Richmond, VA

The Black Widow

By Lockjaw on February 2, 2018

When: 02/2/18
QIC: Lockjaw
The PAX: Bootleg, Saab, Swiper, Swirly, Offshore, Sippy Cup, The Yankee Aggressor, Upchuck, Marv, Wedding Singer, Lockjaw, Labrat, No Tools

Yep, It’s Ground Hog’s Day. A day to celebrate the signal of a spring to come, or know the winter still has us in it’s grasp for a little while longer. I chose to go with the Bill Murray theme and celebrate an infinite loop. The route posted above is two miles in length. 4 milers do it twice, 6 milers do it three times, 5 milers do it twice with a one mile bonus loop (Grove to Malvern to Cary to Commonwealth to Grove). Black Widow is the name of the route considering the resemblance to it’s namesake. NMS:…

The Q forgot his gloves

By Honey Do on February 1, 2018

When: 02/1/18
QIC: Honeydo
The PAX: white Deer, Johnsonville, Atilla, Honeydo

Four faithful found their way to Circus Maximus to start February off right. Here is how it went: COP- SSH, merkins, LBCs, Don Qs, 20KB swings mosey to back of school. 2 sets of 30Donkey Kicks, lunges across, 20 Halos. Then 2 sets of Merkin ROws and Sit-up Presses. Head back to side for Boat-Canoe and Elbow Plank. 2 sets of Pullovers. Burpee Escalator- start at 8 Burpees pm, up to 11. Finish with Mary. Atilla took us out. NMS- YHC realized pulling in to the AO he forgot his gloves, not good when lugging a freezing cold KB for…

Evolution of The Burpee…Part I and Part II

By Gumbo on February 1, 2018

When: 02/1/18
QIC: Gumbo
The PAX: Mr. Holland, Ronnie, Kubota, Keymaster, Sugar Sock, Shakedown, Swirly, TYA, Saab, Wedding Singer, Gumbo

11 strong veterans broke the hold this morning and posted on a brisk but pleasant morning to start the backside of their workweek with warm bowl of GUMBO, it tasted something like this: Long mosey around the perimeter of the AO to the field in the northwest corner for COP, including: SSHs Imperial Walkers Arm Circles Hillbillies Merkins LBCs Flutterkicks THE THANG: Curb Crawls – mosey to the curb and you know the drill – bear crawl across 1 incline merkin, crawl bear back 2 decline merkins…repeato up to 5 and back down to 1. Evolution of the Burpee Part…

Timberwolf 4

By Marmaduke on February 1, 2018

When: 02/1/18
QIC: Marmaduke
The PAX: Honeymoon, Mr. Roper, Flashdance, Marmaduke

4 SOJ gladiators took on Timberwolf on this crisp first day of Feb! COP SSH x 20 DQ x 10 Arm Circles x 15 (reverso) LBC x 20 Merkins x 10 Cotton Pickers x 10 Mosey to Track The Prostitute – 4 Corners of track, start at first corner and do exercise, proceed to second corner. return to first , then back up, always returning to first corner and completing each corner as you pass it. Corner 1 – 10 Merkins Corner 2- 20 Freddy Mercury Corner 3 – 30 Carolina Dry Docks Corner 4 – 40 WWIIs Lunge to…

Abs and Arms

By Rosie on January 31, 2018

When: 01/31/18
QIC: Rosie
The PAX: Marmaduke, Tatu, Gumbo, Rosie

4 strong gathered for a moonlit morning in the gloom. The PAX at NoToll suggested a beach body workout, with a focus on abs and arms, to get YHC ready for the long weekend trip. YHC was happy to oblige but added some extra running so another margarita or two can be consumed. THANG Mosey around the bus loop and back to the lit parking lot for SSH (only 10 after yesterday’s Flatline led SS Hopathon), Moroccan night clubs, Hillbillies, Alternating Shoulder taps, LBC Into the deep gloom we go, everyone knows where that is at SOT. If you don’t,…

