Tag: Dogpile

Eight RVA pax came out to Dogpile to see what a guest Q would look like. Chewy from Carpex took us to the traditional COP circle but told us to get ready for a Tabata station beatdown. 1 minute per station then 2 loops around the circle in the down minute then on to the next station. Stations were: KB swings, benchpress, skull crushers, merkins, lunge, WWIIs, curls.

50 minutes of this and then mosey back after a few burpees. COT and Chewy took us out.

NMS: Oyster came in hot with some strong feelings about the Qs plan. To be fair to Oyster Dogpile is the crown jewel of RVA and the new MDPFA movement is building momentum.

Chewy took it in stride, saying this is his thing. He does this Tabata Q on all his Qs. What is up with bald guys loving tabata and 90s metal (sorry Toga) but it turned out to be a challenging beatdown. Welcome FNG Madison County. Hardywood and Flatline were fans of the new name. Madison Co was EH’d by Chewy while he was in town.

Perfect Triple Check numbers (9) joined for a beatdown and this is what transpired

Mosey to the Toll Booth parking lot for a COP, luckily not Toll Booth Willy came out and yelled at us. COP with various exercises.

Mosey to the Nickle Bridge for some Lightpole fun. Round 1 – 10 WWII’s and 5 HRM’s on the way out Round 2 – 20 LBC’s with 5 Merkins (every other light).

Mosey to the front of Pump House for a Triple Check with the Pipe Loop (luckily not Fire Ants this week). P1 runs the loop, P2 Squats, P3 WWI’s, 3 rounds

Mosey (powerwalk) up the hill and pasts the Doe and her Fawn to the Rusty Cage. Get in groups of 1 and do 5 Pull Ups then 10 Squats x 4 rounds.

Mosey to the Amphitheater and do The Lester, or The Lurch (Adam’s Family themed exercise) where you place your hands on the Step and you pull/jump up to the next step all the way to the top.

Mosey back to the Flag for some LBC’s and APD’s to finish

Prayer Requests – Aggie – Q-Sacks EH’er who is battling Testicular Cancer, Lab Rat and his recent scare then good news, Tryhards Sister, Pax member going through family stuff, Seymore’s family friends son, and other that has unfortunately slipped YHC’s mind.

Announcements – The Healing Place Saturday workout starts off next Saturday at 0730, see Slack for details.

NMS – Lots of people on vacation and after two weeks of no Q on Friday EF Hutton and YHC decided to do the Bash Brothers Breakfest Club/Dogpile Combo. It was nice to have Q-Sack in town. Q-Sack is from Richmond and now lives in Charlottesville. He and his wife are in town this weekend for a wedding and are checking off places and restaurants they love while they are in town. The workout was great, only minor grumblings here and there. YHC has only Q’d Dogpile twice, and it can be intimidating but the lighter numbers and new faces were great. Backblast title comes from Wilson’s Slack post wondering if this workout even happened. YHC was always told 24 hours was the expected timeframe and YHC has been on the move since 0510 this morning.

Eight PAX to see what the Bash Bros had in store.  No steroids this day, only sweat necessary to get the desired amount of swole.

Here’s what went down:

Handshake McGwire Q

Mosey over to the Amphitheater Circle

COP

• SSHs
• Don Quixotes
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Helicopters
• Calf Stretches
• Hand Release Merkins
• LBCs

Mosey to quietly retrieve coupons

• Coupon Squat x 10
• Coupon Curl x 10
• Coupon Press x 10
• Run to tree and back
• Repeato x 4

Mosey to the Rusty Cage

• Pullups x 5
• Squats x 10
• Repeato

Mosey down the Pipe

Triple Check with groups of 4 (Gypsy can explain)

• P1 – Run Pipe Loop
• P2 – HRMs
• P3 – Heels to Heaven

EF Canseco Q

Mosey to Love Hill

Catch Me If You Can – Animal Style

• P1 – Burpees x 3 and chase
• P2 – Duck Walk, Bear Crawl, Bunny Hop
• Repeato each Animal

