As one of our illustrious brethren from NC once commented, “I think I worked out, but I’m not sure because there is no backblast.”  Enter Brain Tumor who is not sure he posted for DogPile yesterday till he can read about it/see his name in lights. 16 posted for lovely morning at DogPile with a split Q between Wilson and Toga.  Wilson was kind enough to give YHC part of the Q to harken back to the DogPile days of old. Thang: Quick mosey around the VITA and back to the circle for COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Side Tri Press,…

12 Dogpile regulars and 2 FNGs gathered around the 2 shovel flags for a post Christmas beatdown.  It was 72 and foggy which helped the PAX sweat out more of the Christmas dinners the day before. THE THANG Mosey to the Circle – COP SSH x 30 , Merkins x 10 , LBCs x 30 , Flutterkics x 20 , Richard Kimball x 20 (combo Turkish get up & Good mornings) Mosey to Carillon Field – Glowstick chases Broad jumps, Crab Walk, Bear Crawl, Crawl Bear, 10 Burpees at Midfield, Broad jumps & Bear Crawl back Mosey to other Circle…

8 Pax gathered on a surprisingly warm mid-December morning. The Thang COP: Arm circles w/o cadence switch directions and angle of palm on Q’s command.  Imperial Walkers 20x, SSH 20x, LBCs 20x, Mountain climbers 20x. Mosey to the star for a tower workout.  Pair up, bunny hop up stairs and proceed around the back of the carillon until you meet your partner, then proceed doing the backwards version of the exercise until you reach the steps.  Run back down the stairs to the star.  1st Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear. 2nd Duck Walk/Backwards Duck Walk, 3rd Crab Walk/Backwards crab walk, 4th Lunges…

8 faithful woke up extra early to scrape the frost of their windshield and come to Dogpile for a good Saturday morning beatdown. THE THANG: Mosey to circle for COP:  SSH x25 , Merkins x12 , Imperial Walkers x20 , Flutterkicks x25, Burpees x10 Mosey to Carillon field for Tabatas:  Alternate Broad Jumps & Lunges until other end of field.  From end of field run up boulevard up to the turn and back.  Stop at every lamppost for 1 burpee. 20 in all.  On way back audibled to 2 burpees per post. Tabatas back to other end of field again:…

11 Pax joined us on a crisp fall morning. Sippy Cup leading: COP SSH x 25 Russian Soldiers x 20 Arm circles OYO big/little, backwards/forwards palms up/down Merkins x 12 Russian Twists x 30 Peggy Flemings (new calf burner exercise)  Balance on left leg with right leg out in front of you ~ 6 inches of the ground.  Hold.  On Q’s command swing the right leg back behind you while bending at waist to maintain balance.  Hold.  Repeat front and back one more time.  Switch legs and do the same with the right leg straight and left leg off the…

12 eager men gathered at Dogpile to start the weekend off with a bang. Here’s how it went down: COP 25 – Seal jacks 20 – Merkins 20 – Don Quixotes 20 – Clerkins 20 – Imperial Walkers 20 – Werkins 10 – Good Mornings OYO Mosey to field for forward and back. Run forward the length of the field, complete 20 2-count russian twists, run backward the length of the field, complete 20 more russian twists, forward the length of the field and a final 20 russian twists. Mosey to VITA loop. Complete 1 lap clockwise, stopping at each station to complete…

10 regulars gathered around the shovelflag on a brisk morning at Dogpile.  The PAX was not cold for long as we got right to it: THE THANG COP:  SSH x25, 10(20) Merkins, 25 Lbc’s, Imperial Walkers x25 Mosey to the other Roundabout circle and down Rugby hill, pair up for: Dora 1,2,3:  100 Burpees ,  200 Merkins , 300 Boxcutters 1 partner runs up hill to circle and back while other performs exercise. Mosey to Amphitheater for:  Escalator (Mary Version) with 20 Merkins thrown in before the start Increasing set of Ab exercises going up series of step with 15…

65 degrees on a cloudy morning—very warm for November COP Russian Soldiers 15x, Imperial Walkers 20x, A number of variations of arm circles, LBCs 30x, Merkins 10x There and back: A series of exercises moving forwards to the center of the circle and backwards to the edge.  At each direction change do 5 merkins. Bear Crawl/Crawl Bear 2x Forward Lunge/Backwards 2x Crab walk forwards/Backwards 2x Military crawl forwards/backwards 1x Hate Hill—partner up.  1 partner runs to the bottom of the hill and back, and the other does an exercise.  When the runner reaches his partner they switch.  Cycle through: 1.…

16 faithful and 1 sort-of-FNG arrived at Dogpile on an eerie Halloween morning in the dark.  A horror-movie themed beatdown went down like this: THE THANG COP –  SSH x 25 , Spell Halloween with leg writing, Chainsaw starters -10 each side Mosey instructions – In honor of Exorcist movie cover any time PAX passed a lamppost someone became possessed and blurted on an exercise that the PAX had to then do x10 1st Lamppost – 10 burpees, 2nd one – Tuck Jumps Lineup on memorial field for – ZOMBIE CHASERS Series of sprints, side to side, slowest man each…

9 Faithful appeared in the gloom at Dogpile Bleeder Q Mosey to COP 25x SSH 10X Merkins 25X DonQuixote 30X LBC 15X Brazilian Dance Party Mosey to VITA Trail Alternating between stations, 5x Burpees, 10X Merkins for one lap of VITA Tral Handoff for Sippy Cup Q Mosey over to the pullup bars. Max pullups + 5 jump up and lower down followed by Max steep incline merkins with feet on parallel bars. Alternate until Q says stop (~3 sets). Mosey to the top of Love Hill. Zombie walk down Love hill to the area near the stone steps, with…