Tag: Dogpile

Side note….I usually get up earlier stretch out get a few little things done then I am on my way. This morning, woke up at 515 and went WTF so a little hustle plus make sure my 2 cats were taken care of before I left. I knew what the conditions were going to be so I was mentally ready. A few sips of my drink on the way then I arrived. The first of what will be many Qs led at Dogpile soon began with a mosey to the main circle for WARMARAMMA. SSHs, Don Quixotes, Jazzercise, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBCs and Alabama got rolled by Indiana prom dates to conclude the beginning, First up down to the theater

With the steps and darkness as our canvas, we did an odd even stairway of torture(odd number incline merkins, even squats). Then to an area over by a secondary circle for one of my favorites(DORA). 100 Merkins, 200 squats, 300 LBCs with a little loop run the blood flowing, sweat in the rain cranking up. Then to the road where one day, we will return to the classic full triangle I have a couple of ideas but need to wait till a convergence or a really big group. A nice triple check(mountain climbers, lunges, chaser run to the circle and back. Afterwards to the tower, welcome to khaotic

The debut of the khaotic merkin….it is a since rep of 10 merkins touching each shoulder, each knee, each foot, cross stretch, mike tyson walk the hands back stand then end with one deep squat. Example merkin shoulder, merkin other shoulder, merkin knee etc. Combined with run up the tower steps and back down(we got screwed the lights were not on so with the rain the steps blended in and became a little tricky. I like them, now imagine doing 10+ rounds which one day will be the challenge at the tower. A little mosey to the stage in the back for a tricep dip holding feet into a suitcase squat variance(work on that more but it has potential).

One final mosey to the flag a little stretch then time was up(no going over nailed it). Announcements(see Slack big ones the Bridge upcoming in 2 weeks and frozen triangle in Feb. Prayer led by YHC to close things out(then over to Libble Market for an after F3 brekkie).

Why did I switch from RNR to Dogpile on Saturdays? I had been an RNR guy for over 3 years, but it was getting to a point that I needed a change. I had talked about going, working out at other F3 spots so it was time(overdue actually). If I had a regular work schedule, or things worked in my favor I would be at more AOs(right now I can’t without messing myself up). 2026 when the opportunity presents itself, you will see me at more spots(get over to Twin Team, No Toll, Circus Maximus, 45EMOM etc). Even on days that I feel either good or bad, I am learning what my body and mind are doing. That’s another thing I am learning if you see my heart rate and other stats, I am getting good work in but today for example my average HR was only 118(max 168). Yesterday 100 with a max of 160. I appreciate those who came out today, I look forward to my my next oneand the challenges ahead. See you soon

Ten men of superior strength, foresight, and industry joined forces in The Gloom for the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to fokelore told among the local hermits, the following might have happened:

Mosey around the near circle, then circle up on the grassy knoll close to the storage closet for…

50 SSHs, dead man hang, Fudd’s wife, right leg high, left leg high, Wilson’s wife, pigeon right, pigeon left.

LBCs x20, Frederick Mercury x20, Alabama Prom Dates x15, reverse crunches x15…

Imperial walkers x10, Don Quixote x10, and something else.

Mosey to the other circle, then around to the grassy area that we rarely use between the other circle and Park Drive.

Partner up. Partner 1 does squats, Partner 2 runs to the first tree, then returns. Reverso. Round 2: run to the 2nd tree. Round 3: Run to the third tree. Repeat through 7 continuously further trees.

Mosey to the intersection about 30 yards away. New partner. Dora 1-2-3.

Each man does 50 merkins, then do 100 combined WWIIs, and 150 combined 4-count Side-Straddle Hops. Here’s the twist…partners do 3 boo-yah merkins at each swap-over.

Luigi gives us a 20 count.

Mosey about 30 yards onto the grassy area the is surrounded by the Frozen Triangle. We “never” use this grass. Except for today.

Partner up with a new partner. First man runs and touches 5 trees. Second man does flutter kicks. But, the catch…you cannot touch the same trees as your partner. F3 says we are about leadership; we need to step up our game when it comes to teaching communication. This exercise is about very basic communication and coordination…in the dark.

At the end, we compared notes…and different groups touched different numbers of trees. Expected outcome, but not the right outcome. Lessons learned.

Mosey to the bottom of the Frozen Triangle for a Beast up the hill. Bro-code style.

Squats, merkins, LBCs, monkey humpers, 6 burpees (one time…for the sake of time), and Choose-your-own-adventure.

Single file run with the last man coming to the front back to the shovel flag.

Numbers, names, YHC took us out with a prayer for our men and women in harm’s way, especially today.

Announcements:

We call it F3. There are 3 F’s. YHC encourages each of you to be a 3-F guy…fitness (workouts), fellowship (get together with your pals), and faith (do things with F3 guys that help beyond just you).

