10 Dad’s with their New Balance 857s (White Bruh!). Ready for the first cut of spring. Let’s take a tour of Dogpile first. WARMARAMA:Mosey to the far side of the field. SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Hillbillies, DQ, Monkey Humpers, Merkins, Hand-Release Merkins, LBC, Alabama Prom Dates. THE THANG:Partner up on the Field. Field Check1. Partner1: Run to the end of the field and back. Partner 2: Bear Crawl. Switch.2. Partner1: Run to the end of the field and back. Partner 2: Lunges. Switch3. Partner 1: Run to the end of the field and back. Partner 2: Broad Jump Burpee. SwitchRepeato…

11 redwoods met in the gloom looking to see a post St Pats Gomer Pyle trainwreck and found themselves sadly disappointed by a solid beatdown. According to the 3 barred owls presiding over Byrd Park, here is how it went down, more or less. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REtxXzIV9JM The Thang – 5 burpee start. Mosey to VITA grassy field. Disclaimer. 15x SSH, 10x Don Quixote, 15x Arm Circles, 16x reverso Arm circles, 10x seal claps, 10x Merkin IC, 10x HRM IC, 10x Grass Angels, 10x Australian Grass Angels, 10x Hulk Hogan merkins, 10x + 1 SHAZZAMs. Flip it over. 10x Hello Dolly, 10x…

8 men of F3 ready to take on the day. WARMARAMA: Mosey down to the toll parking lot for some warmarama.SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Monkey Humpers, Imperials Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC, Heals to Heaven. The Thang:Over the James: 10 Merkins every light pole, wait for the six at the end.Back Across the bridge, Alternate – 10 Squats Jumps, 10 Squats every light pole. Mosey to Love Hill:Lunges 30 yardsNative American Run to the GardenMosey to the Fish Bowl. Jacobs Ladder (Splinter choose a hill)Start at the bottom and run to the top of the hill 1 Burpee, back down…

A band of 14 gathered for a Handshake Anniversary Q and this is what transpired: Mosey to far Roundabout over by the Devil’s Triangle for a COP of various exercises. We could see Fudd cruising in fashionably late. Mosey to the Sunken Field and pick up Fudd along the way. Mini Beast while completing 5 reps for each iteration. Round 1 – 5 Hand Release Merkins, Round 2 – 5 (2) Count Flutter Kicks, Round 3 – Jump Squats Mosey to the bottom of the Amphitheater – Round 1 (Bottom to top) – 5 Carolina Dry Docks, 5 WWII’s, Round…

A baker’s dozen emerged from the gloom near Dogwood Dell on this crisp 70 and Sunny February morning for an opportunity to improve themselves. This is how it went. Mosey to Reservoir for COP – All IC – SSH, Helicopters, DQ, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBCs, APDs Mosey to the Boathouse on Boat Lake for Dirty Mac Deuce – four sets of three exercises OYO – 12 double count reps/four count cadence/whatever…24 of them. After a set, run around the triangle (about .25 mile distance). Set 1 – Merkins, LBCs, Lunges; Set 2 – HR Merkins, Reverse LBCs, Jump…

COP: arm circles, cherry pickers, DQs, SSHs, Mt. climbers, WWIIs & Merkins. Mosey to Carillon Field for Eye of the Storm: Start in the center of the field. Burpees x 5 then run to a corner, perform the following exercises, and back to the center until all 4 corners completed. Also, perform burpees x 5 upon each return to center. Corner 1: Squat Jumps x 5, Corner 2: SSH x 30, Corner 3: Merkins x 30, Corner 4: LBC x 30…it was at the end of this one that EFH began to get a little intimate with my headlamp. Luckily,…

A crazy 10 cranked it to 11 on 2/11. After performing an abbreviated rendition of Fletch in about six minutes, off we went to the first circle for COP. Hilarity ensured and we dropped down to the amphitheater. Starting at the top, perform 18 box cutters for each level you are on. Decrease by one per step until the first pax member reaches the bottom. Everyone stops and returns up the steps with incrementing monkey humpers. Off to the rusty cage for pulls ups. Round 1 = 10, round 2 = 8, and round 3 = 6. Over to the…

20 Strong hit Dogpile and here is how it went down. Mossy to the Theatre for warmups 8 incline merkins up the steps to the top – 8 dips back down. Love Hill run to the top – exercises bear crawl, lunges, broad jump burpee walk out merkins ukranie soldiers crab walk. 4 sets 8 wilson boxing cockroach curb crawl up to 8 native american run pole smokers 8 – holding 6 inches/flutter kicks Ring of fire dealers choice 8 merkins Thank you all for coming out and for allowing me to lead. It was a beautiful cold morning. Apologies…

Five men emerged from the gloom to push themselves to be a little bit better than they were the day before. Based on the detailed notes taken by YHC it went like this: COP: All IC – SSH, Helicopters, DQs, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, APDs, LBCs Mosey to the Field – Four Corners – 10 HR Merkins, 20 Regular Merkins, 30 LBC, 40 2 ct Lunges The plan for the day called for a few triple checks, difficult to manage with a PAX of 5. Upchuck related the concept of a blank check where a ghost runner stood in for the…