Category: Richmond, VA

  • Father’s Day Weekend Kickoff at Dogpile

    YHC was happy to have his 2.0 (Hash) attend a Saturday morning workout and with the arrival of the ET Early morning run group we assembled and were ready to go, here is what went down on this cool cloudy and 68 morning:

    COP

    We mosey down to the bottom of hill by the pump station and circle up for:

    20 SSH, 15 DQ’s(slow), 15 Russian Soldiers, 15 Imperial walkers, 20 American Hammers (2ct), 20 LBC’s (4 ct), 15 Reverse scorpions, 15 scorpions, 24 merkins plus 5 slow merkins…we are warmed up and ready to rock this morning.

    THANG

    We mosey to one of YHC’s favorite seasonal treats, the pipe loop. On this adventure we divide into groups of 2. I introduce the Bill Murray(with CB edit) which consists of 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 WW2 Sit ups and 10 burpees. Partner 1(P1) runs the pipe loop and Partner 2(P2) performs the Bill Murray. When P1 returns from loop, he starts Bill Murray and P2 runs the loop. This would be 1 rotation and for this morning’s gasser, YHC decided on 4 rotations.

    We wrap up the Bill Murray Pipe loop WO and then form up on the 1st Power Pole(PP) perform 10 merkins, then Bernie Saunders to the 2nd PP, 10 merkins, jog to next PP, 10 merkins, walk to next PP, 10 Squats, Bernie Saunders to next PP, 10 Squats, run to next PP, 10 Squats, walk to next PP, 10 Merkins, jog to next PP, get to circle and we jog to bottom of Triangle Loop.

    YHC makes this a Dealer’s Choice and Pax can do any combination to the top of hill, Bernie Saunders, Bear Crawl, Karaoke (left and/or right), jog, run or lunge up the hill. We get to the top and Mosey to the Coupon Stage.

    Venice Beach prep – YHC thought some curls for the girls were in order so we each grab a coupon and we partner up where P1 performs the Colt 45 with the block, this is 15 reps from bottom to mid point of curl, followed by 15 reps of midpoint to top of curl and finally 15 reps of full motion curls. P2 stands his coupon up on its end and performs squats over brick(making sure to touch the coupon at the bottom of the squat with your bottom<thanks Handshake for the idea>). Some high performers laid the block on it’s side for an even lower squat…F3 awesome ‘you against you’ efforts here gents! We do this rotation 2 times as the Colt 45s were a smoker for the pipes.

    To complete our arm workout this morning we mosey to the Amphitheater bottom by the stage and begin the incline merkins at each seat, increasing by one to the top (mid way through YHC wanted to get some dips in and instructed the PAX to start with one Dip after completing the 10 incline merkins(the 10th step), then going up the remaining steps increasing by one with dips only. ) Well this painfully felt like the touch a tree audible from last fall and Upchuck and I had a laugh as he had to clean this up in subsequent Q’s to make sure we had the touch a tree down…So look for an HBR sanctioned explanation in future workouts.

    With about 6 minutes left we mosey to flag for some Mary.

    MARY

    We circle up and begin some stretches, for our back, legs, torso, we get some flutter kicks in 20 reps and begin a ring of fire (with so many we all do 5 merkins and then recover. That is a wrap for today’s Dogpile.

    Numberama, Namerama…YHC took us out in Prayer.

    Announcements – Next Wednesday is Hump day happy hour, check out Pre-blast as Kubota is hosting this event! Somehow Beers and miles came into this morning’s discussion. We will be having the July 4 convergence at No Toll starting at 6am with Hardywood and DTH taking the lead for this event.

    Moleskin

    YHC came early with his 2.0 to get set and there was one car. With in 5 minutes we had the runners from ET’s, and everyone else show up right until the starting bell with 26 total showing up. It was great to see some faces that YHC has not seen for awhile and the energy was awesome this morning with Mumble chatter in full force made this fun to lead. For the F3 brothers who lost theirs dads this year we prayed for you this morning and for those fortunate enough to have your dads around, please catch up with them and tell them you love them.

    It was an honor to lead this morning, have a great weekend gents, Happy Father’s Day and I will see you in the gloom! Cheers…CB!

  • 8AM Breakfast Club?

    8AM Breakfast Club?

    Ten of RVA’s finest did extra credit before and after DogPile to earn their breakfast, about 4 miles to be exact. Mr. Thompson said “FU, our bacon is off limits before 8am.” Mr. Thompson now has a big black X on his corporate file.

  • The Father’s Day Game (sort of)

    4 Davillians including a FNG had to changes the game day plans since it ended up being a small pax.

    This is how it went down

    Mosey a lap around the school and circle up on the blacktop

    COP (ALL IC) – DQ, SSH, Helicopters, LBC’s, Flutter Kicks, Arm Circles

    THANG

    11’s – Squats and WWII situps

    Mosey to the soccer field

    Penalty Kicks – Starting first no goalie. If Goal was made PAX did 1 Burpee, if missed 5 Merkins. Two Rounds of that. Added a goalie, if goal was made PAX did 1 Burpee and goalie did 5 merkins. If missed switch exercises

    Mosey to the baseball field

    The Cycle – Just in baseball, we touched the all. First time up a single (5 merkins at first). Rinse and repeat with a double, triple, and homer adding 5 merkins each base

    Mosey to the track

    Catch me if you can – Partner up, starting a 1/4 of track between each other, start running around the track and stopping every 1/4 lap for 5 squats. After one lap Partner 2 can stop Squats. Switch, Rinse, and Repeat.

