Richmond, VA

The Blocks are Back

By Toga on June 11, 2015

When: 06/11/15
QIC: Toga
The PAX: Bleeder, TYA, Fudd (LIFO), Conspiracy (LIFO), Chum Bucket, Ricky Bobby, Marv, Pucker, Toga, Cousteau (KOTTER), Swirly, Wedding Singer, Loose Goose

13 posted for the promise of more fun with cinder blocks. Here’s how it went down: COP: 20 split jumps, 15 merkins, 20 flutter kicks, 20 Don Quixote Block Fest: Partner up and complete the following exercises while your partner runs ~100m. switch twice for each exercise. Round 1: Block merkins, curls, goblet squats Round 2: Block burpees, tricep extensions, sumo squat with high pull Round 3: Single hand swings, plate raise and turns, froggers Round 4: Wood chops, cross body curls 6MoM: Twists w/o block, toe touches w block, weighted sit-ups, block press sit-ups COT Moleskin: YHC will readily acknowledge…

Fudd Likes Variety

By Splinter on June 10, 2015

When: 06/10/15
QIC: Splinter
The PAX: Conspiracy, Wilson, Oyster, Fudd, Wedding Singer, THE Yankee Aggressor, Splinter, Bleeder, Swirly

A strong PAX of 9 represented well for YHCs virgin Q. The Thang: COP 25X SSH 15X Temp Merkins 25X Don Quixotes 16X Tempo Sumo Squats (optional toe raises) Mosey to Basketball Courts The Weave Start at corner basketball goal. Zig-zag or “weave” back and forth to hit all 8 goals. Right side goals 10 jump-shot burpees. Left side goals do 10 two-count line jumps. Plank up at end. Backwards run suicide. Repeat the weave then modified karaoke suicide. Mosey to 2nd Baseball Field The Cycle Start at home plate: – Single: Run to 1st and complete 10 merkins. Run to 2nd,…

Ginter Park Garden Tour….sort of

By Chum Bucket on June 9, 2015

When: 06/08/15
QIC: Chum Bucket
The PAX: Conspiracy (LIFO), Bleeder, Toga, Fudd, Splinter, Lockjaw, THE Yankee Aggressor, Cowboy, and Swirly

A spirited PAX, 10 strong, posted for the latest installment of #ThePunisheRVA. The THANG: Short Mosey to west schoolyard initial COP with 25 x SSHs, 25 x LBCs, 25 x Don Quixotes, and 25 x Imperial Walkers Jog to front field for additional warmup – high knees covering the width of the school gym and back, then butt kickers across the width and back. Jog to southeast corner of school grounds for first workout round – 10 Burpees, 20 Merkins, 30 Prisoner Squats, and 40 Flutter Kicks. Run into Ginter Park neighborhood – to corner of Gloucester Road and Laburnum…

Rain, what rain?

By Bleeder on June 9, 2015

When: 06/09/15
QIC: Swirly
The PAX: Wilson, Conspiracy, Oyster, Wedding Singer, Chum Bucket, Ricky Bobby, Bleeder, Loose Goose, Honey Dew, Viral, Johnsonville, Shooter, Sippy Cup, Rosie, Swirly

15 Strong posted as the rain was starting to drop. The THANG Mosey to first COP 15X SSH 15X Imperial Walkers 15X Don Quixote 15X Flutter Kicks Mosey to Field The Beast 6X each 6x running the field. LBC’s, Merkins, Freddie Mercury, Werkins, APD’s, Burpees Mosey to Other Field Running and Pole Smoking Team up in Pairs 3X RING fo Fire 2x 7 Merkins Mosey to Shuffle Flag COT Moleskin The rain was light enough to not cause any issues, but heavy enough to make every surface; grass, pavement, wooden bridges, really anywhere we had to hit the ground; soaked.…

Seven who Just Would Not Quit

By Johnsonville on June 8, 2015

When: 06/06/2015
QIC: Johnsonville
The PAX: Swirley, Brain Tumor, Wilson, Chum Bucket, Groh, Conspiracy, Johnsonville

Seven (7) of the faithful gathered on a very pleasant late-spring morning to spend some time in the gloom. After enjoying about 1/2 of #dogpile with the many, Jville switched AOs to #gridiron, planted a VSF, and commenced to lead #F3Richmond late-morning Saturday workout. It went something like this –> (Jville and Groh only) 35x SSH 25x Merkins 25x Standing Mountainclimbers 25x Mountainclimbers Mosey to Grassy Knoll 10 minutes of Burpees Mosey around school to pull up bars in back (add Swirley, Brain Tumor, Wilson, Chum Bucket, and Conspiracy) 10 pull ups 20 merkins 30 squats run to start of…

Sippy Cup leads the PAX up and down those hills!

