Tag: Dogpile

An enthusiastic PAX of seven posted for Dogpile just ahead of the SpeakUp 5K planned for later that morning.

The Thang:

We moseyed from the Dogwood Dell parking lot across the driveway northward to a grassy knoll for the COP with 15 x Imaginary jumpropes, 20 x Hillbillies, 15 x Don Quixotes, and 15 x Arm Circles (little then big, forward then reverse).

We headed north for a jog around the perimeter of the Vita Course, sticking to the sidewalks and less busy streets.  Stop at each lit streetlight for Little Baby Crunch set of 20 – YHC didn’t count the number of streetlights.  Upon completion of an LBC set, PAX members would jog in place.  Approximately 8 streetlights lined Blanton Avenue as we jogged north and another 6 along Trafford Road after we took a right turn.

At the north end entry to the Vita Course, the PAX took a break for Jenny.  For those of you getting a little “hate” at workouts, Jenny’s phone number, from a 1981 song by Tommy Tutone, was 867-5309.  At the north end entry, the PAX completed 86 x Leg Circles (Box Cutters but with circles), 75 x Carolina Dry Docks, 30 x Squats (4 count), and 9 x Burpees.

We continued our jog around the corner at Trafford Road with a left on Spottswood Road headed south.  Streetlights thinned out on Spottswood, but that side of the course was a little longer, so we finished another 7 or so LBC sets.   Near the south end of the Vita Course, we completed another round of Jenny with 86 x Alabama Prom Dates, 75 x Wide Grip Merkins, 30 x Step Behinds (2 count), and 9 x Burpees.

We jogged south across Park Drive to the posts lining the Dogwood Dell.  Each man gets a post and finishes 10 x Pole Smokers, 10 x Tip Toe Squats, and 10 x Incline Merkins.  PAX ran a weave through the posts towards the toll plaza.  At the transition from posts to rocks, we picked a rock and completed another set of the same three exercises.  Weave through the rocks to just before the turn to the Pump House and complete one more set.

Mosey up the hill, past the dog park, behind the ampitheater, and down the hill to the Rusty Cage (Pull-Up Bars as named by Honey Do – missed the Grunge themed workout).  PAX completed three rounds of 5 x Pull-Ups, 10 x Rows (underhanded on Dip Bars), and 10 x Xs and Os.

Return to the ShovelFlag

Moleskin:

PAX discussed apparent Blue Ridge Relay exploits of our brothers running the NC mountains.  We were pulling for you guys.

YHC was very glad to meet some Daville-ians.  Glad to put some faces with F3 names.

It seems there are two spots in that vast parking lot where one can get a ShovelFlag in the ground.  The rest is grassy gravel.

The beer truck arrived at the scene of the SpeakUp 5K before 6 am but, alas, no samples were offered.

It’s been a while since YHC has experienced such a wet & muddy AO. 20 brave & strong men left the comfort of the fart sack looking for a solid beat down.

The THANG:

Mosey to the amphitheater stage for a dry comfy Earth Worm ground & pound style workout to music! Perform the called out exercise for the entire song!

Disclaimer – not the normal one, but one from Wilson’s wife. “Don’t get injured or let anyone else get injured a week before BRR!” She got a bit worked up over it…more on that later!

SSH – Yankee Rose

Merkin – Jump

American Hammers – Eye of the Tiger

Tricep Push Ups – Panama

Superman – Believe it or Not

SSH Front Clap – Whatever

Under Fence Merkins – Get Low

LBC’s – Boom

Upward Plank Leg Lift/Dip – De do do do (Sting)

Squat/Rear Lunge – OPP

Mountain Climbers – Hot for Teacher

Arm Circles – Save a Horse

Alabama Prom Dates – Me So Horny

SSH – Jane Says

Pickle Pounders – Final Countdown

Burpees – Don’t Stop Believing

Circle up on stage for a quick conversation with the superior being!

MOLESKIN:

So YHC had been thinking about this type of workout for some time #runningsucks! When an open spot opened for dogpile Q the Saturday before BRR – well I had to jump on it. Many thanks to Honey Do for the rental of his speaker! There were a few LIFO’s led by FUDD!

YHC REALLY likes Van Halen – ALL era’s. Even the Gary Shirone years (my first concert was Extreme). With the rain I made the choice to perform exercises on the stage of the amphitheater (to keep the audio equipment safe – don’t want Honey Do’s M upset!)

My 2.0 helped pick the exercises, but then tried to put her own audible in when I explained the plan. Wilson’s wife was all worked up about injuries. I am happy to report no injuries that I know of.

