You can tout your fireworks or drone displays all you like, but nothing beats a glorious sunrise on a fine summer day. Five HIM’s got in a few miles under ruck-weight, and concluded with a ceremonial uncovering of the cabers and GTE logs. Conversation was excellent as usual and all five PAX stuck around for the main event – see next post… Yours AYE! ~DTH
Browsing: #SOJ
2 pre-gloom warriors met at 4:30a on Wednesday for this weeks edition of the Swift Freakshow AKA The Graveyard Shift. Temperatures were spiritually 70 and sunny, while physically a light rain persisted through the time on the track. Usually held on Thursdays, we went with Wednesday this week because YHC is running the Brandermill 7.4k on Friday. Taper intervals were in the docket. According to the fleet of foot intrepid ladies who joined us at 5am, this is more or less what happened. .5 mile warm up in zone 2 1 lap at 7:30 pace, 1 lap recovery pace (9:30-10:30ish)…
You’ll have to ask Scram about Rule # 3. Today we had a strong group of 16 to help celebrate YHC’s ascension into the realm of respect. Here is a brief summary for viewing pleasure: Slaughter start on the Knoller Coaster: Bear Crawl up the hills, Lunge Walk across, Crab Walk down. Warm Up: Jazzercise, Ukranian Soldiers, Ski Jumps, Apple Bottom Poppers, HR Merkins, Freddy Mercuries, West Virginia Prom Dates, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Appalachian Lunge Walks, Hillbillies, Mummy Kicks. Exercise One: Indigenous People’s Mario Jumps. Man in the back completes 5 merkins, then runs to the front. We made…
15 grown-boys ran around a field this morning and got after it! If the PAX had their way, the title of today’s workout would have had something to do with “Diddy.” But it’s not, so here’s what went down! Moseyed around the neighborhood and found a sweet spot to stretch out. Gave the mission, stretched and got into it. COP #1 – ”12 Days of Christmas-style” circuit 1 – Run the length of the field and back 2 – Burpees 3 – Lt. Dan’s 4 – Merkins 5- CDD 6 – Bobby Hurley’s 7 Crabcakes 8 – SSH 9 -…
Can’t start without a good mosey around the parking lot. Being warmed up from the pull up session we went right for the cindies. Rifle carry from the shed to the cow pasture fence. 11s over the fence with thrusters and burpees. This proved to be the right call, although it took longer than expected. Don’t forget the abs with some double clutch WW2s and WW3s. We still had to get cindies back to the shed. The 3 of us alternated with bear crawl, farmers carry, and lunge walk. This left us enough time for a ab ring of fire…
7 HIMs showed up to the gun show ready to Pump! you up! Started off with a mosey around the parking lot, followed by some targeted stretches. A Member of the PAX started to feel the pain at this point -oof, hang in there buddy we’re just getting started! 6 lightposts light the parking lot, we carried our KB to each one and did 3 exercises. Starting with 5x reps, we increased each light pole1 – 5x lat raises, chest press, v sit ups2 – 6x lateral lunges with twist (each side), normal lunge with twist (each side), single arm…
2 fleet-of-foot denizens of the Pickle Ball kingdom met on the courts of battle for the Inaugural F3RVA Singles Pickle Ball Championship. Conditions were sunny and 70. According to the lady of the night and her escort, the following back-and-forth action might have happened. COP: Lap around the courts. Various stretches and exercises. Pre-game workout was intense with Applesauce setting the F3RVA record with 1,110 merkins (before 5:45 a.m.). He also Invented 2 new AI models and cured one strain of the common cold (but, only one). Vaccines were banned from this tournament, as was flouride and several books that…
19 Spartans converged on the Alamo this humid morning to start their week off right. 6 gents were bamboozled into schlepping sandbags from Crabbs house to the flag, extra credit boys!! Thank you to Rudy for giving up the Q so YHC could lead his 300th post. Lets go!! 5:30, not a second late, the PAX went for a mosey down through the tunnel and back to the flag. Mission statement, 5 core principles. SSH, Don Quixotes, Cherry pickers, LBCs, scorpion kicks. First battle: 6 exercises, 2 rounds 25 reps = 300. Merkins, jump squats, WW2s, heals to heaven, Crab…
9 of of SOJ’s finest took on the somewhat stupid and moderately pointless summer challenge known as the Abcathlon. It was a hot and humid morning – but luckily, no upper body muscles were required. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.Mosey to the basketball court for a short Warm-up: Ukranian Soldiers, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, various stretches, butt kicks and high knees.Exercise One: Abcathlon: Roughly 1.25 mile course with 10 stops. 50 count exercises at each station1. Grow Ruck Sit ups2. Pickle Pounders 3. Incline LBC’s4. Hanging Knee Raises5. Rosalitas/Hello Dollies6. Crunchy Frogs 7. WW II Sit ups…
A hard-thing-loving duo we’ll call Try Clown took off on the Rockwood perimeter loop and lost themselves in deep conversation while pushing the Repeat Loop button for 53 minutes. With this level of humidity, better the open air than going into suffocating woods trails. Big Rig temporarily joined the romantic duo a couple times but kept taking off for more running miles. Halfway through the hour Chaplain and 2.0 Touchdown joined the ruck having laid out the deadly Abcathalon course. The PAX completed just shy of 3 miles, and quality conversation was enjoyed by all. Yours AYE! ~DTH