Tag: Dogpile

24 “you-vs-you” fighters brought their A-game to a battle that went down something like this…

Mosey up, around and down the Carillon and then across to the far end of the field.

COP (all IC) – 52 SSHs (in honor of Podcast 52), 10 merkins, 20 american hammers, 10 merkins, 15 copperhead squats, 10 merkins, 10 don quixotes, 10 merkins, arm circles, 10 merkins.

Mosey to the “burpee pond” (named for Fudd’s Q a few months ago) to the house.

Dora 1-2-3

Partner up. One partner starts the exercises while the other runs up the hill, across the road to the tennis courts, up to the top of the bleachers to yell “FEBA!” and return. Exercises -> 100 dips, 200 LBCs, 300 squats.

Merkin/LBC loop around the pond.

One partner heads in one direction around the pond. The other partner heads the other direction. 3 merkins at every tree until you reach your partner. 10 booyah merkins with partner. Continue but do 5 LBCS at every tree until you finish. 10 booyah merkins with partner.

Mosey up to the tennis courts.

Burpee suicide / Jump up the bleachers

One partner jumps up the bleachers to the top and back while the other partner does a burpee suicide on the tennis court. 10 booyah merkins when finished. Flapjack and repeat.

Mosey back to the shovel flag

1 SSH…

Numerama, Namerama, Announcements. YHC took us out.

NMS

The DaVille takeover finished today with Dogpile and GridIron (Spit took the Q there). YHC wasn’t originally scheduled to take this Q but was honored to take up the challenge when asked by the DaVille crew. For YHC, Dogpile is the “Super Bowl” of the F3RVA Q’s and it is a special morning shared by all. Excitement is always on a high level going to bed the night before this Q!

YHC and Opus rolled into the parking lot to see the shovel flag and F3 flag planted compliments of Swirly (thank you!). The cars stormed the parking area and the PAX geared up. YHC tossed a tennis ball around as a veiled introduction to one of the locations for today’s workout. The PAX then took off on time on this beautiful morning. YHC led the PAX over to the Carillon and up and around it to get take in the morning view. Swirly and YHC noted how much pain had been dished out over the months/years at these spots.

YHC kicked off the COP with 52 SSHs in honor of Podcast 52 and the “poking of the DaVille bear” that went down. Some of the PAX stood in protest of the SSHs… UpChuck claimed to be the ringleader of the late audible to resist the SSHs. #SSHresistance may be a new hashtag against YHC’s leadership. YHC decided to keep the number to 52 instead of going to 104 (2x the podcast) in light of the disgruntled faces… instead, we fired up a ton of merkins in light of the monthly challenge.

We then headed over to some newer territory by “burpee pond.” Fudd led us there a few months ago during the 1 mile monthly challenge. YHC took a more direct route and the PAX went to work on the Dora 1-2-3. There was reference to Frogger in a backblast earlier this week. We had the opportunity to play some more Frogger this morning as we crossed the road over to the tennis court bleachers. Hardywood showed quick instincts (as expected) in order to avoid cars and maximize the sprint to/from the bleachers.

YHC messed up the next exercise. YHC had planned for 3 merkins at every light post but called for trees instead. YHC drove by the pond later to count 54 trees but only 29 light posts… The PAX logged 25 more exercises than planned and got some extra credit this morning! The change to LBCs after finding your partner is an admitted audible in light of muscle failure for YHC on the merkins insanity. Flipper and YHC talked about possibly including an option for the PAX to swim across the pond after the halfway point next time as an option…

The rest of the workout flew by and the PAX finished with a strong run back to SF. The PAX rallied around one another and went back to encourage all the runners until the end. The final exercise was 1 SSH in order to show that “pulling a Carpenter” doesn’t always equal going to 100 SSHs… there are other options.

Gomer Pyle summed it up well when he approached YHC at the end and said, “Aren’t you a pastor? For that workout, you are going to hell!?”

