14 Warriors of the Gloom arrived on a day that only can be discribed as “Sunny and 70” for another edition of Dogpile. The SF was easily planted and the PAX got to work. This is how it went down: Slaughter Start – 10 Burpees OYO Mosey to the circle next to the amphitheater COP Invisible Jump Rope DQ Helicopters Merkins LBC’s Flutter Kicks Arm Circles THANG Mosey to the bottom of the amphitheater Aken Legs – 20 Squats, 20 Box Jumps, 20 Lunges (ten each leg), 20 Split Jacks (10 each leg). Rinse and repeat with set of 30…

27 Warriors commenced this A.M. for a solid Field Day Beatdown that went something like this: COP: Side Straddle Hop Imperial Walkers Don Quixote Merkins Flutter Kicks THANG: Mosey to the bottom of the AMP for some pre-Field Day warm up: -Merkins up (171 Total) , Jump Squats Down (171 Total) Mosey to the Field for a partner Race, here are the facts start to finish: -Partner up, Wheelbarrow to the Middle of the Field (Each man does 20 PLT’s), Wheelbarrow to the endzone (20 PLT’s each man).  Repeat on the way back. -Next Up and back was the same, but Partner Carries…. -Flutter…

28 strong, including 2 FNGs, ignored the no parking signs and other obstacles set up around Dogwood Dell for Arts in the Park and posted in the gloom to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and start their weekend off right.  It went a little something like this: Mosey to the circle in front of the amphitheater for COP, including: DQs – nice and slow Helicopters SSHs Hilbillies Copperhead Squates LBCs Flutter Kicks THANG: Golden Sombrero Mosey into the amphitheater and down to the base.  The distinction of earning a Golden Sombrero, or striking out 4 times in a game, was one…

16 thoroughbreds arrived full of spirit and ready to get the day started off on the right foot (hoof).  BT planted the shovel flag and we were off to the races.  Here’s how it went down. The Thang Mosey to the circle at the top of the amphitheater for COP: Helicopters x 10, Abe Vigodas x 10 (nice and slow, baby), Merkin x 10, Leg lifts x 15, SSH x 20 Mosey to the Paddock (Rusty Cage on any other day) to showcase some strength.  Partner up and perform 5 pull-ups, 5 chin-ups, 10 partner dips each, run together to…

23 Saturday Warriors (including one 2.0) got out to enjoy another 70 and sunny day in F3RVA The SF was planted and the PAX got to work. This how it went down: Slaughter Start – 20 Merkins OYO Warmup – About a 1 mile run around grounds of Dogpile COP (ALL IC) Invisible Jump Ropes DQ Finkle Swings Merkins American Hammers Flutter Kicks Dying Cockroach Helcopiter THANG Mosey to the Carrillon field 4×4 Medley (in honor of The Carpenter who had to miss this morning) – Complete one set of 4×4’s then run across the field to complete 2 sets.…

28 Gladiators of the Gloom posted at Dogpile to put in some hard work and have some fun. This was YHC’s Dogpile VQ and it went a little something like this: Mosey over and down to the North Bank Trail parking lot near the bridge for: COP: Helicopters x 15 Don Quixote’s x 10 Scorpion Kicks x 5 YHC told you it was going to be short! Mosey down past the Pump House to the Pipeline Loop for: Triple Check # 1 Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear curb to curb, merkin at each curb Lt. Dans Run the Pipeline Loop …

As the pilgrims traveled tirelessly through the night of CSAUP, nine brave men emerged onto the launchpad. As we all know, on this day in 1981 the shuttle Columbia returned to Earth in NASA’s first orbital space flight, STS-1. In tribute, here’s what went down this morning: First orbit: run the loop down to the pump house and back up. Circle up for COP (SSH, IW, DQ, Freddie Mercury, Merkins) Countdown & Liftoff: mosey to midway down amphitheatre for tricep dips as a 10-countdown, all the way to the bottom. Box jump back out for liftoff. Anti-Gravity: @valley beside amphitheatre:…

16 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day for a precious little field trip of Byrd Park and surrounding communities. For our adventure it was the perfect conditions for success, 70 and sunny. According to legend, it went a little something like this. Mosey to Byrd Park for the Mumble Chatter Prevention Task Force COP 10 SSH, 10 SSH RL, 10 SSH LL 10 HRM, 10 HRM RL, 10 HRM LL 25 Mark Spitz 20 WWII 5 Don Quiote – These were slow and low that is the tempo 2 Arm Circles Mosey to Maymont parking lot…