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Nine

Warmarama: Mosey to the parking lot in front of Carillon Field. SSH, DQ, Imperial Walkers, Copperhead Squats, Cherry Pickers, Merkins, LBC.

The Thang:

Mini OG
2 laps around the field.
Corner1: 20 Merkins
Corner2: 20 Jump Squats
Corner3: 10 Burpees
Corner4: 20 WWII
4 Rounds..

7-0
1 Squat – run to the top of the Carillon, 2 Squats. Run back down 3 Squats.
Repeat to 7.
7 Squats – run to the top of the Carillion 6 squats. Run back down 5 Squats…
Repeat to 0.

Amphitheater
1 box jump, then 2 box jumps, 3 box jumps, 4 box jumps. Start over
1 box jump, then 2 box jumps, 3 box jumps, 4 box jumps. Repeat to the top.
Back down
18 dips, 17 dips, 16 dips.. to the bottom.

Touch a Tree: no partners
Everyone touch 3 trees. Repeat until time is called. No touching the same tree twice.

BTTF: Ring of Fire:

Numberama: Namerama:

Announcements:
The Bridge and Breaking Bread!!
Good Luck to those guys running Snowy Owl tomorrow. Let’s Go!!
Gomer and DTH both have upcoming Mission Trips. – See slack for ways you can support.
Jan Challenge: If you post 1 day a week, make it 2. You post 2 make it 3….. Let’s Go!

YHC Took us out.

Moleskin: YHC thought it was going to be 15 degrees, grabbed the Q instead of the fartsack, Turns out it was 70 and Sunny! Let’s go! Thanks for letting me lead.

Well done to Hitchhiker and BoBerry for knocking out Breakfast Club this morning.

Burpees Count: 40

Oyster

9 brave men (2 of which were FNG’s) joined to see what Handshake had to offer. The 2 FNG’s were Handshakes oldest nephews.

Mosey over to the circle for a couple laps and a warmup.

Mosey all the way down to the Tollbooth for Nickel Bridge fun. Starting at the Lamp Post closest to the Toll Booth and do 2 Burpees and run to the next Lamp Post and continue all the way across the Bridge and stop at the Trail Head. On the way back so iterations but switch to 5 WWII’s.

Mosey down the hill from the Toll Booth to the Pump House and get in groups of 3 for a Triple Check. P1 run down the hill, across the bridge, then back up. P2 HRM’s, P3 LBCs.

Mosey over to the bottom of bottom of Love Hill and do an Indigenous Peoples Run up the Hill. Hitch was permanent front runner since he was the only one with a Headlamp.

Mosey to the Amphitheater for 1 round of 3 Dips on every step all the way up to the stop.

Mosey Back to the Parking Lot and finish with 1 round of 10 “pick you own” Merkins.

According to Oyster we covered 3 miles.

Announcements – New Years Day workout at W-Dog (Byrd Park) at 0700-0800.

Prayer Request – My Father In Laws Brother had a Heart Attack on December 23rd and passed away. Prayers for his wife and children.

NMS – it was great to have my two oldest nephews come out for the beatdown. I had invited them and never expected them to show but they and it crushed it. Owen is a Junior at James Madison and is studying Finance and has an entrepreneurial mindset . He’s worked for local moving companies during summer/holiday breaks and does his own jobs while at school. Mason is a Senior at Douglas Freeman and plays on both the Golf and Lacrosse teams. He plans on studying Engineering next year at either Tech/UVA/or JMU. Owens nickname is Street Cred and Masons nickname is Brick. Hopefully they will come back out soon.

Gloomy Morning Beatdown

On a chilly morning, 18 brave men including an FNG, Mr. December (not Banana Boat) and a photographer from the Valentine Museum joined YHC for a workout. After a group photo in the pre-dawn gloom, we moseyed to the circle field near the Dogwood Dell Amphitheater for some COPs:

• Deadman’s Hang x 10
• Arm Circles x 10 (both directions)
• DQ x 10
• Helicopters x 10
• American Hammers x 20
• LBC x 20
• Pushups x 10
• Imperial Walkers x 10
• SSH x 20

Exercise #1: Caroline Tower Partner Workout

• Partner 1 runs up the tower stairs, circles the tower, and runs back down.
• Partner 2 completes:
  • 100 Pushups
  • 200 LBCs
  • 300 SSHs
• Partners switch roles.