YHC couldn’t be more proud of the way each man fought through today’s workout and pushed themselves while encouraging one another. We are all getting stronger as we push through one workout after another together. YHC would not even come close to doing half of what we knock out as a team if I tried alone. We are better and stronger together. If that plays out in our workouts, then just think of how much we can impact our wives, children, neighborhoods, workplaces and faith communities?

I am always honored to lead the PAX in any workout at any location but Dogpile is truly the Super Bowl of F3RVA for me and I couldn’t be more humbled to take the Q on this fine day. Thank you to all for a glorious F3 morning!

The Carpenter

Twenty-two regulars + 1 FNG were caught in the landslide that is Dogpile for a brief 60 minute escape from reality.  The PAX gathered around the flag for much mumblechatter before embarking on our journey.  Saturday seemed like a great day for a slaughter starter, so we mosey’d to the field for the start.  Here’s how it went, more or less…

COP
SSH – 20
Burpee – 1
Merkin – 10
Burpee – 2
Copperhead Squat – 10
Burpee – 3
LBCs – 20
Burpee – 4
Werkins – 10
Burpee – 5
Ball Dippers – 10
Burpee – 6
Flutter Kicks – 20
Burpee – 7
Hand Release Merkins – 10
Burpee – 8
Imperial Walkers – 10
Burpee – 9
American Hammers – 10?
Burpee – 10

The Thang
Mosey to the VITA trail for some station fun.  One lap around the VITA trail, stopping at each station for a set of exercises.  Exercises rotated through merkins, jump squats, WWII situps.  10x at each station.  Reverse plank call by Flatline after a lap while the PAX convened.

Quick stroll towards the rusty cage with a stop a the poles for a pole smoker indian run.  Hold 6 inches while one PAX member completes 2 pole smokers.

Work our way over to the rusty cage for pull-ups and jerkins.  Partner up for 5,4,3,2,1 pull ups and 10,8,6,4,2 jerkins.

Saunter towards the amphitheatre for a quick round of 11s.  Merkins & WWII situps.  Finish up with a round of mary including Freddy Mercuries (with singing) and LBCs.

Race back to the flag for high fives and a greeting by two pseudo-pax members itching for a little breakfast.

Moleskin
Today was a great day to open our eyes, look up to the sky and see what a brilliant day that was created for us.  Welcome to FNG Hitchhicker and thanks to the PAX for being so welcome to a Saturday morning Splinter Q.

Given the extra time Dogpile allows us, YHC decided to try to bring the pain back to COP.  One PAX member figured out the pattern after the first set of burpees.  Well done, a pattern indeed.

Flashdance, not being a poor boy but still desiring sympathy, on numerous occasions requested arm circles to no avail.  Glad you still retained the gift of gab throughout the workout.

There was a breakout group during Mary, I believe lead by Swirly, broke out in a tribute to Freddy Mercury.  YHC attempted to retain cadence amongst the rising chorus but it was a challenge.  Kudos to the harmonics of that group.

We all know that things in life are easy come, easy go.  Sometimes we are high, sometimes we are low.  That’s the great thing about F3.  Every day is a different challenge, with a different leader.  Hey, any way the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to YHC.  Let’s go out into the day and tackle whatever is put in front of us.

Poetry in motion.  Splinter out.

Announcements
Fudd soiree next week.  Respond to his BB.  Duet being prepared with McRib.
Reese Strong next weekend.  Cornhole, bands, tons of fun.  See Phonics.
Clown car host needed for CVill on 6/17.  Confirm with Lab Rat.

19 F3RVA Regulars climbed out of their fart sack on this holiday week for another addition of Dogpile. YHC arrived ready to finish off this Q week off with one last beatdown.

