I got there just barely before launch time. Obviously, a supply chain problem. We had an FNG. Bodos with the headlock. Works with Bodos. Former Marine, avid outdoors-man. Well-traveled and well read. Welcome Mimi! Weather report, 30 and dry. Perfect! One of the great things about F3; people will show up! Good crowd! 15! 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 American Hammers, stretching exercise Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 Russian Soldiers, 10 Shoulder slap Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise Warmup: Upper…

A Great Eight inexplicably gathered on a sunny and 70 degree morning, which felt more like 35 and icy rain. After jumping out of the cars at 5:29, the pax quickly checked in and moseyed up Lindsay, left on Forest, down to the office building next to the Mobil station. We managed to find sheltered space under the covered lot, and after some COP, YHC whipped out a makeshift whiteboard for some ground and pound. 100 SSHs90 Squats80 LBCs** 15 Burpees **70 Mtn Climbers 2×60 Merkins50 American Hammers 2x** 15 Burpees **40 WW2s30 Ball Dippers 2×20 Burpees10 Diamond Merkins When…

Ten local middle-aged men gathered in the gloom to compare their numbers of appliances. Odd mumblechatter pre-launch but it sufficed. COP – SSH- Hillbillies- Don Quixotes- Arm Circles- Merkins- LBCs The Thang Very short mosey to the sideline for progressive line drill. Run to the first basketball hoop, perform an exercise, then return back to the start and wait for the 6. 1st and second basketball hoop, etc until you got to all 4 lines, repeating all 4 exercises. Exercises were 10x merkins, 20x Mountain Climbers, 30x Jump Squats, 40x American Hammers. Repeat in descending order. Wander over to the…

16 regulars came out on a clear winter morning to see who the jolly visitor with the white beard was. Some thought it was Santa, but found a better surprise when Toga joined us in the Gloom. We did: COP on blacktop: SSH, Don Qs, Hillbillies, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks THE THANG: Stay on blacktop for some 4 corners: 11 at each corner: Round 1: Merkins, Round 2: V-Ups, Round 3: Burpees. Then 2 rounds of 22 PLTs. Mosey over to Coupon Drop zone, hoping we had 6 or more blocks to use. We had just enough for a Triple…

14 of Tuckahoe’s finest converged at Hoedown on a cold dark clear morning. After making his way out of a mind fog, YHC recovered the Q and off we went. COP in the first Third Church lot: Deadman hang // Helicopters // Cherry Pickers // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // Crabcakes // APDs// LBCs// Inverted Crabcakes // Merkins // Elbow Plank // Pickle Pounders // Squats // SSHs. Mosey to middle lot. Triple Check with a Coupon. Round 1: P1 Squat Thrusters, P2 American Hammers, P3 Run the loop. 3x // Round 2: P1 Block Burpees, P2 WW2s,…

No pulpits were smashed in the making of the latest Hoedown, here’s what did transpire. Mosey around front of school COP (IC) DQsCopperhead SquatsHelicoptersArm CirclesSSHsMerkinsMountain ClimbersCrabcakesFlutter Kicks Mosey down Forest and hang a left on Spottswood DORA P1 – HRMs x 100, Reverse Crunches x 200, SSHs x 300P2 – Run up the big hill to the first SUV on the right Mosey back to TES parking lot hill 11s (Bernie in between exercises up parking lot hill to fence) BurpeesHeels to Heaven Mosey to blacktop Triple Check P1 – Captain Morgan SquatsP2 – Mountain ClimbersP3 – Bear Crawl to…

In honor of my birthday, we did 69 Burpees! It’s great to be here! 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 American Hammers, stretching exercise Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 Russian Soldiers, 10 Shoulder slap Merkins, 15 Crunchy Frogs, stretching exercise Warmup: Upper Parking lot: 10 Don Quixote, 10 Hand Release Merkins, 20 Dollies, stretching exercise Upper parking lot: 5 minutes of burpees Wall Courtyard: 10 single count air-press (People’s chair), 10 BTTW hip slaps in cadence, 15 Donkey Kix OYO Wall Courtyard: 10…

A lucky 13 showed this morning for the kick off to Thanksgiving week. For those of you keeping record, this was the first Q for YHC at Hoedown, YHC’s newest Monday home. To keep the PAX on their toes, YHC had some games in store. Thankfully the rain held of for this mornings festivities. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits at the get go. To get things warmed up, stretching ensued. YHC is a firm believer in actually stretching now at the start. Deadman hang, right leg over left, Michael Phelps, elbow over head. For those keeping count, we…

By my count, we did 188 merkins: Warmup was 4 sets of 20 merkins (10 in cadence each set) for a total of 80 merkins 5 minutes of burpees: 50 merkins (10 burpees each minute) Countdown from 10 to 1 of Derkins: 55 merkins Belly touch 3 times: 3 merkins Español palabra al día: ¡Arriba! Up! By the way, I have the Q in 2 weeks. I plan to work 69 Burpees into the routine, and some other stuff. Warmup: Corner Parking lot: 20 SSHs, 10 Man-maker Merkins, 15 knee-ups, stretching exercise Warmup: Front of school: 20 IWs, 10 Diamond…

13 Hoedown regulars and 1 out of towner from Raleigh found it easier to take on the Gloom with the time change. Majority of PAX were there 5 minutes early, even Handshake arrive at 5:25. With a call for 10 pre-beatdown merkins we took off to 3rd’s lot for COP: COP: SSH, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Flutterkicks, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey to office building for 4 corners: Accumulating style: 10 WWIIS, 20 Merkins, 30 Jump squats, 40 LBCs. Over to Coupon drop zone. Triple check of Scissor Sisters & run the loop. 20 Merkins after. Mosey down to Triple check…