Tag: Batteau

Seven suspects came out on April Fools day to see if it indeed might be an All Burpee-Beast. Turns out only Toga would do that to the PAX but we did do our share of Burpees.

COP – Invisible Jump Rope, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys. Head over to bowl field for the Beast:

Round 1 Burpees, R2 Merkins, R3 WWIIs, R4 JumpSquats, R5 LBCs, Round 6 Burpees Again. Then head over to playground to introduce Batteau pax to:

Chazz Michael Michaels: 3 Rounds of 8. Then 3 sets of 25 Boxing Dying Roaches. Then set of Pickle Pounders. Mosey over to maintenance vehicle lot: Various animal transportation forms up the hill.

Over to Tennis courts: Suicides of Backwards run, side shuffle, forward, then Wheelbarrow across. Back to field for hill sprint up and back. Another set of Pickle Pounders then back to flag for RoF and COT. Sugar Sock took us out.

NMS: YHC took pity on the PAX and saved the 2nd round of Burpees in the Beast for the last round. The original intent was to do round 2 of Burpees and let the PAX ponder whether we might actually do all 6 rounds as burpees. Turns out starting and ending the beast on the hill with burpees was plenty. The only one disappointed by us not doing ABB was Sippy Cup.

The Chazz Michael Michaels traveled SOJ and the Batteau pax seemed to enjoy them.

Faceplant has a $50 off tattoo coupon if anyone is looking to get Ink’ed up for Spring Break. Great to have 7 out in the 30 degree temps. Mother Nature was the one with the trick this morning.

7 Veterans and 1 FNG descended upon the hills of Forrest Hill Park to celebrate Virginia Tech’s glorious victory and berth in the Sweet 16.

Here is how it went down, more or less.

Mosey about 10 steps to warmup and pick up stragglers. All IC: SSH x 16, Helicopters x 16, Don Quixote x 16, LBC x 16, Merkins x 15 (yes Q screwed that count up)

Mosey through the pit and down the Hill of Ill Repute only to discover all the lights around the pond were off. Well, we need to get back up the hill so partner up, 1 man runs to pit and back while other alternates between lunges and bear crawl.

In the pit, switch partners. While 1 man runs up to the top the other performs Dips. Switch to decline Merkins the second time through.

Mosey to the top for a DORA in the SOJ Farmers Market lot, which was about the only place the lights were on this morning. 116 x Merkins, 216 x squats, 316 x LBC

Mosey back to Stone House for Partner Leg Toss. 4 sets of, you guess it, 16.

Curb crawls on the street, bear crawl to far curb, 1 incline merkin, crawl bear back to first curb, 2 decline merkins…repeato at 5 and back down

Merkin ring of fire, 5 x PAX choice, different variation than PAX before.

Mary, all IC: 2 count Flutter Kicks x 25, APD x 25, WW2 x 25.

Announcements: Go Hokies!

NMS: Great work out there today, men. The lack of lights threw YHC a curve, but we managed. Thanks for the opportunity to lead. We saw over the weekend that there are multiple ways to give men that opportunity, and I am grateful for the path Bleeder, Swirly, and many others have chosen to do so. May we all have the strength and wisdom to remember those roots as we carry on the goodness that is F3RVA.

We welcomed a new member to our tribe, Upgrade, who absolutely crushed it this morning. Upgrade is a recent VMI grad, from Richmond, who likes to run, lift, and has spent some time with SEAL team. YHC threw out the name “Gump” which landed with a thud. Someone called out “Upgrade!”, which Hardywood pointed out was perfect as Gump needed an upgrade and the dude is young and in good shape already and an upgrade to the PAX….so the legend goes. Welcome Upgrade!

Seven leprechauns came for all the green Batteau had to offer. Here’s what we found at the end of the rainbow:

Vinny Q: SSHs x 20. Imperial Walkers x 15. Russian Soliders x 15. LBCs x 15. Merkins x 10. Stay on the tennis courts for Crab Walk 11s. One exercised per side. Doubles line to doubles line. LBCs and Squats.

