Hair Band Rock at TRQ

Hair Band Rock at TRQ

QIC: SGT Schultz

Date: March 28, 2019

PAX: Boomerang (WD), Butter, Drip, Goofy, Palin (WB), SGT Schultz, Wobegone

YHC had the Q this morning on a chilly early Spring morning at TRQ.  7 veteran PAX in all posted for what I hope was a workout worth the price of admission (getting out of bed).

WARMARAMA:  A medley of SSHs, Hillbillies, Seal Claps, Overhead Claps, Arm Swirly Things, Whirlys (with the Clap), Abe Vigodas and some standing hamstring stretches.  Palin got on to me when I failed to call reverse Arm Swirly Things when he wanted me to do so.  I buckled under pressure and called out reverse Arm Swirly Things while we were in the Whirly/Abe Vigoda position.

After warming up, we moseyed around Speas Elementary to the Rock Quarry.

THE THANG:

STATION # 1:  After pairing off into 2 man teams (YHC sadly had to go solo) , each team selected a rock.   Each team proceeded to perform 21’s (later reduced to 15’s to save time) of the following exercises:

• Curls
• Skull Crushers
• Bent Over Rows
• Overhead Presses
• Upright Rows

Partner # 1 does one rep of the exercise with the rock, then hands it to Partner # 2 who does two reps, who then hands the rock back to Partner # 1 who does three reps, repeating the process until Partner # 1 reaches 21 reps.  According to my match, Partner # 1 (the odd man) will perform 121 total reps, while Partner # 2 (the even man) will perform 110 reps.  Things will eventually even out, as Partner # 2 becomes teh odd man for the next exercise.   We reduced the top number of reps from 21 to 15 when we reached Bent Over Row, as I wanted to conserve time for the remaining things that I had planned.

After completing 15’s of the Upright Rows, we moved to the back of Speas Elementary and grabbed some wall, while YHC also grabbed a 25lb kettlebell that I had stashed by the lamppost.

STATION # 2:  We grabbed some wall side by side and assumed the People’s Chair and began performing Jack Reachers.  While performing Jack Reachers, we passed the kettle bell from one end to the other and back again, while continuing to perform Jack Reachers in the People’s Chair.   Once the kettle bell returned to the original PAX on the left (Drip) we then passed the kettle bell from one end to the other (while continuing to remain in the People’s Chair), this time performing 10 curls with the kettlebell before passing it on to the next PAX.

STATION # 3:  Mosey most of the way back to the WARMARAMA parking lot, stopping at a traffic island where YHC passed some worn out decks of cards from which each PAX selected 10 cards with which to perform the Mike Tyson Squat Workout as described below:

Each PAX lined his index cards up in a line stretching ahead of him, with each card an inch or two apart. Standing over the first card, squat down and pick up the first card off of the ground (to do so requires squatting low and holding the squat long enough to pick up the card off of the pavement).  Step ahead to the second card. Squat down again to place the first card (the one previously picked up) on top of the second card.  Now empty handed,  squat down and pick up each card in the pile, one at a time – one squat per card.   With all index cards in the pile now in hand, move ahead to the third card, putting each card in your hand down on top of the third card, one squat per card.  Empty handed once more, pick up each card, one squat at a time.   Proceed with this pattern — squatting to put each card down and then squatting to pick each card back up — until you’ve moved through all ten cards in the line.  YHC didn’t count the total number of squats completed, but it was a lot.  Some of the PAX who had never done this workout before (AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!) realized that they were not squatting down to return the cards in their hands until they were empty, essentially halving the workout.   With some mea culpas, they got after it and corrected their oversight.

STATION # 4/MARY:   Fun with The Gap Bad.  After returning to the WARMARAM parking lot, we assumed the Front Leaning Rest position (otherwise known as a High Plank), which we held while we listened to The Gap Band’s “You Dropped the Bomb on Me.”  Each time the word “bomb” is heard, everyone performs a Merkin and then returns to the High Plank to await the next “bomb.”  That’s quite a lot of Merkins at the end of a workout.   We didn’t get to finish the song, as the ever vigilant Palin noted that we had exceeded our allotted time.  Shame on the Q.

COT:  Boomerang took us out, offering prayers for his mother and for YHC’s mother-in-law, who both have moved into the Homestead Hills retirement community very recently.  Prayers that they will adapt to their new home and this new phase of their lives and that they will be happy, content and feel part of a new community.

THANKS FOR THE KEYS, WOBEGONE!