This is how it went down:

Mosey to the far circle next to the carillon

COP

• SSH
• Cotton Pickers
• Merkins
• Freddie Mercurys
• WWII Sit-ups
• Flutter Kicks
• Arm Circles

Mosey to the Rusty Cages

Burp-Up Special

With a partner, completed 50 Burp-Ups

Mosey over to Love Hill

Love Hill BANG

From the trail entrances to the bottom gate. First partner runs to the gate at the bottom of the hill then back with other partner completes an exercise then switch. Rinse and repeat till you reach the bottom. The following exercises were completed:

• Lunges
• Broad Jump Burpees
• Polar Bears

Mosey over to the toll booth

WWII Surprise at Boulevard Bridge

Run across Boulevard Bridge completing 5 WWII Sit-ups at every light pole (or telephone pole) till either you reach Riverside Dr or till the lead PAX is head back. Complete 5 WWII Sit-ups at each pole on the way back

Mosey back to SF

Numberama, Namerama, YHC took us out.

MOLESKIN

AND YHC IS FINISHED!! Thank you to all those that took part in this celebration. This week has been one that YHC will not soon forget.

Today was just another challenge!

YHC wanted to make sure not to repeat any areas already used early at WDog. Today was focused on three locations that just around a year ago would have been impossible to complete for him.

Here is what YHC has learned: Pulls up are still a challenge, Love Hill has seem to get just a little shorter (not really), and Boulevard Bridge still sucks.

Sorry not much to say about Mumble Chatter or recap so please include your “favor” parts of today in the comments.

It was honor and privilege to lead you gentlemen today. I look forward even more memories this coming year.

Just reminder: “The workouts don’t get any easier, you just get stronger.”

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Reese Strong Rock and Roll Cornhole Tournment – June 10th – See Phonics
• F3 Charlottesville – Plan a trip one Saturday!
• Moo & Brew 5K – June 3rd – See Malpractice Preblast
• Fudd is having a party the evening of June 10th – M’s are welcomed – See Preblast and comment if you can make it.

SPIT ON THAT!!

31 STRONG graced Dogpile, including 1 veteran visitor from Charlotte and 3 FNGs related to Wilson yet willing to let the guns out on this beautiful RVA morning.  Even though Corporate was away, the PAX did not play – we took care of business and this is how it went down (more or less)…

Mosey to circle in front of amphitheater for COP — we filled that circle up today.

• SSH x20 IC
• DQ x10 IC
• Imperial Walkers x20 IC
• Merkins x10 IC
• Flutter Kicks x20 IC
• LBCs x20 IC

Mosey to Rusty Cage for the Chris Cornell Memorial portion of the beatdown…pair up and complete 52 pull-ups as a pair.  Plank for the six.

Mosey to the top step of the Amphitheater for a dip ladder – 18 on the top step down to 1 at the bottom.  Al Gore for the six.

1-minute of WWII situps

Box-jump ladder back up to the top of the Amphitheater – 1 to 18.  This was way harder than it looks on paper!

Plank-o-rama around the circle for the six.

Mosey to the field and break into teams of 5 teams 6 for THE SUCK relays.  5 cones for exercises.  One team member at each cone and 1 runner (rabbit).  Rabbit runs from 5th cone to end of the field and back.  Perform AMRAP of each exercise until the rabbit returns, then bear crawl to the next station.  Continue until all team members have been the rabbit.  Exercises were:

1. Merkins
2. Box Cutters
3. Monkey Humpers
4. WWII Situps
5. Burpees

Plank and WWII situps for the six.

Second Round of the THE SUCK – the transition between cones was lunges.

YHC passed the Q-baton to Wilson for 7 minutes of Mary including every variety of cross-leg exercise you can think of, some Superman, some APDs (one-leg and regular) and some pickle-pounders…AKA- Wilson’s Special Mix

YHC reclaimed the Q after a near mutiny and we formed 3 lines for a run of the Indigenous People back to the Shovel Flag…3/4 of the way there the buzzer sounded and YHC called a JAIL BREAK and it was a full-out sprint to the flag.  FNGs Foreclosure and Bueller took off like they were shot out of a cannon…and Rosie did his normal thing.  Not sure how those guys had so much left in the tank.  Oh to be in your 20s again…or to be Rosie!

