Batteau

Forest Hill Park

Batteau Beatdown

By Doublemint on September 21, 2020

When: 09/21/20
QIC: Doublemint
The PAX: Last Call, Scrum, Doublemint

Three gloom warriors posted to Bon Air’s gnarliest AO to get their week started right. Here’s how it went: Warmarama: Mosey to the other side of the Stone House for SSH x 20, IW x 15, Helicopters x 15, DQs x 10, Freddie Mercuries x 20, APDs x 10, mosey to the tree line for: COP 1: Bear Hike. See that line of five trees? Bear crawl along them and do ascending sets of merkins at each along the way: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25. COP 2: Batteau Ultra. IP run (6 does a burpee) around the path from the…

BLIMP Ride For One Plz

By Faceplant on August 31, 2020

When: 08/31/20
QIC: Faceplant
The PAX: Faceplant

It was a quiet Monday morning in Forest Hill Park this morning. YHC posted with a fresh head full of ideas from the Exicon. It went down like this. After some brief stretching at the tennis court, the solo beatdown started. B.L.I.M.P.S. was on the menu today and it goes down like this: Six rounds, four corners each, with running between each corner. First round 10 Burpees at each corner, second round 20 lunges at each corner, third round 30 imperial walkers, fourth round 40 merkins, fifth round 50 plank jacks, and sixth round, 60 squats. That little routine took…

B.O.M.B.S. Over Batteau

By Faceplant on August 24, 2020

When: 08/24/20
QIC: Hot Potato
The PAX: Faceplant, Double Mint

Two Hot Potato Warriors showed up this morning for a humidity filled 45 minutes of body conditioning. In typical Batteau fashion the hot potato was warming in the oven, and Double Mint put on his work gloves and picked it up. We started with a mosey on down to to top of the steps near the storage yard for some lite stretching. First order of business was side straddle hops, then Don Quixotes, russian solders, then a few other stretches that are escaping YHC. YHC picked up the potato having just read the Exicon at the stop lights on…

Two Keydets, One Hill

By Faceplant on August 19, 2020

When: 08/17/20
QIC: Hot Potato
The PAX: Flatline, Faceplant

In typical YHC fashion, just a few days late with the BB. Batteau was looking pretty quite when YHC arrived on Monday morning, but thankfully another Keydet showed up to join in the fun. In typical Batteau fashion there was a big steaming hot potato waiting for us when we got there. Flatline picked up the potato to start us off with some warm-up exercises that consisted of… Helicopters, Donny Q’s, reverse scopions, and several other exercises that are escaping YHC’s memory now. The potato was passed on to YHC, and having just read through the Exicon before exiting the…

Batteau By Yourself

By Faceplant on August 10, 2020

When: 08/10/20
QIC: Faceplant
The PAX: Faceplant

One lone PAX at Batteau this morning ready to do battle against the fart sack. Thankfully YHC did a quick read through the Exicon and Lexicon and was fresh full of ideas. YHC started out with some light warm-up stretches, then quickly proceeded to do the first exercise – Burp Back Mountain. This usually requires two but since there was one, it was modified and YHC did everything. Started out at the bottom of the big hill, did 10x burpees then Bernie Sanders up to the first light pole, then run back down, and repeat the run 5x. Do 10…

Hey mister, are you lost?!

By Dr Tryhard on August 3, 2020

When: 08/3/20
QIC: Dr TryHard
The PAX: Upchuck, Faceplant, Boberry, Doublemint, Swiper, DTH

Out of the foggy gloom a lone runner approached the gathering of dark clad gloom warriors. The lean figure masked with silver shocks of beard and long hair slowed and approached with confidence, joining the circle of men as naturally as any veteran. Not a word was spoken initially, each man asking the same question silently – Hey mister, are you lost?! The dawn of epiphany struck Upchuck first, who welcomed Swiper to the fold, making sure to point out the man’s Covid growth made him nearly unrecognizable. Time struck 0530 and the PAX hurled themselves into humid glory -…

For those about to ROCK ….

By Doublemint on July 27, 2020

When: 07/27/20
QIC: Doublemint
The PAX: Dr. Try Hard, Doublemint

Two road weary, grizzled old men posted to Batteau this morning to turn it up to 11. Here’s how it sounded.. COP – mosey to the top of the stairs, then SSHs x 20, DQ x 10, IW x 20, Flutter Kicks x 20, APDs x 20, Grab a rock* from the coupon pile for The THANG – The Angus. Named for the sole remaining original member of AC DC and hero of parking-lot-smoking, Trans Am driving mulleteers everywhere. A senior citizen and still rocking it out. Basically an 11s with coupons and stairs and pain. 10 x squat presses…

Two city dwellers, an SOJ, and a down range PAX walk into a park…

By BoBerry on July 20, 2020

When: 07/20/20
QIC: EF Hutton, Faceplant, Boberry
The PAX: Posse, EF Hutton, Faceplant, Boberry

4 warriors of the gloom arrived to Batteau looking to explore one of RVAs beautiful parks. Unfortunately (fortunately?) they were distracted by some burpees along the way. Q sheet was empty today so a hot potato was in order for the day! COP (EF Hutton) Mosey to a lower area between two sets of stairs for various excercises including: SSH Imperial WalkersHelicoptersFlutter kicksMerkins THANG 1 (EF Hutton) Mosey to the pond for a lap and 2 burpees at each lamp post. Stay there and 2 rounds in cadence of step up/kicks, feelings, and dips on the adjacent picnic tables. Toss…

That Was a Prostitute, Not a Ho.

By Upchuck on July 13, 2020

When: 07/13/20
QIC: UpChuck, Flatline, Hardywood
The PAX: UpChuck, Flatline, Hardywood

Three chiseled veterans shoved off the lure of the Fart Sack for this week’s version of the Batteau Hot Potato. Temps were sunny and 70. With neither a watch nor a Swirly in sight, the Pax christened the dawn with: A brief Mosey to the near lawn for an UpChuck Q: SSH’s x20Swirly’s Dead Man Hang x10IW’s x10Hillbillies x10 (with flair x5)FKs x20LBCs x20HRMs x10 Mosey to the Tennis Courts to perform a Prostitute (always come back to the same corner): Corner 1: 10 WWIIsCorner 2: 20 merkinsCorner 3: 30 Reverse CrunchesCorner 4: 40 Monkey Humpers Pax go to corner…

Vacation is over

By Faceplant on June 29, 2020

When: 06/29/20
QIC: Hot Potato
The PAX: Flatline, Faceplant

Two Keydets showed at Batteau this morning, one coming off a nice family beach vacation, the other getting ready to go into a similar battle in the coming days. in typical Batteau fashion the hot potato had the Q this morning. YHC moseyed everyone over to tennis courts for some good stretching. It went like this – various reps of Donny Q’s, helicopters, imperial soldiers, right leg over left leg, the reverse, Fuddskies, Wilsons, and some side straddle hops to get the blood pumpin. Mosey over to the parapet area where we proceeded with three rounds of 10 incline merkins,…

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