COP:Arm circles, Cherry Pickers, DQs, SSHs, Mt Climbers, WWIIs, & Merkins. The Thang: Bermuda Triangle -Bear crawl, run (past a dead squirrel), 5 Burpees, Burnie Sanders, 20 LBCs. 7 of Diamonds -Handshake pointed out, quite expertly, that it appeared that I wanted everyone to get into 2 groups, instead of groups of 2. It was an appreciated point. At each corner we did 7 Merkins, then 14 Mt Climbers, 21 American Hammers, 28 Side Straddle Hops, 21 American Hammers ,14 Mt Climbers, & lastly 7 Merkins. We ran the length of the field and moved across the width in any…

YHC arrived to see two PAX members ready and eleven more followed. The shovel flag was placed and the mumblechatter lead to no official Q so a hot potato was announced and you know the drill. YHC took lead at 0600….mosey to ampitheater. COT-some exercises and of course, YHC goofed one exercise. YHC quickly called 11’s. Up the ampitheater and down, alternating from dips and merkins. Q given to Helix. Helix called a ring of fire with V ups and holding 6 inches while waiting your turn. Q handed to GP GP took us to rust cage, using our nightvision…

With no Q on the sheet a Hot Potato was Launched. YHC has to admit he was doing the exercises but not paying enough attention to remember what exactly transpired. Tryhard – COP and Triple Check in the Amphitheater Gomer – A couple of Triple Checks at the Jerkin Gym EF Hutton – Various Bear Crawl/Crab Walk/etc exercises in the circle Handshake – compounding Triple Check and a mosey back to the flag before time expired. Announcements – Gomer leaves next week for Honduras on a scouting mission for his upcoming January Mission Trip. Prayers for safe travels and for…

YHC signed up to celebrate for his upcoming birthday. Mosey to the field of the Virginia War Memorial Carillon Tower for some warm-ups. COP: Deadman hang x 10, arm circle x 10 (both direction), DQ x 10, helicopters x 10, American hammers x 20, LBC x 20, merkins x 10 Exercise# 1Do an exercise on 25 yard, 50 yard, and 75 yard each direction for four rounds.1st: 5 burpees, 2nd: 10 merkins, 3rd: 20 LBC, 4th: SSH Exercise# 2Moseyed to “mixing bowl” behind the Amphitheater. Total 11s. 1 burpees and 10 WW2 on one side, run into and out of the…

17 men met in the morning gloom. We made fun of each other. We encouraged each other. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood. COP: Warmuparama started with arm circles, then cherry pickers, don quixote’s, side straddle hops, mt. climbers, WWIIs and rounded out with some merkins. The Thang: Quarter Pounders – Jog to the 1st quarter of the field, do 25 merkins, then sprint back. Jog to the center for 50 squats, sprint back. Then 75 LBCs at the 3rd quarter mark…100 side straddle hops before sprinting back the length of the field. Valley of Ill Repute for…

Thirty Four perennial 4th graders posted for a Back to School version of Field Day. Bus after bus after bus pulled into the parking lot (in the case of Hardywood, it’s a true statement) to bring the heat and feel the pain. The uniform machine was strong, with West Enders dawning their usual and respected popped collars. D’Ville stepped up their game in a big way, bringing a Mechanicsville sponsorship into the fold. Well done men! Free oil changes, or something, for everyone! 7:01 – Let’s mosey to the field. Four teams of 8/9 were establishe. Crab Soccer opened up…

On this 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack, a handful of non-BRR studs joined YHC for a remembrance Q. Here is how we honored the fallen: The THANG: Heading off to each new COP, YHC spoke the heroic words of Todd Beamer, Flight 93: “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll!” COP #1: Mosey to the grassy lit knollWelcome & DisclaimerFor 2996 TOTAL 9/11 DEATHS:x2 Burpees x9 Merkins ICx9 Copperhead Squats ICx6 WWII ICComplete x2 more rounds OYO COP #2: Mosey to collect coupons at the stageMosey down to the Amphitheater The Two Towers had 110 Flights of Stairs (2,071 Steps)Carrying a…

Fourteen performers joined today’s orchestral act for the latest edition of The Dogpile. Temperatures were (actually) 70 and sunny. According to the rogue film crew preparing for the actual orchestra, the following may be somewhat close to what happened: Quick Start: a Gentlemen’s 5 burpees Mosey to the Amphitheater’s side entrance and to the orchestra area for the COP: SSHsDead Man HangIWsFlutter kicks x 17Box cutters x14 (yeah, 17-14 Hokies)HRMs x10 Quick mosey to bottom step (for those not already on the bottom step) for an escalating ascension up the Amphitheater: dips, 1-18 At the top, quick stretch. Round and…

Who has the Q.Anyone?Hot Potato?What’s a potato?  18 Mens said NO to the Fart Sack this morning. No regrets as it was 70 and Sunny as usual at Dogpile. Lets get after it: Gomer Pile with the warmorama.   Grab some of these bricks out of my car and take them to the Penny Stage.  PAX:  let’s split up and go different ways to the Penny Stage.   Gomer Pile passes the Q to Oyster:  Native American Run let’s go.   Oh wait there’s the six with some more bricks let’s go back.  PAX:  We’re going with Hitchhiker. Hitchhiker takes the Q. SSHHELICOPTERSLBCMERKINS SCORPION KICKSIMPERIAL WALKARM CIRCLES Hitchhiker passes the Q to…

10 gloom warriors took to the verdant fields of Dogwood Dell this morning for a beatdown that went a little bit like this: Mosey to the second circle, turn back to first. COP. Standard stuff like 24 SSH, some other stuff… Short trip to the Triangle, 5 burpees OYO. Each man bear crawls the top leg of the triangle, 10 squats, run down the hill, 10 WW2, Bernie up the hill, 10 Carolina DD X 3 Mosey towards pipeline, stop at cul-de-sac for 5 burpees OYO Triple Check at pipeline. P1 lunge, P2 flutterkicks, P3 runs the pipe loop. Kinda…