10 mighty not so old folks stumbled upon Hoedown on a fine humid Monday. The workout went like this: COP around the large mulch pile: DQs, CPs, derkins off the mulch pile, LBCs and arm circles. Mosey to Bodos’ primary parking lot. Elevens with merkins and WWIIs. I mistakenly ended with 10 merkins and 10 WWIIs. I never thought of myself as an overachiever. Mosey to blacktop and walkway to blacktop. Next exercise is similar to the Gridiron special last Saturday. We did a series of arm, leg and ab exercises. It was noted that the box jumps were not…

Four men of energy and action threw out the lure of the Fart Sack to complete the latest edition of Hoedown. Conditions were sunny and 70. According to Vinny, here is more or less what happened: Mosey to the front of the school for the COP: SSHsDead Man HangIWsAPDsOblique Crunches (L/R)LBCsHRMsHello Dolly Mosey to the Teacher’s Parking Lot Parking space shuffle: 3 exercises, 3 reps each Flutter Kicks (4-count)WWIIsRosalitas Roughly 10 parking spaces Mosey to the Blacktop for a Prostitute (always come back to the same corner) Round 1: 10 HRMs, then back to home for 1 burpeeRound 2: 10…

This week being the occasion of YHC’s 44th birthday, the 2nd annual F3 Ninja Warrior course was in order. After conducting a quick COP including 44 SSHs, we moseyed through the course so YHC could explain the various obstacles and exercises. After returning to the start of the course, we divided into pairs. The first pair, DTH and Garbage Plate, took off and the race began. The second pair started after waiting one minute, then the third pair after another minute, and so on, while the rest of the waiting pax conducted COP. Course was as follows: Run to the…

The humidity was high and so were the numbers at this hill repeat post Father’s Day beatdown. The Pax brought it today as we got out of the fartsack to embrace a Roger Roger Q. This beatdown started with a nice slow mosey down Lindsay Ct for some Warmarama: 25 X side straddle hops 10 x dead man hang 10 x Don Q 10 x Merkins 25 x LBCs 10 x 2 leg circles Gomer Pyle gave a good laugh as I stumbled through my cadence on those Merkins. Roger Roger is still working on that cadence. Recover Mosey across…

My apology for not posting BB before now! I believe that it was Wojo’s Q. Anyway, Last Call started us off to mosey to the Third Church parking lot, followed by COP as follows: 10x arm circle, 10x SSH, 10x Helicopter, 10x Deadman hang, 10x Merkins, 10x American Hammers, 10x Flutter Kicks. Exercise#1: 11s. Starts with 10 merkins on one side of the parking lot and run to the other and do 1 jump squart and 9 and 2 and so on. Roger Roger volunteered to lead the PAX and moseyed to the school’s playground, followed by the second exercise…

9 grizzled studs started the week off right for a moist beatdown at the Tuckahoe Elementary Sauna. This is what was rumored to have occurred according to the fully customized golf cart that provided a quick breeze. Mosey down to Lindsay Ct for COP at the cul de sac. Warm Up included SSH’s, DQ’s, Dead Man Hang, One Legged Merkins, Plank Jack Merkins, Freddie Mercury’s along with some mild Broga to get the relaxation started. Everyone sweating, let’s start… THE THANG: – Love Hill: Partner up for the trip back up to Lindsay. Partner Runs to the top, returns and…

13 of Richmond’s finest, plus one latecomer, gathered in the gloom of Hoedown to start the week right. Here’s what happened: COP on the field (apparently a first): DQs // Cherry Pickers // Copperhead Squats // Imperial Walkers // SSHs Triple Check #1: P1- People’s Chair with Air Press // P2: Planks // P3: Run to the bars, 5 Pulls ups, Run back. Mosey to Blacktop 4 Corners: Corner 1- 5 Burpees // Corner 2- 5 Burpees, 15 Merkins // Corner 3- 5 Burpees, 15 Merkins, 25 Squats // Corner 4: 5 Burpees, 15 Merkins, 25 Squats, 40 Monkey Humpers.…

A prime 11 found RVAs darkest AO to have some sunlight in the COP. COP: SSH, Don Qs, Imperial Walkers, Reverse Crunches, Merkins, Scorpion Kicks. Mosey over to 3rd lot: THE THANG: 11s of HRMs and V-Ups. Over to secret coupon garden, a few seconds of Boat & Cano then Partner up: 3 Rounds of Thrusters while other runs the lot. 60 Block presses. 4 corners with blocks lunging between of 25 Squats, Swings, and Curls4theGirls. Drop coupons and head down to Triple check loop. Triple was Donkey Kicks, WWIIs and the loop. Finish with “Bearrow the Loop” aka 5…

15 Strong arrived on time (mostly) to get their week off to a strong start. Here’s how it went down. COP: Dead Man’s Hang, Don Quixotes x10, Imperial Walkers x20, SSH x20 and some LBCs x20. Mosey to the church parking lot where the coupons are stored. Each pax grab a coupon (we ended up 3 short but made do). Mosey to business park lot next door and pair up. Each partner lunges L & R then performs an exercise and repeats until meeting partner in the middle. Do 2 Booyahs Merkins then return same way you came. First round…

11 mighty men conspired for a beatdown at 0530 just before the rains came. Here’s what happened: COP in the first Third Church lot: Deadman hang // Helicopters // Cherry Pickers // DQs // Imperial Walkers // Russian Soldiers // Crabcakes // LBCs// Inverted Crabcakes // Merkins // Various Wife Exercises // Elbow Plank // SSHs. Mosey to middle lot. Triple Check with a Coupon. Round 1: P1 Squat Thrusters, P2 WW2s, P3 Run the loop // Round 2: P1 Manmaker Merkins, P2 Flutterkicks, P3 Run the loop // Round 3: P1 Block Burpees, P2 American Hammers, P3 run the…