Winston’s said it best, I like the songs, but they could have cut them down by a minute or two!

We seem to have some hidden talents – Lab Rat CAN talk through an entire workout, Swirly can hit the high notes and enjoys karaoke on occasion. Most of the PAX was singing during the country song…hmmmm! Sippy Cup has superior form no matter the exercise!

This was truly a you vs. you workout. The mumble chatter was high at times. Thank you for allowing me to lead this group of outstanding men! #runnigsucks #FEBA

Have a great day!

Twenty “Teen spirited” tallboys took to Dogpile on the 25th anniversary of Nirvana’s debut video on MTV.  For the Silver anniversary occassion YHC requested the PAX show up in Grunge garb to enjoy another themed beatdown.  Temperature at 6 was 84 with high humidity, not ideal for extra flannel layers, but still the PAX persisted:

COP – 30 of all exercises to note 30 million albums of Nirvana’s Nevermind.  SSH, Merkins, Flutterkicks, IWs, Arm Circles.  Mosey to Amphitheater for

Modified Beast – 6 sets of exercises, 6 for each step, up to the 6th Step.  6 also was the highest that Smells like Teen Spirit peaked on the charts.    Box Jumps, Derkins, Tuckjumps, Dips, Mtn Climbers, Carolina Dry Docs.

Mosey to field for Pearl Jam tribute, their first album was Ten so of course we did:  10 Minutes of Burpees.

Mosey to Rusty Cage (aka pull up bars) for 5 sets of partner Pull ups (4) and Balls to the Bar (5).  Mosey to Carrillon for Alice in Chains triple check-  Plerkins (1 PAX planks while other puts feet on back to do Merkins) while 3rd PAX runs up and back down Carrillon steps.

Back to the flag for some Mary:  Freddy Mercurys, LBCs, Cross Leg lifts, Russian Twists.  COT & Flashdance took us out.

NMS – This theme’s genesis goes back to RAMM several months ago, at least 8 months since YHC was running with Rosie which he has not been able to keep up with for at least that long, in discussing music and the fact these Grunge albums us late-hate somethings grew up with are now 25 years old or more.  YHC did some research and determined Smells Like Teen Spirit’s video debuted this weekend so signed up to Q and pleaded to the PAX for plaid attire.  Well done in responding F3 RVA.  However flannel long sleeve shirts and August summer heat do not mix well as this was one sweaty beatdown.

Mumblechatter was high during the 10 min of burpees, who knew so many PAX hated Eddie Vedder.  One plus of long sleeves is Elbow plank is much better on the arms, there may be some method to the madness of Wilson, who at the end mentioned he might need YHCs speaker for a future beatdown theme.  Looks like the seed has been planted now we will have to see what he comes up with.

The Balls to the Bar did well this 2nd time out, that one could use a better name but the exercise is here to stay.  The Plerkins/Triple check was a hit as many PAX mentioned their displeasure with the new Plerkin exercise.  YHC encourages all to take that ire on to Offshore for introducing that to F3 RVA at Punisher this week. Also great to see Best Shot back out, hope to see you back out again soon!

ETs afterwards went on for what seemed like a record amount of time with, as usual, a wide array of topics ranging from Lab Rats graduation party, capital murder, circumcision, HR policies, and of course BRR. TYA was there as well with his drone to do some taping.  We’ll see what he was able to record.

Pleasure to lead this AM, thanks for going along with this loose flannel thread of a theme!

15 faithful emerged from the fartsack and decided instead to attack this beautiful morning at Dogpile to get their day started off right.  After possibly the shortest mosey in Dogpile history and figuring time would be of the essence today to complete the planned decathalon, YHC dispensed with a quick disclaimer seeing no FNGs and got right into a short COP that went something like this:

• SSH x20 IC
• DQ x10 IC
• IW x15 IC
• Merkins x10 IC
• LBC x20 IC

In the spirit of the Olympics and after watching American Ashton Eaton successfully defend his Decathlon title this week, YHC wanted to take a shot at completing our own F3 Decathlon, it went something like this:

1. One-mile run on the VITA trail, followed by some plank-o-rama in our usual COP location while we waited for the six;
2. Mosey to the pull-up bars for AMRAP in 2 minutes;
3. Touch-a-Tree x3 with 1 burpee at the first tree, 2 at the second and 3 at the third, then run back to the start and plank;
4. Mosey to the amphitheater and spread around the top step for dips corresponding to the step number starting with 18 on the top step and working our way down to 1 on the bottom step, then bunny-hop/box jump (1 per step) back up to the top;
5. Mosey to carillon steps for triple check consisting of (a) run up the steps, lunge across, run down, (b) people’s chair and (c) derkins.  The lunges were scrapped in the final round;
6. Mosey to field for 40-yard sprint relay;
7. 20-yard bear-crawl (I couldn’t resist) relay x2;
8. 40-yard relay – back pedal 20-yards then sprint back 20-yards;
9. Football/Frisbee Toss – 1 PAX member throws the football or Frisbee (his choice) and the PAX runs to it – first PAX member there calls the exercise then gets  to throw – which included merkins; burpees; WWII situps; LBCs; clerkins and crab-walk (forward and back); and finally
10. Native American Run back to the shovelflag

We finished with a couple minutes of Mary, including APDs, Freddie Mercuries, Dolly (with 60-second hold of 6 inches), Flutter kicks (all IC) and then 10 merkins OYO to finish.

Announcements – per Phonics, the F3 team is the 4th largest for the Reesestrong 5K.  Lets move up the leaderboard gentlemen.  All those interested in a pre-race workout at Dogpile to warm-up, there will be some clown cars heading to DaVille from Dogpile.

COT, number-rama, name-a-rama and YHC took us out.

NMM:

Great work today guys.  No 10-counts because we had to keep moving, but all PAX members kept the intensity high throughout and dominated the decathlon.  And a special thanks to Sippy Cup for setting YHC straight (total brain-fart or lack of oxygen) so that we could correctly number off into 5 teams of 3 for the triple checks and relays.

Today was a special day for YHC to step out front and lead for the first time at Dogpile.  As I mentioned in the prayer, today would have been my father’s 79th birthday.  We lost him a few years ago to pancreatic cancer and it of course hasn’t been the same since.  But, the ability to participate with, and occasionally lead, such a fine group of men and having such a great group of men to lean on and push forward with is going a long way to filling that void, and for that I truly appreciate each and every one of you and thank you for inspiring me, leading me, pushing me and letting me do the same for you.  It’s an honor.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I’ll see you in the gloom… Gumbo

11 extraordinary men dominated Dogpile on a beautiful Saturday including one FNG. The conditions were optimal for success.  We took full advantage of those conditions.

The thang:

COP  – 20 X SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, Freddy Mercury, +10 Merkin.  Homage paid to Gnarly Goat.

4 Rounds – Run up stairs at The Carillon, lunge across, back down, bear crawl to flower pots and run back to stairs.

Ladder Of Domination – Picking six trees of semi equal distance apart in the field in front of The Carillon, run to the first tree to perform 5 merkins and 5 LBC.  Run back to start, then to the next tree line for 10 merkins and 10 LBC.  Repeat this to 30.

Even Steven – Perform the following 10 pull ups (by any means) then run to the fire hydrant to perform 10 two count American Hammers.  Sets decline in volume to 8, 6, 2, 4

Dora’s Valley Of Doubt – With a partner complete  50 burpees, 100 merkins, 200 dips, 300 SSH.  While one partner exercises the other runs the valley behind the amphitheater.

Mosey back to the flag.

COT – numberama, namerama and The Carpenter graciously lead us out.

YHC is happy to report this workout produced a soreness that still lingers as a pleasant reminder. Without confirmation from the USGS, YHC is lead to believe that the sides of the hill got steeper and longer with each rep of Dora’s Valley Of Doubt. Bleeder has the best bear crawl on the planet.  YHC has it on good authority that the Maymont bear has hit him up on Twitter for tips.  Oyster is the F3 version of a pool shark.  No person at anytime should challenge him to a footrace.  He will pretend he has never run before, present you with an aw shucks look and then proceed to run so fast that his hat will catch on fire.  Welcome Bypass and congrats on the new job.  The Carpenter is so good at closing the COT he should look into doing that as a profession.

It is with great intention that I present challenges that are just hard enough to have the little voice inside your head say “you have got to be flipping kidding me”.  Perhaps it’s one of those things that I really want to learn and that’s why it’s so important to me.

Life is full of challenges and doubt.  For better or worse, I don’t know that you can live any kind of life you’d be proud of without either of those two things.  So rather than avoiding them, what I do think you can do is learn how to respond. When things look a little overwhelming and you aren’t sure you have what it takes, you have a couple of choices.

You can throw your hands up in the air and tap out like normal people.  Or you can look at the pool of your own sweat and will your body to come back for one more rep.

