Ten brave souls ventured out into the the downright balmy 37º pre-dawn gloom for a slushy and extra schloppy good time. Mosey to the circle on the near side of The Carillon for COP 20 Slippery SSH (IC), 10 Donny Qs (IC), 5 Arm Circles, then big, then reverso(IC), 10 Merkins (IC), 20 LBC (IC) Mosey to the stage of the amphitheater Tabatas: LBCs then squats lunges, 4X Three corners: Using the “three corners” of the amphitheater we did four sets. Plankarama & Gore-a-rama between sets. 10 burpees, 20 merkins, 30 LBCs 15, 25 merkins, 35 LBCs 20 box jump burpees,…

11 men rolled out of the fartsack this morning into the gloom and this is what they accomplished: Mosey to far side of the Carilion field to find the tire that had been dropped of prior to this mornings beatdown.  Circle up for merkins x12, LBCs x20 and Don Quotie x 15. Line up along edge of the field for the Tire Beast.  Two Pax carry tire stopping at 25, 50, 75 yd lines to switch arms.  The rest of the PAX runs across field stopping at 25, 50, 75 yd line to perform exercise called by Q.  Repeato until…

Eleven RVA regulars and 3 visitors posted to WDOG for a mid-holiday week beatdown. The PAX found some leftover presents from YHC to play with. COP- SSH,  Merkins, DQs, Freddy Mercurys, Helicopters. Mosey to Rusty Cage, pick up a Sandbag, mosey back to Amphitheater. Partner Up. 1 Partner scales the Amphitheater steps and back with sandbag while other does exercise. Round 1- Overhead presses. ROUND 2- Flutterkicks with bag held up. Round 3- Squats. In between rounds Sandbag APDS and WWII Situp presses with SB. Mosey to field. Lunge width of field with SB, drop it and run up carillon…

70 and sunny at the start.  Many were overdressed for the weather, but that happens in December. The Thang: Mosey to COP, 1 burpee, 18 SSH, 9 burpees, 18 Don Quixotes’s, 6 burpees, 18 Imperial Walkers, 3 burpees, 18 LBC’s.  Mosey to long field in from to the carillon.  Northeast Beast.  19 of given exercise to start, then 6 at each beast point.  Exercises, not in order, were Freddy Mercury, Lt. Dans, Mountain Climbers, Merkins, Squat jumps, and box cutters.  Mosey to amphitheater 4 dips at each step and 8 extra at the bottom (total of 80, unless your Wedding…

14 faithful found their way to WDog on the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.  So there is the theme for the day, here is what went down: COP – SSH ,  Don Qs, Flutterkicks, Merkins, Arm Circles. Down to Amphitheater. In honor of 75th Anniversary:  75 Burpees, 5 each step on up 15 steps. Mosey to Carillon. Partner up. 110 Merkins and 188 Box Cutters. 1 partner runs up and down Carillon. Finish with APDs  – Arizona Prom Dates. Mosey to Rusty Cage.  3 Sets of 7 of: Pull Ups and then Jerkins. 7 being # of…

“Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear.” Marcus Aurelius 11 warriors gathered in the early morning fog. They were ready and willing for the call to action. The Thang: COP:  SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, Freddie Mercury X 20, Merkin X 15 (30 Merkins) Fantastic Four:  Complete four rounds of the following:  Squats, Plank Jacks, Mountain Climbers, Merkins and run up to the carillon and back.  On the first round start with 10 of each exercise.  On the second round complete 20 of each exercise, etc to complete of 40 of each exercise on the…

15 Faithful gathered for a brisk workout at the Carillon COP 10x Helicopters, 10x Don Quixote, 20x Imperial Walkers, 8x Sidewinder Merkins (at six inches move body from left to right then back up) 10x Bear Burpee OYO (start in bear crawl  positing and spring forward into a merkin, explode back into bear). Mosey to the Rusty Cage for: Orangutans–grab bar and move around cage as far as you can, alternating directions 2x.  Then 3 sets alternating Jerkins (8x) and partner dips on the parallel bars. Mosey to the top of love hill for a downhill Ark Loader  with multiple…

VQ week rolls in in Richmond with another VQ lamb being led to the proverbial slaughter.  17 Faithful showed up for a 37° morning at WDog for a chilly and damp beatdown.