Six tenacious thrill-seekers erratically parked at Hoedown this morning for a late sign-up edition of a Splinter Q. After describing how much sleep YHC lost over the past few days thinking about this Q, off we went for something similar to what is transcribed below. Quick double loop counter clockwise around the drop off loop in honor of Upchuck ?. Diversion after turn 3 of lap 2 up the stairway and to the center of the sea of black. COP- 10x Donald Quixotes- 1x Burpee- 15x HIGH Knees- 2x Burpee (accurately predicted by Hitchhiker)- 15x Arm Circles each direction- 3x…

The Tuckahoe gloom welcomed nine endorphin pimps this morning to the latest DTH sweat-rave. Here’s what sunny and seventy felt like ripping through their veins: The THANG: Mosey to Shovel Flag for COP #1: Welcome & F3 DisclaimerDQ’s x10 ICImp.Walkers x10 ICHuRpees (Hand-Release Burpees) x10 ICCrab Cakes x10 ICDTH’s x14? IC (…a few extra provided in absence of PAX counting…) Mosey to upper field for COP #2: TRIPLE CHECK:P1 & P2 – PLT’sP3 – runs across field to complete 10 pull-ups, then returns to switch Mosey down to Bottom Wall for COP #3: “Dirty HookUp” x20 IC (plank facing wall,…

6 of us showed up this morning to a Q-less AO and the bright moon as our only light (well, except for Hitchhiker’s headlamp). Got the hot potato going, starting with Doozy. COP, then Doozy’s standby Mankiller, which should be renamed Calfkiller. Pass to Hitchhiker. Dora: one partner run to the far end of the blacktop. 100 merkins, 200 LBCs, 300 squats. Pass to Flipper, stay on the blacktop. Bearcrawl to Fence, 10 Donkey Kicks, Crabwalk back // Partner carry to fence, 10 Buya Merkins, Partner carry back // Partner run to fence, 10 Donkey kicks, run back, while other…

A day after the Super Bowl, we started talking about the performance of Jennifer Lopez and Shakira. 6 gathered for the workout on a lovely Monday morning without Q so it was a hot potato. Here is how it went down: We wanted to make sure that Splinter did Q this morning so he first started off. COP – 10x Don Quixotes, 10x Russian Soldiers, 15x Arm Circles, small then large, 10x Copperhead Squats (performed as Prisoner Squats), 20x High KneesDora by the bike racks. 100 bike rack merkins, 200 SSH, 300 curb jumps. Run to the tuckahoe sign and…

Yesterday morning in the hills north of Los Angeles, the sporting world lost one its great stewards of the game played in gyms across the globe Kobe Bryant. Bryant, along with his daughter Gianna, and 7 other fathers, mothers, daughters and sons perished in a helicopter trip turned into tragedy. Love him or hate him, on or off the court, the world lost a master in his craft. Today’s HoeDown served as a statistical memorandum to “The Black Mamba.” COP Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay Court, a variant from the norm, much like Mr. Bryant, who jumped from High…

8 cold but otherwise well conditioned men arrived and eagerly gathered in the gloom at Hoedown this morning. COP DQ’s, Helicopters, Cherry Pickers, flutter kicks and Kimchi twists Mosey to the teacher parking lot for Man killers Mosey to the ADA compliant sidewalk – as usual YHC was trying to make things up on the fly and failed. YHC decided to try to use the hand rails jumping from side to side but quickly realized the drop off on the outside could really get someone hurt, switch to dips. Mosey to the court for four corners. 10 – Merkins, 20…

10 strong gathered in the Hoedown gloom this morning for some Monday morning fun. Here’s how it went: Warmup – Mosey to Tuckahoe front yard for SSH x 20, DQ x 10, IW x 10, 5 Burpees OYO, Wide grip Merkins 10x, Superman 10x. The meat and potatoes – Mosey to a prior unknown Hoedown region; the Far Corner (the hill and clearing along Lindsay Drive beyond the parking lot). Start with a set of 11’s on the hill, jog down and Bernie on the way up with HRM’s and Copperhead Squats. Followed up with 30x decline partner WWII’s on…

Sixteen studs came out to the first Hoedown of the decade. With Mid 30s temps and darkness across the AO mosey’d to the front of school for: COP: SSH, Imperial Walkers, Helicopters, Arm Circles, Merkins, LBCs, & Don Qs. Pass a cold week-old Potato to Splinter. Splinter took us back to the parking lot for 11s: Imperial Squat Walkers & Derkins. Splinter passed Q back to YHC, over to blacktop. 4 Corners: 10 burpees, 20 V-Ups, 30 Merkins, & 40 Jump Squats. 2nd round increase all reps by 5. Back down to parking lot, quick elbow plank & 20 Pickle…

7 of RVA’s most coolest cats attended a Q-less Hoedown and this is what transpired: Upchuck – kicked it off by a wrong-way mosey around the loop and moved into the COP Gomer Pyle – finished off the COP and moved to the Loop to Bear Crawl between arrows and 10 Merkins at each arrow for the first half, then Crabwalks with WWII’s for the second half Garbage Plate – Lungs across the Parking Lot a then another wrong-way run around the loop (thanks Upchuck) followed by a People’s Chair. Lastly a Crawl Bear up the ramp to the Door.…

14 Strong attended and conquered today’s edition of Hoedown! After everyone found the correct entrance to the parking lot(some hit the bus loop at first and then corrected themselves), it was time to take off. Mosey to the front of the school and circle up for: COP: SSH’s x 20 DQ’s x 15 Russian Soldiers x 15 Copperhead Squats x 10 LBC’s x 25 Scorpion Kicks x 15 Tempo Merkins x 15 Mosey to the field behind school and line up on wall for: 10 Donkey Kicks, Bear Crawl halfway across, 5 Burpees, Run to Pull Up Bars and complete…