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28 people showed for this my VQ and in celebration of 1 year since my first post resulted in a heart attack. I since have had 2 stints put in my heart and have been working out since August last year.

An honorable eighteen gentlemen of the gloom assembled at Dogpile to seize the day. Here follows the good Doctor’s recipe to success:

The THANG:

Mosey to the Putting Green for the Welcome COP:

• SSH’s x20 IC
• DQ’s x 10 IC
• The Opus x10 IC
• WWII x20 IC (properly done)
• Leg-Up Merkins x10 Each Side

Mosey around to the Carrillon Field:

• Partner Up for x25 PLT’s each
• Quarter Pounder:  Sprint to each quarter to complete exercise, Bernie back to start between
• 25 yard line – x25 Werkins
• 50 yard line – x50 Jump Squats
• 75 yard line – x75 Mtn Climbers (2-ct)
• 100 yard line – x100 Gas Pumps
• Repeato x25 PLT’s each
• AYG sprint length of Carillon Field

Amphitheater COP:

• x3 Dips each step going down
• PLT’s x25 each at the bottom
• x3 Box Jumps going back up
• Front Runners bring in the six
• PLT’s x25 each back at the circle

Mosey to the Cage for a Rusty Dora:

• Partner up to complete the following:
• x50 Pullups
• x100 Jerkins
• x150 Hanging Crunches
• While one partner adds reps, the other runs to hydrant and back 

Mosey to the Grassy Hills:

• ExerClock – Start at hilltop to complete x5 WWII at 1 o’clock, run down to bottom and back up to complete x5 WWII at 2 o’clock position… continued until out of time
• BTTF

COT:

• Counterama # 18
• Namerama
• Announcerama (see Comments)
• YHC took us out in Prayer

NMS:

• Phenomenal weather today for a smoker sweat party. Thanks for letting me lead fellas. SYITG!!! *See comments below for some great upcoming NoToll events*

YHC was happy to have his 2.0 (Hash) attend a Saturday morning workout and with the arrival of the ET Early morning run group we assembled and were ready to go, here is what went down on this cool cloudy and 68 morning:

COP

We mosey down to the bottom of hill by the pump station and circle up for:

20 SSH, 15 DQ’s(slow), 15 Russian Soldiers, 15 Imperial walkers, 20 American Hammers (2ct), 20 LBC’s (4 ct), 15 Reverse scorpions, 15 scorpions, 24 merkins plus 5 slow merkins…we are warmed up and ready to rock this morning.

THANG

We mosey to one of YHC’s favorite seasonal treats, the pipe loop. On this adventure we divide into groups of 2. I introduce the Bill Murray(with CB edit) which consists of 10 merkins, 10 squats, 10 WW2 Sit ups and 10 burpees. Partner 1(P1) runs the pipe loop and Partner 2(P2) performs the Bill Murray. When P1 returns from loop, he starts Bill Murray and P2 runs the loop. This would be 1 rotation and for this morning’s gasser, YHC decided on 4 rotations.

We wrap up the Bill Murray Pipe loop WO and then form up on the 1st Power Pole(PP) perform 10 merkins, then Bernie Saunders to the 2nd PP, 10 merkins, jog to next PP, 10 merkins, walk to next PP, 10 Squats, Bernie Saunders to next PP, 10 Squats, run to next PP, 10 Squats, walk to next PP, 10 Merkins, jog to next PP, get to circle and we jog to bottom of Triangle Loop.

YHC makes this a Dealer’s Choice and Pax can do any combination to the top of hill, Bernie Saunders, Bear Crawl, Karaoke (left and/or right), jog, run or lunge up the hill. We get to the top and Mosey to the Coupon Stage.

Venice Beach prep – YHC thought some curls for the girls were in order so we each grab a coupon and we partner up where P1 performs the Colt 45 with the block, this is 15 reps from bottom to mid point of curl, followed by 15 reps of midpoint to top of curl and finally 15 reps of full motion curls. P2 stands his coupon up on its end and performs squats over brick(making sure to touch the coupon at the bottom of the squat with your bottom<thanks Handshake for the idea>). Some high performers laid the block on it’s side for an even lower squat…F3 awesome ‘you against you’ efforts here gents! We do this rotation 2 times as the Colt 45s were a smoker for the pipes.

