UP-DOWN Party in the USA_TM_

UP-DOWN Party in the USA_TM_

QIC: Adobe

Date: 1-7-25

PAX: Starfish, Superfly, Ziggy Stardust, Tonka, Blind Date, Cruiser, Inspector Gadget

Welp…It’s January in North Carolina ( 2025…Happy New YEAR! )
That means it’s that wonderful time of the year when WSFCS schools close for #NCBlizzard conditions.
Two positives about this:
1. We already got our milk and bread.
2. No traffic in the gloom at #Parliament this morning!

Cruiser offered to drive….4WD. Good thing too.
When we arrived at Southwest Elementary, we saw why they closed school.
There was one strip of ice < 2’ x 7’ > along the entrance.

Time to make the doughnuts!

WARM-O-RAMA:
I decided since it was a bit chilly this morning to borrow a page from Drip. Get that heart rate going quick!

SSH, Merkins-OYO, SSH, Merkins-OYO, SSH, Windmills ( Not to be confused with Abe Vagoda ), Whirly w. Clap, Michael Phelps, Merkins-OYO.

Okay.. warm!

The THANG:

Again, with wanting to keep with the whole “keep warm” thing, I had a fun little diddy in mind.
I solicited my oldest daughter to help with the decorations for the workout ( see images below ).

We call this….the Up-Down.

At one end of the parking lot, you do Up-Downs ( Burpee w/o the Merkin or Clap ).
We are going to 100 on this side….BUT, after you get to 20. Stop. Then travel to the other end of the parking lot for the 2nd set of exercises.
Once 2nd set is complete, go back to the start and do 20 more Up-Downs.

Starting Line: 20 Up-Downs
2nd Station: 5 Merkins, 10 WWII’s, 15 Goblet,,,,errrr. I mean…. Air Squats
( I did intend to make the WWII’s and Squats include a block, but ya know, frozen blocks = OUCHIE Hands = Pizzed Off PAX )

At first, there wasn’t a whole lotta mumble chatter going on. Lots of huffing and puffing! So this was a win. Good complete body beatdown with cardio included.
However, I didn’t account for these beasts that showed up this morning. You guys FLEW through this routine!
“Drat !” I was going to have to think of something quick. Wanna give these guys everything they paid for in their membership.

“Over to the benches !!!” Time for some dips and layers.
Dips – IC, Right Leg StepUp – OYO, Dips – IC, Left Leg StepUp – OYO, Dips – IC, Irkins – OYO, Dips – IC, Derkins – OYO.

Enough of that… Time for some….

MARY:
Ring around the Mary.
American Hammers, Box Cutters, LBC’s,,,,think there was one more \ forgot.
TIME~

COT:
Announcements
GreeNest NEXT week, check Slack, Adopt a Street…this Saturday 11-11, Samaritans Dinner coming up in a couple of weeks. I have the Q at Distillery this Thursday…come on out for some fun.
Prayers
None mentioned… YHC took us out.

NMM:

All you guys killed it this morning! Thank you all for not letting me a Cruiser workout at Biscuitville.

Starfish was out front just cruising through these routine. The wind picked up and almost blew one of the signs away. He paused ( so we could catch up ) since “the sign blew away…what exercise are we doing now? ”

Cruiser and Inspector Gadget were trying to keep up with a 1 legged Tonka…..or was it Tiny Tim?

Ziggy was weighing his options about switching to Southwest and teaching, since they were out for “weather” this morning.

Superfly was fly as always! And after I had shared the workout playlist, we agreed that Spotify sucks, and he’s a country dude. ( Okay, Spotify’s not that bad…I guess. But I made the comment about there being a lot more songs with the word “down” in the title vs. Up, everyone started throwing songs out of what I could have used…..And Spotify didn’t suggest most of them. ) Lot’s of music lovers here in #DashPAX land. I’m digging’ it!

And Blind Date….dude is a beast! Not sure if TO said he would be there this morning, but Blind Date showed up! He didn’t get #StoodUp by this group of HIM’s. Great to have him back out. That’s how it starts brother!

Again, all you men, thank you.
I love this AO and you guys always show up and show out!

Adobe….OUT