COT, number-rama, name-a-rama and Wilson took us out with inspiring words.

Announcements:

• C-ville expansion is happening.  Hope it went well today and can’t wait for the report.  Clown cars and Qs needed for next 5 weekends.  HoneyDo has first weekend in June and is looking for riders.
• HoneyDo has Breaking Bread Q this Sunday and is looking for some helpers — 5:30.  See HoneyDo for details.
• Memorial Day convergence – meet in the Tredegar Parking Lot and be ready for a Hot Potato Q.  I believe the start time is 0630 (but it may be 0600).  HoneyDo – confirm in the comments please.
• ReeseStrong corn hole and rock n roll coming up — June 10??  See Phonics for details.
• Wilson’s golf tourney was a blast. 365 days until the next one — get your 4-some ready now.  Swirly is going to get F3 golf shirts for us!!

NMS

What a great morning and what a great turnout at Dogpile.  It was Sunny and 70 in the RVA today (and about 90% humidity).  The sweat was rolling, the mumblechatter was vibrant and some hard work was done.  No better way to start the weekend.  Thanks for letting me lead.  It is a pleasure and always humbling to see so many guys show up, give it their all (and then some) and then find extra inside to encourage others.

Greatest moment for me had to be seeing FNGs Foreclosure and Bueller take off to the end of the field following Wilson to go bring FNG Al Bundy home for the last leg of THE SUCK.  That is F3, men.  You guys personified it right there and that is why I love being part of this group.

You all are beasts.  Be SUPER today.

No more Gumbo for you!

18 pax came out for a soggy DogPile, where the weather was 70 and sunny, but you wouldn’t have known it with the variety of outfits that made an appearance this morning.  MARV’s weather app may have disagreed with the corporate weather forecast, but that’s what you get for ten bucks a month.  ShovelFlag’s got planted, jokes about the time got made, and away we went:

COP

SSH, IW, DQ, arm circles, Hand release merkins, LBC

THANG

11’s in the amphitheater:  burpees at the bottom, WWII situps at the top.  Run the perimeter when complete.

Triple check on the Carillon:  Balls to the flower pot, Freddie Mercury’s, and run around the Carillon.  No snakes.

Goldberg’s Bar Work:  As per special request of Goldberg himself, partner up, 50 pullups as a team.

Beast Relay:  3 teams of 6, as a team perform a beast the length of the Carillon field (berm to berm, baby!).  Each team member does one leg.  Exercises were:  WWII situps, merkins, burpees, jump squats, 2-count mountain climbers, and LBC’s.

NMS

OK, so right off the bat, Kotters to Flatline!  Love you man, great to have you back.  But you are a regular, and you should know that if you show up in hiking boots OR tie dye tights, it will be noted.  Both at the same time, you get the back blast named after you.  Great to have you back out, baby.  Keep showing up!  Way to own your outfit.  That is twice TODAY that the Q, who regularly runs in flip flops, had to point to somebody else’s footwear and say “DAMN!”  Upchuck and his white socks and sandals got the nod as well.

Which brings us to the next topic of debate:  What should be “standard issue F3 gear” for regular pax members?  This would be items that you should have to make the posting lifestyle more manageable.  The Q’s thoughts this morning went to black shirts, a boot dryer, and bag balm (WD-40 for your balls, corporate sponsorship still available).  Q will leave the rest up to the pax….discuss.

Speaking of corporate sponsorship, pullups were brought to the pax by special request of Goldberg. The Q’s arms were still mighty sore from Phonics’ heavy use of Rusty Cage from Wednesday, and was planning on skipping it…..but who is Lab Rat to ignore requests?  This turned out to be quite the pax motivator, as we got to witness Cosmo and Helix show how to truly GUT OUT the last few.  They both left it all out on the bar, showing what a pullup should be.  Straight arms at the bottom, chin above the bar at the top.  RESPECT, gentlemen.