Exercise #2: Monkey Humpers at the Square

• Lined up facing the tower, everyone performed 20 Monkey Humpers while the photographer captured the action.

Exercise #3: Four Corners

• Corner 1: 10 Burpees
• Corner 2: 20 WWI Situps
• Corner 3: 30 SSHs
• Corner 4: 40 Merkins
• Reverse the order and repeat.

Exercise #4: Triangle Circuit

• Bear Crawl to the stop sign: 10 Pushups
• Run down the hill: 20 WWII Situps
• Bernie Sanders up the hill: 30 Mountain Climbers (2 counts)
• Repeat with doubled counts.

Exercise #5: Amphitheater

• 2 Squats
• 2 Monkey Humpers
• 2 Dips
• Mosey back to the flag for a Ring of Fire (each person chooses the exercise).

Namerama, Numberama

YHC took us out!

Thanks to all who participated!

P.S. Fudd treated us to delicious eggnog!

Eight hyped fellas gathered for jokes, debate, a few exercises and to follow YHC’s lead for the 300^th time.

Here’s what transpired:

Mosey to the Carillon patio.

COP

• Imaginary Jump Ropes
• Ukranian Soldiers
• Helicopters
• Plankorama
• Suzanne Somers
• Merkins

Partner up – DORA 1-2-3

• P1 – Mike Tyson Merkins x 100, Reverse Crunches x 200, Monkey Humpers x 300
• P2 – Run up Carillon, Lunge across, Run back

Mosey to top of Carillon

Prosecution? Style 4-Corners

• Merkins x 10, Squats x 20, Freddie Mercurys x 30, SSHs x 40
• Bearcrawl to first corner, Crabwalk back, repeat 1 corner ahead and 1 corner back each time

Mosey to Fire Hydrant

11s

• Imperial Squat Walkers/ Pullups or Jerkins

Mosey back to Flag

Mary

• American Hammers
• Flutter Kicks

Numberama, Nameorama, COT

MOLESKIN

The PAX was fire today, Swirl-Y was hyped.  Faceplant broke the screen in his Rivian and the rest of us shared stories of circumcision.  As always you had to be there.  DogPile is where it all started for YHC, very fun to celebrate the 300^th career Q back there with a bada$$ crew.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

One open spot for Breaking Bread in December

My wife and daughters don’t use the exclamation point (more like a poop emoji or sad face), but YHC loves this time of year.

We started with 19 around the flag at the start and finished with 21 at the end to celebrate Magnum PI Day – I believe for the 4th time. Staches (real and fake) and Hawaiian shirts (in Smedium and midriff styles) abound. It was 21 degrees, but it of course felt 70 and sunny. What a great morning. Here is what transpired more or less:

Mosey to the COP circle and a lap around to warm up. Circle up for COP, including:

44 SSHs – 12/11/24 will be the 44th anniversary of the first Magnum PI episode

12 DQs (Higgin)

11 Helicopters (TC)

19 Magnum Merkins (Tempo – touch the Stache to the ground)

80 LBCs

5 Copperhead squats

8 Imperial Walkers

19 Alternating Shoulder Taps

8 Flutter Kicks

8 Box Cutters

(Last episode was 5/8/1988)

Amphitheater Work – 162 reps – 1 for each episode

9 squats on each step going down, Al Gore for SIX, 9 incline merkins on each step going up, Al Gore for SIX

Pass the Q to my stunt double. Mosey down traditional Love Hill through the darkness and debris down to the Pump House Road

Extra Long Love Hill

Partner up. One partner runs to a destination TBD (first the Toll house and then ultimately the road) and back to your partner. Other partners exercises. Swap and rinse and repeat until the top. Exercises were: bear crawl, Triple Jump (Apollo Ohno) Squats and Lunges. Regroup at the road and mosey toward the Flag.

PLT sets

Find a different partner for 4 (or 5) rounds of 20 PLTs – Left, Right, Center, Mix n Match, and just a 5th round of extras for those of us who finished early.

Mosey back to the flag and circle up

Ring of Fire – dealer’s choice of 3 merkins, IC or OYO, and all PAX do them.

