Tag: The Creek

4 men and 3 2.0’s wrestled their way out of the fartsack and into a wonderful morning, cool and crisp.  This is what the paper says we did.

COP SSH x 10, LBC x 15, arm circles 11/4, small/big, reverso, DQ x 10, SSH x 15, Freddie Mercury’s x 10, Helicopters x 15

Mosey to pavilion for Aiken Legs: 20 each-box jumps, split jacks, lunges and skull crushers, Al Gore for the 6.

On your six for ABC’s, capital letters only, English alphabet!

Mosey to corner of parking lot and partner up for Dora: 100 HR merkins, 200 LBC’s, 300 squats, switch from running a loop to lunging at midway point.

Mosey to flag: 20 each: 2 count shoulder taps, American hammers, LBC’s hold 6 inches for 20 seconds, then everyone plank, while each member of the PAX leaps over those planking.

COT, numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS

YHC sent out a message last night that the Creek might turn into one, with a 70% chance of rain at 5 in the morning.   Did this scare some PAX away?  The parking lot and grounds were soaked, but not a drop of rain fell during the workout.  There were some near collisions during COP with people going crazy with SSH.  Mudface and his clan also brought forth the 4th F with gusto–thanks fellas!  During ABC’s there were suggestions about doing the letters in Comic Sans or Wingdings, perhaps Cyrillic, or even Chinese.  YHC would be glad for any of those to take place, might need some visual aids to make it happen.  YHC had only planned to do a modified Dora, but the PAX crushed it so just made it a full, with the modification of lunging rather than running.  YHC is amazed at how slow some of his brothers lunge–must be paying attention to proper form?  The HRM were no joke, and after Aiken Legs and lunges, the 300 squats were tough to grind out, but as usual the PAX killed it.  There were more shenanigans while jumping over those planking, and most of the PAX wisely modified to elbow plank to reduce risk of injury.  Great effort today, gentlemen!  Thanks for letting me lead.

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

18 warriors showed up to celebrate two years of The Creek and it went down something like this…

Slaughter Start – 26 merkins

The Carpenter took the Q

Mosey around the church building

COP All IC – 25 SSHs, 5 HRMs, 10 copperhead squats, 6 HRMs, 10 dying cockroaches, 7 HRMs, 10 don quixotes, 8 HRMs, 25 LBCs, 9 HRMs, arm circles, 10 HRMs

Mosey to the front of the building near the loop

Loop This!

• Partner up
• One partner goes around the loop, half with bear crawl, half with lunges while the other partner does WWII sit-ups. Switch.
• One partner goes around the loop, half with crab walk, half with lunges while the other partner does HRMs. Switch.

Spit took the Q

Mosey to the field

Polar Bear Dora

• Partner up – one partner grabs a cinder block
• One partner does 5 polar bears out and 5 polar bears back while the other exercises. Switch until all exercises completed
• 100 overhead presses, 200 leg raises while holding the cinder block up, 300 squats while holding the cinder block

Mosey to the flag

10 boo-yah merkins!

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, Wild Thing took us out

Announcements

• Convergence tomorrow morning – 6 am at Dogpile followed by a COP and then run
• Puppy pile next Saturday after Dogpile

NMS

Abacus called for a Friday morning AO a few years ago and there were many doubters. He and a few others pushed through the resistance and fired up The Creek. To this day, no one really knows the location of the creek but the AO is next to a neighborhood called Ashcreek so there you have it…

The PAX rolled in and was ready to go to work. Hardywood elicited a cheer as he located his special parking spot (Spit noticed that non-DaVillians tend to park in the spots closest to the road). Emoji offered gloves and somebody confused it for a drug deal. There is never a dull moment at The Creek.

Spit called for a slaughter start of 26 merkins. 26 men showed up for the one year anniversary of The Creek last year and we paid respect.

YHC took the Q from there and the COP showcased some of the PAX doing all kinds of dance moves during the SSHs. YHC limited the number to 25 to stop the madness while recognizing that someone was going to get hurt. The increasing HRMs strategically placed between each exercise elicited the expected groans and provided for a full warm-up before heading over to The Loop.

The initial bear crawlers collided and fought for position like they were at the RIR. It is a race weekend here in Richmond so they were not too far off from the festivities. Wilt tried to out-crab-walk YHC and got run over. He eventually got smashed by Spit as well. Wilt exclaimed that he felt like he was in a Mario Kart race without any weapons. The only weapon that is necessary at a F3 workout is determination. The PAX showed that this morning. Spike and Hardywood crushed The Loop exercises and finished way ahead of everyone else. That is a team that you don’t want to mess with!

