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…

12 Soggy Bottom Boys escaped from the chain gang of sweet slumber and set out in search of treasure. Set to the sounds of one of the greatest soundtracks ever did sung. Big Rock Candy Mountain warmarama SSHs, rapid fire DQs, squats, cherry pickers, Imperial walkers, mirkins, LBCs, etc etc. Men of Constant sorrow triple check, timer runs and the others do flutterkicks and squats. Down to the river to pray with another triple check, timer bear crawls up the ramp and the others do plank jacks and WW2s until the sirens turned Senor Frog into a horny toad. Bodos…

11 Monday marauders started the week in the dark at Hoedown. Here’s what went down: COP in the first Third Church parking lot: standard fare. Mosey to the other side of the church to the Loop Lot. Endless Escalator: Exercise 1, Run a Lap, Exercise 1 + 2, Run a Lap, Exercise 1+2+3, Run…..Exercise 1-10 and Run a Lap (20 reps of each exercise) Merkins (200 total) Squats (180) WWIIs (160) Carolina Dry Docks (140) 2x Mountain Climbers (120) Crunchy Frogs (100) Block Curls (80) Block Thrusters (60) Jump Squats (40) Burpees (20) At 6:11, YHC called for a stop,…

Mr. Eyeroll was a no show, so EF took the Q and just decided to keep it. Here’s what went down. COP Don Quixotes Imperial Walkers Copperhead Squats Helicopters Hand Release Merkins Freddie Mercurys Alabama Prom Dates SSHs Mosey to TES sign Bearcrawl loop around sign and tree Lunge a loop Bunny Hop/ Duck Walk a loop Mosey down Lindsay to the W Drive Circle DORA w Partner 100 Mike Tyson Merkins 200 LBCs 300 Monkey Humpers Partner runs the loop Traveling Lindsay up Lindsay Dr over to Lindsay Ct Carolina Drydocks/ WWIIs (30/10, 25/15…10/30) Love Hill up Lindsay Ct…

Eight PAX who probably shouldn’t be playing basketball (except maybe Splinter) hit the court this morning in a rather comfortable temperature. According to the early morning Kanawha swimmers who were wondering why 8 grown men were playing basketball at 0550, this is what went down. After admiring the freshly paved asphalt hill and lower playground area of TES, mosey to the front of the school for: Dead Man Hang, Reach for the Sky, DQ’s, Helicopters, Jazzercizes, There was some chatter about backs needing to be loosened up, so, down on the ground for Scorpion Kicks. With backs now loosened up,…

7, wait, 8, wait, 9 gathered for this weeks episode of Hoedown and this is what transpired: Mosey to the bottom of Lindsay for a COP of various exercises. Partner up – P1 Polar Bears up the hill while P2 runs to the top of Lindsay and back, switch off. Mosey to West Drive Circle for a Triple Check – P1 WW2’s, P2 Squats, P3 runs the circle. Indigenous Peoples Run back to the school. Triple Check2 – P1 Flutter Kicks, P2 Wall Sits, P3 Bernie Sanders the circle Indigenous Peoples Wall Sits – Everyone lines up in Balls to…

Eleven eager PAX came out to see the pre-launch of the new & improved Hornydo. Upchuck confirmed that the humidity in the Gloom made him feel like home at the Clinic. We did: COP in Bodos lot: SSH, Don Qs, Ukrainian Soldiers, Pickle pounders, Reverse Crunches, Merkins, Scorpion kicks. Mosey to the 3rd back lot. Dora 123 of: 100 Merkins, 200 Donkey Kicks, 300 Jump Squats. Over to the bonus lot for 4 corners: 10 Burpees, 20 HRMs, 30 WWIIS, 40 SSH. Alternate bear crawl and run in between. Back to school and over to railings for Jerkins. 3 sets…

It felt good at first but pretty soon, we were all sweating like crazy. 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. 20 SSHs 10 Arm Slap Merkins 20 Deep Mountain Climbers Stretch Mosey to first parking lot 20 IWs 10 Diamond Merkins 15 Gorilla Jacks 10 Helicopters Move to corner parking lot 20 Squats 10 Peter Parker 20 Heels to Heaven Stretch Mosey to asphalt playground 15 Lunges 10 Garden Variety Merkins 15 Crunchy Frogs Stretch…