Tag: #SOJ

  • No One Likes Hills

    But we did them anyways, and now my legs hurt.

    We headed around the Mt Pisgah. Loop and did the hills twice. That’s when Bullseye decided he didn’t want to do hills so he trekked out on his own. Then we went down Mt Midlo and over to the steady climb up the back side of Honeymoon Hill. We circled back to Mt Midlo where we stayed at race pace for the first half and Bernie Sanders the second half. Finally we ended with a couple sets of suicides and a Bernie up the hill beside the track.

    numberama, namerama, yhc prayed us out.

    Family camping in 1.5 weeks. Father/daughter dance in 2.5 weeks, chili cook off in 5.5 weeks. Prayers for Heist’s neighbor.

  • Dohard does the Supermoon 999

    6 gloom rucker HIM’s conquered the trails of Larus Park under the glow of a Hunters Full Supermoon, periodically stopping for 9 reps of various exercises. Mumble chatter was excellent as always and the PAX were joined by Broke Clown to plumb the deep truths of Prayer (Q1.10) & Study (Q1.11). Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Shortest 4 Corners

    6 HIMs came out of the gloom on a 70° morning to partake in some exercising. According to the man who wasn’t lured in by our “Free workout!” shouts, here’s what took place.

    Quick mosey around the lot down to the bus lane for warmarama – SSH, DMH, cherry pickers, arm circles, imperial walkers, merkins, LBC, alabama prom dates, rosco’s mom.

    Mosey over to Bus Lane #1. Run to 18, 18 merkins, run back. Run to 16, 16 merkins, run back. Repeato until all even numbers were hit.

    Mosey to back of school, OG triple check from our first Green Mile – Runner, dips, step ups.

    Mosey behind school to the basketball court of 4 corners prostitute style – 10 jump squats, 20 LBC, 30 mountain climbers, 40 plank jacks. Note: Green Mile does not have a regulation size basketball court, it’s smaller than what I expected (that’s what she said).

    Over to brick wall for wall sit > 10 donkey kick > wall sit > 10 I am not worthy > wall sit > 10 donkey kick > wall sit > 10 I am not worthy.

    Mosey to side of school for a mini-Dora: 50 merkins, 100 jump squats, 150 SSH.

    Finish up with an indigenous run around the front lot. McGruff and Dumar turned on the jets and made Big Herm work for it today!

    YHC took us out. Announcements – VQ week, Daddy Daughter Dance, Camping, Big Herm’s Halloween bash. Prayer Requests – Futon co-worker’s dad had a stroke recently, Dumar has two family friends battling pediatric cancer.

  • The Ruckettes

    6 intrepid HIMs decided to wake up today and walk in unison. According to the trash man, here’s what took place.

    Meet at the stop sign at Camdale Dr & Bellstone Dr at 0530 and was glad to see Cookie took us up on the free parking at Rudy’s house. After a brief huddle to decipher what Rudy was dreaming about, we got to steppin’.

    Same route as last week though this time Merman and Blacktop set a tepid pace for the group. Items of discussion today were whale migrations and the impact that marine construction projects have on them, how people like Rudy can rest easy knowing we’re rucking these streets and keeping them safe, and The Righteous Gemstones is not for kids.

    The group was elated that we were able to pass the trash man prior to arriving back at the stop sign.

  • 2 Short a Kilo

    15 studs posted to NoToll to see what the good doctor was prescribing for the day. The menu featured 90’s beats and 998 reps. Here’s how it played out: 

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey onto the BBall Court and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Nancy K’s x10 ea side IC
    • Don Q’s x10 IC
    • U.Soldiers x10 IC
    • Squats x10 IC
    • Broad Jump Across Court (x10)
    • Bear Crawl Back (x25)
    • x25 Merkins OYO
    • x25 WWII OYO
    • x25 Heels2Heaven OYO

    COP #1: 

    • Press play on GETTIN’ JIGGY WIT IT (Will Smith, 1998, 3:48) 
    • Squats to the beat with a Burpee for every “Jiggy”

    COP #2:

    • Mosey out to PAY THE TOLL
    • x24 Incline Merkins
    • x24 Dips

    COP #3:

    • Mosey out to the field for a BEAST
    • x36 Merkins
    • x36 WWII’s
    • x36 Jump Squats
    • x36 Groiners
    • x36 Flutters (2-ct)
    • x36 Lunges

    COP #4:

    • Mosey over to the parking lot for MANKILLERS
    • Try really Hard to not mess up the count!

