A most presidential beatdown
QIC: Red Eye
Date: 2/1/2018
PAX: Fokker, Closer, Cheesesteak, Touch Me Not, Chisel, Huckleberry, Zima, Interference, Jar Jar, Balco, Razzie, Rust Bucket (WD), Bluto, Snookie, Dr. Suess (WB), Red Eye (QIC)
Date: 2/18/2018
Pax: Fokker, Closer, Cheesesteak, Touch Me Not, Chisel, Huckleberry, Zima, Interference, Jar Jar, Balco, Razzie, Rust Bucket (WD), Bluto, Snookie, Dr. Suess (WB), Red Eye (QIC)
Presidents’ Day wasn’t a day off for 16 of the Dash’s finest pax. A little (OK, a lot) of rain, nor YHC as Q, dissuaded this crew from posting at The Estate for a subtly themed beatdown. Not subtle on the shoulders, though.
Warm-o-rama
SSHs, 5 burpees since Chisel was late, arm swirly things forward and back, Abe Vigodas, Whirly-looked-fine-at-Bluto’s-party-but-evidently-still-has-the-clap. Maybe some Imperial Walkers. Can’t remember, but YHC usually does those, too.
Tha Thangs
Pax moseyed down the hill then to the right around the lower green towards Reynolda House. We paused at the frequently overlooked parking lot on the left to start our first “presidential” set.
T – Twists, Russian x 45 IC (very Russian)
Moseyed to median by the main entrance for
R – Rocky Balboas x 45 IC
Moseyed past Pure Barre to the bridge for
U – Up Straddle Hops x 23 IC L, x 22 IC R
Moseyed to base of the hill, pausing by the spa for
M – Monkey Humpers x 10 IC, then 35 OYO since YHC realized that 45 IC Monkey Humpers is the worst idea ever.
Moseyed up the hill to the courtyard for
P – People’s Chair with Airpresses, x 45 IC
Staying in the courtyard, we shifted our attention to the 16th U.S. President, Abraham Lincoln.
A – Alternating shoulder taps, x 16 IC
Pax partnered up for
B – Booyah merkins, x 16
E – Elbow plank, x 16 count IC
Dear Lord, YHC was tired of hearing himself calling out cadence. Balco agreed, so we moseyed to the Village Tavern parking lot for the next Thang.
FDR was the longest-serving U.S. President, having been elected four times. So, a four corners escalator around the parking lot was in order.
Corner 1: 10 merkins
Corner 2: 10 merkins, 20 air claps
Corner 3: 10 merkins, 20 air claps, 30 plank jacks
Corner 4: 10 merkins, 20 air claps, 30 plank jacks, 40 Jack Reachers
Since FDR completed three of his four terms, we repeatoed this 3x. The pax loved it and didn’t wish for new exercises at all.
We had a little time left, so we did some parking space DB drills followed by parking space Apollo Creeds.
YHC discovered that we stayed mostly dry throughout, so we returned to the start to remedy that with Mary’s help.
LBCs, mutton crunches, heels to heaven, box cutters, and penguin crunches.
FIN.
COT
YHC took us out.
Prayer requests
None spoken.
Announcements
None spoken.
NMM
When Presidents’ Day began, it was primarily a celebration of George Washington. YHC bypassed him for any acronyms since exercises that begin with “e” are few and far between and doing something with “Washington” just seemed to be a bit much. TPE or Winklevoss could’ve managed it for sure, though.
The Q did not state the name of the president in question for the first Thang, but the pax are a sharp bunch and figured it out fairly quickly.
YHC will be giving up cadence for Lent.
Rust Bucket most certainly does NOT need a handicap parking space.
Up Straddle Hops are no joke to calf muscles, but leave it to Snookie to find a way to modify to make them worse. And his plank jacks are a blur.
A few pax suggested that FDR might have had fewer mobility issues if he had changed things up with the occasional leg exercise when he did 4 corners. Jokes about polio . . . rough crowd.
Thanks for the keys, Huckleberry. They were last seen floating down Silas Creek.
SYITG,
Red Eye