The balls to the flower pot (not the way Circle K demonstrated) turned out to be quite the arm burner.  Luckily, everybody heeded Swirly’s warnings regarding slick steps and the pax emerged without a scratch from the triple check.  The same cannot be said about the relay, however!  Some interesting form was witnessed in the transition between sprints and exercises.  First, Lab Rat’s slide into the first set turned out to be a horrible idea when he stood up afterwards wearing a thong.  Bleeder used the “sack of potatoes” method, just falling at each stop to bang out his LBC’s.  Angus had arms flailing on the way out, barely saving himself from performing a perfect albeit unintentional scorpion pose.  Just imagine chest on the ground, back bent over, with feet on the ground in front of face.  Or Circle K from when he pulled off said pose at the exact same place.  That field is friggin’ long!  Also, the guys that drew burpees in the relay performed 102 of them in the hour….Hardywood, Helix and Gumbo with his very white Frog Togg jacket….great job, fellas. (YHC really wanted to fit in the jacket, but couldnt find a better spot.)

With the exception of a couple dads that had to make a track meet, everybody showed up at ET’s afterwards to continue the good vibes and warm up over coffee, beet juice, and cough syrup flavored water.  At least six of us were camped out for the better part of the morning, wondering if this is what retirement is like.  Several references to Merino Wool were made, but Lab Rat missed the first iteration of that so only could laugh along with how many times it was mentioned.  A couple jokes regarding fellatio were made.  That’s more Lab Rat’s wheelhouse….he got those.

Gentlemen, thanks for throwing common sense out the window and following a motley fool around for an hour this morning.  There are very few things that the Q would rather do on a Saturday morning regardless the weather.

Apology of the week goes out to all you suckas that stayed in your bed this morning because your momma said you couldnt get wet.  You missed out.

 

Lab Rat apologizes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

29 brave souls tackled Dogpile this morning in the blustery gloom – and here is how we rolled…

Mossy – Warm up’s – SSH, Windmills, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Arm Circles, Flutter Kicks, LBC’s.

Rusty Cage : 3 sets – 5 overhand pull ups – 10 crunches – 5 under hand pull ups – 3 sets of 7  Jerkins.

Pipe Loop : Partner up – run the pipe loop while completing 3 exercises – 100 Captain Thor’s – 200 Merkins – 300 Squats.

Grassy Hill : Starting in waves : Russian Solder to the tree in the middle – Bear Crawl to the pavilion (Bathroom – brick building thing) – modified to Lunges and back to Bear Crawl…

Partner Leg Toss : 3 sets of 20

Burpee Shuffle : Jog in place – each pax calls out burpee

Ring of Fire : 10 merkins – while pax planks

Mary : Cross leg lifts – American Hammers

The Scoop (Moleskin)…

YHC arrived earlier than usual this morning -(Yep I was there @ 5) 1 cause YHC was ready to go and two cause of the arts and farts in the park thing happening @ the park this weekend – (check it out).. Anyway YHC wanted to make sure the pax could park in the normal spot ( some of you will recall the last event at the park had some pax members confused).. So as a proper Q should do YHC surveyed the AO an hour before start time.. Good news was most of the RV’s had not arrived yet and those that had were on a side of the park YHC was not going to use this morning. The cars began rolling in about 5:45 and a full house of 29 was ready to roll.

