Tag: Dogpile

I joined 10 of F3 RVA’s finest HIMs today on a journey around Dog Pile’s little known treasures….buckle up let’s go.

6 a.m. on the dot, we took off towards the nickel bridge, where UpChuck jokingly warned me the bridge was closed (I guess he didn’t want to do a burpee lightpole session). With that nugget in mind, I knew where would head first after our warmorama…

Warmup: Circle up (Rosie made me in the middle of the circle)…began to give the F3 mission statement amongst chit chat…Hitch joins the crew (a little late). Warmup exercises included SSH, stretches (possibly Heist’s wife stretch? Wasn’t glorious enough for my M, so not this time!), copper head squats, APDs, Rosco’s mom, LBCs, merkins, Wilson and Fudd’s wife.

Part 1 – Yes – the Bridge! But first – an amazing fart from Senor Frog (apparently held in for a week). Run down the nickel bridge and back, alternating between squats and burpees at each light pole. May or may not have waited for the six at the turn around, but instructions were “down and back.” Picked up the six with Mr. Roger and Rosie. Pretty sure Mr. Roger and I got a little out of sync with our burpee/squats despite the easy pattern (Rosie can attest).

Senor Frog was so warn out from all his honeymoon luvin’ he began to lay on the ground. 20 count was the best medicine for that (thanks Hitch).

Part 2 – I decided to slow things down a bit, so did a few rounds of stepups and dips by the Pump House Parking Lot. Said hello to a few short shorts runners who strolled by.

Part 3 – My original plan to do a triple check by the pipeline, but when I saw the amazingly pristine hand bars by the Byrd Park Pump House (some nice landscaping and an ADA compliant switchback style path recently installed), I knew an audible was needed.

Two sets of jerkins performed (20 reps – apparently that was too many)…these guys need to come to Satan’s Hill on Flex Friday where we eat jerkins for breakfast!

Next, I took the guys over to this rock slab for a brief thrill of sliding on your six about 2 seconds. Quickly gave the “you vs you, don’t hurt yourself speech.” No injuries and I think everyone found it amusing.”

Part 4 – Pump House trail exploration: Per request of Senor Frog, we journeyed up the Pump House trail loop. At the halfway point, I led us in a few rounds of Mary. We were about to turn back when Hitch asks, “are we going to the skate park?” Curious to see a new Dog Pile landmark, I said take it away Hitch. Off he ran, Pax followed along to the break in the fence that separates the world from the train tracks and boxcar hobos. Sure enough, there was a “skate park,” which was a pool like structure nestled between the train tracks and el rio Jaime. Hitch was happy, so I asked him to lead us in whatever one does there. A few rounds of bear crawls, crab walks, and sideways “actual” crab walks. Walked along the perimeter of the skate park too, one misstep would certainly be a fall in the rapids.

Part 5 – Worked our way back towards the Pump House….only an about 14 minutes left, but I really wanted to get in that triple check along the pipeline. And so, we did it, merkins and WW2 sit-ups were the exercises of choice. With only minutes left, we made our way back to the flag, late by 2 to 3 minutes. No “buy the Pax” breakfast penalty….this time.

Numbers/Names

1. Convergence Monday at Tredegar Iron Works (down from the VA War Memorial). Starts at 7 a.m. with Boberry leading a pre-run at 6:25 a.m.
2. 2nd F – Please take shot to serve those fine folks at both Breaking Bread and the Bridge Ministry.

I shared that I had wanted to make this a Memorial Day themed workout, but just didn’t work out that way today. However, going back for the six a few times reminded me of the fact that, many soldiers have likely sacrificed themselves defending our great nation by “going back for the six” in times of war (think about the Marcus Lutrell story). No prayer requests, but Flatline reminded us to call a veteran we know. Check in on them.

Took us out in prayer.

Good times at Libby Market today. Enjoyed a few servings of Major Dickson’s blend.

Honor to lead!

El Heist out!

7 showed up this, May 17th, 2025, to offer marriage advise to Señor Frog at the Dog Pile.

YHC had several things planned until the acting safety officer (Mr. Rogers) pointed out all the rain & lighting and recommended we stay in the protective covering of the amphitheater. He is a smart one; He is…

We did a traditional COP warm up with some escalating dips the hard way.

We moseyed a bit to the pump house to admire some RVA history while stopping for a few pull ups along the way.

We moseyed back to the flag for a prayer and Mimosa from Mr. Rogers & M.

YHC is thankful for his F3 friends! You ALL made my wedding day very special.

