Tag: Batteau

Four men gathered in the gloom with hopes of working some soreness out of their cores and getting their weeks off to a positive start with a Hot Potato Q. This is how it went

Swirly opened the COP:

IC: 20 x SSH, 10 x DQ, 10 x Helo, 10 x Merkin, 20 x LBC, 10 x Flutter, 10 x Freddie

Swirly continued:

10/20/30 of each with a run to the top of the hill between sets: Dips, Decline Merkins, WWII

Baton handed to Sippy Cup who lead us to the coupon bin as he is want to do and then to the tennis courts with coupons overhead

Line up on one side of the court, carry your coupon across and back walking backward. Rotate through each coupon so each got a turn with each.

One man elbow plank supporting coupon while partner runs around the other tennis courts (or court as you may have interpreted the directions). Each partner gets a turn. Repeat with regular plank

Bootleg received the baton and kept us at the tennis court four some Four Corner work.

Round 1 – Merkins: 10 each Regular, Wide, Diamond, Release – Lunge between corners (careful not to do the splits on slick patches!)

Round 2 – Burpees: 2,4,6,8 – Lunge between

Return your coupons and back to the flag for numberama/namerama. Swirly took us out

Announcements:

• Sign up for CSAUP
• Monument 10k Prep at the Healing Place on Saturdays – sign up and help out
• Hardywood can’t get enough quality time with shoes

Good work guys. Great start to the week

 

 

3 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day for a hot potato Q.  The forecast met expectations and the conditions were a near perfect 70 and sunny.  According to legend, it went a little something like this.

Mosey down to the duck pond for a Hardywood COP

IC 10 SSH regular, 10 SSH Right Leg UP, 10 SSH Left Leg Up

IC 10 HRM regular, 10 HRM left leg up, 10 HRM right leg up

IC 10 Flutter Kicks

IC 20 Mark Spitz

IC 20 WWII Situps

Pass to Sippy:  At each light post complete 10 merkins.  Between light posts either duck walk or skip.  Skipping was done with alternating focus on height and distance.  Duck walk was done as an exercise in masochistic discipline. Thrown in for good measure was a bear crawl, alternating styles between regular bear crawl, wide grip bear crawl and diamond bear crawl.  Do this all the way around the duck pond or until your hamstrings completely blow out.

Pass to Bootleg: 100 pole smokers on your own.  Run to the first light and back.  YHC thought 1st light meant the 1st light at the top of the hill.  After being chased down by sippy, we ran back down to the 1st light at the bottom of the hill.

100 LBCs then alternate 10 lunges forward and 10 lunges backward to the next light post.

100 dips, mosey back to the flag.

Moleskin:  Way to work fellas!  This crew absolutely brought it this morning. Despite a constant drizzle and a smaller group, this will go down as one of the harder workouts YHC has completed in recent memory. TClaps goes to Bootleg for throwing down the hammer. The entire exercise set that took us up the hill was brutal in the most fantastic kinds of way!

News: CSAUP on April 13th & 14th.  Do this.

Honeydo is leading the charge to help the outstanding men of the Healing Place with their 10K Training Program. He’s looking for 2-3 of F3 RVAs finest to go over each Saturday at 7:30pm (near Manchester) to run with the men.  They’ll start out nice and slow, so no worries if your running accumen is on the novice side.

 

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

Four Corners Escalator
C1 – 10 Merkin
C2 – 10 Merkin + 20 Squat
C3 – 10 Merkin + 20 Squat + 30 LBC
C4 – 10 Merkin + 20 Squat + 30 LBC + 40 Lunge

Four Corners Regular
C1 – 10 Rosalita
C2 – 10 Heels to Heaven
C3 – 10 Box Cutters
C4 – 10 Hello Dolly

Blackjack Fast Deal – (aka 21s with a short run)
Merkin++ + sprint across court + LBC– = 21 total exercises each round

Mosey back to flag

COT Names and numbers, YHC took us out

Welcome back to Clavin who’s been on the DL for a while.

