Tag: #SOJ

  • Friday the 13th

    10 grown-boys came out to Satan’s Hill this morning and got after it! Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed to the bottom of the hill and back. Stretched out, gave the mission and got into it.

    COP #1 – Build a Beast…ish

    • Run to marker #1, perform (6) merkins and run back
    • Run to marker #2, perform (6) merkins and run back
    • Run to top of the hill, perform (6) merkins and run back
    • Run to marker #1, perform (6) Squats and run back
    • Run to marker #2, perform (6) Squats and run back
    • Run to top of the hill, perform (6) Squats and run back

    COP #2 – Ring of Fire with Rocks

    • Each PAX member grabbed a rock and we circled up. Everyone took a turn calling out an exercise for the PAX to perform (13) reps.

    COP#3 – Triple Check

    • Pacer: Truck on Satan’s Hill
    • Exercise 1: Curls with coupons
    • Exercise 2: Pullups on the playground

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Fandango’s 2-year on Monday at The Alamo!
    • Alamo 3-year on Monday, 3/30…bring out FNG’s to be eligible for a prize from Heist!

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • WIN: Wildcat’s new treatment is going well!
    • PRAYER: Folks near ODU after the shooting yesterday

    Thanks for allowing me to lead, Fellas! Great to see everyone after having fart-sacked for the last couple months.

  • Care Bears Ripping Discs

    10 men came together at the Forge for some fun with discs and burpees.

    The Thang

    Pledge, run around the parking lot, warm up with SSH, Good Mornings, Michael Phelps

    Indian Run down to the court for a round of care bear square with 25 burpees, 25 merkins, 25 squats, and 25 BBS

    Then to the football field in pairs with one PAX throwing a disc as far as he could while the other PAX did 3 exercises per every 10 yards on the way back after retrieving the discs including: hand release merkins, squats, and burpees.

    Weaving Indian Run back to the flag for Chumba Wumba Burpees

    Q Tip: Listening is a key leadership principle: “Tell me more”, repeating the last word, and repeating back the words said are effective ways to improve the skill.

  • Pools will be open soon

    Finally had some warm temps for the Bermuda Triangle. That meant that Pool Boy came out of hibernation. Here’s a brief description of what the attack dog that YHC fought off while doing Freddie Mercuries witnessed.

    Mosey to the front of the school for the standard warmarama, with some commandos to finish.

    Mosey to the side of the school for some Penguins and Double Clutch Pole Dancers

    Mosey back to the disc golf parking lot for 4 corners with jump squats.

    Mosey lap around the track then back to the front of the school for another 4 corners with oblique LBCs

    Plank for 1 minute +

    Mosey to Taco Truck Hill for Sevens with Double Count Reverse Lunges, Bernie up the Hill and Quadruple Count Freddie Mercuries

    Back to the parking lot for Eye of the Storm

    10 Double Count Shoulder Taps in the Eye

    10 Merkins at each corner.

    Great to have Pool Boy back out in the Gloom.

    We had plenty to pray for

  • Pull Ups and Dips are Back!

    Pool Boy and Big Rig were back at Ecoff Elementary for the first pull up and dip session since the bars froze! Now that everything has thawed out, it should be a regular occurrence again.

  • Just Another Workout

    Seven HIMs gathered at The Old Hundred this morning for just another workout. Not a beatdown, but also not nothing. Heres how it happened:

    Short mosey to get the blood pumping followed by the normal warm ups (SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, The Big Herm, etc.).

    Slowsey to basketball courts at the back of the school for some 11s split between WWIIIs and squat thrusters.

    Circle up and have a Pax member call an exercise for the group while he runs across the playground and back. Rotate through the circle twice.

    Four Corners with curls, squats, overhead press, and calf raises.

    Slowsey back to the start. 2 minutes left, do skull crushers or curls until time.

    COT: names, numbers. Announcements: Nancy Lopez 5K on April 11, check Slack for details. Q sheet is a little empty; show it some love. Prayers for Wildcat this week.

    Not a beatdown, but a solid workout to start the day. Thankful for you gents and the opportunity to lead.

  • Hoop Dreams

    YHC arrived this morning at NoToll with two slightly deflated basketballs, in honor of March Madness. It became very evident within minutes that none of us were bound for basketball glory, or for those who played in high school, our skills had long since expired. While YHC’s initial thoughts were that a pax of 11 doing freethrows would result in a variety of called out exercises, it instead turned into a brutal session of suicides. While the pax saved some face after shooting from much closer, it’s clear we could all use some more practice. We ended with good old fashioned 11s and a session (to some chagrin) of catch me if you can.

