The Devil Went Down to Bells & Whistles

The Devil Went Down to Bells & Whistles

QIC: SGT Schultz

Date: 18 October 2017

PAX: Cobra, BAM, Tuco, THE Singing Cowboy, Zima, Sassy, Bluto, Zuckerberg, Landshark, Interference, Poncho, Harm (formerly FNG Phil Jones), SGT Schultz

What a difference a week makes.  On 11 October 2017, YHC posted at Bells-n-Whistles, where the PAX contended with July-like temperatures and humidity.  This morning, 13 PAX encountered a brisk Fall morning with temperatures in the low 40s.

It was YHC’s maiden Q at Bells-n-Whistles.  YHC was not about to put up with, or inflict, any crappy music.  #Tuco expressed exactly what YHC was thinking:  that it would be a “no Rush, none of the time” playlist.  Phil Collins also was not “In the Air Tonight.”  Instead, YHC decided to entertain the PAX with a selection of his favorite 1960s-1970s country music songs.

The PAX assembled around the flagpole area, where the morning went like this:

WARMARAMA:

• SSHs:  IC x 12
• ISTs:  IC x 12
• Arm Swirly Things (Fwd):  IC x 12
• Arm Swirly Things (Bckwd):  IC x 12
• Seal Claps:  IC x 12
• Standing hamstring stretches:  10 count each leg
• Whirlies with a Social Disease:  IC x 10
• Abe Vigodas:  IC x 10

THE THANG: 

The PAX paired off.   While Partner 1 ran around the circular driveway surrounding the flagpole (about 1/5 of a mile by YHC’s estimation), Partner 2 performed each successive kettlebell lift/exercise on the list until Partner 1 returned, at which time the partners flapjacked.  The exercise list was as follows:

• Curls – Left arm
• Curls – Right arm
• Irkins
• Kettlebell Swings
• Goblet Squats
• Upright Rows
• Skull Crushers
• Steph Currys
• Derkins
• Elbow Plank
• Bent Over Row – Left arm
• Bent Over Row – Right arm

Most PAX were at this point when time expired.  Thus, most PAX sprinted, ran, jogged or otherwise locomoted approximately 2.5 miles (with many of the PAX having already completed EC runs before posting).

MARY:

• American Hammers:   IC x 20
• Elbow Plank until 0615 hours

COT: 

• 11/19  Beer Run –  Location to be announced
• Deadline to order DashPax F3 gear is this weekend
• Be on the lookout for more information about the MEGA in G’boro later this month
• Zuckerberg took us out in style, thanking our Lord for the morning, for the privilege and ability to exercise and bond together, and for both the opportunity and obligation to be better husbands, fathers, sons and co-workers and to help bring good into the world.
• Welcome to #Harm (former FNG Phil Jones)! A friend of #Sassy’s, #Harm is currently a 3L at Wake Forest University School of Law.  He is married and has one child.   Previously, he was a Baritone Bugler in the Marine Corps, capable of killing the enemy with one shot and then immediately playing a requiem for him.  After graduating from Law School and passing the Bar Exam, Harm will become a Navy JAG, capable of handling the truth no matter who gives it to him.

NMM: 

• #Kapow comes by his speed naturally, as his dad #BAM was killing it out there on the run this morning.  YHC also got a kick out of #BAM knowing the words to Charlie Daniels’ Uneasy Rider by heart, singing along as he exercised.

It was an honor and pleasure to lead this morning, gentlemen.    I am a better man because of all of you.

Very respectfully,

SGT Schultz

PLAYLIST:   For those who care, this morning’s playlist consisted of the following:

• Eastbound and Down:   Jerry Reed
• The Devil Went Down to Georgia:  The Charlie Daniels’ Band
• One Piece at a Time:  Johnny Cash
• Take This Job and Shove It:  Johnny Paycheck
• She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft):  Jerry Reed
• The Fightin’ Side of Me:  Merle Haggard
• Family Tradition:  Hank Williams, Jr.
• Colorado Cool-Aid:  Johnny Paycheck
• When You’re Hot, You’re Hot:  Jerry Reed
• Uneasy Rider:  The Charlie Daniels’ Band
• On the Road Again:   Willie Nelson

***** Here is where we ran out of time.  Additional songs on the playlist are:

• I’ve Been Everywhere:  Johnny Cash
• Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies (Grow up to Listen to Rush):  Waylon Jennings
• A Boy Named Sue:   Johnny Cash
• The Dukes of Hazzard Theme:  Waylon Jennings
• All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down):  Hank Williams, Jr.
• Whisky River:  Willie Nelson
• Okie From Muskogee:  Merle Haggard
• You Never Even Called Me By My Name:  David Allan Coe