Tag: TwinTeam

  • Slippery When Wet

    A variety of workouts were happening at a bustling Twin Team. Conditions were perfect as fall seems to be upon us. Once everything was sorted 3 runners ran, 5 IPC combatants murder bunnied and a duo of SOJ regulars boot camped. This is what was rumored to have occurred according to the Chesterfield County janitorial staff.

    Doozy started with the Q to discover darkness surrounding the High School. Short mosey down to the light near the track for warmarama that included DQ’s, Heli’s, Cherry Pickers, Russian Soldiers, LBC’s. Passing the Q over the YHC for…

    THE THANG:

    Staying on the track for lady of the night 4 corners of the track. 10 HR Merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 Squats, 40 American Hammers (2 count). Short Mosey over to the home bleachers.

    Mini Dora with 100 derkins, 150 dips, 200 elevated merkins. Timer ran up the bleachers, 1/2 way across and slowly worked their way back down.

    Mosey to the back of Betty Weaver to check on the IPC fellas. Still grinding. Peoples Chair against the building while the timer bear crawled across the black top and Bernied back. Next round Peoples Chair, lunge and Bernie. Alternate until time was called.

    BTTF: Numbers, Names. Picked up 3 of the IPC crew for Announcements and Prayers. YHC took us out. Runners showed up as we vacated the AO pulling 7 miles towards the marathon training.

    NMS: Good showing from various options this morning. IPC certainly seemed difficult but reported no merlot spills. Always good to get some track work in with Doozy, and YHC is appreciative of the conversation since Doozy could easily lap the competition. Wanted to get some vertical work in but bleachers were a bit dark and wet this morning, causing some possible rethinking of future workouts. Always good to start to the weekend. SYITG.

  • Is this a Sisyphus????

    Big numbers this morning or so it seemed like big numbers. 3 runners, 2 regular SOJers and 2 travelers hit the pavement at Twin Team. According to the Staff of BWES this is what transpired.

    Mosey to the back side of BWES for COP

    DQ’s, Helicopters (1 Burpee because YHC stopped one count shy), Arm Pretzels, Weed Pickers, LBC’s Hello Dollies, Imperial Walkers

    Mosey to play ground

    Quick count 5 Pull ups and 10 Merkins OYO (X5)

    Mosey to the JRHS track

    1 Mile ground and pound

    On the corners do called exercise sprint the round ends and mosey the straightaways (X4 to get the mile in) Squats, Ball Dippers, SSH’s, Burpees

    Mosey walk to recover outside ticket booth 5 burpees OYO

    Mosey to front of JRHS Double up triple check

    Partner 1 does Dips Partner 2 runs to the light pole and back (X3)

    Mosey towards the flag via Underclassman parking lot

    Bear crawl up hill 10 squat jumps at the top crawl bear down the hill 5 merkins at the bottom (X3)

    Charge up the hill and mosey BTTF

    Circle up ab Mary until time is called American Hammers, WWII’s and ???? (sorry Mr Holland, YHC can’t remember what you called)

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    Convergence on Monday at Hoedown

    NMS:

    Nice to see some new/old faces in the Gloom this morning. With Mr. Holland showing up YHC was willing to last minute give the Q over for a Sisyphus but the offer was turned down. The weather was perfect for an early morning beatdown, YHC remembers looking at the dashboard reading in the Hyundai as 70 and sunny but it is an old car with lots of miles so that reading may be +/- 20 degrees

  • Starbucks or Suicides

    A trio of boot campers and quartet of runners ascended on Betty Weaver for the wet gloom. 5.30 strikes, runners are off onto the damp roads, boot campers off to find dry cover. This is what was discovered:

    Mosey to Betty Weaver covered entrance for disclaimer and warmarama that included SSH, Dead Man Hang, DQ’s, Helis, Heals to Heaven and Merkins.

    Mosey over to Twin Team with glow sticks in hand. With the help and experience of Doozy, YHC laid out 4 glow sticks as PAX climbed Twin Team hill hoping for the tree canopy to shelter us from any imposing showers. Stop at the top of the Twin Team. Suicides was the call of the day. Starting at the mailbox, run to the 1st glow stick – 10 squats then back to the mailbox. Mosey back to 2nd glow stick (stopping again at the 1st to perform 10 squats) for 20 Merkins, then back to the 1st glow stick (10 squats) and then mailbox. You get the idea. 3rd glow was 30 Monkey Humpers, 4th glow as 40 LBC’s. When completed, return back to the top of Twin Team. On the way down, collect the glow sticks and perform each exercise 1 more time. Mosey back to covered entrance at Betty Weaver. 10 minutes of Broga after a tiring week for these SOJ regulars.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements. In the conversation, YHC forgot to take us out but PAX got the idea.

    Announcements – a lot happening in September (Field Day, BRR, IronPax, etc.). See slack for details. Prayers for those affected by Covid and those in Afghanistan. If you are looking for a family hike this weekend, see the link below. A few water crossings and 1/2 way up the trail there is a nice swimming hole with rock jumps and waterfall. Good for dogs and young kids. Parking lot can get full and breweries are all around for afterwards.

    https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/virginia/charlottesville-reservoir-to-jarman-gap

    Doozy is heading up to Charlottesville Saturday for a Bootcamp. Reach out to him if you are interested in carpooling.