The guy in the van parked by the rusty cage got a great F3RVA wake up call as we grunted through the pull ups , crunches, and jerkins… YHC gives props to his partner EF Hutton in that rotation (way to bang them out dude – love it).. We had not been over to the cage in awhile so it was good to work those muscles again.. As we finished the Rusty Cage and began to mossy down the path YHC heard a bit of mumble chatter – mostly grunts and oh no where are we going?? Yep the pipe loop – a TYA favorite that about killed us all last year… Luckily today’s weather was nice and cool – perfect for the loop. YHC has been waiting for the light to be out just enough so that we could get back down there towards the loop and pump house. This area of the park is sure to be used more in the summer. Huge props to Hardywood, Half-pipe, and Yoyo – they killed that loop – those 2.0’s made it look easy – well done!

The grassy hill was a bit longer than YHC remembered – plus YHC thought the first brick building was a pavilion (NEGATIVE) the first building is a bathroom thingy – my bad 🙂 Thanks for pointing that out Bleeder… Much respect to Bleeder, Rosie, EF Hutton, Honeydo, Flipper for continuing on with bear crawling past the first brick building for a bit – (hey they heard the Q say pavilion – so that’s what they were gunning for – love the effort)!

YHC is not sure how many of the pax were a bit hung over this morning – although YHC has a pretty good idea (LabRat) … But the burppee shuffle seemed like a great idea.. The pax crushed that without a doubt – great job… The ring of fire ( a Swirly Staple) was a success – led by Gumbo and Cosmo ( YHC apologizes again to Cosmo for calling him Seymour – YHC was staring @ Seymour and wanting Cosmo to begin the exercise (Brain Fart).. The ring of fire has become a bit of a competition – it’s cool to the the different styles brought into the mix – however YHC still loves the proper form and execution of a standard merkin – no disrespect to those with a little flair!

Great to finish up the workout with a little Mary and go out with bang! Excellent job today pax. Thanks for allowing me to lead – it’s always a pleasure … Appreciate Fudd taking us out this morning – well said brother… Remember to sign up to clown car up to cville for the launch – see LabRat for details. New AO – Heartbreak Ridge – check it out! Great job last week – On Tuesday without a challenge – just a regular Tuesday we had 50 post – freaken awesome – let’s keep it up fella’s. Phonics has some special events coming up soon in Mechanicsville – see him for details. VQ week – begins June 26 – if you have not yet q’d sign up – if you have not yet q’d at a certain AO – sign up… BRR team is being formed now – only a few spots left so get in touch with TYA, Swirly, or Bleeder soon if you would like to join us – runners and drivers needed. Y’all have heard us speak of this event many times – it is awesome I highly encourage you to find a way if you can to participate. Wed Hill runs 5:30 Hillcrest  those of you signed up to run – this is a great way to increase your training so come on out ..

Have a great weekend fella’s. Take the time to to enjoy some of the blessings of life. Hug your children, kiss your wife, smile at a stranger, tell those you care about that you love them – and leave no doubt.

See y’all in the gloom!

Swirly

20 strong attacked Dogpile this morning (nope did not see Bob)…

It was a Hot Potato Q this morning @ Dogpile and here is how we rolled…

Swirly Q : warm ups – SSH, Helicopters, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, APD’s – Curb Crawl ladder up to 5 and back down.

Wilson Q : Mary….. Cross leg LBC’s – Cross Leg Lifts, Flutter Kicks, Hello Dollies, Rosalitas, American Hammers, Superman – Ring of Fire 10 merkins – back around opposite way 5 merkins

Bleeder Q : Triple Check : Lt Dan’s – lunges – peoples chair

Phonics Q – partner up run field 25 – 50 – 75 – full length with burpees….

Seymour Q: Amp Theatre : Lunges up run down – box jumps up run down – 3 times…

Malpractice Q: Find a tree – 5 trees 5 merkins 5 LBC’s partner plank – Balls to the wall

Mossy back to the flag.

Moleskin : The pax seems to like a Hot potato Q – it is always a solid beatdown … Way to bring it today guys – what a beautiful morning and a great way t start the weekend.

