Tag: The FORGE

8 studs hit some track work for the win in the balmy spring weather. 

WARMERAMA:

Mosey to turf field and circle up on 50 yard line. YHC led PAX through SSHs, Dead Man Hangs, Cherry pickers, ‘Mericans, planks, LBCs, and a smidgen of Broga to tickle Last Call’s fancy. 

COP #1 (and only)

Affectionately called “Don’t Let Doozy Lap Ya,” all but one of us (shout out to DTH) succumbed. 

Perform a set of exercises, then run a loop around the track.

• 100 LBCs, 10 burpees, run a lap
• 90 Flutter Kicks, 9 burpees, run a lap
• 80 Mountain Climbers, 8 burpees, run a lap
• 70 Freddie Mercurys, 7 burpees, run a lap
• 60 American Hammers, 6 burpees, run a lap
• 50 Scrunchy Frogs, 5 burpees, run a lap
• 40 WW2s, 4 burpees, run a lap
• 30 Rosalitas, 3 burpees, run a lap
• 20 WWIs, 2 burpees, run a lap
• 10 Plank Jacks, 1 burpee, run a lap

MOSEY BTTF

Stayed tight as a group since workout was a lot of you v. you.

COT

Counterama #8, Namerama, Announcerama, YHC took PAX out in prayer

NMS

Enjoyed the opportunity to lead you boys this morning. It was a good you v. you fight so keep that drive alive by showing up to F3. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Register for GrowRuck. And, attend a weekly ruck: Wednesdays 0530 at Huguenot Flatwater; Saturdays 0600 before Rock n Roll; Sundays (missing details).

PRAYERS

Prayers for DTH and Machismo’s travels, Last Call’s son, NTB’s growing fam, and anyone/anything else we were thinking about this morning but did verbalize. 

4 Well bundled, half frozen HIM left from the parking lot to head down the hill. NTB rolled in hot so the 4 stopped to stretch the legs while he made his way to join.

At the end of the road circle up for the COP, SSH, DQ’s (Snuff arrives) Helicopters, some not so tuff exercise I saw on the internet, Imperial walkers, Merkins, Mountain Climbers, Burpees

Mosey walk the the first light pole

Bear crawl to the next pole, Crawl Bear to the next pole, Lunge to the next pole, Backwards Lunge to the next pole, Murder Gorilla’s (on the right side) to the next pole, Murder Gorilla’s (left side) to the next pole, High knees to the next pole, Butt kickers to the last pole

Starting at the bottom of the ramp get in a line 1st person does 3 burpees then crosses under the hand rail back and forth, person two does 3 Burpees and follows, all the way to the top.

Mosey walk to the ticket sales booth for a Triple check

Partner 1 does Wall Sits, Partner 2 does Dips, Partner 3 runs to the stairs does Tooth Fairies to the top and back

Mosey to the bottom of Mount Chaplain for 11’s using the hill

1 Jump Squat at the bottom, Bernie up, 10 Ball Dippers (single count) run back down

From the top of the first hill we stopped at each curb for an exercise as we made our way BTTF as we ran back Wedding Singer joins in

Numbers / Names Doublemint took us out

NMS:

The title of this BB brought to you by Dealer who said “I kept telling myself, I’m not going to puke” in reference to the 11’s on the bottom hill. YHC has no idea what the actual temperature was this morning but as cold as it was, it was less cold than yesterday. 14 degrees is stupid low.

All but one of the PAX got the pre-pre-blast memo to bring their pickup truck to the inaugural NTB beatdown of 2024. Hoping to shake-off the “bum” label given out by Dr. Try Hard in last week’s backblast, YHC was ready to bring the pain. In between the parking lot pre-huddle and the post-COT shooting crossbows at Dealer, the school security system captured footage of something like this:

WARMARAMA

Mosey down hill to the next parking lot to circle up for the welcome/disclaimer/core principles.

Begin with IC SSH while the stragglers catch up to the PAX and continue on with IC movements to get the body warmed up. Mosey further downhill to the handicap ramp.

COP #1 – Pure Bar

• Partner up for (5) rounds of the following:
• A: (10) Incline Merkins while partner holds chest-to-bar from the row position.
• B: (10) Dips while partner holds chest-to-bar from the row position.

COP #2 – Long Crawl

• With tight forearms and warm shoulders the PAX set off on a cross-country bear crawl. It went something like this:
• Partners work together for the long journey from the handicap ramp to the top of Love Hill. Partner 1 begins to bear crawl while Partner 2 runs to the top of Love Hill and back to his partner.
• When the running partner gets back to his bear crawling commrade, both stop and perform (25) WWII’s each.
• Work as a team all the way to the top of Love Hill.