    NMS: YHC had planned a Murph this morning, but overnight showers changed plans so we ventured over to do some hillwork. YHC was hoping for some no shows this morning and even a coffeteria was mentioned to replace the workout but that would be unsatisfactory. It had been a while since YHC had visited Twin Team and it did not disappoint. Bullseye and YHC were in awe of the Doozy pace that was set. One only hopes to have that energy when we grow up. Great work this morning gents. I believe the runners put in 7 miles, strong work.

  • A bunch of runners

    2 Ground and pounders and 3 runners stepped into the sauna to see what the day had in store

    Runners went one way and ground and pounders went the other way

    COP in JRHS parking lot

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Weed Pickers, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, Merkins

    Mosey to the track

    Track work with stops

    10 Merkins at the start and end of each arch Bernie the arch and run the straights

    15 2cnt American Hammers at the start and end of each arch Bernie the arch and run the straights

    20 Squats at the start and end of each arch Bernie the arch and run the straights

    20 1cnt ball dippers at the start and end of each arch Bernie the arch and run the straights

    15 Sugar Sticks at the start and end of each arch Bernie the arch and run the straights

    10 Burpies at the start and end of each arch Bernie the arch and run the straights

    Mosey to the hill on the way BTTF

    Bear crawl up, crawl bear down, bear crawl up

    BTTF

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    Twice this week YHC has been brow beat for the decision not to get the COVID shot. It is a choice, one that may or may not kill me only God knows your time. I am very proud to say that I served time to ensure the freedom and right for me and you to make a decision on what to do or not do. If I die from COVID know that I love all the brothers in the Gloom and that I died making a choice because of the freedom that was afforded to me.

  • Skip a run to go to a run

    2 SOJ regulars and 1 new to the area traveling PAX Brown Noser from Colorado met in the parking lot of BWES to see what was in store for them today.

    Mosey to Twin Team for COP

    DQ’s, Helicopters, Weed Pickers, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, LBC’s

    Mosey up the hill dropping 4 glow sticks along the way

    From the top Twin Team Suicides with 5 merkins at each stop

    Mosey back across BWES down to JRHS for some parking lot crawls, Bear Crawl to the first line do 1 merkin Bear crawl the the next line and do 2 merkins. So on and so forth until you get to 10 merkins

    Mosey to the playground at BWES for some 11’s on the swing set. Starting with 10 Pull ups and 1 merkin

    Mosey BTTF

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    Oyster thought he might get away with one by skipping a run but ended up at a Doozy Q with a Downrange PAX that needed to see all of the AO. Welcome to Richmond Brown Noser good luck house hunting and let us know if you need any intel on schools or neighborhoods in the area.

  • Two at Twin Team

    COP

    Mosey to Basketball courts and perform 10 SSH, 10 DQ, 10 Russian Soldiers, 10 Imperial Walkers, 20 Hillbillies(it is a DaVille workout after all), 10 American Hammers, 10 LBC, 10 Alabama prom dates, 20 Merkins.

    THANG

    We mosey to the gravel track and P1 – Runs lap as the timer, P2 Jumps rope, the goal is to perform 20 successful jumps in a row and do a burpee if you trip on rope before 20. We had weighted speed rope and a normal rope to choose from. We alternated back and fourth 3 times for a triple check (with 2 people).

    We then perform lunges around the track for 1 lap. Then perform Bench Dips for a total of 60 (3 sets of 20). We then mosey tot he Pull up bars in playground. We needed to complete 50 total pull ups and this can be in any fashion. Bullseye performed Jerkins (and did more reps) due to shoulder concern. We wrap this up and then Mosey back to the parking lot for stretching and Numberama, Namerama. YHC took us out.

    Moleskin

    YHC and Bullseye had a great time catching up, we usually meet up at this AO or No Toll (and an occasional Convergence). My first meeting with Bullseye was River Run with Doner Kabob and we ran the hills…brutal. This AO is far for YHC (about 30 minutes) and on top of all that left the Shovel Flag in the Parking Lot….OUCH. Hopefully I can get this back.

    Have a great weekend and I will SYITG….Cheers, CB!

  • What?? No Twin Team??

    3 locals and 1 traveler met at BWES this morning to see what Doozy might have in store

    Mosey to the playground for COP

    Hang from a bar and stretch those back muscles, DQ’s, Helicopters, Imperial walkers, Merkins, LBC’s

    5 Pull-ups, 10 merkins (X3)

    Mosey to basketball area

    Four corners (prostitute) – 10 Burpees, 20 squats, 30 lunges, 40 calf raises

    Mosey to JRHS parking lot

    Parking lot crawls, bear crawl to the first line do 1 merkin, bear crawl to the second line 2 merkins repeto until 10. What goes up must come down crab walk with LBC’s at each line increasing by 2 until 20

    Mosey to the Swamp for some man killers on the track

    Mosey back towards the flag stopping on the small grass hill between JRHS and BWES

    Bear crawl up with 5 jump squats at the top, crawl bear back down with incline Merkins at the bottom (X3)

    Mosey BTTF – 5 burpees OYO

    Numbers / Names YHC took us out

    NMS:

    Great to see Blue Moon all the way down on the south side. YHC will be traveling out of state this week so I will miss seeing him at other south side AO’s but I’m sure the regular southies will take care of him, I’m sure. YHC did not realize until it was all over that Blue Moon hadn’t been to the name sake Twin Team or the routine might have went a little differently.

