Chilly Fingers and The Way

13 PAX joined YHC at Thomas Brooks Park, the site of Field of Dreams. Two Raleigh PAX ventured to West Cary to see how the other side lives. “We asked Franklin what kind of Q you were and he said ‘If he plans it, it’s usually pretty good’.” Is that so? With that, the Weinke came out and the PAX were treated to some planned pain. The beauty of YHC’s Qs is that even when YHC plans it, the PAX still think he’s winging the entire thing. It’s good to keep the PAX on their toes. And their Bows. We did plenty of that today. We raced off into the 28 degree gloom to see what the Weinke had in store:

Warm up

Jog to the concrete baseball:

• SSH x 25
• Good morning x 12
• Pulsing Lunges x 10 each leg
• SFAC x 10 Forward and Reverse
• Lunge hold & SFAC x 10, switch legs and reverse arm circles (1) (2) (see NMS for bullet points related to these random numbers throughout the BB)

The Thang

Split into two groups:

• Group one – run a lap; Group two – Dips x 10 and Dirkens x 10 AMRAP (3)
• Flapjack
• G1 – Run a lap; G2 – ALRSU x 10 and Boxcutters x 10 AMRAP
• Flapjack
• G1 – Run a lap; G2 – Merkins x 10 and Side plank crunches x 10 each side AMRAP
• Flapjack

Plank-o-rama: 4 full minutes of planking enjoyment. A few variations thrown in for jollies, but just keep your knees off the concrete, alright? (4)

Run over to the TOCRP and pick a non-traveling rock. (5)

• Rock Merkins x 10; then, keeping 3 points of contact on the ground at all times, switch over for Rock dips x 10 (6)
• Repeat
• Repeat
• Rock Squats x 20
• Rock Lunges x 20
• Quick feet on the rock x 20 (7)
• Rock Complex (aka Rock your Body) x 15.

Boogie over to the BBall Courts and line up for Sprints (8):

1. 100% – All you got; 10 Derkins on the fence when finished (9)
2. 75% speed; 10 Irkens OYO
3. 50% speed
4. 25% speed
5. 50% speed; 10 Derkins OYO (10)
6. 75% speed; 10 Irkens
7. 100% ALL YOU GOT
8. Bonus!! Another ALL YOU GOT Sprint to finish strong! (11)

Mary

Dealer’s Choice: (12)

• YHC – Hello Dolly x 15 (How you doin’, baby? (13))
• Shutty – Dying Cockroach
• Term Paper – LBC x 15
• YHC – American Hammer x 20
• Beaker – WWII x 15
• YHC – Plank-o-rama (time waster, but still painful)
• Banjo – Side oblique crunches x 10 each side (14)

COT

• Nam-o-rama: 13 PAX – 3 RESPECT, 1 Hate, 9 mehs
• Announcements: The Bull, The KKC, The 2016 Xmas Party – see website for details on most of these events….
• Prayer requests: None spoken, but we prayed for each PAX’s soul, just in case.
• I shared a thought I had about something I heard in church the last two weekends about how the very early “Christians” weren’t really called Christians right away. That name was given later. But early on, rather, the people who followed Jesus’ teachings and spread the Gospel were known as “people of the way”. It was explained that others around people of the way – whether Jew or gentile, Greek, Roman, Asian, whatever – they saw these other people living in such a way that was so different from what they were used to seeing. These people loved others, they shared with others, they didn’t discriminate, or hate, or shame others. They accepted others for who they were, where they were. And they shared God’s love. My challenge is to live in such a way that others will look at the Way I live and notice something different about it. Something that may be contrary to what society says I should do. To be a servant. To love my wife and (future) kids, and to prioritize them above my career. To be the first to make amends with my enemies. Etc. Etc. Etc.
• YHC took us out.

Naked moleskin

1. I saw a Banjo backblast where he numbered his mumble chatter tidbits throughout the workout. I liked the idea, so I’m adopting it as a BB Best Practice.
2. Received A LOT of crap from the PAX about this one. Despite seeing the Weinke, some wondered aloud whether I was still consulting the magic 8 ball.
3. The first hints of complaints about fingertips being uncomfortable. It was a common theme today.
4. More whining about chilly fingers. Alright, guys. I get it. You realize it’s below freezing, right?
5. Hell broke loose as the PAX outright questioned the Q’s sanity. Evidently rocks are equal to ice cubes. YHC didn’t get the memo, nor does he really care.
6. Watch out for the wobbles.
7. One PAX wondered allowed what exactly his dental plan covered. The good news? We’re in a new benefit year.
8. Ma Bell is a co-site-Q at the Field of Dreams. He works for AT&T. And his F3 name is Ma Bell. In honor of his connection to the telephone communications industry, YHC asked everyone to pay homage by lining up for some Sprints. Get it? No one laughed until YHC mentioned he’d been working hard on his “dad jokes”. The other dads laughed at that. Thank you, I’ll be here all week.
9. Ma Bell was so incredibly gassed after giving all he got, he pulled a classic stall tactic – getting his shoelaces caught on the fence. The two PAX from Raleigh rushed to the scene to aide our brother, but YHC saw through the charade. It was clear to all that he needed a breather, but didn’t want to admit it. Plus, it gave him an extra 30 seconds to work his arms. Evidently, he hadn’t had enough. Ma Bell loves his arms! I don’t blame him…they’re gorgeous. Good move, sir, but you didn’t fool me.
10. No caught shoelaces this time.
11. YHC still can’t breathe after that one. Believe it or not, this was the only audible called all morning. We were supposed to stop after one AYG sprint, but YHC felt the need for more.
12. Again, certain PAX wondered if this was part of the script, but my Weinke did, in fact, say dealer’s choice for Mary. Lay off!
13. Whatchu doin’ this weekend? Let me buy you dinner, gurl.
14. I forgot how much these suck. Especially after already doing 6 minutes of Mary. Banjo = Beast
15. There is no 15 above. It just felt right to have 15. It’s a good number. Divisible by five. Odd number, but one of the cooler odd numbers. Not to say odd numbers are inherently uncool. Or that even numbers are somehow better. Just that 15 is the creme of the crop of odd numbers. Like Large Mouth. Not that Large Mouth is odd, but he is the creme of the crop. Where do you suppose that phrase came from? Creme of the crop? And what crop, specifically? I bet they’re talking about corn. Is that where creamed corn came from, you think?
16. And that, gentlemen, is how you go from talking about a number to talking about creamed corn.
17. YHC has a beautiful mind.
18. Have a nice day.

It was a pleasure to lead. It was a pleasure to write this backblast. Enjoy your day. I’ll see you tomorrow. In the gloom. With a bowl of hot creamed corn. Do you think Dolly likes creamed corn?

Callahan