Parliamentary MC / Bose

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Parliamentary MC / Bose

Date: 9/19/23

PAX: Schneider, Sour Mash, Harden, Turnover, Cruiser, Adobe, Drama Queen, Ziggy Stardust, SeaMan, Boomerang, Greenspan (QIC)

Best temperatures yet of the post-summer season, with a beautiful, star-filled sky, awaited the 11 pax who entered the chambers this morning.

Warmarama:

SSHs,  Abe Vigodas, Down/Upward Dog stretches, Dive Bombers, Cherry Pies

The Thang

First up was the “Hammer Time” routine set to MC Hammer’s “You Can’t Touch This”.

  • Every time Hammer says, “Can’t Touch This” = Burpee (25 in total, but they came in groups)
  • “Break It Down” = American Hammers
  • “Stop, Hammer Time” = Back on your feet
  • Carioca back & forth for the remainder of the song.

Then, mosey to block pile.  Carry chosen block to other side of dumpsters where 2 rows of 3 “legit” orange cones awaited the pax.  Each cone was 10 yards apart.  Routine was to perform 15 reps of the called exercise at each cone, then carry your block, however you choose, to the next cone.  Continue until time is called, i.e. pax arms begin to fall off and / or YHC’s phone alarm goes off.  Exercises were:

  • Upright rows
  • KB Swings
  • Bent-over rows
  • Overhead Press
  • Goblet Squats
  • Curls

Alarm went off at 0600.  We moseyed back to the tables for 5 layers of dips x 10 (IC, so x 20), interlaced with the following OYO, x 10.

  • R-L Step Ups
  • L-L Step Ups
  • Derkins
  • Erkins

Mosey back to launch for 10 minutes(!) of Mary.  Called exercises were:

  • Cobra Crunch x 10 (IC)
  • Low Flutter x 10 (IC)
  • Low Plank ~45 seconds
  • Freddy Mercury x 10 (IC)
  • Side crunch – right x 10 (IC)
  • Alabama Glute Bridge x 10 (IC)
  • Side crunch – left x 10 (IC)
  • Low Plank ~45 seconds
  • Freddy Mercury x 10 (IC)
  • Dying Cockroach x 10 (IC)
  • Gas Pumps x 10 (IC)
  • Low Plank ~45 seconds
  • Freddie Mercury x 10 (IC)

Time.

NMM:

  • YHC borrowed Boomerang’s speaker as YHC’s #1 speaker was stolen out of the parking lot of Salem Baptist while attending my daughter’s volleyball game, and speaker #2 is in the Pilot sitting in the Charlotte airport parking deck. Boom’s speaker put out great acoustics and was as heavy as one of our blocks.  Boom said it was good for throwing through windows.
  • Harden and Sour Mash got started early due to needing to leave early. Strong work, men.
  • Ziggy and Boom kept YHC company around the circuit, entertaining YHC with their obvious observations of corporate academia.
  • The pax were uncertain of whether Turnover was telling us his age, or his number of children during COT.
  • Adobe is the absolute bomb with stickers (just see the back of VG’s F150 for a sampling). Talk to the man if you want an awesome Iron Pax sticker even if, like YHC, you haven’t done the workouts.  Adobe also dominated the workout like a piece of art.
  • YHC intended to join Schneider for the weekly EC run, but neglected to appropriately set the alarm. Schneider was on point.
  • SeaMan and Cruiser sailed through the workout, moving through the block circuit together at a good clip.
  • The circuit provided amble opportunity for 2nd F and proximity for the MC to be heard by the Q.

Announcements:

  • Street cleanup in Clemmons this weekend. Harden is not in charge or responsible in any way.

Prayer Requests:

  • Huckleberry’s son.
  • YHC’s family grieving loss of father-in-law / kids’ grandfather.

YHC took us out thanking the SkyQ for the morning and the men surrounding me.

Thanks for the keys, Adobe!  I think I mistakenly handed them to Boomerang when returning his speaker.