Chicago, Chicago That Toddling Town
QIC: Starfish
Date: 10/13/2022
PAX: Frostbite (WB), BAM, Burlap, Superfly (WD), The Pony Express, Argyle, Undertow, Starfish (QIC)
YHC has a new(ish) second city after having spent 2017-2021 with Austin, Texas as his second city. And now it is THE Second City….Chicago. So we decided to celebrate Chicago at The Rock Quarry today with tunes, neighborhood disruption and rioting. Sort of.
Warm-O-Rama
SSH x13 IC
Hillbillies x13 IC
Toy Soldiers x10 IC
Whirly Got The Clap x10 IC
Abe Vigoda x10 IC
Arm Swirly Things, Forward x13 IC, hold it
Arm Swirly Things, Reverse x13 IC
Mosey to flagpole
The Thang, Part 1: Super Bowl Shuffle
With the 1985 Chicago Bears as our soundtrack, we performed the following from the flagpole across the parking lot and then hung a left towards the rockpile:
Partner A stays and performs 10 reps of the called exercise while Partner B proceeds to bear crawl down the route. Once Partner A completes the 10 reps, he runs to catch up and relieve Partner B. Partner A then bear crawls while Partner B stays and performs his 10 reps of the same exercise.
Exercises called:
- Merkins
- Sumo Squats
- WWII Situps
- Carolina Dry Docks
- Alternating Lunges
- LBCs
The Thang, Part 2: 25 or 6 T(w)o 4
Pax grab a rock that will challenge them and support their fitness goals.
Curls (25 reps OYO, Cusack the rock around the circle, 6x IC, 2 Burpees OYO, 4x IC)
Hand Release Merkins (25 reps OYO, Cusack the rock around the circle, 6 reps OYO, 2 Burpees OYO, 4 reps OYO)
Imperial Walkers (25 reps OYO, Cusack the rock around the circle, 6x IC, 2 Burpees OYO, 4x IC)
Crushers of Skull (25 reps OYO, Cusack the rock around the circle, 6x IC, 2 Burpees OYO, 4x IC)
American Hammer (25 reps OYO, Cusack the rock around the circle, 6x IC, 2 Burpees OYO, 4x IC)
Goblet Squats (25 reps OYO, Cusack the rock around the circle, 6x IC, 2 Burpees OYO, 4x IC)
Overhead Press (Cusabk the rock around the circle (oops), 25 reps OYO, 6x IC, 2 Burpees OYO, 4x IC)
Put the rocks back and mosey to parking lot.
The Thang, Part 3: The City With Broad Shoulders
Find a parking spot curb.
- 6 Irkins OYO; 1 Dip OYO
- 5 Irkins OYO; 2 Dips OYO
- 4 Irkins OYO; 3 Dips OYO
- 3 Irkins OYO; 4 Dips OYO
- 2 Irkins OYO; 5 Dips OYO
- 1 Irkin OYO; 6 Dips OYO
Mosey back to VSF.
2 Minutes of Mary
- Low Dolly x13 IC
- Low Flutter x13 IC
COT/BOM
FIN
NMM
While blasting the carefully curated playlist during Warm-O-Rama, @ThePonyExpress wandered off towards the road and came back saying the neighbors across the street were peering out of their windows wondering what the hell was going on at such an ungodly hour. @ThePonyExpress told them to cool their jets and that we had every right to gather here on public property.
Everyone was suprised at how long the Super Bowl Shuffle was. Probably felt longer because of all the bear crawling.
@Burlap appreciated being exposed to some new music this morning, particularly noting Kanye or whatever he is calling himself these days, and his collab with Chris Martin of Coldplay (who @Undertow tried to credit as Sting…) @Burlap was also pleased with the heavy load of older Chicago (the band) tunes before Peter Cetera ruined them with sappy ballads.
@BAM was disappointed that YHC didn’t stick to one single year for the playlist like usual. But we enjoyed spanning many decades with this playlist celebrating Chicago.
@Argyle wasn’t enthused by the pattern during 25 or 6 to 4. The pax helped him figure it out though.
@Frostbite disrespectfully noted that there is no “B” in CHICAGO when YHC first called for 2 burpees. His mentors clarified for him that we were focusing on the #2 as a play on the “to” in the song lyric. @Frostbite was our #WarBaby by a mile, in fact, could have been fathered by any of all of the other pax in attendance as we were all #Respects except for him.
@Superfly was an excellent partner for YHC during the Super Bowl Shuffle.
Here’s the playlist (including the drive-up, the intro and the outro and the drive home) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0E6OjqAhwzgx4wP9FsEhwv?si=1255f9fbe1774055:
- Beginnings (Chicago)
- Chi-City (Common)
- Chicago (Frank Sinatra)
- My Kind of Town (Frank Sinatra)
- Sirius (The Alan Parsons Project)
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (Jim Croce)
- The Superbowl Shuffle (1985 Chicago Bears)
- Bear Down, Chicago Bears (The Polar Bear Singers)
- 25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)
- Make Me Smile (Chicago)
- Old Days (Chicago)
- Feelin’ Stronger Every Day (Chicago)
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Chicago)
- The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace)
- Homecoming (Kanye West, Chris Martin)
- The El (Rhett Miller)
- Via Chicago (Wilco)
- Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson)
- Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- Brian’s Song Theme (Michael Legrand)
A good time was had by all. 3.5 on the Garmin effect with 0.95 miles covered. Not bad for a non-running workout.
It was an honor and privilege to lead.
Your friend,
Starfish