To complete our arm workout this morning we mosey to the Amphitheater bottom by the stage and begin the incline merkins at each seat, increasing by one to the top (mid way through YHC wanted to get some dips in and instructed the PAX to start with one Dip after completing the 10 incline merkins(the 10th step), then going up the remaining steps increasing by one with dips only. ) Well this painfully felt like the touch a tree audible from last fall and Upchuck and I had a laugh as he had to clean this up in subsequent Q’s to make sure we had the touch a tree down…So look for an HBR sanctioned explanation in future workouts.

With about 6 minutes left we mosey to flag for some Mary.

MARY

We circle up and begin some stretches, for our back, legs, torso, we get some flutter kicks in 20 reps and begin a ring of fire (with so many we all do 5 merkins and then recover. That is a wrap for today’s Dogpile.

Numberama, Namerama…YHC took us out in Prayer.

Announcements – Next Wednesday is Hump day happy hour, check out Pre-blast as Kubota is hosting this event! Somehow Beers and miles came into this morning’s discussion. We will be having the July 4 convergence at No Toll starting at 6am with Hardywood and DTH taking the lead for this event.

Moleskin

YHC came early with his 2.0 to get set and there was one car. With in 5 minutes we had the runners from ET’s, and everyone else show up right until the starting bell with 26 total showing up. It was great to see some faces that YHC has not seen for awhile and the energy was awesome this morning with Mumble chatter in full force made this fun to lead. For the F3 brothers who lost theirs dads this year we prayed for you this morning and for those fortunate enough to have your dads around, please catch up with them and tell them you love them.

It was an honor to lead this morning, have a great weekend gents, Happy Father’s Day and I will see you in the gloom! Cheers…CB!

23 PAX made their way out to Dogpile to safely gather in Phase 2. Temps in the 60s with low humidity made it for perfect beatdown conditions.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks.

Mosey down to Backstage block storage to retrieve and drop blocks. Leave them there, down to Rusty Cage. Triple check of: Burp-Ups, Dips, and run to blocks – 10 Squats, then back.

Head down Pipe Loop for a Proper Dora: 10 Merkins, 20 WWIIs, 30 Jump Squats. Then up the hill back to Rugby. BoxCutters and Squats to gather the pax. Bottom of Rugby partner up: Bear Crawl catch me if you can. 3 burpees then run up to crawler. Back to flag then quick mary til we hit 7:00.

NMS: Today felt like Dogpile like normal for the first time in a while. New Market back in the mix with their mumbechatter (really just Wilson) and a large PAX over 20.

Hitchhiker took a spill on the pipe loop and several PAX helped him up and out. Flipper busted out some Mr. Miagi magic on his foot and looks like he’ll be ok. Rumor has it Bodos also blessed Hitch’s ankle with holy water since he disappeared. Qs feel like they have to use the PipeLoop in the limited summer weeks where we have daylight but then remember how much it sucks. 5 trips through per PAX was enough.

Good to have some newer PAX out like Zillow and Winehouse. YHC promptly was told to shave of the stache upon his arrive home.

21 men came together to fight the tyranny of the Fart Sack and the Humidity. With temps sunny and 70, the PAX launched on time at 06:00.

Mosey to the Great Lawn for the COP

SSHs
IW’s
Swirly’s Dead Man Hang
Right over left, then left over right
Rosalitas
Hello Dolly
Scorpion Kicks
HRMs

Mosey to the Ha’ Penny Stage and grab a coupon for Touch-a-Tree

Round of 10…Partner 1 touches 10 trees while carrying his block above his head. Partner two completes WWIIs while holding block on chest. Variety of planking and Al Gore for The Six.

Round of 8…more of the same

Round of 6…Alabama prom dates.

Round of 4…burpees.

Round of 2…burpees.

Curls for The Six on the last round.

Replace the blocks and Mosey to the Amphitheater for:

Decline Merkins x5
V-Ups x5

The Q received a request to go back up, so the PAX did 10 flutter kicks (x4 count) on each step up.

