A very COVID Purgatory

A very COVID Purgatory

QIC: Splash

Date: 6/27/2020

PAX: Red Eye, Cardiac Arrest, Spam, Offsides, Starfish, High Cotton, Lemming, BAM, Argyle, Sargent Shultz, D-Day, Pony, Dr Toot., Boomerang, Spash

I decided on a COVID themed workout as I thought there might be some Pax out there who had questions about the virus that has turned all of our lives upside down. So armed with a few interesting facts I went to Spees to enlighten and perhaps strengthen a few folks unfortunate enough to show up.

Warm-O-Rama

Started as per usual with an eloquent declaration of the mission statement of F3 (nah, actually just went right into it)

SSH x20

IW x15

Plank into stretches into dive bombers into down dog a few times

Abe Vagodas

Whirly’s got the clap x15

Mosey to the track

The Thang:

I let the Pax know that the novel coronavirus can infect the GI tract and that there are 7 coronaviruses that can infect humans. With that information in mind we rand around the “GI” Track and did 7 burpees at each corner. This was very popular.

At the end it was pointed out that we had done 49 burpess so that had to be rounded off so we did one more.

We then discussed that viruses are grouped into clades and I asked the Pax to divide into clades of three pax each

We then moseyed to the parking lot and each clade chose a respiratory cell (parking spot) to “infect”. This was accomplished by pax#1 bear crawling up the line and doing a merkin then bear crawl across and doing a merkin then crawl bear down the line and doing a merkin and then moving to the next respiratory cell to infect. Pax #2 and #3 ran to the top of the hill and pax #2 started doing crunches and pax #3 ran back to relieve pax #1, rinse, lather, repeat. After many cells were infected we determined that our job was done and mosesyed to the rock pile.

Everyone got a rock. We discussed that the coronavirus has 30,000 nucleotides in its genome (RNA genome) so we did sets of 30 curls, skull crushers, overhead press and bent over rows OYO, then sets of 15 then sets of 5 then mosey to the wall with your rock.

At the wall peoples chair with rock and we discussed that the coronavirus has a an outer shell studded with spikes that bind to the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 protein on the outside of cells that allow it to infect us. We then shock our virus (rock) with 20 Jack Reachers, recover and repeat. Put your rocks away.

Mosey to the lido deck. I asked if anyone remembered the deconstructed hill burpee and thankfully no one did so we didn’t do any. We did 20 r leg step ups then 20 left leg then 10 box jumps then 19 dips, 19 derkins and 19 irkins. Then repeated some of that again. Then slow mosey to the bottom of the hill and run to the start (I was passed by Pony).

Mary:

By committee. Much to my amazement Spam called for 3 burpees, not sure what was wrong with him.

Announcements:

Offsides needs Purgatory Qs so unless you want me to come back, step up!

I reminded the pax that the virus can affect people in very unpredictable ways and that wearing a mask doesn’t protect you but rather protects those around you so wear a damn mask.

D-Day is Qing the work on Monday at 5:30, topic will be the Winston-Salem trust talk watch the video and join the work

Prayer requests

Spam’s co-workers wife has been diagosed with breast cancer

Spams uncle has just been diagnosed with cancer and is in the ICU

Offsides nephew was bitten in the face by a dog

Drip’s son has been diagnosed with COVID

Argyle’s friend has been diagnosed with liver cancer

Boomerang’s sister’s breast cancer has grown

Undertow’s dad is tiring of his battle with leukemia

COT

Arglye took us out giving thanks for the day

Fin

Thanks to Offsides for the keys! Always an honor to lead these pax.