BLIMPS at Flatline

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BLIMPS at Flatline

QIC: BAM

Date: 07/20/21

PAX: Root Canal (WD), Lamb Chop (WB), Workbench, Cheesesteak, Huckleberry, Wobegon, BAM

Since Beverly’s wishes for Flatline were nonstop movement, YHC often reverts to a WIB-style structure.  Often it’s because YHC isn’t smart enough on how to keep things moving while giving instructions.  Still not any smarter, but coming off a vacation where 0 exercise happened and YHC was already in less than stellar cardio conditioning, wanted something that allowed pax to get their $$’s worth while not having to wait on me to tell them what to do next.

So, combining the lovely EMOM format (every minute on the minute) and an acronym set of exercises seemed like the perfect combo to allow pax to push themselves as hard as they wanted, with no counting to distract from MC and/or witty banter.  There wasn’t really any MC, the Q thinks the pax just felt badly for him, except when the pax decided 43 minutes was enough work instead of trusting the Q’s timer to keep going all the way to 45.

Warmorama

:30 seconds-ish each

  • SSH
  • Copperhead squats
  • IW
  • Whirly has just a little bit of the clap

The Thang

  • B – big boy sit ups (ain’t doing burpees)
  • L – lunges
  • I – imperial walkers
  • M – merkins
  • P – plank jacks
  • S – squats

Do one exercise for 1 minute, then run for a minute, then the next ‘letter’, then run, etc.

The “course” was Cherry St, 4th St, Marshall, 2nd St – a .4 mile loop

YHC covered 1.8 miles, so assuming normal pax got at least 2 miles in, and for those keeping score at home, HR average was 171 with a peak of 194.

NMM

  • YHC fartsacked yesterday to make sure the Q was fresh for today, the rain had nothing to do with it
  • Wobegon said he fartsacked yesterday to make sure I was fresh today, too  #solidarity
  • It was a quiet and friendly bunch
  • Cheesesteak was kind enough to keep circling back to YHC, evidently he confused that kindness with need to actually do the called exercise as well.  He didn’t seem to really care that the Q pointed that out.  Weird.
  • Root Canal and Lamb Chop evidently got a good workout in, but they never stopped chatting during the runs.  (Ok, mostly Root Canal chatted and LC respected his elder and politely listened)
  • Huck and Workbench never slowed down, Huck cruised along with Mr. Steak, Workbench listened to Root as much as he could and then sped up.
  • Wobegon drew the short straw and hung around YHC to make sure the Q completed the workout.
  • Wobegon also #Omaha’d the P to Penguin Crunches a couple times, #promove
  • Pax were close to parking lot as the 43 minute mark struck, pax seemed confused when the Q kept running.  So, they did somethings OYO while YHC kept going.  (granted, YHC is quite confident the pax worked harder in their 43 minutes than the Q did in 45, so not worried)

No announcements or prayer requests mentioned