6 men arose from a warm fartsack to see what this weeks rendition of Heartbreak Ridge would have, and this is what happened: Longer than normal mosey, much to Attilla’s chagrin, to the Quioccasin Middle Bus Loop COP under the covered Loop with various exercises Indefinite Triple Check with a Run to the Shed by the Fuel Site, HRM’s, and SSH’s for the first 2 rounds, third round was a Run, with Squats, and LBC.’s Miscellaneous Wall Work to stay under the covered loop Mosey to the Blacktop for a 4 Corners: C1 – 40 SSH’s, C2 30 Squats, C2…

Yesterday at Hoedown, we did a lot of shoulder work. SOOOOOOO, Handshake did some preemptive complaining about the potential for more merkins, etc. today. As a result, I modified somewhat my usual routine. Here’s how it went. Warm-up 20 SSHs in cadence 10 Don Quixote in cadence 10 Susan Sommers in cadence (each side) Plank: Right hand/right foot stretch & vice-versa Mosey to Heartbreak Ridge for 11s Pole smokers at the top Imperial Walkers at the bottom Mosey to benches for Lindsays: 30/10, 25/15, 20/20, 15/25, 10/30 Dips Bench kicks Mosey to Quioccasin Wall for BBTW routine 15 People’s chair…

A lucky seven assembled in the gloom to reverse the curse of last week’s running workout. Here is how it went down: COPSSHIWDQHelicoptersArm circlesJazzercizeSuzanne SomersHRM LBC Mosey to the black top for four corner with 10, 15, 20 & 25 reps70 HRM70 WWII sit-ups70 copperhead squats 70 side crunches, each side Mosey over to Heartbreak Hill for an 11 on the hill with H2H and monkey humpers Mosey around the track to the pull bars where each PAX does 7 pull-ups while the rest Al Gore Bernie up the slope and mosey back to the shovel flag for some dead…

9 men joined for a Handshake makeup Q from 2 weeks ago and this is our offsite adventure Start with a mosey to the wind-free courtyard at Quiocassin Middle Mosey over to Shane Road and take advantage of the lights at the Henrico Recycling Center and do a Triple Check. P1 HRM’s, P2 Squats, P3 runs down to the corner of Woodcrest and back. 3 Rounds Starting at the Recycling Center we moseyed back down to Woodcrest to start a Lindsay with 30 Squats and 10 Carolina Dry Docks. Continue at Holbrook/Elon, then Vassar Road, then Woodcrest Road. We’ve got…

6 West-Ender HIM’s donned their toboggans and answered the call to join DTH for a frosty beatdown on the Heartbreak tundra. Here’s how we showed Figo (2nd-ever post) a good time: The THANG: WARMERAMA: x1.5 Mosey laps around the parking lot and circle up Welcome & Disclaimer Variable IC Reps to get the muscles warm top to bottom – Nancy Kerrigans, Imperial Squat Walkers, DQ’s, Opus, etc COP #1: Mosey around the the bus loop covered area and every man pick a pole for Pole-smokers x30 IC Followed by WWII’s and Oblique LBC’s IC COP #2: Line up on the…

Six committed PAX members posted in the cold this morning looking for Handshake… We started with a brisk mosey to the back of school pavement for an all contributing round of COP that went something like this. SSH, DON-Q, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, LBC, Merkins. 4-Corners at same location was 12 Merkins, 12 WW2’s, 6 Burpee’s, with a bear crawl to 4th and final corner. Mosey to Elementary School for a Triple Check in the parking lot. LBC, HR-Merkins, Runner as the timer. Mosey to the back play ground for another Triple Check of 5 pull ups, 5 WW2’s and 5…

Nine noteworthy PAX posted to the 1st HBR of 2024. A benevolent Q tried to keep the PAX dry along the way. We did: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins. Mosey over to covered area: Pole Smokers & Merkins all the way down. Over to the Tennis courts for 4 rounds of: Wheelbarrows & 10 Derkins. Up to the PES lot for a Triple Check: HRMs, Reverse Crunch, & run lot the back. Over to Playground for Pullups: 4 Rounds of 8, WWIIs while you wait. Back over to main HBR lot for another Triple Check: dips, Peoples…

Tater thought he could take it to a vote, but as Q, I both break the 4-4 tie and also get to declare whatever I want! It has been 35 years since that fateful Christmas Eve that resulted in the loss of innocent lives and severe damage to Nakatomi Plaza. We honored the courage of John McLane today by climbing Nakatomi. After some warmup, we ran up (and down) the hill ten times. Handshake led the grumbling. Almost a third of the way to the roof, we did another ten but added a merkin at the top, eventually doing ten…

Four noble warriors held down the HBR fort as the masses converged on No Toll today. Here is how it went down: COPSSHIWDQHelicoptersArm circlesJazzercizeSuzanne Somers LBC Over to Heartbreak Hill for our own 12 days of Christmas – run of the hill complete the reps, adding a new exercise each time and return down the hill, rinse and repeat until all 12 days are complete:12 merkins (144)11 WWII sit-ups (121)10 2x flutter kicks (100)9 side crunches – each side (81)8 squats (64)7 CDD (49)6 H2H (36)5 burpees (25)4 2x shoulder taps (16)3 2x crab cakes (9)2 diamond merkins (4) 1…

11 would-be winter warriors beat the sun to witness the frozen landscape of heart break this morning. A humbling experience of Faith, Fitness and Fellowship at its best. We were reminded of how blessed each and every one of us are to have the physical and mental fortitude to brave the elements together. I’m glad I had my winter shorts on!  1/4 mile mosey around the ice track for a frozen COP at the 50. Dead Man hang Don Quixote Ukrainian Soldiers Copper Head Squats Merkins LBC’s Scissor Kicks Mosey to the pull up bars for a 3 round Merkin/wall…