Mother Nature graced us with the perfect gloom this morning as two faithful eagerly greeted the rain drops for a beatdown that went down like this: Mosey to grassy area near first parking lot for COP. Invisible Jump Ropes x 23 (forgot to stop counting), Arm Circles Forward Little/Big x 10/5, Arm Circles Backwards Little/Big x 10/5, Don Quxoite x 20 Start at first lamp post and alternate exercises until last lamp post behind baseball field.  Exercises were merkins x 10 and squats x 10. Mosey to parking lot near football field.  Touch a tree x 1,3,5 with the same…

Three of North Side’s finest posted to the gloom of Atlee HS this morning to continue our mission of planting shovel flags in Mechanicsville.  It was a small crowd, but we didnt let that stop us: Warmup run over to bus lot at CMS COP SSH IW Copperhead Squats Merkin LBC Thang: 11’s Derkins + Incline Prom Dates Pullups X5 Chinups X5 Wide Pullups X5 Stations: -Heels to Heaven -Jump around the World -Dips Human Steeplechase: Round 1:  Two men plank 10 feet apart,  the last man hurdles two plankers, then planks.  Leap frog the length of soccer field. Round…

The kite weather brought out 2 shovel flags and 5 strong men of a certain age to DaVille.  While YHC is sure that it rained at No Toll this morning, the showers held off on the North Side.  Abacus brought it in on 2 wheels at 5:30 (and change), barely got the car shut off and hit the ground running (literally), so the rest of the pax fell in line: Morning jog over to middle school COP X20 IC SSH X20 IC  Skip jacks (?) X20 IC DQ X10 IC little arm circles, X5 IC big arm circles.  Reverso X30…

5 Faithful posted on a blustery Spring (??) morning. Felt more like mid winter thanks to a 40 degree drop in temperature during the previous 9 hours. The Thang Mosey to from Shovel flag, across parking lot to corner adjacent to greenhouse. Warm up COP. 15x Don Quixote, 20x LBC, 25x SSH, 30 (15 on each side) arm circles. Head down the street towards the stadium. Light jog to first pole, sprint to next pole, repeato until close to corner number 2. Ascending and Descending curb crawls, ascend to 8 and descend back down to one. Mosey to base of…

5 Pax and 1 FNG met in the gloom on the North Side for 45 minutes of what turned out to be a 2+ hour plan.  Lab Rat planted a shovel flag about the time Circle K pedaled into the parking lot.  After he shed some winter wear for more suitable workout attire, the rest of the pax convened and we got to work: COP X20 IC SSH X20 IC Split Jumps X20 IC Don Quixotes X10 IC little arm circles, X5 IC Big arm circles, Reverso THANG: X15 Merkins, run half the track X15 Derkins.  Repeato X20 Squat jumps…

Its officially Spring (according to the calendar), but Mother Nature greeted 9 F3RVA faithful, 1 F3 visitor from North-Charlotte, and 3 FNG with one more morning in the low 30s for the Inaugural morning beatdown at the DaVille.  (TYA and YHC scoped out the entire property last Wednesday at HDHH)  The PAX did not stay cold for long as we went straight to work.  Here is how it went down: Mosey to center of parking lot for COP. SSHx22, Don Quiotex22, Front Arm Circlesx11, Backward Arm Circlesx13 Mosey to far side of parking lining up on a parking spot. Lunge…