30 Suck Embracers posted to embrace the suck. Here’s how: Mosey down to Food Truck Circle for COP: Lots of Arm Circles in honor of Flash Dance – who named me Vinny. Boat Holds in honor of our brother Swirly who is in South Carolina cheering on his daughter in a college softball contest. Go get ’em Reagan! Scorpion Kicks – Honeydo wasn’t with us today. He loves them. TYA wasn’t with us today. He hates them. Bermuda Triangle: At the bottom instructions were given. Two exercises (but 4 or 5, if you’re Wilson). PAX Bear Crawl and/or Crab Walk…

Winter showed up briefly in RVA this morning and greeted 23 men with 20-something degree weather. New ideas for this morning, why not get a few miles in along with the boot camp in some rarely tread territory. THANG Mosey to the east, apologies to any LIFO, we were not going to be in typical locations today. Stop at the split in the road at the lake for a brief warmup of SSH, parting the circle to allow the lone runner through. First run: around the lakes, stop at each intersection for 5 burpees. Mosey to Fountain Lake around the…

With a clear cool morning from yesterdays high winds YHC was setting up for a mosey tour for the southern portion of Dogwood Dell. With the men coming from all directions, breakfast club folks coming in from the south east cars pulling in to go time here is what went down: COP We moseyed to the bottom of the hill near the pump house and circled up for the following warm up exercises: 20 SSH (we will save NK’s for another day), 15 slow DQ’s, 10 Helicopters, 15 Armcircles (10 small, 5 big), Reverso 10 small 5 big. 20 LBC’s…

35 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend and Besty on Nextdoor, it went a little something like this. Mosey to far circle COP: Nacy Kerrigan X 20, HRM X 10, HRM RL X 10, HRM LL X 10, WWII X 10, AH X 10, Leg Up Arm Cicle X 10, Squats X 10, Lunge X 20, Arm Circle X 1 Mosey to get coupons and then back to main field BUILD A BURPEE BEAST REVERSO: This looked good on paper. Stay with me here, you’ll probably want to get your medication first. You…

0550: Just YHC and Posh idling engines in the Gloom. 0553: Cooper whimpers to welcome a few heroic headlamps advancing on the AO. 0555: A veritable parade of headlights cutting through the misty gloom. 0600: A hearty throng of gloom warriors follow DTH into the unknown. Here’s how YHC fed the mumble chatter: The THANG: Mosey to 1st Putting Green for COP #1: Welcome & F3 DisclaimerNancy Kerrigans (1 leg SSH) x10 eachDQ’s x10 ICThe Opus x10 IC …8 count!Hydraulic Planks IC (x10 each way)Marionettes x20 IC (WWII w hands alternated Lt of feet, Ctr, Rt of feet, Ctr, etc.)Rosalita…

YHC was all set up this morning, walked outside in sleet and had to change vehicles to the SUV (move the flag shovel and F3 gear). Arrive to the site and greet some of the PAX that arrived early, Sippy Cup arrived at precisely 1 minute before go time and 60 seconds later this is what went down for 28 F3 brothers. COP We moseyed to the amphitheater via around the crop circle and gingerly down to the mosh pit. We performed (with much mumble chatter) 20 SSH, 10 DQ’s(slow), 15 arm circles 10small 5 big, reverso, 15 Helicopters, 20…

34 RVA Warriors (one less than the about of year YHC has been on this earth), arrived at Dogwood Dell to help YHC start off his birthday the right way. This how it sent down Mosey over to the first circle for some mosey fun: forward, backwards, karaoke, high knees, and butt kickers Mosey down to the bottom of the amphitheater COP (ALL IC) – 1 Burpee, 11 DQ, 19 SSH’s, 85 LBC’s THANG Mosey over to the stage, grab a partner, grab a cinder block, mosey to the field Angry Dora – complete reps and wait for the 6:…

The fist Dogpile of 2020 welcomed 33 of RVAs finest to the gloom! COP- SSHs – 25 for the Bills DQs x 10 Imperial walkers x 20 Copperhead Squats x 15 Merkins x 10 LBCs x 20 Helicopters x 10 Mosey to Ampitheater 20 Rounds Each round do the exercise called on each step. The number called is how many reps on each step going up to the 10th row. Round 1 – Burpees Round 2 – Decline Merkins Round 3 – Incline Merkins Round 4 -Jump Squats Round 5 – Box Cutters Round 6 – Mountain Climbers Round 7…

Twenty-five redwoods came out to the last dogpile of the year to work off some of the holiday cheer. A long mosey to the 2nd circle to get the workout off right. A real fan favorite with Wilson (#RunningSucks). A quick disclaimer and down to business for COP. Don QuixoteHelicoptersSSHScorpion KicksScorpions – right leg in the airScorpions – left leg in the air Triple Check! – Partner one runs down the road to the intersection with Rugby Road and back. Partners 2 and 3 perform flutter kicks and monkey humpers. Three times through. Off to the Nickel Stage for Touch…

64 legs carried 32 of the faithful and four more made the PAX 66 feet strong to celebrate UpChuck Family Birthday Week. Temperatures held steady at 70. Skies were bright and sunny. According to the runner who tried to lure DTH’s dog into the metaphorical van, the PAX did the following: Mosey to the Near Circle, but (wait for it) Turn LEFT to round the circle clockwise, loop back around the island of trees, and then circle up for: Circle of Pain: 47 SSHs, By Request, Lawrence Welk-style (Happy birthday to UpChuck)14 IWs (Happy birthday to UpChuck’s daughter, F3 Vers)DQs…