Thirty-Nine Tom Selleck impersonators posted at Dogpile for an ode to good deeds, our friends at Raise Coffee, and iconic 80’s TV. 06:00 (01:00 Hawaiian time), time to break out the flowery shirts and ‘staches, and usher in the trade winds with a steady mosey to the volcano (amphitheater). Wakeup Call: DQs (Higgins) x 12. Helicopters (T.C.s) x 12. Magnum Merkins – ‘stache touches the ground x 12. RAISE. R – Rosalitas x 12. A – APDs x 11. I – Imperial Walkers x 19. S – SSHs x 80. E – Eight Burpees. Magnum P.I. first aired on 12/11…

The Dogpile gloom welcomed 15 party animals for DTH’s Birthday Q. After we blew out the candles, here’s how 37 years were celebrated: The THANG: Mosey to Grassy Area for COP #1: SSH x37 ICDQ x10 ICHydraulic Squats x10 ICHairy Rockettes x10 ICLeg-Up Merkins x10 IC each sideWWII x10 ICDTH’s x10 IC Mosey to Amphitheater for COP #2: Counting down from 37, descend then ascend the steps following the pattern of x37 Monkey Humpers, x36 Merkins, x35 2-count Flutter Kicks, x34 MH’s, x33 M’s, x32 FK’s, etc. Add box jump on the way back up. Early finishers went back to…

21 of RVA’s finest came out and humored YHC is his efforts to try something new at Dogpile. This is how it went down Circle up around the SF for the disclaimer and the plan for the day COP replaced with the Cotton-eyed Joe – Cotton Eyed Joe by Rednex (3:14) Start with SSH to music when singing starts. When Banjo (as well as the fiddle) solo starts switch to Hillbillies, then music changes and woman sings, switch to merkins, Then switch back to Side Straddle Hops when man sings again. Rinse & Repeat: Man singing: SSH / Banjo solo:…

21 stone masons donned 42 pairs of gloves to build themselves and their brothers into better men. Temps were sunny and 70 with a wind chill of 30. A perfect way to start the day started with… The COP: SSHsImperial walkersInvisible Jump Rope (forward AND backward!)Don Quixote’sReverse crunchesLittlest of Baby CrunchesHand release merkins Mosey to the Far Circle to: Collect your coupons. Or, as Hardywood calls them, Cinder Blocks of Success (CBOS). Good ole fashioned blocks. Home Depot’s finest. 11’s from the circle to the Carillon fence…decline merkins on one side, reverse crunches on the other. Carry your coupon with…

YHC came in hot with 30 Seconds to start (Upchuck had the countdown) as we do not mess around with the start time. 23 Fellow F3 Brothers showed up in 26 degree weather to start the day. Here is how it went down this morning. COP We moseyed to the lighted Amphiheater for our warm ups by the stage. 20 SSH, 10 DQ(slow with much mumble chatter), 10 Helicopters, 20 Freddie Mercuries, 10 4 count Harry Leg kicks on your back (think a reverse scorpion) and 15 4 count merkins (that is 30). <YHC was politely told by the PAX…

It’s the beginning of November, and that means the beginning of the Merkin Challenge, and that means a great day to have a shoulders/arms/chest/back beatdown. Here’s how it went down: COP:SSHx25//Helipcopterx5//DQx10//Emperial Walkersx10//Russian Soldiersx10//LBCsx25// Crabcakesx10//Merkinsx10 (all in cadence) Carrillon Field: Bearcrawl the width, 10 merkins, Crawlbear back // Polarbear across and back // Wheelbarrow across, 10 merkins, switch and come back Big Triangle Loop: Run to the bottom, Bernie Sanders back up the hill, American Hammersx10//Squatsx10//Merkinsx10. 3 Loops (audible on 5 loops called after YHC realized we would be there til noon). PAX did 10 werkins and 10 diamonds as we…

Today’s Dog Pile turned out to be a hot potato. Upgrade no showed (hope everything is ok!). YHC feels for him and can’t be hard on him as YHC has done the same. However, you will never live it down……..I promise that. In order to know what we did, you had to post! Swirly started us and it ended with Wilson. YHC blacked out at some point either during the double triple or the dirty dogs. It was brutal and had a VQ in the mix. Well done men!

A smallish crowd of 19 men showed up this morning to start their day the F3 way. Lab Rat was combining a 4 year F3 Anniversary along with his last day as a 48 year old. Much celebrating happened…..hooray. Standard COP this morning with the exception of the 49 Side Straddle Hops and 4 burpees for the much celebrating time as mentioned above. Some wore party hats. We broke in to two groups so that we could get in quality pullup time. One group did 5 sets of 5 pullups while the other group played touch a tree with 5…

22 F3RVA faithful and 2 FNGs arrived at Dogpile ready to go this morning. Some new what was coming, others were surprised, but all put in the effort. YHC announced that is was YHCs father’s birthday and we would complete The Hard Way. The Hard Way is a combination of Old Glory, Beast and The Lucky Horseshoe. More importantly, The Hard Way is YHCs way of saying thank you to the PAX for all the support during YHCs father’s illness and ultimately his passing. 1 mile run-stopping a various points to keep the PAX together. Arrive at the Carillon field…