Tag: The Crossing

Six men did a lot of stuff, some of it was on the hot pavement, some against a hot brick wall, and due to the traumatic affects it left on my mind some I can’t remember.

4 Crossing regulars enjoyed some moderate weather and, of course, a meticulously planned workout…………The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

Run a couple laps around the parking lot, then: Jazzercise, Bruce Lee Punches, Overhead Claps, Mountain Climbers, Double Tap HR Merkins, Freddy Mercuries, Oblique LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Knee Pulls, Open the Gate, Karaoke, Lunge Walks.

Mosey to the Playground area for a Quad Check:
Runner, Incline Merkins, Jump Squats, WWII Sit-Ups.

To the back of the Church for Partner Exercises:
BooYah Merkins
BooYah Hand Release Merkins
BooYah Burpees
Partner Squats
Partner Dips
Wheelbarrows
Partner Crab Walk
Partner WWII’s
Human Decline Merkins
3 Man Grow Ruck Carry – We moved Birdman across the back parking lot.

Back to the Flag for Ab Ring of Fire: Flutter Kicks, Frog Kicks, LBC’s.

COT and YHC took us out.

Final Thoughts: Initial plan was to partner carry House Party, but we audibled to Birdman – gotta work our way up. Lots of lingering trauma related symptoms from Grow Ruck: but overall a success. Had a great time hanging with the Crossing Crew! Nice work

Three amigos for the only 92 degree AO in RVA. Warmed up and moseyed to the large lot for the ol’ Seven of Diamonds – focus on the core:

x7 Burpees each corner

x14 WWII ea corner

x21 Am Hammers 2-ct

x28 LBC’s

x28 Mtn Climbers 2-ct

x21 Leg Raises

x14 Scrunchy Frogs

x7 Burpees 

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 3
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• BOM Prayer

NMS:  Solid sweatfest with plenty-o-reps beside two of the best. Better together! Yours AYE! ~DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• Summer Tour Ongoing
• 7/19 Bridge
• 7/22 Ultimate Tourny
• 7/27 School of RUCK (7am kid-friendly workout and ruck)
• 8/16 Homegrown Half
• 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
• 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC 

6 HIM came out and braved the heat, the humidity, and a potential thunderstorm for a House Party Q. Here’s what went down.

Mosey to the far end of the parking lot for Warmarama which included SSH’s, Helicopters, Arm circles, Dead man hang, Tempo merkins, and WWII’s.

The Thang:

With little to no running on the menu, YHC decided plenty of reps was the way to go. Each Pax did a Dora split into 4 rounds of each exercise, with the Pax taking a short run around the parking lot after each round. The goal was a total of 1,100 reps which included:

20 burpees

40 Carolina Dry Docks

60 Scruchy Frogs

80 Merkins

100 LBC’s

120 Monkey Humpers

140 Flutter Kicks

160 Oblique LBC’s

180 APD’s

200 Mt. Climbers

The Pax was able to make it all the way through 3 rounds of oblique LBC’s before we mosey’d back to the flag to finish off with 5 burpees OYO.

Numbers/Names/YHC took us out.

Great work by all the Pax this evening. Welcome Old Bay who is the roommate of Magnum P.I. He’s a big Baltimore Orioles fan thus the name Old Bay. He had a great attitude and really hung in there. Although we didn’t get any rain during the working, with all the heat, humidity, and reps, the Pax would have welcomed at least a little.

Thanks for letting me lead,

House Party

It was the team up that everyone needed………..Birdman and Chaplain uniting for an epic Q at the Crossing. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

Mosey laps around the parking lot, then YHC leads warmup consisting of various exercise, all in perfect cadence.

to the field for Exercise One (Birdman)
Partner Up: Runner runs length of field while partner does exercises: WWII Situps, Bobby Hurleys, Merkins. Rotate after each run.

Exercise Two: E.A.G.L.E.S. (Chaplain) Similar to Blimps, but a different acronynm: Elevators, American Hammers, Grow Ruck Situps, Lunges, E2K’s, Side Straddle Hops. Run the length of the field between each exercise.

Mosey to the Wall for Exercise Three (Birdman)
Wall exercises followed by a sprint, then jog back.
Donkey Kicks, Dirty Hook-ups, 2 minute peoples Chair. Ouch

Back to the flag for Exercise Four: Catch Me if You Crab Relay. Everyone crabwalks, one person runs the parking lot, then takes over crabwalks. Rinse and repeat.

Knocked out a couple arm circles, Moroccan Night Clubs, and Raise the Roofs until time was called.

Final Thoughts: Enjoyed teaming up with Birdman and paying homage with the Eagles themed exercise. I guess it is not surprising that the younger PAX had never heard of the diminutive Duke villain. Magnum P.I. continues to kill it!

