Tag: #SOJ

  • Creek Hopping & Hill Crawling

    11 gloom studs tackled an off-trail adventure this morning that was perfectly suited for our favorite boy scout Doner Kebab, but perhaps the joke about ruck pull-ups thwarted his attendance. The all new 2.7 mile route (see pic on Slack) redefined the “outer loop” of Larus Park and started with a tiny jaunt trespassing around the Sabot School grounds, then back onto the North end of the park trail system, and then followed along Chippenham with quite a few steep decents, creek crossings, and incline bear crawls up steep leafy slopes. Akin to a gaggle of boy scouts on their first woods adventure, the PAX were in high spirits to conquer these little challenges, and in honor of our Credo dutifully completed squats (or other reps) for the SIX on many an occasion. TClaps to Sable and Doublemint bringing in the SIX. Been a LONG time since we enjoyed Doublemint’s fine company, and was also great to have his 2.0 Spinal Tap with us before he heads back to Colorado State this weekend. The PAX completed the Larus loop via off-trail woods between a couple houses and a small development, regrouped at Sneeds Nursery, then a final jaunt on trail back through to Trader Joes. COT included prayer for LWoods paralegal who lost her father yesterday, and for YHC’s church friend battling depression/suicide. Dealer and YHC decided ruck-wearing pull-ups would be a solid CSAUP challenge, and Snip, Sable, Bromance and L Woods joined the pull-up fun. YHC proudly completed two chin-ups carrying 40 pounds, but foresees great gains with a full year of pull-up strength training. The mobile pull-up station attached to YHC’s truck now proudly sports the numbers 1-26 on one 2×4 and 27-52 on the other, with those PAX completing the 2026 pull-up challenge able to sign the boards next to each week/number they complete. You versus you. GET SOME, AYE!!! Yours, DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Dry January Ongoing
    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 2/7 Frozen Triangle
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge (1/24)

  • Merger

    YHC wasn’t sure if he’d make it to River Run with the Patriots playing the Wildcard round Sunday night game. At 5:15 AM, the flare was sent that I’d arrive on time, but Bullseye wasn’t in sight at the AO.

    Out Helmsley to Brigstock to Kentford, across the golf course and down Banstead and wait….another runner at the intersection! As fate would have it, there was Bullseye. We then trekked another mile or two until YHC’s stomach gave out around mile 3.5. Bullseye carried the torch on for an unknown amount of distance thereafter.

    -Singer

  • Key West or Key Largo?

    5 HIMS started their day off right with some F3 action. Here is what went down:

    Mosey around the school and then the usual warm ups: SSH, helicopters, arm circles, Ukrainian soldiers, stretches, merkins, etc.

    4 corners (lady of the night style): Corner 1 – 10 squat thrusters, Corner 2 – 20 dead lifts, Corner 3 – 30 curls, Corner 4 – 40 American Hammers. Long stretches with alternating fireman carries, short stretches overhead press. (QIC shortened the length several times for time.)

    Then, fireman carries around the bend into some 11’s. Step ups and merkin pull throughs that were left unfinished.

    Numbers and Names.

    Announcements: Frozen Triangle. The Bridge. –> Slack

    Prayers out for Wildcat as he starts a new treatment today. Godspeed.

    First time leading The Old Hundred. I was past due. Will have more to come. I’m appreciative for F3 and always having someone to hold me accountable.

  • Off To The Races

    In the dead of winter, when the cold seems endless and it feels like we’ve been stuck in a long stretch without a little competition, YHC decided to bring some playoff spirit to No Toll. With college football and NFL playoffs in full swing, it was the perfect time to get some competitive blood flowing among the PAX.

    The Thang:

    Mosey to the pavilion and pay the toll with 10 step-ups and 15 incline merkins.

    Warmerama: Side straddle hops, Ukranian soldiers, cherry pickers, imperial squat walkers, merkins, lbcs, alabama prom dates

    Count off into twos for teams.

    • Relay Races (losing team has 15 burpee penalty) :
      • First Relay: One man runs to the end of the soccer field and back while the team does flutters.
      • Second Relay: Runner bear crawls to a cone, then sprints the rest of the way down soccer field while the team does World War IIs.
      • Third Relay: Team does American hammers, runner crab walks to the cone and back.
      • Fourth Relay: Team does big-boy sit-ups, runner lunge-twists to the cone and runs back.
      • Final Relay: Team does LBCs, runner does broad jump burpees to the cone, sprints to the end of the field and back.

