Not Ready for Primetime Beatdown

Not Ready for Primetime Beatdown

QIC: Zima

Date: 2/6/23

PAX: Cheesesteak, Green Acres, Frostbite, Rubber Ducky, Van Gogh, Hansel, Palin, Zima

WARMUP.  

SSH, Michael Phelps, Whirlies

BEATDOWN.

All PAX who showed up on time randomly picked an exercise from a deck of about 90 cards and the number of reps ranging from 5 to 22.

Round 1 – 15 reps: Lawn Mowers

Round 2 – 10 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies

Round 3 – 14 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies, Hand Release Mike Tysons

Round 4 – 7 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies, Hand Release Mike Tysons, Cinder Block Jump Overs

Round 5 – 17 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies, Hand Release Mike Tysons, Cinder Block Jump Overs, Side-to-Side Merkins

Round 6 – 13 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies, Hand Release Mike Tysons, Cinder Block Jump Overs, Side-to-Side Merkins, Leg Lift Crunches

Round 7 – 20 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies, Hand Release Mike Tysons, Cinder Block Jump Overs, Side-to-Side Merkins, Leg Lift Crunches, Penguin Crunches

Round 8 – 21 reps: Lawn Mowers, Low Dollies, Hand Release Mike Tysons, Cinder Block Jump Overs, Side-to-Side Merkins, Leg Lift Crunches, Penguin Crunches, Squat Thrusters (Rubber Ducky’s choice)

DONE.

Q’s THOUGHTS:

• If anyone wants to question how much more of a man Green Acres is than the rest of us, not only did he RI, but he was spotted carrying two cinder blocks post-beatdown, and then RO’ed.  What are you doing with your life?
• The Q tried to cheat (unintentional?) to keep up with the usual bat flippers, Hansel and Van Gogh.  The other PAX, particularly Frostbite, were having none of it.
• We’re all used to Cheesesteak making up his own exercises during the beatdown, but Rubber Ducky making up his own numbers (i.e. doubling what was called) was a new one for me.
• Certain PAX took great enjoyment in very deservedly calling out the Q for skipping exercises.  The Q appreciated the helpful reminders from some, not so much from others.
• Does Cheesesteak come to the workout with his own pre-planned weinke or does he make up the new exercises on the fly?  I’m a little worried about a ski trip with him for fear of an agreement to rip down a nice easy groomer, but then realizing that he took us on a double diamond glade with bumps the size of Volkswagens.  That’s how I see it playing out anyway.
• Palin talked a lot.
• The randomness of the beatdown and cards was workshopped this morning.  The idea was sound.  The execution was not.  It’s not quite ready for primetime, but it’ll return soon better than ever.
• Green Acres is getting his super powers soon.  Now we’re all really in trouble.
• If you don’t recognize Rubber Ducky, just take 30+ pounds and stick it on him somewhere and you’ll see the man who appeared about 3 months ago. #KeepOnRocking 
• When trying to keep workouts fresh and interesting, there are bound to be a few swings and misses.  Let’s call this one a foul tip.
• Which Instagram Story would you choose – the Chris Hemsworth workout + diet plan or the Palin workout + diet plan?  The choice seems obvious to me.
• It was unanimously decided that the best way to take down a Chinese spy balloon is to throw a beer bottle at it.
• Van Gogh basically gave the Q the middle finger when he described how he woke up at 5:10, threw on sweatpants, and drove to the AO.  The sleep wasn’t even out of his eyes as he was obliterating the rest of the group through the beatdown.  Geez.  #WalkInThePark
• Who’s more proud of the workout commitment – Starfish of Frostbite’s dedication or Frostbite of mini-Starfish?
• Either Hansel only did half the reps or he brought back some special performance enhancing stuff from Cali (everything is legal there, right?).  He seemed to be entire sets, not exercises but sets, ahead of everyone else.  #BeastMode
• What happens in a backwoods South Carolina hotel room stays in a backwoods South Carolina hotel room … unless you constantly talk about it at every single workout you attend for two years.
• Does anyone else get the song, Convoy, stuck in their head when Rubber Ducky shows up to a workout?  No?  Just me?  OK.
• Well Huck, which shoes did you choose?

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Blood Drive coming up – give some, you don’t need it all.

PRAYERS:

• Van Gogh’s real friends who are about to go on ski trips
• PAX who got into skiing accidents
• Transcript’s M

Zima Out.

Crash, I left the keys hidden with the cinder blocks.  Because nobody ever steals those cinder blocks 😬, the keys should be super safe.