Argentina and Beverly Flatlined in Unison
QIC: Beverly
Date: 11/22/22
PAX: Lamb Chop, Spicoli, Bevo, Root Canal (Dr. Toot), Zima
Back in June, Bevo DMed me with his annual push/nudge/coaxing/demand to Q Flatline. While I have not been faithful to bootcamps over the last few years, I can’t say no to Flatline. Always good to kick the tires and make sure she’s still running smoothly. And with Bevo as site Q, there never was a doubt. So after his prodding I agreed to Q…after I was done with marathon training…in November. Originally I was scheduled for Nov 15, but apparently Snooki needed to reschedule and we all know Snooki cannot be denied, so I agreed to push it back to Nov 22.
All good though, as this gave me the opportunity to do a World Cup-themed beatdown with the 6 other pax who didn’t read the preblast to see that I was Qing (sorry guys).
I pulled in to the First Pres lot at 0525 and Zima was already there. I have no real evidence of this but I did wonder if he slept in his truck in the parking lot, eagerly awaiting his chance to mock and ridicule my soccer arms, inability to remember exercise names, shoelaces that kept coming untied, and random various other faux pas I committed.
I also use my annual boot camp as an excuse for reviewing the F3 Lexicon, so the two previous nights were spent going through all 31 pages and linking exercises with World Cup qualifying countries. I was able to squeeze just enough out of the Exicon to make it work – with a few liberties taken – all of which were pointed out by Zima.
The Flatline Faithful – Lamb Chops, Spicoli, Bevo, and Root Canal or one of his many pseudonyms all rolled in on time and ready. At 0530 we started the mosey and Cherry Pie appeared from nowhere on my right to complete the Starting VII for today’s Flatline. Root Canal muttered to himself that he was glad he was on time because Beverly wasn’t going to wait – you got that right, pal – and we were off!
Here’s how it went down:
Anytime instructions were being given throughout the beatdown, pax were instructed to find a curb and do Toe Taps aka Rocky Balboas to keep continually moving.
Corpening Plaza – Senegal
- Makhtar N’Diayes
- Derkin N’Diayes
Cowboy Brazilian Steakhouse – Brazil
- Carioca (a demonym for anything related to the city of Rio de Janeiro) to Salem Pkwy bridge and back
- Aiken legs because Brazilian footballers have good footwork
- 20 Squats,
- 20 Box Jumps,
- 20 Lunges (10 each leg for Pele)
- 20 Running with scissors (10 each leg forward for Pele).
Federal Court Flagpole (USA)
- Star jumps (24)
- WWII Sit ups (14) – Number of combined wins and draws the US Men’s team has in all World Cups
- American Hammer (24)
- War Hammer (4 hammers at top of sit up) (8) Number of wins the USMNT has in all World Cups
Katherine Brasserie (France)
Daft Punk – who hail from France
The Q hit play on “Around the World” by Daft Punk
- Right leg lunge forward (step back to center after each)
- Right leg lunge sideways
- Right leg lunge back
- Left leg lunge back
- Left leg lunge sideways
- Left leg lunge forward.
This completes one full Daft Punk. We did about 15 of these.
TRIVIA: France has won 2 World Cups. There was debate about the most famous French player. Zidane won by a head.
Yves Poll, the French ultramarathoner who liked to run backwards, to Sir Winston.
Sir Winston (England)
- Happy Jacks – 5 SSHs with a squat jump after every five
- Plank Jacks
- Merkin Jacks – YHC failed to properly count this in cadence. Major fail.
- London bridge – With head facing wall in plank position, place left hand on wall, then right hand on wall, then back down. A few of these and you’ll be like London Bridge.
Xcaret (Mexico) – Lamb Chop let us all know it’s not pronounced Ex Carrot. I disagree.
Mexican squats (squat with jump)
Thirsty Pallet/Tate’s
While toe tapping
Moroccan Nightclub
Jack Reachers aka (for today) Tony Meolas (goalie drill)
Throw-ins – officially the only exercise I made up
El Camino (Spain)
Mucho Chesto 10 x Merkin / 10 x Wide Merkin / 10 x Diamonds / 10 Stagger Merkin Left / 10 Stagger Merkin Right.
It was around this time when YHC hit his personal Flatline. Clearly I am not in bootcamp shape. About 7,122 miles southeast at about the same time, Saudi Arabia scored two goals against Argentina as ‘La Albiceleste’ hit their collective Flatlines. Poor Messi.
I Ran back to the parking lot (GET IT?)
Poor planning by the Q left us with a few extra minutes so the parking lot 6 MOM went something like:
- Donkey kicks on the wall
- Peter Parkers
- Low flutters
- Windshield wipers
- LBCs
- Gas pumps (personal favorite)
Final lap around the parking lot.
FIN
Announcements/Prayer requests:
- 45 Miles of HOPE Run – Jan 14 2023. This year’s event includes a 5k/10k/and 1 mile fun run plus plenty of activities throughout the day. Come out, bring the fam, run a few miles, and support HOPE of WS.
- Prayers for the tragic events in Raleigh (child killed during parade) and Colorado (shooting at LGBTQ+ bar).
- Prayers to stop hatred of all kinds, and to speak up when others are knowingly or unknowingly encouraging hateful behavior
- Lamb Chops M in her final trimester and having some issues
- Thistle down in Laurinburg having hip surgery
NMM:
- Needless to say, and not surprisingly, YHC was a little ambitious with regards to my own upper body strength. DOMS will hit me hard tomorrow.
- Despite that, it was good to be back and to see some faces I haven’t seen in a while. Nice work and thanks for sticking with me and picking me up at the end.
- Cherry Pie never ages. I think it’s his TB12 Diet.
- Root Canal looks like he never missed a beat after his surgery. He may even be stronger and faster now.
- Spicoli quietly and effectively gets the job done every time. I’m pretty sure he didn’t need his sweatband for this beatdown because he never worked up a sweat.
- Lamb Chops was fascinated by my shoe that kept coming untied. He walked me through how to double knot it, which I appreciated.
- Bevo and his maintenance crew have done a great job keeping the grounds at the AO looking spectacular. Thanks for the keys. Maybe I’ll see you sooner than next year.