    Mosey back to the flag, stop for 20 decline merkins and a ring of fire merkins.

    Announcements: Frozen Triangle on February 7th, The Bridge January 24

  • Hey! This is kinda like Old Glory…

    Ten manly men met in the crisp morning air for an NTB kettlebell beatdown. Inspired by the recent string of AMRAPs, YHC wanted to find a way to keep our bodies (and bells) in constant motion. The following ensued.

    Warmarama
    – Light mosey to review the pre-planned course and the four working stations.
    – Merkins, dead-man hang, Fudd’s wife, Wilson’s wife, runner’s lunge… seemed like enough.

    Glory Bell
    – 35min AMRAP – Start at the Flag
    – Station 1: 25 KB Swings then ascend Mt. Chaplain
    – Station 2: 20 Goblet Squats then ascend Mt. Chaplain
    – Station 3: 10ea. Single-Arm OH Press then ascend Mt. Chaplain
    – Station 4: 300ft Farmer Carry back to the flag for 12 two-count American Hammers
    – Track the number of rounds completed.
    – The bell/coupon cannot touch the ground while completing the circuit, only in between rounds.

    NMS: Great work by the fellas today! I was challenged to not get lapped by L Woods, Snip, and Tin Man and narrowly escaped. Great to see Bru out for his first beatdown of 2026. Some of the PAX referred to today’s beatdown as “Glory Bell”, which will be submitted to the Committee for approval once all of the paperwork is compiled. Thanks as always to Snuff for providing the warm coffee.

    Announcements/Prayer Requests:
    – Daily Pull-Up Challenge is well underway, now in week 3.
    – Frozen Triangle 10miler – February 7th
    – YHC took us out.

  • One last one

    2025 clean up, I’m sure I missed other backblasts, but glad I remembered this. Now, if I could only remember where we ran…

  • A long long time ago

    This one time, Rosetta came to MOT and it was so surprising, I forgot to post a backlist. Now I did.

  • Hills! (and not hills)

    Two of us ran hills. Two of us did not. We all got at least 4 miles. It was fun.

  • 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.

  • Pain Train Stations & Highland Games

    Light Rain, Cool Mud, Streetlight Gloom, 50# Kettlebell, 10’ Caber, Classic Rock, 60# Sandbags, balmy 60 degrees, DTH Mobile Pull-up Station, and 8 heroic badass HIMs embracing the suck and conquering the day before it even began.  Here’s what the fartsackers missed:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey lap and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC

    PAIN TRAIN STATIONS:

    • #50 Kettle Bell Sumo Squats
    • Caber Flips (lift heavy end to flip over repeatedly)
    • DTH Mobile Pullup Station – alternate pullups with chin-ups with Negatives
    • #60 Sandbag Chest Press
    • Abbs – Crunchy Frogs or Hammers
    • #60 Sandbag Clean
    • Burpees
    • TIMER: Runs the field loop, then all PAX rotate stations
    • x2 Rounds completed

    HIGHLAND GAMES:

    • Switch the Music to Scottish Pipes&Drums
    • DTH demonstrate the Caber Toss and sets the distance to beat at 11 paces
    • While each man takes a turn flipping the caber, the rest of the PAX complete OYO reps – squats, imperial walkers, humpers, WWII’s, single leg shoulder taps, etc
    • Ran out of time to try the Hammer Throw & 50# KB Throw …next time

    Circle up for COT:

    • Counterama # 8
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer – lifting up the health and safety of THREE 2.0’s coming int the world in 2026, as well as Figo’s M who admitted with a psych scare
    • Coffeerama at the Polk House!

    NMS:  This was a FANTASTIC group of brothers for some CSAUP fun in the rain. Definitely challenged with the circuit reps and the mobile pull-up station worked out just fine! Nobody beat the DTH caber flip distance but a couple guys got close. To be fair this is YHC’s 12th year competing in the Henderson family Highland Games (coming up in 2 weeks) so experience pays off. The Coffeerama was amazing!!! What an awesome venue Machismo has created for this AO. And we had the very pleasant surprise visit from Snuff to join the hearty conversation. God is good ALL the time brothers. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Dry January Ongoing
    • Weekly Forge Coffee + QSource
    • 2/7 Frozen Triangle
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge (1/24)