YHC rolled up to the AO to see only cars in the parking lot. Running. Getting 0 mpg. With their lights on. Come on bruh, it’s almost 40 degrees out. You canNOT be cold. Goose and YHC immediately emerged, coaxing the precious darlings from their cartsacks. See what I did there? One of them was an FNG that Franklin talked into, er, recruited. Don’t let Franklin be your mentor, bro! Embrace the gloom. Anyway, time’s a tickin’. Gave the disclaimer and away we went. Maybe a few seconds early, but there’s no one else coming, right? RIGHT?
Follow me on the jog to the intersection with the main Bond Park road, stay facing the dail and New Hampshire while we karaoke for a bit, then switch and karaoke facing the other way for a bit until we reach the entrance to the community center, jog forward into the parking lot and about halfway up, turn and complete the journey with a backwards run. That should get the legs good and warmed up. Circle up for
Warm-Ups
- 10 x GM IC (sllloooowww)
- 10 x Say Hey Willies IC
- 10 x Forward Sir Fazio Arm Circles
- 10 x Reverse Sir Fazio Arm Cirles
- 10 x Vertical Arm Circles
- 10 x vertical Arm Circles in the other direction (lots o’ mumblechatter and laughter. How cute. Enjoy it while you can)
- 15 x Sandard Merkins IC (like they’re supposed to be done)
- 10 x Calf/Achilles Stretches – 5 on each leg – IC (because the QIC said so!)
Hey, look we’re right by a pile of rocks. Grab a substantial size rock and circle up for..wait, YHC is ready to go but there are still 3 PAX looking down at the rocks. Bruh, it ain’t that hard. Pick up a big one and join the rest of us already…
The Thang
A set of 21s. Your Ms will thank me (but love you). You’re welcome.
- 7 bottom half curls – starting with arms fully extended down and curling halfway up to where your forearms are horizontal – IC
- 7 top half curls – starting with forearms in horizontal position and curling all the way up – IC
- 7 full range curls IC
Yes, smart-PAXes, we did them in cadence so it was actually 42 curls. You’re geniuses, OK? Again, you’re welcome. Drop your rocks and grab some wall, which happens to be adjacent to where we’re standing. How’d that happen? Planning, that’s how. BTTW or STTB (sticks to the bricks) for a 7 count down the line. Recover, and…
Pick up your rocks for a repeato set of 21s. Put your rocks back and recover on the jog. Down the parking lot, across the street, down the hill to the kiosk and give me a count (which proved to be more difficult than it should have. Geniuses, maybe not). 13 did you say? Alright, well one “pair” is going to have to be a triple. Either way, Ma Bell ’bout to drop the F(unk)-BOMB on y’alls up in here.
As a pair, complete the following set – with one partner performing the exercise while the other runs up the hill and back. Wait, Shut-in is here now? Where did he come from? You’ve been searching all over the park for us, you say? Apparently, we were not where you “searched.” Either way, now we have an even number and one team won’t have to multiply by 1.5 (we established the non-genius thing) Go!
- Burpees x 50
- Overhead Claps x 100
- Merkins x 150 – The laughter had long ceased by this point
- Big-Boy Situps x 200 – These were no joke
- Squats x 250
- Flutter Kicks x 300
YHC had to call an audible and asked the PAX to finish up the squats. There won’t be enough time for 300 Flutters and several more trips up the hill and back. Help your brothers get to 250 and squat hold. Then plank-o-rama. When all teams were done, up the hill and down the main Bond Park road to the intersection. On your sixes, fellas. Wait, there goes Airbag. I guess we’re back down to 13. Anyway, we’re going to do some of those flutter kicks to complete the Funk-Bomb. Flutter Kicks x 20 IC. Recover. Someone asked: “you mean recover all the way and stand up?” Um, yeah. Now line up and Billy Run (which is Cary lingo for AYG) back to the parking lot and circle up for:
COT
Count-o-rama: 13-14-13 (yeah, I’m confused too)
Name-o-rama: 3 respects, 9-10-9 mehs, 1 hate. Welcome FNG-no-more Facebook!
Announcements – Mule (there is now a signup sheet), Bull
Prayers – Ma Bell’s co-worker who’s father-in-law is in hospice and Ma Bell’s friend Jamie and her daughter, Ana
BOM – Ma Bell took us out
As always, I enjoyed it. All of it – the planning, the execution, the leadership, the camaraderie, and the fellowship. It’s always the best part of my day. Calli, you got the NMS!
