Doctor’s Orders

Doctor’s Orders

QIC: Starfish

Date: 6/29/2024

PAX: Green Acres (WD), Tarzan (WB), Sheldon, D-Day, Splash, Burlap, The Pony Express, Boomerang, Starfish (QIC)

YHC has been diagnosed with Tricompartmental Osteoarthritis in his left knee due to an old football (and tennis) injury where he tore his ACL at age 15 and then his PCH at age 17.  Now much order, the knee joint is “trashed” which is the official diagnosis from Dr. David Pollack.  Whereas he will eventually recommend a Total Knee Replacement, we are going to put that off for a while, so his current Rx is to “stop running”.  So, YHC has an official doctor’s excuse from running.  To celebrate, we loaded up a playlist of Doctor tunes, grabbed a sandbag and a couple of jump ropes and got after it this morning at Purgatory.

Warm-O-Rama

• SSH x21 IC
• Hillbillies x15 IC
• Copperhead Squats x10 IC
• Copperhead Merkins x10 IC, hold it
• Peter Parkers x10 IC, hold it
• Parker Peters x10 IC
• Arm Swirly Things, Forward x10 IC, hold it
• Arm Swirly Things, Reverse 10 IC, hold it
• Overhead Claps x10 IC, hold it
• Seal Claps x10 IC, hold it
• Moroccan Night Clubs x10 IC, hold it
• (By special request) Pony Pleasers aka Michael Phelps x10 IC
• Abe Vigoda x10 IC
• Whirly Has The Clap x10 IC

Walk down the hill and lineup.

The Thang, Part One:  OSTEOARTHRITIS from an ACL Tear and before a TKR

First two pax in line each take one end of the sandbag and walk around the traffic circle in front of the rec center and back as our timer.  Third pax and last pax jump rope for the entire round while the other pax perform the called exercise AMRAP in the following order:

• Overhead Claps
• Squats
• Turkish Getups
• Elbow Plank Jacks
• Oblique Crunches
• Alternating Side Squats
• Ranger Merkins
• Tiny Baby Crunches
• Hand Release Merkins
• Russian Twists
• Imperial Walkers
• Taps (Alternating Shoulder)
• Inchworms
• Side Straddle Hops
• American Hammers
• Crunches
• Lunges
• Tip Toe Raises
• Knerkins
• Ryans (Nolan)

When the sandbag buddies return, pax rotate positions and move to the next exercise in the order.

Walk down to the picnic area next to the pool

The Thang, Part Two:  People’s Donkey Bear Balls

• People’s Chair:  10 Jack Reachers OYO
• 10 Donkey Kicks OYO
• Bear Crawl to fence and back
• Balls to the Wall
• People’s Chair:  9 Jack Reachers OYO
• 9 Donkey Kicks OYO
• Bear Crawl to fence and back
• People’s Chair:  8 Jack Reachers OYO
• 8 Donkey Kicks OYO

Walk back to VSF…picking up sandbag and jump ropes on the way back.

COT/BOM:  YHC took us out

FIN.

NMM

@D-Day’s daughter’s boyfriend’s dad is @Sheldon.  He posted this morning and announced that he was new so the pax forced YHC to give mission statement, core principles and full disclaimer before we got going.  #NailedIt even though he was not technically an #FNG as he had posted with @D-Day in MB.  And he went home with the virtual blue ribbon for being the Best Jump Roper.  @D-Day was a close second.

@GreenAcres was less enthused by the jump rope portion of the workout but resisted the temptation to #Omaha to straight merkins (at least once he saw that merkins were listed later on the agenda).

@Burlap claimed to be only 55 years old during COT.  #F3Works  He is also apparently composing a juke box musical featuring the greatest hits of Steely Dan.  #DeaconBlues

We prayed for aging pax along with aging parents.  We also prayed for @BAM who had HC’d to #Purgatory, was actually headed that way this morning when his phone reminded him that he had the Q at #ImpossibleSituation this morning so he rerouted and fulfilled his duties there instead.  We were worried about him, for the record.

@Splash correctly predicted that #DrFeelgood would be on the playlist and exhibited tremendous patience waiting for it to come over the speakers.

@Tarzan nearly bailed at the beginning of the workout and went to his car but then returned and proceeded to kick this workout’s a$$.  He was the #WarBaby at the tender age of 48.  #WeAreGrowingOldTogether

@ThePonyExpress would not let #WarmORama go by without getting #MichaelPhelps in.  Fearing an #AngryPony, YHC obliged.

@Boomerang was a most excellent sandbag partner this morning.  Except when he was with @GreenAcres because they were slow as molasses as we were performing way too many of the called exercises.

Here’s the playlist:

• Dr. Who (Delia Derbyshire)
• Doctor My Eyes (Jackson Browne)
• Doctor Robert (The Beatles)
• Doctor Doctor (UFO)
• Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong (Spin Doctors)
• Two Princes (Spin Doctors)
• Bad Case Of Loving You (Doctor, Doctor) (Robert Palmer)
• Doctor! Doctor! (Thompson Twins)
• Calling Dr. Love (KISS)
• Doctor (Work It Out) (Pharrell Williams feat. Miley Cyrus)
• Doctor (Teen Mortgage)
• Doctor (Sasy)
• Doctor Wu (Steely Dan)
• Dr. Feelgood (Motley Crue)
• Doctor Doctor Doctor Help Me Help Me Help Me (Cage The Elephant)
• Right Place Wrong Time (Dr. John)
• Call The Doctor (J.J. Cale)
• Doctor (Sam Burchfield)

Sound off in the comments for any notable items that YHC failed to capture.

Thanks for the honor and privilege of leading this morning.

Your friend,

Starfish