COP #3 – The Hot Light is On

• For a fleeting moment, YHC considered calling a reverso on the Long Crawl and heading back to the handicap ramp. Self-preservation kicked in and we start to mosey towards the road. The PAX ran down the sidewalk across the face of the school, stopping at every streetlight for (5) merkins.
• Mosey back to the flag for the final ten minutes.

COP #4 – 10 Minutes of License Plate Mary

• Back at the flag, the PAX stood in front of their vehicles and added together the numbers on their license plates to get the rep count for the movement they would select for the rest of the PAX to perform.
• Round 1: Anything but abs.
• Round 2: Only abs.
• Round 3: Bring it in tight for (10) Eskimo merkins. Time called.

COT

• Numbers and Names
• Announcements: Frozen Triangle on (2/10). GROWRUCK #47 (5/3-5/5).
• Prayer Requests and YHC took us out.

NMS: YHC was pumped to bring a beatdown to the PAX and am always grateful for the opportunity to lead. There is a lot of positive chatter, training, and head-locking for GROWRUCK #47. If you have not signed up, YHC hopes you feel the positive momentum surrounding this event and decide to be a part of this transformative weekend. Don’t miss out and unlock a new level of acceleration in your life! The difficult things in life are the ones worth doing!

The fiery Forge welcomed 8 blades ready for hammering, including 7 SOJ regulars and 1 WestHo escapee. It seems a hostage exchange with FW may be in order to get NTB back to home turf… JK, we’ll keep Lockjaw and ya’ll can have that bum NTB. Here’s how these 8 HIM’s got after it:

The THANG: 

LOVE HILL WARMERAMA: 

• Mosey to the bottom of Love Hill and circle up
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Variable IC Reps with a run up and down the hill between sets

COP #1: 

• BATTAN DEATH MARCH 
• Line up at bottom of handicap ramp, Lunge walk length of ramp with last man doing x5 Burpees then running to front

COP #2:

• BAR BUDDY
• Partner up and complete x3 Rounds of:
• x10 Jerkins each
• x10 Cliffhanger Mericans
• x10 Dips

COP #3:

• Mosey up to the school awning
• SIX MINUTES OF MARY
• Circle up for IC Core reps

COP #4:

• Mosey around to the Amphitheater
• BOX JUMP LINDSEY
• Mericans on the bottom 30-25-20-15-10
• Groiners at the top 10-15-20-25-30
• Box Jump steps between

COP #5:

• ECHO CHAMBER
• People’s Chair
• Hoedowns IC
• BTTW, Hip Slappers IC if you’ve got it
• Milkers IC

Mosey BTTF for COT:

• Counterama # 8
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• DEALER took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Balmy with a light breeze the hardened Forge PAX crushed this workout with ease. Lockjaw crossed the river headlocking ruckers like no other. Dealer’s moving like the devil, maybe dry January will set him at another level. Missed some regulars – Last Call, Snuff, NTB, Thugs – will have to check in with those bums. Coming up (April 4th) on The Forge 5 year anniversary, YHC couldn’t be more proud of what this AO’s come to be. That’s a wrap on this rap, SYITG, boom! ~YHC, DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• 8pm TONIGHT, 2nd F at Stumpy’s Hatchet House in Stony Point FP 
• Sign up for GROWRUCK! https://growruck.com/event/gte-47/
• Sat 6-7am Ruck at Rockwood before R&R
• Sun 7-8am Ruck at Forrest Hill Park, Coffee at Crossroads afterwards
• DRY JANUARY – please join us to give up alcohol for the month of January – give your system a healthy reset for 2024, and seek God’s guidance for the new year

Prayer Requests:

• Machismo’s M getting surgery today
• Singer’s Finger healing

Details are lost in the holiday haze but last week 7 revelers braved the darkest day of the year for a solstice beatdown.

Warmarama in the cold cold air – SSHs followed by a loop, Don Quixotes then another loop, plankjacks then another loop, and so on and so forth with 8ish loops around.

Mosey to the road where we did a curb crawl with the last man hitting 5 hand release mirkins then going to the front. Lunge walk all way back. Run it back with a curb crawl on the opposite side.

Mosey to the dark wall for a Pigskin special – wall sits, balls to the wall, 15 donkey kicks. 3 times through.

