Tag: #SOJ

  • Merkins, Abs, and Legs

    That’s what happened at Bermuda Triangle on Tuesday. Everything else was forgotten in the gloom.

    Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving 🦃🦃🦃

  • Fandango Field

    12 grown-boys started their day off right by creating a caloric deficit this morning at Timberwolf. ULTIMATE FRISBEE< BABY!! Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – The PAX moseyed down to the illuminated football field to find YHC, Crabgrass and McGruff putting the finishing touched on all of the lights. Gave the mission, stretched out, numbered off and go into it.

    Team #1: Snip, DK, Fandango, Heist, Woodsman, Matlock

    Team #2: Crabgrass, Cookie, McGruff, OC, Da Bear

    RESULT: Team #1 won 9-5

    Highlights

    • Snip throws darts and made the catch of the day with a muddy leg to show for it
    • Fandango proved why the field is now named after him w
    • Da Bear is a freight train with hands
    • Cookie is #1 in all of our hearts
    • OC/Dk are field generals

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, 12/6

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • Festivus’s growing family
    • Wildcat for prez!

    Huge thanks to Heist for bringing coffee, cinnamon rolls and a little bourbon for the boys this morning. A true man of the people!

  • Stranger Things Run

    YHC and Bullseye left the larger SOT crowd for a jaunt through the underworld known as Salisbury. 4ish miles in and around the hood and back to the point of beginning. No sightings of #001, #011 or the Hellfire Club. Nice hang at the StrangerBucks for coffee after.

  • Time to Beat: 52min

    Game time decision – neither the 60# Sandy or the 50# KB made it out of the back of YHC’s Taco for this morning’s drippy walk through the dark woods. With just four PAX present, and HP going easy on his knee, we opted for a speed ruck around the perimeter loop of Larus Park – no shortcuts, no stops, 52 min in total time with the stopwatch starting and ending in the Einstein lot. This establishes a baseline time for other Q’s to try and beat in future. NTB had to bounce after COT to catch baby vomit before it sullied his angelic wife’s honor, while the rest of us enjoyed a long and coffee drenched discussion about a number of books. Happy Thanksgiving brothers. Yours AYE! ~DTH

  • Stranger Things

    7 grown-boys ran around this morning at The Woodshed. Here’s what went down…

    WARMARAMA – Looong mosey to the nearby elementary school. Gave the mission, stretched out and got into it.

    COP #1: 4 Corners, LOTN (First 4 seasons of Stranger Things)

    • Corner 1: (40) LBC’s
    • Corner 2: (30) SSH
    • Corner 3: (20) Merkins
    • Corner 4: (10) Burpies

    COP #2 : 11’s (Main character in Stranger Things is named “11”)

    • Exercise 1: Toe Taps on the curb
    • Exercise 2: Copperhead Squats

    COP #3: After a looong mosey back…Ring of Fire

    • Legs, QTY (10) 7x

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Ultimate Frisbee tomorrow at Timberwolf!!
    • Daddy Daughter Dance on 12/6

    PRAYERS

    • Wildcat staying strong!
    • Kid at OHES struggling to get back to 100%
    • Safety/sanity for all over the next few days

  • 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.

  • Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

    Two PAX arrived on this wet day. YHC was 1-min late, so the other PAX had already left to do his own circuit. According to the street lamp that went out at 5:40am, here’s what happened by the amphitheater:

    COP: Helicopter, arm circles (forwards and backwards), Ukranian soldiers, Imperial walkers, Copperhead squats.

    Merkins x35, Superman x 1min

    Cue music-driven ab excercises – flutter kicks, freddie mercury, LBCs

    Algore for 1 minute

    Arm lifts with traffic cone x 3 sets

    Bear crawl + SSH through half of the traffic circle

    Mosey to stage – 3 sets of BTTW, merkins, and belly-down starfish

    Mosey to Cage – 15 pull-ups and 10 Jerkins

    Mosey back to the field – 20 squats, 15 hand-release merkins, 30 merkins

    Both PAX reconvened at the field for some fellowship, and YHC took us out, asking the Lord to help us remember his love for today.

