The Great February Birthday Q
QIC: Drama Queen
Date: 02/27/2025
PAX: Blind Date, Madoff, Sea Man, Adobe, Cruiser, Drama Queen
5 other pax were intrigued by my preblast or otherwise felt some need to roll out of the fartsack and post at The Distillery the next to last day of February. While it’s the shortest month, it is packed with birthdays with some of America’s greatest and coincidentally YHC. I’d done this workout several times – maybe not every year but more than once so YHC appreciates the pax for putting up with my attempt at a theme that also gets some work in and gets a little recognition of my ever increasing age. The workout changes a little each year – mostly due to location and memory of what’s been included before. Also decided on a new playlist this year – more on that later.
We started with a pretty typical warmorama including, of course, dry dock crabs – form continues to improve. We then proceeded to edge of parking lot nearest the church to celebrate America’s first president George Washington (2/22). We “crossed the Delaware” by taking 10 toy soldier walks and then holding boat for a 10 count.
At the other side of the parking lot and after using a little imagination, we found a basketball goal to honor Michael Jordan (2/17) with 23 jump squats. Some might have thought Jordan was good but Bill Russell (2/12) won more championships – in 15 years of his highest level of competition he won 13 championships – 2 NCAA and 11 NBA. Therefore we did 13 rebound drills.
It was time to cover a couple more presidents born in February. We grabbed a block and headed over to the shelter. Much like his short lived presidency we only used the block for one exercise – 30 dead lifts to honor the 30 day presidency of William Henry Harrison(2/9)- first president to die in office. We followed that with 40 elephant kicks (much like donkey kicks) for 40th president Ronald Reagan (2/6) who famously said “Mr Gorbachev knock down that wall.”
Blocks up and back to the lot for baseball time. Most consider Babe Ruth (2/6) the baseball GOAT but Hank Aaron (2/5) hit more home runs (I know some of you are saying Hank’s record was broken but F3 much like the Hall of Fame only recognizes nonsteriod users). We honored both Babe and Hank. First Hank got 4 sets of 11 (44) hammers near our home plate. In between those we circled the bases 3 times for the Babe.
After a short reset of the cones, next up was a football GOAT. While some modern fans may say Tom Brady is the GOAT, I say if you can retire at 29, have your career rushing record stand for decades, and go off and make movies with Raquel Welch you, Jim Brown (2/17) are the GOAT. We honored Jim’s fb and movie career by zig zagging through cones much like Jim in The Dirty Dozen dropping grenades down the German vents. Unfortunately Jim doesn’t make it, so at each turn we did 4 hand release merkins. Total of 32 hrms and 32 cone touches.
Running out of time but also running out of famous people on this year’s list. Couple of exercises for Johnny Cash (2/26) Folsom Prison get ups and Ring of Fire. One more from the world of entertainment – Clark Gable (2/1) Gone with the Wind sprints. 50%, 75% and 100% for about 30 yards. And we moseyed back to launch area.
One more president – it took pax a while to remember Abe Lincoln (2/12) – but they also learned he is the only president in the Wrestling Hall of Fame so of course we needed to do Sumo Drills.
On to Mary where we covered a couple of local college basketball coaching legends – both Dean Smith (2/28) and Coach K (2/13) are are final February honorees. We did Heels to Heaven and Dolly with the blue dress on – weakest connection of an exercise but hey it was for Coach K. We knocked out a few more including the last of 4 sets of 16 SSHs for YHCs 64 years and we’re done.
NMM
Sea Man had suffered through some semblance of this before but seemed willing to bear YHC’s mindless trivia and workout again
Most pax were able to get to dunking level on Jordan jump squats
Pax groaned on dead lifts for WH Harrison – hey it was 1841 – too soon?
Heart rate got moving on the Jim Brown portion
Q fail on Ring of Fire – YHC was thinking ahead and trying to fill some time
Adobe was surprisingly speedy on last sprint
YHC drew Blind Date on Sumo Drill – something new for this recent WeFoCo regular – #worthyopponent
Playlist was songs about getting older:
- When I’m 64- The Beatles
- I Need Never Get Old – Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats
- As Good As I Once Was – Toby Keith
- I Don’t Need Your Rocking Chair – George Jones
- Where Rainbows Never Die – Steeldrivers
- All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down – Hank Williams, Jr.
- Old Days – Chicago
- Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
- Growing Older But Not Up – Jimmy Buffett
- Touch of Grey – Grateful Dead
- Forever Young – Rod Stewart
- Against the Wind – Bob Seger
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Blind Date has VQ at The Distillery next week. If you can’t make that he’s back 3/13.
Look for more info from Superfly re help for WNC Helene victims
Check Slack for Samaritan and Greenest
COT
Recovering pax
YHC mentioned family of Captain Steve Lytle of Fairview FD (my son’s new employer) Capt Lytle died in a tractor accident last week
YHC took us out
Always an honor – and apparently now I am an honor
DQ
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