Mosey BTTF

NMS:

Solid work today, fellas. The Humidity was strong in The Gloom today. And, apparently gravity strongly attracts cinderblocks to Earth.

Kotters to Winehouse who has been taking care of multiple little kiddos and DTH who deported from Papua New Guinea for recruiting for a Cult. Nice to have you all back. (Side note: Anyone else notice DTH sporting a big Grin during the APDs? Imagine if his family had NOT been in PNG with him.)

This week, Hardywood supplied YHC with the following Fun Facts:

1. The largest source of revenue for Harvard Business School is publishing (MBA teaching is 4th).
2. HBS publishes an official set of Directions for Touch-a-Tree,
   
   The PAX were provided a copy of said directions, gratis, today. TYA has offered laminating services during office hours.

Announcements:

Fourth of July Convergence at No Toll. 6 a.m.

Please keep Flatline in your thoughts. His grandmother passed away this week. Service is today.

Please also keep Profit in your prayers. He had a serious accident this week in North Carolina. While it is expected he will pull through, his injuries are extensive, and the road to full health will be a long one.

Lastly, YHC asks the PAX to generate Direction for themselves, then use that to hold yourself Accountable. All the laws and all the programs society generates to help reform and grow can have their impact. Your Impact comes through each individual interaction. When you interact with people, use your eyes, your smile, and your investment in challenging yourself to achieve better outcomes.

Remember that today is the 76th Anniversary of D-Day. Men of all colors exposed themselves as a segregated Army (and Navy) blazed a path to a better world for all of us. Regardless of the messages you hear, the arch of the past 76 years has been overwhelmingly positive. And, surely, there is work to do.

Two groups of 10 (and TYA) posted to see Vinny off to Charlottesville (at least that is what I am going with). The encore:

COP: Mosey to and around the traffic circle to enjoy the new (and poorly laid) asphalt. Introduce myself to the audience, and away we go. Swirly Hangs x 10 / Helicopters x 10 / LBCs x 10 / Scorpion Kicks x 10.

Beast Theater: Mosey to our coupon dealer Penny to negotiate some coupons. Back down to the amphitheater for Beast Theater. On the way up the stairs, carry the coupon as you wish. On the way down, carry it above your head. Exercises at the 5th, 10th and 15th steps on the way up and back down (al la the Beast).

Round 1: Curls Round 2: Squats Round 3: Incline Merkins. Round 4: V-ups Round 5: Decline Merkins Round 6: Chuck Norris Merkins

Whatchamacallits (Jack Webbs): You know the drill. 1 to 10 / 4 to 40.

Merkin Egg Toss (Field Day was supposed to be today): Partner up. Go until we declare a winner. Variety Merkins x 10 in between rounds. Burpees included. Congrats to Wojo and Bodos for their asterisk Field Day victory, 2020.

6MOM: 100 Flutter Kicks (as if you didn’t see that coming).

TYA took us out.

NMS: This won’t serve as my “see you later” post (more to come), but to those of you who were there today, thank you. It really meant a lot. TYA really brought us home with his words. Please be reminded of them minute by minute. Hour by hour. Day by day. We are all brothers. But that only matters if we support each other, as brothers. Life matters. Respect matters. Civility matters. Let’s all be stewards for good and decency.

Awkward Transition / Observations: Hardywood is a soon to be Alpaca Farmer. Upchuck is a parking lot claims adjuster. Flatline is the real life Greg Faulker. Bone Thugs has coupons for llama insemination products. Doublemint is Minny Vinny. Gomer Pyle and I share an affinity for the general public. Wojo’s fiancé would get along well with Shakedown. Bodos YoYos. Handshake drinks White Claw out of bourbon bottles – allegedly. TYA can’t see, but man is he a looker. Circle K knows all about Biscuitville. Gumbo is alive and well. Rosie needs a leisure suit. Goldberg bought his wagon from the set designer of Breaking Bad. Slippin Jimmy loves Pandas.

Time for a 2 hour nap.

