Tag: The FORGE

9 able studs arrived out of their comfortable, air conditioned abodes into the hot and muggy mist that is known as The Forge. This is how it went down:

COP #1: Mosey to the traffic circle for a quick warm up of DQ’s x 10, Smurf Jacks x 15, Dead Man Hang x 10, Right over left x 10, Left over right x 10, Arm Circles. Everyone sweating, lets move:

COP #2: Escalating 4 Corners at the Soccer Field comprised of Corner 1- WWII’s, Corner 2 – Calf Raises, Corner 3 – Hammers (American Style), Corner 4 – Ball Dippers. 1 Burpee between each round.

COP #3: Vertical 11’s – Mosey over to the amphitheater for to get the arms pumping. Dips at the top and Decline Merkins at the bottom. Box Jumps in between.

COP #4: Burpee Dora – Mosey over to the bus loop to finish strong with a partner. 100 In Outs, 200 merkins, 300 jump squats. Timer run the bus loop.

Mosey BTTF for reverse Numberama, Nameorama & Announcements below. YHC took us out.

Moleskin:

Hardywood and Long Pole crushed the corners at record pace with enough time for Long Pole to explore a bit of the land the Forge had to offer while waiting for YHC to finish up. Not to be outdone, Prince and Long Pole raced each other on the box jump 11’s, lapping YHC on round 1. Way to work boys.

Announcements:

4th of July Convergence – Work off those extra hot dogs by spending time with Hardywood and others at No Toll. 6 am start for the festivities.

Thoughts for swift recovery for Doublemint from his motorcycle accident earlier this week. Get well soon

“Now you must free yourself from sloth,” my master said, “for sitting down or lying under covers, no one comes to fame, without which whoever consumes his life leaves such vestige of himself on earth as smoke in air or foam on water. Therefore get up, overcome your panting with the spirit which wins every battle if it does not sink with its heavy body…”

Dante’s Divine Comedy, CANTO XXIV – Vanni Fucci, 46-54

A stunning 15 bodacious beauties assembled on The Forge stage as this year’s Homecoming Court nominees. Many judges gave favorable nods towards young DTH, who’s recent heroic return from abroad carried the momentum of juicy gossip, but the ever-stunning Hardywood vied for the crown with dazzling popularity and charm. As the nominees pranced about stage, warming up for the talent show ahead, the sun broached the horizon and a temperate 70 degrees indicated the time had come. BANG! The starting gun fired, and off they twirled and skipped with dynamic energy to contend for the honor.

The THANG:

Mosey to the Knoller Coaster:

• SLAUGHTER START with Bear crawling the 3 knolls, and completing x5 Burpees at the bottom and top of each knoll (x35 total)

Mosey to COP #1 in front of the School:

• Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
• DQ’s x10 IC
• Imperial Soldiers x10 IC (that’d be an Imperial Walker alternated with a Russian Soldier… )
• The Opus x10 IC
• Freddie M’s x50 IC

Mosey to the Amphitheater for COP #3:

• Dora the Explorer
• Partner up to complete the following:
• x100 Derkins
• x200 Box Jumps
• x300 Mountain Climbers (2-ct)
• While one partner hammers Dora reps, the other Explores the area to lay hands on x1 tree, x1 stone, and x1 metal  object before teturning to relieve their partner (each time the runner mist find a DIFFERENT tree/stone/metal)
• ABC’s for the SIX

Mosey to Field for COP #4:

• No Cheat Merkins
• DTH’s x10 IC
• Over-Unders! …nope, AUDIBLE, too intimate for COVID… 
• Merkins x10 IC

Mosey BTTF:

• Copperhead Squats x10 IC
• Cherry Pickers x10 IC
• Carolina CD’s x10 IC
• Nancy Kerrigan’s x10 IC
• Protractor of Variable Degrees
• Kimchi Twists x10 IC
• Plank 6” HOLD IT, a few times

COT:

• Counterama # 15
• Namerama (Welcome ALIBI!)
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• ROGER ROGER took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• The annex of Richmond City stretched the legal limits to host a whopping 15 fartsack escapees protesting the return of DTH. There were some laughs as DTH knocked off the cadence rust (the F3PNG PAX were less about the cadence and more about the beatdown). We had the honor of welcoming a Doublemint FNG, birth named Dontae Buck, to the finest PAX in the land. Dontae is a budding lawyer, so nicknamed “ALIBI”. Welcome brother! Two new DTH originals made it into today’s beatdown, the “Imperial Soldiers” will need some getting used to, while “Dora the Explorer” produced a solid burn. YHC definitely felt the love this morning – you guys have no idea how much I missed your camaraderie. Thank you!!!

8 stud farmers awoke with the rooster crowing to venture down to the Forge for an old fashioned beat down. Here is how the tale went.

COP – SSH, DQ, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soilders and others – warm yet, lets roll.

Triple Check – Run the bus loop, Balls to the Wall, WWII

Corners of 4 by the middle school – 10 merkins, 20 American Hammers, 30 Boxing Cockroaches, 40 Jump Squats – mumble chatter about socially distant cockroaches are tough

Curb Crawl – 11’s – 1 dip, bear crawl, 10 merkins, crawl bear, 2 dips, etc. Touch work on the shoulders and traps.

Catch me if you can up to Forest Hill – 1 Burpee, and Bernie Sanders – switch

Pole Hoppers back to Flag – alternating each light pole between 3 merkins and 1 burpee.

Still time left – mosey down to 2nd parking lot for a 6 count of 10 – jump squats, WWII’s, LBC’s, Double Tap Merkins, Alabama Prom Date, Rosalittas. Still time? Let’s do it again.

BTTF, Count, Names, Announcements – Memorial Day Murph on Monday. Check BB for time and place near you.

Bone Thugs took us out.

Seems there is a bit of Chicken Coop competition happening within the PAX. Roper, Hardywood and Snuff all showing off the latest architectural trends in Chicken Coop design and décor. Impressive stuff. Chickens living better then most of our single apartments.

4 Healthy Warrior made their way to The Forge this windy morning to try to get in a beatdown before the rain sets in. YHC arrived a touch early as he usually does and not long after Wedding Singer parks his sled in the lot, wanders over to YHC’s car to ask if a mile run was in the plan. YHC has no plan so Singer elected to get some EC on the last day of the challenge and off he went into the gloom. With two other PAX showing up we mosey to the COP in the 3rd lot from the right.

COP: DQ’s, Helicopters, (Wedding Singer is back) Cherry Pickers, Inverted Scorpion Kicks, Hello Dollies, 5 burpees OYO

Mosey to the next lot down: Four Corners

Corner 1 – 10 Rosalitas, Corner 2 – 20 American Hammers, Corner 3 – 30 Sugar Sticks, Corner 4 – 40 LBC’s

Mosey to the next lot down: Four Corners

Corner 1 – 10 Diamond Merkins, Corner 2 – 20 Shoulder tap Merkins, Corner 3 – 30 Hand Release Merkins, Corner 4 – 40 Merkins

Mosey to the next lot up: Four Corners

Corner 1 – 10 Copperhead Squats, Corner 2 – 20 Jump Squats, Corner 3 – 30 Lunges, Corner 4 – 40 Heal Raisers

Mosey to the next lot down: You guessed it Four Corners

Corner 1 – 10 Burpees, Corner 2 – 10 Hand Release Merkins, Corner 3 – 10 American Hammers, Corner 4 – 10 Heal Raisers

Mosey down to the bottom circle: Man Killers

Only one way back to the top: Light poles do one merkin at each pole until you get to the street.

