Clear and Simple

Clear and Simple

Date: 3.26.25

PAX: Drip, Zesty, Burns, Schlitz (EC), Palin (EC), Turnover (EC), Greenspan

Playfully, YHC has been making some commotion on Slack about not being utilized for Q-School.  YHC’s resume speaks for itself:  Outhouse Site-Q (shuttered in 2021), hole in the head in 2023 resulting from a Zima Q that results in momentary forgetfulness of at least one of the core principles, poorly-spoken (though maybe not well-spoken of), a recycled Spotify playlist that just keeps growing, creator of many well-planned, complicated Qs.  Are you not entertained?  So, YHC set out today to keep it simple and clear with minimal Omahaing while being worth everyone’s time and money.

Warmarama:

YHC clearly verbalized the mission and 5 core principles.  Then we did a warmup of the muscles that YHC planned to hit today, i.e. all of them.

• SSHs, Abe Vigodas, Whirlies, up/down dogs, Cherry Pies

The Thang:

Mosey to the playground.  Cardboard weinkes awaited at the swings, the tables, and the steps.  YHC slowly explained the plan and what each exercise consisted of.

• Swings: Supine Pullups x 20 (each round)
• Tables:
  • Round 1 – Divebombers x 15
  • Round 2 – Hand-Release Merkins x 15
  • Round 3 – Derkins x 15
• Steps:
  • Round 1 – Squats x 30
  • Round 2 – Lunges x 30 (Single-Count)
  • Round 3 – Calf Raises x 30
• Bottom of Intimidator
  • Round 1 – Run to Carolina, Star Jumps x 5 at top
  • Round 2 – Run to Glade View Court, Star Jumps x 5 at top
  • Round 3 – Run to Jersey, Star Jumps x 5 at top

Perform one exercise at each stop per round.  Repeato until 0610.

Announcements:

• Zesty has UA Q on Friday! Schlitz invited him to the flattest EC run in downtown W-S;
• Coffee with the Runs is at Tanglewood on Sunday, $5 Footlong on the Q. Finish the run by 0715 for coffee.
• Q School is Saturday(!) March 29^th at 6:15 at Purgatory. It will teach you to lead an effective Q.  YHC will not be there.
• Samaritan Ministries service night is Monday, 4/21/25. Let me know if you can serve.  We currently need a full assortment of six guys.
• Reminder of the emergency contact Google Sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1z8sBhHcMcyjutMGR_Nls4aPBcTQ8KgebiJw-9Wpzvc4/edit?gid=0#gid=0). Please populate.

Prayer Requests:

• Iceberg, long absent pax, dealing with anxiety. Thankfulness for Schlitz’s friendship to him.
• Lamb Chop’s & M’s baby.
• Van Gogh’s M’s mother and family.

YHC prayed us out.

NMM:

• YHC EHed Turnover with the pre-blast. To YHC’s pleasant surprise, TO responded in the affirmative.
• TO showed up in the family swagger wagon rather than the horned truck which led to the following discussion:
  • Palin: “Where’s the truck?”
  • Turnover: “The truck is okay.”
  • Palin: “But where is it?”
  • Turnover: “It’s in my driveway.”
  • Palin: “So you just felt like driving the van today like Rubber Ducky?”
  • Turnover: [Exhausted by the conversation at this point] “So, we’re having work done at the house, and they dropped off materials yesterday.”
  • Palin: “…”
  • Turnover: “%*#%, Palin!  The truck is blocked in the driveway by the materials!”
• Schlitz, Palin, and Turnover joined for a rapid EC run. Schlitz was really happy with the flat nature of the route…until we got to the weinke at the bottom of the Intimidator.  “Ahhh, it [the flat EC run] makes sense now.”
  • Schlitz crushed the Intimidator. T-claps for all of the work he’s put in.
• Star Jumps after running up any portion of the Intimidator are a bad idea.
• Palin had a delicious, gut bomb dinner last night. We all experienced the aromatic aftermath.
• Drip put a hurting on two groups of pax on Monday & Tuesday. Great to see him this morning.
• Zesty poured it on after his V-Q last week. He floated up the Intimidator.  His ever-pleasant smile is reminiscent of Drip.
• Burns suggested that YHC was the only pax in Dashland who “likes” dive bombers. YHC never said I liked them; just that they are an effective, complex exercise that hits multiple groups at the same time.  #Efficiency.
• Cherry Pie’s status was discussed after his name was invoked during warmarama. Someone asked which gym he was working out at now.  Miss that guy.
• We made it through 1.66667 rounds of the weinkes today, which was plenty.

Thanks, Frank & Beans, for the keys.  We miss you.