5 PAX, 3 regulars and two out of town guests, gathered right after the freak rainstorm for a little Hot Potato Q. Swirly led first and took us through the COP. 10x Helicopters, 10x DQ, 20x LBCs, 10x Flutter kicks, 10x Merkins, 20x SSH. Then he took us down to the bowl for 3 rounds of: 20 dips, 10 Derkins and running up the hil and back. He then took us to the tennis court baseline: Lunge across, 10x donkey kicks on the fence Lunge back. Repeat with Russian Soliders, and Bear Crawls. Finally we headed to picnic tables for…

Two usual and two unusual suspects ventured out to Batteau after an evening of storms, some with, some without power. THANG (as best YHC remembers) SWIRLY Q Mosey to the Tennis Court COP – IWs, Helicopters, DQs, SSHs, Merkins, Flutter Kicks, LBCs Mosey to Playground 5 x Chin-ups, 7 x CMMs, 10 x Dips, 15 x Incline Merkins – 3 rounds Mosey back to Tree Line along Path 5 x Exercise at Each Tree – Merkins, Jump Squats, Diamond Merks, Lt. Dans, Wide Merks, V-Ups, Burpees, Others SIPPY Q Mosey Past Service Shed Down the Stairs to the Pond –…

10 Studs were up and eager for a beautiful Spring Morning Beat Down at Batteau!  Here’s how it all went down: COP: DQ’s, Hillbillies, Russian Soldiers, Hand Release Merkins, Elbow Plank, American Hammers, Freddy Mercury’s Stay in circle for a warm up:  15 each of 2 count Mountain Climbers, single count Merkins, Copper Head Squats, Burpees.  Mosey to the Tennis Courts and lineup on the sideline: 4 minutes of cardio, with partner.  One partner is performing SSH’s while the other is sprinting to the other end of the court and back and then switch.  Routing continues till 4 minutes is…

Seven suspects came out on April Fools day to see if it indeed might be an All Burpee-Beast. Turns out only Toga would do that to the PAX but we did do our share of Burpees. COP – Invisible Jump Rope, Don Qs, Russian Soldiers, Merkins, Freddy Mercurys. Head over to bowl field for the Beast: Round 1 Burpees, R2 Merkins, R3 WWIIs, R4 JumpSquats, R5 LBCs, Round 6 Burpees Again. Then head over to playground to introduce Batteau pax to: Chazz Michael Michaels: 3 Rounds of 8. Then 3 sets of 25 Boxing Dying Roaches. Then set of Pickle…

7 Veterans and 1 FNG descended upon the hills of Forrest Hill Park to celebrate Virginia Tech’s glorious victory and berth in the Sweet 16. Here is how it went down, more or less. Mosey about 10 steps to warmup and pick up stragglers. All IC: SSH x 16, Helicopters x 16, Don Quixote x 16, LBC x 16, Merkins x 15 (yes Q screwed that count up) Mosey through the pit and down the Hill of Ill Repute only to discover all the lights around the pond were off. Well, we need to get back up the hill so…

Seven leprechauns came for all the green Batteau had to offer. Here’s what we found at the end of the rainbow: Vinny Q: SSHs x 20. Imperial Walkers x 15. Russian Soliders x 15. LBCs x 15. Merkins x 10. Stay on the tennis courts for Crab Walk 11s. One exercised per side. Doubles line to doubles line. LBCs and Squats. ABBA Q: Mosey to playground. Partner up for 5 by 5s. 5 Pull-ups timed the dips. 5 rounds each. Mosey to the grassy knoll for more 5 by 5 fun. 5 Flutter Kicks at the bottom and 5 Merkins…

Six of F3RVA’s finest posted at Batteau for another weekly installment of hot potato. We all survived, but barely. Swirly Q: SSHs x 20. Helicopters x 10. DQs x 10. Imperial Walkers x 10. Merkins x 10. Mosey to the F3 quarry. Grab a partner / grab a rock. Partner 1 lunges to first light and back while partner 2 completes overhead presses. Repeato for each of the following: High knees + Curls. Butt Kickers + WWII Presses. Karaoke + (I’m smoked / Can’t remember). Vinny Q: Mosey to bottom of Hill of Ill Repute. Partner Up. Partner 1 runs…

4 Pax and 4 parts COP–Lab Rat leading. SSH, DQs, Arm circles, IWs, Helicopters, Merkins Face Plant leading Mosey to the bottom of the hill for a Quadruple check, each Pax does each exercise twice. Exercises were: Run up and down the hill, flutter kicks, burpees, 6 inches. Sippy Cup leading. Shifting sands. All of the way up the hill to the parking lot 20 paces running up followed by 4 lunges (2 each leg) back. Hardywood leading. Alternate bear crawl and crawl bear half-way down the hill, 20 paces before switching. Then in the bowl, 3 sets of 10…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWofTFZRsDQ Six sun seekers met in the clear darkness of Batteau to enjoy Hardywood’s drug of choice. Here’s how we rolled it: COP: Arm Circles (to test out the old wing) x 10. SSHs x 20. Russian Soldiers x 10. Imperial Walkers x 10. Merkins x 10. Coffee Black: Batteau Beast (in the bowl). American Hammers + Plank Jacks + Mountain Climbers + WWIIs + (an exercise that completely escapes me) + HR Merkins. Cigarettes: Triple Check. Swing Planks + SSHs while timer runs to the tree (see Bleeder for further aborist information as to the type) and performs 5 merkins of…

I hope this works – seems the page has changed – Anyway here we go … 3 studs posted this rainy Monday morning and here is how it went down. Warm up : SSH’s Helicopters, Windmills, IW’s Three Sets : 10 derkins – run up steps – 10 V’Up’s – 15 incline merkins – run steps 15 WWII’s – 20 dips run steps – 20 Flutter Kicks. Three Sets : 10 Boulder curls – 10 crabcakes. 10 Boulder overhead press – 10 Boulder squats – 10 Boulder bench press – 10 Boulder WWII’s. Playground : 5 pull ups – 5…