A Full Moon and a Swirly Q

By Swirly (F3 Corporate) on January 31, 2018

When: 01/31/18
QIC: Swirly
The PAX: EF Hutton, Circle K, Kubota, BT, Hardywood, Saab, Bootleg, Sippy Cup, Lockjaw, Keymaster, Marcel Marso, Fuud, Swirly

13 strong posted this morning for WDOG and here is what went down… Mossy : COP: SSH’s, Windmills, IW’s, Merkins, LBC’s, APD’s Short side triple check : Partner 1 – Polarbear across field – Russian Solder back – Partner 2 – LBC’s – Partner 3 – LT. Dans – repeat 3 times. Rusty Cage : Partner up : 3 sets 7 jerkins – 3 set of 10 burp ups – 3 sets of 5 chin ups Amp Theatre: Partner up – wheelbarrow up to the top – 4 dips each step back down – next partner wheelbarrow back up. Indian…

Super Kettlebell

By Spit on January 31, 2018

When: 01/31/18
QIC: Spit
The PAX: Pick 2, Mud Face, No Idea, Helix, Spit

5 Football Fanatic (well at least one, more on that later), drove up to Washington-Henry ES for a super bowl themed beatdown. This how it went down: Warm up: Karaoke one lap around the parking lot COP (ALL IC) Invisible Jumprope LBC’s Merkins DQ Arm Circles (30 sec hold at the end) THANG Superbowl Trivia The PAX was asked a series of Superbowl related questions. If answered correctly the PAX would complete 20 KB LBC’s IC. If answer incorrectly the PAX would run a lap around the parking lot then roll the dice to determine the exercise. Exercise were has…

Nothing better than Hot Potato Soup on a Snowy Day

By Circle K on January 30, 2018

When: 01/30/18
QIC: Circle K, The Carpenter, Spit, Phonics, Opus
The PAX: Circle K, the Carpenter, Spit, Phonics, Opus

5 men greeted the day by kicking it into high gear as they converged in the gloom and did something like this: SPIT Q : COP included SSH, Invisible Jumpropes, LBCs and Merkins all IC Mosey to playground for 10 jerkins, 10 pullups, and 10 Burp Ups each. Opus Q : Mosey to bus loop for Catch me if you Can. Pax runs backwards around bus loop while one PAX member chases them while running forward. Once caught, PAX performs 10 burpees and another PAX members circles the bus loop until catching the PAX. Repeat until all PAX members have…

Birds of a Feather, Flock Together

By Flatline on January 30, 2018

When: 01/30/18
QIC: Flatline
The PAX: Oyster, Swirly, Gumbo, Rosie, Honeymoon, Flatline, Marmaduke, Mr. Roper, Shakedown

YHC arrived to No Toll this morning with no set plan and more a personal challenge to Q on the fly–sorta! Big Blue was there and YHC immediate thought…don’t f–k up and draw a blank. Rosie’s SUV had lights planted right on an owl, in the grips of breakfast or dinner-owls are nocturnal correct? 8 regular SOJ men and one geographical SOJ man were ready for a tactical, on the fly Flatline Q. 0530-BOOM…10 Burpees to start. Mosey to the parking lot at soccer fields for COP: Arm Circles x 15, 10 small, 5 big. Forward than reverse. Well actually…

The F3 Defense

By Offshore on January 30, 2018

When: 01/30/18
QIC: Offshore
The PAX: Attila, HoneyDo, Offshore

Two SOPers joined YHC in the rain, then freezing rain, then snow for something like this: Lap around the track to the concession stand for COP: Dirty Birds, Carolina Dry Docks, Imperial Walkers, Mountain Climbers, Freddie Mercurys IC. Mosey to the east bleachers and partner up for partner 11s: Dips at the bleachers and pull-ups at the pull-up bars, with a run in between. Mosey to the blacktop for Donkey Kicks at the wall x20, run to the other end, Lt. Dans x20; repeato 3x. Descending Derkins: Mosey back to the track and around, performing Derkins at each bench/bleacher starting…

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