    COP #5:

    • Mosey loop around all the fields and BTTF, stopping for reps along the way:
    • x25 Gangsta Merkins
    • x25 Oblique LBC’s
    • x25 Monkey Humpers
    • x25 Invisible Pole Smokers
    • x25 Bunny Hops
    • x20 Crab Cakes IC
    • x5 Burpees IC

    COT:

    • Counterama # 14
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    ADDING IT ALL UP:

    WARMERAMA: 150 reps total

    GETTIN JIGGY: 14 Burpees + 200 Squats

    PAY TOLL: 48 reps total

    BEAST: 216 reps total

    MAN-KILLERS: 220 reps total

    FINAL LAP: 150 reps total

            TOTAL REPS = 998

    Prayer Requests:

    • David, Maria, Courtney

    NMS:  Crisp fall air, jovial mumble chatter, achieving 998 reps, and a 1998 Will Smith inspired playlist – what could be better! Strong work from the PAX pushing through to complete the challenge – YHC will Q #999 at Ruckhenge tomorrow, and then the big 1K will be on Thur at the Forge – LOTS of questions about whether we’ll all be arrested. Nantan Rosie has a plan… Thanks for letting me lead fellas. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • ONGOING – Wed AM Ruckhenge QSource
    • ONGOING – SOBER OCTOBER! 
    • 10/17 – DTH 1000th Post
    • 10/25-27 – F3 Family Camping
    • 11/2 – F3 Daddy Daughter Dance
    • 11/3-9 – VQ Week! 

  • Who’s Johnny Utah?

    11 grown-boys started their Columbus Day off at The Alamo! YHC was pumped to mix in some exercises to throw shade at that football team from Columbus but Nancy Lopez wasn’t in attendance so it wouldn’t have been as fun. Carry on!

    WARMARAMA – Moseyed over to the other side of the horseshoe for some stretching. Gave the “push yourself, don’t hurt yourself” disclaimer and got into it. SSH’s, DMH, Imp Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, LBC’s, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife and Fudd’s Wife. Moseyed through the tunnel to the far side of the road.

    COP #1: Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day! Indigenous Run for about 1/2 mile to the playground.

    COP #2: (2) members of the PAX completed pullups on the monkey bars while the rest of the PAX performed a called exercise.

    • Round 1: (5) Pullups/Arm Circles
    • Round 2: (5) Pullups/Plank
    • Round 3: (5) Pullups/Squats

    COP #3: Indigenous Run 1/2 mile back to The Clubhouse.

    COP #4: “Bank” Circuit. The PAX circled up to contribute reps towards the goal of QTY (1,492) as that’s when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Happy Columbus Day! (2) PAX members at a time took a mosey to stay fresh while reps were performed.

    • Round 1: (1,492) Merkins
    • Round 2: (1,492) LBC’s
    • Round 3: (1,492) Squats

    COP #5: Ring of fire. Plank and called exercises.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance! Saturday, 11/2 from 7-9

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • WIN – Rudy, Warby and Cookie have signed up to be WATCH D.O.G.S at Old Hundred Elementary School. Excited/honored to have the chance to bring some of that F3 “Male Community Leadership” to the school.

  • Exit Sandman, Enter Shark Tooth


    13 Diamond Dogs (One 5 year old FNG!) came out to Rockwood Park for the latest edition of Rocknroll. Temperatures were a cooler 70 and sunny, perfect for the beatdown that was about to ensue.


    Start with a mosey lap around the parking lot, then circle up near the power tower for the standard warmarama.

    SSH, Don Quyotes, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs.


    Mosey back to short columns near the flag for a triple check.
    Polesmokers, American Hammers, timer runs to the yellow pipeline and back(60 yards?)


    Mosey to the concession stand for another triple check
    Hoe downs, chair dips, timer runs to the first set of bleachers, then Bernies up the hill.

    7 of Diamonds ON CRACK
    Mosey to the baseball field for an Epic version of 7 of Diamonds in the outfield to keep the infield looking nice.

    Exercises in increments of 7. Add 7 reps and a new exercise, each trip around the bases.
    Start at home plate and run to 1st (or the light pole in right field) perform reps
    Karaoke left to 2nd (center field)
    Bernie to 3rd(light pole in left field)
    Karaoke home (grass above the actual 2nd base)


    Exercises were performed in the Double Clutch variety. (I.E. Merkin: Down all the way, come up halfway, then back down, then all the way up = 1 rep)
    Round 1 
    7 Double Clutch Merkins
    Round 2
    7 DC Merkins, 14 DC Jump Squats
    Round 3
    7 DC Merkins, 14 DC Jump Squats, 21 DC WW2s
    Round 4
    7 DC Merkins, 14 DC Jump Squats, 21 DC WW2s, 28 DC Alabama Prom Dates


    This was a real time killer, especially the WW2s. PAX pushed through and killed it. Our FNG, Beaver’s 2.0 made the infield dirt his sandbox. He was asked to clean up after himself. Welcome Shark Tooth! (he wouldn’t go for Sandman)


    Done just in time to mosey back to the flag for Names and Numbers.
    I was blessed to lead this PAX.


