Tag: Rock N Roll

Rockwood Park

  • Santa Hate Me

    Doozy and Florence posting at Rock N Roll. Who would have guessed? Here’s the DL :

    Warmarama :

    20 SSH IC

    10 Russian Soldiers IC

    10 Imperial Walkers IC

    10 Don Q’s IC

    10 Cherry Pickers IC

    10 Merkins IC

    THE THANG :

    Mosey to the big boy baseball field at the back of the park

    Santa’s Ladder on baseball outfield – run to opposite end of outfield and do 10 burpees. Run back to starting point then back to the opposite end of outfield and do 9 burpees. Repeato until you complete 6 burpees then switch to Merkins for the 5 to 1 reps. Now do the entire Routine again but this time do Merkins for the 10 to 6 reps and Burpees for the 5 to 1 reps

    Mosey to Basketball Court

    2 sets of SheHateMe – Do 20 lunges, 10 Burps (Burpees without the push up and the standing), and 10 Merkins from one end of court to the other. (There and back)

    COP :

    50 WWII’s

    DONE

    Numberama

    Name-arama

    COT :

    Doozy and YHC shared some deep conversations about M’s and 2.0’s this morning. Thank you for sharing and listening brother.

    NMMS :

    Santa’s Ladder took a lot longer than YHC thought it would. Das a big outfield.

  • What’s that Called Again?

    YHC was excited to see a full parking lot in the early morning gloom of Rockwood Park. My dreams were quickly shattered as I realized everyone was a senior citizen getting ready to hot step around the perimeter of the facility. Luckily Doozy rolled in and saved the day. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    Mosey to the big parking lot for Warm Ups: Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Dead Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, Don Quixotes.

    Mosey to the back lot for a 4 Corner Prostitute featuring the following exercises:

    Hand release Merkins x 10, Flutter Kicks x 20, Plank Jacks x 30, Jump Squats x 40.

    Mosey to the Nature Center:

    One man lunge walks to the grass and back, while the other does exercise for the duration: Heels to Heaven, Carolina Dry Docks, LBC’s

    Mosey to the Baseball Field:

    Got a little lazy and repeated my segment from The Forge Last week: Lt. Dan Walks to the Plank, Crab Rolls, WWII Crawl Bears, Jumping HRpees. Jog back in between each segment.

    Back to the Flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements.

    YHC took us out.

    Final Thoughts: Enjoyed catching up with Doozy and hearing about the 911 convergence in DC. Sounded like a great time and tough workout. SOJ PAX definitely need to come and check out Rock N Roll. Lots of open spaces and people meandering about. Doublemint – if you are going to break out the all white New Balance, this is the spot.

  • Trails and Interval Training

    The 2 Rock N Roll staples posted in darkness through the forest hills in suffocating humidity. Here’s how it went :

    Warmarama : YHC takes a dump in the bathroom while Doozy does Imperial Walkers, SSH etc for 3 min

    THE THANG :

    Run a 2 and a half mile loop around the park and through the paved forest trail with 3 stops for PT.

    1st Stop : Alternate between 1 minute of sit ups on the bench, 1 minute of dips, 1 minute of in-and-out leg extensions on bench, and 1 minute of pull ups/chin ups

    2nd Stop : Alternate between 1 minute of climbing up inclined pole bars, 1 minute of inclined merkins, and 1 minute of jerkins

    3rd Stop : Alternate between 1 minute of hanging leg raises on inclined bench, 1 minute of pull ups/chin ups, and 1 minute of dips

    Run back to basketball court at parking lot

    COP :

    50 LBC’s

    50 WWII’s

    1 minute of American Hammers

    30 seconds of Flutters

    DONE

    Numberama

    Name-arama

    COT :

    Iron Pax Challenge Week Zero is this week. Talk to other PAX to get a plan.

    Doozy had a great weekend retreat in Windy Gap NC with TryHard, Greenbow and many other men from different places. They led some workout beatdowns on steep inclines.

