Tag: Dogpile

25 strong emerged in the foggy gloom for a 6am beatdown. Here’s what transpired.

COP: All IC. Dead man hang // Helicopters // DQs // cherry pickers // imperial walkers // LBCs // Crunchy Frogs // Merkins // Werkins // Diamond Merkins // SSH 21s

Descending Triangle: Start at the Traffic Circle, Bear Crawl to the Street, Run down to the bottom of the hill, Bernie Sanders back up. Round 1: 100 2x Min Climbers // Round 2: 75 LBCs // Round 3: 50 Merkins // Round 4: 25 Lt. Dans. COP for the six. Mosey to the Pennystage.

Triple Check with a Coupon: P1: Squat Thrusters // P2: Windshield Wipers // P3: Murder Bunnies to the Light pole, run the coupon back.

Intermission: Head-Shoulders-Knees-and Toes: Start with coupon on ground in front of you, feet shoulder width apart. 1/ Deadlift coupon to thighs 2/ Front Lateral Raise coupon, straight arms 3/ Pull coupon, laterally, to chest 4/ Press coupon overhead 5/ Lower coupon behind your head, elbows pointing up 6/ Extend coupon back over your head, keep elbows up 7/ Lower coupon to chest 8/ Extend coupon out laterally from chest, until arms straight 9/ Lower coupon to thighs, arms straight 10/ Lower coupon to ground, via reverse deadlift. That’s 1 rep. Repeat 10x. This was YHC’s third attempt to lead this and perhaps the last. Return the coupons and Mosey to Salad Bowl.

Jacob’s Ladder: Run to the other side of the Bowl, 1 Burpee. Run back to the other side, 2 Burpees. Up to 10.

Finished with the pax facing the knee height wall. Incline Merkins // Dips // Step ups // Box Jump Burpees x5 OYO.

Mosey back to the flag. Numerama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

NMS: Enjoyed introducing the murder bunnies to the pax who did not experience this year’s Iron Pax Challenge. Was great to see so many out today, including a couple guys we haven’t seen in a while. What a privilege to be a part of this group! SYITG.

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms — to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” Victor Frankl

26 brave souls, mostly clad in Hawaiian shirts and sporting lip caterpillars, and 1 four-legged friend, crashed Robin’s Nest for the 3rd Annual Magnum PI Day. It went a little something like this:

Today’s Q played the Magnum PI Theme Music and proudly displayed the Cornhole Trophy as he planted the flag and then it was 0530 and time to mosey. The mosey took us to the customary COP circle and around it a couple times. Then, COP included:

1. First episode aired 12/11/1980
   1. DQ (Higgins) IC x 12
   2. Helicopters (TC) IC x 11
   3. Magnum Merkins (Stache to the ground) IC x 19
   4. SSHs (just cause) IC x 80 (Q almost passed out)
2. It ran for 8 years – 8 burpees OYO

Enough of that, let’s mosey down to the amphitheater at Robin’s Nest – man was it soupy. Gather at the bottom for instructions. There were 162 episodes of Magnum, and we have 18 steps, and 18 x 9 = 162, so on the way up, 9 squats and on the 9th one box jump to the next step. What goes up must come down, so 9 dips on the way down. Plank-o-Rama for the 6

Mosey to the Golden Triangle for the Volcano STACHE Beast. The first round involved running the Golden Triangle twice….modifications were made and audibles were called, but we still got 6 exercise stops each round and 6 rounds for the BEAST and plenty of exercise and plenty of running. Exercised included:

S – SSHs x6

T – Tempo Merkins x6

A – American Hammers 2-ct x6

C – Carolina Dry Docks x6

H – Monkey Humpers x6

E – Elbow Plank as a PAX for 30-seconds each stop

Back to the COP Circle to honor the Final Episode on 5/8/1988 with rapid fire Mary, as follows:

Hello Dollies x5

Rosalitas x8

Flutter Kicks x19

Box Cutters x8

Freddie Mercuries x8

Magnum was PI, so we finished time with Plank Jacks x8 and Imperial Walkers x8, then we chased the bad guys back to the flag.

COT, Numbers, Names, and YHC took us out.