  • You don’t have to do rucksack burpees with L Woods, you get to.

    For a long time, YHC hesitated to Q Ruckhenge out of a lingering fear of getting lost. But after being inspired by Bru’s VQ last week, YHC finally took the plunge and stepped up to lead the night before. The route wound its way through the woods, broken up by several stops for squats and overhead presses.

    As the pax emerged from the trees, the path continued behind the shopping center. Right behind Granite Hill Restaurant, just when everyone thought we were wrapping up, YHC called for 11s: donkey kicks on the wall paired with burpees, much to DK’s dismay.

    Strong work by all the pax, and in the end, the only thing that truly got lost was one of YHC’s gloves.

    Announcements: Chili Cook off November 23 @ The Alamo, Ultimate Frisbee Thanksgiving Day @ Timberwolf (530); Thanksgiving Day Convergence at 7.

  • What’s the time?

    10 grown-boys ran around RounTrey this morning. In order to get them their credit and get my kids down for bed, I’ll give the sparknotes.

    WARAMARA – Mission and strecthes.

    The Thang – Ran a bunch, I fell down, pull ups, sprints, Wildcat farted, 11’s.

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Daddy Daughter Dance
    • Chili Cookoff

    PRAYERS/WINS

    • Holiday stress

  • HB3 – Bell Bashers

    A swarthy seven SOJ studs swung their huge bells into the frosty gloom in the following HIMtastic manner:

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey loop carrying KB’s and circle up
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC and a few stretches

    THE THANG:

    • Coupon mosey down to the best Turf field in RVA and line up on the TD line
    • THE GREMLIN – the nastier smaller brother of the classic Beast – usually shorter distances, but with movement activities between reps, and in today’s case, carrying KB’s
    • Round 1 – Lunge walk 20 yards between stops, x6 Goblet Squats at each of the six stops 
    • Round 2 – Bear crawl dragging Bell between 5 yard intervals, x6 KB swings at each stop
    • Round 3 – Overhead run between 20 yard intervals, with x6 KB WWII’s each stop
    • Round 4 – BELL BASHERS was a new one today – imagine crab walking, but with butt scooting backward along turf, alternating hands to pull along KB between legs. Used the 5 yard intervals for this nasty little movement, stopping for x6 Bell Hammers (2-count) at each stop
    • Round 5 – Shoulder carry the KB to run between 25 yards intervals, stopping for x6 Bell Merkins each stop
    • Round 6 – Last but not least, the PAX held their KB’s to hop (mini broad jump) between the 5 yard intervals, stopping for Bell Burpees at each stop (BB’s combine dropping for a Bell Merkin, the Hopping up to swing the Bell overhead)

    REVIEW TIME:

    • PAX took a few minutes to familiarize and practice proper Turkish Getup form

    Mosey BTTF and Circle up for COT:

    • Counterama # 7
    • Namerama
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer
    • COFFEE!!! (Thank you Snuff!!!)

    NMS:  There may not be a more spectacular way to start a new week than swinging Huge Bells with your favorite fellas. YHC diverged from the stationary KB routine and take the Bells on a little tour down to the field. The Gremlin beast is always a crowd favorite, and the movements and reps held the PAX to a higher level of pain than usual. Today’s novel little routine was the crabscoot KB pull, which was suggested to be called Ball Bashers by L Woods after we noticed Snuff actually crab walking with his Huge Bell sitting atop of his man parts. Snuff was prompt to edit the exercise name to Bell Bashers. Either way, the PAX put in some challenging work today, and YHC already has another 1000 ways to introduce KB’s to every Forge routine from the last 6 year. Keep posting gents! Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • Thanksgiving Day – TWO options will be 0530 Timberwolf Ultimate Frisbee, and a 0700 pConvergence at Mary
    • 11/23 Alamo Chili Cookoff
    • 12/6 Father Daughter Dance