Twenty-two took to taxing their bodies on a gorgeous tax day morning at Dogpile.  2016 was a good year for F3RVA so the PAX had a lot of work to do to settle up with the tax man.  We had 1 FNG and 1 visitor from Hickory NC. COP – 1040 filing –  10 Merkins, 40 SSH, 10 DQs, 40 LBCs. Mosey to Amphitheater for Federal tax filing.  Escalator up through each of the marginal tax rates of 10%, 15%, 25%, 28%, 33%, 35%, and 39.5%. 10 Burpees, 15 Derkins, 25 WWII Situps, 28 Jump Squats, 33 Dips, 35 Mtn…

23 conspirators infiltrated The Dogpile this fine early spring morning and turned the tide of the battle against the Fartsack.  Here’s how it went down: Mosey to the far end of the Great Lawn for the COP COP SSHs x 50 Imperial Walkers x20 Arm Circles x20ish Don Quixote x10 (Saab style) LBCs x40 Mosey to center of Great Lawn for Dora 100 Mercans 200 LBCs 300 Jump Squats Run loop to large flower pots Mosey to Carillon for Triple Check 1st man Polar Bear crawls steps, then Russian Soldier across face of Carillon, back down steps 2nd man reverse…

19 strong men posted to Dogpile to welcome in April 2017 with our version of an F3 opening day and, despite the wet baseball fields that YHC initially wanted to utilize, we made the most of our greatest AO.  It went like this: COP (all IC and all x27), including SSHs,Imperial Walkers, LBCs and Flutter Kicks. 1 minute plank Mosey to the Amphitheater for 6 innings of some baseball.  Defense = exercises at the base of the amphitheater; Offense = sprint the steps to the top and back down.  1 minute of plank in between each inning (6 minutes of…

21 warriors rejected the fart sack and blazed a trail into Dogwood Dell for a beatdown that went something like this… Mosey to Swan Pond and find a location in the neighboring field COP (All IC) 100 SSHs 20 LBCs 10 Don Quixotes 10 Imperial Walkers 10 Copperhead squats Arm circles 65 SSHs Mosey to swan pond at the bottom of the hill – Partner up – One does dips while the other runs up the hill and does 10 burpees and returns – switch – continue until down to 1 burpee, rotate dips & copperhead squats at the bottom…

20 F3RVA regulars and 3 FNGs started the weekend the only way we know how, by escaping the fartsack and posting at Dogpile.  This is what we did, I think: Mosey to middle of field at Carillon for COP.  Exercises were Invisible Jumprope x 20, Don Quiote x 10, Little arm circle and big arm circles x 10, x 5 respectively. Mosey to Rusty Cage fro 1/2 Murph.  Pullups x 50, Merkins x 100, Squats x 150 Mosey back to middle of field for Escalator.  PAX spilt in half. 1st floor – Run to end of field, 2nd floor -…

19 faithful came out on this lovely Saturday morning to help Spit paid tribute to his grandmother who went to be with the Lord on Monday. This is how it went down: Mosey to the circle next to the amphitheater to give the explanation for the theme today YHC’ stated that his grandmother (Faye Beach) lived to be 97 was born in the year 1919 COP 19 SSH IC 19 Don Quixotes IC (Swirly Style) 19 Gas Pumps IC 19 Dolly’s IC 19 Merkins IC Arm Circles The Running Of Love Hill From gate to gate. First partner runs to…

19 pax piled in this morning to take a little trip with Lab Rat around Dogwood Dell.  YHC had a loose plan of where he wanted to lead the pax this morning, and he almost  pulled it off.  Things worked out anyways, with a little help from his friends.  Here is the skinny: COP SSH Ball dippers Don Quixote, crowd pleasingly slow arm circles merkins LBC’s THANG 7’s at the rusty cage:  Partner up, 6 pullups, 1 booyah merkin.  5 pullups, 2 booyahs…etc until 1 and 6. Accidental Trail Run:  the long way round Watch the sun rise:  Mosey along…

“If anyone forces you to go with him one mile, go with him two.” Twenty-five (25) of Richmond’s finest (including three (3) two-point-zero’s (2.0s) resisted the lure of the fart sack and joined YHC for a numerically challenged saunter through the depths and breadths (and catching our breadths) of The Dogpile. The Thang: Mosey from the Flag to the memorial flag (curve at Trafford Road and the tennis courts) for the COP SSH’s x25 Abe Vegoda x10 Hillbillies x20 LBCs x20 Reverse Crunches x10 Mercans x10 Mosey to baseball fields No truth to the allegations that the PAX jumped the fence…

24 Veterans and 1 FNG shrugged off the warmth of the fartsack and rose like lions to roar at the start of another beautiful day in RVA. Dogpile was the AO and Fudd planted the shovel flag for the first time in a while. Things went down a little something like this: Mosey from the parking lot across the front of the Carillon, over to Rugby Rd. Hang a right on Rugby, run across the intersection at Park Dr. and Blanton Ave to pick up the VITA trail. Continue to mosey north on the VITA trail to the northeast corner,…

“The sun, it does not cause us to grow. It is the rain that will strengthen your soul. It will make you whole.” Oh Hellos 25 warriors rose to the dawn of a new day including two outstanding 2.0 female burpee slayers. We had clarity.  We had purpose.  We had a plan. It went a little something like this. COP – Mosey over to Byrd Park proper and gather by the lake. IC –  SSH X 20, Imperial Walker X 15, LBC X 20, Freddie Mercury X 15, Merkin X 10. Camp 1 – Mosey to pavillion near Maymont parking…