8 able bodied individuals took note of a morning in the upper 50s to partake a workout at Hoedown. The Q, me just celebrated a birthday to solidify his status in the upper 40s club. COP: 10 Don Quixotes, 15 arm circles, 20 Freddie Mercuries, 25 LBCs and 47 side straddle hops Mosey to the Walgreens. Do Four corners. 10 Burpees, 20 jump squats, 30 merkins and 47 2 count flutter kicks. Mosey to one of Bodos’ many parking lots. Do another four corners. This time 10 burpees, 20 Lt. Dans, 30 2 count mountain climbers and 47 APDs. Mosey…

5 mighty men started a new week the right way at Hoedown this morning. Here’s how it happened: COP: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay. Deadman hang // Helicopters // DQs // Imperial Walkers // LBCs // Merkins // SSHs 21s (count to 5 in Candace, to 21 silently in our heads, all stop at the same time, Handshake messed up so we did 5 burpees). Up the Hill: parter up. P1 runs to the top of Lindsay and back to P2, while P2 does lunges. Switch. Next round: Broad jumps. Next round: Bear Crawl. All the way to the…

While our bodies were wondering what we were doing up at 4:30am, eight men gathered in the near west end under a brilliantly bright moon to tell daylight savings where to go and how to get there. And to do a 45 minute workout. The Thang: Two laps around the traffic circle and then the COT up on the blacktop. 10 Helicopters. 10 Don Quixiotes. 25 Side Straddle Hops. 10 arm circles (forward and reverso) 10 Mercans. 15 LBCs. 10 four count Freddie Mercury’s. 5 burpees. Mosey to the west end of the black top for “full blacktop agilities”. Start…

10 gentlemen of the gloom (GOG) gathered in the dark to start a new week in the right way. Having noticed that there was no Q at 5am, YHC signed up and quickly scribbled a wienke to reprise a favorite from last summer. Here’s what happened: COP: SSH // Helicopters // DQs // LBCs // Crabcakes // Merkins // Plank to Elbow Plank Program. Mosey to back parking lot of Third Church. OLD 100: 100 Squats. Run a lap around the church. Wait for the Pax.90 2x Flutter Kick. Run a lap, etc.80 2x Mountain Climbers. Run a lap70 WW2s.…

Six tenacious thrill-seekers erratically parked at Hoedown this morning for a late sign-up edition of a Splinter Q. After describing how much sleep YHC lost over the past few days thinking about this Q, off we went for something similar to what is transcribed below. Quick double loop counter clockwise around the drop off loop in honor of Upchuck ?. Diversion after turn 3 of lap 2 up the stairway and to the center of the sea of black. COP- 10x Donald Quixotes- 1x Burpee- 15x HIGH Knees- 2x Burpee (accurately predicted by Hitchhiker)- 15x Arm Circles each direction- 3x…

The Tuckahoe gloom welcomed nine endorphin pimps this morning to the latest DTH sweat-rave. Here’s what sunny and seventy felt like ripping through their veins: The THANG: Mosey to Shovel Flag for COP #1: Welcome & F3 DisclaimerDQ’s x10 ICImp.Walkers x10 ICHuRpees (Hand-Release Burpees) x10 ICCrab Cakes x10 ICDTH’s x14? IC (…a few extra provided in absence of PAX counting…) Mosey to upper field for COP #2: TRIPLE CHECK:P1 & P2 – PLT’sP3 – runs across field to complete 10 pull-ups, then returns to switch Mosey down to Bottom Wall for COP #3: “Dirty HookUp” x20 IC (plank facing wall,…

6 of us showed up this morning to a Q-less AO and the bright moon as our only light (well, except for Hitchhiker’s headlamp). Got the hot potato going, starting with Doozy. COP, then Doozy’s standby Mankiller, which should be renamed Calfkiller. Pass to Hitchhiker. Dora: one partner run to the far end of the blacktop. 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats. Pass to Flipper, stay on the blacktop. Bearcrawl to Fence, 10 Donkey Kicks, Crabwalk back // Partner carry to fence, 10 Buya Merkins, Partner carry back // Partner run to fence, 10 Donkey kicks, run back, while other…

A day after the Super Bowl, we started talking about the performance of Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. 6 gathered for the workout on a lovely Monday morning without Q so it was a hot potato. Here is how it went down: We wanted to make sure that Splinter did Q this morning so he first started off. COP – 10x Don Quixotes, 10x Russian Soldiers, 15x Arm Circles, small then large, 10x Copperhead Squats (performed as Prisoner Squats), 20x High KneesDora by the bike racks. 100 bike rack merkins, 200 SSH, 300 curb jumps. Run to the tuckahoe sign and…

Yesterday morning in the hills north of Los Angeles, the sporting world lost one its great stewards of the game played in gyms across the globe Kobe Bryant. Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna, and 7 other fathers, mothers, daughters and sons perished in a helicopter trip turned into tragedy. Love him or hate him, on or off the court, the world lost a master in his craft. Today’s HoeDown served as a statistical memorandum to “The Black Mamba.” COP Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Court, a variant from the norm, much like Mr. Bryant, who jumped from High…

8 cold but otherwise well conditioned men arrived and eagerly gathered in the gloom at Hoedown this morning. COP DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, flutter kicks and Kimchi twists Mosey to the teacher parking lot for Man killers Mosey to the ADA compliant sidewalk – as usual YHC was trying to make things up on the fly and failed. YHC decided to try to use the hand rails jumping from side to side but quickly realized the drop off on the outside could really get someone hurt, switch to dips. Mosey to the court for four corners. 10 – Merkins, 20…