8 not so cold but cold PAX showed up on a 70 and sunny morning in the West End. According to the incredibly fit body builder running the track with no shirt on, this is what happened. One lap around the parking lot circle up for COP DQ’s, Helicopters, Deadman Hangs, Cherry Pickers, Imperial Walkers Lets play the pick a number game. Each HIM picks a number out of a container in turn, PAX does exercise that is on a sheet that YHC has printed. Every 5 picks PAX takes a lap around the parking lot. Mosey to the nearest…

9 of the west ends finest plus a 4 legged friend joined for this weeks Heartbreak Ridge COP Super Mosey from the lot all the way around school/bus loop to hide from the truck that arrived at 5:31 that appeared to be Gypsy. Various exercises while YHC was trying to design today’s Q Mosey over to the Track and get in groups of 2. First Group sets up at a 100 meter mark, second group and the 200 meter mark, third group at the 300 meter mark, and last group at the 400 meter mark. Group 1 sprints to the…

This is the season to be Grateful! I’m grateful I made it 70! The other day, Bodos posted some words on Facebook about being grateful. On Slack (3rd F channel), I saw something Bone Thugs posted on Gratitude (a poem by Edgar A Guest). Great words! A few weeks ago, I was planning to do 70 burpees today (7 minutes of burpees, 10 burpees each minute). (Homer: Sorry about the lack of Burpees!) But about two weeks ago, I developed “sciatica”. (The doctors used some other terms.) The symptoms are pain down the length of my left leg. The source…

8 of Richmond’s finest plus an out of town guest joined for this weeks version of Heatbreak Mosey to the Wind Bunker for a COP of various exercises Mosey to the front of PES for a Triple Check. P1 Runs the Loop, P2 LBC’s, P3 SSH’s, Round 2/3 swap SSH’s for Squats Mosey to the side of PES for another Triple Check P1 Runs to the opposite Curb and back, P2 Wall Walkers, P3 Inverted Shoulder Taps Mosey to the Pull Up Bars and partner up. P1 5 Pull Ups, P2 Merkins and swap for 6/7 rounds. Mosey to the…

Congratulations to Whitesnake on his new job! I’m sure that’s a relief to your daughter who will be getting less advice on applying for college. Warmup: Mosey over to the hidden front entrance to the school 20 SSHs 10 Shoulder slap Merkins 15 Knee-ups Stretch Mosey over to the wall 20 IWs 10 Diamond Merkins 15 Crunchy Frogs Stretch Mosey to parking lot at Quioccasin 10-minute Tabata with BLIMSBLIMS (Burpees, Lunges, IWs, Merkins, Squats) 45 seconds exercising, 15 seconds rest Mosey to walls 15 People’s chair airpress 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence 15 Donkey Kix OYO 15 People’s chair…

10 strong posted under a Blood Moon in a busy polling parking lot to see what goofy theme YHC might cook up. PAX ages ranged from 14 up to 69. We did: COP in cellblock: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Hillbillies, Reverse crunches. Mosey to PES lot for: Decide the Congress: Partner up. Each twosome do: 51 Burpees and 218 Merkins. 1st pair to finish gets to call the election results for tonight. Once votes were cast mosey over to Pull-up bars: 4 rounds of 8 Pullups and WWIIs. Head over to DK wall for more partner work: Dora…

Kicking off November for my first Q at Heartbreak. The rain stayed away but a nice group of 9 did not. We moseyed to the football field and did some warmups of SSH, Rockette Hillbillies (hillbillies with a kick), Freddie Mercury’s, Mercury Freddie’s, Suzanne Somers, Helicopters & Candy Corns (shoulder workout). Then the fun started. Hit Heartbreak Ridge with a partner. One ran up and down the hill while the other did Burpees at the bottom. Did 51 total per team. Ran back up the hill together and hit the baseball field. Pax ran the bases while the runner at…

Eight posted this AM for what we thought would be a Pig Skin Q. Called an audible and yours truly threw together the following (keeping a few Pig Skin specials). Little warm up stretching (touch your toes, if you can) before a mosey to track for a reverse medley race where one group Polar Bears around the track until the other group (running the opposite way) catches them. Repeat but swap Polar Bears for Leg Lunges. Mosey to center of field for Abs with a 25 count of: Crunchy Frogs, WW IIs, Heals to Heaven, Reverse Crunches, Side Crunches, Freddy…

Brisk morning with 8 warriors ready to hit the ground running YHC 2nd VQ, as Handshake put it, argued if Hot Potatoes counted, no conclusion. Clock struck 5:30 and heres what went to down: Mosey to the front of school for COP: SSHTouch your toes, center, left, and rightCherry PickersReach for the StarsHelicoptersArm Circles small/big and reversoAPDsWWII (on your on in cadence)Scorpion KicksMerkins The Thang: Mosey to the bus loop grab a pole and hold 6 inches while we rotate to the end, timer did 5 pole smokers and ran to the next available pole and so on. Mosey to…

11 of the West Ends finest joined for this weeks iteration of Heartbreak Ridge COP – various exercises Mosey to the Bus Loop for some Pole work. Each man had a pole and we started with 20 Pole Smokers and then bear crawled to the next pole for 20 Squats and repeated until all Poles had been used. Mosey to the Tennis Courts and partner up. Partner Bear Crawls/Wheelbarrow for 5 rounds for each man. Mosey to the other side of the court for Line Touchers. Mosey to the Pull Up Bars at PES and partner up. P1 does 5…