Spit took the Q and dished out some Creekish (whatever that means) pain in the field with the cinder blocks and polar bears. The PAX didn’t relent and knocked out the exercises in a timely manner with limited mumble chatter. Spit forced the 2.0s to go for a run around the field because they lost focus. Spit will do just fine as his 2.0 grows older. I’m sure his 2.0 will have to do some runs around the neighborhood if he talks back or fails to get his chores done.

It was a great morning all around as we celebrate two years of The Creek. It would have only been better if Abacus had shown up and made us do 45 minutes of ab insanity… He didn’t… Let’s go for another year and look forward to starting next year’s workout with a slaughter start of 18 of something…

The Carpenter

 

9 warriors showed up on this kind of moist morning for a gentle beatdown.

Here is what happened (more or less)
Hallelujah Run around the church

Circle up —
IJR, Smurf jacks, arm circles, crab cakes, flutterkicks, box cutters, dirty dogs, curb one legged copperhead squats
5 burpees OYO

1 minute plank on curb, 1 minute reverse plank on curb

Move over a little and do uneven merkins on curb (one hand on curb, one hand on asphalt) do 10 IC each arm

THE BEAST — 6 at each light
1) toe taps on curb
2) alternating shoulder taps
3) Smurf Jacks
4) Merkins
5) Jump Squats
6) Burpees

Lights go off at 6:05 right as we are finishing the Beast

11’s around the loop at front of church
starting with 1 stump merkin and 10 mountain climbers — you know the drill

Numbers, Names, Announcements, YHC took us out

Announcements –
1) The Creek 2 year anniversary will be held next Friday the 21st!  Had No idea it has been that long!

2) 4 year anniversary of F3 at Dogpile  on the 22nd.  6 AM bootcamp.  7:15 VITA course race.  Munchies afterwards.

NMS —
Most of the mumblechatter dealt with the fact that Opus (and all the local students) were off today for a light summer shower.  YHC actually wanted to be at work today — was just starting to get into a rhythm at school and YHC’s kids were actually getting ready on time without complaining!  Not complaining about a day off, though.

Many prayers for the people who are in need of rescue and also the ones doing the rescuing.  Men and women willing to sacrifice their lives to save another.  We are indeed grateful for all of these people who do this kind of thing on a regular basis and make it their life’s calling.

all apologies to No  Idea.  Sorry I skipped right over you during the Name-o-rama.

Peace
Opus

Nine Davillians, including 3 2.0’s, made it down to swim in the Creek.  Here’s how it happened.

COP, IC

Sets of 15: Merkins, SSH, DQ, LBC’s, HRM, Helix squats

Mosey to field, partner up for Partner 11’s (courtesy of Mudface)

Partner wheelbarrow 15 paces, 1 derkin, switch up, partner carry back, 10 squats, keep going until 10 derkins and 1 squat.

Mosey to church for 4 corners: run to 1st corner, 5 HRM, carioca to next corner, 10 split jacks, run to 3rd corner, 15 Heels to heaven, carioca to start, 20 Freddie Mercury’s

Mosey to the flag, tunnel of love, then circle up around the flag for 10 each of American hammers, shoulder taps, LBC’s, mountain climbers and Helix squats.  Rinse and repeat all.  Hold plank for 1 minute to finish up.

COT, numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS

YHC was struggling to figure out the Q and Mudface offered to let him use an exercise just dreamed up in Mudface’s nefarious noggin.  YHC explained it poorly to the PAX, who picked it up and performed it with pride.  Due to their excelling, the exercise exceeded YHC’s estimate of time, and YHC extrapolated that it would be an esteemed idea to not elongate 4 corners, so called an audible posthaste.  This left time for the fan favorite, tunnel of love, flawlessly fulfilled by the frenetic PAX, especially Flounder.   Annnd, that’s done….

The PAX worked very hard on a really humid morning, and YHC’s glasses kept getting fogged up, which prevented reading of the cheatsheet and led to remarks about the Q not having any idea what was supposed to happen.  Tunnel of love is always interesting, especially with 2.0s (and them being brothers).  We did have one FNG, but he had to leave before being named–we hope to see you back soon!

Thanks for letting me lead.

