2 heavily sterilized, social distance warriors broke free from the confines of home to enjoy another epic beatdown at The Forge. With plenty of elbow room and no one on the Q sheet, the possibilities were endless. Here’s how it all went down: Mosey to the lower circle COP Snuff  facilitated the warm-up.  As best as I can remember we did Side Straddle Hops, Don Quixote’s, Arm Circles, WWII sit ups, American Hammers, Merkins, Lunge around the circle. I am probably missing a couple. The Thang: Hot potato passed to YHC. Mosey to the bottom of the hill.  Partner one…

An elite 8 emerged victorious against the fart sack on a SOJ morning that felt like the middle of a wind tunnel. Here’s what shook out of those gusts COP Mosey around the bus loop and circle up While balancing against breeze preform SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Copperhead Squats, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Arm chicles (and reverse). Warm? Let’s mosey. THE THANG Exercise I – Dora Pace Car – run/climb up the steps/platforms on the west side of the school, perform two burpees and the top, run back Exercises – 100 merkins, 200 monkey humpers, 300 LBCs algore for the six…

Ten hardened mountaineers chalked up to scale the Forge’s escarpment and win the bid for Nation Geographic’s sequel feature film “Free But Not Solo”. Here’s how these heroes reached the summit: The THANG: Mosey to Culdesac for COP #1: En Route, x3 Opus each light poleCircle Up – Welcome & F3 DisclaimerDQ’s x10 ICAngle Grinder x10 ICSweat Angels x10 ICWindshield Wipers x10 IC Mosey to Retaining Wall for COP #2: Work as a team to get all PAX over the top of the ~12” WallRAIL-orama: Partner up to complete x3 sets the following:x10 Jerkins eachx10 Dips eachx10 Cliffhanger Merkins eachABC’s…

A two hour call with Verizon Fios last night led YHC to the realization that internet service providers have a backwards customer service model…. so our workout today was backwards. Here’s the thang… Ring of FireBernie Sanders to the bottom of Mt. Chaplin Mt. Chaplin suicides with an ab exercise at each level. Starting off with Crawl Bears up and down the first level. LBC’sWWII’sFreddie Mercury’s …Reverso Mt. Chaplin suicides with leg exercises on the way down. Starting off with Crawl Bears down & Bear Crawl up the first level. Ball DippersCopperHeadSquatsMonkey HumpersMini Box Jumps…Bernie Sanders to the ticket booth for a triple…

At 5:30 am we fired up The Forge, elevating the temperature at Huguenot High School to 70 degrees. 4 malleable men emerged from the gloom, hoping to get hammered – or something along those lines. Here’s how it all went down. Mosey down to the circle COP My son Jake was very interested in this workout. He had a lot of wild ideas, and specifically recommended a football style warm up, so we gave it a shot. Form a line and complete the following: rotating squat walk, deep lunge walk, power skips, karoaoke (x 2), walking leg pulls. I don’t…

Seven gloom warriors pick-and-rolled their fartsacks and posted at the Forge, wondering what YHC would serve up for breakfast on this drizzly morning. How about a warm plate of The Nolan Richardson? Here’s how it tasted: COP [prescribed in routine] – 20 Don Quixotes, 20 American Hammers mosey to lower roundabout Thang 1 [The Nolan Richardson] – pair up; PAX 1 Bernie Sanders 50 yards, completes a Bobby Hurley [squat and slap ground, then jump and shoot a phantom 3], and runs back; PAX 2 completing exercise of the round; switch and repeat until all prescribed reps are done: 150…

The Forge welcomed a dozen perfectly smooth and fragile eggs, still warm from the mother hen fartsack – here’s how DTH made the most delicious breakfast omelet: The THANG: Mosey to COP #1: Welcome & F3 Disclaimer Extra Disclaimer provided for CooperSquat Walkers x39 IC (Happy Bday Seadoo!)T-plank Arm Circles x10 Each sideDying Quixotes x10 IC (DQ’s, but performed from your Six…)Windshield Wipers x10 ICFlutter Kicks x30 IC Mosey to Handicap Rails for COP #2: Over-Unders to the topPartner up to complete x3 sets of:x10 Jerkins eachx10 Cliffhanger Merkins eachx10 Dips eachABC’s for the SIX Mosey to 2nd Lot Grassy Hill…

Seven gold medal fartsack escapees assembled bright and early at The Forge, basking in the usual Richmond January weather, sunny and 70. With the recent monsoon washing the AO clean of all goose excrement, the PAX heartily followed DTH into endorphin nirvana. The THANG: Mosey to front of high school for COP #1: DQ’s, HairyR’s, CHSquats, DancingB’s, TempoWerkins, H2H, FreddieM’s, more M’s Mosey to Middle School awning for COP #2: TRIPLE CHECK:P1 – Pole SmokersP2 – Lt DansP3 – BC up hill & back Mosey to Amphitheater for COP #3: LINDSEY:Bottom 10–>30 V-ups (or WWII)Top 30–>10 MerkinsBox Jump to get…

Five chipper schoolboys joined Dr TryHard this morning for a wee field trip to El Casa de DTH. Here’s how everyone embraced the morning wood… The THANG: Mosey to front of school for COP #1: SSH x20 ICThe Opus x10 ICDR.W x10 ICWelcome LIFO Fresh Prince!  Mosey to DTH’s house for COP #2: Partner up & retrieve the Oak CabersCaber 1-2-3:x100 Derkins – Partner 1 x10 while Partner 2 planks w feet in caberx200 LBC – P1 x20 w Caber end on chest while P2 on Six holds other end upx300 Goblet Squats – P1 x25 while P2 holds other…