Five of the faithful posted to #GridIron on a comfortable fall morning to sharpen steel. Johnsonville (YHC) planted a virtual shovel flag, and moseyed the PAX over to the paved are inside the track. This is how thinks progressed from there, more or less: Warmup, including SSH, merkins, LBCs, arm circles, don quiotes, and box cutters. Forties with 2-count mountain climbers and 2-count hillbillies Mosey south to the south entrance road. Line up on curb for ascending curb crawls to 13. Mosey north across the southern parking lot onto the soccer field. Forties with dips and pole smokers. Mosey counterclockwise…

Nine of the faithful posted on a dark, damp morning at #NoToll, following a hard rain the day before. Johnsonville unfurled The Stars and Stripes and told the pax that they could put away their gloves. The PAX initially responded with delight until it became clear why the SF was in hand rather than planted over by this basketball court. At 0530, the PAX mosied to the soccer field complex and, without pause, ran 2 loops around it (~ 1 mi.) with Old Glory leading the way. Upon completion, Hardywood planted the shovel flag, and the PAX planked while YHC…

12 men showed up big time today and pushed through injuries and soreness from the BRR.  On the way to the AO I saw a guy running on the sidewalk with a head lamp trip and take a nasty fall.  I stopped to find out if he was ok and it was Kevin Bacon running to the AO. His legs and hands had some deep looking cuts.   Good thing Flipper comes prepared he whipped out his first aid kit for KB. We started out with some warm ups reps of bear crawls, merkins, SSH and side walking planks. The Thang:  …

8 NoToll regulars escaped the fartsack on this beautiful Fall morning to start their day right.  YHC took the Q and we celebrated an F3-style first day of school.  It went something like this: COP (all IC): Arm circles 10 small; 5 big – forward then reverse Slow Don Quixotes x10 Copperhead Squats x10 Imperial Walkers x10 Cotton/Cherry Pickers x10 LBCx x10 Flutter Kicks x10 Mosey to the Pavillion for school activities: Make a Friend — Partner Leg Toss x60 (2 rounds of 30 switching partners in between) Addition/Subtraction – Modified Lindsays with combinations of 60 — Box Jumps on the…

17 brave men left the cozy comforts of their fartsack and took the toll at no toll on a pleasant and clear August morning.  Here is how it went down. CoP 20 X SSH 20 X Imperial Walkers 10 X Daniel Son 20 X Flutter Kicks 20 X LBCs 10 2ct Merkins 20 Burpees OYO  Mosey to Front Soccer Field Catch me if you Can X 3 (In the dark) 1 Partner runs backwards while other partner performs exercise…upon completion exercising partner sprints to catch the other partner. Round 1 – Carolina Dry Docks x 10 Round 2 – Bear Crawl…

15 strong men gathered on a seasonably cool morning at Huguenot Park. The celebratory beatdown went something like this… THANG COP: 40 SSH, 40 LBCs Mosey to Soccer Parking Lots 40 x 4: 40 lunge strides then run around square parking lot…TD Al Gore when done. Repeat 4 times. Mosey to benches Forty (Lindsay): Box Jumps & Muscle Ups Circle up on field Double Tabatta: 40 on, 20 off (alternating between Imperial Squat Walkers & Box Cutters) Line up at end of field Abbreviated Beast: 4 stations per half, 5 reps…for a total of 40 reps 1 set: Merkins Circle…

14 faithful posted at 0530 in 72 degrees and low humidity.  Delivered disclaimer before moseying to the fields. 1st workout consisted of 4 cycles with 8 circuits.  Each circuit being 45 seconds with 10 seconds rest. Circuits – Burpee Tuck Jumps, Merkins w/ alternating hand positions (1 hand fwd w/1 back and switch), High Knees, V Holds, Merkins w/ front punch, Elbow Plank, Spider Man Plank, Leg Raises over cone. For fear of pulling an Elvis, DK posted shortly after the beginning of the first circuit.  Early on there was healthy chatter amongst the PAX.  Who would have thought vinegar was a great nutritional supplement…

With an elite group of Southsiders, aka the Army of Northern VA, dispatched across the James to wage a campaign on Daville 8 other regulars and 1 FNG posted to NoToll. 70 degrees and rainy at the start, but when is it not raining at NoToll? Mosey to parking lot for COP and disclaimer: 25SSH, 20 IWs, 10 Merkins, 20 Flutterkicks, 15 DQs, 10 Burpees. 4 laps around parking lot- Sprint 1st leg, jog remining 3, increase sprint section each lap until sprintin whole thing. Mosey to benches- 3 sets of: 15 Derkins,  10 Step ups RL, 20 Dips, 10…

Well maybe Chum Bucket is alone, but there were ten at NoToll who were ready to get after it.  Here’s how it went down: Mosey to main lot of COP and disclaimer:  Mtn Climbers, Don Quixote, Merkins, Hillbillies Mosey to first field for something like a Crossfit WOD called Kelly:  Run a lap, 30x box/bleacher jumps, 30x muscle ups, ab fun and repeato x5. Mosey back to flag for 5 minutes of Mary NMM:  First, YHC was a bit concerned after reading the backblasts that it would be lonely at NoToll and going through the Kelly (you actually do wall…

17 strong posted for a Huguenot Park beatdown. 81 degrees at 5:30am. It went down something like this: THANG COP 20 SSH, 20 Imperial Walkers, 20 Crab Cakes, 21 LBCs Mosey to first soccer field 10 minutes of burpees Mosey to parking lot Conveyor Belt: 3 columns of 5-6 PAX, standing 2 parking spaces apart, perform appointed exercise, bearcrawl forward, guy at front runs to back 3 iterations: 5 monkey humpers, 3 squat jumps, 3 merkins Mosey back to soccer field Taking & Thinking: listen to “Ride” by twenty-one Pilots, lunge in place, when you hear “take”, “taking”, “think”, or…