Tag: Dogpile

On this beautiful Saturday morning almost exactly 43 years after the first episode of the original show, 20 HIMs posted for a serving of Gumbo. It went something like this:

Mosey to the COP circle and 2 laps around to warm up, then circle up for COP, including:

• Higgins (DQs)
• TCs (Helicopters)
• Magnum Merkins (Tempo Merkins touching your stache to the ground)
• Rick’s (six inches – Rick doesn’t do anything)
• Hello Dollies
• Copperhead squats
• Imperial Walkers

THANG

Mosey to Robin’s Nest (the Amphitheater) for the follwing

Honor the pilot episode 12/11/1980 with

• 12 merkins – lap around the Amphitheater…audible- come down middle steps to avoid nastiness on the far side.
• 11 squats – lap
• 19 WWIIs – lap
• 80 SSHs – lap
• plank for the six

Honor the 162 episodes on the 18 stairs – 9 box jumps per stair going up and 9 dips coming down. Al Gore for the six.

Mosey back to the stage for Touch a Palm Tree. 8 rounds – 1 for each season. Round 1 touch 1 tree while partner does some form of merkin. Round 2, touch 2 trees while partner does some sort of ab exercise. All the way up to 8 trees – each partner does each round.

Mosey down to the Golden Triangle for a quick Volcano – bernie up the hill, 1 burpee, then jog around the triangle and back down.

Mosey back to the Flag and complete 78 SSHs for Tom Selleck – or as many as you can until time is called.

Numbers, Names, and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• 12 Days of Christmas – Rosie’s special treat to the PAX – NoToll 12/19. Still time to sign up for the gift exchange.
• Liv has her first post-Chemo MRI on Friday – send those prayers up for some good news.
• Oyster is counting the days until Pickleball is back at Batteau

NMS:
Always great fun to put a Hawaiian shirt on and have some fun. A few strong staches out there today, but I think DTH took the crown this year. Well done Doc Holliday! Thank you all for coming out, and thank you to all those who supported YHC’s efforts to raise some money for Sportable (www.sportable.org). Much appreciated.

Lots of great mumblechatter today. But the cherry on the top today was discovering McGruff’s superpower – pickle pounders (hip dips). That boy can go. Look out Shakira. Sorry I missed coffeeteria – had to coach a basketball game.

No More Gumbo for You!

11 Bootcampers and 2 Walkers met for what was believed for many to be Faceplants Dogpile VQ (5 years in the making) but they were delighted when it was realized it was a Handshake Q.

Mosey over to the Treeline between the 2nd Roundabout and the Hey Penny Stage for a quick COP

Mosey to the street just past the far side of the sunken field. 3 Burpees at every light on the left side of the street to the corner at the dog leg by the Tennis Courts (10 lightpoles total).

Mosey to the far side of the field and partner up (4 groups of 2 and 1 throuple). P1 in the Plank position with feet on the Swings and pull their feet back to their chest and back, P2 runs across the field and back, 3 rounds.

Circle Up. 25 WWI’s in cadence with opposite toe taps then 26 HRM’s, 26 WWI’s, and then 25 HRM’s 51 two-count SSH’s. Burpee Ring of Fire 1, person 1 does 15 total burpees but when they finish their 3rd then person 2 starts. Burpee Ring of Fire 2 the same way with 7 total burpees. Burpee Ring of Fire 3 the same way but with 1 Burpee.

Mosey to the far corner of the lake. Partner up and partners run the opposite direction around the lake and do 5 WWII’s.

Mosey back towards the flag, when at the corner by the former Police statue location stop and do 20 LBC’s in cadence. Continue to Mosey back to the flag and stop and partner up for 20 Boo-yeah Merkins. Mosey back to the flag for a singular round of Burpees. Finish with Upright APD’s.

Announcements – next Saturday 12/9 is the Magnum PI workout, bring your Hawaiian Shirts. 12/16 will be Faceplants official VQ at Dogpile. 12/19 is Rosie’s “12 days of Christmas” at No Toll.

