23 Redwoods descended on Mary Mumford for a Near West End Beatdown that went something like this: Mosey to NW corner of school for COP: SSH, DQ, Copperheads, Hand Release Merks, Hello Dollies, Crab Cakes, Bob & Weaves to Right & Left Mosey to bus loop for Curb Crawl Flips: Bear Crawl to curb, 2 merks, flip to backwards plank, 2 dips, crab walk back. Repeato, increasing by 2 each round. Up to 10 and back down Mosey to Fields that were closed, mosey back to green by tennis courts for Merkin Ladder by 2s: start at 2, increase by…

12 wayward souls emerged from the fartsack and posted for a Thursday morning beatdown.  Last vestiges of winter were apparent. The Thang: COT (take out by YHC), 6 minutes of Mary, backwards run to the tomato haven.  Double triple check, run to fence and back twice, balls to the wall,  and LBC’s  Mosey to the tennis courts.  Elevens.  First round jump squats and merkins, second round burpees and WWII setups.  Second round instead of running from end to end, run 1/2 way, bear crawl the rest of the way, run 1/2 way back and crab walk to the line.  Mosey…

Sixteen convened at Mary Munford for the second annual F3RVA March Madness.  No surprises this year, just a beatdown followed by some hoops.  Here’s how it went down: Single line jog to the basketball courts to claim our space for the next 45 minutes.  Four left hand layups followed by 4 right hand layups.  Line up military style for COP. COP SSH – 20 High Knees – 20 Butt Kickers – 10 Defensive Slide – 10 Floor Slaps – 10 Dive for the Ball Reverse Flutters – 15 The Thang 4 corners.  Break up into equal size groups and disperse…

A lucky 13 descended upon Mary to demonstrate their strength and stamina.  This is more or less what transpired… COP: DQ’s, SSH, Squats (6 count…NEVER AGAIN), Merkins, LBC’s Lazy Doras: (100 Merkins, 200 LBC’s, 300 J-Squats).  Alternating:   10 Merkins, 20 LBC’s, 25 J-Squats (or 30 if you are partnered with TYA) Triple Check:  1 partner completes 25 WWII’s. While waiting for partner 1, other 2 wheelbarrow up and down steps to school – performing a Merkin at each step. Jacob’s Ladder (Construct a Burpee). Traverse courts..starting with 1 Merkin, 1 J-Squat, and 1 Burpee. Continue until at 5 Burpees. Ring of Fire…

12 steadfast and determined studs plus 2 mall walkers converged upon Mary Munford for a Thursday beatdown.  EF planted the flag.  Here’s how it went down. The THANG Mosey to the far side of the school COP SSHs DQs IWs Arm Circles LBCs Mountain Climbers Mosey to wall of school 5 minute Peoples Chair – pass KB, lift right foot, lift left foot Modified Curb Crawl – Bear Crawl to Merkins/ Crawl Bear to Donkey Kicks 10, 9, 8…. Mosey to soccer field Burpee Ladder- Run across field 10 burpees, run back 9 burpees, run 8… Mosey to parallel bars…

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in…

14 redwoods emerged from the fartsack to take on the activity of the day.  Sunny and 70 all around this morning. The Thang: Mosey to intersection across from the pavilion.  Mosey to Reveille church doing burpees and merkins along the way.   Enter Reveille church parking lot.  COP, disclaimer, 29x SSH, 15x arm circles (each way), and 20 Imperial walkers.  Mosey to parking lot behind church for triple check.  Merkins, dips, and run around parking lot (first forward, then backwards, then forwards).  Mosey to front of church for BBC.  One pax does Burpees, other pax bear crawls to brick patch, runs…

Seven, no eight, neigh nine RVA faithful posted to a Tom Brady tribute workout at Mary Mumford. The thang: Warmup – 12 SSH, 12 Imperial walkers, 12 Don Q, 12 Slow Bending Squat, 12 Mountain GOATs Curb Crawl – Bear crawl, 1 Irkin, Crawl Bear, 2 Derkins, repeat up to 12 Mosey to tennis courts. Brady’s Bolts – 1 Burpee, bolt across all 4 tennis courts, 2 Burpees, bolt, repeat up to 12 burpees Ring of Fire – 12 two-count flutterkicks, legs 30/60/90, 12 merkins, plank Triple Belichick – partner up, partner one carry across, partner carry back, 20 leg…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-yrtKsCdI8 13 PAX rose up and got buck at 45MOM. The THANG: COP: Hammer Dance x~20, Power Dance x~20, Dirty Birds x~20, Mariah Careys x10 each leg, Pickle Pounders IC x10. Mosey to the basketball court for Triple Check: hip-slappers, WWII situps, backwards run/forwards sprint. Mosey to the field for Bear-Crab Futbol. Each time the ball goes out of bounds, all PAX perform 5 Burpees. If a team scores, they perform 10 Monkey Humpers to celebrate. The scoring team names an exercise for the other team to perform 20 reps. Mosey to the side wall of the school…

16 pax plus Q gathered this morning in the parking lot of Mary Munford for 45 minutes of chaos.  The Q heard grumblings of rain drops, but the weather seemed kinda 70 and sunnyish to him.  Here is what was attempted: Warm up run COP (Yes, TYA…slightly extended) SSH Scissors  Top Hat and Cane Dancing Frog Rag Time Copperhead Squats Arm Circles Merkins Freddie Mercury’s LBC’s Crab Cakes Crunchy Frogs THANG Relay Race Potpourri- Teams of 4 (Q was odd man out and shadowed Saab), perform stated relay on tennis courts.  Waiting pax alternate between planks with X5 IC merkins…