YHC’s VQ. I am grateful to be welcomed into such a great group of people and honored to be able to contribute. Overall I am satisfied with how the workout went today considering it was my first Q. I think I would skip the Four Corners Regular if I had to do it over. I wasn’t quite sure how the timing was going to work. Blackjack ate up a good amount at the end and we hit 45 minutes almost on the dot.

I’d like to say that was exactly how I planned it but mostly it was serendipity! Great work everybody!

Announcements:

• CASUP insomniac craziness April 13-14
• See Honey Do for details on being a coach for the Healing Place Monument Ave 10K training team
• Breaking Bread this weekend

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 of Ill Repute.  The last pax does a burpee and runs to the front.  Exercises were lunges, bear crawl, revers bear crawl, lunges, bear crawl to top.

Trifecta – Exercises are Chicken peckers, merkins dips.  Round 1 X 10 of each.  Round 2 X 12 of each. Round 3 X 15 of each.

Mosey to flag for 5 minutes of Mary.  WWII IC X 30, Rosalita X 20, Alabama Prom Date X 10, Swirly Especial (6 inch leg hold for 60 seconds).

Numberama, namerama, Flashdance led us out.

Way to work this morning fellas.  Thanks for your awesome effort and the privilege of leading.

News: CSAUP details coming soon.  Go ahead and block out April 13th & 14th. You can make appointments with Flipper of Flashdance for Monday April 16th.

See Honeydo for details on being a coach for the Healing Place Monument Ave 10K training team.

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 Singer : Figure 8 – run the loop – burpee at the start add a burpee each time you finish the loop.

Bleeder: Lunges on the street 1 block – backward run back to the start – full sprint – side shuffle / backwards run back to the start.

Back to the flag – Wheelbarrow took us out..

Way to work guys – great way to start the week…

See y’all in the gloom..

 

 

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 order around the lake.

Batteau Part 2
Swirly Q

Some Mary.
Incline, decline Mekins, 10x, 15x 20X

Batteau Part 3
Sippy Cup Q
Run up Steps.
Grab a Rock.
Head to Grassy Knoll.
Take aim,
Tenderizer, 25 Times, Rock over head throw into ground.

Hold Rock out for ten count, Rotate through each rock.

Return Rocks.

Batteau Part 4
Bootleg Q
Mosey Back to Virtual Flag
20 X American Hammer

COT
YHC Took us out.

Announcements:
Hump Day Happy Hour: The ANSWER brew pub Wednesday – Honey Do’s Birthday

Moleskin

The constitency of the usual suspects has become routine, although Swirly’s knee issues seem to be reaching that same level of constituency, Dude, a couple more days off is not going to kill you(Kettle Bells might be a good option)

Bleeder out

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 doubles side line across court and back.  Repeat, hopping on one leg this time.  Jog a lap. Then Agility Dots (jump to 4 corners of a small imaginary box jumping in an hourglass pattern).   Both legs, clockwise (10x), Both legs counterclockwise (10x).  Right leg clockwise and counterclockwise (2 times 5x), then left leg (2 times 5x).  Take a lap. Broad jump across both courts and back.  Lunge across both courts, backwards lunge back.

Bootleg Q:  4 corners:  Merkins 20, 15,10, 5.  WW2s 20, 15, 10, 5.  Burpees, 4,3,2,1.

Mosey to flag for a ring of fire.

COT:  Bleeder took us out.

Naked Moleskin.

Lots of leg work today, including the agility dots which require a bit of coordination and stabilizing muscles.  There was a bit of flopping around. We also avoided the snow.

Swirly took us right into the wind to start the workout–there was some griping about this.  Bleeder got him back by running the suicides–ask Swirly about the powerful combination of foot blisters and suicides.  Bleeder is getting fast and pushed YHC on quite a few occasions today.  YHC (Sippy) cannot run backwards fast, or lunge forwards fast.  But he can run forwards fast and lunge backwards fast.  Weird.  Bootleg’s persistence is paying off–his suicide runs were speedy.