Hawaiian Stretching

COT – Numbers, Names, Announcements, Prayers and YHC took us out.

Announcements:

• The Bridge next Saturday – Upchuck and others are going and looking to fill clown cars.
• Breaking Break – 12/28 is open. Who is going to step up?
• Rosie’s 12 days of Christmas – 12/17 at NoToll. Don’t miss!
• VQ for Woodsman 12/16 at Alamo
• See Slack about how you can support Gomer Pyle and Pigskin’s mission work with FOB
• Remembrance of Pearl Harbor and those who survived that day and served

NMS:

It was a great morning to get out and have some silly themed fun and look ridiculous at Libbie Market with staches and Hawaiian shirts. Seriously, though, it is a great excuse to get some guys out to Dogpile on Saturday that don’t normally get there – including YHC. Thanks for participating.

Prayers for all those suffering from injuries and illness.

Be well men. Enjoy the season and spread the joy.

No More Gumbo For You

Warm-up:

YHC arrived early, full of hope and slightly overdressed for the chilly gloom. The parking lot was eerily quiet—no headlights, no chatter, no PAX. A solo workout loomed… until, like a hero emerging from the fog, Hitchhiker arrived! Together, we started with a mosey to the Carillon to shake off the cold and share the warmth of good company.

The Thang:

The workout was a masterpiece of repetition and geometry. It went something like this:

• Mosey to the Carillon.

• At the star: 5 exercises.

• Run to the bottom of the steps: 5 more exercises.

• Up the steps: 5 more of something different.

• Mosey around the top to the far side: 5 more of yet another exercise.

• Down the steps: 5 repeats of that same exercise.

• Return to the star: 5 finale exercises.

Rinse and repeat 5 times until your quads question your life choices and the stairs start looking more like an escalator you wish existed.

Second Half:

After completing the five circuits and running back to the flag, the real fun began: a quest for caffeine. With Libby Market sadly closed, we pivoted to Starbucks, where Hitchhiker and YHC celebrated victory with hot drinks and hotter mumblechatter. Topics ranged from Thanksgiving plans to the art of writing, because every workout needs a creative cooldown.

COT:

Big shoutout to Hitchhiker for showing up and saving YHC from a lonely gloom. Thankful for your friendship, the chatter, and the coffee run. For those PAX who ventured to the Bridge, hope it was epic. If you’re ever near the Carillon, give those steps a go—they’re humbling, but the fellowship is unmatched.

Moleskin:

Remember, showing up makes a difference—even if it’s just one other guy. The gloom is always better with a buddy. Over and out, friends!

SYITG,

YHC

Heyyo. A Baker’s dozen + 1 hit the mean streets of Richmond this morning for some good clean fun.

5:30 a.m. let’s go.

Mosey towards the north-side of the field facing the beautifully renovated Carilion war memorial for a warmorama (wave hello to Handshake coming in out along the way). F3 Mission Statement and Disclaimer.

Waromrama:

1. Side Straddle Hops (20x)
2. Ukrainian Soldiers (15x)
3. Deadman hangs (center, left and right)
4. Copperhead squats (10x)…note that perfect form includes a clenched butt cheek at the top.
5. Walkdown to hand’s for 20 merkins
6. Reverse scorpion kicks (10x)
7. Scorpion kicks (10x)
8. APDs (20x)
9. Flutter kicks (20x)
10. Rosco’s mom (left and right). Pulling in knee each one.
11. Wilson’s wife
12. Fudd’s wife

COP 1: Partner catch me if you can across the field towards the Carilion. Bear crawls, lunges, and broad jump burpee (some how we got really close to the end of the field and most only did like 10 yards of these).

COP 2: Carilion looked so nice, had to explore it. On the fly workout. Instructions were to do 2x dips on every other step up the right side of the Carilion, go around the upper area and down the left side down 2x incline merkins on every other step. Grumbling from Pax that we had too many people, so we split into two groups and switched sides.

COP 3: Longest triple check in the world at the Rugby Road/Pumphouse Drive triangle. Three rounds of 1. running the triangle (or cutting through the woods), 2. flutter kicks, and 3. squats.

