Tag: The Crossing

West End Assembly of God

  • Randorama

    5 moist studs of the 6pm mist chose The Crossing over comfort and did whatever came to the Q’s mind, as follows:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • HP kicked off the warmup reps while the Q arrived a few minutes delayed due to traffic
    • YHC takes over with IC reps of The Opus, Squat Walkers, and a variety of other fine reps to get the PAX warm
    • Mosey the Annex Lot and circle up on the dewy shovel flag mound – absent the SF as YHC arrived late
    • Elbow Plank for a painfully slow review of the F3 Mission, Credo, and 5 Core Principles 

    MOSEYRAMA:

    • YHC felt like running but with widely variable PAX speeds, we did short distance bursts with front runners holding People’s Chair for the SIX, making it around the to other races end of the church

    RANDO REPS ON CURB COP:

    • The Riverdance (alternative steps on curb) x100 2-count reps OYO
    • Stilettos (squats w heels up on curb) x30 reps OYO

    DORA 1-2-3:

    • Partner up (3 and 2) to complete x100 Merkins, x200 Squats, and x300 LBC’s
    • Moving partner bear crawls the hill and crawl bears back down

    MOSEYRAMA:

    • Again some running intervals, with front runners doing variable reps, or planks, or people’s chair awaiting the SIX

    BTTF for COT:

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

    NMS:  Special encouragement awarded to our newer PAX Reacher and Johnny 5 who are pushing hard and getting better every post. Also shared some truth bombs about the simplicity of stepping up to VQ. Appreciated the fine misty rain for today’s Q – really had me in a high spirit to be out in the elements. Thank you guys for permitting me the honor. Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Iron Pax at Timberwolf & Lumberyard
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • 9/20 F3RVA Convergence, 0630 Dogpile
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
    • 10/2 NOS Meeting, 8pm at DTH’s
    • 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC
  • Alphabet 50’s

    A handsome HIM foursome converged at The Crossing for amazing conversation and barely completing Alphabet 50’s – which as you can guess is doing 50’s for each letter of the alphabet with a mosey in between. Twas a great time. Prayers for school stress, anxiety, job stressors, and safety for upcoming travel. See ya’ll on the flip side, AYE! ~DTH

  • Donnie’s Angels and the L.O.D.

    7 members of the Crossing Crew this evening! We even had a couple second timers ready to put in some work. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure.

    Slaughter start with some bear crawl, crab walk and lunge walk up the grass hill. Mosey around the parking lot and circle up for Warm-Up:

    Jazzercise, Apple Bottom Poppers, Bone Rubs, West Virginia Prom Dates, Freddy Mercuries, Double Tap HR Merkins, Australian Snow Angels, Neck Curls, Mario Jumps, Side Lunges, Mummy Kicks, Bernie, Flying Monkey Humpers.

    Exercise One: Ladder of Death.. Stop at each cone on the circuit and complete exercises. Then run a lap.
    10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 plank punches, 40 Shoulder taps, 50 Moroccan Night Clubs
    10 V-ups, 20 WWII Situps, 30 Heels to Heaven, 40 American Hammers, 50 LBC.
    10 Ball Dippers, 20 Lt. Dans, 30 Side Lunges…….Ran out of time so back to the Flag.

    Broadway took us out.

    Final thoughts: Excellent push tonight by Johnny 5 and Reacher – hope these guys keep at it and become regulars! Your Gimpy Correspondent was feeling pretty good after nursing an injury last week. We all survived and made it to 6:45.

    SYITG

  • Beautiful Day for a Beatdown

    6 HIM came out to see what House Party had in store. Here’s what went down.

    Mosey around the parking lot to get the blood flowing then Warmarama:

    Overhead claps

    Imperial walkers

    Helicopters

    Merkins

    WWII’s

    COP 1: 11’s

    Burpees and WWII’s

    Mosey to the Church wall for some leg work

    COP 2: Hoedowns’ and monkey humpers

    With YHC legs feeling like wet noodles, mosey to the far parking lot for a Dora

    COP 3: Dora with 100 merkins, 200 flutter kicks, 300 SSH’s

    Mosey back to the flag for some Mary til time.