Time left on the clock: Mosey to the flag area where the hill is

6’s basically 11’s but we don’t have time for 11’s

Bernie Sanders up the hill 5 Jump Squats, Run down the hill 1 Jump squat and so on and so forth until time is called

Numbers / Names YHC took us out

NMS:

PAX seemed to really like the merkins four corners, mumble chatter intensified after the 30 hand release merkins something about killing Doozy burying the body or along those lines. YHC believes it was repeated after the Man Killers and on the way up the light poles. YHC has the Q at Twin Team tomorrow and Snuff was inquiring about what that workout was so far be it from YHC to not show Snuff the namesake that is Twin Team tomorrow.

5 warriors rose from the various fart sacks this morning to sharpen themselves at the Forge. Here is how it went down:

Singer Mile Warm Up: Run down to the cul de sac and back catching the parking lots along the way for a cool 1 mile and fulfill the monthly challenge. YHC inadvertently named this the DTH mile but found out Wedding Singer pioneered this route. YHC soon found out hills suck.

COP 1: Circle up for 10 exercises: DQ’s, Helis, Cherry Pix, Merkins and Scorpian kicks

COP 2: Recently it seems 4 corners has replaced the Beast so why not bring it back. Moseyed to the middle parking lot for 6 stations of 6 exercises 6 times. Rounds included Double Tap Merkins, WWII’s, Mountain Climbers, American Hammers, Jump Squats and to the PAX relief Flutterkicks instead of Burpees.

COP 3: 5 man rotation: Each man on an exercise with timer running down the hill and bearcrawling back up. Exercises were incline merkins, LBC’s, Jump Squats, Crab Cakes.

COP 4: Still time on the clock allowed Doozy to introduce his Mankillers to a few of the PAX. Did the tough end of a 10 pack as time required an audible after 5.

BTTF, Numberama, Namarama, Announcements

Bone Thugs 5k – Friday at RAMM

YHC took us out

So two gathered for a slightly chilly but not snowing beat down and this is what happened

5:28 and YHC was thinking this was going to be a solo workout but with seconds to spare Snuff came riding up to the rescue.

Mosey to DTH’s favorite stating point for a COP at the bottom of the hill

DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Imperial walkers, Copperhead Squats, Snake Bite and Man killers

Mosey 15 feet to the first light pole Run the light poles increasing burpees at each pole for ten poles

mosey to front of school for a double check

partner 1 American Hammers, partner 2 run the islands repeat with different exercises X3, Sugar Sticks, Rosalitas.

Mosey to the back of the school to the student sitting area for 11’s

Box jump up 10 LBC’s at the top, box jump down 1 plank jacks at the bottom

Mosey back to the front find 10 parking spaces for parking lot merkins

Bear crawl and merkins up to ten Crab walk and American hammers down by two’s to twenty

Back to the flag number / names YHC took us out

NMS: At 5:28 this morning YHC was wondering how he would do this beat down if nobody else showed up. Snuff came to my rescue without a minute to spare. Mid workout YHC asked Snuff how he got the name (YHC assuming it had something to do with tobacco) and was caught off guard by the fact that he is a video editor. Once Snuff assured me that he is not part of the porn industry, YHC was able to regroup and move on.

4 Battle Hardened SOJ studs kept The Forge burning on a perfect 70 and sunny morning. YHC felt the urge to perfect his leadership skills by signing up for the Q. Wedding Singer arrived early to crush a preworkout miler.

The remainder of the PAX moseyed for a triple hill buy in with bear crawls up and crab walks down to get the blood pumpin.

COP 1 – SSH, DQ, Helis, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC, Flutters – PAX warm – lets mosey to the soccer field

COP 2 – Four Corners Ladder – 1st corner: 10 merkins, 2nd corner: 20 Hammers – American Style, 3rd corner – 2x mountain climbers, 4th corner – 40 jump squats. Legs burning at this point so lets mosey onto the amphitheater

COP 3 – Amphitheater DORA – 100 Donkey Kicks, 200 Jump Squats (cause 40 just wasn’t enough), 300 LBC’s. P-Trap and Singer made the smart choice and picked the nice flat wall for the DK’s. Snuff crushed the DK’s to help pick up YHC slack

Mosey BTTF with a twist. Stop off at each light pole with 2 burpee/2 jump squat switch a rama.