It was a good morning, gentlemen.

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 Corners 4X
Cross over Merkins, Backwards run, and Merkins Moving Rock on each round. (THIS SUCKED)

Lunge to Return Rocks

Mosey to Minutes of Mary

COT
Sippy took us out.

Moleskin

YHC was patiently waiting while 7 deer were grazing by the field by the stone house, at 0527 YHC thought perhaps it might be a solo effort this am. At 0529, Sippy rolled in to disperse the deer.

Mumblechatter was light this am due to the fact while one of us was counting the other was doing cadence; although, discussions of the 100K were prevalent during the first mosey.

Congrats to TYA and Swirly for doing something that YHC will never do while still sane.

Announcements

2018 Reese Strong 5K – see Phonics to sign up.

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, squats

Round 3: Dips, situps, merkins

Mosey up hill to shelter.

Hardywood – Pollo Peckerfest (also this would be a great FNG name)

Round 1: 20 chicken peckers, 15 box jumps, 10 merkins

Round 2: 15 chicken peckers, 10 box jumps, 5 merkins

Round 3: 10chicken peckers, 10 box jumps, 10 merkins

Round 4: 15 chicken peckers, 15 box jumps, 15 merkins

Bootleg – No Squatty Potty For You

At each light post complete 20 LBC (the total was some where around seven thousand) to the half way point then 10 Lt. Dan to complete the circle of light posts in the parking lot.  After everyone’s hamstrings shot off, we called it a morning.

Bleeder – Mosey back to flag.

Ring of Fire

Namerama, numberama, Bleeder led us out.

News: Swirly was given the following explicit instructions; “Be careful, be safe and enjoy his 100K this weekend.  Also, if you don’t win then go ahead and get a membership to Victory Lady Fitness.”  Please wish him luck this week as he and TYA are running a 100K race this weekend.  They’ve put in the miles, now it’s just time to breathe and glide.

HDHH at Almost Marv’s House – TYA and Marv are doing their best Fixer Upper impersonation and renovated a house together.  Amzaingly they are still together despite what the tabloids say.  To celebrate the completion of the house, love eternal and their new line of bro specific home decor at Target, the November HDHH will be at 705 Baldwin Road, RVA 23229.  The only way to get the blessing from Marv’s M for this to even happen is to have a waiver signed by everyone in the house that they will not subject their plumbing to an upper decker or dry dock.  Everything else is fair game.

Moleskin: Way to push fellas!  Outstanding effort today.

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 walks, and lunges switching on the Q’s call.

Mosey back to the shovel-flag for namerama/numberama and COT.

Announcements:

Special 60MOM on Thursday @ 6:00 followed by a 7:00 Circus Maximus

Post-Mary coffee provided by Hardywood.

Moleskin:

While YHC’s official first posting was at a Toga Q @ No Toll in the spring – the 6 month break before coming back on 11/21/16 didn’t make it seem right to count as a 1-year anniversary. So today was the 1-year (minus 1 day) anniversary of my second ever F3 workout! I remember very vividly an EF Hutton Q that involved doing a DORA on THOIR – I thought I would die, and definitely dry-heaved multiple times. Today was a shout-out to that workout, with a little love thrown Lab Rat’s way for the Proper Dora’s. Check out the original post for the inspiration of today’s beatdown:

EF is angry today, my friends, like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli

The PAX crushed it today – big shout-out to Winklevoss and Bootleg for enduring the run heavy workout today. I feel your pain…keep pushing, it never gets easy but you do get to do more! Not too much mumble-chatter today, but YHC and Lab Rat managed to discuss brewing in short spurts on the way up/down THOIR and YHC overheard some conversation between Swirly and Lab Rat on RVA created workouts.

Thanks for one great year, and here’s to growing more in the next!

Why walk when you can wheelbarrow?