Tag: Dogpile

Byrd Park

  • Low Temps and High Reps at #dogpile

    Six of the Faithful posted for #dogpile in the 19ish degree darkness.  Toga plated a the SF in the parking area, and Jville took the Q.

    THANG:

    Mosey to and around 1500m Vita course, and back to chinup bars behind the Carillon staying as a group (~1.25 mi. overall).

    10 pull-ups OYO
    COP for 20 Merkins
    COP for 30 Air Squats

    Rinse and repeat 9 additional times.

    Mosey through parking area, down to pumphouse, and back up the hill behind Carillon to Dogwood Dell.  Make several loops up the Dogwood Dell stairs, and back to SF.  (~1 mi. overall).

    COT

    MOLESKIN:

    There were some smoked people toward the end of the 10 sets.  Although the F3Richmond PAX is getting much stronger, it has lacked good pull-up facilities until the recent addition of #dogpile.  We made up some lost ground today.  Good job men!

     

     

  • Deck of Pain – 7-Card Stud

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    Aye!  Four PAX gathered at #dogpile for what was potentially miserable weather (34 and rain), but it ended up holding out.  YHC did all that he possibly could to keep the PAX dry, and succeeded….until the unseen puddle on the stairs of the Dell.  Today’s focus was more on cardio than any particular muscle group, but considering that the Deck of Pain was in play, the burn depended on the draw.  Total mileage was about 3.0 miles.  So, with the shovel flag firmly planted, we headed out for the workout.

    THANG:

    Mosey over to the front of the Carillon:
    25 x SSH
    20 x Windmills

    Mosey down to the Pump House park.
    30 x dips w/ partner – but the first challenge was getting up to the railing.

    Mosey over to the old paved trail, and up to the circle, then the pull-up bars
    Max + 5 supported pull-ups
    Max + 5 supported chin-ups
    Max + 5 supported commandos

    Mosey over to the stage of the Dell.  And out comes the Deck of Pain.
    In partners, each team drew a card.  They had to complete 50 reps of the exercise as a team, then run out of the Dell and around the circle (about .20mi with a nice uphill).  Come back, and draw your next card.  7-card stud = 7 rounds, no breaks.
    2 – Merkins
    3 – Derkins
    4 – Dive Bombers
    5 – Up-Up-Down-Down (Plank to Push-ups)
    6 – Atomic Sit-ups
    7 – Ankle Reachers
    8 – Power Lunges
    9 – Freddie Mercury
    10 – Whoops, forgot this one….did LBCs
    J – Squat Thrusts
    Q – Squat Jumps
    K – Burpees
    A – Choice!
    Joker – Select any exercise for another team and draw again.

    Mosey on back to the shovel flag for the COT.

    MOLESKIN:

    Swirly and Brain Tumor won the hand with a straight.  Conspiracy and Fudd came up with 2-pair.

    Brain Tumor came close to a flying EH this morning when he saw a non-PAX sitting in the car at the AO.  Turns out he was waiting for one of those paid workout groups.  The joke’s on him.

    TClaps to Swirly for hitting every workout this week.  He’s working hard and it shows.  Heck of a job today on those hills.

    Fudd was looking forward to a workout with Toga this morning, but apparently the tug of the fartsack was pretty strong this morning.  Rumor has it that Toga was “up late last night.”  We’re awaiting a better explanation.

    Toga wasn’t the only one missing.  Cousteau must be lost at sea.  Two weeks in a row without a post from him after confirmations the prior days.

    The PAX was looking mighty strong as we continue to explore the new AO.  Lots of possibilities!

  • Get them to the Greek

    11 posted for the first official #DogPile workout, and fun was had by all.  Here’s how it went:

    THANG:

    Warm-up : Split jumps/Ball Dippers, Clerkins, Mtn Climbers, Sprinters, Don Quixotes

    Mosey to valley behind amphitheater for the new  Burt Reynold series of 10-4s

    1. Bear Crawl up hill then do 10 merkins, repeat 4x
    2. Mosey to amphitheater, run up steps then do 10 burpees, repeat 4x
    3. Mosey to Carillon, run steps and and do 10 sit-ups, repeat 4x
    4. Mosey to bars behind the Carillon for 10 pull-ups and 10 sprinters, repeat 3x, then 10 dips followed by 10 sprinters

    Mosey to lawn in front of the Carillon

    1. 1 arc loader
    2. 1 reverse arc loader (sprint first half then lunges)
    3. Football drills (mtn climbers with rolls on command)

    Mosey to COT

    Moleskin:  YHC likes this AO, A LOT!  It’s got a lot to offer, and we’re going to have some fun here.  There is also a well known fact that Burt Reynolds is the greatest living actor.  His stature led me to this idea for a fun little workout series.  Let the joking begin…

    It should be noted that I have witnessed Chum Bucket be on time for 3 workouts this week.  That is a record, and it could be a sign of the coming apocalypse.  Conspiracy decided to fill in with his standard #LIFO but then proceeded to smoke everyone #steroids.  We also welcomed Fudd back to the ranks (Kotter and LIFO), and YHC expects to see more of him in the PAX.

    Lastly, the SEAL Team Workout crew was getting ready to start their workout as we were circling up for the COT.  We gave an enthusiastic “good morning,” and several noted the looks we were getting from that workout’s founder.  It may be the only time we’ll be able to say that we made a former SEAL a bit nervous.

  • Just relax and breathe easy…

    As this was an “exploratory” test run for a new AO at Byrd Park, I encouraged the PAX to relax and breathe easy to help this go more smoothly.  It was a frosty morning for our little experiment, but I think we learned a lot and will be at it again next week.

    THANG:

    Mosey to Carillon circle for warm-up:  Split Jumps, Larry Craigs, Mtn Climbers, bicycles

    Mosey to VITA for to start the course:

    1. 3×10 pull-ups while your partner does squats
    2. mosey to rope where YHC and one other failed miserably on a rope climb.  YHC is blaming that on the cold and the chain on the bottom part of the rope.
    3. Mosey to rings for 2×10 curl-ups while partner does LBC
    4. Mosey to A Frame for up and over while partner does Dollys (Note: Conspiracy motivated a few of us to do this inverted)
    5. Mosey to single leg up lunges 2×10 ea leg
    6. Mosey to next bar for push fest: 20x merkins, 20x derkins, 20x larry criags
    7. Mosey to dip bars for 2×10 dips while partner does walking lunges
    8. Lunge walk to next tree and complete VITA

    Mosey tour of AO led by Conspiracy followed by 4x run Carillon steps

    2×10 box jumps on lower steps

    Mosey to COT in Dogwood Dell

    This really was a fun little experiment with about 3x more people than I expected.  That’s a lot of commitment for a relatively new region, and some of the PAX were off the next workout #TClaps.  We did have a flag provided by Bleeder who left it outside hise garage for our 0530 pickup.  Special thanks to Bleeder for not having the werewolf out that morning.

    The AO truly has a lot of potential, and Conspiracy has a lot of experience working out there.  I think we have found a new home for our earlier Saturday workout, and the race is on to name it.  The leading contender so far is “DogPile” provided by Lug Nut.  The best part was rolling up on some other group who was about to go on a 0700 run, and they seemed very intrigued that we were finishing our workout.  EH happened.