Things to know : Cville – 5/20 – if you want to be a part of this and clown car down sign on up – see Labrat…. See Phonics for some info on big things happening in Mechanicsville lot’s of stuff the pax can participate in so let’s make it happen. Podcasts are up – check them out…. Thanks to all of you who have encouraged us to keep the podcasts coming – for those of you who have not listened yet – corporate knows – so get on it!!! New AO on Tuesday Heartbreak Ridge – check it out – awesome AO! Are man Viral took us out – thanks Viral great message – yes indeed we have much to be thankful for so let’s share that with others who could use a hand, a smile, some encouragement, a friend… ET’s as usual was fantastic -(Spritzers are on sale for a dollar)….. Thinking about our boys competing in both the Ragnar and the Colonial today – we are proud of you guys and are there with you in spirit !

See you dudes in the gloom!

24 warriors including 2 FNGs rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  It went a little something like this.

COP: SSH, IW, LBC, FM X 20 Merkin X 10

Wheelbarrow Extraordinaire – Length of field each partner completes 20 paces then 20 LBC.

10 Merkin IC

Laura (Lindsey’s Dirty Sister) – 10 pullups 2 burpee, 8 pullups 4 burpee, 6 pullups 6 burpee, 4 pullups 8 burpee, 2 pullup 10 burpee

Triple Check – Run, 6 Inches, Rusty Cage Hang

20 WWII situp IC

5 Minutes Of Fury – Run up hill 5 merkins, back down hill, 5 squats.  AMRAP 5 minutes

American Hammer IC X 20

Ascending Dips in Amphitheater 1 – 18

Bear Crawl across circle, 20 WWII situps, bear crawl back.

Helga (Rosalitas + Heels to Heaven) X 20 IC

Merkin X 10 IC

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

Moleskin:  This was the first Dogpile Q for YHC in a few months.  This is a privilege of the highest honor.  YHC was able to hear conversations today ranging from events to celebrate, to some of life’s more challenging times.  Everyone is good at life when it’s easy.  YHC is far more interested in how you respond when you’ve been challenged.  F3 presents an excellent opportunity for clarity and community.  Just as important is willingly do hard work.  Early is hard.  Burpees are hard.  Working out in the rain is hard.  Telling some one else good job when you are out of breath is hard.  It’s a pretty good day when you can see the best of people in adverse circumstances.  If that isn’t super, then I don’t know what is.

Events:  Wilson will be hosting John Daly at an upcoming event, please see him for details.

See Spit for the Ash Creek 5K

Breaking Bread see Lab Rat

Be super,

Hardywood

 

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 Climbers, 40 Box Jumps.  Going through each tax rate required passing through the previous brackets so in total PAX did 70 Burpees, 90 Derkins, 125 WWII Situps, 112 Jump Squats, 99 Dips, 70 Mtn Climbers and 40 Box Jumps.

Mosey to Rusty Cage for State Tax filing.  PAX paid state income taxes in VA, SC, NC, and GA.  3 sets of 6 Pull-ups and Jerkins, 1 set of 7 of Pull-up and Jerkins.

Mosey to Carillon for Capital Gains taxes – ST and LT gains of 15% and 20%.  20 Donkey Kicks and 15 American Hammers.  2 sets.  Mosey to Carillon field, surprise PAX is subject AMT tax for 2016.  Run field and do 28 of Alabama Prom Dates 1 lap, then another lap with 28 Merkins.

Mosey back to the Flag, COT and YHC took us out.

NMS – Some of the PAX immediately caught on to the Tax day theme during the 10-40 in the COP.  Bleeder may have been the first to point it out.  The tax rate escalator in the Amphitheater took a while to complete as it was a lot of reps of each. The 40 Box Jumps at the end were a lot.  It was during these rounds YHC observed Patty Mayo crushing the RVA pax.  With his greying beard YHC was impressed, until at the end we heard he was a 32 yr old gym teacher, hate! #beardedmillenial

The PAX can blame Saab, Lab, Rat, Offshore, & YHC for the state taxes owed from out of state.  Everyone knocked out the pull ups and Jerkins well giving us time to pay our Capital Gains.  The pax had both Long Term and Short term gains due so 15 and 20 were required.  Lastly based on YHC’s math F3RVA is subject to AMT for 2016, we’ll leave it up to EF Hutton to confirm.