    Warm-o-Rama:

    • Side Straddle Hops
    • Cherry Pickers
    • Don Quixotes
    • Ukrainian Soldiers
    • Copperhead Squats
    • Merkins
    • LBCs
    • Freddy Mercuries
    • Alabama Prom Dates

    The Thang:

    COP 1: Free throw line shots: PAX took turns shooting while the rest planked. Miss = group suicides (quarter, half, three-quarter, full court).

    COP 2: Split into two teams. Three-shot attempts: first close-up while others did squats. Miss all three-10 burpees. We repeated from the free throw line, this time with side straddle hops.

    COP 3: 11s: Merkins and flutter kicks, traveling cross-court.

    COP 4: Catch Me If You Can: One partner bear crawled while the other ran the perimeter.

      Announcements:

      Breaking Bread- last weekend of this month

      Glow for Galactosemia April 11

      GrowRuck September 25

    1. Everyone’s Favorite Pyramid Scheme

      Seven swingers and one walker gathered on this fine morning for the latest edition of Huge Bells! The following is what allegedly happened.

      We started with a mosey down the hill to the tennis courts for disclaimers and warmarama, then ventured over to the finest turf on the southside for the main event.

      COP #1: Pyramid Schemes
      Every movement was 10 reps and every new yard marker leading up to the 50 added a movement. Then we worked the scheme in reverse to the opposite goal line.

      • GL: Swings
      • 10yd: Swings, Squats
      • 20yd: Swings, Squats, Merkins
      • 30yd: Swings, Squats, Merkins, RDLs
      • 40yd: Swings, Squats, Merkins, RDLs, High Pulls
      • 50yd: Swings, Squats, Merkins, RDLs, High Pulls, OH Press
      • 40yd-GL: Descend the pyramid
      • 110 swings, 90 Squats, 70 Merkins, 50 RDLs (Ea. Leg), 30 High Pulls, 10 OH Press

      COP #2: Ab Mary
      While we recovered from climbing the pyramid we each selected a 20 count exercise to perform before heading back towards the flag.

      COP #3: Partner Farmer Carry
      Two pairs and a group of 3 then made their way up the hill to the flag where partner 1 farmer carried both KBs while partner 2 ran ahead to the next light pole and back to switch roles. The PAX made it up the hill with a couple minutes to spare and a lone House Party charging up the hill returning from his track laps.

      Plank it up while HP returns to the flag, but what’s this?? House Party isn’t returning to the flag but continuing on his walk! The PAX was stunned with dispair as the planking continued but only for a moment as YHC called time.

      Announcements:
      – Sign up for GrowRuck 74 in September.
      – Plenty of OTB, 2nd F, and 3rd F opportunities will start to emerge with the arrival of warmer weather. Keep an eye on slack.

      Prayer Requests:
      – YHC took us out and lifted up church friend Toby as he is looking for a new job.

    2. Fog that Surrounds

      Quite a foggy run this morning. Bullseye and YHC departed from Reds opting for a hilly run, or one hill that is. Salisbury Rd straight back to the Gildenborough Drive loop, Chepstow back to Albion. 4 miles in total.

    3. Dinner Date with Redwood Ruckers

      202 days until GTE-74, and seven ruck studs accepted the DTH invitation to trail-blaze new territory and enjoy a romantic dinner at The Galley along the way. Launched from The Forge at 1500 and crossed the tracks into no-mans woods behind HHS and Walmart, looping around and back to the tracks to cross under Chippenham, all PAX impressed with the quality of the dirtbike trails throughout the woods, ad we momentarily paused to thank the dirt bike Gods on the top of an unusual dirt mound mountain. Second loop around the woods behind Target/Publix, finding a few ravine/creek crossings challenging (the motor boat was not used…) Then emerge for a fine dining experience at The Galley. Appetizer of biltong jerky courtesy of Sable. Falcon Smash and Galley Burger – YUM – now where’s the Pepcid?! Our return was a much more direct shot BTTVSF hugging trails along the railroad (we will return someday for the abandoned tractor tire…) Total distance covered approximately 5.15 miles. Amazing conversation enjoyed back all. Epic adventures! More OTB rucks planned monthly between now and GTE-74 in September. ANYONE welcome to join – plenty of spare rucks on hand. Yours AYE! ~DTH

      REGISTER HERE:

      https://event.freedom-ops.fit/gte-74

    4. Father of The Bride

      Two Bermuda Boys met at Goyne Park for the latest installment of the Bermuda Triangle.

      Nothing fancy, just some laps around the school broken up by merkins and a good dose of core exercises. YHC didn’t realize until after, that there were no leg exercises.

      YHC was in his taper for the Half Marathon this weekend so it was relatively light workout for Bermuda. Which didn’t bother Shooter, as he was recovering from illness.

      Great to catch up with Shooter, whose daughter is getting married this weekend. Congratulations!

      As usual, we had plenty to pray for.