Dog Racing

Dog Racing

In trying to continue the high standards of creative fun we’ve been having in these 2.0 friendly evening workouts, I knew I had to bring my ball-crazy Pomeranian to a workout eventually.  We have a tennis ball launcher which is perfect for the kids to have some fun (no you can’t shoot at the adults) and at least that part went according to plan.   The rest, well….

DISCC

Warm Up

Mosey around parking lot to the back where we circled up. I heard we had some FNGs so made sure to explain what I was talking about and not rush. IC SSH x15, IW x15, LSS x15, Merkin x20, hold plank then stretch with can opener left/right, then up into some cossack squat to sun worshiper 4-5 times each side.

The Thang

Knowing we might have cars starting to pull in but not wanting to forsake any use of the rocks I instructed the dads to go to the rock pile and grab a rock then meet the kids and I at the basketball court. The kids (great listeners that they are) half of them followed the dads, but they were quickly corralled and followed YHC to the basketball court.

Everyone grabs a piece of cement or nearby sandy grass patch.

Listening to Linkin Park’s Bleed it Out (a fine motivational tune), hold plank, do 1 merkin for every “bleed it out” or “throw it away” you hear (the song ends with a flurry of those, surprise).  We had  a number of FNGs and 2.0s, so I encouraged resting on your knees a couple of times.

45’s: That’s 45 seconds of an exercise while we listen to music (more 2.0 friendly music than my typical angry metal). We did two rounds of 6 exercise: superman, hollow body, crab cake, squat, side plank left, then right (with all that mutinous mumblechatter I cheated planking to 30 seconds each side).

Dads and kids get into groups of 3 for partner rotations.

Round One
Dads: P1 mosey track, P2 plank, P3 thuster with rock
Kids: with their trio, rotate between: swings, slide/monkey bars, Dog Racing

What is “Dog Racing”?  Using a tennis ball launcher, each kid has a turn to shoot the ball into the field while the other partner(s) run to a cone and return before Chloe gets the ball and returns.  That shooter wasn’t going far enough, or the cone was too far, or that dog is just too fast.  I don’t think the kids won once, but they all had fun trying.

Round Two
Dads: P1 carioca track, P2 LBCs, P3 hernia (V-Up with rock, thank you Twinkletoes)
Kids: same as round one

Wrapping up, dads take your rocks to the rock pile and kids follow me. Some how half the kids ran ahead to the rock pile, fortunately traffic was light. I redirected them to COT and lead the kids in SSH while we waited for the dads to catch up. Having some fun, we started the cadence at 80 and got up over a hundred before all the dads straggled in.

Moleskin

With a workout this complex, groups rotating various activities, I’m lucky it wasn’t more chaotic.  I focused on keeping the kids occupied, and the dads were OYO.  Looking at some of their faces I saw they got their work in and the kids definitely had fun blowing off a lot of energy. So it wasn’t pretty, but mission accomplished.

Big lesson I need to remember is to give the PAX a written reminder of what they’re doing.  With a piece of paper listing the exercises at each round and it will be so much smoother.

Also, at my next adult Q, I’ll recycle Bleed it Out, but with Mike Tyson’s at each “throw it away” & and no breaks.  I’m looking forward to the mumblechatter of discontent.

Good to see Pennywise back out again and all the Appetizer regulars (you know who you are).  Magi also isn’t shying away (Clyent Dinner again too?) and his former FNG Overdraft as well (actually you guys are regulars too).  Also some new faces Nails, Raven, and Schedule-C who brought in FNG Open House, welcome!.   Honeycomb didn’t make it tonight, but he still got two FNGs to show up, welcome John Deere and his 2.0 Wipeout.  Also, welcome, welcome!   And pseudo-FNG, came back for a name adjustment, the formerly Fatso is now Redacted.

Other than Redacted the other 3 FNG names were already in the PAX listing.  So TBD if those are active, and in which region, ugh.  Note to F3Nation, please make an app that’ll retrieve PAX names, per region, with last time posting, and maybe some alternative name suggestions, TYIA.

Also thank you to my enthusiastic co-Q High Hat (if you build it they will come, indeed) and my animal trainer assistant Johnny5.

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