with your favorite gigalo to conquer these reps, bro code all the way
    • x10 Booyah Merkins
    • x20 Bromance Squats (back to back)
    • x30 Leg Fencing (x15 ea way)
    • x40 Yards of WheelBarrow each

    COP #2:

    • Continue mosey around traffic loop and stop near the nature center
    • Hit play on LOVE SHACK – Flutter Kicks to the Beat, Alabama Prom Date for every “Love Shack” …modify to other core reps as needed for this ridiculously long version of the song

    COP #3:

    • Continue mosey around traffic loop and step up onto soft new field to line up in plank for TUNNEL OF LOVE – x3 rounds through the tunnel listening to the horrendous Justin Timberlake song SEXY BACK

    COP #4: 

    • Continue mosey around loop and circle up in the well fertilized turf adjacent the dog park
    • Partner up for Buddy WWII’s, ankles locked and high fiving at the top, while playing LET’s GET IT ON
    • Switch to PLT’s for second half of song

    COP #5:

    • Mosey around loop BTTF
    • Circle up and play AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH 
    • Mountain Climbers to the Beat, Merkin for every “Mountain” or “Baby”
    • 3 MIN’s of stretching to close time

    COT:

    • Counterama # 9
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  Chilly morning for a ruck & bootcamp combo-Q but YHC was thankful for an awesome group of brothers to share it with. L Woods supposedly slept in and missed Bon Iron, but YHC saw right through this facade to the deeply loyal DTH-love. Yes L, I will be yours. 🙂  The PAX were duly appreciative of the Valentines-themed songs, and YHC confessed plagiarism of a 2020 DTH Valentines Q at NoToll. This stuff is too good to only ever do once. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 2/21 Part 2 of Frozen Triangle
    • 3/7 10am Latinos Food Bank
    • 3/7 NOS OTB RUCK 
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • SEPT 26 GROW RUCK!

  • Plan B

    Although the desire to ruck the Frozen Triangle this morning was strong by all, a few Pax opted for Plan B, which was a beatdown at Rock and Roll. Each Pax took a turn at leading. Here’s what went down

    First up Chaplain:

    Mosey around the park stopping for assorted exercise. All in perfect cadence.

    11’s with upright Australian snow angels (double count) and ski jumps. Both perfect choices considering the weather.

    Mudslide:

    4 corners: 20 jump ropes, 40 jump squats, 60 mountain climbers and 80 monkey humpers.

    Quasi Dora: 50 merkins (2 / 25), 100 LBC’s (2 / 50), 3 sets of uphill walking lunges, and finish off with a round of broad jump burpees.

    Purple Rain:

    20 scrunchy frogs, 20 dips, 20 decline merkins, 20 imperial squat walkers (all exercises included a short mosey in between)

    Partner up for some ab work:

    partner 1 does crunches on the swing while the other partner runs to the light pole.

    House Party:

    Mosey to the jungle gym for a Quad check:

    Exercises where pull ups, WWII’s, and burpees while the runner ran to a tree and back.

    Finally we moseyed back to the flag stopping a various points for exercises. Once 1 Pax hit the specified number, we moseyed to the next point. Exercise were 15 burpees, 25 WWII’s, 40 merkins, 25 heels to Heaven.

    Names/Numbers/YHC took us out

    Prayers for safety and strength for the Pax completing the Frozen Triangle. Prayers for Touchdown and all the the youth competing in todays basketball game that they leave the game injury free.

    It was a fun time at Rock and Roll this morning, The wind chill was no match for these HIM. Although we hit a couple of slippery patches and lost feeling in our fingers, we all managed to stay upright and came out of there pretty much unscathed.

    HP

  • Black Squirrels, Cannibalism, and Ice Humping

    Just another day at Rock N Roll. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Big Rig and Boberry elected to continue their run – the rest of the PAX gathered on a nearby ice free spot for Warm-Up:

    Side Straddle Hops, Imperial Walkers, Ukranian Soldiers, Helicopters, Shoulder Taps, Freddy Mercuries, Knee Pulls, Mummy Kicks, Side Lunges. I may have missed a couple.

