A frightening four came to Batteau on a warm Halloween morning. 58 degrees and breezy, perfect weather to sweat off the extra candy to be consumed later today. it went down like this: COP – SSH, IPs, Merkins, Flutterkicks, DQs Mosey to other side of stone house. YHC demo’ed the newly dubbed Human Centipede:  pax elbow planks in a line, last man broad jumps up then over pax until reaching front, keep going like Indian Run across field. Team up for Dora. 100 Box Jumps, 200 Dups, 300 LBCs. Add instead of running runner bear crawls to tree and back.…

Four strong arrived, two runners to the AO and two drivers. The Thang: Mosey to field – 10 Don Q, 25 SSH, 20 Mountain Climbers, 20 Flutter Kicks, 15 Imperial Walkers Mosey to double tennis court – 11s – burpees and WWII situps. Do exercise, forward run half way and backward run the other half to point of beginning. Mosey to Valley of Doom – Lindsays – Leg ups on stone and Irkins Mosey up pavement to street – Blimps – 5 broad jump burpees, 10 lunges, 15 bear crawls, 20 bunny hops. Repeat 3 times through until reach other…

4 Strong eagerly rolled out of the fartsack to tackle their weeks without a case of the Mondays in sight.  EF took the helm, here’s how it went down. Mosey to the seating area just down the hill from the Stone House COP Helicopters Arm Circles SSH Copperhead Squat Box Cutters Merkins Derkins Box Jumps Incline Merkins Donkey Kicks OYO Mosey down the hill to the pond area Partner 1 Runs Stair Loop/ Partner 2 Exercises Lt. Dans Merkins Elbow Plank Burpees Mosey to top of stairs Coupon Bicep Curls x 15 IC Mosey to Tennis Courts Regular Suicide Bear…

Seven veterans and one FNG posted for a Columbus Day workout. The Thang: Mosey around road, circle up in small field – Merkins (10), Mtn climbers (15), Plank Dips (10), Freddie Mercury (15), repeat all four, Don Quixote(10), Hillbilly(15) Mosey down stairs to valley of doom (YHC thinks that’s what the area is now called). Curb crawls Irkins up to 4 and back down using stone benches/wall. Lindsays – step ups and flutter kicks Mosey to field near house – Polar Bear crawl to the other end, Polar lunges with squats every 5 steps back. Triple check – SSH, WWII…

Three braved and fearless men broke the tender grip of the fartsack this morning to dominate Batteau. The Thang: COP  – 20 X SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, Freddy Mercury, +10 Merkin Triple Check – Three rounds of 1 runner with a rock of success to the light post and back, jump squats and pole smokers. Bob The Builder – Running with the Rock of Success stop at each light post and perform the following:  15 Mountain Climbers, 10 Merkins, 5 Burpees.  5 total light posts. Ascend the hidden path to the Valley Of Doubt. Start at the top of the…

Five RVA folks rose from their beds to join in on a Monday workout at Forest Hills park. The thang: Mosey to the bottom of the stairs – COT – 20 SSH, 20 dips, 10 leg dips each leg, 20 flutter kicks. Mosey to market area – Dora – partner up for 100 merkins, 200 pole smokers and 300 single count mountain climbers, partner runs around wooden building. Mosey back to bottom of the stairs – Lindsays- Irkins and WWII situps. Bear crawl up the hill to the tennis courts. Four Corners – 5 burpees, 10 slow bending squats, 20…

6 posted for a lovely (not really) RVA morning at Batteau.  The rain had stopped, but the humidity made itself comfy and planned to stay for awhile.  Thang: Mosey around the big loop for warm-up COP: SSH, merkins, Don Quixote, scorpions, imperial walkers Pair up for a run around the big loop while your partner executes curb crawls, flapjack and repeato x3.  Staying in pairs, backwards run small loop while your partner crab walks the curbs, flapjack and repeato x3. Mosey to tennis court for a version of the arc loader with special attention to good lunge form  (Conspiracy would…

Six F3 RVA faithful sailed off into a dark, gloomy morning at Batteau. The thang: Warmup at the tennis court – 20 SSH, 10 Don Quixote, 15 Hillbillies, 15 slow bending squats, 25 freddie mercury. Mosey to bottom of steps near farmers market – modified Jacob’s Ladder – 1 burpee at bottom of the hill, run to top and do 2 monkey humpers, run down and do 3 burpees, and so on up to ten monkey humpers. Lindsays – Derkins and two-count flutter kicks. Mosey to tennis court – 20 WWII situps OYO, backwards run, karoake (2), sprint. 2 MOM…

4 brave and fearless men accepted the challenge at Batteau to break free from the sultry hold of the fartsack.  We took full advantage of this moment. The thang: COP (Hardywood) – 20 X SSH, Imperial Walker, LBC, Freddy Mercury, +10 Merkin. Indigenous Persons Run Pole Smokers (Swirly) – Line up with post and have your feet six inches off the ground.  The first man performs 5 pole smokers while the other men are holding their feet off the ground.  Once the pole smoker is done, that man runs to the end and the next one goes. 10 X 2 X 3 (Swirly)…

This morning 5 faithfuls took a plunge into the dark abyss of Batteau to kick off our Sunday shoes and cure our Monday blues with a VQ beatdown from YHC. The Thang Mosey to bottom of stairs/hill COP SSH, Imperial Walkers, Don Quixote, LBCs, Flutter Kicks, Merkins Railroad Tracks Pax forms a line, then one member runs out five yards and goes into low plank, 2nd follows by jumping over first ‘track’ and then going 5 yards further to low plank. Each other Pax member follows suit. This process continued to the 5th light post around the pond. Ascending Burpees…