The wedding gifts and positive affirmations will always be remembered.

THANK YOU!

Special Shout out to Bodos for marring us! Nadia and I were completely blown away with what you did for us!!!

11 men gathered to see what randomness Handshake was going to bring to Dogpile.

Traveling COP – we made our way from The Flag over to Maymont Nature Center Parking Lot doing various exercises on the way.

Mosey over to Maymont neighborhood and over to YHC’s first house on South Meadow. After Bodo’s comment about “it looking like a shed” (insert eye roll) we completed 69 Monkey Humpers. We also saw lots of Deer, one was even stalking Gomer in the street and eyeballing Bodo’s.

Mosey over to the Maymont Parking Lot for a couple of Triple Checks and a Pencil Roll in the wet grass.

Mosey back to the flag and complete 20 Boo-Yeah Hand Release Merkins.

Announcements – Hermes. The Bridge. Today. Upchuck made a proclamation and returned property to Faceplant.

Prayer Requests – none

NMS – Fun times. YHC Q’s like Jazz. Ever changing, and non-sensical. Thanks for the opportunity.

15 strong at the latest of edition of Dogpile! This was YHC’s first time Qing up there, so had to bring my A Game. The following is a brief summary for your viewing pleasure:

Mosey to the Ampitheater for Warm-Ups:

Jazzercise, Monkey Love Makers, Apple Bottom Poppers, Mummy Kicks, Helicopters, HR Merkins, Freddy Mercuries, Heels to Heaven, Alabama Prom Dates. Mixed in a couple sets of 5 burpees to put the Chatty Kathy’s on notice

Exercise One: Wall Climber Burpees – worked our way to the top of the arena.

Mosey to the field for Exercise Two: Super 11’s
Merkins and WWII’s (10 and 1) on the far end of the field. One Burpee when you get back. Repeat normal 11’s Pattern until you hit 10 burpees

Exercise Three: Indigenous People’s Pencil Rolls. PAX roll across the field while man in the back attempts to hurdle over each person.

Mosey to Rusty Cage for Exercise Four: Triple Check with Hanging Knee Raises, Flutter Kicks and Touch a Tree.

Through the Gulley: Crab Walk Down, Bear Crawl Up. Lunge Walks up the sidewalk.

BTTF for 1 plus minutes of Monkey Humpers.

Numbers/Names/Announcements/Prayer Requests

YHC took us out

Final Thoughts: Had a great time leading this morning! I vastly underestimated how long that field is, making the Super 11’s a never ending slog. I think Indigenous People’s pencil rolls are here to stay as a Dogpile staple – You’re welcome. Great effort by the PAX! These guys were putting in some work.
SYITG

Eleven men emerged from the gloom at the Carillon in search of truth and some pointy boots, and maybe a few snack crackers. According to the camels walking around the grounds of Maymont, this is what they found.

COP: SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, DMH, IW, CHS, Merkin, LBC, APD, stretching, all IC

Mosey to the end of the field – 3 merkins at each light post from Garrett down to Condie, 2 burpees at each lightpost returning to the Garret at the end of the field.

Slide down to the middle of the field for 11’s across the field – American Hammers and LBC’s

Take the show to the amphitheater – do 5 dips on each step to the bottom

Meander to the Ha’ Penny stage for Touch a Tree – Pair up – Exercises hand release merkins, monkey humpers, wwII’s

Wander over to the rusty cage, stopping on the way to relocate the widowmaker out of the fairway – OYO – do 3 (or more) pull-ups then run to a nearby tree and back, repeat 5 times

Traverse the fairway back to the amphitheater – do 5 incline merkins on each step to the top

Back to the flag for Mary – Freddie Mercury, APD in cadence, short savasana

Numbers and names. Announcements – CSAUP Century Classic Revisitied 5/2 – 5/3 – join a team to run or support; F3RVA contingents are going to the Bridge in Charlottesville 4/26 (Corned Beef) and 5/10 (Hermes).

Congratulations to Pigskin on the arrival of another grand baby!

It was fantastic to be joined by some irregulars to shake up the mumble chatter. Glad to see everybody. Thank you for the opportunity to lead.

 

After a weeklong cruise and a busy week at work YHC struggled to get out of the Fartsack this week. YHC signed up to Q for motivation. EF Hutton even joked that it was a Q by an FNG.

Various exercises were completed to include 22’s on the Field, a failed Sextex Check, and never ending Pull Up rotations.

Good times were had by all, great jokes.

