Going To California…err…Clemmons

Going To California…err…Clemmons

QIC: Wobegon

Date: 5-30-2022

PAX: Adobe, Madoff, Cruiser, Sour Mash, Schneider, Burlap, Drama Queen, Rudolph, 60 Minutes, Subfloor

Sure, Stairway To Heaven gets all the glory, media attention, “most streamed” list topping, and punchline status. But light a stick of incense and take in the full majesty of Going To California and When the Levee Breaks and all that glitters is not gold, baby.

For that matter, a good pair of headphones and Whole Lotta Love? Life changing.

For no reason other than Bloodsport got YHC a new Led Zep t-shirt for his birthday, today’s theme was about the 7os biggest, if not best, rock band (YHC can argue for Rush or Thin Lizzy, but no one tell Schutzie).

While I was too young to see Led Zep live, I do get to live in the era of the internet and can tell you what their setlist looked like on this date in 1977. I guess we also get Greta Van Fleet. I am old enough to have had a copy of IV on cassette, CD, and now streaming. Back in the 90s, you could find classic rock vinyl for cheap; it was in a low ebb on the cultural relevance arc. I had a couple of Zep releases that sold nicely in the big Vinyl Purge of 2017.

Anyway…

The playlist was based on that setlist, with the slower, longer songs taken out. I’d hoped to find a 10-minute drum solo to drop in the middle, but we used what Apple Music gave us. The beatdown went like this.

The Song Remains The Same with Standard Warm-O-Rama.

Get a block, bring it back here, and line up.

Mary Murder Bunnies 

This was a crowd-pleaser from the hop.

• Murder Bunny, 3 hops
• 10 LBCs
• To the end of the lot and plank up.

Carry your block back to Start, and circle up for Block Work: 

• 10 curls 
• 10 skulls 
• 10 bent rows
• 5 blockees

Repeat-O

To the Tables, after you put your block up.

1. 10 Righ leg step ups 
2. 10 Left leg step ups 
3. 10 dips 
4. 10 squats 

Repeat-O

To the Curb:

• Fast Feet for a 10 count 
• 10 merkins 

Repeat-0 for a total of 5 rounds. Note: this is not running. We were stationary. It’s a Strength-Core workout, but we need some cardio, right?

To the Wall:

• 10 Jack Reachers down the line
• High knees across lot
• 10 dry docks

Repeat-O

Balls to the wall for 30 seconds 

Back to Start for some extended Mary.

As the last notes 0f Rock and Roll echoed over the elementary school and the sun slowly rose, the Q called “Recoevr.”  

COT:

Prayers for students going through testing at school this week, transitions and plans for summer. No others spoken aloud.

YHC took us out with gratitude.

Thanks for being there, guys. Perfect morning. Thanks to the Slack mumble chatter, I plan to cook dinner with Houses of the Holy, then unwind with Wayne’s World. Maybe ice the shoulders.