A hardy 9 men and 3 2.0s gathered at The Creek to test themselves and exprience a three-way Q Opus has the Q Scout run around Church COP all IC plank jacks merkins plank jack merkins flutter kicks WW2 situps LBC’s figure 4 crunches Tempo Jump Squats Q gets passed to Yardsale Indian run around church Tunnel of Love Four Corners in the field.  run to first corner first corner 10 Merkins, karaoke to second Corner 20 heals to heaven, Run backwards to third corner 30 flutter kicks , karaoke to fourth corner 40 lbc’s Mosey to pavilion Partner up…

14 troopers (including four 2.0s) landed at The Creek and went to work this morning… Mosey around the church building and circle up. COP – All IC 30 SSHs, 10 merkins, 20 copperhead squats, 10 merkins, 15 crab cakes, 10 merkins, 20 crab cakes, 10 don quixotes, 10 merkins, arm circles, 10 merkins Mosey to the corner of the church building. 4 Corners – Bear crawl the length of the church building, 10 burpees, run to next corner, 20 two-count mountain climbers, run backwards to next corner, 30 heels to heaven, crab crawl the length of the church building, 40…

8 faithful awoke from their Turkey comas and post at The Creek for a Black Friday special. The shovel flag was planted and the PAX got to work. This is how it when down Mosey one loop around the church COP (All IC) Arm Circles DQ (Abe Vigoda Style) Helicopters THANG The Beast – Black Friday Style Instructions were given to stop at each median on side for church. 3 times down and 3 times back. The PAX then headed out to pick up their Black Friday items. First Item at Target – Beats Headphones on sale $97 -97 Carolina…

17 Hardcorp Creeksters met at the Church for the Beatdown.  It must be cold in the mornings because everyone arrived within 4 minutes of the start time! The Pain was brought in the following fashion: Mosey 2 laps around the Church to COP COP: 10 arm circles small, 5 big  (all three count) reverso 20 (3 count) Hillbillys that Q accidentally called imperial walkers. 20 (3 count) Imperial walkers that the Q properly called imperial walkers 20 (3 count) LBCs Mosey 2 more laps around church. Broken Wheelbarrows, each Creekster had to do 2 lengths from lightpost to lightpost in…

10 Warriors joined YHC this morning for some pre half-marathon festivities. This is how it went down: Slaughter Start with a twist 13 merkins OYO, Mosey around the church 13 merkins OYO (Al Gore for the six), Mosey backwards around the church 13 merkins OYO (Al Gore for the six), Karaoke around the church 13 merkins OYO (Al Gore for the six) COP  SSH x13, (13 Merkins OYO) DQ x 13, (13 Merkins OYO) Helicopters x 13, (13 Merkins OYO) LBFC (Little Baby Flutter Crunch) x 13 ,  (13 Merkins OYO) Crab Cake x13, (13 Merkins OYO) Arm Cirlces x8…

15 PAX members showed up to take on a Wilt and Opus designed beat down. Black Snake Weave around big Field. COP SSH Alternating Shoulder Taps Scissor Kicks Flutter Kicks Smurf Jacks American Hammers Freddie Mercuries BUTKUS — 1 minute of toe tapping delight on the curb, 30 second breather 1 minute of toe tapping delight on curb, 20 second breather 1 minute of toe tapping delight on the curb, 10 second breather 1 minute of toe tapping delight 4 CORNERS #1 — 40 WW2 Situps #2 — 30 Mountain Climbers #3 — 20 Merkins #4 — 10 Burpees then,…

14 members (including one young lady) of the Mechanicsville Davillians put on their uniforms and tall sports shoe to participate in a F3 version of the World Series This is how it went down: Mosey around the church for our traditional warm up lap COP 30 – SSH (for the 30 MLB teams) 10 – Cherry Pickers (for the 10 playoff teams) 8 – Crab Cakes (for the 8 teams in the divisional series) 4 – OYO Merkins (for the 4 teams in the league championship series) Mosey to the pavilion and the picnic benches 2 mintues of step ups…

12 fighters and 6 2.0s gathered for some early morning training. YHC and his clown car of 2.0 minions got things set up,the Flag was planted and the work began. Chewy / COP all IC SSH x 20 IW x 10 DQ x  10 Smurf Jacks x 25 Hillbillies x 10 Smurf Jacks x 2 Mudface/Circuit Partner up with someone about your size. One partner does the station while the other cheers/encourages/rests. Switch after a minute. after both have gone move to next station 1 – Jump Rope 2 – dips 3 – Hell-bc 4 – battle rope 5 -…

9 guys (hoping for 13) showed up this morning in the gloom to suffer together. Break up into two groups — one ran around the church clockwise, the other anticlockwise (as the brits call it)  High fives as we passed each other.  (or trying to bowl people over.  thanks to the carpenter for that) COP — polar bears around the world — 13 each way Helicopters Chinooks butt kickers high knees ww2 situps boo yah merkins 5 with 4 different people jumpovers with a friend 20 Trifecta 3 exercises 10 each, then run to the other side of parking lot…

Ohh ohh, like a surgeon…  (anyone alive remember Weird Al’s parody of ‘Like a Virgin”?)  Well, it was my VQ and I tried to see if THE CREEK would die on me… It didn’t die…in the Halloween spirit, they walked around after like the undead though….kinda staggered…. The workout went like this SLAUGHTER STARTER: 20 burpees OYO Mosey:  2 laps around the church, wait in plank Plank:  right hand up for 30 seconds, left hand up for 30, arm through right, 30 sec., left arm through, 30 sec. Cop:  10 x arm circles, 15 x 3count merkins, 20 baby situps,…