By Bleeder on June 6, 2015

When: 06/06/15
QIC: Sippy Cup
The PAX: Toga, Lugnut, Cowboy, Camper, Lockjaw, Bleeder, HoneyDo, Viral, Haggis, The Yankee Aggressor, Snowden, Ronaldo, Brain Tumor, Goldberg, Wilson, Saab, Sippy Cup (VQ), Chum Bucket, Conspiracy (LIFO), Loose Goose, Swirly, Johnsonville

In attendance (22!) 22 faithful and a newspaper reporter gathered on a surprisingly sunny morning for the YHCs VQ. On the agenda—trails and hills and a few merkins along the way. The THANG. COP (SLIMS) 30x SSH 25x LBCs 25x Imperial walkers 15x Merkins 25x Slow bending squats Crab-Bear-Merkins Start with feet at center of circle, 5 merkins, flip over, backwards crabwalk to edge of circle, flip over, 5 merkins, crawl bear back to center of circle. Repeat 4x. Mosey to down to the pump house Hill runs #1—the pump house Partner up. 1 partner runs up hill to the…

PAX ups the miles

By THE Yankee Aggressor on June 6, 2015

When: 6/5/2015
QIC: THE Yankee Aggressor
The PAX: Brain Tumor, Sippy Cup, Toga, Saab, Lugnut, Bleeder, Loose Goose, Swirly, Sunshine, Wilson, TYA

11 of the Faithful jumped out of the farstack on a misty/foggy Friday morning. All were rewarded with a good workout and some good fellowship The Thang: Head towards grove, all take a left. Pick your loop. 10k all the way to 3 chopt, 6 miles to St Catherine’s turnaround loop, 5 miles to Tuckahoe, 4 miles to Wisteria, turnaround, run to The Boulevard and then back to the school and shovel flag. Moleskin: Saab broke away from the pack (of two) at the end to finish the day strong. He passed YHC going up the hill at Libbie and Malvern.…

Goofball makes first appearance in RIC

By Loose Goose on June 4, 2015

When: 06/04/2015
QIC: Loose Goose
The PAX: Brain Tumor, Pucker, TYA, Swirly, Splinter, Lockjaw, Chum Bucket, Bleeder, Ricky Bobby, Goldberg, FIFA, Ronaldo, Honey Do, Loose Goose

12 faithful and 2 FNGs at 45 Minutes of Mary hit the ground and did some running in the rainy gloom this morning. Deflated footballs, a yellow frisbee, and a laminated cheat sheet were also in attendance as the men in this PAX got underway to push their limits. ThE tHanG Mosey across the tomato-less basketball courts and wrap around to the far corner of the tennis courts COP Merkins x10 SSH x20 Goofball x12 Scorpion Dry Dock x15 – switching leg somewhere along the way Imperial Walkers x20 Mosey to the soccer field Tunnel of Love:…

8 minutes to post time

By Bleeder on June 3, 2015

When: 06/03/15
QIC: Bleeder
The PAX: Bleeder, Swirly, TYA, Chum Bucket(LIFO), Splinter, Wilson, Lug Nut, Donor Kabob

The flame of 8 brave souls could not be put out by a little rain. (curb crawls on the other hand…) The THANG COP SSH 25x Mountain Climbers 20x Don Quixote 20x Imperial Walkers 20x Mosey to Bus Loop Curb Crawl Latter 1-7 7-1 Mosey to Basketball courts bleeder SprintS Mosey to football field Teams of 3 or 2 Triple triple check One team on the tire and rope sledgehammer the tire and jump rope Others on the line Lunge down to 50ish run back rotate Run to 50 U.S. Line 5 burpeea To the 100 5 more run back…

Imperial Squat Walkers…In Cadence…Fail

By Döner Kebab on June 2, 2015

When: 06/02/2015
QIC: Döner Kebab
The PAX: Oyster, Wheelbarrow, Rosie (FNG), Shooter, Lug Nut, Ricky Bobby, Brain Tumor, THE Yankee Agressor, Bleeder, Toga, Swirly Sippy Cup, Döner Kebab

Another group of 13 gathered at #NoToll for a Tuesday morning beat down. Here’s how it went down. The Thang: COP: 20 SSH, 25 LBC, 4 then 11 Imperial Squat Walkers, 20 Crab Cakes, 15 Merkins Mosey to Soccer Field Modified Dora 1-2-3 Partner up: as a team, complete 100 Merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats; while one partner cranks through the reps, the other runs width of soccer field and back; modifcation: bear crawl or lunge first half of width. Repeat until complete. Additional 200 LBCs added as an audible. Mosey around far fields back to bleachers Lindsays 2 exercises, sets of…

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