    Ice Shuffle down the main road. Crab Walk on the dry spot, then onward to the parking lot.

    Quadruple Corners: 4 corners with 4 escalating exercises each. Started with 10 merkins, 20 squats, 30 LBC’s, 40 Side Straddle Hops. Increase by 10 at each corner. We didnt really have a square to work in, so it was more of a “T.”

    Mosey down the path and stop at the next opening for Hump Circuit: Pickle Pounders, Alabama Prom Dates, Monkey Humpers, Bone Rubs, West Virginia Prom Dates, Gorilla Humpers.

    Mosey on: Stop for 50 Heels to Heaven.

    to Victory Hill – Slide down the hill in any manner possible. Bear Crawl back up. Round 2 – Slide down, then Reverse Crab Walk.

    We grabbed a spot on a thick sheet of ice for the following exercises:

    Australian Snow Angels, Superman, Hand Release Merkins, WWII Sit-ups, Freddy Mercuries.

    Back to the Flag just as time runs out. COT and YHC took us out!

    Final thoughts – I was half expecting a solo workout this morning given the ice at Rockwood and ridiculously low temps. But the Rockwood crew showed up as usual! Time really did fly by on this one. Big Rig and Boberry appear to have been running for 2 plus hours, so respect to them. Great mumblechatter this morning as evidenced by the backblast title.

    SYITG

  • Should we just run?

    Six HIMS came out to Rockwood this morning but nobody was bold enough to claim the Q. Big Rig was running so we joined him… for a bit.

    Ran a lap around the park and broke away from Big Rig for some warms ups while he continued to run (training for a half marathon). The PAX rotated exercises and joined Big Rig for every other lap. Here is how it went down:

    Pierogi – alternate 10 merkins and 10 squats; run a lap

    Posh – 4 corners (lady of the night style) – 10 burpees, 20 lunges, 30 LBCs, and 40 flutter kicks (didn’t finish); run a lap

    Woodsman – 25 dips, 25 toe taps, 25 American hammers, repeat; run a lap

    Cha Cha – lead the pax on a sprint run lap

    Purple Rain – Superman’s, Alabama prom dates and time expired

    Numbers / Names / Announcements – Frozen triangle –> slack

    Prayer requests: Wildcat, Big Rig’s mother

    It wasn’t pretty but we got it done. 4.2 miles covered and a great start to the weekend.

  • The Trail of Misery

    Alright, conditions weren’t that bad. A little bit of rain never hurt anyone…………..Here is a brief summary of today’s workout for your viewing pleasure.

    Mosey to the picnic shelter for Warm-Up: Side Straddle Hops, Ski Jumps, Arm Circles, Incline Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Pickle Pounders, LBC’s, Alabama Prom Dates, Freddy Mercuries, all done in perfect cadence. I may have missed a couple.

    The Exercise: Run the paved trail and stop at various points for exercises. As best I can remember:
    10 Burpees
    20 Hand Release Merkins
    30 WWII Sit ups
    40 Plank Jacks
    50 Merkins
    60 Squats
    70 Side Straddle Hops
    80 Dips
    90 LBC’s
    100 Moroccan Night Clubs
    110 Meters of hill sprints
    120 Flutter Kicks
    130 Meters of Suicides with burpees at the baseline

    Back to the Flag for a minute of leg stretching

    Final thoughts: Excellent effort by the PAX this morning, and I appreciate everyone who came out in less than ideal conditions. It was great to see Yoda return for his second workout – hoping he becomes a regular. Broadway was looking strong! As always, it was an honor to lead.

    SYITG.

  • Prostitutes, Hoes, and the Bank

    The title says it all, a good summary of this morning’s events. Make today great!

    Just kidding.

    I arrived at 6:59:30, and some folks pulled in a little past that. Instead of running away from our tardy F3 brothers, we started with some SSHs in the lot until everyone assembled. Right. Let’s get to it!

    Mosey to the tennis courts.

    SSHs, Andy Dufresne, some overhead stretch I don’t know the name of, helicopters, dead man hang, cherry pickers, copperhead squats, tempo merkins, tempo Freddie Mercurys, Roscoe’s mom, super mans, butterfly stretch

    Four corners, prostitute style.