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

9 DaVillians and 2 summer challenge travelers fired up the engines and tackled the challenges that went something like this…

Short mosey around the parking lot and over to the far side of the building…

COP All IC – 50 SSHs, 10 HRMs, 10 don quixotes, 10 HRMs, 10 helicopters, 10 HRMs, arm circles, 10 HRMs, 50 LBCs, 10 HRMs

Mosey to the front corner of the building

4x4x4x4 (modified 4x4s to include SSHs instead of mountain climbers)

• Start with 10 WWII sit-ups
• Run to the first corner, do four 4x4s, run back to the first corner and do 10 WWII sit-ups
• Run to the first corner, do four 4x4s, run to the second corner, do four 4x4s, run back to the first corner and do 10 WWII sit-ups
• Run to the first corner, do four 4x4s, run to the second corner, do four 4x4s, run to the third corner, do four 4x4s run back to the first corner and do 10 WWII sit-ups
• Run to the first corner, do four 4x4s, run to the second corner, do four 4x4s, run to the third corner, do four 4x4s, run to the fourth corner, do four 4x4s, run back to the first corner and do 10 WWII sit-ups
• Finish with 50 LBCs
• Pick up the six by joining up and doing the exercises until everyone finished
• Everyone finished up with 25 LBCs IC

Mosey to the flag – 1 HRM IC, 1 SSH IC

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Labor Day Convergence at Three Lakes Park at 7 am
• F3 RVA 4 year anniversary on Saturday, 9/22 at Dogpile at 6 am followed by a run followed by a cook-out
• Chewy has started a new business! Check out https://www.etsy.com/shop/DillonsJurassicArt

NMS:

YHC rolled into the parking lot to see Spit, Honey Do and EF Hutton already present and gearing up for the workout. The talking for the workout had already begun the night before when Mudface texted YHC and asked if  “should we come prepared to work or what?” Spit also texted YHC and wondered if SSHs or HRMs were now his favorite exercise…

The PAX circled up and YHC alerted them that this workout would give all of us a chance to figure out which exercise was more favored – SSHs or HRMs. The PAX proceeded to get to work in the COP with ample amounts of SSHs and HRMs. The opportunities continued during the 4x4x4x4 fun fest.

Spit took off fast in the 4x4x4x4. Some of the PAX noted that he cut short the initial set and Spit quickly adjusted. He then proceeded to crush the rest of it. EF Hutton, Opus and Honey Do were right behind him. Mudface continued to show us all how to build a warrior of a son through his encouragement and challenges to Chewy and Recess. Flounder pushed through and is demonstrating increasing strength every week. Emoji and Yardsale enjoyed some mumblechatter along the way too.

In the end, the PAX voted for the favored exercise out of SSHs and HRMs. HRMs won 6 to 4 (with one abstention). YHC stilled voted for SSHs but he is being won over to the HRMs because they reduce the possibility of short-cuts on the merkins.

It was a blast of a morning!

The Carpenter

15 Davillians and 3 men completing the summer challenge descended on The Creek to try and break a sweat on a beautiful and cool morning.  Here’s how it went down.

COP

15 SSH     15 Don Quixotes      15 invisible jump ropes      15 arm circles (10 small, 5 big, reverso)

15 imperial walkers

Mosey to bell tower

Bear crawl to first curb, ABC’s,  bear crawl to second curb, 15 angle grinders, bear crawl to basketball goal, 15 4×4’s, Al Gore for 6.

Mosey to  pavilion for triple check: one partner runs to road and back, the others do LBC’s and split jacks.

Mosey back to parking lot for 11’s: Merkins and American hammers

Mosey back to shovel flag for COT, YHC took us out

NMS

YHC and family leave today for our annual trip to Hershey, PA, for all things chocolate, so it was important to get in one last F3 workout.  Somehow YHC forgot how late he is up before every trip with last minute packing, and barely escaped the fartsack this morning.  Some members of the PAX seemed to have wished YHC had not shown up, as their was a lot of mumblechatter during 4×4’s, although the PAX powered through all of it well.  The 4×4’s and angle grinders were new to YHC and some of the PAX too–it’s always good to do something different.  YHC had planned ring of fire to wrap it up, and wanted the 2.0’s to contribute the exercises. so asked them for suggestions.  That’s when one of Mudface’s 2.0s asked “Does walking count?”  Mudface was so proud!

Congrats to Rosie for finishing up the summer challenge, and YHC is unclear if Swiper and Offshore are done as well.

Announcements:  Puppy pile tomorrow, 7 AM.  Labor Day Convergence at Three Lakes park, see preblast for details.

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.

Twelve warriors emerged on the grounds of New Highland Baptist Church for another Friday morning beatdown.  This is what occurred:

Mosey around the church.