Mosey to Amphitheater

Calves for the Better Halves

• Step up R, Step L, Box Jump at each step

Return to the Circle

• Boxing Cockroaches 3×20

Mosey back to Flag

Mary

• Hello Dollys
• Flutter Kicks
• Copperhead Reverse Crunches

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

A couple of prolific home run hitters grabbed the Q, not wanting to risk Bacon Bits dropping some awful block routine again.  The heat and humidity made life plenty awful, nonetheless.  Big Macshake was a little extra with the time, but no worries Jose Hutton was happy to hit the walk-off and steal the glory.  Heart rates were going crazy coming up the hill.  YHC won’t attest to the cleanliness of his fellow Bash Bro’s sample, but no PEDs or bacne for this guy.  Until next time, swing a big stick and swing it hard. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for Gypsy’s Uncle who passed and family

Prayers for Flatline’s friend diagnosed and quickly passed of Cancer

Prayers for Flatline as he awaits the next phase of his Army orders

Prayers for Lab Rat to get good test results

Sixteen (or was it seventeen?) Saturday morning thrill seekers stretched and waited for the Q to arrive before YHC grabbed the reigns and off we went to the field in front of the carrilon for:

COP

• SSH x25
• High Knees x10
• Helicopters x10
• DQ x10
• Mountain Climbers x10
• Merkins x10
• Wilson’s Wife
• Fudd’s Wife

The Thang

Since we were on the field, YHC called triple check on the field. Group into threes with exercises being merkins, freddie mercuries, while the pace car bernie sanders down and back to the last tree on the right before the gap. YHC passed to Bacon Bits

Bacon Bits had us mosey to ye old stage and grab some coupons before partnering up for Dora. Exercises were 100x overhead presses, 200x squat swings, 300x curls. Pace car ran to the third tree. This took a while then Bacon passed it to Mr Rogers.

Mr Rogers led us to the triangle for a tribute to Garbage Plate. Partner up, one person runs the triangle while the other progresses through bear crawls, lunges, polar bears, broad jump burpees. Then pass to Wilson.

Wilson led us to the amphitheater for a short triple check. Merkins, LBCs, while the pace car ran up 8 steps and returned. Plenty of name combinations shouted with the most memorable being Bacon Gas. Wilson had us mosey back to the flag before passing it back to YHC (presumably because he didn’t want to write the BB).

YHC led us through 3.5 minutes of mary including American Hammers, Rosalitas, Dollys, and LBCs before finishing promptly at 07:00.

Numbers (someone was skipped), names (no one was skipped), before YHC and then Hitchhiker took us out.

Announcements

• Shiplap’s big day is tomorrow! Keep him and his new family in your prayers.
• Prayers for our PAX who are recovering, especially Lab Rat. We are with you brother.
• As of today, commenting on backblasts on the website has been disabled. Use Slack to comment on backblasts. If you aren’t on slack, as a friend or ask me.

Moleskin

Many of the PAX were expecting a tire to be dropped off somewhere, which must have been why the Q wasn’t in attendance. Turns out the signed up Q just overslept. Make sure to ping him on Slack and let him know how much we appreciate him.

Great to be at Dogpile two weeks in a row. Going to have to make this a more regular thing… Great coffeeteria afterwards where we solved all problems IT related.

SYITG!

Splinter

12 heroes gathered in the gloom for a humid start to see how messy they would get before getting back in their cars. Unlike the movie, we all made it back.

5 Burpee start

Mosey to pick up blocks, disclaimer, and COP all IC. Deadman hang, SSH, DQ, 20x small arm circles, 20x reverse small arm circles, 20x big arm circles, 20x reverse big arm circles, palms up, palms down, 5x Overhead clap, 5x Seal claps, 16x big arm circles, 25x LBC, 20x Freddie, 10x Bohemian Rhapsody, 10x Dollies, 10x grass angel, 10x Australian grass angel, 10x merkin, 10x wide merkin, 10x shoulder tap, 10x HRM, 10x Shazzam + 1 for the Ranger in the sky.

Mosey with block to the rusty cage for a triple check. Timer runs to the hydrant and does a burpee. P1 Jerkins. P2 medley of 5 pullups, 20 squat, 10 WW2.

Mosey with block to the amphitheater for a little creativity & audible. Since the stage was painted for the artist formerly known as Prince we did a 1999 theme running up / down all 19 steps (plus the floor) and 99 exercises: 20x WW2, 20xseated overhead press, 20x Wipers over the block, 20x flutter kicks, and 19x heels to heaven holding the block. Thanks to the Sky Q for the rain to break the humidity.