ABBA Q: Mosey to playground. Partner up for 5 by 5s. 5 Pull-ups timed the dips. 5 rounds each. Mosey to the grassy knoll for more 5 by 5 fun. 5 Flutter Kicks at the bottom and 5 Merkins at the top. Repeat x 5. Back to the playground for, you guessed it, 5 by 5s. Partner up. 5 Pull-ups and Squats.

Flange Q: Mosey back to the grassy knoll for Touch a Dora. 100 LBCs. 150 Freddy Mercurys. 200 Jump Squats. Touch a different tree when running out. Back to the flag for 2MOM. Merkin ring of fire. 7 dealers choice. Non-yoga, yoga to finish.

Flange took us out.

Announcements: Grow Ruck comes to town this weekend. See Pre-Blast. Dogpile launches at 7:00 a.m. Breakfast Club launches at 6:30 a.m. from ET’s. If you are planning to hit DP, we need you to join us for Breakfast Club as well. There will also be an early bird at ET’s on Saturday morning at 6:00 a.m. leading up to the 6:30 launch. Join us for that as well if you’d like.

Moleskin: Spring and Spring Break are in the air. The Joneses are in full swing. Who can go on the most impressive spring break trip is a well known Richmond tradition. Flange went to Radford. YHC is staying put. The Joneses we are not.

Great morning for a beatdown today, and maybe a little non-yoga, yoga for Shakedown. YHC spilled some merlot, and can’t even say I had any green beer or otherwise yesterday. Gotta love Richmond in the spring time (and in the fall for that matter). Enjoyed it, as always.

Six of F3RVA’s finest posted at Batteau for another weekly installment of hot potato. We all survived, but barely.

Swirly Q: SSHs x 20. Helicopters x 10. DQs x 10. Imperial Walkers x 10. Merkins x 10. Mosey to the F3 quarry. Grab a partner / grab a rock. Partner 1 lunges to first light and back while partner 2 completes overhead presses. Repeato for each of the following: High knees + Curls. Butt Kickers + WWII Presses. Karaoke + (I’m smoked / Can’t remember).

Vinny Q: Mosey to bottom of Hill of Ill Repute. Partner Up. Partner 1 runs to the top of the hill and back while partner 2 Crawl Bears. Switch and repeat as follows: Bernie Sanders lunges and Triple Jump Squats until the PAX gets to the top of the hill.

Faceplant Q: Mosey back down to the lake. F3 Raleigh celebrated 8 years this weekend. Run the lake loop and complete 8 Merkins at each lamp post. Hell of a way to celebrate.

Swirly Q x 2: NA run to the top of the Hill of Ill Repute. Down into the pit. 20 Dips and 10 Incline Merkins x 3 sets. Back to the Flag for Mary. Cross Leg Lifts x 10 per leg. Alabama Prom Dates x 10. Flutter Kicks x 10. All IC.

Sugar Sock took us out.

Announcements: Grow Ruck is coming. Dogpile is at 7:00 a.m. that morning and will be standard procedure. It is not a ruck, but is part of the Grow Ruck operation. There will also likely be Breakfast Club and a 6:00 a.m. Dogpile as well. Plan to hit both or the 7:00 a.m. if you can only hit one.

NMS: Finally some nice weather for a beatdown. We were glad to see Sugar Sock out and well, and to have Posh join us for his maiden Batteau beatdown. They both crushed it.

Sippy Cup DROVE to the work out. But he had an excuse. He paced Bootleg this weekend at the Belmonte 50k, and by all reports, Bootleg crushed it. Surviving snowy conditions and debilitating cramps 7 miles from the finish line. Way to crush it Bootleg, and way to be a model F3 brother Sippy!

Swirly’s vest doesn’t have a name yet, that I know of, but it posted again today. Hell of a job today Swirly. Way to bang it out!

Enjoy the day men.

4 Pax and 4 parts

COP–Lab Rat leading. SSH, DQs, Arm circles, IWs, Helicopters, Merkins

Face Plant leading Mosey to the bottom of the hill for a Quadruple check, each Pax does each exercise twice. Exercises were: Run up and down the hill, flutter kicks, burpees, 6 inches.

Sippy Cup leading. Shifting sands. All of the way up the hill to the parking lot 20 paces running up followed by 4 lunges (2 each leg) back.