COP 4: For context, Handshake through me the idea the night before of further exploration of the neighborhood southwest of Pump House Drive. With only 20 minutes left, Handshake led the way…for a modified DORA, some cul-de-sac touring, and river gazing. Oyster attempted three variations of the same joke that Heist couldn’t Q an entire workout (I think someone may have laughed at least one time). HA.

BTTF: Most followed Pull out for his long cut, which was basically the half-pipe route. We all got back to flag with a little overtime under our belt (only a few minutes).

Numbers/Names.

Announcments:

1. Support Honduras Mission Trips attended by our very own Pigskin and Gomer Pyle (Home | Friends of Barnabas, Healthcare, Honduras. $50 goes a long way.
2. Support children in need by donating clothes for all ages. See Flatline for details.
3. Join us tomorrow at the Rountrey Clubhouse (RounTrey, 3801 Graythorne Dr, Midlothian, VA 23112) from 3-6 pm, for some family friendly fun (chili, football, a few adult beverages). Bring the wife and kids (https://tinyurl.com/SOJ-Chili-Fest)
4. Alternative Thanksgiving story (NSFW) at Mary Mumford at 7 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.
5. 11/30 – Hitting the Bridge Ministry. See Heist and Hermey for details. Want to join? Meet at the Westchester WaWa (150 Pikeview Dr, Midlothian, VA 23113) by 6:15 a.m. We are getting Breakfast on the way back at the Cumberland Restaurant Online Menu of Cumberland Restaurant Restaurant, Cumberland, Virginia, 23040 – Zmenu (should be back to the Westchester WaWa by 10:30 a.m.)
6. Secret Santa (see list setup by E.F. Hutton). Gifts will be exchanged at Rosie’s twelve days of Christmas on December 17th at No Toll. Not a white elephant DK.

I took us out in prayer. Thanks for coming out.

Good times at Libbie Market. I had the breakfast pizza and cornbeef hash. Coffee was extra hot today. Good discussions on DOGE, FED, Disney, HVAC, etc. At one point we looked over to see Hitch moving his hips in a saucy fashion, possibly Korean version of twerking.

P.S. the mean guy way there too

Seven of Richmond’s finest dodged road closures and detours to launch at the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to YHC’s longtime neighbor, the following might have happened:

Mosey up, around, and through the park to the five pointed symbol in front of The Carillon for the COP.

100 SSHs.
Dead man hang
Fudd’s Wife
Right leg high, left leg high
Wilson’s Wife
Pigeon (right, then left)
HRMs x10
WWIs, cause it’s The Carillon
LBCs

Mosey 30 feet to surround the 5 pointed symbol for Not a Beast. 5 rounds. Each round has one exercise. 5 reps at each of 5 spots. Bottom of stairs, top of stairs, back of Carillon, top of other stairs, bottom of other stairs. Exercises were merkins, WWIIs, LBCs, squats, and 4-count flutter kicks. Bonus 6th round: still do 5 reps, but do all 5 exercises at each station.

Mosey not at all. Touch a Tree. The name says the game. 3, 6, 9 trees. Touching the Carillon counts for 3 trees. Use the Carillon more than once (hey, all the rules are out the window anyway), if you want, but only if you ascend and descend the stairs in between.

Mosey to Park Ave. Burpee Row. However, YHC likes to give people options – good options and bad options. Make your own choices. Each light post is 3 burpees. Each white parking post is 2 merkins. Either / or. Mix and match, if you wish.

Mosey back to the starting point, then go 30 more feet. Touch a Tree, Part Deaux. 12 trees, but don’t touch any of the ones touched the first 3 rounds (ah, a little memory test).

Mosey BTTSF. Two minutes of Mary. APDs and Rosalita’s.

Numbers, names, and Mr. Rogers took us out.

Announcements:

Chili Will Be Cooked Off. November 24, afternoon. RounTrey, not “Round Tree.” Sign up. Make some excellent chili. And, engage in a contest. Push yourself, don’t burn yourself.

Heist and Hermes will combine their skills at The Bridge on November 30 at 7:30 a.m. DM Heist to join the clown car. Nice to see F3 men taking on a challenge and running with it.

Speaking of…December 14, OBT and YHC will head out to The Bridge. YHC has the Q. Curious about The Bridge and how you can help build character with your fellow men? Join us.

