Minivan Mafia attacks Bells & Whistles

Minivan Mafia attacks Bells & Whistles

QIC: Sassy

Date: 08/08/2018

PAX: Boomerang, Cobra, BAM, Closer, Bluto, Winklevoss, Interference, Poncho, Light Brigade, The Singing Cowboy, Sassy

Q: Sassy
Date: 08/08/2018
PAX: Boomerang, Cobra, BAM, Closer, Bluto, Winklevoss, Interference, Poncho, Light Brigade, The Singing Cowboy, Sassy

YHC stumbled outside to find a white cloud in the sky, which turned out to be a sliver of the moon. The humidity is still very much with us and 11 PAX found themselves feeling the effects of that humidity quickly. It seems there were 3 for the pre-B&W EC run. Pretty sure two of them are training for a marathon…what level of idiot do you have to be to even attempt to do such a thing? Anyways, on to the workout!

Warm-O-Rama
YHC provided the disclaimer that we’d have Warm-O-Rama exercises mixed within the plan so there was no need to have a specific time to warm up. Plus, it was 70something degrees with 100% humidity, everybody’s warm just from walking to the circle from the car. YHC created some cardboard the night before that provided the plan. 12 Kettlebell exercises and 12 “Other” exercises.

The Thang
As mentioned above, gather at A VERY SAFE AREA AWAY FROM THE MINIVAN MAFIA the circle. Utilizing the 3-man grinder approach, one guy would do a kettlebell exercise at the front, another would start by moseying halfway around the circle to do a non-kettlebell exercise. The third guy would be moseying to the next station, relieving his fellow PAX from the grips of terrible pain. If that isn’t confusing enough to explain, just see how things took a turn for the worst:

Kettlebell Exercises (front of the circle)
1) Squat
2) Overhead Press
3) Right Side Raise (Q-Fail #1)
4) Front Raise
5) Left Side Raise (Q-Fail #2)
6) WWII + Press
7) American Hammer
8) Steph Curry’s/Allen Iverson’s/Figure 8’s – name your own exercise for whatever you do when you swing your kettlebell between your legs (that’s what she said)
9) Flutter Kick + Chest Press
10) Bent Over Rows
11) Curls
12) Upright Rows

The Other Exercises (back of the circle)
1) Merkins
2) Nolan Ryans
3) Imperial Walkers
4) Mountain Climbers
5) Chilcutt Plank (‘bows and toes)
6) Diamond Merkins
7) Plank Jacks
8) Heels to Heaven
9) Burpees (Q-Fail #3, #crowdpleaser though)
10) Alternating Seal and Overhead Claps
11) Peter Parkers
12) Low Dolly

We started at 5:32, we finished at 6:15…talk about timing that out perfectly. We also covered about 1.75 miles, too. Only 24.5 or so more miles before we woulda run a marathon, maybe next time.

Prayer Requests
Goofy’s father-in-law had successful hip replacement surgery, certainly a prayer request and praise all in one.

The Otto family and friends in the wake of Hoser’s passing. Goofy attached a link to something that Hoser wrote a few years ago. Not knowing Hoser, it touched me and helped me understand what kind of man he is and was. I wanted to pass it along within here as well: http://www.trueface.org/trueface-stories/2016/4/21/kemp-otto-a-chapter-of-my-story-with-grace

Safe travels for Interference and family as they head to Italy. Sounds awesome!

NMM
As mentioned above, somewhere around the 4th or 5th exercise, nice cars began pouring in. We had to move slightly at the back of the circle as cars came by to go park, but then the minivan mafia thought that the rules of the road needed to be applied in full when no one else was in the parking lot and began utilizing our circle to exit. What was once a safe place to exercise turned into a mad dash of people and kettlebells onto the path to the flagpole to avoid the rush hour like traffic pouring in. Headlights and speed limits seemed to be optional, at times…but we persevered and finished the workout.

It is always a pleasure making the trip to Canada West Virginia Bells & Whistles. YHC always enjoys the group and tries to make an effort to make it at least once every couple of months. YHC counted 11 to start, but thought 12 would be there once Zuckerburg would arrive…not this morning. YHC pulled in to find The Singing Cowboy out of breath after sprinting up the hill…YHC has learned not to sprint up hills anymore. Looked like the pre-workout run was successful though.

YHC ended up in what might have been a 4-5 man team…pretty sure Poncho and Interference were together, Winklevoss was on his own, and then YHC and Boomerang were together. Regardless, we finished every exercise without time to spare. Great push by all.

MC was quite possibly at an all-time low, even for Cobra. It’s possible that everyone was too out of breath to talk by the end of the workout, but not even the burpees brought out extensive MC.

Bluto and Closer, despite our fellow idiotic tendencies re: running a marathon, I will say that you guys are crushing the training, keep it up! Your race is approaching fast and furious and I know you’re ready for it to be here.

YHC doesn’t usually run across Light Brigade, but from YHC’s view, he was putting in some intense effort this morning. T-Claps on crushing it and on what you’ve accomplished while being a part of F3.

Our resident member of the minivan mafia, BAM, was protection for us in the case there was any confrontation, but we were able to avoid that.

YHC took us out lifting up the requests made, spoken and unspoken, and for the men that have lifted each other (and YHC, for sure) to places that they probably at one time did not know were attainable.

Until next time, Sassy is outta here!