Policeing my own today… If a Faceplant posts in the woods of Batteau all by himself does he post a backblast? The answer to that question is a resounding yes as I embrace Big Data now. Since Faceplant was the sole poster this morning, the potato was cold and was carried the entire time by one. It went down like this, stretches in the requisite tennis court area. Then run down to the gym for a pull-up ladder starting at 5 down to 1 then back up to 5. Moseyed on down to the pit area, 10 incline merkins, 10…

Keeping with YHC tradition this post is of course late, and a Swirly never forgets so I had to make sure that this post did not lag into 2021. Monday morning we were well below our government mandated maximum number of people and we all practiced extreme safe social distancing for the grand total of 3. When a first time Batteau visitor shows up on Monday, we always like to make them feel welcome with a full tour of all that the Richmond City Park System has to offer. Swirly kicked us off with stretches and warm-ups at the tennis…

As I left my house and jogged in the rain through the neighborhood towards Batteau I thought this could be a low turnout – something about cold rain/Monday. Corona Virus ….. Well come to find out I was right I was the lone wolf out there this morning so it went down like this – continue running around the park and back through the neighborhood – back to my house – nope I didn’t see another person out there this morning and yes I was completely soaked. . Certainly missed seeing the pax out there this morning but also certainly…

Numbers were light this morning but the motivation and mumble chatter was high this morning. In typical Batteau fashion the potato showed up to Q and we were off and running. Swirly started everyone out at the tennis courts with some windmills, don quixotes, lighting stretching, planks, reach for the skys, reach for the toes, and merkins. The kids moseyed over to the playground and proceeded to wipe it down with cholrox wipes. At the playground we did 3 rounds of 5x pullups, 10x decline merkins, and 15x dips. Rinse and repeat. Then we headed over to the picnic tables…

Three studs arose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend, it went a little something like this. Swirly started us off with the COP: SSH X 20, DQ X 10, Helicopter X 10, Merkin X 10, Flutter Kick, 10 Rock Show – Swirly; grab a batteau coupon Round 1 – 20 curls, 10 overhead press, down stairs with coupon, 15 dips.Round 2 – Round 1, plus 15 bench press.Round 3 – Round 2, plus 20 squats. Triple Check – Offshore One person runs up hill to light pole, exercises are decline merkins and flutter kicks. Team…

A fantastic PAX of Four won the war against the Monday morning fartsack as YHC made the first return to Batteau since the last tour. A relatively unknown Gloom with City of Richmond’s maintenance on street lights added up to a few obstacles in the dark. Just as Oyster emerged from his vehicle the clock struck “Go Time” and the PAX were off. COP Money to the pickle ball courts, avoid the cliff YHC nearly Took the PAX off F3 Welcome, Disclaimer (including one about YHC’s hiatus from this AO) SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins. Warm? Let’s…

Seven brothers met to start the day off right. A meeting of the minds ensued. COP: Imperial Walkers (do as I say, not as I do) x 10. Russian Solders (again, do as I say, not as I do) x 10. WWIIs x 10. LBCs x 10. Rosalitas x 10. Scissor Kicks x 10. Hello Dollies x 10. Flutter Kicks x 10. MENSA: Partner up at the top of the Hill of Ill Repute. Partner one runs to the bottom and back. Partner two Lunges. Round 2 = Bear Crawl. Round 3 = Polar Bears. Repeat to the bottom. INSANITY:…

Three pax joined up in The Gloom for a Monday morning Hot Potato. Temps were sunny and 70. Despite looking far and wide, no latecomers joined….so, onward to… The COP – Courtesy of YHC 3 veterans means save the time devoted to the Disclaimer and get started…SSHs, DQs, Hillbillies, reverse crunches, LBCs, and HRMs. Monday Morning 6-Pack Starting with the picnic table to the left of the Batteau House, the PAX did a loop, performing one exercise at each of 6 tables. Exercises were: 10 Derkins20 dips10 step-ups (per leg)20 four-count Flutter Kicks15 incline merkins20 WWIIs Two rounds in the…

3 studs posted this morning to batteau and here is how it went down. Hot Potato style Bleeder : COP – Mossy Agility drills : Tennis courts – run forward – side shuffle – backwards – repeat 5 times Sippy Cup : Triple Check with rocks on pickle ball court – run with rock forward – side shuffle – backwards along with sit up press with rock cross over merkins on rock. Swirly : Let’s stay with the rocks ! 20 bench press – 1- American Hammers with rock mossy down steps to the bench with rocks 15 dips back…

The Batteau gloom accepted resumes from seven wanna-be Shakira back-up dancers this morning. Wearing a hot pink leopard print spandex g-string unitard, Flatline stole the show, but despite great efforts by all to flawlessly pull off the following routines, they were saddened to learn the absentee Hardywood had already won the coveted position with a mail-in VHS shakeweight snuff film produced by his side-kick Houdini (…or is he gonna stick with Snuff…?).  The THANG: Moseyrama around Stone House a couple times then stop for COP #1: Clock Lunges x2 Rounds ICThe Opus x10 ICDying Quixotes x10 IC (DQ’s on your…