With the remnants of Hurricane Michael promising to clear the summer humidity and bring a cold front for the foreseeable, 28 regulars and 1 FNG enjoyed the last humid morning of 2018 at 45MOMM. YHC has been experiencing pain since tweaking his back throwing around some kettlebells at SOT last week…and had secured Q backup from both Rosie & Swirly. It was a last minute call, but YHC took the lead and the beatdown went something like this: Mosey 3/4 of the AO perimeter. treehug Al Gore waiting for 6 COP: 28 SSHs, DQs, Copperhead Squats, Imperial Walkers, Tempo Merkins,…

Twenty-seven warriors came forward to remember the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu. COP Arm Circles Don Quixote Russian Soldiers Helicopters Strut behind YHCs car and grab two bricks.  One lucky pair got the cinder block.  Head west on Grove running Stop in front of Locke Lane Appartments and perform Boo-Yah merkins with your bricks in your hands while waiting for the six.  Exchange cinder block custody and continue west. Stop at the parking lot by the market and perform eight burpees with bricks in hands.  Turn your brick on end and perform abyss merkins balanced on the ends…

Despite some early morning showers, 20 gloom warriors made it to 45 MOM for a Thursday morning beatdown.  I’m told it went something like this (more or less): COP:  20 Imperial Walkers, IC; 15 Mountain Climbers, IC; 15 LBC’s, IC; 15 Merkins, IC; 5 Burpees OYO. Thang 1:  Four Corners around the Mary Mumford city block (~3/4 mile).  Run to corner 1 and do 20 Merkins.  Run to corner 2 and do 20 LBC’s.  Run to corner 3 and do 20 squats.  Run to corner 4 and do 20 Carolina Dry Docks. Al Gore until all in. Thang 2:  Mosey to field…

A cool, foggy morning set the stage for 27 of RVA’s finest (including 2 FNGs) to emerge from the gloom.  It is officially too dark to make out the faces pre-workout, so chatter was in close proximity to one’s neighbor. Off we go to the front of the school for COP. Don Quixote Russian Soldiers Helicopters Scorpion Kicks YHC calls Swirly to demonstrate the perfect Merkin.  Partner up and do as many perfect Merkins as possible in one minute.  The spotter can call up to two infractions for form.  Swap roles and go another minute. Next is the perfect WWII…

A mighty 25 assembled to get a pre-hurricane beatdown in.  Here is what happened, more or less. Mosey to the soccer field and circle up for the COP: Don Quixote Russian Soldiers Invisible Jumpropes Scorpion Kicks Carolina Drydocks Mosey to the end of the soccer field and form a column for Tunnel of Love.  The Pax planks while the one on the end army crawls through the tunnel.  Saab kept his stalactite a bay since there was a 2.0 present.  Repeat for two times through. YHC called out for five volunteers.  Five came forward and YHC provided instructions.  Pax counted…

26 BRR starters and backups posted for today’s ode to all things sports. Here’s how we rolled. Several BRR starters tapered around the field, mixing in some called exercises here and there. The rest of the PAX – including 2 BRR starters – began 2019 training the only way we know how. COP: Invisbile Jump Ropes / SSHs / Helicopters / Knuckle Merkins / LBCs / Knuckle Merkins The Thang: Partner up. 12 trees at the edge of the field along Cary Street. Run to farthest tree and back. 20 PLTs each. Run to farthest tree and back to 2nd tree. 20…

20 Redwoods, including two FNG’s, posted for a Thursday morning workout at Mary Munford. The Thang Mosey to near field at MM.  20x SSH, 25x LBC, 20 SSH, 20 copperhead square, 20 SSH, 10 Don Quixote.  Mosey towards Reveille church, stop along the way for some more squats, planks, etc. Arrive at Reveille and do curb crawls up till five and back down.  Mosey over to the pavilion for a double triple check.  First round, Abyss merkins, box cutters and one man sprint forward out and runs backwards back.  Second round dips, freddy mercury,  one man sprint forward out and…

21 Redwoods including one FNG came out to to enjoy this unusual cool summer morning and for YHC’s 45MOM VQ. This how it went down Slaughter Start – 10 Burpees OYO Mosey to the blacktop COP (ALL IC) SSH, DQ, Helicopters, HRM’s, LBC’s, Dying Cock Roach, Arm Circles THANG PLT – 3 set of 20 each Chaos Four Corners – In groups of 5; 4 of 5 mosey to start exercises at different corners. On YHC’s Q The 5th PAX member runs to the first corner and completed 20 reps of the exercises with 1st PAX member. The 2 PAX…

18 studs came out this morning for a beatdown that went something like this. Short Mosey to a longish COP ATM — 15 Alternating shoulder taps IC, 10 tempo merkins IC, 10 reg merkins OYO Smurf Jacks Crab Cakes Flutterkicks Boxcutters American Hammers arm circles tabletops One more round of ATM’s Wally World PAX will perform one set of the following: 5 Donkey Kicks, climb to Balls to the Wall position, hold for 5 seconds, bring it down and do 5 stump merkins Repeato with 10 Then with 15 Mosey to the Tennis Courts Triple Check — one does suicides…

19 PAX from all nano-regions converged on Mary Munford Elementary this morning for the latest installment of 45MOM.  Conditions were great for August and the grass clippings on the field were waiting.  Here is what went down: Mosey to the field for COP: Helicopters x 15 Imperial Walkers x 15 Don Quixotes x 10 Hillbillies x 15 LBC’s x 20 Hand-Release Merkins x 15 AND JUST FOR SAAB…….SSH x 10! THANG: The BEAST: 6 x exercises at 6 x cones for 6 x rounds Round 1 = Merkins Round 2 = Carolina Dry Docks Round 3 = WWII sit-ups…