Hardywood leading. Alternate bear crawl and crawl bear half-way down the hill, 20 paces before switching. Then in the bowl, 3 sets of 10 derkins, 20 incline merkins and 30 dips.

Moleskin. It was a good way to start the week (now almost over), gentlemen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWofTFZRsDQ

Six sun seekers met in the clear darkness of Batteau to enjoy Hardywood’s drug of choice. Here’s how we rolled it:

COP: Arm Circles (to test out the old wing) x 10. SSHs x 20. Russian Soldiers x 10. Imperial Walkers x 10. Merkins x 10.

Coffee Black: Batteau Beast (in the bowl). American Hammers + Plank Jacks + Mountain Climbers + WWIIs + (an exercise that completely escapes me) + HR Merkins.

Cigarettes: Triple Check. Swing Planks + SSHs while timer runs to the tree (see Bleeder for further aborist information as to the type) and performs 5 merkins of choice.

Start This Day Like All The Rest: Mosey down to the bottom of the Hill of Ill Repute. Partner up: Round 1 – partner 1 runs to the top of the hill and back while partner 2 crawl bears up the hill. Switch and repeat. Round 2 – partner 1 runs to the top of the hill and back while partner 2 lunges. Round 3 – partner 1 runs to the top of the hill and back while partner 2 triple jump squats.

First Thing In The Morning That I Do…:  Flutter kicks x 100 IC.

NMS: Day two of Vinny’s World Tour is in the books. We put a lot down on the plate today and ate every bit of it. Well done gentlemen. There was lots of joy in the air due to the lack of clouds. Bleeder and Hardywood were particularly spry this morning. On the way out, Hardywood noted his drug of choice, the sun. It was a welcome infusion for sure. Make it a great day men. Thanks for letting me lead.

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3 studs posted this rainy Monday morning and here is how it went down.

Warm up : SSH’s Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s

Three Sets : 10 derkins – run up steps – 10 V’Up’s – 15 incline merkins – run steps 15 WWII’s – 20 dips run steps – 20 Flutter Kicks.

Three Sets : 10 Boulder curls – 10 crabcakes. 10 Boulder overhead press – 10 Boulder squats – 10 Boulder bench press – 10 Boulder WWII’s.

Playground : 5 pull ups – 5 merkins – 1- swing planks – repeat 3 times.

Tennis Courts : Lunge across – 10 Donkey Kicks – Lunge back – repeat with Karaoke – High Knees – butt kickers – bear crawls – polar bears and finish with a suicide.

Mary : Cross leg lifts and LBC’s.

The scoop : The rain held off for the most part so it was a nice cool morning. Glad to have Vinny and Sippy join me – thanks for letting me lead guys – way to push. Thanks to Sippy for taking us out. F3 shirts on the way see Dr. T.

See y’all in the gloom…

My Dear PAX, 

Greetings to you on another glorious Monday morning! YHC arrived at BATTEAU’s Stone House to find GREENBOW’s truck circling the loop in search of a familiar face. We were shortly joined by the vehicles of VINNY and BLEEDER, and by the time YHC was planting the ShovelFlag, SWIRLY arrived on foot. Expecting the F3RVA Spirit Animal to arrive at any moment, YHC led the gathering men for a few moseycize laps around the loop, and sure enough HARDYWOOD came skidding in on 2 wheels, followed closely by SIPPY CUP on foot – both joining us just in time for our Warmerama COP. 

The THANG:

IC Warmerama – COP #1:

• DQ’s
• Russian Soldiers
• Copperhead Squats
• Cherry Pickers
• Crowd Pleasers (Merkin/Groiner)
• Freddie M’s
• Reverse Crunch
• Starfish Crunch

Mosey to Tennis Court for COP #2:

• Partner up for 3 rounds of the following:
• PLT’s x20 each
• BC across Court
• Squerkins x10 each (P1 Derkins with legs held by P2, then P2 Squats)
• CB back & repeato x3 rounds

Mosey to COP #3: (Grassy Hills)

• ExerClocks:  Start at Hillside #1 to complete x8 WWII at 1 o’clock, run down to bottom and up to Hillside #2 to complete x8 Mountain Merkins (x1 M + x2 two-count MC’s) at 1 o’clock, run back to other hillside to complete x8 WWII at 2 o’clock position…  complete x8 reps of each exercise at each hour of each clock face.