COP

• 5 Burpees OYO
• Arm Circles – 10 big, 5 small IC then reverso
• SSH – 20 IC
• Helicopters – 10 IC
• Don Quixote – 10 IC
• High Knees – 10 IC
• Backwards Lunges – 10 IC
• Merkins – 10 IC
• Angles Knee Jumps – 10 IC
• Foot to Hand Mountain Climbers – 10 IC
• LBCs – 20 IC
• Sitting Freddie Mercuries – 20 IC
• American Hammers – 20 IC

Triple Sprints – In 3, one partner sprints about 40 yards, 2nd partner sprints back, and so on.  Once a sprint is completed, the PAX member does 5 burpees.  Each PAX member will do a total of 5 sprints and 25 burpees.  Once this has been completed, bear crawl to the middle.

Mosey to Pavillion

AMRAP – Rotate between the following exercises for 3 minutes

• Round 1 – 5 One Leg Squats then rotate to other leg
• Round 2 – 5 Upright Alabama Prom Date Dips // 5 Derkins

Elevens – Rotating Elbow Planks and Mountain Climbers running about 30 yards in between the exercises.   (After first 3 completed the elevens, the exercise was stopped for time.

Mosey to Parking Lot

Plank-O-Rama  – All PAX would start in Plank Position

• Carolina Dry Docks // Merkins – Rotate between exercises (10 IC)
• Rotate to Side Plank and Hold – then drop hip and lift (10 IC)
• Rotate to Back Plank and Hold – then do upright Alabama Prom Dates (10 IC)
• Rotate to other side plank and hold – the drop hip and lift (10 IC)
• Rotate back to front plank and hold – Carolina Dry Docks // Merkins – Rotate between exercises (10 IC)
• Freddie Mercuries (20 IC)
• 6 Inches  Hold while Q counts down from 30.
• 5 Burpees OYO

COT – Numberama, Name-o-rama, Spike took us out.

NMS

As YHC was deciding which AO to attend in the morning, he noticed that no one had signed up to Q The Creek the next morning.  Because there was a good chance that Summer Tour participants would post at the Creek, YHC signed up.  At 5:30 AM, there were 12 Davillians and no Summer Tour participants.  With 2 more Fridays left before Labor Day, there should be several PAX members making there way north if the Summer Tour is still continuing.

It was great Qing again at The Creek.  The Creek for 2 years consistently has the largest PAX in Mechanicsville.  It also has the largest amount of 2.0s in F3RVA.  Great effort from all the PAX members today.  Apologies must be given to Mudface for limiting the amount of running we did today.  YHC will try to increase the mileage next time he Qs The Creek.  It is always impressive Mudface the amount that your 2.0s post.  Well done!  Nice to meet you Flounder and thank you for explaining your nickname.  It was also nice seeing It has nothing to do with Animal House.  Nice to see you again Boom Boom.  Good luck with your 3rd year at The Institute.

Announcements

• August 25 – Puppy Pile
• Labor Day – Convergence at Three Lakes Park.  See Pre-Blast.
• ReeseStrong 5K – Postponed for a year.

Gotta Run!

Phonics

12 fighters escaped the fart sack and found themselves in a parking lot to engage in a fun fest that went something like this…

Mosey out to the street, down to the first street and then back to the parking lot via the pavilion.

COP All IC – 50 SSHs, 10 flutter kicks, 10 hand-release merkins, 10 flutter kicks, 50 LBCs, 10 flutter kicks, don quixiotes, 10 flutter kicks, arm circles, 10 flutter kicks

Mosey to the field

Field of Dreams

Run to each corner and do an exercise, increasing by 5 up to 20 and then decreasing by 5 down to 5 for each corner (5-10-15-20-15-10-5).

• First round – merkins
• Second round – flutter kicks
• 25 partner leg tosses
• Third round – merkins

Mosey to the flag

All IC – 10 flutter kicks, 10 american hammers, 10 flutter kicks, 10 freddy mercuries, 10 flutter kicks, american hammers, 10 flutter kicks, 1 copperhead squat…

Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• Dogpile tomorrow – Ghost flag will be present
• Puppy pile on Saturday, 8/18 at 7:05 am after Dogpile
• Convergence at Three Lakes Park on Labor Day morning

NMS

YHC has been out of town a lot this summer and it was good to be back with the PAX this morning. The PAX was ready to roll and YHC took them on a scenic run in what appeared to be an off campus beginning but we turned back for the COP.

