10 redwoods posted for another edition of Batteau. Summer is back in RVA, and we got right to it. Mosey to field near the stone house for warmup COP: SSH, Don Quixote, Russian soldiers, hillbillies, imperial walkers, Spider Man twist, scorpion twist.  Following this, the merkin timer was in the house for 10 merkins every five minutes (regular, close grip, wide grip, Bruce Lee, regular…). Mosey to the steps North of the circle for merkin Jacob’s Ladder to seven.  Mosey back to field for seven ascending heals to heaven rolling to squat jumps (1 leg raise to 1 jump squat,…

5 mammoth Monday revelers showed up by a stone house in the forest just south of the River James for this start of the week workout at Batteau.  This is what transpired: Mosey to the bottom of some steps in this giganic A/O with so many TYA toys that one can spend a week at the A/O and still not cover all the possibilities. COP X52 SSHs for the wonderful podcast 52 where corporate tried to poke Da’Ville bear X10 Merkins for it is the monthly Challenge X25 Imperial Walkers X10 Merkins X25 Freddie Mercuries X10 Merkins X15 Smurf Jacks…

Four strong Batteau regulars allowed for a guest Q on a cool but humid Monday morning.  The PAX convened, dodged a few raindrops then went along our merry way.  Mosey to the bottom of the bowl for a beatdown that went something like this: COP Arm circles (10 small, 5 large).  Forward and backward. Merkins Copperhead Squats LBCs Hug and Loves The Thang Mosey back up the north side of the bowl to the lone tree on the west end of the string of 6 trees.  Start a progressive tree line.  Run to the first tree and complete merkins.  Run…

Five undaunted warriors shook off the lure of the post-Mother’s Day fart sack and assembled for a pre-dawn beatdown at The Batteau.  Here’s how it went down: COP SSHs x 20 Imperial Walkers x10 Some kind of crazy yoga-ab stretch x 5 seconds Don Quixote x10 LBCs x25 Flutter Kicks x20 Mercans x10 Mosey to Lake Lake Loop x 3 rounds, perform 4 exercises at intervals around lake Mercans x20 Squats x20 LBCs x20 Dips x20 Individual Triple Check Hill Repeats 5 burpees at top of hill 20 incline mercans at bottom Reclimb the Hill Backwards run to each lamp…

6 solid citizens arrived early enough to the polling place to vote for their hot potato Q. Here’s how the votes were tallied. THE THANG Bleeder Q Mosey to the COP on the Tennis Courts 20x SSH 10X Merkins 20X DonQuixote 30X LBC’s 20X Helicopter 20X Mountain Climbers 4 Corners 10X Merkins, 20X Knee Bends, 30X WWII Sit ups, 40x box cutters EF Hutton Q partner up Hello Dolly’s, Lunge, Burpees, Booya Merkins at change over while partner makes 2 loops around the tennis courts. Swirly Q Mosey to do 5x Pull-ups, 5x Chin ups, 20X Dips and 20x Incline…

4 arrived at the AO; 1 by Foot, 1 by SUV, and 2 by German cars, all participating in a Hot Potato Q, Ready or not this is how it went down, more or less. THE THANG Mosey to COP 20x SSH 10X Merkin 20X LBC 20X Imperial Walkers 2 -14x Helicopters 20X Don Quixote 20X Arm Circles Mosey down the Steps 3-10X Dips 3-10X Durkins Mosey to the Hill Pair up Run while other parter Lunges, Walk out Merkins, Board Jump Burpee to the top on hill alternating to the top. At the Parking lot, Run to the Other…

Four tried and true Batteau OGs carried themselves into the gloom for a Monday morning workout. Mosey to bottom of stairs – warm up – 20 SSH, 10 box jumps OYO, 10 Don Q, 20 slow bending squats Mosey down to lake. Lap 1 – Indian run, runner is the Q and chooses when to sprint to front. Several Qs called for 10 count merkins along the way. Lap 2 – merkin ladder up to 10 at light posts, no man left behind. Mosey up back stairs. Lindsays – dips and squats, run up and down stone stairs when finished.…

Three amigos rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  It went a little something like this. COP: SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, FM, Merkin X 20 Easy As123: The exercises in order: pull-ups, burpees, WWII situps.  5 Rounds total.  Reps per round 5 10 15, 4 8 12, 3 6 9, 2 4 6, 1 2 3 Triple Check: Runner, flutter kicks, jump squats.  To make this a little more fun the runner carried a  ran down the hill and back up.  Fun times. Rock N Roll, The Hard Way: Each man grabs a rock.  Starting at the top of…

8 faithful rolled into Batteau in the gloom which was well lit by the Full Moon. No Q had signed up, Hot Potato was announced as the clock turned to 0530. THE THANG Bleeder Q Mosey to First COP 20X SSH 25X LBC’s 15X Imperial Walkers 10x Merkins Mosey to Lindseys Bear Crawl to tree Run back Step-ups and Dips Swirly Q Mosey to Lake Love Hill Partner Run – Walk-out Merkins, Lunge, Board Jump Burpee Hardywood Q Deconstructed Burpee Valley to 5 Wheel Barrow Q 4 corners – Merkins, LBCs, Knee bends, Flutter Kicks Mosey back to Virtual Shovel…

The Top Dog is back and YHC had the Q. 9 Show Dogs came out to prove they are indeed the Best of the Best. The weather was awesome and the Dogs were in attendance to prove that they are more than just pretty faces. The beatdown went something like this. Mosey around the circle and the extended loop and get back to where we started. COP SSH IC 20 Don Quixote IC 10 Hillbillies IC 20 LBC IC 25 Merkins IC 10 Mosey down stairs to the sunken area. Lyndsey 30 Derkins and 10 box jumps/step ups…run to the…