Prayer Request – Snuffs daughter was in the car accident this week. Bone Thugs father is recovering from Sepsis.

NMS – great morning today, 52 degrees was way better than 20. Glad to see all the faces at the workout and then breakfast afterwards. YHC enjoyed the opportunity to lead and thankful the Pax felt they got their monies worth.

7 wily F3 veterans disposed of the lure of The Fartsack and challenged themselves to meet the new day at the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures remained 70 and sunny. According to the lone runner trotting through the parking lot, the following may have happened:

06:00 – Start with a slow mosey around the Dogpile parking lot, first heading south towards the River, then, accepting feedback from EF Hutton, the Q turned right / west away from the cool breezes likely to be found crossing the bridge. Two more rights had the group on the grass adjacent to our parking area for the COP.

With our Nantan present, YHC felt compelled / encouraged to repeat several disclaimers and informational messages regarding our purpose, the rules / guidelines, and anticipated / encouraged outcomes. Hard to remember the whole thing, so we concluded that, whatever else, there are two exercise principles, which are separate. Push yourself. Make it a challenge for yourself. If you are standing still (literally or figuratively), you are regressing. This group does not regress. It’s you against your ability (rather than you against the next fastest guy). Push yourself. Extend yourself. Yet, don’t feel like breaking your body is the goal. All that said, as brevity has never been YHC’s strong point, some PAX (Handshake, Bodo’s) grew tired / cold / bored, deciding on their own to start SSHs. Gomer grew only more engaged / enraptured. YHC can hold a crowd.

So, with the SSHs in full swing, today’s COP began with…

…anything but SSHs. Let’s do Imperial Walkers, call it 3 of them (4-count). Then, SSHs times 10 (4-count). Then, hillbillies, then SSHs, then, so we could all pay attention to Handshake’s story (which was GREAT and only getting better), we did Dead Man Hang. Walk out the hands into Fuddski, then down to Wilson, then right leg high, then left leg high, then hand release merkins x10. Flip it to WWIIs, some flutter kicks, then some other stuff, and we’re off…

…to touch some trees. What has been promised must be delivered. (Appropriate lack of recall or any foreknowledge of the concept was shown by most PAX. Today’s barriers de excellence were, in no particular order, a) having a prime number of men (7), and b) the concept of having 2 people perform the same exercise simultaneously. Onward. The Q practiced his eyeball rolling.

Rounds 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. YHC forgets, but at some point, we decided to touch trees. This is a delicate exercise, done appropriately, in the words of Handshake, “like you touch your wife.” Also, touching Bodo’s car counts. References to the stiffness of the wood abounded. There was also a surprising bang during the event. No pastor’s or their wives were injured in the incident. We finished with a round of burpees.

Mosey to the closer giant circle. Dora 1-2-3. Team up in 2s (or 3s). One man runs to the light post (yeah, the one that is on). Each man does his own count of 50 “worthless” Gomer-Pyle dry docks. Then, the team of 2 or 3 completes the remaining 200 squats and 300, 4-count SSHs. Griping about SSHs abounded.

While catching its breadth, the PAX did 30 of the littlest baby crunches.

Mosey to the top of the Amphitheater. Not Quite Self Destruction. Start with 18 v-ups and 18 incline merkins…then 17, then 16, and so forth. YHC put a governor on both ends, with the Six skipping a step to close the gap and the Zoomer repeating a step for the same purpose. Push yourself. Make it a challenge. Make it hard.

Mosey back to the VSF, ahem, actual shovel flag. Quick ring of fire, 10 merkins of your choice.

Numbers, names, and Handshake took us out.

Announcements:

YHC is pretty sure there were some announcements. Please add them in the comments.

Grow Ruck coming next year. Apparently, it’s under new management. Might be worth giving it a whirl. And / or, perhaps a locally-grown, environmentally friendly CSAUP with a more cost effective price point. TBD.

NMS: Touch a Tree continues to be a rousing success with nary a hiccup in the process. Smooth like buttuh.

Mumble chatter did not disappoint.