I say, one more rep.

Hardywood

 

22 hard-chargers sallied forth to take a stiff shot of Dogpile with a #growSchool chaser.  Humidity met stupidity as we undertook this THANG:

Front leaning rest for muster, instruction and inspection.  All hands were accounted for, so we shoved off and were underway/making way.

Mosey, Karioca run, side shuffle over to the 240′ Carillon Tower where we took station on the brick courtyard for CoP.

30 x ssh

10 x windmill

15 x IST

15 x toy soldiers

1 min invisible jump rope

John “IHOP” Powers IHOP’s x2 rounds

All hands muster on the Great Lawn for “The Michigan”

Re-convene on the bricks for a little stretchy-stretch

Partner up for partner wheelbarrows up the grand staircase x2 for each pax

Adjourn to the pull-up forest

20 x squats

“50 in 5”  (crowd pleaser)

Slowsey to a steep hill for Quatro minutes of Quadraphilia

Mosey back to launch for people’s choice Mary which included (at a minimum)… low flutter, Alabama Prom Queen, Low Dolly, etc etc

And oh by the way, we also did 300 good-form ‘mericans.  (crowd pleaser)

Ye Olde Moleskin:

1.  RVA pax are fierce and ruthless.  When YHC called for a little stretchy-stretch they told me to take that weak-a$$ action back to Isotope and I think they might have even called me a sister wife. Strong.  YHC likes that spirit.  Someone even “coo’d” when I called for pigeon… never fails, there’s always a coo’er in the pax.
2. Circle K got a “94” on something and tried to tell us it was not a big deal.  Listen here Circle K, if YHC ever got a 94 on something I’d be walking around like Nature Boy Ric Flair.  Own it!  BZ as we say in the Navy.
3. It sounds like Honey Do is actually Honey Did when it comes to shedding some extra lbs.  Good job sir… now go pick up some milk on your way home.
4. Was that Wilson threatening violence agains YHC’s timepiece?  Remember to aim your violence at the watch sir… I’m just the messenger.  #pavlov
5. Yankee Aggressor strong war daddy.  Aye.
6. Congrats to Fudd for his new gig.  Don’t embarras us.
7. Apparently bad Toga is back to the delight of the pax.  Apparently good Toga was insufferable.

Growschool moleskin:

1.  Awesome – and wide-ranging – discussion.  Notes:  Do you have your EH elevator speech ready? M’s can have a positive EH effect.  Church groups are good places to reach men.  Explain F3’s larger purpose.  Addition by division.  Man-to-man is best EH.  When to add or kill a workout/AO.  Develop a leadership structure that’s appropriate but doesn’t become burdensome. Etc etc.   Great discussion all the way around.  Lots of energy about an RVA homegrown csaup event and a possible rookie day in the near-future.  BZ.

 

1. Summary:  YHC has driven 95 through RVA hundreds of times but never had the guts to stop.  Toga took me on a tour.  My assessment?  Rockin’ cool city and rock-solid pax!  So this weekend I was able to:  get some hours in the swagger wagon listening to 80’s rock, classic country, and the Click and Clack Brothers… enjoy a tasty beverage at an RVA hip brewery…. dispense a noteworthy beatdown to a bunch of hard-chargers… obtain a sweet RVA F3 jersey…and finally spend time discussing F3 with men determined to be High Impact Men and to help others be the same.  That’s a weekend I can hang my hat on.  Aye.

Thanks for having me up.  RVA rocks!

Goat sends.

 

14 faithful rolled into Dogwood Dell for a cool summer beatdown.  YHC hasn’t had the Q at Dogpile in a while so there were a lot of things to do plus a look at the exercise list have me some ideas too.

THANG

Mosey to the first Circle for COP

10 Abe Vigodas-  1 burpee

20 Seal Jacks – 2 burpees

15 arm circles foward/Reverse sobriety style – 3 burpees

20 Hillbillies with optional Jville hop – 4 burpees

15 dancing chilcutts – 5 burpees

Mosey to the pull up bars for a modified Cindy – 5 pull ups/10 merkins/15 squats repeato until Q says stop.   10 minutes today

Mosey down the pipeline.  Partner up for a couple pipeline runs.   Round 1 break dancers until your partner gets back,  round 2 captain Thor until your partner returns.   

Mosey to Hate Hill.  Audibles needed here for time,  exercises ended up as inch worms, duck walk,  russian soldiers.

Mosey to amphitheater.  Makthar N’diaye for the 6.  4 step ups alternating legs to the top.