    YHC took us out in prayer

    NMMS :

    Appreciate the push as always Doozy. That forest was literally dripping with humidity. Choking on the dense fog and running the hills makes for an extra suck.

  • Paula Abdul, Obama & Dolly Go to a Bar

    2 SOJ regulars showed up to Rock N Roll to hang with Paula Abdul, Obama and Dolly. Here’s the scoop :

    Warmarama :

    Warmup 1/4 mile run around parking lot, through playground trail and back

    20 SSH IC

    10 Don Q’s IC

    10 Russian Soldiers IC

    10 Imperial Walkers IC

    10 Cherry Pickers IC

    THE THANG :

    Merkin Mile – do 25 merkins after each 1/4 mile run (Total : 100 merkins, 1 mile). Followed the same loop we did for the Warmarama.

    Mosey to basketball court

    COP :

    Never Cross Dolly’s 30x IC (This is a Dolly while sitting up with your arms in Iron Cross position)

    Outlaws (15 to the right IC, 15 to the left IC)

    Not-So Lazy Boys – On your six sitting upright with your legs straight out in front of you on the ground. Cross your arms and grab your sides, leaning back in your “Lazy Boy” as far as you can without your feet coming off the ground. Hold and engage your core for 15 seconds in center position, right position and left position. (We did 15 seconds in the middle, 15 seconds to the right, 15 seconds in the middle, 15 seconds to the left, 15 seconds in the middle)

    Squat Jump Holds (do Squat Jumps counting down from 10 to 1 then hold Al Gore in helix counting down from 10 to 1. Repeato with 9 seconds, 8 seconds etc down to 1 seconds. Hold the last Al Gore for 10 seconds for the burn)

    Motor City Shuffle – This movement is 2 lunges, 1 burpee, 5 merkins, 5 plank jacks, 1 broad jump. Repeato across basketball court 

    Obama – This movement is bear crawl for 4 hand moves then stop to do 4 merkins. (Obama was the 44th POTUS). Repeato across basketball court

    Mosey to stairs by baseball fields

    Paula Abdul set of merkins up the stairs (bear crawl up 2 steps and do 1 merkin, crawl bear down 1 step and do 1 merkin. Repeato to the top of the stairs)

    Mosey back to parking lot and Ole Glory

    1 minute of Pole Smokers

    1 minute of LBC’s

    DONE

    COT :

    Doozy had a great trip to F3 C’ville over the weekend. They are doing some great things for men in recovery from addiction to help them get in shape, learn a trade and find a job. It’s given Doozy some things to think about possibly implementing in RVA for the future.

    Prayers for marathon runners as they train and our PAX on IR

    YHC took us out in prayer

    NMMS :

    Doozy enjoyed the Not-So Lazy Boys and Obama’s as some new exercises to do. YHC enjoyed the push as always from Doozy.

  • Deluge-ional

    2 gluttons for punishment posted in a downpour at Rockwood Park to log their DDP. Here’s the rundown :

    Warmarama on basketball court :

    20 SSH IC

    10 Don Q’s IC

    10 Cherry Pickers IC

    10 Imperial Walkers IC

    THE THANG :

    On basketball court, perform Merkin Jax – Done in a 1:4 ratio : 1 merkin, 4 plank jax, 2 merkins, 8 plank jax, up to 5/20 and all the way back down 

    Jump squat holds – Together, perform jump squats counting down from 10 to 1. Then hold an Al Gore in helix counting down from 10 to 1. Repeato starting at 9 then 8, etc all the way down to 1. Surprise the PAX by holding the last Al Gore for 10 seconds.

    Mosey to stairs by baseball fields

    Grizzcalator – bear crawl up the stairs, stopping at each step to do a merkin

    Jacob’s Ladder – do seven sprints up the stairs with increasing reps of burpees at the top of the stairs each set. Start at 1 burpee and go up to 7 burpees.

