Old men and fools at TRQ

Old men and fools at TRQ

QIC: BAM

Date: 4/01/21

PAX: Organ Grinder (WB), Boomerang, Green Acres (WD), BAM

It was a blustery morning on the plains of Speas Elementary, the April Fools rolled in anyway.  YHC found a place out of the breeze, at least for YHC, and began playing the “fools themed” tunes.  At approximately 0528, the Q remembered the Tabata timer had not been set, so began frantically programming (foreshadowing alert).

A veteran bunch of pax showed up, and the Q was committed to honor the plans set forth at TRQ by its founder Goofy, running is stupid.  (ok, maybe it was just no running, but we all know what he meant, even his driver agrees on that)

• SSH
• Whirly
• Copperhead Squats
• IW
• Abe Vigoda
• CDD

• Mt. Climber

• SSH

• High knees

• 10 merkins while P2 planks

• 20 LBC while P2 holds 6″

• 25 squats while P2 holds Al Gore

• Merkin
• Freddie Merc

• Squat/ Squat Jumps

Mary

• The benevolent Q let pax choose the exercises, and learned it’s why we can’t have nice things
• OG – WWII (technically in cadence, but only because he counted to 4 while doing it, at no point did it match his actual movements, evidently he and Atrophy went to same cadence school)
• Boomerang – asked how much time left, so the benevolent and honest Q told him, so he then proceeded to call 10 burpees.  Real classy.
• Green Acres – Mutton Crunch, but to a count of 15, which all pax know the standard Mutton Crunch cadence number is 10 per side
• Since obviously anarchy was knocking at the door, the Q called the work out (and we were at 45 minutes)

NMM

• When pax were told that the Q hoped they enjoyed the April Fool’s day playlist, there was general surprise that it was indeed April Fools Day
• Then the Q proceeded to say in honor of April Fools, we were going to do a “famous” workout of 300 today.  Following Green Acres groan, YHC said “April Fools.”  YHC wasn’t expecting that easy of a layup for pax to fall for that, but it was welcomed nonetheless
• Evidently “sets” and “cycles” mean different things on YHC’s Tabata timer.  And since it was not set until 0528, had a mild mix up.  Our first two “cycles” were initially only done to 5 sets instead of the Dr. approved 8.   Problem was solved, since YHC knows the reader is on the edge of their seat currently.
• If you ever want to make Green Acres look and sound most like a cranky old man, call Lazy Dora’s and explain the resting position between merkins is plank.  At first, the Q thought he didn’t hear the instruction, you know age, then realize he was disapproving the instruction.  Of all the pax who would find doing more upper body work annoying, Green Acres was the last one. #sunsoutgunsout #themoreyouknow
• Pax did a good job (other than Organ Grinder) of identifying the ‘b side’ hits of many on the playlist
• Palin’s lack of knowledge about the name of the band The Guess Who came up.  #whoisonfirst
• Boomerang evidently has “old man knees” and disapproved of the jump squats for the last round of Tabata, but the Q reminded him he must know about “old man backs” for his regular feature “the great burpee world tour.”  This may or may not have contributed to Mr. ‘Rang calling for burpees during Mary.

Prayers

• For the Hornsby family – Kate’s cousin.  Funeral for Price Hornsby, 18, is tomorrow.  Died in his sleep last week.  Complete shock all around.  Kate and YHC are driving down, so safe travels as well!

Playlist (Starfish approved)

• April Food by Manchester Orchestra
• Only a Fool Would Say That by Steely Dan
• American Fool by John Cougar Mellencamp
• Fool for the City by Foghat
• Ship of Fools by World Party
• Fools Gold by Fitz and the Tantrums
• Fooling Yourself by Styx
• Dancin’ Fool by The Guess Who
• You Little Fool by Elvis Costello
• What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers
• Won’t Get Fooled Again by The Who
• A Fool for you by Ray Charles