Tag: The Alamo

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  • Meatball aaalllmost became Ground Meat

    8 SOJ beasts came out to the Alamo this morning to kick off SOJ Takeover Week. The weather was beautiful, but the sprinkler head pothole that took Meatball down to the ground was not so kind! Thank goodness he was ok with no injuries, but it was a close one! A modification was called for the safety of the PAX and it went something like this:

    Warmup: Mosey up the hill across from the Alamo and back to circle up for some exercises: SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles (Forward/Backward), Arm Stretches, Merkins, Wilson’s Wife, Fudd’s Wife, Knee to chest and LBCs.

    COP 1: Mosey to the tunnel for a triple check – Crab Toe Taps, Silver Surfers (Learned down range in Murrells Inlet – Squats with a 180 degree turn between), Timer runs into the tunnel to perform 10 Wall sit side steps and continues run up the stairs then returns with 10 Wall sit side steps and completes the run.

    COP 2: Mosey back to the Alamo to the little grassy hill for initially partner 11’s modified to just individual after Meatball almost became ground meat when stepping in a pothole. Initial plans called for Carolina Dry Docks, partners wheelbarrow up the hill to side lunges and Bernie back down the hill. After said incident, modified to keep the Carolina dry docks, bear crawl up the hill, side lunges and run back to the beginning. Everyone completed the 11s and thank goodness Meatball didn’t sustain any major injuries.

    COP 3: Mosey walk to the parking lot for horseshoe build up. Started with 10 Bear Push Ups, run the horseshoe to the other side for 10 Bear Push Ups + 20 Bear Toe Taps, run back to the other side for 10 Bear Push Ups + 20 Bear Toe Taps + 30 Leg Lifts, run back to the other side for 10 Bear Push Ups+ 20 Bear Toe Taps+ 30 Leg Lifts + 40 Supermans.

    COP 4: Ring of Fire with favorite Ab exercise while PAX holds 6 inches

    Time called, Names, Numbers, Announcements (SOJ Takeover, NTB 1 Year Q at No Toll 6/11, 2nd F at Snuff’s Pool 6/11 8 PM) Prayer Requests (Warby’s father grieving the loss of a great friend from growing up, Futon’s MIL undergoing treatment and clinical trial for cancer).

    Pleasure to lead you gentleman this morning! Keep pushing and watch out for potholes in grassy areas at your AOs!

  • The eye of the storm

    13 locals came out to enjoy the 70 and Sunny conditions at the Alamo. Let’s Gooo!

    Warmarama: SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, DQ, Copperhead Squats, Cherry Pickers, Jazzersize.

    The Thang:
    Round1: Eye of the Storm
    Corner1: 20 Merkins, 20 Heals to Heaven
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees
    Corner2: 30 Squats, 30 Carolina Dry Docks
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees
    Corner3: 40 SSH, 40 Flutter Kicks
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees

    Round2: Eye of the Storm
    Corner1: 20 Merkins, 20 Heals to Heaven
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees
    Corner2: 30 Squats, 30 Carolina Dry Docks
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees
    Corner3: 40 SSH, 40 Flutter Kicks
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees

    Round3: Eye of the Storm
    Corner1: 20 Merkins, 20 Heals to Heaven
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees
    Corner2: 30 Squats, 30 Carolina Dry Docks
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees
    Corner3: 40 SSH, 40 Flutter Kicks
    Back to the start: 5 Burpees

    The Easiest Mile:
    20 Bear Crawls, 20 Lunges, 10 Broad Jump Burpees
    Repeat all 3 until you get to the other side

    2 Minutes of Mary:
    American Hammers
    LBC
    Flutter Kicks

    BTTF
    Numberama: Namerama
    Announcements:
    Old Glory tomorrow at No Toll.
    See Slack for more

    Thanks for letting me lead today.

    Oyster

  • Twas the Night Before CSAUP

    18 F3 studs flooded The Alamo for what they didn’t know was in preparation for tomorrows CSAUP.

    Slow mosey to get the blood pumping. Mission statement followed by SSH, Ukrainian soldier, Cherry pickers, LBCs, some wife stretches, merkins, mountain climbers.

    COP #1: Quick mosey to the tennis courts. Took a page from a DTH Q known as the Dirty McDeuce

    4 rounds, 3 exercises per round, 12 reps per exercise. After each round, bear crawls to center court and a trot back to the starting line.

    Exercises were chain smokers, hand release merkins, LT. Dans

    COP #2: The Old Hundred

    Ran through the neighborhood to various cul de sacs and performed: 100 LBCs, 90 air presses, 80 SSHs, 70, Alabama prom dates, 60 double count flutter kicks, 50 jump squats, 40 merkins, 30 American hammers, 20 monkey humpers, 10 Navy Seal burpees.