Long mosey all the way down to the cul de sac, then back to the base of the hill. Bernie all the way up.

Mary with mirkins and an ab exercise of choice.

There may have been more action but we kept it moving with almost no breaks in between.

COT – every day after the solstice brings more light.

11 scouts warmed the 24 degree air with exercise and mumble chatter.

WARMUP: Mosey down hill for warmup. Side straddle hops, DQs, cherry pickers dead man hangs, planks, and some mericans. Run back up hill but stop at each light to perform B.L.I.M.P.S. Street light #1: B – burpees x15. Street light #2: L – lunges x 20. So on and so forth:

B.L.I.M.P.S

• B – Burpees 15x
• L – Lunges 20x (single count)
• I – Imperial Walkers 25x
• M – Merkins (no cheat) 30x
• P – Plank Jacks 35x
• S – Squats 40x

JERKIN GYM: Stop at handicap ramp/jerkin gym after 1 round. Line up single file; each man takes a section. 10 jerkins then 10 dips OYO. Leapfrog to next open slot. Repeat all the way up.

Mosey.  

FOUR CORNERS WITH HILLS: Prostitute style. Corner 1 – 10 mericans. Corner 2 – 20 squats. Corner 3 – 30 American hammers. Corner 4 – 40 monkey humpers. 

End with B.L.I.M.P.S. x5 reps at each street light back to flag. Hold plank 6” off ground for 1.5 minutes. 

Pray for Richard. Pray for us. Show up when you are needed. 

A 9-pack of HARDER Lemonade enthusiasts converged at The Forge and embraced the suck. Many were surprised to learn the Forge is an acronym for the 5 core principles. Many were not surprised that a DTH beatdown is in fact challenging. 

F – Free

O – Open to all men

R – Rain or Shine

G – Guys rotate the Q

E – Ends with COT

The THANG:

MOUNT WARMERAMA: 

• Circle up on top level/lot of Mt Chaplain, which we will call Level 1
• Welcome & Disclaimer
• Level 1 – Don Q’s x10 IC
• Run to top of Knolls, x5 burpees, run back down to next level down on Mt Chaplain
• Level 2 – Smurf Jacks x20 IC
• Run to the top for x5 burpees, run back down
• Level 3 – Mericans x30 OYO
• Run up, x5 Burpees, run down
• Level 4 – Hallelujah Flutters x40 IC
• Run up, x5 Burpees, run down
• Level 5 – Monkey Humpers x50 IC
• Run up, x5 Burpees, run down
• Level 3 – WWII x60 OYO
• Run up, x5 Burpees, run down

HANDICAP MOVERAMA:

• Form up at the bottom of the handicap ramp and Q calls variable movements for the PAX to eventually reach the top
• Examples: Bear Crawl, Lunges, Broad Jumps, Crab Walk, etc

WRECKING THE ROTATOR CUFFS:

• Mosey over to the bottom of the stairs
• LINDSEY:
• Dips at the bottom 30–>10
• Tooth Fairy up steps (x16 merican hops)
• Donkey Kicks at the top 10–>30
• Mosey around grassy slope to bottom

TOSSING LEGS:

• Partner up for PLT’s
• Complete x3 Rounds of x20 each

MINI WALLORAMA:

• Stop to complete a painful set of Hoedowns on the faux brick wall

BTTF:

• Merican Ring of Fire – PAX successfully and admirably chose a different style of mericans for their 10-count set
• Snuff served the PAX a moment of breathing meditation

COT:

• Counterama # 9
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Below)
• YHC took the PAX out in Prayer

NMS:  Someone has been enjoying Harder Lemonade at The Forge, and we all suspect Machismo. Mount Warmerama is more than just a warm-up …OOF!  The stench is back, but not nearly as bad as years past. Doublemint shared stories from his glory days – surprise tattoos, STD’s, near-miss pregnancies and maybe paying a chick to pee on his face? Tough to say whether that was a joke or not… Appreciate Mudslide bringing the ShovelFlag since YHC had left it at BWE after the Ruck. Good to have you at the Forge brother! And thanks to Snuff for reminding us of the gift of every breath. Always an immense pleasure and honor to lead the Forge PAX! Yours Truly, DTH

Announcements (SEE SLACK!)

• Shoe Drive ongoing – being your used shoes to The Forge on Thursday!
• 11/23 Thanksgiving Convergence at Mary
• 12/9 Magnum PI at Dogpile
• MORE Ruck Opportunities coming!

Prayer Requests:

• Chaplain’s MIL is sick and now living with them