Seven brothers met to start the day off right. A meeting of the minds ensued. COP: Imperial Walkers (do as I say, not as I do) x 10. Russian Solders (again, do as I say, not as I do) x 10. WWIIs x 10. LBCs x 10. Rosalitas x 10. Scissor Kicks x 10. Hello Dollies x 10. Flutter Kicks x 10. MENSA: Partner up at the top of the Hill of Ill Repute. Partner one runs to the bottom and back. Partner two Lunges. Round 2 = Bear Crawl. Round 3 = Polar Bears. Repeat to the bottom. INSANITY:…

Three pax joined up in The Gloom for a Monday morning Hot Potato. Temps were sunny and 70. Despite looking far and wide, no latecomers joined….so, onward to… The COP – Courtesy of YHC 3 veterans means save the time devoted to the Disclaimer and get started…SSHs, DQs, Hillbillies, reverse crunches, LBCs, and HRMs. Monday Morning 6-Pack Starting with the picnic table to the left of the Batteau House, the PAX did a loop, performing one exercise at each of 6 tables. Exercises were: 10 Derkins20 dips10 step-ups (per leg)20 four-count Flutter Kicks15 incline merkins20 WWIIs Two rounds in the…

3 studs posted this morning to batteau and here is how it went down. Hot Potato style Bleeder : COP – Mossy Agility drills : Tennis courts – run forward – side shuffle – backwards – repeat 5 times Sippy Cup : Triple Check with rocks on pickle ball court – run with rock forward – side shuffle – backwards along with sit up press with rock cross over merkins on rock. Swirly : Let’s stay with the rocks ! 20 bench press – 1- American Hammers with rock mossy down steps to the bench with rocks 15 dips back…

The Batteau gloom accepted resumes from seven wanna-be Shakira back-up dancers this morning. Wearing a hot pink leopard print spandex g-string unitard, Flatline stole the show, but despite great efforts by all to flawlessly pull off the following routines, they were saddened to learn the absentee Hardywood had already won the coveted position with a mail-in VHS shakeweight snuff film produced by his side-kick Houdini (…or is he gonna stick with Snuff…?).  The THANG: Moseyrama around Stone House a couple times then stop for COP #1: Clock Lunges x2 Rounds ICThe Opus x10 ICDying Quixotes x10 IC (DQ’s on your…

From the archives of YHC, here’s a long overdue BB. Sippy started us out, everyone went to the picnic table and we got on one side of the picnic table and warmed up with slow Perkins, then moved onto a round of step ups being ever so mindful of the icy steps. Next Sippy took us on a bear crawl tour of the tennis court always facing the same direction – bear crawl forward five Merkins, bear crawl sideways five Merkins, crawl bear five Merkins, bear crawl sideways back to start and five more Merkins. Doozy took us down the…

Playing some catchup here – here’s how things went down at Batteau based On YHC’s old man memory. It was a prompt 5:30 AM start time in Bleeder start us out with some quick stretches at the tennis courts, after that we probably headed down to the lake for some ice-skating lessons. The lake wasn’t frozen over yet so we decided to run around that stopping at every single light pole descending Merkins starting with 19 and subtracting one at every single light pole we got to. next we had it up the hill and picked up some rocks from…

Seven naturalists posted at Batteau for a scenic tour. They didn’t get it. Instead, they got this: Camp Setup: Hill Billies x 20. Russian Soliders x 15. Helicopters x 10. Boat Holds x 10. WWIIs x 10. Scorpion Kicks x 10. Hello Dollies x 10. Gone Fishin’: Crab Walk 11s with WWIIs and LBCs on the tennis court. Singles lines. Meal Prep: Triple Check. Round One – Partner one traces the tennis court lines – out and back. Partner two Squats. Partner three Rosalitas. Round Two – tennis court lines / Merkins / LBCs. Round Three – (drawing a blank)…

14 stud muffins shunned the temptress that is the fart sack and committed to making themselves better. Despite cooler temps in the Richmond metro area, it was a successful 70 and sunny at Batteau. COP: SSH X 20, IW X 20, Lunges X 10, WWII X 20, FC X 20, HRM X 20 Mosey to tennis courts FOUR SQUARE: The old Hardywood goto came out of the stables for the first exercise. Here’s how this works. On each round add a corner, then hit each corner as you make your way back to the start. So on round two you’ll…

Three strong Pax , with one out-of-towner, but a RVA holiday regular, gathered for some medicine ball fun. COP–Helicopters, DQs, Plank-o-rama, SSHs Mosey to picnic table. In incline position migrate clockwise, then counterclockwise around table. Mosey back to the circle for a medicine ball/burpee/running triple-check. One pax picks up and throws the medicine ball forward repeatedly progressing around the circle, one pax does burpees, and the third pax (the timer) runs around the circle, relieving the pax doing burpees who then catches up to and relieves the thrower. Round 1–Granny throws. Round 2–chest pass, Round 3–overhead, soccer pass, Round 4–right…

3 studs posted this morning for Batteau and here is how it went down. Warm up : SSH’s, Helicopters, windmills, IW’s merkins, flutter kicks, LBC’s Rock work (Swirly) ” 20 curls carry rock down the steps – 20 dips – 6 rounds different – exercises – include over head presses – incline merkins – WWII’s – decline merkins – burpee press – dips Curb crawl (Posh) – 1-10 – bear crawl – incline merkins Box jump – long mossy – Pull ups (Sippy Cup) 1-5 Wasn’t sure how we left it regarding writing the BB fella’s so went ahead. Short…