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…

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…

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…

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…

17 RVA regulars, 2 FNGs and 1 SC visitor posted to Dogpile to get their holiday weekend off right. Temp was 75 degrees and muggy although the AO was freshly mowed for the forthcoming fireworks.  Swirly was on Q and delivered a typical arm-bruising beatdown: COP –  25 SSH, 20 Don Qs, 15 Helicopters, 20 LBCs, Arm Circles – forward & backwards THE THANG: Mosey over for Modified Love Hill – Start at turn-around point for normal Love Hill and go back up to top of hill by Amphitheater.  Partner up – exercises were Bear Crawl, Russian Soldier, Lunges Mosey…

A gorgeous morning for a workout, and 23 brothers agreed!  24 total of a fine breed of men started their Saturday with a bang.  Is that a Dogpile record????  It’s got to be close.  YHC stuck a shovelflag in the ground, and here is what went down: COP (Disclaimer:  all numbers selected are completely arbitrary and have no meaning whatsoever) SSH X28 IC Don Quixote X21 IC Ball Dippers X18 IC Arm Circles X10 little X5 Big, Reverso Full Supination Merkins X12 IC Dreya Rolls X10 OYO The Sippy Cup Bridge Run Start at toll booth, head south on Nickle…

21 strong men showed up for what YHC hoped to be a creative beat down. Quick lap around the VITA track to warm up the legs. COP: 18 SSH, 18 Don Quixote, 18 LBC’s, Merkins W: 20 Burpees(OYO) A: 50 SSH L: 2 min wall sit T: 15 Squats D: 15 Merkins I: 30 SSH S: 30 Burpees (OYO) N: 40 SSH E: 1 min wall sit Y: 30 LBC’s T: 15 Squats A: 50 SSH R: 15 Merkins Z: 15 Arm circles (both directions) A: 50 SSH N: 20 Cross leg lifts (each leg) Line up for box cutter run – do…

19 faithful and 2 FNGs posted to Dogpile on a cloudy Saturday. Temp was 75 degrees, humidity much higher with the fresh cut fields of Dogwood Dell calling to the PAX to come play. Here is how it went down: Mosey to COP with disclaimer- 35 SSH, 20 Merkins, 25 Boxcutters, 20 Mtn Climbers, 10 Helicopters. Mosey to Amphitheater for modified Lucky Horseshoe Escalating exercises per step up to 5 then drop exercises down to 9th step: 20 Merkins, 20 Mtn Climbers (4 count), 20 Carolina Dry Docks, 20 WWII Situps, 10 Burpees. Mosey to Pull Up Bars, pair up.…

17 Pax didnt have anywhere else to be this holiday Saturday morning, so why not come work out?  Sounds great, let’s get busy… COP SSH Hillbillies (the Johnsonville Hop)\ arm circles, reverso Break Dancers (much preferred name to step outs) Crab Cakes Pass the Q to HoneyDo so that he can call out his beloved Richard Kimbles (X10 OYO) From pavement to inner circle: bear crawl, crawl bear back out crab walk, walk crab back out plank walk, walk plank back out THANG Charles Bronson X50 SSH, sprint to second flag, army crawl to third flag, slow jog to first…