Free your mind, bro!

Free your mind, bro!

26 interaction-deprived humans arrived at various times for an opportunity to free the mind, body, and soul. Quarantine does strange things to a man. It inspires some to take up yoga in order to expand their balance, flexibility, and core strength. It inspires others to stand still and stare at the Q like he has a horn growing out of his head. Whatevs. Here’s the Clifs notes…

1. Take it to the East lot
   1. SSHs (Gummy will be sorely disappointed that he missed this)
   2. Toe Touches
   3. Merkin Surprise
   4. The Dancer (yes, this is the time on Sprockets when we dance!)
2. Take it to the field – perform
   1. 4 corners (5 burpees in the middle; Mary at the end)
   2. Merkins (25)
   3. Jump Squats
   4. American Hammers
   5. CDDs
3. Take it to the end zone for Hydra’s debut performance of the patented “A$$ Wrecker”
   1. Bonnie Blairs (re-named Apollo Anton-Onos)
   2. Mtn Climbers
   3. Iron Squats
   4. 200 yards
   5. Mary
   6. Repeato 3X
4. Line it up for 25 yards of fun (watch the cactus… my hands looked like pinhead from Halloween after this)
   1. Bear crawl
   2. Lunge walk
   3. Crab walk
   4. Burpee Broadjumps (Ductwork guessed this one, so I’ll let you thank him for it)
5. It’s only 6;30, the Q is completely out of content, about to vomit from the burpee broadjumps, and flounders to make up random junk from here on out…
   1. Plank-o-rama
   2. Elbow plank jacks
   3. Shoulder taps
   4. Sprints

Moleskine

1. Semi Gloss is planning to wax his back in preparation for his Q next week. (Motorboat will be performing the procedure.)
2. Amber and Prohl did serious battle on the sprints, with Slingshot and others making valiant attempts at the bronze (because really, you’re not going to beat Amber or Prohl at, well, anything)
3. Extra credit goes to Runstopper and Witch Doctor, who failed to read the fine print and started at 5:30, but opted into a 75-minute workout and finished with the pax.
4. A handful of bro-ga moves to interspersed throughout, including “the wheel” and a tribute to Brandon Lee’s final movie, “the crow”. It was during the latter that I believe I heard McGee say “Like, literally, NO ONE is doing this exercise right now”. (always encouraging to hear, as a Q)

Announcements:

1. Hydra will continue to meet at 6am for the foreseeable future (i.e. until YHC has to go back to the office)
2. Hops at the Rock this Saturday.
3. Talk to Clover about White Claw, and other F3-ish type circus events.

For anyone still reading, I would be remiss if I didn’t take the opportunity to say something about how angry and sickened I’ve been by recent current events. I failed in the closing prayer to ask for healing in our country, and for our generation to somehow finally put an end to racism, hatred, and senseless violence, but I want to express that desire here. It’s super easy for me to enjoy my safe, comfortable, suburban existence and pretend that the death of George Floyd and others doesn’t affect me, or that there’s nothing I can do. Our spheres of influence are greater than we realize, and F3 is a powerful force that can teach grown men how to love one another and treat ALL brothers with respect and equality.

Be well, brothers.