After eight weeks of rehabbing a pissed-off piriformis, and armed with some gnarly COP fodder from his physical therapist, YHC decided it was time share the love. Rolling up to Batteau in an F3 tux (black shirt, black shorts), and with an F3 corsage (shovelflag), YHC realized at 05:29 that he’d be going to the dance solo. Here’s how it went: Mosey to the stone circle for: SingleOP – SSHs x 20, Don Quixotes x 10, Cherry Pickers x 10, Hello Dollies x 10. Here’s where it gets glute-a-riffic: Alabama Prom Dates x 10 4 Count APDs (“Marching Glute Bridge”…

Two warriors showed up for Batteau this morning and here is how it went down. Warm up : SSH’s, Helicopters , Windmills, IW’s Plank, Flutter Kicks LBC’s. Tennis Court : Lunge across 10 merkins lunge back – repeat with Russian Solders and reverse lunges . Coupons : curls walk down steps with boulder dips on the bench back up top add exercises each time – curls, overhead press, bench press, sit ups, squats . Bench : Incline merkins – step ups 3 sets – decline merkins – situps 3 sets . Playground : pull ups – dips – 3 sets…

Two Mondays in a row, Swirly posted solo to Batteau. YHC told him yesterday he’d have company today. Away we went. COP: SSHs / DQs / Helicopters / Imperial Walkers Young Man’s Game: I saw a neighbor trying this last week, so I decided to BETA test it with Swirly. I doubt we’ll be seeing it again, but it was worth a shot. Broad Jump then six quick backwards shuttle steps to the original jumping point. Repeat x 10. On tennis courts at least, this was very jarring. Line Tracers: Tennis Courts – out and back, tracing all lines. After…

Party of one at Batteau this morning . It was a windy rainy solo run around the park and neighborhood. See y’all in the gloom..

Policeing my own today… If a Faceplant posts in the woods of Batteau all by himself does he post a backblast? The answer to that question is a resounding yes as I embrace Big Data now. Since Faceplant was the sole poster this morning, the potato was cold and was carried the entire time by one. It went down like this, stretches in the requisite tennis court area. Then run down to the gym for a pull-up ladder starting at 5 down to 1 then back up to 5. Moseyed on down to the pit area, 10 incline merkins, 10…

Keeping with YHC tradition this post is of course late, and a Swirly never forgets so I had to make sure that this post did not lag into 2021. Monday morning we were well below our government mandated maximum number of people and we all practiced extreme safe social distancing for the grand total of 3. When a first time Batteau visitor shows up on Monday, we always like to make them feel welcome with a full tour of all that the Richmond City Park System has to offer. Swirly kicked us off with stretches and warm-ups at the tennis…

As I left my house and jogged in the rain through the neighborhood towards Batteau I thought this could be a low turnout – something about cold rain/Monday. Corona Virus ….. Well come to find out I was right I was the lone wolf out there this morning so it went down like this – continue running around the park and back through the neighborhood – back to my house – nope I didn’t see another person out there this morning and yes I was completely soaked. . Certainly missed seeing the pax out there this morning but also certainly…

Numbers were light this morning but the motivation and mumble chatter was high this morning. In typical Batteau fashion the potato showed up to Q and we were off and running. Swirly started everyone out at the tennis courts with some windmills, don quixotes, lighting stretching, planks, reach for the skys, reach for the toes, and merkins. The kids moseyed over to the playground and proceeded to wipe it down with cholrox wipes. At the playground we did 3 rounds of 5x pullups, 10x decline merkins, and 15x dips. Rinse and repeat. Then we headed over to the picnic tables…

Three studs arose to greet the dawn of a new day. According to legend, it went a little something like this. Swirly started us off with the COP: SSH X 20, DQ X 10, Helicopter X 10, Merkin X 10, Flutter Kick, 10 Rock Show – Swirly; grab a batteau coupon Round 1 – 20 curls, 10 overhead press, down stairs with coupon, 15 dips.Round 2 – Round 1, plus 15 bench press.Round 3 – Round 2, plus 20 squats. Triple Check – Offshore One person runs up hill to light pole, exercises are decline merkins and flutter kicks. Team…

A fantastic PAX of Four won the war against the Monday morning fartsack as YHC made the first return to Batteau since the last tour. A relatively unknown Gloom with City of Richmond’s maintenance on street lights added up to a few obstacles in the dark. Just as Oyster emerged from his vehicle the clock struck “Go Time” and the PAX were off. COP Money to the pickle ball courts, avoid the cliff YHC nearly Took the PAX off F3 Welcome, Disclaimer (including one about YHC’s hiatus from this AO) SSHs, DQs, Russian Soldiers, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Merkins. Warm? Let’s…