Announcements – The Bridge on April 26th with Corned Beef, May 10th with Hermes. Breaking Bread is covered for April.

Prayer Requests – Vinny/Vinny’s family at the passing of his MIL. Prayers for Kubotas brother’s Family at the sudden passing of his brothers MIL.

NMS – thanks for the opportunity to Q

Eleven eager PAX, including a visitor from SC, found perfect April conditions for a spring Dogpile. Newly placed tariffs on sections of the AO made for a vague theme that was NOT the stupidest idea of the week somehow.

COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Down to bottom of the amphitheater. 10 Burpees tariff for using it. Alternate up incline merkins and dips each step up to top.

Over to front of memorial, 50 Upright APDs tariff. Run up steps: 10 merkins, 20 WWIIs, 30 Jump squats, run back to circle and 10 burpees. 2nd round: 20 CDDs, 30 Reverse Crunch, 40 Squats, and 10 burpees back at the start. Head over to Bermuda Triangle: Bear crawl to 1st spot: 20 Merkins, down to bottom, 30 Flutterkicks, Bernie up hill, 40 LBCs. 2nd round: HRMs, 30 LCs, 40 Penguin cruches.

Head over to Rusty Cage, tariff was 10 Chazz Michael Michaels! Then we did 3 rounds of 6 Pullups & 10 Jerkins. Over to the Jacobs Ladder bowl for the namesake exercise set. Then back to flag for 2 min of Mary. YHC took us out with some quoted scripture.

Announcements: Bridge is starting back up later this month. PAX are needed to step up for this important F3RVA staple. Also May 2nd CSAUP is coming up fast. If you can attend a boot camp you can do this.

NMS: What a way to start the weekend. Solid group of PAX that pushed the whole morning. It was great to give Decible a tour of our crown jewel AO. Just as Milton Friedman, Ronald Reagan, and Thomas Sowell have repeatedly said “Tariffs are a terrible idea” so were the burpees and Chazz Michael Michaels as well. But it was a loose thread for a theme for YHC to grasp.

Coffee lasted a good while and was a blast as always. Lots of great ideas shared and Faceplant was able to find a babysitter to thwart Upchuck stealing his evening plans.

Six of the finest gents around. 70 and Sunny today!! Wait Mr. Rogers, I forgot something in my car….. The Ghost Flag returns!! Let’s Go.

Warmarama: Mosey to the far field parking lot. Dead man hang, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Copper head Squats, Merkins, LBC, Flutter Kickers, Hello Dolly.

The Thang:
A vs B
From the bottom of the field:
Group A -moseys over to the triangle.
Down the Triangle, 10 SSH, Run it back to Group B.
Group B: Four Corners on the field, 20 SSH each corner.
Switch

Amphitheater:
5 Dip each step down
3 Merkins each step up

Carillon: A vs B
Group A – run to the top of Carillon, 10 Boo-yah Merkins and back.
Group B – Deep Squats
Switch – Repeat x 3

Stage: A vs B
Round 1
A – Run to the top of the hill, 1 Burpee, 10 Incline Merkins
B – People’s Chair
Switch.

Round 2
A – Run to the top of the hill, 2 Burpees, 10 Decline Merkins
B- People’s Chair
Switch

Round 3
A – Run to the top of the hill, 3 Burpees, 10 Incline + 10Decline
B – People’s Chair
Switch

A vs B – Round 2
From the bottom of the field:
Group A -moseys over to the triangle.
Down the Triangle, 10 SSH, Run it back to Group B.
Group B: Four Corners on the field, 20 SSH each corner.
Switch

Amphitheater: 5 MOM
Steps 1 – 3: 5 WWII each step
Steps 4-6: 10 Flutter Kicks
Steps 7-9: 10 American Hammers
Steps 10-12: 10 Freddy Mercuries
Steps 13-15: 10 of something
Steps 16-19: 10 Incline Merkins

Mr. Rogers – grab your buckets, and let’s BTTF.
Pick up Upchuck on the way.

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YHC took us out.

Moleskin: The Ghost Flag returns. YHC felt a very brief moment of guilt after learning that Mr. Rogers arrived early to set up something special with buckets around the field. Meanwhile, BlueMoon woke up early, crossed the river, and stamped his passport, expecting a Mr. Rogers Q. The timing of A vs. B was perfect—might have to bring that back another day. And let’s not forget—today’s 20-counts were on point.

Oyster

Ten men emerged from the gloom at the Carillon with hopes of answering the age old question – are you the spoon-er or spoon-ee? While each man contemplated his position in the world, this is how the time was passed.