No Announcements. YHC took us out.

Pleasure leading you gents this morning. Truly Herculean effort by all especially Singer with the dedication to do the pre workout mile run. Good to see P-Trap join us at the Forge. Snuff crushing it on the corners and DORA. Look forward to seeing you on the Q sheet soon.

Be safe out there boys. Keep chuggin.

Three men and a 2.0 joined up at The Forge to exercise by lawful right of essential activities.

Workout: Disclaimer -> run to DTH warmup turnaround, back up around bottom two parking lots to point of beginning which is exactly one mile.

Warm up – SSH, don Q, russian soldiers, imperial walkers, mountain climbers, seal jacks

Prison cell AMRAPS – find a parking spot away from others (physical distancing). Merkin walk around cell one direction for one minute. Next exercises in same direction – lunges, bear crawls, March sadness slides. Reverse directions with same 4 exercises.

Move to grass – AMRAP abs – WWII, LBC, Flutter, plank

One mile run to finish.

Moleskin – YHC awoke at 3:00 AM with anxiety of Qing and putting together a 45 minute workout while maintaining distance and a bad back. A blank Q sheet at 5:00 AM came a calling. Running and prison cells seemed to make the most sense. Way to go Merlin, crushing us old folks dreams of winning a race. Keep up the good work Last Call and Snuff, good seeing you guys out each week.

-Singer

When the fog cleared, four southside regulars appeared from their vehicles to run around various parking lots at the school. The theme – 21, or 19, or 11.

Thang: Mosey to far school parking lot – warm up with SSH, Don Q, squats, mountain climbers, LBCs.

21s, or Covid-19s – start in parking lot circle near light, run one loop, perform one merkin, run second loop, perform two merkins, repeat up to 21.

Mosey to rear school big steps. 11s – run up steps, one WWII situp, run down, 2 situps, repeat up to 11.

11s – dips and Freddies

JITFO long way back to flag

Moleskin:

Thanks for showing up, YHC thought it may be a solo gig without a Q on the schedule at 5:00 AM. Social distancing was ever present. Numbers are dwindling but YHC is hopeful F3 will remain in effect with small numbers and mindful Q approaches.

21s were brutal and monotonous. Thanks to P Trap for taking the lead and finishing up first for the PAX. No this isn’t YHC’s 21st birthday Last Call, but YHC appreciates the gesture.

Stay safe ya’ll.

-Singer

2 heavily sterilized, social distance warriors broke free from the confines of home to enjoy another epic beatdown at The Forge. With plenty of elbow room and no one on the Q sheet, the possibilities were endless. Here’s how it all went down:

Mosey to the lower circle

COP

Snuff  facilitated the warm-up.  As best as I can remember we did Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixote’s, Arm Circles, WWII sit ups, American Hammers, Merkins, Lunge around the circle. I am probably missing a couple.

The Thang:

Hot potato passed to YHC. Mosey to the bottom of the hill.  Partner one runs up to the first parking sign and back. Other partner: flutter kicks. Snuff recommended 2 burpees at the top of each hill. Rd 2 – run to second sign, partner does LBC’s. Rd 3: WWII sit ups and furthest sign .

Pt. 2, Snuff decided on  Bear crawling in between each light around the large traffic circle. At the various lights we completed the following (10 count): Box Cutters, Lt. Dan’s, Copperhead squats, Rosalita’s, Mt. Climbers, Jerkins, one other.

Mosey back to the amphitheater. Chaplain recommends Partnering up: Combine for 100 Incline Merkins, 200 SSH’s, and 300 flutter kicks. Partner box jumps up the amphitheater,  10 dips on the picnic table, then runs back around the perimeter.

Mosey back to the flag.

Prayers for everyone in the group. Hoping we can support one another, and our community, through these challenging times.

It was a great to have Snuff co-Qing this morning. He has been killing it since joining the group not too long ago.