At Hoedown today, I mostly recycled my standard workout. Bitch, bitch, bitch. It looks like I need to come up with something new. However, I’ll note, that for Trainer, it was all new. This is his second workout, and his first with me as Q. Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond Merkins, 15 Ukrainian Hammers, stretching exercise Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 Ukrainian Soldiers, 10 Wide Arm Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 10 Lunges, 10 Merkins, 20 Dollies, stretching exercise…

Ten men took on the Hoedown darkness. Headlamps were not recommended. Here’s what transpired. Slaughter Starter – 10 Burpees Mosey a couple of laps around the Horseshoe. COP (IC) Don QuixotesImperial WalkersHelicoptersJazzercisesMerkinsPlankoramaScorpionsSuzanne Somers L/RFreddie Mercurys Mosey down Lindsay Dr, right on W Drive Cir to the triangle Self Dora 100 Merkins, 200 Monkey Humpers, 300 LBCs (run a lap after each 25/50/75 of the exercises– 12 laps total) Mosey back to TES parking lot Triple Check P1 – Run across parking lot, Bernie up the paved hill, run backP2 – Mountain ClimbersP3 – Imperial Squats Mosey to center of Horseshoe…

Fifteen rogue warriors creeped into The Gloom for the latest edition of The Punisher. Temperatures were disturbingly close to 70 and sunny. According to the unexpected Zing Fitter walking through our AO, the following quite possibly happened: Mosey through the TES walkways to the Third Church outdoor calisthenics lot for the COP: With 2 FNGs present, a complete, unabridged, autographed disclaimer was provided. 7s – unannounced. 6 SSHs, 1 burpee (groan). 5-2 (louder groans), 4-3, 3-4, 2-5, 1-6. Ukrainian SoldiersDQ’sIWsHillbilliesReverse crunchesFlutter kicks Mosey to the Third Church front steps for Touch-a-Pole. Partner up. First partner performs a movement and touches…

Hoedown: we had a dozen gather in the gloom at Tuckahoe. I turned on my headlamp with fresh batteries as we gathered prior to the start. This resulted in a ‘vampire terrified of light’ reaction from Handshake. Tuckahoe is pretty dark until the lights at the school turn on at 6:00 AM. EF Hutton and I have been to a lot of workouts together but this was the first time where he was here when I Q’d. Garbage Plate and Neutral came in a bit late but still found us. One of the exercises I called is labeled “LaLanne” back…

Seventeen elite gentlemen gathered in the moon-lit parking lot for today’s iteration of Hoedown. Men gathered from afar, likely due to today’s pseudo-holiday. Hitchhiker attempted to steal the Q but no one listened. YHC called let’s mosey and the PAX followed down Forest to Trinity. COP 20 SSH10 Helicopters10 Imperial Walkers10 Don Quixotes10 Merkins10 Freddie Mercuries The Thang While thinking through Q options this weekend, YHC felt like a higher intensity, cardio workout was due. Therefore, a 1K 5K was called. Partner up for 1000 exercises while your partner runs the horseshoe, to Stuart Hall, and back. Exercises were 100…

9 resilient men sloughed off the soporific haze of beer and nachos to start a new week in the right way. Ahem, to start the second day of the week in a slightly better way. Here’s what went down: Mosey to the Third Church office back lot for COP: Dead man hang // Helicopters // DQs (aborted for bad counting) // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // Copperhead Squats // Plank Jacks // Elbow plank // Pickle Pounders // APDs // LBCs // 44 SSH (not my birthday). Mosey to middle lot. Triple Check: P1 Squat Thrusters // P2: WW2s…

A quiet and lucky 13 started the week off right with a morning at Hoedown. Short stroll over to the small parking lot for COP – Helicopters, Don Quixote, SSH, Russian Soldiers, and Hillbillies. 11s in the parking lot. Exercises are Merkins and 4 count American Hammers. The form of locomotion was call by each Pax member to go over and back. Off to the grassy island around the horseshoe for PLTs – three sets of 25s. Off to the Jerkin Gym for three sets of 7. Over to the sea of blacktop for descending 4 corners: Corner 1 -…

Nine PAX joined YHC for the last January 2022 Hoedown that will ever exist and left with flashbacks of Merkin month. Here’s what transpired: Mosey to front of school COP Don QuixotesHelicoptersDead Man HangGrab the SkyCopperhead SquatsImperial WalkersMerkinsLBCs Mosey to parking lot hill Bernies and Burpees P1 – Bernie x 3P2 – Burpees (combine for 75) Mosey to the recess field Triple Check 1 P1 – PullupsP2 – WWIIs in the snowP3 – Run over and back, stopping for 5 Dips Mosey to other side of field Merkin Ladder 1 Merkin, run across field, 2 Merkins, run back, 3….17 +…

No tricks, no games, no creative gimmicks this morning. Just ten studs with their yellow walkmans for a classic Hoedown beat down. COP: Mosey to church lot for 10x SSH, 10xCP, 10x DQ, 10x deconstructed burpees, 20x LBC, 10x Rosalitas Parking lot 11’s – 4ct AH’s & 4ct Superman Mosey to back church parking lot for 4 corners cumulative with 10x WWII, 20x jump squats, 30x MH, 40x merkins, jog/Bernie long section, crab walk short sections. People’s chair for the six. Move to the auxiliary lot to snag coupons and partner up for a Dora around the corner church building.…

10 intrepid adventurers set out across the frozen Tuckahoe tundra to attempt their best impression of Shackleton’s ill-fated voyage. Two simple goals: stay dry and don’t fall down. 40 SSHs, 20 Don Quixotes, 20 Imperial Squat Walkers, 10 Helicopters, arm circles in both directions and some other warmup stuff lost to brain freeze. Careful mosey to the covered walkway where our ship was frozen in ice and locked for the duration. While dry, the walkway formed a natural wind tunnel but luckily these men are extremely aerodynamic and almost never complain. Some merkins followed by a centipede railing crawl counter-clockwise…