The Phoenix Week 2 – COVID-19
QIC: Zima
Date: 6/15/20
PAX: Greenspan, Tarheel (WB), Drip (WD), Man Hands (Kotters), Zima (Q)
Warm-o-rama.
- SSH, Michael Phelps, Abe Vigoda, IST
Beatdown.
A weight was required. A cinder block was recommended, but the PAX chose any weight they felt was sufficient.
All exercises were to be performed for 19 reps.
C – Curls on Knees
O – Overhead Squats (weight held overhead)
V – Vault Burpees (the jump portion of the burpee is to be executed as vertical side hop over the weight in one direction and then reversed for the subsequent rep)
I – In-N-Outs
D – Derkins (feet on the weight)
FINISHED.
THOUGHTS.
- Round #3 [Final Round] of the COVID-19 vaccine trials to be held on July 27. We’re getting closer to a cure. Fantastic progress was made today. The new goal is 8 complete rounds plus all of the exercises in Round 9. That is almost a full two round improvement from last time. F#*king WOW!
- Drip claims we’re even. I’m not so sure though. I think I still owe him a few beatdowns for what he did to us at Mayhem (#TheAnesthetist), then at Impossible Situation.
- As the WB, Tarheel respected his elders and didn’t hurt their feelings by pretending the workout was difficult for him. He busted his ass to make sure the next closest in age didn’t lap him though. Gave it all he had. Established a great baseline. Can’t wait to see what he throws down in July.
- Greenspan claimed he hasn’t wanted to vomit like that during a workout since #IronPAX. Sound familiar to anyone?
- Unbelievable. As usual, Sir Drip was his usual jovial self, smiling his way through the beatdown as the rest of us were gasping for air. I don’t know how he does it. Even I was cursing out the Q this morning.
- In true leadership fashion, Greenspan showed what the Phoenix is all about by besting his previous COVID-19 performance by an entire round (not easy!). “It doesn’t get easier. You just get better.”
- Pure and utter domination by #ManHands this morning. Not only does the big guy outweigh everyone else by a significant margin, but he actually made the exercises HARDER by doing more than what the Q had called for. I was hoping that his form would suck to provide me with some solace as to why I was so far behind, but sadly that wasn’t the case. He was just better. I guess a multi-year hiatus from F3 and working out indoors at the Y really does pay off. Whether he knows it or not, he’s doing #IronPAX this year.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Shmedfest: August 28 – 29. In the post-fact world we live in, I can safely say that H.O.G. and Greenspan will be running to each AO in the #DashPAX and doing a beatdown every hour on the hour. #TruthDoesntMatterAnymore
PRAYERS.
- Greenspan took us out.
Zima Out.
