15 stalwarts appeared in the gloom each with their own sippy cup for YHC’s 50th birthday beatdown. Here’s how it went: Mosey to the circle, around the carillon and to the far circle. COP: 10x Don Quixote, 10x helicopters, 20x arm circles Fwd and Rev. Followed by a plank-o-rama. Mosey to the top of the carillon for a series of animal crawl 4 corners with: 5 burpees, 10 hand-release merkins, 20 plank jacks, and 40 LBCs at the corners. Round 1: bear crawl to the corners. Round 2. Crab walk. Round 3. Duck walk. Mosey to the stage and the…

Eight men emerged from the gloom and followed YHC off to the Carillon, which is still unobstructed by construction materials and fences oh so many months later, looking for a place to circle up and tell stories. This is what they found: COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, IW’s, Copperhead Squat, DMH, Merkins, LBC’s, APD’s, all IC Stroll from the Carillon to the opposite end of the field and do five merkins at every light pole down to Condie, plank for the six, cross the street, and perform a burpee at each light pole on the opposite side back to the field.…

9 men braved the low 60’s for another edition of Dogpile. Let’s go!! Warmarama: Slow mosey down pump road. Deadman hang, helicopters, imperial walkers, DQs, arm circles, merkins, APD, LBC, flutter kicks. The Thang: Light Pole AlleyRound 1: 3 light poles10x Jump Squats20x SSH20x Plank Jacks Round2: 3 Light Poles10 Merkins10 Hand Release Merkins 10 Diamond or Wide Grip Merkins Round 3: 3 Light Poles20 Squats20 Heals to Heaven20 Box CuttersSkip to the next light poleMosey to next light poleSprint to the next light pole. Mosey BTTFStop at some rocks for incline Merkins5 minutes of Mary. BTTF Numberama:Namerama Moleskin: What…

Expecting a small # today due to the other events, YHC arrived with a 25 lb medicine ball and decided to experiment with a few different modalities.Here’s how it went: COP: Mosey to circle. Helicopter, plank-o-rama, copperhead squats, toe taps. Head to platform on Carillon and partner up. Partner 1 throws medicne ball off balcony and runs down to retrieve it while partner #3 does decline plank off the railing. 3x. Carillon platform 4 corners: 5 burpees, 10 hand release merkins, 15 plank jacks, 20 LBC. Round 1: run between corners. Rd 2: bear crawl between corners. Rd 3: lunge…

Eleven young bucks emerged from the gloom this Saturday morning, most expecting a starchy start to the weekend but no, at the last minute the Q was taken and green, cruciferous vegetables were the dish of the day. According to the deer tending to the community garden, this is what went down. COP: Helicopters, DQ’s, IW’s, Copperhead Squats, Ukrainian Soldiers, Dead Man Hang, the Merkin, LBC, all IC Mosey to the amphitheater and perform one burpee on each step going down then we head to the Ha’ Penny Stage. Partner up for three rounds of Touch-A-Tree – exercises were LBC,…

A lucky 13 RVA studs came out to find what a Bootleg Q had in store for them. However, YHC and the ghost flag had other plans. After acquiring both the RVA and SOJ ghostflag’s on my last 2 Q’s it was an honor to be back in front of the pack. YHC did not want to let the Ghost flags collect dust in hos garage like the prior holders, not naming names. According to the RVA Run club who were assembling in the adjacent lot here is what transpired. Mosey to the round about, very wet so move to…

According to the buck watching us in the Ampitheater, this is how things went down early Saturday morning. An FNG and F3 Princeton transplant joined 11 regulars discussing whether we have ever had a 6am start at 80 degrees, at least according to Sippy’s weather app. No confirmation on whether this was a paid app. Mosey to the Circle for a warm up of standard fare – introducing the transplant to the jazzercise and other differently named exercises. Up and down the ampitheater – up with increasing merkins; down with increasing squats, back up again with 5 dips per step.…