    10 LBCs, 20 super mans, 30 SSHs, 40 groiners

    Mosey to the concessions stand.

    Starting at the bottom of the steep hill next to the ball fields, 10 Lt. Dans, then bernie up the hill. Once at the top, 20 hoe downs. Finally, balls to the wall, and 20 double-count, in cadence shoulder taps (“chicken pickers” I’m told, it may have been “peckers”). Repeat exercises 3x.

    Mosey to the edge of civilization. Bear crawl down the steep hill.

    Mosey into the wilderness, to the workout equipment just inside the woods.

    Exercise bank.

    Form a circle, I call out an exercise with some absurd number of reps. PAX adds their reps together, it’s a cumulative total, like a dora. One PAX at a time falls out of the circle, performs 7 pullups, then falls back in. Pullup participants in sequential order clockwise around the circle.

    200 burpees, 500 American hammers double count, 700 APDs.

    Long mosey BTTF. Arrived just in time.  

    Names, numbers.

    Announcements:

    • Rodeo Clown is participating in a charity hike this April in Shenandoah National Park. He’s seeking co-participants and/or sponsors. RC described last year’s charity hike as, “The best hike I’ve ever been on.” Contact him if interested.

    Prayer requests:

    • Big Rig’s mom starting chemo next week
    • Rodeo Clown’s mom doing PT, relearning basic functions like walking, etc.

    YHC took us out.

    The absence of prayer requests is a blessed thing. Sometimes it takes something going wrong in your life before you realize what was going right. Don’t let that be the case. All of us have an abundance, and the best things in life are free. If you had a billion dollars, you’d still have a house (maybe multiple houses), a car (maybe multiple, expensive oil change-type cars), and “stuff.” None of it matters. In hundreds of years, we will all be dust like the great kings and pharaohs of the past. More money, more problems. Diddy said that and look where he’s at.

    I’m thankful for you guys: motivated, hardworking, tough, servant leadership-types. And let’s not forget funny! My spirits are always higher after leaving an F3 workout.

    Thank you for letting me lead you guys!  

  • The Force is Strong With This One

    4 Gloom Warriors (1 FNG) Made it to Rockwood Park for the final edition of Rocknroll in 2025. We had Pierogi, SOJ’s most consistent weekend warrior. Then Pool Boy, who hasn’t been seen at Rockwood in over a year. YHC, and Yoda, our FNG.

    Things started at the basketball court, with the standard warmarama.

    COP 1

    Suicides.

    10 merkins at Quarter, Half, 3 Quarter, and Full court. 20 LBCs every time at the baseline.

    Mosey to Quadzilla’s Hill, with a stop for some chair dips on the way to the hill next to the concession stand.

    COP 2

    Elevens

    Run to the bottom and 10 squats, Bernie up to the top for 1 merkin.

    Mosey to the baseball field, with a stop for some Pole Smokers on the way.

    COP 3

    7 of Diamonds

    7 Box Cutters at each base

    Bear Crawl to First, side shuffle to Second, Crawl Bear to Third, side shuffle home.

    21 second planks at each base on the second round.

    Mosey up to the summertime parking lot, where a whiteboard just happened to be ready.

    COP 4

    F#%K Cancer

        Flutter kicks  x20 DC
    V Ups.             X10
       Commando Jacks x10
       Kraken Burpees (Burpee with 3 Merkins) x10
             Commando Jacks x10
        1   All you got Run the length of the field and back
    lt. daN   x10
            Commando Jacks x10
          LEgo Mucho x10 narrow, wide, regular squats
            Run the length of the field and back

    Mosey back to the flag for some Booyah Merkins and Bro code WW2s

    Great to be back out at Rocknroll. I have to give the M credit for the EH on Yoda.

    Please keep my parents in your prayers, as my mom starts chemo on Monday.

    Everyone have a safe and Happy New Year! It was my privilege to lead.

  • 11’s on the Half Pipe

    After a 30 degree drop in temps from the previous morning, 6 HIM still managed to ditch the fartsack for a Rock and Roll beatdown. Here’s what went down.

