Six helmets met at Forest Hill Park for a pre-dawn picnic hot potato style, that went something like this: Swirly served appetizers: SSH’s / Helicopters / DQs / Merkins / Flutter Kicks x 10 each. Time for the main course. 20 of our favorite dips, followed by 15 incline Merkins and 10 decline Merkins. 3 portions per serving, each. Pass to Sippy Cup to start off the partner up pot luck. Partner 1 planks with a rock on his back while partner 2 runs up the steps to secure (and touch) a picnic table. Back down to the picnic blanket…

Four Batteau regulars, plus one from far away places gathered for a quasi-hot potato workout.  Weather was a touch windy, but otherwise pleasant.  Lab Rat offered to take the Q, but Vinnie had a plan to try out so we stuck with the hot potato…Sippy jumped in at the end to make it official. COP- SSH, IW, Helicopters, DQ, arm circles, hand release merkins, LBC. THANG- John Merkinroe- 4 corners on the tennis courts,  5 hand wipe merkins?, 15 werkins, 30 merkins, 40 hand release merkins (ouch).  Then partner up, 1 partner does tennis court tracers while partner 2 does…

Four men converged on the Stone House at Forest Hill Park to top off their tanks with motivation and camaraderie sufficient to begin another week. Per the official record this is how this Hot Potato QIC came together Swirly lead the COP in the gully courtyard: all in cadence – SSH x 20, Merkin x 20, DQ x 10, Whirlybirds x 10, LBC x 20 Swirly commanded the PAX choose a token of his esteem and proceed to the path: Set: Exercise with token, overhead carry to top of hill, 5 left hand on token merkins, 5 right hand on…

“If you will live like no one else, later you can live and give like no one else.” – Dave Ramsey Five warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  The conditions were ripe for success.  The fee of admission today was to show up and being on the right side of the dirt.  According to legend, this rock filled hot potato Q went a little something like this. Swirly Q: COP: IC X 10, SSH, Don Quiote, Helicopter, Cherry Pickers Grab a rock and mosey up the hill. Cinco de Awesome: Round 1 – With rock 10 X curls,…

Two heroes gathered in the extra-gloomy gloom for a HPQ workout.  It went something like this: Swirly lead. COP.  20x SSH, 10X Don Quixote,  20x LBC, 20x Flutter kicks. Mosey to tennis courts.  Lunge across 10x Merkins at start and end.  Lunge back.  Same with Russian Soldiers.  Same with Reverse lunge except substitute WWIIs. Mosey to Bowl.  3 sets of 20x dips, 10x incline merkins and 10x WWIIs. Sippy lead.  Get rocks and do 3 sets of 20 second air chair with rock, 10x seated twists with rock, and 8x crossover merkins.  Return rocks. Mosey to Playground area for some…

3 fleet footed warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  As expected it was 70 and sunny.  We were on the move intent on seizing the day. According to legend it went a little something like this. Long mosey through the Forest Hill neighborhood and down the 42nd street stairs.  A little COP action. IC: SSH X 20, DQ X 10, Mark Spitz X 20, HRM X 10 3 Rounds: 10 HRM, 20 Deep Squat, 30 2 ct Mark Spitz Native American Burpee Run to Reedy Creek Triple Check: Decline Merkins on a boulder, Strick WWII SU,…

5 strong  posted for a Monday morning beatdown and here is how it went down. Warm up: SSH’s, Helicopters , Windmills, IW’s Fluttler kicks, LBC’s Boulder Circle : Grab a boulder – 3 sets -of 10 – curls, sit ups, over head press Boulder Hill : Walk up hill with boulder over your head – at the top ten merkins – walk back down hill with the boulder at your chest – at the bottom 10 curls. Repeat 3 times Boulder wall : Sit on wall – press boulder over your head 10 times – pass the bread side to…

6 warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  The lens of success made it a nearly perfect 70 and sunny for a Hot Potato Q.  According to legend it went a little something like this. Hardywood COP: Mosey to duck pond, grab a rock and mosey to the base of the Hill of Ill Repute. 10 Hand Release Merkins (arms out to the side) regular, 10 HRM right leg up, 10 HRM left leg up 20 Mark Spitz (modified flutter kicks with arms extended straight over head) 20 Squats with rock 10 SSH Regular, 10 SSH Right…

4 strong posted @ Batteau this morning and here is how it went down. COP: SSH’s, Windmills, IW’s, RS’s 4 Loops: run loop while others do exercises which included – WW11’s, regular planks, and elbow planks, Flutter kicks, squats, LT. Dans. Arms:  5 pull ups, 10 incline merkins 15 dips – 4 sets. Indian Run around the front side of the park back to the circle. Curb Crawl : 1-5 ladder and back down. bear crawl to the curb incline merkin – crawl bear back decline merkin . Partner Leg toss : 3 sets of 20 Tennis Court:  10 hand…