ANnouncements:

1. HDHH, 12/16 somewhere in Scott’s Addition see Honeydo
2. Rosies 12-days of Christmas coming in 2 weeks at NoToll don’t miss it

NMS – Thanks to everyone for coming out today and celebrating the 3rd Annual Magnum PI Day. We will get back on the horse next year with a stache growing challenge and fundraiser. Props to EFHutton for throwing out the RAISE challenge this year. Tclaps.

It was great to experience the wet paradise with you men. Welcome to Selleck.

There were lots of strong STACHE’s in the PAX today. I love it.

Be well and Be Good!

No More Gumbo For You!

15 studs pushed aside the trip the tryptophan-laden Fart Sack and accepted the challenge of today’s version of the Dogpile. Temps were, once again, sunny and 70.

COP – Mosey to the Carillon

SSHs
Russian Soldiers
Dead Man Hang
Don Quixotes
HRMs
LBCs
Freddie Mercurys

Mosey to the Ha’ Penny Stage and Grab a Block for Touch-a-Tree

Partner Up. Rounds of 4, 6, and 8. Non-runner does thrusters, block presses, and curls.

Bonus Round of 10 with block burpees.

Mosey to the Carillon Picnic Table for a Lindsey.

Start at the picnic table and run to the Valley of Despair (bottom). Exercises were monkey humpers and flutter kicks (4-count). Total 40 exercises on each side (35-5, 30-10, 25-15, etc.). Bonus hook: on each trip down the hill, do 5 derkins and on each trip up the hill, do 5 incline merkins.

Mosey to the Amphitheater

Going up, 5 V-ups on each step. Coming down, 5 jump squats.

Mosey to the Circle for a Curb Crawl

Bear crawl from outer to inner curb, 1 merkin, crawl bear back to outer curb, 2 merkins, repeato up to 6 merkins.

Mosey 10 Feet to the Circle for Mary

Fire hydrants
WWIIs
Snow Angels
Reverse Crunches
Oblique crunches (x5 each side)

BTTF

Announcements/Prayer Requests:

Keep a family friend of Bubble’s in your prayers – they lost their 21 year old to an aneurysm. That’s way too young. Hold your loved ones a bit tighter and spend some quality time with them.

Gomer Pyle reminded us how fortunate we are. The people of Honduras and Nicaragua may feel far away, but they are people like us, and they are suffering from multiple hurricanes / floods to go along with the challenges of COVID. Let’s keep them in our prayers and be ready to help when the opportunities arise.

YHC asks that we keep my friend Al in our prayers. Went Home at the ripe young age of 90 on Thanksgiving. Spent a lifetime building opportunities for those willing to work hard.

NMS:

Nice to partner with BoBerry today.

Good chatter today, mostly about thorough disdain for the Qs directions and counting, so generally par for the course. 4-count flutter kicks are clearly a Pax Favorite. When done in cadence, a flutter kick has 4-counts, and the PAX accept this. Yet, when included as an individual part of an evolution, calling a 4-count flutter kick causes the PAX to wonder what language “4-count” is. This fascinates YHC.

“The six is in.” YHC finds Oyster to be funny.

YHC does worry about the future of breakfast-time capitalism in Richmond. All worms crawled freely today as the self-proclaimed “Early Bird Biscuit Company” employees chose to nestle with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads. Panera in Carytown apparently opens on the same schedule as Lally Construction’s Complaint Department (every other Thursday from 09:00 to 09:01 a.m.). ETs, of course, may declare themselves to be “Woke,” but certainly cannot manage to woke themselves up and start serving until the day is 1/3rd done. No bueno. Hard work produces winners. Can you imagine where the world would be if the Greatest Generation started at 8 a.m.? The invasion of Normandy started at midnight and was in full swing by 6 a.m. For that matter, Washington crossed the Delaware at midnight, surprised the Hessians, and was back in Pennsylvania before ETs let anyone buy cold bacon.

On the other hand, McDonald’s has cheerful employees, hot coffee, and a 4 car line at 07:30 a.m. I’m lovin’ it.

Good chatter in the ETs parking lot. Nice to see the newer guys setting goals and hitting them. It’s you-against-you, so keep pushing. Way to go.

YHC thanks Gomer for his advice on warm feet.

UpChuck spits the bit.