    Mosey to the Basketball court for Warmarama

    SSH’s

    Deadman Hang

    Imperial Walkers

    Ukrainian Soliders

    Helicopters

    WWII’s

    Tempo Merkins…All in cadence

    Finish up the warmup running the length of the court, and bernie back While doing acending burpees to 5 at the base line.

    COP 1

    Mosey to the large parking lot for 4 corners

    Merkins, LBC’s, Monkey Humpers, and Mt. Climbers. At each corner, 1st Pax to 100 calls it out and we moved to the next corner as a group.

    COP 2

    Mosey to the concession stand for 7 mins. of pain. 15 hoe downs, 10 WWII’s, 5 merkins. Repeat circuit for 7 mins.

    COP 3

    Mosey down the trail to the entrance near the lake. On the hill we did 11’s with merkins and scrunchy frogs.

    COP 4

    Mosey to the pavilion for a triple check with step ups, dips, and the timer doing 50 toe taps

    Mosey back to the flag to finish up with 20 HRM’s, 20 Freddie Mercury’s, 20 oblique LBC’s on each side, all in cadence

    Numbers/Names/YHC took

    Prayers for those battling cancer.

    Had a great time this morning with this group. Probably a little more running that we all anticipated, but we made it through together.

    Thanks for letting me lead,

    House Party

  • Rock N Roll Does it Bigger

    The last two weeks of Rock N Roll have been a mystery……………but with a lot of the regulars back in action, it was time for another epic beatdown. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    To the basketball court for Warm-ups: Alabama Prom Dates, Flutter Kicks, Rosalitas, Hand Release Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Don Quixote’s, Helicopters, BOC’s, Hillbillies, Lunge Walk, Karaoke, Bernie Sanders, Knee Pulls, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Broad Jumps. I might have missed a few.

    Mosey to the Parking lot for Exercise One: MEGA Beast
    8 rounds, 8 stops, 8 count exercises. We used the two large parking lots for our field, which meant a lot of running

    Round 1: Merkins
    Round 2: Squats
    Round 3: American Hammers
    Round 4: Carolina Dry Docks
    Round 5: Pickle Pounders
    Round 6: Ball Dippers
    Round 7: Jump Squats
    Round 8: Heels to Heaven.

    Mosey back to the flag, finishing exactly on time!

    COT and YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: Did not think that the MEGA Beast would take up the entire workout………..luckily, did not have anything else planned. Strong effort by the PAX pushing through! It was a great morning with lots of mumble chatter and “that’s what she said” zingers. Always a good time at Rock N Roll.

    SYITG

  • Saturday Shenanigans

    It was a wet, but warm morning for Rocknroll at Rockwood Park. There were four PAX on hand to take part in the morning’s shenanigans, and they would surely get their money’s worth.

    Warmarama

    Just a mosey lap around the park, which is about 1K, then to the basketball court for the more standard warmup exercises, which included SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, Imperial Squat Walkers, and several sets of 10 merkins.

    COP 1 Total Body Workout Suicides

    Quarter, Half, 3 Quarter, and Full Court exercise: 25 LBCs

    Each time to the baseline: 25 merkins

    Traveling exercises: Walking Lunges, and Reverse Lunges

    Mosey to the monkey bars, with a stop halfway for 50 jump squats

    COP 2 Dora

    You know how this works. Partner runs to the gate and back, while avoiding the giant dog dookie

    Pull ups, Incline Merkins, and V Ups

    All PAX were able to avoid the giant dookie.

    Mosey back to main park area with a stop for 100 toe taps

    COP 3 Indigenous People’s Run

    PAX at the back does 5 merkins and runs to the front

    Stop at parking lot near the dog park

    COP 4 AB Ring of Fire

    LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Penguins, Box Cutters

    Mosey back to the flag

    COP 5 Ascending Cocaine Bear Crawl

    Start with one at each white line, until 10

    That’s time.

    Great to get out with the boys this morning. Small numbers, but we made it count. My guess is the weather, and the upcoming holiday, for the small group.

    It was a pleasure to lead. Lots to pray for.

    Get your annual physicals, or at least a wellness check. Catching something early can save your life.