Five warriors showed up ready to dominate.  There was no lingering tryptophan hangover for these men.  According to legend it went a little something like this for the Monday Funday Hot Potato Q. Sippy – COP IC X 10 – Helicopter, Imperial Walker, Merkin, Don Quiote IC X 15 – Arm Circles Forward, Arm Circles Backward 5 Burpees OYO Mosey down the bottom of the Valley of Doubt, to a quaint little platform with sounds of running water. Swirly – 3 Rounds.  Each round had a 15, 10, 5 Round 1: Derkins, step ups, dips Round 2: Incline merkin, dips,…

6 PAX showed up unaware that they were attending YHC’s unofficial 1 year anniversary. The beatdown went something like this: COP: SSH x 20 Don Quixote x 10 Merkins x 10 Hillbillies x 20 LBC’s x 25 Mosey to the bottom of The Hill of Ill Repute Proper Dora’s – partner 1 runs to the 3rd lamppost up THOIR while partner 2 completes sets of exercises up to 100. WWII situps x 1 Merkins x 2 Jump Squats x 3 Burpee Lake – complete 2 burpees at each lit lamppost around the lake. Ascend THOIR alternating between bear crawls, crab…

Two Japanese vehicles & one German vehicle and a pair of American made running shoes delivered six F3 regulars to Batteau for a Sunny and 70 Beatdown. It went down something like this: THE THANG Swirly Q Mosey to the Maintenance Parking lot – Pick up a coupon. Mosey to COP 20X SSH 10X Imperial Walkers 10X Don Quixote 20X LBC’s 10X Merkins Mosey to Benches 20X dips, Coupon Press above head, Curls 2 sets Bleeder Q Mosey to Tennis Courts Merkins 4 corner Latter 5 – 10 -15 – 20 Reset of Coupons With Coupons, Knee Bend Latter, Lt.…

Four Pax arrived early to the AO to start their week right.  No one signed up, so we had a Hot Potato Q (HPQ). Swirly led off with the COP–SSH, Don Quixotes, Helicopters, Imperial Walkers, LBCs Merkins (10x).  Mosey over to the tennis courts for a merkin 4 corners.  10x Merkins, 10x hand-release merkins, 10x Werkins, 10x Clerkins.  Everyone stays together, and the circuit was done 4x. Sippy Cup led the PAX over to the rock pile.  Eeach PAX grabbed a rock and carried it  back to the tennis courts.  Elbow plank with rock on back while partner does double-wide…

4 gentlemen showed up to Batteau this morning, dressed for a cool fall morning-long sleeves, one poofy vest, and Swirly sporting a toboggan hat. YHC was wearing short sleeves and typical visor. 0530 arrived and a question arose, “Who has the Q?” Swirly took the initiative and stated hot potato. Mosey down brick path to COP: SSH x 20, Helicopters x 15, Don Quixote x 15, Imperial Walkers x 15, Arm Circles-forward x 10 small, x 5 big and reverse x 10 small, x 5 big. On our 6- Scissor Kicks x 15, LBC x 30. Swirly called first exercise.…

5 strong posted in the foggy gloom of Batteau this morning and here is how it went down.. COP : SSH’s, IW’s, Helicopters, Windmills, AC’s, Invisible Jump Rope, Flutter Kicks, Rosalita’s , LBC’s. Playground : 5 pull ups, 5 decline merkins, 5 incline merkins = 1 Set – repeat 5 times. 10 Dips – 1- LT. Dans – = 1 set – repeat 5 times. Tennis Court : Lunge up and back – suicide – Russian Solder up and Back – suicide – Karaoke up and back – suicide Curb Crawl : Bear crawl – incline merkin – crawl bear…

6 Faithful and 1 FNG arrived for a unique Batteau beatdown, 6 by car, 1 by foot. THE THANG 10X push-ups 10X air squats 15X SSH Run to tennis courts 10X suicides lunges around tennis court 5 suicides on the courts fast eddies (20x each, sit-ups, flutter kicks, sit-ups, leg raises, sit-ups, crazy ivans, sit-ups, crunches, sit-ups, freedom twists, sit-ups, bicycles, burpees, push-ups) Tabata with sit-ups Tabata with push-ups Green Sally Squats 1 minute plank COT by Bleeder Moleskin After the usual disclaimer, YHC turned over the Q to Theta, who recently passed(Scorched) the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) -…

3 Warriors rose to greet the dawn of a new day.  It went a little something like this. COP: IC- SSH X 20, DQ X 10, IW X 20, LBC X 20, FM X 20, M X 10 Cecil’s Ladder – There are 12 lamp posts the circle Forest Hill Pond.  At the first post start with 1 jump squat.  Second post 2 jump squats, etc.  After completing an exercise at the twelth lamp post, make your way back to the start stopping at each lamp post and working your way down the ladder. Cecil’s Ladder Round 2 – On…

Brisk, fall morning, great weather for a little tour of Forest Hill park. COP.  Squats, Arm Circles, Imperial Walkers, Merkins Mosey to the basin for Lindsay’s: Box jumps and Dips Mosey to the lake for a circuit with 10 merkins at every light pole Mosey to the base of the hill for Shifting Sands (30 strides up, 10 lunges down) back to basin Mosey to the Playground for partner pullups 1–>5, 5–>1 Mosey to the rock pile and to the courts for (1) Rock throws, (2) Plank + suicides (one partner elbow planks with heavy rock on back, while other…

A strong 11, including 1 FNG, emerged for Day 3 of Tuckahoe Takeover.  Here’s YHC’s recollection of what transpired: The THANG: COP: Hammer Dance x22, DQ x11, Windmills x11, Hello Dollies x22, Stick in the Mud (back lifts) x11 IC Mosey to playground.  3 sets of 6 Pull-Ups, 15 Monkey Humpers, and 15 HTH.  Add a fourth set as a tribute to home additions in Tuckahoe. From Green Acres to Beverly Hills: Two groups of railroad tracks across the bottom of Forest Hill bowl. The Last Shall Be First: Crawl Bear competition up the steep side of the bowl.  If…