COP for 10x block WW2, 10x block Freddy Mercury, 10x block Dollies, 10x block Rosalitas.

Mosey to the stage but before putting blocks up 20 curls + 10 squats; 15 curls + 10 squats; 10 curls + 10 squats. Audible.

Mosey BTTF.

YHC took us out.

NMS. Thanks for letting me lead and your patience with some new things. The Dirty Dozen is among the favorite movies.

Get some.

7 men of F3, skipped the snooze, skipped the fart sack, and all but 1 skipped the Breakfast Club call out. Good job Hutton! 5:30 and the search was on for DaPile….

COP
SSH, DQ, Cherry Pickers, SSH, Merkins, LBC, Freddy Mercury.

The Thang:
Oyster: Mosey to the Hill by the Water Treatment for a Triple Check.
Partner 1: Run up the hill to the fence.
Partner 2: Flutter Kicks.
Partner 3: Merkins.

Pass the Potato to BaconBits.
Bacon Bits: Mosey to the tennis courts for a Dora.
100 Merkins, 150 Squats, 200 SSH, 150 Monkey Humpers, 100 LBC.

Pass the Potato to EF Hutton.
EF Hutton: Mosey back to the Carillon. On the way stop at every light pole = 2 burpees, every tree = 5 Merkins.

Pass the Potato to Fudd.
Fudd: Mosey to the end of the Carillon field. Every other tree 2 Burpees and 10 SSH for the other trees.

Pass the Potato to Nancy Lopez.
Nancy: Mosey to the bottom of the amphitheater. Ascending Merkins on the way up. Back down Descending log jumps.

Pass the Potato to Mr. Rogers.
Mr. Rogers: Mosey to the Circle. Curb Crawl to other side 5 jump squats, Crab Walk back an do 20 SSH. Repeat 3x.

Pass the Potato to Bodos.
Bodos: Mosey back to the flag for some Mary. American Hammers, LBC, 5 Burpees on your own.

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: YHC noticed the Q spot for Dogpile was ready for a good old Hot Potato. Signed up for the Q and we were able to pass the Q to each person. Everyone had a chance to bring the pain and that’s exactly what was issued. Thanks gents, what a perfect morning. Lots of trees and lots of burpess.

Announcements: Monday — Convergence 7am Forest Hill Park, meet at the Stone House (it’s on google).

COP: arm circles, cherry pickers, DQs, side-Straddle hops, mt climbers, WWIIs, and Merkins.  

The Thang: 

Burpee Back Mountain – partnered up for a Dora.  100 burpees.  Timer ran up and down amphitheater steps.  As soon as we all got through this one, Winehouse showed up looking fresh as a daisy.  

Triple Check at Penny Stage w/ coupons – Timer did murder bunnies, P2 did curls and P3 did presses.  Lots of mumble chatter here about Spanx, back doors and how murder bunnies suck.  

Rusty Cage – Triple Check. Timer did 10 Ball dippers, P2 did pull ups and P3 did dips.  We couldn’t decide if the exercise I gave an example of was a Lt. Dan or a Ball dipper.  But the timer was definitely on one leg a lot and many balls were dipped.  At this point 5 pax headed over to Rock ‘n’ Roll to support House Party’s VQ.  

The remaining 4 Pax Moseyed over to the base of Love Hill and partnered up.  Timer ran 1/2-way up Love Hill and back.  P2 was to Karaoke, then lunge, then polar bear, then broad jump burpee.  This experiment with the Karaoke was a failure, as it was the only exercise engaged in.  For the 2nd 1/2 of the hill the Karaoke was nixed.  

BTTF for COT.  Numbers.  Names.  

Announcements: 

Vinny is getting together a 49 and under team for BRR on 9/9/22.  Come on out young guns, b/c this year’s older bunch is an intimidating squad.  Let Vinny know if you’re interested.  If over 50, get with TYA.  

Check out GP’s weekly zoom (Mondays at 7pm) regarding leadership.  The discussions have been very stimulating.  

