YHC was greeted with fifteen brave PAX members including a visitor from GA this morning and we took a little field trip as follows: Moseyed to the square near Police Memorial Way for COP as follows: 10 x dead man hang, tippy toes with hands in the air, left and right side stretches, 10 x imperial walkers, 10 x SSH, 10 x LBC, 10 x American hammers, 10 x merkins. Moseyed to the the lake. A set of exercise at each light post: 3 x merkins, 3 x WWII, 3 x lunges. Including one broken one, there are 28 light…

16 men gathered to see what Handshake had to offer and enjoy 53 degree weather and this is what happened: Traveling COP – Mosey from the Parking Lot across Boulevard and stop at various places. Each stop we did (2) exercises and moved on. We went down Shirley and took a left and made our away around the Lake into front of the Maymont Nature Center and end at the Maymont Nature Center Parking Lot. Triple Check – P1 Runs the Parking Lot Loop, P2 Squats, P3 HRM’s. At the end Bear Crawl to the start of the Parking Lot.…

Seven dudes tried their hand at making viral trick shot videos and content, but alas they were not perfect. Here’s what transpired: Slaughter Starter – 10 x Burpees Mosey over to the Carillon patio COP Dead Man Hang Good Mornings Helicopters Imperial Walkers x 30 (woah!) Arm Circles Copperhead Squats Freddie Mercurys Inverted Scorpion Kicks Hand Release Merkins Plankorama SSHs Perfect Challenge # 1 Bottle Flip Hold plank and take turns attempting to land a bottle flip – 10 Merkins per miss for entire PAX, dish out 10 Burpees for a hit, 10 Squats for round 2 – Final Tally:…

Seven men made their way from various locations across the greater metro Richmond area to gain some inspiration and motivation from the Monument to Perpetual Self Improvement – aka The Carillon. Basking in its glow, this is what went down: COP – SSH, IW, Helicopters, DQ’s, Copperhead Squats, Merkins, LBC’s, APDs – all IC Wander to the rusty cage for a triple check: Pull-ups, squats, the timer checks to make sure the hydrant hasn’t moved. Relocate to the Triangle – Round 1 – Bear crawl, 10 x Carolina Dry Docks, down the hill, 20 x WWII’s, Up the hill, 10…

Six strong were undeterred by the pending ice storm and found the Gloom quite hospitable for an early January morning. Red Baron joined us from PA (pretzeltown region?) again so YHC tried to cover some of the Dogpile favorites for him. We did: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey over to other COP circle for some Bermuda Triangle. Bear crawl to 1st corner, 10 Burpees, run down to bottom, 20 HRMs, run up hill 30 WWIIs. 2nd round: lunge over corrner, 20 Dry Docks, bottom 30 Heels 2 Heaven, top 40 SSH. Mosey over…

7 of the hardest PAX around took a wrong turn and ended up at Dogpile for a not so easy 3+ miles. Warmarama: Mosey to pump house road. SSH, Helicopters, Arm Circles, DQ, Imperial Walkers, Helicopers (YES, we did Helicopters 2x), Copperhead Squats, Carolina Dry Docks, Merkins and 1 Burpee. The Thang:4 Light Post Alley. Prostitute Style on the Hill.1st Light Pole: 10 Merkins, back to the start.2nd Light Pole: 20 SSH, back to the 1st Light Pole 10 Merkins, back to the start.3rd Light Pole: 30 Monkey Humpers, back to the 2nd Light Pole 20 SSH, back to the…

A Merry Eight, or 7.5 with Fudd’s early departure, kept the Dogpile flame going. A convoy of Pax came in with minutes to spare and we promptly departed on time. Taking a back ways to the first circle, we formed a smaller intimate arrangement for COP to stay dry a little longer. COP was a bit of the usual plus some light yoga. Off we went to the Rusty Cage for some Dora. Partner 1 – Run to the fire hydrant and perform 15 V-Ups. Partner 2 – 100 pull-ups/assisted pull-ups on the low bars, 200 box cutters, 300 shoulder…

It has been five years in the making to get to this point, and YHC was so honored to see the 14 studs turnout, even a few that read the weather report wrong. We had everything from full pants to no pants, and everything in between. The deal still stood – if you bring a FNG YHC will take you and your FNG out to breakfast at Libbie Market – no FNGs were spotted today. Warmup We started with a reminder about the mission of F3 then it was off to do some much overlooked and needed stretching. Then 25…

On this beautiful Saturday morning almost exactly 43 years after the first episode of the original show, 20 HIMs posted for a serving of Gumbo. It went something like this: Mosey to the COP circle and 2 laps around to warm up, then circle up for COP, including: Higgins (DQs) TCs (Helicopters) Magnum Merkins (Tempo Merkins touching your stache to the ground) Rick’s (six inches – Rick doesn’t do anything) Hello Dollies Copperhead squats Imperial Walkers THANG Mosey to Robin’s Nest (the Amphitheater) for the follwing Honor the pilot episode 12/11/1980 with 12 merkins – lap around the Amphitheater…audible- come…