COP – SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, DMH, Copperhead squats, IW, Merkins, LBC, APDs – all IC

Mosey to the amphitheater, 10 dips on each step from top to bottom. Return to the top doing 5 incline merkins on each step, back to the bottom with 5 box cutters on each step.

Wriggle over to the ha’penny stage – partner up for touch a tree – 5 different trees each round – exercises: HR merkins, american hammers, LBCs.

Relocate to the triangle for three trips around with exercises at each corner: First – bear crawl/10 jump squats, run/20 american hammers, bernie or run/10 hr merkins. Second – lunge/10 monkey humpers, run/heels to heaven, bernie or run/10 merkins. Third – lieutenant dans/3 burpees, run/WWIIs, bernie or run/merkins

Move to the star in front of the carillon for some stretching…

Continue back to the flag for Mary and sravasana

Numbers, names, announcements, YHC took us out.

Announcements:

The Bridge is starting up again – F3RVA is sending a group once a month to Charlottesville to workout at The Bridge – see the Q Sheet for details

CSAUP Alert – The Century Classic is targeted for May 2-3 – It is an overnight relay visiting many AO’s across the F3 RVA region. This was last held in 2018 and was a great event. Look for Rosie’s post on Slack with more information – when you are an HC, signup on the Monthly Challenge spreadsheet for a team or create a team of your own.

F3 Harrisonburg is starting up – Saturdays at 6:30 – Visit Bucees and stop by for a beat down if you can

Thanks for letting me lead. SYITG

Friday night alert from Slack says VQ Alert! Almost below the belt but message received. Yes, it has been a long while since YHC signed up for the Q but no VQ alert needed. Seasoned Swedish Chef present and accounted for!! With no watch at 0559, YHC said time to mosey but we did circle back to grab Hitch with his “One Headlight” and mosey to Carillon courtyard.

COP- SSH x 20, Jazzercize x 4(fail-YHC called them Suzzane Somers), Ukraine Soldiers x 17, Heels to Heaven x 17, Hand Release Merkins x 10, and Dead Man Hang OYO. Done. Mosey to Ampitheater and Boom……new light bulb shines down on amphitheater!

What goes up, must come down! At each step, reps are the number of steps and the exercise is jump squats. Step 1, 1 jump squat…step 2, 2 jump squats…..all the way to the top. Thank you Rosie, 18 steps. Once at the top, come down with the same number step and perform decline merkins. 18th step, 18 decline merkins…17th step, 17 decline merkins…and so on until PAX was back to the bottom. Mumblechatter was limited!

Time check….no watch….Honeymoon stated 0630. Dang. That took longer than YHC was thinking. Time to mosey with a little jog over to Burpee Lake.

Alternating light poles-2 Burpees, pole 1; 10 LBC, pole 2, switch. Moving around Burpee Lake and meeting at halfway point, PAX and Q finished with a mosey around the lake and 1 audible for 20 LBC’s. Mosey back to Carillon Lawn.

Partner Wheelbarrows or some rendition of you do you across the lawn. Mosey back to the flag with a few minutes of cool down and stretching. Boom. Dogpile finished with approximately 2.5 miles covered.

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Announcements:

1. Breaking Bread needs Q for the last Saturday and Sunday of March. Time 1730. Contact Oyster.

2. The Bridge is opening again and F3 Richmond can help! Weekends will be random but contact Upchuck to volunteer.

3. CSAUP, May 2-3, Friday evening until Saturday mid-day. Ruck and run to many AO’s in Richmond-40 AO’s is a tall order. Make your team now. Contact Rosie with questions. Totally fun event and yes CSAUP!!!

YHC took us out!

NMS: YHC does not hide from his affection for Dogpile. My first workout post and many Saturday mornings spent with you fine fellas on this ground!! Yes, I have been slacking with my Q’s as well as posting. Oyster’s comment with VQ was almost a, “What did you say Willis?!?!”moment, but YHC can take the heat. YHC thinks about the many wonderful memories since starting my journey with F3 and friendships that have blessed my life, including Oyster’s.

The Swedish Chef made a quick appearance trying Jazzercise but he quickly exited stage left! EF Hutton and Hardywood…..you missed out but the PAX was lucky in the same regard.

Your friendships mean a tremendous amount to me. Each morning that I post, I rarely have a bad day that follows!!!

God bless each of you and thank you for following my lead this morning. Coffeeteria at Libby=Super 2F!!

Loud and Proud,
Flatline