-Compton Vinny

Meet at the parking lot at 06:00. We’ll mosey over to the field (where we’ll find everyone’s deflated hearts and legs from Circle K’s Saturday beatdown) for some armcircles and legwarmers, then the pain begins. 1 mile – mapped out: up the field, left on Garrett, down 3 blocks, right on S. Belmont, up 4 blocks, right on Condie, down 3 blocks, right on blanton and straight shot down the right side of the Carillon down to the Rusty Cage for 1.0 mile. Proceed to 100 pullups, 200 Merkins, 300 air squats, all in respectable form but in any division you can handle. 20 sets of “Cindy’s” is common. Then reverse course of the original mile to complete at the starting spot. I have 24 bottles of water that I am chilling overnight and 8 resistance bands of varying weight to finish out those pullups if you NEED them. Give thanks for the breath we have to breathe, the bodies that we have to move, and the Grace and freedom that we receive with the price of others’ blood. SYITG!!!

Mosey to first traffic Circle for COP.

Invisible Jumpropes, DQs, LBCs, something else.

Mosey to amhpitheater for Self Destruction

1st step 1 Side Straddle Hop, 1 Merkin and 1 Vup

2nd step 2 Side straddle hop, 2 merkin, 2 vup.

Progress to 1 steps.

Mosey to Carillon field for The Michigan

10 100 yd sprints

8 80 yd sprints

6 60 yd sprints

4 40 yd sprints

2 20 yd sprints

1 10 yd sprints.

Mosey to first circle for Burpee ring of fire.

Mosey back to flag for 5MOM and 2 minutes of burpees.

NMS : Gents, it was an honor to lead this morning. I never tire of associating mysle fwith the finest group pf gents on all of Richmond. As YHC mentioned this morning, remember Memorial Day is about the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for ours. Say that out loud, EVERY DAY. We live in a world of luxury compared to most around us, and we should not take it granted. If you have a minute, click the following link from Jocko Willink, who has experienced the loss of a brother firsthand. TYA and I listened to Jocko speak this past winter and somebody asked him what he could about his time in the SEALS and he answered that he wished, “They could all have come home together”

Happy Memorial Day Weekend and remember what Memorial Day is meant to symbolize.

Circle K out.

YHC and my future M were supposed to get married today. The world had other plans. With an extra 3ish (hopefully) months to shed off a few more lbs before an afternoon long photoshoot, there’s no better time than the present to Q on a steamy Saturday morning. Roughly 10 former and current bachelors took part in DogPile’s nuptials on this beautiful May Day.

COP

Mosey to the green grove close to the “Ha Ha” Stage, circle up

F3 Welcome, Matra and Disclaimer (welcome Flex Seal from Hick’rah, North Carolina). Always wonderful to host a guest from YHC’s home state.

SSHs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, DQs, Merkins, LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Alabama Prom Dates DQs round two, Arm Circles (and reverso)

Warm? Let’s Boogie.

The Thang

Exercise 1 – Staged Triple Check

Pace Car – Touch-A Tree; Squat Presses with Coupons (courtesy of Double Mint), WWIIs

algore for the six

Exercise 2 – Pipe Loop Circuit

Mosey down to the base of Byrd Park’s infamous 1/3 mile loop

Partner 1(Pace Car) runs the pipe loop; Partner 2 performs the circuit: 5 merkins, 10 mtn climbers, 20 jump squats; 3 rounds, algore

Exercise 3 – Catch Me If You Can

Bernie Sanders up Pump House Drive, Partner does 3 burpees then chases, Plankarama

Exercise 4 – Street Work

bearwalk/lunge from Rugby to Wilbon Circle

mosey to the amphitheater, 5 copperhead squats on each step down, yoga stretch for the six

back to the flag for Mary

LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Freddie Mercuries, Rosalitas, Hello Dollies, Alabama Promdates, Merkin Ring of Fire

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out,

Memorial day Murph, sign up sheet floating around soon. 6am launch at Byrd park but other nano regions may handle own. See Deuce.

DTH sends his best from the other side of the world. Stay Safe Brother!

Old Glory at No Toll Tuesday

Many, many thanks on the stewardship and mumble chatter this am. Been a tough couple of months for YHC and my future M. We continue to count the blessings of health, family and support in many fashions. Enjoy the weekend!

SYITG