    Mosey back to the field

    Frisbee Toss – PAX took turns throw the frisbee. While in the air the PAX sprints towards it. Once it hits the ground, PAX completes an exerise chosen but the thrower

    Numberama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

    MOLESKIN

    So the Father’s Day Games didn’t go as planned since most of the PAX was a no show. Hopefully we will have better luck next year

    Thanks Opus for bring your 2.0 out and for Wilt for ET his friend

    Welcome to Bullseye! A rising freshman at Atlee HS how is going out for the football team and loves Archery

    SPIT ON THAT!!

  • The Way of Our Other Fathers

    Sorry PAX, I typed up and published the normal backblast but upon review later on all I see if the a black and white American Flag and no backblast. So here it is in full-

    16 strong arrived and departed RAMM for their desired morning exercise.

    Long run – Patterson(ish)
    Short Run – east on Grove, 4s turn at Malvern, 5s turn at Roseneath, and 6s we don’t care, there were none today. Everyone return past the point of beginning and west up to Three Chopt, return to point of beginning.
    Cyclists – everywhere for 45 minutes.

    Way to go PAX. Welcome Will for his first outing, Bodos head locked him from church. YHC noticed the foreign tags looking lost trying to find our parking lot. The run today was a simple one, the way of our other fathers who ran east on Grove to a specific spot of mileage and then all touching Three Chopt. YHC can recall being a common run back in the day, which as a Friday in case you were wondering which day that was. Something easy for a new guy who likely would be running faster than myself.

    FNG Will was tentatively titled Red River for his Oklahoma ties. Hardywood would like to voice some late recommendations with some I just don’t see fitting a nice fella like Will – Noodler, Fister and Pig Shop (yikes!). Mr. Wood’s other consideration is Noodles which sounds a little more appropriate. All proposed names are tied Oklahoma’s title of being the capital of Noodling. So YHC would open up to see if Noodles is preferred over Red River, otherwise Red River it is. Comment in the comment section for further consideration.

    Juneteenth on the calendar today, hope everyone enjoys the new holiday. Thanks to Bodos for taking us out.

    Time to pullout.

    -Singer

  • Y’all hear that?…It’s the sound of silence.

    YHC arrived at Twin Team with about 5 minutes to spare. Expecting the usual Twin Team attendance, YHC was stoked to see the cars rolling in. A PAX of 15 arrived to help YHC say goodbye to his 30s. Here’s what went down:

    Mosey to black top behind BWES.

    COP:

    6 burpees OYO

    19 DQs

    19 hand release merkins OYO

    80 LBCs OYO

    40 SSHS

    Mosey to jungle gym. YHC has not done a single pull-up since quarantine…time for a change.

    11s:

    Pull-ups and box cutters with a run halfway down the field in between.

    Mosey to the Swamp.

    40 yr old Beast: The usual Beast with 4 extra of the exercise at the end (just to make an even 40)

    Round 1: Burpees

    Round 2: WWIIs

    Round 3: Burpees

    Round 4: 2ct Mountain Climbers

    Round 5: Was gonna be burpees….but out of time.

    Mosey BTTF for 2 MOM: American Hammers (x20), Crunchy Frogs (x15), 5 burpees OYO.

    Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayer Requests, YHC took us out.

    Announcements: Same as all week

    -July 4th convergence at No Toll (6am)

    -3rd F this upcoming Tuesday (June 23) at 8pm on zoom

    Prayer Requests:

    -Prayers for Don Draper’s dad

    -Rosetta’s cousin

    NMS:

    For YHC, this morning was a great way to welcome the decade of silence. YHC’s age never really seemed to matter that much before (except maybe 16 and 21) but 40 has been on the brain for a while…seemed to mark the end of when one can call themselves “young” (and act young too). But, this PAX continues to remind YHC that such thinking is a waste of time. You guys are awesome and YHC is humbled to lead.

    YHC was pumped to see some faces that he hadn’t seen since quarantine began….great to see Gumbo, Rosetta, Mr. Holland, and Don Draper! Missed you guys.

    Thanks to the New Market crowd for shutting down Satan’s Hill today to make the trip to Twin Team….means a lot!

    Also, thanks to DTH (and Cooper) for hitting all of YHC’s Qs this week.

    Peace!

  • Uh…let’s go over here, I guess…

    FNG in tow, YHC arrived to a near-empty Anvil parking lot. Luckily, Scrum was there to fill the void in our lives, and a hot potato ensued. Mr. Holland got it going:

    COP: SSH, Don Quixote, Russian Soldiers, merkins, elbow plank, LBCs

    1/2 Track Beast, The Hard Way: 3 rounds vs 6 – merkins, merkins/WWIIs, merkins/WWIIs/burpees

    Pass off to Scrum for some form running on the blacktop: high knees, butt kickers, karaoke, shuffle, slow shuffle. Mosey to the parking lot for 30 second intervals: high knee jumps, plankjack merkins, elbow plank Peter Parkers, and at least two others that YHC can’t remember. Must’ve been awful.

