Once beloved; now hated

Once beloved; now hated

When YHC Q’s, I throw out cadence counts.  Otherwise, we would likely get 1 exercise done in the 45 minutes while I try to catch my breath. So my modification is to play music the whole time and let the songs dictate the exercises and tempo.  I try to sell it as “work on your form” or “it’s just you against you today”.  I don’t know if anyone bought it.  If they did, they can still return it for a full refund when they Q.

Forgot to give the disclaimer, especially since there were 2 FNG’s, but I’m sure the rest of the PAX watched over them.

The template below is “Song” (Artist) <Time>: Exercises

The Warm Up:
“Devil Went Down to Georgia” (Charlie Daniels Band) <3:35>: Cotton Pickers / SSH / Mountain Climbers / SSH / Hillbilly Walkers / Moroccan Night Club /
The Mountain Climbers came for when the band of demons join in, because I always feel Mountain Climbers are the Devil’s work.

The Thang:

“Olympic Theme” (London Orchestra) <04:07>: Run to the buses.
Since I’m a perennial 6 with some blazing fast 12’s, I tried to diversify throughout to keep us together.  In this one, I told the 6’s to take the direct route, while the 12’s took the long way, so we would all arrive at the same time.  Because there were 30+ buses in the lot, I probably should have been more specific.

“School’s Out” (Alice Cooper) <3:30> AND
“Yakkity Sax [the Benny Hill theme song]” (Boots Randolph) <2:02>: Cheddar Jack weave with Carolina Dry Docks
About every 5 buses, there was a cone to do 5 Carolina Dry Docks.  I know there are some fast men here, but the likes of Dasher and Doc set a blistering pace through these buses.  They were done and crushing some LBC’s before the end of the first song!

“Till the Love Runs Out” (One Republic) <3:44> Run to the globe, slingshot back to the 6 (me), repeat.

“All Over the World” (ELO) <4:03> Helicopters / Lap around the Globe
Option 1 for the runners in the group – 1 Helicopter, 1 lap; 2 Helicopters, 2 laps…
Option 2 for the non-runners – 2 Helicopters, 1 lap; 4 Helicopters, 1 lap…
Helicopter = find a curb to do an incline merkin, rotate 90 for an offset merkin, rotate 90 for a derkin, rotate 90 for another offset merkin.

“Baby I’m a Star” (Prince) <4:24> run to the second alcove. While you wait for me, do some Balls to the Wall, maybe mix in some Hip Slappers or Peter Wall Parkers.  Nothing is stopping this crew!  No complaints (at least none that I can hear).  I’m carrying the speaker, so I can’t hear much of anything but the music.

“Off the Wall” (Michael Jackson) <4:05> People’s chair with air presses (or punches) on the verses / Donkey kicks on the chorus
Now, I could finally start to see some people slowing down.  I was wondering if this was going to challenge anyone other than myself.

“Band on the Run” (Foo Fighters [cover]) <2:51 [edited]> Run to the front of the school. Partner Hand Slap Merkins while you wait for me.

“Shout” (Isley Brothers) <4:28> Burpees on chorus / Supermans (verse 1) / Plank Jacks (verse 2) / Peter Parkers (verse 3) / Squats (“little bit softer now”) / Jump Squats (“little bit louder now”) / Lunge Jumps (“hey hey hey hey”) / Tuck Jumps (“jump up & shout it now”)
I did this one at my last Q, but I messed up the exercises & timing then.  I wanted to do it again for #PersonalRedemption.
At the end, Bottle Cap says, “I used to love ‘Animal House’!”  The tone was not nostalgic, but that I had somehow ruined a great melodic memory of his.

“Instant Karma” (John Lennon) <3:21> Run to the pain station in the front corner of the parking lot.

“Far From Over” (Frank Stallone) <3:28> Bear crawl slalom / Paint the Parking Lot / Merkin Ladder / Bunny Hops front to back & side to side
John Travolta is Doc’s favorite actor, so this one was for him.  Of course you remember him in the blockbuster “Stayin’ Alive”, the better-than-the-original-sequel to “Saturday Night Fever”.  Maybe you don’t.
Or maybe you remember the song from SNL? This was the only full skit I could find that wasn’t coming from Russia.

“Too Legit 2 Quit” (MC Hammer) <5:33> Heels to Heaven / Freddie Mercurys / Boat-Canoe / Rosalitas / Dying Cockroach / Dolly / LBC / Box Cutters / American Hammer / Flutters
Every time the song changed, we changed to the next exercise.  A glance around saw some had taken on a more restful pose (me included).  It was supposed to be 7 minutes of Mary, but even this felt like 2 minutes too long.  And this song is now on my Never Playlist.  But I’m keeping the pants.

One minute left to jailbreak back to the cars.

Moleskin:
It felt like a better time management Q than my first one. #smallvictories
It also felt like I was on a chariot ride with all these freakishly fast Pax, but I had no reins; it was just point and go.
#WyldStallyns #leadingfromtheback

I was also grateful to the Pax for suspending the 2 visit rule for my best friend and FNG, Brantley, now named DOS.  He lives about 45 minutes away from Dromedary, so a second visit was unlikely.  We are now working on finding a site near him. #MissionaryFields

There was another FNG who DOES live near by and will be returning, so he gets his name next time.  Thanks to Bottle Cap for bringing him out!

Announcements:
I should have recorded these, but here’s what I remember.  Please flesh these out more in the comments section.

• F3 Golf – proceeds help to fund LEAP program
• F3 Dads – be a Dad and bring your kids
• Sign Up to Q – please don’t make me do this again.  The 80’s do have a finite supply of songs.
• Last day of Spartan discount – use code AMERICA for $20 off a Sprint; $30 off a Super; $40 off a Beast
• Interested in doing a triathlon with me?