    Prayers for all those affected by the hurricanes.


    Announcements
    We have some Family Events on the calendar in the coming weeks.


    F3 Family Camping Trip
    Friday October 25th through Sunday 27th. Come for as much or as little as you can
    Meatball and DTH or Slack for details


    Saturday, November 2nd – Daddy Daughter Dance from 7-9. Check Slack for invite. Hit up Meatball, Big Rig, Pool Boy or Rudy.

  • HOUSEPOWER

    Two gloom brothers met up for a ruck around the dark trails of Rockwood. Nearing first place for the most posts in the last month (thanks BD), House Party took off like a racehorse out the gate, instantly making YHC wonder just how much horsepower is in a HouseParty. This HIM was practically jogging with his ruck, and actually did jog for the trail downhills. Awesome conversation as always, but tough to maintain when your gloom buddy is gassing you with his ruck speed! Pretty sure we need to double his ruck weight! YHC split to go do family pictures while HP continued rucking the last few minutes before the bootcamp. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    “In the U.S., one horsepower is defined as a unit of power equal to 746 watts, nearly equivalent to the English gravitational unit of the same name that equals 550 foot-pounds of work per second. One horsepower is a unit of power that equals the work done in lifting 550 pounds one foot in one second.”

  • Lungin’ at the Lounge

    Nine gentlemen of the gloom posted at the Twin Team Lounge to ease into the weekend with some chill vibes and a Clydesdale-approved beatdown. Double and the Mints took the stage, and the setlist went something like this:

    Twin Team Slaughter Start(TM): Cherry Pickers x 4, Don Quixotes x 9 OYO

    IP mosey to the Swamp, Barry White pace – not Barry Sanders

    Circle up at the Swamp entrance for welcome, disclaimer, and warm-o-rama: Imperial Walkers x 10, Helicopters x 10, Jazzercise x 10, Freddie Mercuries x 10, Flutter kicks x 20

    The THANG:

    1. Quarter Pounder with Cheese Bar Sliders – grab a brick and head to the end zone:
      run to the 25 yard line, merkins x 25, Bernie back
      run to the 50 yard line, squats x 50, Bernie back
      run to the 75 yard line, mountain climbers x 75, Bernie back
      run to the 100/opp EZ, side-straddle hops, Bernie back
    2. Dine and Dash Catch me if You Can – partner up on the track:
      PAX 1 moseys with both bricks,
      PAX 2 merkins x 4, mountain climbers x 9, sprints to catch PAX1 and switch,
      repeato for 1 lap
    3. Triple Sec Check – ditch the bricks and mosey to the Swamp parking lot
      PAX 1 air squats
      PAX 2 Stuart McGill bird dogs
      PAX 3 out to streetlight and back
    4. Late Nite Nose Candy – pick a line of parking spaces
      4 spaces: Cocaine Bear Crawl (b/c across space, merkin your nose to the white line)
      9 spaces: lunge
    5. Call and Uber – BTTF for 5 minutes of broga

    Numbers, names, COT and YHC took us out. Prayers for speedy and complete recovery for Rodeo Clown.

    Naked Man Moleskin(e): it’s been a minute since YHC stepped up to the Q sheet. Life got busy, yadda yadda. But examined in the cold light of day (or in soft glow of a headlamp in the gloom), all of the excuses drift away. Getting back in the saddle felt great, looking forward to doing it again. It was a privilege to spend the morning with you gents, let’s make the rest of the day a great one. And don’t forget to tip your waitress ….

    libenter servio

    Dmint

  • Road Renegades

    With busy upcoming weekends, Draper and I decided to knock out a long(er) run as the Richmond Half draws near. We launched at 5am from No Toll and explored the various surrounding neighborhoods. Finished off with a lap around Johnston-Willis Hospital and the Lowes Parking Lot. Total distance was 9.2 miles.

    Post-run survey seems to indicate that a good time was had by all. The backblast title refers to us pulling up in identical Jeep Renegades. – crazy.

    SYITG