Gearing up to justify overeating their Thanksgiving favorites, 26 veteran fartsack escapees posted to Dogpile for a DTH smokefest classic. Here’s how it went down:

The THANG:

COP #1:

• Mosey down to form up in the Amphitheater 
• Welcome & F3 Disclaimer
• The usual Variable Warmerama 

COP #2:

• BURPBACK MOUNTAIN:
• Partner up with another cowboy
• P1 starts Burpees
• P2 runs to top of steps & back
• Complete x100 Burpees as a team
• Front runners help the SIX and/or join DTH in variable Mary

COP #3:

• Mosey to the Rusty Cage
• Pull-ups x5 IC
• Hanging leg lifts x5 IC
• Merkins x10 IC
• Complete x3 sets together

COP #4:

• Mosey to the Carillon front circle
• WALLS OF JERICHO:
• Partner Up
• Complete x7 laps around the Carillon Memorial, with x7 Squerkins EACH following each lap
• And all the PAX gave a great SHOUT to bring down the Carillon walls…
• BODOS led plankorama for the SIX, adding (at Hitch’s suggestion) painful elbow plank pickle pounders (ugh)
• Variable Mary

COP #5:

• Mosey to the Carillon Field
• Line up along one side
• Bearcrawl across, Broad Jump back
• Crabwalk across, Lunge back
• Gorilla Shuffle across, alternate-side Gorilla back
• Mosey to the end of the Field for an AYG sprint to the other end

Mosey BTTF:

• Circle back for the SIX
• Run out the clock with OYO Variable Mary

COT:

• Counterama # 26
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• YHC was honored to shield lock with so many studly HIM’s this morning. The PAX cowboy’d up with gusto for the hundred burpee opener – and we all said goodbye to our legs for the day. Then we smoked the shoulders at the rusty cage, and kept the burner on HIGH to bring the Carillon crumbing to the ground (Squerkins provided the usual humorous mumble chatter). A smattering of Mary between COP’s and a bit of decent Field work at the end sealed the deal on a full body smokefest. Solid work today gentlemen! SYITG, YHC, Dr Tryhard

FIGHTING FORCE

My VQ

Conditions: Good

PAX: 22

FNGs: 1 (Jim Beckman AKA Chestnut)

Warmarama

• SSH, Don Quixote, Scorpion Kicks

The Thang

• 245 Merkins/Lake Jog
• 79 WWII Situps
• 75 PLT
• 30 Reps, Hot Potato Exercises, 20 minutes
• 15 Helix Squats
• Indian Run

COT

Tribute to the U.S Marine Corps, gratitude for their service and freedom, prayer for elected leaders

Twenty-six long strikers took to the links at Dogwood Dell in a quest for the elusive F3 Mudgear brand Green Jacket in perfect 70ish and sunny weather.  EF planted the flagstick.  Here’s how it went down.

Mosey down Magnolia Lane to the driving range in front of the Amphitheater.

COP (IC)

• Copperhead Squats x 18
• Helicopters x 18
• Reverse Crunches x 18
• Merkins x 18
• SSHs x 40

Mosey to the 11th

Amen 4 Corners (4 rounds)

• Carolina Dry Docks x 18
• Mountain Climbers x 18 (2c)
• LBCs x 18
• Monkey Humpers x 18

Plankorama

Mosey to Rae’s Creekitheater

• 18 steps down, 4 Derkins each
• 18 steps up, 4 Dips each

Cutline is set, then Hardywood led Plankorama w HRMs

Mosey to the 16^th and grab your golf bag (block)

Drive, Chip, Putt

• From tee box, hit the circle around the shovel flag – 3 block burpees per stroke, repeato 3 holes

Mary on the 18^th green

• Freddie M. (Couples) x 18
• Alphabet – spell AUGUSTA NATIONAL then PIMENTO CHEESE

Mosey along cart path back to Clubhouse

19^TH GREEN

Hello Friends.