    Welcome FNG Captain Bacon! Recent VMI grad, Coast Guard reservist. Just moved into Mr. Holland’s guest room, complete with captain’s license. Put this man on a boat!

    YNWA

  • Three Line Exercise

    10 godly men, including one from NC gathered this morning for beat down. Here is how it went:

    COP
    Deadman hang x10, Crossing leg stretch x10, Don Quixotes x10, Helicopters x10, Merkins x10, Scorpion kick x10, LBC x10, Arm circle x10, American Hammers x10

    The Thang
    Short moseyed over to one corner of the basket ball court. First exercise was four corners: 1st round 10 merkins at each corner, 2nd round 10 WWII at each corner, 3rd round 20 jump squats at each corner, and 4th round 5 burpees at each corner.

    Moseyed over to the tennis court. 2nd exercise was three lines, PAX lined up along baseline of the court. 20 American hammers on one side of baseline, bear-crawled to the net, 10 walkout-merkins on the net, bear-crawled to the other side of the baseline, 20 LBC on the baseline, bear-crawled back to the net, 10 walkout-merkins on the net, and bear-crawled back to the starting line and 20 American hammers. This is consider 1 round and we did 3 rounds.

    Moseyed over to the tennis court side and we did mini Dora: 30 burpees, 60 SSH, and 90 flutter kicks.

    Moseyed back to where we started and did a quick ring of fire with variants of 5 merkins OYO.

    Announcements
    Fourth of July Convergence at No Toll 6:00 am
    Happy Hour at Kubota’s next Wednesday

    Numbers, names, announcements, prayer requests, YHC took us out.

  • Final Qs of Hate: Day #3

    After a dreary start to the week, a PAX of 11 descended on The FORGE this morning to see a return of 70 and sunny. Here’s what went down:

    Mosey behind HHS for COP.

    COP: Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, DQs, Russian Soldiers, LBCs

    Return to base of the hill with ascending merkins at each lightpole (up to 10).

    Love Hill:

    Partner up. Partner 1 runs to top of the hill (up to the road) while Partner 1 bear crawls. Switch it up when Partner 1 returns. Repeat for broad jumps and crab walk. And keep repeating sequence until reaching the top.

    Mosey to field.

    7 of Diamonds:

    Round 1: 7 burpees at each corner

    Round 2: 14 merkins at each corner

    Round 3: 21 2-count flutter kicks

    Round 4: 28 squats

    Round 5: 21 2-count flutter kicks

    With only 2 minutes left, not enough time for Round 6 (merkins) and Round 7 (burpees).

    Mosey BTTF and perform American Hammers while waiting for the six.

    Numbers, names, announcements, prayer requests, Doozy took us out.

    NMS:

    DTH welcomed YHC to The FORGE this morning with a nod towards the moon. YHC believes DTH’s exact words were “Hey Tobit, see that sliver of a moon…that’s what’s left of your 30’s”. …Thanks DTH…your 40s are coming for you too.

    Peace!

  • A clown car + 0=4

    Four NewMarketeers rolled into Timberwolf in clown car ready to reignite this AO. Timberwolf is alive and well and these 4 gloom warriors were ready for what the crisp morning air was bringing. The four hoped to find other eager warriors as it has been fun to get back out and see new and old faces.

    COP

    Mosey to busloop. 25 SSH’s, 10 DQ’s, 10 cherry pickers, 10 helicopters, 10 small/10big arm circles + reverso, 15 count dead man hang. Mosey to light pole alley.

    A true Timberwolf favorite Light pole ally.

    20 of called exercise to start run to last light pole 20 of said exercise back to the next light pole reducing one pole each time. Exercises were Merkins, WWII’s, Carolina drydocks, SSH’s, Imperial walkers, 2 count flutter kicks, Split 10 dollies/10 Rosalita’s, Merkins, (May have missed 1 or 2). 15 minutes to go? YHC was sure The first Timberwolf he did light pole alley was a full 45? Mosey to front for picnic tables of pain 20 dips, 20 decline merkins, 20 incline merkins. Start to Mosey, but wait Wilson called for another round so Repeato. Mosey to the back for the wall. Peoples chair 2×45 count. 3 minutes of Mary and BTF, time was called.

    Convergence No Toll July 4th. YHC took us out in prayer. Always honored to lead. Rosetta nice pace setting today, Honeymoon way to push through that HATE knee pain, Wilson way to gripe with the best of them. Make today Awesome!!

  • The Father’s Day Games

    The Father’s Day Games

    The Daville PAX will be hosting a 2.0 friendly workout this Friday at The Creek

    https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pearson’s+Corner+Elementary+School/@37.677916,-77.3897449,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x20ef2c4dd83486ae!8m2!3d37.677916!4d-77.3897449

    WE will be playing F3 Style Soccer and Ultimate Frisbee.

    Come join us and bring the kids for some pre Father’s Day fun!