    Names/Numbers/YHC took us out.

    Such a beautiful evening for a workout. WELCOME JOHNNY 5 our FNG. He plays indoor soccer with some of the PAX. He is a software developer (thus the name. Short Circuit was also thrown around). He got there just in time to save the day and make even numbers for the Dora.

    Thanks for letting me lead fellas,

    House Party

  • Converting the Reacher

    The Crossing welcomed a 6-pack of hungry HIM’s, including one FNG State Trooper, who is also a recent new member of the DTH spiritual family. Here’s how we showed Reacher the F3 beatdown ropes:

    The THANG: 

    WARMERAMA: 

    • Mosey laps around the Annex Lot, second lap including variable movement warmups and finished with Burpee Broad jumps 
    • Circle up on the grassy knoll, beside the SF
    • Welcome & Disclaimer
    • Warm-up Reps IC
    • Welcome to LIFO Figo halfway through

    COP #1:

    • Mosey over the some parking spaces for ELEVENS, maybe 7 parking spaces distance
    • WWII’s 1–>10 
    • Bear Crawl across spaces
    • No Cheat Merkins 10–>1
    • Lunge Walk back

    COP #2:

    • Mosey to the big lot of 4-Corners, escalating, bro-code, and all IC
    • C1 – x25 Crunchy Frogs IC
    • C2 – x50 Sumo Squats IC
    • C3 – x75 reps broken into x25 Plank Jacks IC, x25 Mtn climbers IC, and x25 SSH’s IC
    • C4 – x100 reps broken into x25 High Flutters IC, x25 LBC’s IC, x25 Low Flutters IC, and x25 Freddie M’s IC

    Bernie uphill BTTF:

    • x1 minute in plank reviewing the F3 Mission and Core P’s

    COT:

    • Counterama # 6 
    • Namerama – welcome REACHER!
    • Announcerama (see Below)
    • BOM Prayer

    NMS:  Solid PAX for The Crossing to kickoff the back to school season. Many invites sent, just the right HIMs answered. Big welcome to Steve Martin, now “REACHER” who is a State Trooper, former Army, and recently accepted salvation in our church. He’s been the F2L definition of “The Reacher” for many years, and is now super pumped to step into community. Also welcome back to Figo, who just “loved” being back at the DTH grind… Let’s see if he’s got what it takes to keep posting! Sincere thanks to the consistency and camaraderie of Chaplain, Broadway, and Ghostbuster holding the Crossing together even when numbers have been few. In the good Lord’s perfect way, we WILL grow this thing!  Yours AYE! ~DTH

    Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

    • Summer Tour Final Days
    • Labor Day Convergence at Dogpile
    • Monthly: Breaking Bread, Bridge
    • 9/26 Night Ruck CSAUP
    • 10/3-5 GrowRuck in Cary NC
  • Double Dora Day

    At 6pm, YHC and Ghostbuster cranked the asphalt up to high and got to work………….the following is brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Mosey to the back of the Church for Warmarama: Jazzercise Punches, Ukranian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, Crab Cakes, Freddy Mercuries, Oblique LBC’s, Mario Jumps, Mummy Kicks, Karoake, High Knees, Butt Kicks, Bernie Sanders.

    Exercise One: Dora with 100 dips, 200 LBC’s, 300 SSH’s. Runner goes to the end of the parking lot and back.

    Mosey to the Wall for Exercise Two: Dora with 50 Donkey Kicks, 100 Wall World 2 Sit-ups, 200 Hoe downs. Runner goes to the storage container and back

    Exercise Three: Ascending Ab Ladder with Heels to Heaven, Flutter Kicks, and Alabama Prom dates. finished back at the flag.

    YHC took us out

    Final Thoughts: Had a great time working out with Ghostbuster on a hot and humid evening – dude is a beast. For those that missed it – Ghostbuster had a well-organized and challenging VQ last week. At some point, you may even read a backblast about it.

    SYITG

  • Chronicles Continued

    The PAX forgets their Beaver!

  • The Crossing Chronicle

    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.

  • Nickel Bridge Flashbacks

    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

  • Molten Diamonds

    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