YHC has not been running out the SSHs as much in recent months so that needed to change. Various PAX members decided to jump around and run into one another during the SSHs and that brought some added entertainment to the start. The idea of doing a LOT of flutter kicks came to YHC’s mind a few days earlier and the PAX picked up on that theme quickly.

Spit and Patches attacked the Field of Dreams and set the pace for the morning. Ewok and Recess blazed a 2.0 trail when they were not beating each other up. There some mumble chatter but it turned to groans when the exercise for the second round of the Field of Dreams turned to flutter kicks. The PAX soaked up the dew in the field like sponges!

Welcome to Flounder. His name took awhile to create but the various parts of his life story converged into the name.The morning was a glorious one as always whenever the PAX fights through a workout together.

The Carpenter

 

 

10 Warriors (5 Davillians, 4 2.0’s, and one Summer Tourist) arrived a a overcast then raining Creek (no worries its always sunny and 70), to enjoy the end of the week with a beatdown.

This is how it went down

Mosey around the church in different ways including backwards, karaoke style, and forwards

COP (ALL IC) – Invisible Jump Rope, Hand Release Merkins (HRM’s), DQ, HRM’s, Helicopters, HRM’s, Arm Circles (forward), HRM’s, Arm Circles (backwards), HRM’s.

THANG

Partner Up

PLT in sets of 10, 15, and 20 each partner

Triple Up

Triple Check: HRM’s, LBC’s and run around the front parking lot

Quintuple Up

Chaos Four Corners: Teams of five, split up with a different person at each corner. The fifth partner starts running to the first corner to pick up the first partner. Before they head to the second corner they must complete 10 Jump Squats each, Rinse and repeat at each corner picking up the rest back on the way. 2nd corner – 10 2ct Mtn Climbers, 3rd – 10 Heels to Heaven, 4th – 10 LBCs. 10 HRM’s at the end

Chaos Four Corners Reverso: Same as before but this time all PAX starts running and dropped one PAX at each corner then comes back to pick up PAX

Partner Up

PLT Is sets of 20, 15, and 10 each partner

Mosey back to the SF, 10 HRM’s IC, Numerama, Namerama, Announcements, Wild Thing took us out

MOLESKIN

The Hand Release Merkins brought about an each challenge during the COP. It seemed YHC’s arms were going to fall off while doing Arm Circle. By looking at the rest of the PAX faces, YHC feels they would agree

We had a cheering section this morning with a Southern Baptist Mission crew sharing our parking this morning.

Glad to have Wedding Singer join us. Good Luck with the rest of your tour.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Swim Team practice at Dogpile tomorrow. Come prepare
• Pre blast for Labor Day Convergence coming soon

SPIT ON THAT!! 

11 Davillians roused themselves from slumber, including one 2.0 FNG, to kickstart their day in the best possible manner.  Here’s what happened.  Honest.

COP

20 SSH   20 Helicopters   20 DQ   20 Imperial walkers

20 invisible jump ropes

Mosey to corner of church for 4 Corners

20 LBC’s, frog hop to next corner, 40 Heels to heaven, lunge to next corner, 60 Freddie Mercury’s, frog hop, 80 flutter kicks, lunge back to first corner, repeat the whole thing cutting the numbers in half.

Mosey to picnic tables, triple check, skull crushers, dips and last Amigo runs to road and back, go until everyone has done it three times.

head to curbs for 11’s, hold six inches and 4 count flutter kicks, mosey to SF, numberama, namerama, YHC took us out.

 

NMS

YHC’s shoulder is a bit messed up, so had to come up with a Q that required no shoulder work–time for abs and legs!  COP involved YHC messing with the cadence, eliciting mumblechatter from Spit and Mudface.  You’d think they would be used to it by now….

The PAX crushed 4 corners and triple check, such that YHC had to make up 11’s and couldn’t think of a new ab or leg exercise, thus the 4 count flutter kicks (thanks for the suggestion, Spit).  Seeing what the PAX (and YHC) called frog hops was entertaining, and Mudface even accused YHC of skipping “like a little girl” which is probably inaccurate.  Probably.  It’s always great seeing new faces, and congrats to Doc for doing so well today, although given that Spike is her dad, it’s also not that surprising.  Way to bring the effort, Doc!  Good to see Rounders out again–is it typical to work out in a puffy vest in July?  Army guys are weird….

Announcements: Amateur RAMMgear next Friday, bring your bike, no matter if it was made this century or not.  Also, Preblast coming soon for Convergence at Daville (specifically 3 Lakes park) on Labor Day.

Thanks for letting me lead.

As usual, I have No Idea what I’m doing.