Mosey Back to Flag for the official F3 6MOM:

• 0:00 Little Baby Crunch
• 0:24 High Slow Flutter
• 0:48 Rest
• 1:12 Low Flutter
• 1:36 Low Scissors
• 2:00 Rest
• 2:24 High Scissors
• 2:48 Canoe / V-up / XO’s
• 3:12 Rest
• 3:36 Heels to Heaven
• 4:00 Forearm Plank Jack
• 4:24  Forearm Plank
• 4:48 Rest
• 5:12 World War II Situp
• 5:36 Oblique Crunch (Lt & Rt)
• 6:00 End

COT:

• Counterama #
• Namerama
• Announcements (included below in Comments)
• Prayer

NMS: 

• As always, enjoyed bringing a couple new things into the routine – specifically the Squerkin was a solid shoulder burner – definitely gonna bring that out again. And the “Exerclocks” (as I call them) filled a good portion of our workout with full body variety. VINNY thought they should be called the TI-80 (like the calculator) since “they require higher level math to figure out”. GREENBOW, as a descendent of clock-makers, had about 15 different ideas for what they could be called. At any rate, it’s a good enough routine I’m sure we’ll land a good name for them at some point. Final thought – the official F3 6MOM was a solid finale on the morning, though the rest periods, while appreciated, seemed odd in comparison to the usual non-stop burner Mary typically delivered by our Q’s. All in all, an excellent way to start the week!

5 strong posted for a Monday morning  Hot Potato beatdown and here is how it went down.

Swirly : SSH’s Helicpters, Windmills, Merkins, Fluttler Kicks

Lunges across Tennis Court – 10 Donkey Kicks Lunge back – repeat with Bearcrawls – Russian Solders, Polarbears, Butt Kickers, High Knees.

Flange : Figure 8 : Run the big loop and the small loop back to the start  with LT. Dans and Carolina Dry Docks – repeat 8 times.

Sippy Cup:  Shadow boxing – run around the house between sets.

Great job guys : Awesome to see Flange back out there – we missed you dude – glad you had a good trip celebrating your M’s birthday and that your wrist is better. That figure 8 with the 30 pound vest really sucks….

Sippy – the boxing always gases me – it’s a great addition to our workouts – thanks for bringing it out!

Hardywood and Face Plant were flying out there today…. We missed our buddy Vinny this morning and hope his 2.0 is feeling better!

Sippy – thanks for taking us out – well said my friend!  Great way to start  the week guys – well done !

Order your shirts guys if you have not already……

See y’all in the gloom….

 

8 strong posted at Batteau this morning and here is how it went down.

Flutter kicks, APD’s, Russian Solders, IW’s, Squats, SSH’s – 20 burpees.

Teams of 4 – swing jacks – step ups, decline merkins until the runner gets back – everyone goes through rotation once. .

3 Sets : 5 pull ups – 10 incline merkins – 15 sit ups.

Indian run – around the park – to the circle in the bottom.

Partner up : 2 sets of 25 Wilson’s boxing cockroach

3 sets – 10 dips 15 incline merkins – run to the top of the hill – 20  partner leg toss – run back down.

Curb crawl – 1-5 bear crawl – incline merkin crawl bear back decline merkin.

As YHC ran up this morning Vinny was in his car jamming one of the songs the band he represented from  back in the day – YHC liked it of course  – country rock kinda tune = boom !  Great to see 8 guys out there – awesome to have a visit from BT – been awhile since he’s been to Batteau. We kept it moving today and other than a few times when the wind kicked up it was a beautiful morning and a great way to start the day. It seems the crowd favorites this morning were the swing jacks (a Vinny special) and Wilson’s boxing cock roach – both ab busters…  We had a nice tempoed mix of arms, abs, running…

Excellent work guys – thanks for allowing me to lead.

Announcements : Remember to go online and order your shirt if you have not already.  Stay tuned for a new date for Puppypile. Sign up for breaking bread.

BT took us out – well said brother !