    Finished up with a merkin Ring of Fire. Time.

    Count, names, announcements, COT

    Always an honor leading you gents! Just shy of a 5k worth of running this morning.

    CSAUP tomorrow for State Farms 1 year. Please come support!!!

    4:30 5K

    5:00 Pull up focused moring wood

    5:30 Bermuda beatdown, coffee and donuts to close

  • Word to your mother.

    Started off my week the best way I know how, leading a bunch of HIMs.

    Here is what went down:

    Warmorama: 2 laps around the Alamo (maybe 1ish for some), followed by some SSH, Ukrainian Soldiers, Deadman hang (both sides), LBCs, Heals to Heaven, Merkins, etc.

    COP #1: Dora the explora. Partner up. Across the long side of the parking lot and back. Exercises were 100 Heals to Heaven, 200 Amor de Mono, and 300 SSH.

    20 count.

    COP #2: Pyramid of Death (quite possibly just ladder workout). Line up on the length of the parking lot. Start with 1 merkin, lunge to other side. All the way up to ten reps. Work way back down. More complaints about the lunges that the merkins…I said we could switch to bear crawls…that shut them up.

    active rest (walking around the lot).

    COP # 3: Mosey to bunker for triple check. Heals to heaven (again) + Mountain Climbers. Runner…through the bunker and back. Quite dry down there for a change. Finished up with 1 min of plank and 1 set of side planks (30 seconds).

    BTTF for some stretches and that’s it.

    Numbers/Names:

    Announcements:

    1. Close to raising 10k with the Team Brightside fundraise. Keep rolling!
    2. Let’s go to Bermuda next Tuesday for an epic beatdown by our one and only STATE FARM.
    3. Heist Q series returns tmw for Kettle Bell….MOT Q…will have running options for all…you can do it.

    Prayers: My niece (Mica) is having tonsils and adenoids removed today. Prayers for healing and everything to go well. I took us out.

    Strong work guys. Good day to lead. Thanks for making me better. Enjoyed seeing the great crush that is Orange and a merry woodsman today….always good to see the regulars.

  • The day after Grow Ruck!

    There would be no slack at this post Grow Ruck workout, however, the Grow Ruck attendees were so beat down that they din’t even attend the Alamo Q. Primarily focused on calisthenics, including abs, shoulders, chest and cardio as Wildcat gassed us up as he usually does at the Alamo. Led out with a half-mile Army cadence run and brought it back home. Speedy recovery to our Grow Ruck fam.

  • Birthday Q – 38 Reps

    16 roadies came to check out the Birthday Q at the Alamo this morning! YHC turns 38 today, therefore 38 was the repetition number we went to, and it was at that moment that I realized 38 is getting up there! During our warmup a group of women dog walkers cat called to us then picked up their pace when we invited their husbands to come join. Here is how it went down:

    Warmup mosey up the hill across from the alamo and back to the parking lot for the following exercises: SSH, Copperhead Squats, Deadman Hang (C/R/L), Knee to Chest (R, L, Both), LBCs, Merkins

    COP 1: Partner up for some full body horseshoe action. P1 performs 38 reps of the called exercise with cinder block while P2 performs called cardio exercise, switch roles and then partners take off carrying the block to the opposite side of the parking lot after each round for total of 6 rounds. Cinder block exercises consisted of OH Press, Curls, Skull Crushers, Chest Press, Russian Twists and Single Leg Squats. Cardio exercises consisted of Mountain Climbers and SSH.

    COP 2: Triple Check on the grassy hill behind the Alamo – P1 Dive Bomb Merkins, P2 Lateral lunges, P3 (Timer) Bear crawls up the hill for 5 blockees then run back down

    COP 3: Returned to Horseshoes as mentioned in COP 1 with cinder block exercises consisting of Anterior Raises, Preacher Curls, Dips, Incline Merkins and Windshield wipers over block. Cardio exercises consisted of Alabama Prom Dates and Ball Dippers.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements (Breaking Bread open in May – See Q sheet to sign up), Grow Ruck Events May 3-5 – See Slack for details, F3 RVA 10 Year Pediatric Cancer Awareness Convergence Sept 21 – Please consider donating and sharing the link to help raise $10,000 for Team Brightside – Team Bright Side | Donately

    Prayer Requests – Swoop recovering from being under the weather, All PAX fighting injury/illness, Safety for kids with 1 month left of school.

    Pleasure to lead you gentlemen today. I appreciate all of the well birthday wishes! Have a blessed day!