Seven men materialized from the gloom looking for a personal challenge and hoping it would involve lots of bear crawls. According to the bears at Maymont evaluating the techniques on display this is how it went down.

COP – SSH, Helicopters, DQ, IW, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC, APD all IC

Matriculate from the circle around to the far corner of the “temporary” construction fence and divide up for a triple check: LBC’s, plank, touch 5 different trees

Shuffle to the rusty cage: Another triple check! Pull ups, American Hammers, timer does 30 jump squats

Ease into a light job and head to the bottom of Death Valley behind the Amphiteather: 11’s with WWII’s at the bottom and Merkins at the top. Traverse between the points channeling your inner bear, rotating a quarter turn for each trip. Bears frequently move sideways and backwards up hills according to Mutual of Omaha. QIC called a couple audibles on this one – moved the whole thing to the bottom of the valley traveling the length of the brick building, then switch from merkins to lunges, then end a bit short. That’s a lot of time spent in bear position.

Slide over to the Amphiteather: Take a few minutes to do some stretching…. then climb the rows, doing two step-ups on each bench, turn around and do two dips on each bench coming back down.

Hustle back up the steps over to the field for a single round of Four corners: 10 merkins, 20 arm circles, 30 single count lunges, 40 SSH.

BTTF

Announcements: Thanksgiving Day convergence at 45MOM lead by Mudslide – 6am sharp!

Keep Heist’s friends in your thoughts as they are navigating a pregnancy with twins which is keeping everybody on their toes as they monitor the developing human beings. Also keep in mind F3 brothers who are reopening chapters of their lives they imagined they were past.

As a wise man once said: Life is what happens when you’re making other plans.

On occasion of entry into my second half-century of life I pause to be thankful for my family and friends who are part of my journey and continue to provide the motivation, support, and kicks in the butt to keep achieving more than I would on my own.

Thanks for letting me lead and joining me in the gloom.

4 men with scalding potatoes in hand decided to share in an epic Dogpile beat down.

Warmarama: Upchuck: DQ, Imperial Walkers, Hand Release Merkins, SSH, reverse Scorpion Kicks, LBC

The Thang:
1. UpChuck: 4 Man Triple Check:
Balls to the Walls, People Chair, Reverse Crunches, Run to Mercedes at back. X3

2. Helix: Amphitheater
18 – 1 Dips down
1 – 18 Squats up

3. Mr. Rogers: Imma try to hurt y’all on this Triangle
Partner up.
Round 1: P1 Bear Crawls the Triangle, P2 runs the Triangle. Switch.
Round 2: P1 Lunges the Triangle, P2 runs the Triangle. Switch
Round 3: P1 Broad Jump Burpess, P2 runs the Triangle. Switch

4. Oyster: Rusty Cage 4 man triple check.
Pull-ups, Jerkins, Dips, Run to hydrant and back. X3

Mosey Back to Flag.
Stop at the fish Bowl. 3 Burpees here, 3 Burpess on the other Side. Mosey on
Stop for a Ring of Fire.
Stop for Abs of Fire.

BTTF
Numberama: Namerama

NMS: Excellent morning for a Hot Potato and 4 man Triple Checks. Well done Men.

Announcements: Planning to bring Punisher out of Suspension this Monday. Let’s Go!!!!

Oyster

Four young men bounded out of the gloom at Dogwood Dell on a beautiful Saturday morning eager to toss around a heated tuber. This is what the eyes saw:

Senor Frog lead the PAX to a secluded spot right out side the restrooms to lead a circle of pain that included: dead man hangs, imperial walkers, don quixotes, side straddle hops, merkins, dry docks, LBC’s

The spud was thrown in the direction of Mr Rogers who moseyed the PAX down to the Nickel Bridge toll booth. The directions were to alternate 4 merkins and 1 burpee at each light post across the bridge. The return featured 5 side straddle hops and 3 jump squats.

The tater was handed to Fergie who dragged the PAX up the hill to the Amphitheater. Orders were to do incrementing dips starting at 1 on each step down and return incrementing incline merkins back up.