    Mosey to baseball field next to stairs and line up in the outfield

    merkin ladder – Start with 20 merkins. Sprint 100 yards to other end of outfield. 19 merkins. Sprint back 100 yards to starting point. Repeato decreasing merkin count down to 1 merkin for a Total 210 merkins. 

    Mosey back to basketball court

    COP :

    1 minute of Flutters

    1 minute of WWII’s

    30 seconds of LBC’s

    DONE

    Numberama

    Name-arama

    COT :

    Prayers for Doozy’s 2.0 as she starts college at Coastal Carolina and for the family as they adjust to the first 2.0 leaving the nest.

    F3 movie night to watch Shang Chi first weekend in September. More details coming soon.

    If anyone needs access to the Q sheet so they can sign up to Q, DM Splinter on slack.

    NMMS :

    YHC is encouraged and challenged by the endurance of Doozy. YHC prays to be in that great of shape at 50. RESPECT

  • Time to explore

    1 Metal head from the 80’s and 1 younger guy made a post to explore Rock and Roll as the days grow shorter and this is what happened

    COP on the Basketball court

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Weed pickers, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Merkins, Imperial Squat Walkers (issues with the cadence), Russian soldiers

    Mosey to the parking lot

    Four corners to get us started, 10 Merkins, 20 Offset Merkins (10 rights and 10 lefts), 30 LBC’s and 40 squats

    Mosey to the parking rail, leap frog back and forth over the rail

    Mosey to the tennis courts

    Eleven’s using two courts from the side 10 dips bear crawl to the end of the second court with one squat jump

    Mosey to explore the other court but players are starting to file in, so as to not interfere with reservations we mosey back to the parking area for 10 Parking lot crawls

    Mosey back to main parking lot and hit the parking lot rails again for some more leap frogs

    Mosey to baseball parking lot use the buddy system Partner 1 does an exercise while partner 2 runs the length of the lot LBC’s, Ball Dippers, Incline merkins

    Mosey back by the dog park to find a paved path run down it to find that its an extra entrance from Hull street, continue mosey back towards the flag use the parking lot rail again but walk it like a balance beam

    BTTF extra time 20 American Hammers, 20 Scrunchy Frogs

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    You can pack a lot in when only 2 PAX hit the AO. YHC and Florence where able to explore a little more than we might have been able to if more PAX where present. Hopefully PAX will continue to grow for this AO in the future because it has a lot of potential.

  • DirtyMacDeuce’s Death Star landed on Everest

    3 SOJ HIM’s posted at Rock N Roll to sharpen one another. The senior citizens walking the park said this is how it went down (The senior citizens are some shady characters according to Wilson) :

    Warmarama on Basketball Court :

    20 SSH IC

    10 Don Q’s IC

    10 Russian Soldiers IC

    10 Imperial Walkers IC

    10 Cherry Pickers IC

    THE THANG :

    Modified Death Star on Basketball Court (use each corner and the basketball hoop at the top as the 5 points of the star) : Bear Crawl to each point of the star and do 30 merkins (make sure you bear crawl back to center court before proceeding to the next point). Total 150 merkins completed. This is the modified version. The real version has 10 cones lined up in the shape of the star and yields 300 merkins total.

    DirtyMacDeuce : 4 sets of 3 exercises done with 12 reps In Cadence. The exercises are Merkins, Freddie Mercuries and Imperial Squat Walkers. After each set of three exercises, run a lap around parking lot.

    Mosey to stairs between baseball fields

    Everest : On the stairs, lunge up the steps and do a squat at the end of each lunge. Alternate legs. Repeato to the top of the stairs. (We did 10 sets of this)

    Mosey lap around entire paved loop of park and sprint up the stairs on the way back to Ole Glory.

    DONE

    Numberama

    Namerama

    COT :

    Prayer Request for YHC’s M and YHC operating on little sleep with the newest 2.0. It’s been an erratic sleep schedule and diaper rash has exacerbated that.

