On a beautiful Spring day in, January?!?!?!, seven men convened at Batteau in the darkness to start their week. This is how it went Mosey lap to COP IC: SSH 20, Don Quixote 10, Box Cutter 10, Freddie Mercury 10, Merkin 10 DirtyMacDeuce: Four sets of 3 x 20 count exercises – each set followed by a Lap Set 1 – Incline Merkin, Lunge, Heels to Heaven Set 2 – Merkin, Squat, LBC Set 3 – Dips, Lt Dan, Reverse LBC Set 4 – Decline Merkin, Step up (10 each leg), WW II sit up Mosey to the tennis courts…

Five warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  With the forecast for 70 and sunny, the air was ripe for success.  According to legend, it went a little something like this. Mosey to duck pond for COP IC X 20: SSH, IW, LBC, FM, M, ACF, ACR Bear Pawtastic Dora – Exercises are 50 burpees, 100 merkins, 150 squats, 200 SSH. While one partner exercises the other partner bear crawls uphill to the first light post then runs back down. B.A.R. Crawl (Burpee Animal Run ) – Native American run setup.  Pax does exercise up the Hill…

6 strong hit Batteau this morning for a hot potato q and here is how it went down.. Swirly : COP – SSH’s , Windmills, Helicopters, Bunny hop burpees , IW’s 3 stations – 15 reps 3 rounds – dips on the bench – incline merkins on the steps, derkins on the bench. Sippy Cup: Polar bears – starter sprints across the field – back across the field – starter sprints , WW11 sit ups. Bootleg : Find a tree – 3, 6, 9 – partner up run touch tree –  exercises – squats, Balls to the wall, LBC’s. Wedding…

The Batteau Four arrived in the gloom for a hot potato Q; although walking may have been better than running. Here’s how it went down, more or less around an AO that was partly under construction( at least that’s what the signs said) THE THANG Batteau Part 1 Bleeder Q Mosey up the Steps of the house, then back down to the tennis courts COP 25 SSH 10 Merkins 20 Imperial Walkers 15 – 2X arm circles Mosey to bottom of Steps Quick Lindsey Dips, LBC’s Mosey to Lake Light Pole to Light Pole, Run, Lunge, Bear Crawl, in that…

4 regulars arrived in the gloom for what is becoming a Batteau tradition–a Hot Potato Q.  We began with: COP Swirly Q:  SSH, Imperial walkers, Don Quixote, Merkins, LBCs, Flutter Kicks. Then head to the circle–run around circle and then do 10 Dips, 10 incline merkins on picnic benches.  Repeat 2x, increasing reps by 10 each time. Bleeder Q:  Head to tennis courts for a series of double wide court suicides (5 touches each suicide).  Regular suicide, Forward-backwards suicide, Lunge across, backwards lunge back.  All backwards suicide, Regular suicide. Sippy Q:  Jump diagonal sideways forward and backwards between side line and…

Two intrepid souls, ( and 7 wandering deer) arrived at Batteau for a Rock oriented beatdown to celebrate the First Thanksgiving in Virginia which occurred on Dec 4, 1619. THE THANG Mosey to Tennis Courts for COP SSH, Stretch, Imperial Walkers, Stretch, Merkins, Stretch, Arm Circles Mosey to pick up Rocks( Big ones) Mosey Back to Tennis Court, Cross over Merkins & Bear Crawls & Duck Walk to move Rock and Backwards running, 4 intervals. 4 Corners Curls, Tricep Press, Overhead Press, Rows: Swap Rocks – Repeat Run 2 laps, with and without Rock, Backwards with Rock, Swap Rocks 4…

Five warriors showed up ready to dominate.  There was no lingering tryptophan hangover for these men.  According to legend it went a little something like this for the Monday Funday Hot Potato Q. Sippy – COP IC X 10 – Helicopter, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Don Quiote IC X 15 – Arm Circles Forward, Arm Circles Backward 5 Burpees OYO Mosey down the bottom of the Valley of Doubt, to a quaint little platform with sounds of running water. Swirly – 3 Rounds.  Each round had a 15, 10, 5 Round 1: Derkins, step ups, dips Round 2: Incline merkin, dips,…

6 PAX showed up unaware that they were attending YHC’s unofficial 1 year anniversary. The beatdown went something like this: COP: SSH x 20 Don Quixote x 10 Merkins x 10 Hillbillies x 20 LBC’s x 25 Mosey to the bottom of The Hill of Ill Repute Proper Dora’s – partner 1 runs to the 3rd lamppost up THOIR while partner 2 completes sets of exercises up to 100. WWII situps x 1 Merkins x 2 Jump Squats x 3 Burpee Lake – complete 2 burpees at each lit lamppost around the lake. Ascend THOIR alternating between bear crawls, crab…

Two Japanese vehicles & one German vehicle and a pair of American made running shoes delivered six F3 regulars to Batteau for a Sunny and 70 Beatdown. It went down something like this: THE THANG Swirly Q Mosey to the Maintenance Parking lot – Pick up a coupon. Mosey to COP 20X SSH 10X Imperial Walkers 10X Don Quixote 20X LBC’s 10X Merkins Mosey to Benches 20X dips, Coupon Press above head, Curls 2 sets Bleeder Q Mosey to Tennis Courts Merkins 4 corner Latter 5 – 10 -15 – 20 Reset of Coupons With Coupons, Knee Bend Latter, Lt.…

Four Pax arrived early to the AO to start their week right.  No one signed up, so we had a Hot Potato Q (HPQ). Swirly led off with the COP–SSH, Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, LBCs Merkins (10x).  Mosey over to the tennis courts for a merkin 4 corners.  10x Merkins, 10x hand-release merkins, 10x Werkins, 10x Clerkins.  Everyone stays together, and the circuit was done 4x. Sippy Cup led the PAX over to the rock pile.  Eeach PAX grabbed a rock and carried it  back to the tennis courts.  Elbow plank with rock on back while partner does double-wide…