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Browsing: Heartbreak Ridge

Heartbreak Ridge: Handshake pulled up. That’s our signal it’s time to begin. I asked “Who’s the Q?” Offshore: “You are!” I write on the calendar when I sign up for Q. Unfortunately, when you are retired, you don’t always remember to look at your calendar. Fortunately, Offshore pays attention to details like who’s the Q. Mosey and karaoke: Then: Warmup: At Parking lot by benches: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 20 flutters, stretching exercise Warmup: Run to the covered walkway: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American Hammers, stretching exercise Warmup: Run to Pemberton Elementary: 20 Squats, 10 Stagger…

5 faithful HBR regulars came out to see if Pigskin would be back in the gloom and we found he arrived back in RVA safely to join us. Standing around at 5:29 YHC called an early start with nobody else expected to get us moving: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to the tennis courts: Bear crawl halfway, 10 HRMs, run to end. Repeato with Crab walk & burpees, Lunge and jump squats, Broad jump burpees and flutterkicks. Mosey over to DK wall: 25 Donkey kicks, run to end of blacktop, 5 burpees. Repeato with…

4 of the West Ends finest converged for a beatdown with unseasonably warm weather Mosey to Fueling Station for COP Mosey 20 yards further for continued COP in honor of Pigskin Mosey to Pemberton Elementary School for 4 Corners – 10 HRM, 20 Jump Squats, 30 WWII’s, 40 SSH’s then 1 Burpee and descending Mosey to Playground Area for a Quad Check – P1 is the timer and does 5 Pull Ups, P2 Dips, P3 Merkins, P4 WWII’s repeat 4 times Mosey to the PES Bus Loop, P1 Bear Crawl while P2 runs to the top of the Bus Loop…

I pulled up thinking I was a few minutes early and Handshake was already there. Oh no! I’m either hallucinating or I have to buy a new watch! But no! Handshake was early! After standing around admiring each other’s attire (nice silver tights modeled by Offshore, Honeydo’s bare knees and Attila’s Hoodie) and letting our blood congeal, we started. Mosey, high knees, karikoke left and right in the parking lot. Warmup: At Parking lot by benches: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise Warmup: Run to other side of Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 American…

Hardywood’s farm equipment remains parked in the PAX parking area, but he did not emerge. Instead seven gloom warriors started the day with: The Thang:COP: SSHs, Hammer Dance, IWs, DQs, Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercurys, Carolina Dry DocksAscending Derkins: 1, 2, …, 10 derkins on various benches with some moseying in between.On the basketball court, three rounds of Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl, and SSHs, Invincible Jump Rope for the six. 15, 20, and 25 Donkey Kicks.Mosey to the Jerkin Gym for three sets of 8 Partner Jerkins.Mosey to the football field for a traveling Lindsay with Broad Jumps and WWIIs.Back to…

Three PAX came out to Heartbreak Ridge to see who would be the fist to bite it on the ice. Instead we stayed safe and had some fun: COP in loading dock area, perfect for only 3: Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks. Mosey over to bus loading covered area. 3 rounds of Donkey kicks & Merkins. Run length of school then more exercises on other side. Mix of Mtn Climbers, boxing roaches, B2W, Peoples chair, & other fan favorites. Finished with a bear crawl length with stop for merkins every pole. Back to COP with a safe…

Five faithful came out to HBR wondering was Pigskin not on the Q? He’s still being safe so we took off at 5:30 with a Hot Potato. COP (Honeydo): SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys (no Scorpion kicks since Handshake wasn’t there) Over to tables next to COP: 3 sets of Box Jumps and Derkins. Over to covered side for 3 rounds of Donkey Kicks & Jump Squats. Over to PES back playground: 4 rounds of Pullups and WWIIS. Pass Q to Lighthouse: 3 rounds of run lap on track & Flutterkicks. Mosey over to Heartbreak Hill. Bear…

While the rest of the RVA F3 PAX was celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with Rosie, a smaller PAX assembled for some ground and pound at a more geographically friendly AO. Here is how it went down: COPSSHRussian soldiersDQHelicoptersArm circlesMerkinsLBCAPDOne man DORA – each man completes are reps, dividing the reps into 5 units with a run across the football field in between100 HRM200 2x flutter kicks300 LBCJack Webb5 Bernie Sanders up the small hitMaryReverse crunchesAmerican hammersRing of fireCOT with YHC taking us out Great work from the PAX. Plenty of announcement with happy hours and convergences. Check Slack. …

Dispatch, patrol four fife tree. eight middle aged males driving personal conveyance gathering vicinity Quioccasin Middle. At least one friendly. Report follows: 10x burpee Short mosey to COP IC – 10x SSH, 20x Flutter, 20x Freddie Mercury, 20x Hello Dolly, 20x Rosalita, 10x Don Q, 10x helicopter, 15x Arm Circles, 10x slow merkins, 10x asphalt angels, 10x Australian AA, 10x shoulder tap, Plank. 12 min in. Short mosey to balancing exercises and comic relief -some number of drunk driver tests, RDL no weight, RDL three tap. Star taps, 30 OYO ski hops, 20 OYO line hops. That looks too easy.…

3rd F (Faith) 12/31 we will have an in person 3rd F convergence .. details to come. 2nd F (Fellowship) shout out to Honeydo and team on the can collection ruck. Sorry i couldn’t join this time, but i look forward to joining next time.Collecting clothes and shoes in December for men’s organizations. 1st F (Fitness) The Thang: 530..lets mosey. 2 laps around the parking lot to warm up. COP SSHLow Slow SquatPlankHand Release Merkins Its cold.. lets mosey to the wall. Pair up. Pax one runs to far end of parking lot. Pax 2 does called exercise. Rinse and…

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