    NMMS : Thankful to have Oyster and Doozy post this morning. All were fairly silent with little mumble chatter due to the Death Star beatdown.

  • And the Cradle Will Rock

    High humidity and 100’s of senior citizen walkers welcomed 4 PAX to the latest edition of Rock N Roll. We were all eager to put in some work and explore the grounds of this new F3RVA outpost. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the large parking lot for warmups consisting of:
    Walking Russian Soldiers, Walking Helicopters, Walking Arm Circles, Walking Drunken Hillbillies, Lunges, LBC’s, Dead Man Hang.

    Mosey to the baseball field for exercise one:
    10 rounds of Burpees w/approximately 30 seconds rest in between. PAX either did 7 or 8 per round, dependent on age. Offshore recommended Van Halen Burpees for the final round, which was an added challenge.

    Mosey to the Nature Center area for Exercise Two:

    All together Triple Check with Pole Smokers (20 count), Murder Gorillas across the face of the hill, run to the Nature Center and back.

    Back to the Flag for Numbers/Names/Announcements

    YHC took us out.

    Final thoughts:

    If you haven’t had a chance to check out Rock N Roll, I would highly recommend it. Park is huge with many different areas to utilize. No diddlers in sight!

    Shout out to Florence for getting this thing organized.

    Very impressed with Nike this morning – dude was pushing himself and showed a lot of determination. Keep posting!

    To tie everything together on the backblast, I was trying to think of a Van Halen song with the word “rock” in it. I am sure there are many others. Feel free to discuss amongst yourselves and/or comment below.



  • We Built This City on Rock N Roll

    9 PAX showed up for the inaugural launch of Rock N Roll to be welcomed by more running and jumping than was expected…sorry not sorry….

    Warmarama :

    SSH in cadence x 10

    Don Q’s in cadence x 10

    Russian Soldiers in cadence x 10

    Cherry Pickers in cadence x 10

    Merkins in cadence x 10

    The THANG :

    Long Mosey to the Nature Center then take a left down the paved trail through the woods. Stop at first workout station then partner up. 1 minute interval training at each station with your partner with the following exercises :

    1. At sit up bench : WWII’S
    2. At dip bars : Dips
    3. At horizontal bench : In and Out Leg Extensions
    4. At monkey bars : Pull Ups

    Mosey to baseball fields and stop at the Stairs between the fields. Perform various exercises for 5 rounds of each exercise :

    1. Jump up on every other step of the stairs for 5 rounds
    2. Sprint up the stairs for 5 rounds
    3. Jump up on every step of the stairs for 5 rounds

    Mosey to basketball court for 4 corners with animal movements between corners :

    1st Corner : 50 lunges (each leg counts as 1 rep)

    Bear Crawl to next corner

    2nd Corner : 50 merkins

    Front facing crab walk to next corner

    3rd Corner : 50 LBCs

    Kangaroo Hop to next corner (this is a murder bunny without the cinder block)

    4th Corner : 50 WWII’s

    Broad Jump back to starting corner

    DONE

    COT :

    Welcome FnG Andrew now named Nike! He lives near Chesterfield Airport so this AO attracted him out. Mudface was a true brother and drove all the way down from Mechanicsville to indoctrinate Nike into the F3 Brotherhood.

    T Claps also to Splinter and Try Hard for making the trek, and for everyone else that came out to support this launch.

    Prayers for Splinter and his family who endured a chaotic Washington Nationals game where shots were fired and a melee broke out. He endured some moments of being separated from his M and 2.0’s which was very traumatic. Prayers for our country and for the men of F3 to lead this nation back on track.

    Prayers for Tobit’s grandfather who recently lost his M after a long battle with dementia, and prayers for Tobit’s whole family as they mourn.

    NMMS:

    Great push today brothers. It was more running than expected but no one complained and everyone finished. Very strong finish from Nike on the broad jumps (YHC wanted to name him Skywalker because of that but lost out to Nike haha)