Strange Times

Strange Times

I got voluntold to lead this workout. I put approximately 4 seconds of planning into it. Mainly because my last Q here didn’t finish through a bunch of Dora’s I had planned out so I just started at the bottom and worked my way up this time. Last time I Q’d, we stayed in the parking lot but a few of these guys struggled to move out of the way of a car Tuesday and didn’t look any wiser so figured we’d go to the football field instead.

Pre-Run
– Harambe joined me for a solid pre-run of his knee giving off some weird noise and me spewing my normal wisdom. He’d interject every now and then and I told him to get back in his lane and listen. I say that because I care for you to grow in wisdom…like me.
– Some guys were walking around the park with kids backpacks on. I thought it was a father/son out for a walk and was appreciating the great example of fatherhood I saw there. Then I realized it was Crypto and Hairband. Dang, my bad on that one.
– Unplugged was there…stretching….weirdly. Something about he used to stretch for his back, now it’s his arm. Not sure what any of that has to do with him twerking but you do you Unplugged. He said we should join in. We all turned away to keep our eyes from burning.

– Harambe takes off. Probably for the better anyways given how little he added to the pre-run.
– Pick up your bell and start walking to the art circle. So, the sign proclaiming a future art project has been replaced with some weird planter…..with no plant. Bold display of minimalism as art Indian Trail. It’s probably safe from being torn down though so IT gets the last laugh.

Warm Up
– We did things. I cadenced perfectly. We moved on.

The Thang
– Pick up your bell and carry it to the 50 yard line on the football field. Partner up. I choose Shepherd mainly because I know he counts by twos on his reps.
– 1st round of partner combined Dora’s: Snatch x 50, Upright Rows x 100, Lawn Mowers x 150. While Partner 1 does those, Partner 2 runs to the goal line and does 5 burpees. Flapjack until completed.
– 2nd round of partner combined Dora’s: Clean and Press x 50, Goblet Squat x 100, Overhead Press x 150. 10 Bombjacks at the goal line.
– 3rd round of partner combined Dora’s: Bulldogs x 50, Flutter Press x 100. 10 Jump Squats at the goal line.

Running out of time so we cut short the 3rd round. Carried our bells back to the parking lot. A few rounds of exercises with yet another perfect cadence. DONE.

Moleskine
– Harambe ran strong in the pre-run. The one time he talked was to tell me they ran that way before but there was no stop sign before…..at an intersection of two roads. Apparently Stallings is randomly putting up stop signs to mess with him. ok, dude
– Hairband pretended to be Dora. Pretended to do reps during Dora. And asked if I wanted his bell. Impressive work all around.
– Cyrpto fell into Hairband’s evil plan of making someone else get arrested with him for their grown men wearing backpacks in a park trick. But to be fair to HB, it worked.
– Unplugged did weird stretches before. Pulled a Horsehead of showing a much bigger bell than the one he actually used. Then bailed on us instead of doing coffee. Your consistency in failing is admirable.
– Shepherd made my work load lighter by counting by twos. Still proves me to be the smartest man out there choosing him.
– Pinto made Midway do all his reps.
– Midway never figured out he was doing all of the reps. Not sure what this says about either of them. Either way, nice job knocking them out.
– Poser had to do HBs reps while he was trying to trade bells with me which remains weird. Good solid effort though.
– Hoffa. Dear, sweet, innocent Hoffa. First of all, have you been at Overdrive since before your motorcycle accident where your bubble bike flipped over when you hit that caterpillar? Would have never happened if you had been at Overdrive that morning but let’s not let your laziness be our focus. I was proud of your effort. You almost did a rep, you almost did a burpee and you almost ran. But you did tell me to shut up multiple times.
– Smokey showed up for unknown reason and finished with no reps. Normal post for him.

Announcement
We are moving Thrive and Overdrive back to 5:30 AM starting next week. This accommodates some of our teachers and not like beauty sleep has helped any of you. Keep posting and getting better just at an earlier time.