Flutter kicks x 20, dollies x 25

Back to the flag.

COT, Wilson took us out.

 

NMS

The PAX was strong today with maximum mumblechatter directed toward Cindy.  Apparently the ladies YHC introduces to the PAX are not well liked: Sally, Nicole and now Cindy.  Knowing that I am sure they will make a return visit at some point.  Upchuck and Honeydo were pounding out the pull ups while discussing their dislike of Cindy whether she had a connection to YHC or not.  Cindy is a full 20 min under the official list but YHC had to many other things planned to do that. 

Break dancers made their way back into a Q after being introduced by Sippy some months ago.  Also the real Captain Thor with escalating 1:4 counts.   YHC enjoys that pipeline loop but pushed a little hard trying to catch up with the PAX.

The original plan called for an animal kingdom Hate Hill but audibles were needed to speed our way up the hill to get to the amphitheater.  

Singlet continues to post and crush it despite being on the road 5 days a week.  Keep pushing brother, you know you are getting stronger.

The Carpenter posted after an excellent VQ on Tuesday at Daville.  We discussed the lack of sleep and adrenaline rush you get when Q.  Especially the VQ.  I expect a few more of the Daville men will be picking up Q’s once they get a few more workouts under their belt.

2nd F at ETs was great as always with a Starsky from TYA.

Great job today men a pleasure to lead such a good group.

Until next time.

Rosie.

Twenty strong converged to Dogpile on yet another muggy Saturday morn.  With a request from Splinter from the evening before to deliver a solid beatdown YHC commenced with:

COP:  50 SSH, 20 Flutterkicks, 14 Merkins, Arm Circles – front and back, 20 Hillbillys, 18 Burpees (in honor of the RNC convention and 18 GOP presidents)

Mosey to side of Carillon for TAT – TAP. Partner up, one partner does Touch a Tree while other does designated exercise.  Round 1 – 8 Trees & Donkey Kicks,  Round 2 –  6 Trees & Mtn Climbers, Round 3 – 4 Trees & Russian Twists.

Mosey to Pull-Up bars.  Partner up.  3 Sets of Pull-Ups and Chin-Ups.  8 for first set, then 6, then 4.

Mosey to bowl behind Amphitheater for Jacobs Ladder– Up to 8.  Then over into Amphitheater.  Derkins down the steps:  5 every step to the bottom.  Then escalating back up with Jump Squats 1 up to 18.  Then mosey over to field for:

Jacobs Ladder (Halloween version): Same Jacobs ladder concept but instead of Burpees up the hill do Merkins, up to 6.  And oh yeah instead of running the PAX will bear crawl and Crab Walk between the sides.

Mosey back to the Flag.

NMS:  YHC received a text from Splinter last night announcing he was back in town and in need of a good beatdown.  Considering Dogpile Qs are expected to be the toughest of RVA each week so with the added pressure YHC decided to double up on the Jacobs Ladder, while reprising the Halloween version from last year with the Bear Crawl / Crab Walk in between.  YHC hopes the PAX enjoyed the extra effort with the lack of overall theme.

Good to see Slurpee out at Dogpile put in a strong post today and very good to see Singlet come back for more, especially after Hardywood’s beatdown last week. Also Upchuck went again this morning to bike the trails after Dogpile for qseudo-double dip of his own.  Glad to see him as a Dogpile regular now.

Again it is cool to see how Swirly’s Touch A Tree has evolve into a true deliverer of pain, and how much better it is to do in the sunlight, Aye!

It’s been a while since the PAX has done the true Jacobs Ladder in the Bowl behind the theater. That, coupled with the heat & humidity seemed to wear out the PAX.

To YHC’s knowledge none of the PAX needed the Blue Relief stations today, offsetting the recent trend.  Toga continues to show glimpses of the Old Toga during the beatdowns but does his best to hide his true sarcastic nature.  Maybe the PAX can negotiate a truce whereas New-kinder gentler, restrictor plate Toga appears only when Fudd is in attendance, and when not then the Old Toga is allowed to be freed.

Prayers went out for Toga’s father, Emoji’s wife, and Spit.  The PAX is praying for all of you.

Announcements:  Less than 50 days for the BRR.  A Convergence/Grow school is happening August 6th (?) at Dogpile at 7:00.  See Toga or coming Pre-blast for more details.

What a privilege it is to lead a fine group of men this morning!

15 strong and brave men posted up for Dogpile on this beautiful Saturday morning.  The conditions were ripe for success.  The theme for today was to help your brother thrive.

