Eight First Watch regulars, including one who declared it may never get cold enough to wear his Patriots beanie, gathered in the parking lot waiting for some natural light. Since no natural light existed, we made our own fireworks. Off we went to the front of the school for: COP 20x SSH 1x Merkin 10x Copperhead squats 2x Merkins 10x Mountain Climbers 3x Merkins 20x LBCs 4x Merkins 10x Hellicopters 5x Merkins 10x Monkey Humpers 6x Merkins 15x Arm Circles 7x Merkins 10x Lunges 8x Merkins 10x Something or others 9x Merkins 10x Heels to Heaven 10x Merkins The Thang…

14 bootcampers and 1 walker convened in the waning darkness to see what YHC had planned. After admiring the halo around the moon, we moseyed to the black top for warm up. Warm Up SSH Don Quixote Arm Circles Shoulder Tap Merkins APD Hand Release Merkins Off campus running tour around Spottswood Park with stops for exercises and then end at the Third Church parking lot at Forest and Silverspring 10 Merkins 10 Squats 10 Hand Release Merkins 10 Freddy Mercurys 10 Shoulder Tap Merkins 10 WWIIs 5 Burpees Triple Check #1 in Third Church Parking Lot Partner 1 -…

Seven candy starved regulars rose to the full moon to lighten up the areas darkest AO this side of the river. Weekend tales were spun as 5.30 struck. This is what was witnessed by the early morning walkers surveying the area. Introductions, disclaimers, motivational speaking and warm ups on the blacktop that including SSH, Dead Man Hang, Cherry Pickers, Shoulder Tap Merkins, LBC, Heels to Heaven completed with some stretching. Mosey to the well-lite corner to begin: 4 corners, lady of the evening style. 10 merkins, 20 WWII’s, 30 monkey humpers, 40 mountain climbers. Mosey up to the Field for…

Mosey to the Corner Parking Lot Begin with Disclaimer: I am not a professional. The idea is to get better, not to get hurt, so feel free to modify called exercises. Also, note that we have a FNG! Welcome Rainman! Works with autistic children and certain autoimmune diseases. Has 2 daughters, 12 and 10. Knows various members of Fudd’s family. Fudd with the headlock! Thanx Fudd! Mosey to corner Parking lot 20 SSHs 10 Man-Maker Merkins 15 Crunchy Frogs Stretch Mosey to Asphalt playground 20 IWs 10 Diamond Merkins 10 each side Suzanne Sommers Stretch Move to corner parking lot…

12 Hoedown regulars and one FNG gathered in gloom. After some amateur stargazing and astrophysics lessons from Prof Pigskin, Bodo’s took the Q Mosey to COP. Stretching, Don Quixote x10, Helicopter x10, HRM x10, LBC x 10, Hello Dolly x10, one legged APD x 10, pickle pounder x10, SSH x20. Mosey to soccer field COP. Stretching, Don Quixote x10, Helicopter x10, Ukrainian Soldiers x10, Imperial Walkers x10, Hand Release ‘Merican x10, LBC x 10, Hello Dolly x10, one legged APD x 10, pickle pounder x10, SSH x20. Mosey to soccer field. Triple check #1, runner does 5 pullups and returns,…

A baker’s dozen posted to see what Fudd had in store for Hoedown today. Bodos offered refreshing breath to any takers (there were none) and we were off. Mosey to the front of the school for COP: SSH x 46 DQ’s x 10 Helicopters x 10 Dead Man Hang down to plank and then various yoga poses Arm Circles Flutter Kicks Mosey to the Lindsay cul de sac, partner up. One partner runs to the top of the street while the other bear crawls. Switch and then take turns doing Bernie Sanders and then broad jump burpees until the team…

Thank You for coming to my first Q everyone! Started out this Monday with some new Hoedown guests that went out of there way to join us. Thanks for coming Fergie, Atilla and Mr. Rogers. Started out with a short mosey to the circle for a standard warm up and lesson in counting. Followed by a short mosey to a dead end then back to the circle parking lot for some fun leg work out 11’s. Another mosey back to the bus loop for a wall sitting Triple check. Then a mosey back to the parking lot for some duck…

Ten men too legit to quit started a new week in the dark at Hoedown. Conditions were wet in the drizzle but the pax were dry in our hearts. Here’s what went down: COP after a long mosey to the back office lot at 513 Forest Ave. COP which included the standard fare, ending in Merkin Jax 1:4 ratio : 1 merkin, 4 plank jax, 2 merkins, 8 plank jax, up to 5/20 and all the way back down. Mosey to middle Third parking lot. Triple Check #1: P1 Block Thrusters // P2 American Hammers // Parter 3 run the…

Sixteen of the finest Pax anywhere came out to get the job done. Mosey to the sea of asphalt for COP. There were an assortment of exercises including SSH, cherry pickers, Don Quixote, etc. Number off into groups of three and off to the bus loop. Team one did step ups and essentric down-steps. Team two, the pacers, did 11’s (Bulgarian squats, Derkins). Team three did Lindsays (donkey kicks, box cutters). Everyone rotated through the three challenges. Round 2 – Stair climbs, 3×8 jerkins (timer), and lunge walk. BTTW and dualing chicken peckers followed by some Mary before launching into…