Down in Joe-ja some fine southern gentlemen put on a famous little golf tourney each April.  Thanks to Covid that tourney is coming up this week instead.  Up range here at Dogwood Country Club we have our own little tradition unlike any other.  The PAX, fooled by another milestone on the calendar, had little idea of what was to come, but was warmed up and ready to tee off at 0600.  UpChuck was unable to decipher the theme from the number of reps in the COP.  Harvard, my a$$.  During the 4 Corners, Swirly playing speed golf was crossing the Hogan Bridge while the rest of the PAX had yet to make the turn.   As the PAX teed off on ten, a nasty slice sent the PAX into the deep rough of the amphitheater, luckily the PAX was able to pull a 2012 Bubba and hit a miracle shot to get back out and save par.  Moseying over to 16 for the Drive, Chip, and Putt competition, YHC polled Gomer and Swirly, block or no block?  Obviously block.  Perhaps by design, the PAX was hitting range balls rather than Pro V1s making it difficult to reach the green and set ourselves up for birdie.  YHC is pretty certain the PAX was about 6 over through 3, but we’ll just put down 1-under on the ol’ scorecard.  It was the short game, and the long game that let the PAX down.  Never played golf without a few visits from the cart girls and some col’ beer, but it’s always a pleasure to get out and play, nonetheless.  Thanks to all for the birthday goodwill, may the PAX’s days be filled with Eagles and Birdies.  Until next year…

Numberama

Nameorama

COT

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1^st Thanksgiving convergence – Virginia history Mary Munford 6am 1 hour

Black Friday CSAUP – Forest Hill loops – preblast forthcoming

Twenty-One Trick or Treaters posted to Dogpile on all Hallows Eve for another Honeydo Q on Halloween. Some were wondering: was this a sequel, a reboot of the original, or all new material for a themed Q. Here is what we did:

COP: Invisible Entrails Jumps, Zombie Kicks, Monster Mash Merkins, something else spooky. Mosey to field but stop by lightpost on the way for Exorcist possession: 20 of a given exercise called by random pax member.

Zombie Chaser Sprints: Pax sprints to hill and last 3 are taken down and turned into Reverse Crunch Zombies. Last round was controversial as Probation cheated to win.

Jacobs Ladder (horror style): Go width of field and increase burpees up from 1 to 7. Between sides alternate Bear Crawl and Crab Walk.

Head over to Burpee Road for long Exorcist Lightpost exercises. Lots of variants: Helix Squat, Train to Busain scoots, Mtn Climbers, etc. Finish with 20 burpees at last lightpost.

Line up in team of 3 for: Human Centipede: Line up in plank feet to head and last pax broad jumps up and over until at the front. Repeat 2 times through. Mosey down to bottom of Rugby for: 7 Minute Abs (aka 3 sets of 25 PLTs per man).

Partner up while at the bottom: Wheelbarrow all the way up to the COP circle. Finish up with some HRMs and back to the flag. Bone Thug took us out as this is his 2 year Anniversary this week, Aye!

Annoucements: November Merkin Monthly challenge starts tomorrow. 5,000 Merkins for the month, 167 a day. Prayers for peace this week for the election – let’s share grace and patience with those around us needing it.

NMS: Solid numbers who were up for some goofy theme fun this morning. Hardywood’s definition of horror is definitely difference from YHC. The Zombie Chasers and Jacobs ladder were a ripoff from the original Q YHC did a few years ago. The Exorcist Lightpost exercises along Burpee Road were new and lots of fun, good variation of exercises for the PAX. Boberry and Seymore were in the Halloween spirit in costume. We had a Sippy Cup run-by after the beatdown, a welcome sight.

Human Centipede needs to come out more in the gloom, although the pax struggled with the initial directions. Upchuck and YHC dominated the partner wheelbarrow to the top, maybe there are Ab muscles in there somewhere. Good times as always at ETs, however proposals are being accepted for appropriate cold-weather location for Coffeteria.

YHC was pumped this morning for a dogpile workout as his last day at 53 wanted to celebrate with some of the favorite routines so here is what went down:

COP

21 plus the YHC gather at the flag and we mosey to the Carillion Tower and circle up for 20 SSH, 10 DQ, 15 Imperial Walkers, 15 Russian Walkers, 16 4ct LBC’s(for the abs that we had at 16…right?), 15 reverse scorpions, 10 scorpions and 20 merkins. We are warmed up for the THANG

THANG

We short mosey to Carillion field to prepare for the Red Barchetta (YHC came earlier to place glow sticks for markers to set up the run stop points. This workout involves the Pax to line up at the goal line and run to the farthest stick (about 110 yards) and perform 100 SSH. Return back to goal line and plank for 6. We run to the 75 yard marker and perform 75 squats, back to goal line and plank for the 6. We then run to 50 yard line marker and perform 50 2 ct mountain climbers, back to goal line plank for 6, then run to 25 yard line for 25 merkins, back to goal line, then run to 10 yard line, 10 burpees then back to goal line and plank for 6.