And finally the spud found its way to YHC. The PAX moseyed to the triangle and did a couple of laps. First lap: lunges, 10 WWII’s, down the hill, 20 LBC’s, up the hill, 10 american hammers. Second lap: lieutenant dans, 10 double count flutter kicks, down the hill, 10 heels to heaven, up the hill, 10 box cutters. Back to the flag for some Mary.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

Mr Rogers leads a 3rd F group on Tuesdays at 7pm at Dunkin Donuts (3125 Lauderdale Dr). All are welcome!

Great teamwork men!

The Bash Brothers were texting on Friday night and noticed a still empty Q sheet for Dogpile. Both lacking motivation the idea of a co-Q was thrown out and it offered just enough motivation. At 1930 hours it was a good idea but when the alarm went off at 0520 it was was a terrible idea, but that’s how it goes sometimes.

Round 1 – EF Hutton Q

COP of various exercises (YHC isn’t as good as Hutton at remembering this stuff)

Mosey to the bottom of the Amphitheater for a modified Self Destruction: 1st Incline Merkins 2nd Squats 3rd WWII’s escalating to 18.

Mosey back to the circle for a Circle Work. Bear Crawl to the Manhole Cover 1 Burpee, Crawl Bear back 2 Burpees, Polar Bear 3 Burpees, Reverse Polar Bear? 4 Burpess, and something else to 5 Burpees

Round 2 – Handshake Q

Mosey back to the top of the Amphitheater for another modified Reverse Self Destruction: 1st Dips 2nd 2-Count Flutter Kicks 3rd SSH’s.

Mosey to the Stage for some light stretching for 2 minutes

Mosey back to the bottom of the Amphitheater: 2 Squats 1 2-Count Step Up all the way to the top, non escalating

Mosey around the circle 3 times to pretend we did some actually running

52 in-cadence SSH’s to honor Gomers age. *New Exercise Alert* YHC thought we were going to run out of time so YHC called for “Traveling SSH’s” where you do a SSH while kinda hopping forward to make out way back to the flag. It was a disaster, but funny.

Mosey back to the flag for in-cadence HRM’s, WWII’s, something else?

Announcements – SOJ’s Paint-A-Block party at Rockwood Park tomorrow (Sunday, 10/15) from 4-6

Prayer Requests – Whitesnakes family, Wild Cat, Yee-haw/Liv.

NMS – good times today, solid crew, lots of personality. We were glad we missed the rain and the it wasn’t the worst workout ever. Thanks for holding off on signing yourself up, Bootleg, it gave us the last minute motivation we need to not see it go empty.

6 men emerged from the gloom and executed the workout below and as they were finishingtheye were joined by a late comer (who shall remain nameless) who did not realize it was Daylight Savings Spring forward day and forgot to set his alarm appropriately. Because we never leave a man behind or leave him where we found him the PAX unanimously agreed to Double Dip and repeat the workout for the benefit of our tardy comrade. Imagine if you will, dear reader, if the below could have and would have been performed twice. According to the pigs we brought to the Veg Fest to fatten up on some healthy, non-gmo, organic slop before turning them into delicious bacon and ham, this is how it went (both times).

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC’s, APDs all IC

Saunter down to the Nickel Bridge toll booth: Cross the bridge alternating 10 WWII’s and 10 merkins at each light post. Return and knock out two burpees at each light post.

Shuffle over to the old Pump House: Triple check – Planks and lunges while the timer runs down the hill and crosses the bridge to the other side of the canal and back

Meander on up the pump house road to the other side of the park and reconvene at the rusty cage: Pull ups AMRAP then we headed back to the flag.

We’ve passed announcement season it seems as nothing came up. Although nobody had any specific prayer requests it is always worth remembering that everybody deals with challenges in their lives at times and may not ever share the suffering they are experiencing. Reach out for help if you need it and strive to be kind and patient with those you encounter each day. You never know what they might be dealing with. A kind word or a warm smile may be just the thing they need to keep going that day.

Thanks for letting me lead and my apologies for the delay in getting this shared.