YHC has taken DTH’s challenge to read Freed to Lead in a week.  I’m a week in and about 1/2 way there.  When I’m done (God willing in about another week) if anyone wants to borrow my copy and take the challenge, just lemme know.  My knowledge of F3 has deepened immensely in a short time.  There is so much room for growth in F3.  

Lab Rat has finished his treatment, is on the mend and was recently spotted gettin’ after it.  

Prayer requests for Lab Rat and Hitch’s M’s ride.  

YHC took us out in prayer, seeking daily guidance from the Sky Q in all things, large and small.  

To bring a finale to SOJ takeover week YHC motivated himself by signing up to Q. When Wilson stated he was in, I modified the workout to accommodate. Us Respect guys need to watch out for each other. However Wilson bagged it so modify was a no go. According to the cycle enthusiasts here is what went down.

Mosey to the crop circle for COP: 30 SSH, 10, DQ’s, 10 Helicopters, 10 Imperial Walkers, 10 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 Merkins, 10 LBC’s, 10 Dollies, 10 Plank jacks. Mosey down the long winding road.

The thang: Pipeline Triple check: Runner on pipeline, Hand release merkins, LBC’s. Mosey back up the road with some Sprints, Lunges, BS’s mixed in. Back to Ampitheater. Merkins up starting with 1 up to 15 on each step. Dips down, Squat jumps back up, WWII’s back down. Time was called BTF with 1 minute stretch to end the game.

Announcements: Get on slack. If you are not ask someone who knows what they are doing to help you get on. Slack should be all things communication for F3 RVA. F3 Leadership zoom monday at 7pm. The bridge in Charlottesville: 1st Saturday of month, clown cars leave various locations.

YHC took us out in prayer. Great followship at Libbie Market after. I learned I need to get a new watch, one like Bacon Bits!!

Thirteen for a rare EF DogPile Q.  Even more rare was the area of the AO explored.

Here’s what went down:

Mosey down just past the Nickel Bridge Toll Plaza near the Pumphouse Parking Lot

COP

• Imaginary Jump Rope
• Don Quixotes
• Hillbillies
• Copperhead Squats
• Jazzercises
• Hairy Rockettes
• Freddie Mercurys
• Merkins
• Scorpion Kicks
• Plankorama

Mosey into the woods via Northbank Trail down to the clearing just before the new trail section

Triple Check 1

• P1 – Derkins
• P2 – Crunchy Frogs
• P3 – Run too far down trail and back

Triple Check 2

• P1 – Irkins
• P2 – Imperial Squats
• P3 – Bear Crawl about 30 yds and Run back

Pole Smoker Native Run

• At each post PAX holds 6 inches, PAX on end does 5 Heels to Heaven and runs to far end, continue 2 rounds

Mosey back up to Pumphouse Rd and back to flag via Love Hill, plankorama half-way for the six

Mary

• American Hammers
• Flutter Kicks

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

The DogPile PAX was smallish in number, but mighty.  The plan was to revisit territory once conquered by F3RVA but left to the wild many moons ago.  YHC forgot how far, time consuming, and potentially treacherous it was to the Northbank wilderness.  Thankfully no known injuries have been reported.  During TC1 the timer proved to be way too long for Derkins, audible was appropriately called.  This seldom visited area is now henceforth known as the Doggie’s Perineum. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Prayers for Flatty’s family friend – loss to cancer

Prayers for Mr. Roper’s son in Colorado

To say I have been blessed to be a part of F3 RVA is an understatement. Thank you ALL for the many years of dealing with YHC! I know I can be a handful!

And so the adventure begins..! For those who travelled, you missed a Wilson Q. Maybe only 3 or 4 more in my whole entire lifetime.

YHC’s plan looked amazing on paper. There may have been an audible or two.

Here was the plan.

Mosey and grab coupons. Head to main stage. Yup. Those vets know. A Wilson stage workout was about to begin. Set the speaker up and perform the following exercises during each song. Small print rules to follow. LBC, Wall Sit (w/Coupon), Poor Randy, Curls (w/Coupon), SSH, Wilson’s WIfe, Fudds Wife, Jump Squats, 6 inches, Carolina Dry Dock. One change was to run around ampitheater in between each song.

The rules were set at beginning. Share a story, get a prize, commercials give burpees and there wer some others but who really reads fine print.

Return blocks head to flag for dealers choice mary to finish. YHC took us out.