The Thang:

COP  – 20 X SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, Freddy Mercury, 10 Merkin

Head Rush – In teams of two.  One partner gets their head right with balls to the wall.  The other partner runs to tree and performs 10 air squats.  Once each partner has completed a set, that is one round.  Complete four rounds.

Even Steven – In teams of two, with a different partner.  Each partner completes 10 pull ups, then run to the fire hydrant and complete 10 WWII situps.  Then complete sets of 8, 6, 4, 2.

Southern Equator Love Hill – In teams of two, with a different partner.  Starting at the first incline of Love Hill one partner runs up to the halfway point.  The other partner completes an exercise.  Once the running partner has come back to the exercising partner, then switch.  The exercises were broad jump burpees, lunges and the mighty Polar Bear (bear crawl to 5 count then merkin).

Northern Equator Love Hill – Let’s finish this mother out.  Switch up partners.  Same exercise, but this time to the gate at the top of Love Hill.

Sup Bro – In teams of two, with a different partner.  Partner one holds feet pleasantly six inches off the ground.  Partner two runs up to the 10 step and performs 10 decline merkins.  Then switcheroo.  Partner one gets off their six and goes to step 9 to perform 9 decline merkins.  Then switcheroo with the next partner to the 8th step.  Etc to completion.

Numberama, namerama, COT, Seymour lead us out.

There are a few things that stood out for today.  Spit flipping DOMINATED Even Steven and Sup Bro.  He is a beast.  A huge fist bump goes to  Pigpen for crushing Love Hill Southern Equator.  That isn’t easy for anyone.  The crusher award goes to Singlet for hopping like a frog on PEDs on the Northern Equator of Love Hill.  Just incredible.  It is the understanding of YHC that was the first time Love Hill in it’s entirety was conquered in full.  Damn it feels good to be a gangster.

On Friday I heard some one say “don’t confuse the menu for the food”.  It’s one thing to talk about doing the work and how good it would feel to be that disciplined and driven.  It’s quite another to wake your ass up at 4:30 in the morning and sweat your brains out on a diet of whatever your kids didn’t eat the night before (mac’n cheese & chicken tenders).  Doing the work is not ever as easy as talking about it.  It is however always better.  Always.

It is just the greatest privilege of YHC to lead this fine group of men.  Have a great weekend gentlemen.

-Hardywood

It was a surprisingly non-humid and beautiful July morning for a workout. 16 Pax.
COP.
Mosey to warmup circle via a circuitous route.
10x helicopters, 15x Don Quixote, Arm circles forward and back, small and big, 7x Knerkins, 20x Freddie Mercuries.
Polar bear crawl (staggered merkin every five bear crawl steps) back and forth from edge of circle to center (2x).
Mosey to amphitheater for 3.5 minutes of bunny hop up and run down.
Mosey to pullup bars for partner pullups 1-5 pullups and 5-1 chin ups.
Mosey down pipe and eventually make way down to the path behind Maymont past the bear habitat.
Plank with feet up on rail. Pax on end runs to the other end and everyone does 2 derkins when each Pax passes, after 1 cycle, do one derkin, after 2 cycles just plank.
Incline plank on rail, move right and move left according to instructions of YHC. More Plank-a-rama exercises.
Mosey back to bottom of hill. Run ¾ of the way up hill. Skip up last ¼ of hill, balls to the wall on the brick building at top of hill while you wait for the six.
Touch a tree. Revolution #1—3 trees: alternate bear crawl and crab walk with each tree. Revolution #2—touch 10 trees, running.
Mosey to parking lot poles for 30 pole smokers.
Mosey back to flag for 25x mountain climbers.
COT—YHC led us out with prayers for the day and for Spit’s recent illness.
Naked Moleskin:
YHC kept the PAX moving today and we explored a new area of the AO, one that is well traveled during Sunday’s trail run. The rails should provide some good opportunities for plank-a-ramas. YHC opted for mostly full-body exercises today after a tough RAMM workout yesterday. Still we did about 2 miles of mostly moseying during the workout.
Random thoughts: Hardywood and Malpractice impressed today in the bunny hops. Hardywood was taking one hop per step and Malpractice was taking a disciplined 2, both with excellent form. EF Hutton made it through the partner pullups without help! Skipping up hill is exhausting. YHC did not realize that there are a lot of poison-ivy covered trees in the area we did touch a tree—let’s hope no one touched those! There was a brief Saab sighting during the COP as he motored down love hill.
As always men, it was a pleasure to lead you this morning.