Breaking Bread needs volunteers at the end of January. See the Q sheet.

The Bridge needs a Q for January and another for February.

0600 and 7 second YHC hops out of the car to 4 waiting Pax members and we start out on a journey reminiscent of the recent Upchuck non-sensical Q. We stop on the opposite side of the Boulevard to do a COP because Oyster said “if Hitchhiker shows up late he’s never going to find us” a few minutes later (0605?) a lone headlight comes in to the parking lot, it was Hitch.

We continue our COP and apparently Hitch made a bee-line for the Carillon because new never saw him. We moseyed back over the warm up Circle and hollered his name but we quickly gave up and continued back on our original journey.

We moseyed and every 1/4 mile we stopped and did 10/20/30 of various exercises. We saw roughly 20+ Deer on our journey and covered 3 miles. Hitchhiker was found wandering with 8 minutes left.

Announcements – Breaking Break is open for January, New Years Day Convergence at Dogpile at 0700

Prayer Requests – none

NMS – fun morning covering some rare territory, glad to not be alone

A frosty fourteen PAX arrived at various times at Dogpile, with 2 promised downrange via Faceplant, we tried to give them a good tour:

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

Down to Amphitheater: Partner up for a Triple check, which quickly descended into Chaos: HRMs, Heels2Heaven, run up and around Amphitheater.

Over to the other stage to introduce our downrangers to a Dogpile favorite: Touch a Tree. Rounds were 3,5, and 8 trees. Keep partner and do 3 rounds of 20 PLTs. Down to the Rusty Cage: 4 rounds of 6 Pullups and 10 Jerkins, to blow out the arms.

Mosey to front of Carillon. Few rounds of jump squats, WWIIs, and Burpees. Back to the flag and 2 min of Mary. YHC took us out.

Announcements: Rosie’s 12 Days at NoToll this week. Kubota has the Bridge next weekend.

NMS: Solid crew of 14 this morning. Apparently the Q has to be extremely descriptive when calling for a Triple Check, as many PAX were confused by an exercise we’ve all done 100+ times before.

Glad to have some downrange visitors to the F3RVA holy site, YHC tried to give them a good taste of the AO which is impossible in only an hour. Backblast title came from Senor Frog, you had to be there. Only those who post know…

Ten men of strength, fortitude, and stamina stood tall, dug deep, and embraced the dawn in the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the ancient legend told at along the Vita Trail, the following might have happened:

06:00 Launch. Chaos ensues.

IYKYK.

07:00 Finish. Chaos ends.

Numbers, names, and YHC took us out with a reminder that sometimes life throws you a curveball, challenges your expectations, and helps you grow through discomfort.

Welcome to the college admissions process in 2025.

Announcements:

The Bridge, Kubota leading, December 27, 2025. This is your opportunity to do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd F’s all in 4 hours. Help another man through life, and grow yourself along the way.

Breaking Bread, December 27/28. Thank you to the men who have signed up (Fudd and Flatline). Hope the residents like VMI dining hall food.

13 Island visitors posted to the still snow-covered Dogpile donned in Hawaiian shirts and a few lip-sweaters for some fun and some exercise in the “sunny and 70 ” weather. It went a little like this:

Mosey to the COP circle and a few laps around to pick up Mudslide and to warm up the body. Circle up on or around the grass for COP, including:

• 12 Higgins (DQs)
• 11 TCs (Helicopters)
• 19 Magnum Merkins
• 80 SSHs OYO
• 5 Imperial Squat Walkers
• 1 arm circle
• 19 Ukrainian Soldiers
• 88 LBCs OYO

Mosey over to the front of the Carillon for the 8-season ladder. 8 rounds as follows:

• Round 1 – 10 merkins – run to steps, bearcrawl up, lunge across top (watch out for snowballs), mosey down and back to start and Al Gore for SIX.
• Round 2 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks – run, bearcrawl, lunge, mosey.
• Round 3 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks + 10 jump squats…
• Round 4 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks + 10 jump squats + 10 SSHs…
• Round 5 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks + 10 jump squats + 10 SSHs + 10 Freddie Mercuries…
• Round 6 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks + 10 jump squats + 10 SSHs + 10 FMs + 10 Imperial Walkers – DO THEM IN ORDER UPCHUCK!
• Round 7 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks + 10 jump squats + 10 SSHs +10 FMs + 10 IMs + 10 box cutters…
• Round 8 – 10 merkins + 10 2-count flutter kicks + 10 jump squats + 10 SSHs +10 FMs + 10 IMs + 10 box cutters + 10 Burpees

Mosey to Amphitheater to honor the 169 episodes of Magnum PI with 9 exercises on each of the 18 steps going up – exercises were merkins, dips and squats mix and match in any order or quantity you want just do 9 exercises per step.