  • Everybody loves escalators

    Two twin team regulars and a semi-regular Summer tour Q set off to fine a section of the AO with humidity less than 90. Along the way we did:

    COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, LBCs. Mosey down to the stadium. Triple check on the bleachers of: Runs steps and down, Dips, & Freddy Mercurys. Head over to visitor benches for 4 rounds of: 30 BenchKicks and 15 Derkins.

    Down to the field for few rounds across: Bear Crawl & Lunge, Crab walk & backwards run. Imperial Walk(er)ing. Then head up to BWES field for: Pull Up and Jump Squats, 4 rounds. Another Triple check of B2TW and Donkey Kicks on the BW blacktop then over to front of school. Some Mary then back to flag for one last thing: Burpee Escalator. Start with 8 Burpees in 1 minute, then 9 in next minute, 10 in 3rd, 11 in 4th, and 12 in 5th minute. Totals of 50 burpees in 5 minutes.

    NMS: Small but solid PAX this morning who flew through all the Q could think up. YHC always enjoys the Q there since there is so much ground to cover. Been a while since we’ve done that Burpee Escalator and doing it at the end of a beatdown in July is a solid push. Way to push this morning Last Call and Doozy!

    Announcements: Hitch welcome Sausage Party tomorrow (see Slack) and Squirrels baseball F3 night on 7/31.

  • Suicide Squad

    4 bootcampers and 5 runners, no doubt inspired by last night’s Town Hall, assembled at Bettie Weaver Elementary for another round of Twin Team action. We were all on a mission to better ourselves; and perhaps even the world. Here is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

    Bootcampers moseyed to the basketball court for Warm-Up that consisted of:

    Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Russian Soldiers, Cherry Pickers, Dead Man Hang, Freddy Mercuries, Hand release merkins.

    Exercise One:
    Indigenous People’s curb crawl around the island. Man in the back breaks off and does 2 burpees, then runs to the front. May not have been the crowd pleaser that I hyped it up to be.

    Mosey to Twin Team Hill for Exercise Two:
    Partner up: Rd. 1 – Runner does a suicide style run, going to the first driveway, back, then to second driveway and back. Other man does squats for the duration:

    Rd. 2 – runner repeats, but adds on a leg to the 3rd driveway and back. Partners does lunges.

    Rd. 3 – runner repeats, but adds on a leg to the 4th driveway and back. Partner alternates between 20 jump squats, 20 heels to heaven.

    * couple of stretches while YHC catches breath.

    Mosey back to the school for Exercise 3: Using the benches, alternate between 10 incline merkins, 10 dips, and 10 decline merkins. Everyone did a couple rounds.

    Names/Numbers/Announcements

    Mousetrap took us out.

    Notes:

    According to Don Draper, runners got in 6.75 miles! Sounds like it was challenging one due to humidity.

    Enjoyed talking with everyone today and partnering with Doozy on the Suicides. Lots of good follow up discussion on the F3 Town Hall.

    Make it a great one

  • Solo at The Swamp

    YHC fought off the fartsack to make amends for a missed Q from the week prior only to find a few regulars and runners had opted for vacation. According to the Doe and her fawn, here’s what transpired.

    COP

    10 burpee buy in for the missed Q and mosey down to the track aka JRHS’s The Swamp.

    The Thang

    Opting to remain dry following last night’s monsoon, the Q called for track intervals with a 4 corner mix.

    2 miles on the track.

    first mile – light jog straight-a-ways, run curves (75% pace)

    second mile – light job straight-a-ways, run curves, 15 merkins first corner, 15 monkey humpers, 15 plank jacks, 15 SSHs

    mosey to the bball court at Bettie Weaver

    front lunge the turkey tracks, side lunge the baselines

    mosey back to the flag for a couple minutes of mary and some bro stretching.

    This morning was YHC’s first encounter with a solo gloom. Between a light drizzle, thick blanket of humidity and headphones pumpin’ some good tunes, conditions were prime to leave it all on the field.

    Announcements:

    7/3 – 7am Dogpile Convergence (CB on Q)
    7/6 – 3rd F Virtual 8PM (see slack for zoom link)
    7/8 – F3RVA Town Hall at 8pm (location TBD)
    7/10 – Puppypile following Dogpile
    7/17 – Hitch House Party at 5:30pm
    7/31 – F3RVA Family Gather for a Flying Squirrels Game (DM BoneThugs)
    8/3 – Ultimate at Heartbreak Ridge
    8/14 – Puppypile following Dogpile

    SYITG