10 strong gathered in the Hoedown gloom this morning for some Monday morning fun. Here’s how it went: Warmup – Mosey to Tuckahoe front yard for SSH x 20, DQ x 10, IW x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, Wide grip Merkins 10x, Superman 10x. The meat and potatoes – Mosey to a prior unknown Hoedown region; the Far Corner (the hill and clearing along Lindsay Drive beyond the parking lot). Start with a set of 11’s on the hill, jog down and Bernie on the way up with HRM’s and Copperhead Squats. Followed up with 30x decline partner WWII’s on…

Sixteen studs came out to the first Hoedown of the decade. With Mid 30s temps and darkness across the AO mosey’d to the front of school for: COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Merkins, LBCs, & Don Qs. Pass a cold week-old Potato to Splinter. Splinter took us back to the parking lot for 11s: Imperial Squat Walkers & Derkins. Splinter passed Q back to YHC, over to blacktop. 4 Corners: 10 burpees, 20 V-Ups, 30 Merkins, & 40 Jump Squats. 2nd round increase all reps by 5. Back down to parking lot, quick elbow plank & 20 Pickle…

7 of RVA’s most coolest cats attended a Q-less Hoedown and this is what transpired: Upchuck – kicked it off by a wrong-way mosey around the loop and moved into the COP Gomer Pyle – finished off the COP and moved to the Loop to Bear Crawl between arrows and 10 Merkins at each arrow for the first half, then Crabwalks with WWII’s for the second half Garbage Plate – Lungs across the Parking Lot a then another wrong-way run around the loop (thanks Upchuck) followed by a People’s Chair. Lastly a Crawl Bear up the ramp to the Door.…

14 Strong attended and conquered today’s edition of Hoedown! After everyone found the correct entrance to the parking lot(some hit the bus loop at first and then corrected themselves), it was time to take off. Mosey to the front of the school and circle up for: COP: SSH’s x 20 DQ’s x 15 Russian Soldiers x 15 Copperhead Squats x 10 LBC’s x 25 Scorpion Kicks x 15 Tempo Merkins x 15 Mosey to the field behind school and line up on wall for: 10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl halfway across, 5 Burpees, Run to Pull Up Bars and complete…

A terrific 10 took over Tuckahoe for another edition of Monday’s HoeDown. With YHC reeling from a weekend full of holiday food, drink and cheer it was time to detox. Utilizing Handshake’s timing gadget, 530 hit and it was time to boogie. COP Mosey a lap around the carpool loop to the Teacher’s Lot for COP. F3 Welcome, Disclaimer and Mantra. SSH, Imperial Walkers, DQs, Plank Jacks, Hello Dollies, Rosalitas, Alabama Prom Dates, LBCs, Arm Circles. Warm? Mosey to the blacktop. Exercise I – Dora Put on those runnin’ shoes. All the way to the fence and back. 100 Merkins,…

Baseball has always been an enormous part of my life. Since as long as I could remember I loved playing the game, watching the game and generally being around the game. I have no idea where the passion came from, neither my Mom or my Dad had any interest in it at all when I was growing up. I don’t remember an uncle or a friend introducing it to me. I guess I just found it when I was young, and it stuck. I was incredibly blessed to be born left handed. For that reason, and really that reason only,…

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor Gloom of night stays these [warriors] from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. – Sort of the Postal Creed. ONE Pax launched into his appointed Rounds for the latest edition of Hoedown. To a superficial being, rain fell and a chill was present, but to YHC temperatures were sunny and 70 in his heart, his zeal for F3 and country carrying him forth for… 3 loops around the horseshoe (but, can you loop around a horseshoe, or does that really make it an oval?), followed by… COP of 1 At Cafeteria Wall:…

Ten plump turkeys strutted their way over to the parking lot for this week’s iteration of Hoedown. Nary a mention of the Redskins today so off we mosey’d to the front of the school, passing the neon ladies, for something that went like this. COPHigh Knees x15Butt Kickers x15Speed Skaters x10Don Quixotes x10Flutter Kicks x20Mountain Climbers x10HRMs x10 The ThangMosey back over to the blacktop for Lindsays. Squats and straight up merkins. Run the distance of the blacktop between sets. Scurry over to Linsday Ct for repeating iterations of catch me if you can. Partner up with one partner doing…

9 fine PAX members gathered at Hoedown to play a hot potato game of Where’s Wojo. Here’s approximately how it went: Mosey to the upper parking lot for a Splinter warmup 20x SSH, 15x IW, 10x DQ, 15x AC, 10x Merkins. Partner up for 3x of squats, WWII, Merkins while the other partner runs the length of the lot. Rinse and repeat with 3x American Hammer, Carolina Dry Docks while partner karaoke’s the lot. Gracious audible called on 3rd round. Toss the Q to Pucker and mosey to upper grass lot for modified beast. 6 stops of 6x, three rounds:…

We had 9 of able bodied souls at U of R west (Tuckahoe Elementary) going for a work out on Veteran’s Day. Even though I am not a veteran, I respect the sacrifices those individuals have made to allow us to keep the freedoms that most nations don’t have. Off to the workout: COP: 34 SSH (in honor of the Jets’ epic 34-27 win over the Giants), 10 DQs, 10 Arm circles, 10 Merkins. Mosey to Bodos’ 3rd parking lot across the way from his church. First Exercise: Four corners: 10 HRMs, 20 jump squats, 30 monkey humpers and 40…