It was a nice cool morning over at Batteau with some Batteau regulars. Like most Monday mornings at Batteau we all got to flex our creative muscles with a Hot Potato! Bleeder started us out with some side straddle hops, merkins, LBCs, DQs and a couple other morning stretching essentials that are escaping me. Bleeder proceeded to lead us in an episode of four corners around the tennis court, we started with 10 Merkins, 10 box cutters, 10 World War II’s, and 15 double count mountain climbers. For each exercise we ran one lap and a quarter times around the…

5 PAX regulars arrived at Batteau with Sippy Cup running his way to COP at 0530, and yes, Hot Potato Q for this Monday. Swirly took lead and over to tennis courts for COP and it went something like this–SSH, Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, Planks, Merkins, LBC’s, and Flutter Kicks. Swirly kept Q and over to the playground we went: x 5 pullups, x 5 dips for 5 sets. Mosey to picnic table-x 10 Incline Merkins, x 10 step ups for 5 sets. Q handed to Bleeder. Bleeder leads us back down the steps, that were lined with trees,…

3 strong posted for Batteau this morning and here is how it went down. I’m gonna do my best here – this was a microwaved hot potato – things happened fast ! Swirly – COP : stretching and warm up exercises 🙂 Tennis courts : bear crawl to fence 10 donkey kicks bear crawl back – repeat with Lunges – repeat with polar bears – repeat with High knees and 10 derkins – repeat with Karaoke and derkins . Sippy Cup : ring around the water bottle shoulder crusher with planks, 6 inches spiderman. Starting block sprints on the tennis…

4 Hardwoods arrived at Batteau for a morning Beatdown. THE THANGMosey to Tennis Courts COP – 20X SSH, 10X Merkins, 10X Don Quixote, 25X LBC Mosey to pick up Stones, Pair up, run and Arm Curls etc. 4X Mosey to playground, 5x Pullups, 10X incline Merkins, 15 X Dips – repeat 3x Mosey to Tree line along maintenance road- 5x Hand Release Merkins – run to every tree & repeat, Return with Lunges, 15 x WWII and 15x Knee bends, alternating at each tree. Mosey back to Tennis Courts – 4 corner, 10x Flutter Kicks, 10X Heels to Heaven, 10x…

Sorry for the late post ya’ll forgot to write it before I left this morning. YHC was watching the Dallas / Saints game and a little board so YHC opened the Q sheet to see who was at Batteau. No Q, well I guess you have to sign up right? 7 healthy solders showed up to see what Doozy had in store. COP: Head to the Pickle ball court, dq’s, helicopters, cherry pickers, bat wings, heals to heaven, LBC’s Mosey to stone landing area: Man Killers followed by three sets of dips (x20), run up the hill, squats (x20) Mosey…

5 able bodied soldiers showed up at Batteau in the early morning light or non-Light wondering who was the Q. DTH was on the list but its 5:30 and he is not here, Swirly do you want to take the COP? Absolutely, lets mosey. COP – Swirly YHC was not awake yet and didn’t think he would be writing the BB so I may be missing some exercises or they may be out of order. SSH, Helicopters, DQ’s, Scorpions, Imperial Walkers, LBC’s, flutter kicks and merkins. Mosey – Face Plant Stone landing area – 10 Merkins, 10 Derkins, 20 Dips…

Let’s just get right into it. Swirly took the potato and started us out. Mosey on over to tennis courts for a Swirly warmup consisting of: Side straddle hops, merkins, LBCs, scorpions, Wilson’s and Fudd’s, and a couple others I may be missing. Swirly handed off the potato to Goldberg. Goldberg mosey’ed us over to get some rocks. Partner up and one partner ran up to light and back (backwards run up hill, forwards run down hill), 3 times through, other partner was doing squats, overhead press, and LBCs with your rock of choice. Goldberg then mosey’ed us over to…

With a gathering of 7 healthy men arriving at Batteau this morning and no one that would claim the Q seat a hot Potato was called and Sippy cup grabbed the reigns. COP: Sippy Cup Mosey to the Pickle Ball Courts – Side line to side line slow Bear Crawl and stretch the legs out, back was a Sippy Cup special (not sure what to call it) stand and scoop as you lung forward stretching the back of your legs, to the other side slow high knees, back butt kickers, and sprints back and forth (X9) on Sippies command. Finish…

What a gorgeous August morning for a beatdown and 8 men posted to Batteau to see what Gumbo had in store. It was dark, but I think it went something like this: Mosey one lap around the circle to wait for Hitchhiker to get his gear together, then pick him up on the mosey over to the Farmer’s Market lot for COP, including: DQsHelicoptersImperial WalkersSSHsTempo MerkinsFreddie Mercuries All warmed up, time to work. THE THANG: Farmer’s Market 11s – in the parking lot, form a line on one edge and start with 10 jump squats and 1 HRM. Lunge across…

OOOps YHC knows that there where 10 beastmasters that posted at Batteau this morning but due to operator error with the phone YHC doesn’t have all the F3 names. Please respond to this post if you know who is missing and YHC will add them or you. 5:30 Mosey to Pickle ball court for COP Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, Scissor Kicks, LBC’s, Mosey down the path to the stone landing circle up for Man Killers Mosey to the bottom of the hill (10) Burpies, Mosey around the lake stopping at each light for an add a burpie. First light…