Not much running today and plenty of upper body work so why not end with 28 Merkins on the field. On the run back Spit dared to challenge Oyster in a finishing sprint, never a good idea.

Plenty of laughter at ET’s today where we learned many PAX would prefer kids movie without an overarching social theme.  Some accused YHC of having a political agenda with the pain doled out this am.  We then had some more discussion on a more politically incorrect tax themed beatdow, ala Ron Swanson.  In discussing the Libertarian modern classic movie that is the Lego Movie we learned that in his own house Viral IS Lord Business.  Do NOT mess with his Legos!

Flipper needs to borrow a road bike for a sprint Tri soon so he can crush overequipped Fat Tri Guy.  You’ll crush him now, whoever he is- YHC thinks there may be more than one of those guys out there.

Great work by FNG Hagman this morning, hope to see you out again soon.  Good to see Clavin out and getting stronger each post, keep it up brother!

Announcements – Be sure to check Monday for a forthcoming pre-blast from Flashdance for HDHH next week.  Wilson has golf, then either Ash Creek 5k or F3Cville launch the next day.  Also a coming Corn Hole tournament in June I believe, see Phonics for details.

Pleasure to lead this am gentlemen.

 

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 crunches
3rd man flutter kicks
Repeato x3

Plank for 1 minute

Mosey 50 feet for Touch a Tree
10 – Balls to the Wall
8 – LBCs
6 – Burpees
4 – LBCs
2 – Balls to the Wall

Plank for 1 minute

Mosey to Amphitheater 
Incline Mercan Ladder…step 1, 1 Mercan up to top (18th) step

Mosey back to the Flag
Number-rama, Name-a-rama, YHC took us out

Moleskin

YHC had a long week of travel across multiple cities and timezones.  Prep for the Q today took a back seat, so YHC confesses that 300 jump squats somehow sounded quite a bit better last night at 10 p.m. than they felt this morning at 6:15 a.m.  YHC thanks the PAX for their tolerance.  Feel the burn, eh?

Kudos to Swirly for faithfully arriving early.  With several tractor trailers and Redcoats in “our spot” today, the blue pick-up was the shovel flag to gather around before there was a shovel flag to gather around.  Glad to have him back out there with us.

YHC finds it very cool that a television crew chose Dogpile as their location to film.  First, 2.5 years of Dogpile and not a pothole to be filled, but a few days of filming apparently do the trick.  T-Claps to the city of Richmond.  And, after The Today Show broadcasting TYAs video from Dogpile, the new episodes of “Turn” will officially make for a trend in Dogpile’s film career.  Surely The Academy has noticed.  Dogpile will have its name in lights soon.  Next step…dog prints on the Walk of Fame in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

YHC remains but a padowan when it comes to Qing and continues to work on his training.  YHC  thanks Circle K for his patience and will obtain either brake lights or wear a USPS “This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops” sign to his next Q.

YHC confesses to being tired from the travel and not particularly attuned to the mumble chatter.  That said, YHC congratulates Opus on killing it today.  YHC remembers struggling through a few workouts last summer with Opus.  Great progress…well done, sir.  Nice also to see Clavin back for his second workout…solid effort, brother.

Welcome FNG Squiggy.  YHC would relish attending a workout in Wisconsin in January.  But, just one.

Announcements: 

Lab Rat is looking for names for F3 Charlottesville.  Send them to F3Charlottesville@gmail.com.  The launch is May 20th.  Let’s talk this up and send names of prospective members as soon as possible!

Wilson reminds us that May 19 is the golf fundraiser (FortheCause.org).  Sign up now (teams of four).