Mosey over to the Island triangle – a few trivia questions with consequences until we get to the bottom of the hill. Love Hill with a partner – Broad Jump Burpees, Lunges, Bearcrawls.

Mosey BTTF for a few minutes of Snowball Fight!

COT, Numbers, Names, Announcements and Prayer

NMS:

Great morning. Great staches – at least for YHC, Faceplant and Purple Rain. Well done men! Even Anchor Bar from downrange got the memo and showed up in a Hawaiian shirt. Well done, sir!

Announcements:

• Secret Santa – let Hutton know if you are in by Monday. Regardless, show up for Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas on 12/23. It’s a present for all of us.
• If you need a Xmas tree – James River Athletics is selling 10:00 a.m. until sold out – see Doozy or Flatline
• 12/27 – Kubota leading the Bridge – looking for tag alongs and clown cars.
• Looking for Bridge Q for January
• Breaking Bread 12/27 and 12/28 taken – well done Fudd and Flatline.
• Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Day anniversary – thank a Veteran!
• Anchor Bar mentioned that F3 Rock Region is doing Red Fridays – wear red in honor of and to support our deployed men and women. Sounds like a good thing to me!

Great coffeeteria at Libbie afterwards. Great start to the day. Thank you, men!

No More Gumbo For You!

Seven men huddled for warmth near the Nickel Bridge toll booth, then two tardies joined to make nine.

COP (IC)

• Jazzercises
• Helicopters
• Copperhead Squats
• Arm Circles
• Overhead Claps
• Seal Claps
• Raise the Roofs
• Plankorama
• Hand Release Merkins
• Suzanne Somers
• Freddie Mercurys

Mosey to the start of the Nickel Bridge

• Alternating exercises at each light post across – Merkins and Squats
• Reverso – Mountain Climbers and Burpees

Mosey to Love Hill

• P1 – Run to left bend in road and return
• P2 – Lunge, Murder Bunny, Polar Bear

Mosey to the Amphitheater

Self Destruction

• Merkin (any variety), WWII, SSH x 1, x 2, x 3….up the steps

Mosey back to the VSF

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

When most would complain about the cold, the men of F3 RVA seek colder elements to test their mettle.  Thus a trip across the bridge was in order.  Hitch being Hitch and also plotting out public toilets, was late but able to find the PAX thanks to Handshake being given advance orders while coming in hot as well.  Faceplant’s M is living out a fantasy this month of being married to Inspector Clouseau or possibly a guy that molests pizza dough.  Send UpChuck your address and he’ll happily pin your home on PortaDash.  Wifi password is appreciated.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Breaking Bread – Need 2 for December and beyond

Next F3 RVA trip to the Bridge 12/27

Secret Santa – sign up now

Eleven men apparated out of the gloom looking for ready to get down to business. According to the AI agent taking notes and action items this is what transpired.

Sidle over to the Carillon for

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQs, IWs, Copperhead Squats, Ukrainian Soldiers, Dead Man Hang, Merkins, APDs, LBCs all IC

Hop, skip, and jump over to the field for Eye of the Hurricane. Perform exercises at each corner coming to the center for 5 HR Merkins between each corner. Corners: 1 – 5 Burpees, 2 – 10 Merkins, 3 – 15 Squats, 4 – 20 LBCs. Three rounds were completed before embarking for the Rusty Cage

At the cage, Triple Check: Knee raises while hanging, Jerkins, timer runs to the hydrant

Dispatch to Death Valley for Critter Crawls – climb the hill in the way of an animal and perform 10 Merkins and 10 WWIIs at the top, return to the bottom. Four rounds: 1 – Bear crawl, 2 – Crab walk, 3 – Duck walk, 4 – Cheetah (nod to Attila)

Return to the flag for Mary to complete the allotted time.

Numbers and names, YHC took us out.

Announcements: Come to 45 MoM for Thanksgiving Convergence – Learn the history behind the first colonists in North America settling near what is now Farmville, VA, traveling to Roanoke, VA to celebrate the first Thanksgiving, and then tragically, getting lost on their way back to Farmville, giving rise to the legend of The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Stories begin at 7am

Kubota is leading a group to The Bridge on 12/27 – Check with him to join

FYI – The Bridge is not near Wintergreen

Thanks for letting me lead.

With minutes to go until launch time, YHC was the only car in sight. Thinking a solo workout was in store, three – and eventually four – Pax arrived. We hit some of this AO’s greatest offerings working a lot of abs, legs, and a bit of shoulders.

It was great to grab coffee and cheer on the marathon runners in one of city’s scenic areas with Bootleg and Blank Space. We took many routes to get close enough to Libbie Market and walk the rest of the way in.

YHC took us out.