Next we mosey to the Bermuda Triangle at the second crop circle. We start with lunges from crop circle to top of hill to intersection, run down to corner then dealers choice(Bernie Saunders, walk or run) up the hill perform 20 merkins. Wash rinse and repeat for 2 more times for a triple check.

We then mosey to the stage and grab a coupon circle up for a short Tabata work out with session 1 small lunges or squats with a coupon for 8 reps 20 seconds of exercise, 10 seconds rest repeat 7 more time for a total of 4 minutes. We then do this same 8 set routine for bench press with the coupons. Then we return coupons and mosey to the cage.

The cage we divide into groups of 3 Partner 1 – timer runs to the hydrant and back to the cages. Partner 2 – performs pull ups the idea here is to do as many as possible and keep form. Partner 3 performs Dips at the parallel bars. Everyone gets their reps in for 1 rotation.

We then mosey to the wall East of the Amphitheater and perform 15 donkey kicks and take a seat at the wall, 15 more reps take a seat and finally 24 reps for a nice total of 54 donkey kicks.

Mosey back to flag, namerama and numberama, YHC took us out.

Announcements – CSAUP run was being performed overnight last night running from Williamsburg to Richmond in a Ragnor style race. I did not have all of the names of the participants and hopefully a BB will be posted of this event..way to go gents!

Upchuck is spearheading the breaking bread effort and we have great participation from the Pax. We still need someone for the Saturday after Thanksgiving and one other weekend and we are good through February.

Finally thank you F3 brothers, you help me keep the fire burning in fitness every week and together we are progressively improving our minds, body and spirit. Have a great weekend everyone, it is an honor to lead and I look forward to seeing you in the gloom.

Cheers….CB

27 of RVA’s finest came out on a warm Saturday morning in October for some mosey block fun.

This how it went down

Short declaimer since we had no FNG’s and YHC say: Let’s Mosey

COP – While running a lap around the gravel trail (about a mile), YHC called circle up 7 time for the following exercises (ALL IC): SSH, DQ, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, Scorpion Kicks, Merkins, Arm Circles

Picked up a couple of LIFO’s at the end of the COP then moseyed around dogpile to the small stage, each PAX grab a block, then mosey to the Carillon

THANG

The Half Lucky Horseshoe – PAX completed sets of cumulative exerises with Laps of about 75 yards and back in between:

• Burpee Jump Overs x 10
• Lap 1 – Riffle Carrier
• BJO’s x 10, Decline Merkins x 20
• Lap 2 – Riffle Carrier
• BJO’s x 10, Decline Merkins x 20, Sit up + Press x 10
• Lap 3 – Riffle Carrier
• BJO’s x 10, Decline Merkins x 20, Sit up + Press x 10, Swings x 20
• Lap 4 – Riffle Carrier
• BJO’s x 10, Decline Merkins x 20, Sit up + Press x 10, Swings x 20, Thrusters x 10
• Lap 5 – Riffle Carrier
• BJO’s x 10, Decline Merkins x 20, Sit up + Press x 10, Swings x 20, Thrusters x 10, Curls x 20
• Lap 6 – Riffle Carrier
• BJO’s x 10, Decline Merkins x 20, Sit up + Press x 10, Swings x 20, Thrusters x 10, Curls x 20, Alternating Incline Merkins x10
• Lap 7 – Murder Bunny

Take Blocks back, then Mosey back to the SF

Numberrama, Namerama, Announcements, YHC took us out

MOLESKIN

On Monday, YHC will be celebrating 7 years with his M. So today we completed things in 7.

YHC choose today’s exerices as way to both push to the PAX that doesn’t normal attend Kettle Bell workouts but also to give some fellas a little taste of the IPC last month. Result – Murder Bunnies still suck!

T-Claps to Phonics for coming back out to his first Dogpile since the passing of his father. We will continue to keep you in our prayers brother!

Thanks for the PAX for letting me lead this morning and for all the love during the workout (or should I say hate)

SPIT ON THAT!!