The Crossing Crew was expecting molten temperatures, but 97 and breezy wasn’t all that bad in the shade… until you stepped onto 120 degree pavement in the sun. The Q thought very briefly about taking the PAX inside the church, but the Core Principles were instead honored in gloriously sweaty fashion – in the following manner:

The THANG: 

WARMERAMA: 

• Mosey loops around the Annex Lot and circle up
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• The usual DTH top to bottom IC Reps

COP #1: 

• Mosey down to the Portico (shaded)
• Partner up for B.O.M.B.S. – Similar to Dora 1-2-3 but more exercises, B.O.M.B.S. consisted of Burpees (25x), Overhead Press holding Low Squat (50x), Merkins (75x), Big Boy Sit-ups (100x), and Squats (125x). Partner 1 does reps while Partner 2 bear crawls 20 yards, and lunges back to switch. 
• Mosey BTTF for a 3min water break

COP #2:

• Mosey down to the church
• BLAZING HOT POLE SMOKERS (zero shade)
• x30 reps OYO holding onto a parking space pole, legs straight, getting the hips off the ground to kick the sign

COP #3:

• Mosey around to the shaded side of the church, and circle up on a nice soft patch of grass
• MARY – variable, more than 6 minutes, all reps in cadence, to include:
• Crunchy Frogs
• Low Flutters
• WWII’s
• LBC’s
• Oblique LBC’s (each side)
• High Flutters
• Groiners 
• (Feel like I missed one or two…)

COP #4:

• Short mosey to the brick wall
• WALLORAMA
• Hoedowns x10 IC
• Heel Slappers x10 IC
• Dirty Hookups x10 IC (ea side)
• Variable stretching

Bernie BTTF:

• Water Break

COT:

• Counterama # 5
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• BOM Prayer

NMS:  Solid work by The Crossing PAX. Extra credit to House Party for adding personal burpees to the workout. SORRY, WAS THIS NOT HARD ENOUGH FOR YOU MR LONGSLEEVES?!? Dude’s a beast. With shoulders smoked from NoToll and Ruckhenge, it was nice to focus on legs and abbs. Appreciated the opportunity to lead gents! Yours AYE! ~DTH

The Crossing Crew was expecting another sweltering night on the blacktop………but just before the workout started, some clouds rolled in and even a nice breeze! It was time to put in some work.

Mosey to the field for Warmup:
Jazzercise, Don Quixotes, Imperial Walkers, House Partys, Overhead Claps, Crab Cakes, Opus Merkins, Freddy Mercuries, Alabama Prom Dates. Might have missed a couple.

Exercise One: Swole Circuit.
Grab a block from the fire pit and complete the following:
40 cleans with lift
50 Bench Press
50 curls
25 single arm shoulder press on each side
30 tricep extension
40 Upright Row
50 forearm curls
50 diamond press

Mosey to the back of the church, stopped at a couple points for Monkey Humpers and LBC’s

Exercise Two: W.O.D
On the wall complete Donkey Kicks, Chicken Peckers, Booyah Jumps, Wallabama Prom Dates, Wall War 2 Sit-ups, then run to the side entrance and back.

4 total rounds completed. Just enough time to run back to the Flag.

YHC took us out

Final Thoughts: In the summer, the pavement at the Crossing can turn into a glove melting hellscape. As the backblast title suggests, today was not that bad. Great job by House Party showing up and pushing through. Hope to see him on the mend soon. Overall, an excellent effort by the PAX.

SYITG

YHC double dipped a V Posting and V Q at The Crossing. YHC was very inspired by the format of this years Summer Tour and the bonus point for Qing that YHC decided to attend a AO that’s traditionally very hard to attend given YHC’s work schedule. It was good to see the regulars (Tryhard, Broadway, Chaplin), the Summer Tourers (Pigskin, Blue Moon, Senor Frog), and the new faces (Cavity Search, Ghostbuster, Magnum PI (FNG), Birdman).

Triple Checks, Touch a Tree, Pencil Rolls, etc were completed. It was warmer than mornings but the humidity was low and the breeze was nice. The grass it awful though. I’m just glad it wasn’t July.

Announcements – Father’s Day workout at The Forge on Sunday morning at 0700. Bring your 2.0’s or Tryhard said you can always borrow one haha.

Prayer Request – Magnum PI’s Grandfather has Cancer and is going through treatment.

NMS – Welcome to Magnum PI (FNG). Pigskin/Blue Moon were telling Birdman, Magnum PI, Ghost Buster, and Cavity Search about the other AO’s, times of day, and format. Hopefully we will see them pop up somewhere else soon. #KubotaSlackLurker

4 uncommonly handsome met gathered at the crossing of life and sweat. With HP’s knee bothering him we decided to chill the pace and leave modification wide open. In true Pearls fashion the PAX stopped 26 times circumventing the church grounds to bang out reps (usually 20 IC) for every letter of the alphabet. After the NoToll shoulderfest it was a pleasure to keep a slowsy vibe and of course the conversation with old friends was sublime. God is good all the time! Yours, DTH

4 regulars gathered at WEAG for F3 RVA’s top evening workout. Here is brief summary for your view pleasure:

Mosey to the back parking lot for Warm Up:

Don Quixote’s, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Australian Snow Angels, Mountain Climbers, Alabama Prom Dates, Crunchy Frogs, Mario Jumps, Karoake.

Exercise One: Eye of the Storm: Ab edition
5 stops, 50 count exercises: WWII Situps, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s, American Hammers, Freddy Mercuries. Start with 20 V-Ups in the “eye” and repeat after each station.

Mosey to the side of the church for Exercise Two: 11’s between the Walls.
Donkey Kicks, Wall Climbers. Run in between the church wall and the storage container.

Exercise Three: Four Corners.
50 fingertip squats, 50 squat pulses, 50 jump squats, 50 regular squats.

Names, Numbers, Announcement, Prayer Requests
YHC took us out

Final Thoughts: Strong effort by the PAX! The V-up section proved very challenging and they were labeled as the Burpee of Ab exercises. Lots of great mumblechatter about Birdman’s upcoming trip to the Bahamas. Also, the question was raised – will DTH Q next week??

SYITG