NMS:

YHC was pleased to see the string of BMWs (we can’t all have Rivians) in the pre-dawn moonlight at Dogpile today with some OG’s joining…HoneyDo and Splinter.

Mumblechatter was strong today. Topics included HoneyDo’s camo shorts wardrobe, bond yields, deficits, W&M football tickets, scalping, creative destruction, and how putting intelligent, thinking humans in positions of responsibility matters. Interesting to see who people focused on and who they did not focus on. General agreement that character remains critical.

Speaking of resiliency, getting to Libbie Market today was a chore. Over the river, through the woods just to avoid the street closures. Unclear whether Hitchhiker was ever able to get home. Word is there was a Florence sighting at Libbie and Grove where he was doing a combination of arm circles and helicopters. No confirmation that academy plebes are rewarded with bright pink reflective vests rather than bright yellow, which is reserved for full police.

UpChuck spits the bit.

13 Historians gathered to share their last memory of the Carillon—and today, we made some new ones. According to the Weinke ‘left on the steps’ many years ago, this is how it went down… Let’s go!!

Warmarama: Mosey to the Carillon, up the steps down the steps… Circle up.
SSH, Arm Circles, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, DQ, CH Squats, LBCs.

The Thing:
Triple Check
SSH, Merkins, Runner up the steps and back
x3

Partner Up.
Bear Crawls up the Steps
10 Booyah Merkins
Back to the Bottom
x2

Triple Check
Mosey to the field, 25 yard line
Squats, LBC, Runner to the Carillon, up the steps and back.
x3

Partner Work
Wheel Barrel to the Top of the Carillon
PLT x 20
Run back to the Bottom – Switch

DORA
100 Merkins
200 SSH
300 Flutter Kicks
Run down the steps and back.

Back to the field for some Mary.
PAX Favorite ABS x 10 in cadence.
BTTF for a 60seconds of Broga.
Numberama, Namerama
YHC took us out.

Moleskin: No long moseys today at Dogpile, no love hill, no pipeline, no bridge or Rusty Cage.. 6 years in 60 minutes, we did all the things. It was great to back on the steps at the Carillon today. Well done boys!! Thanks for letting me lead.

Oyster

Eight elite men gathered in a city park before sunrise for exercise and fellowship. YHC was excited to have the Q and make an attempt to find unexplored territory. 5:59 and 34 seconds Hitch rolls and up and at 0600 we launched. We moseyed a meandering route to our ultimate COP destination.

COP with all the hits to include Saab’s ball lickers.

Mosey down Rugby Road to Pump House Drive and up to James Falls Drive where we were greeted by a “Private Property”. At that point YHC was dismayed and decided to audible and mosey back up Pump House Drive and turned left on Butte Lane. With the Elite Eight we got in (2) groups of 4 and did a Quad Check. Partner 1 runs 100 yards out and back while P2 does Squats, P3 does HRM’s, P4 does WWII’s. 4 rounds.

YHC decided to take a second crack at the new territory. YHC said we’d run quietly back into the new neighborhood. Back up James Falls Drive, right on Tow Path Lane W and complete the loop of Tow Path Circle. After completing the loop we moseyed down Tow Path Lane S to the Cul-de-sac. Partner up for (3) rounds of 20 of Wilson’s Boxing Dying Cockroaches.

With 15 minutes we moseyed back up Tow Path Lane S and right on Tow Path Lane W to Pump House Drive. Mosey down Pump House Drive to the bottom. With a couple minutes to burn YHC decided to introduce The Godfather (OBT) to YHC’s Pencil Rolls. OBT’s Apple Watch believing he had taken a spill was ready to call an Ambulance.

Complete our mosey back up Pump House Drive to Park Drive back to the flag.

Announcements – Faceplant is on the docket for OBT’s new Saint Christopher’s Track Workout on Monday. Upchuck is celebrating his 22nd anniversary today. Upchuck is getting checked out for a Brain Tumor. Upchuck is getting a group together to go to The Bridge in December.

Prayer Requests – Fudd’s sister, Mary. Faceplants M is recovering for a Brain Tumor. Upchuck is getting checked out for a Brain Tumor.

NMS – we had a great time today. Solid group, nice weather. Great 1980’s/1990’s movie/comedy talk at Libbie Marker. It was a pleasure to lead today.