  • VQ Week Kickoff

    VQ Week Kickoff

    “30” of us posted at the Alamo for VQ Week kickoff (earning a $500 donation to Team Bright Side). After a mosey and brief warm up we headed for the fresh blacktop, stopping at each intersection and doing 2 Burpees. Once we got to destination we split in to two teams and did a progressive buildup. Run to the nearest intersection and perform exercise, run back and do the previous exercise plus another one. Rinse and repeat. The exercises were as follows:

    5 WWII… 5 WWIIs + 10 Drydocks… 5 WWIIs + 10 Drydocks + 15 Copperhead Squats… 5 WWIIs + 10 Drydocks + 15 Copperhead Squats + 20 Dollies… 5 WWIIs + 10 Drydocks + 15 Copperhead Squats + 20 Dollies + 25 Merkins… 5 WWIIs + 10 Drydocks + 15 Copperhead Squats + 20 Dollies + 25 Merkins + 30 LBCs.

    Quick 20 count from Nancy then we broke it down, shedding an exercise each time.

    Mosey back to the flag stopping at each intersection for 5 merkins. Got in a circle and did a ring of fire of merkins until time expired.

  • Bash Bros Visit the Alamo

    Handshake put out a signal, YHC answered.  Can’t have Canseco without McGwire or the one guy from Mighty Ducks 2 without the other depending how old you are. Twelve guys wondered which Bash Bros would show.

    Here’s what transpired:

    Handshake Q

    Mosey down the street from the clubhouse to a cul-de-sac

    COP

    • SSHs
    • Imperial Squats
    • Ukranian Soldiers
    • Don Quixotes
    • Hand Release Merkins
    • Inverted Scorpion Kicks
    • Pencil Roll
    • WWIIs
    • Probably something else

    Mosey back to clubhouse lot

    • With Partner, run to other side of lot and do 10 Jump Squats, run back for 10 Boxing Cockroaches, 10 Booyah Merkins, and 10 Booyah WWIIs x 3

    EF Hutton Q

    Mosey out front of clubhouse

    DORA 1-2-3

    • P1 – Bernie up the hill x 2 and run back
    • P2 – 100 x Carolina Dry Docks, 200 x Reverse Crunches, 300 x SSHs
    • P1 and P2 – 3 Burpees at each switch

    Mosey back to far lot

    Ark Loader (Animal movements across parking lot)

    • Bearcrawl
    • Crabwalk
    • Duckwalk
    • Bunny Hop
    • Murder Bunny
    • Polar Bear

    Mosey back to VSF

    Mary

    • Scissor Sisters x 3 rounds for time (10 R/L)

    Numberama, Nameorama, COT

    MOLESKIN

    The Bash Bros like to shake it up from time to time.  Though YHC is semi-regular at the Alamo, its always great to see new faces and new territory.  The Alamo dudes are most excellent.  Once you’ve done this thing a while, you quickly realize its not the AO or the workout, it’s the PAX that keep you coming.   No signs of the elusive ghost flag so far this month.  Watch your back though. 

    ANNOUNCEMENTS

    • Checkout slack for a great charitable cause opportunity
    • Lots of VQs SOJ next week

  • Red snapper and a gal named rita

    COP

    normal warmups ssh, merkins, lbc, dollies, ritas, cherry pickers, arm circles, helo’s

    THANG

    circle of burpees guessing game

    12’s w merkins and ww2s

    dora with merkins, lbc, squats

    triple check with shadow boxing and front kicks

    merkin ring of fire

    stretching

    COT number/namearama, announcements, prayers for wildcat having a baby tomorrow

    YHC took us out

  • 12 @ The Alamo

    12 men, including an FNG, got after it this morning to start the week off right.

    Several VQs are coming up, see announcements, let’s get out there and support those men.

    Here’s what went down:

    Warm up — @ Alamo

    • Circle up
      • Side Straddle hop — 30x
      • Dead Man Hang — C/L/R
      • On your six,
        • Roscoe’s mom L/R
        • Pull leg to chest L/R
        • Leg out L/R

    Thing 1 — 11s @ Horseshoe by Tennis Courts

    • Navy Seal Burpees
    • Heels to Heaven
    • Run ½ of Horseshoe 
    • Plank for the 6, L/R hand high, hold, recover

    Thing 2 — Coupon DORA @ Horseshoe by Model Home  

    • 100x Skull Crushers
    • 200x Curls
    • 300x Chest Press
    • Timer lunge to end of parking lot
      • 5x Mike Tyson push up
      • Bernie back 

    Mosey to entrance of Clubhouse

    Thing 3 — Triple Check: Abs @ Norland Road

    • Timer runs to end of the street and back
    • American Hammers
    • LBCs 

    COT — @ Alamo

    • Announcements
      • VQs
        • 4/6 Fergie @ DogPile
        • 4/22 Blacktop @ Alamo
        • 4/25 Rudy @ Timberwolf 
      • 10 Year Convergence & Pediatric Cancer Awareness Fundraiser
        • 9/21@ Dogpile
        • Raising $10,000 for Pediatric Cancer Research 
    • Prayer Requests