What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been

What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been

QIC: Starfish

Date: 10/4/2025

PAX: Superfly (WD), Burlap, Starfish (QIC), Splash, D-Day, Bluto, Palin, Parkay, Yukon Cornelius (WB)

When YHC was voluntold about Qing #Purgatory on October 4, he thought long and hard about what sort of theme to build the workout around.  The pressure was really on after @PonyExpress’ elaborate theme last week.  Given that today is 10/4, YHC settled on building a theme around trucking, truckers and all related things.  As @Palin and @Splash duly noted during #Warm-O-Rama, YHC probably spent a lot more effort and time on the playlist than he did on the actual workout, but that really isn’t all that bad of an approach.  Here is a an every which way but loose recollection of what we did:

Warm-O-Rama

• 20 SSH IC (What’s your 20?)
• 19 IW IC (Breaker 1-9, Breaker 1-9)
• 18 Hillbillies IC (18-Wheeler…)
• 10 Copperhead Squats IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)
• 10 Copperhead Merkins IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)
• 10 Mountain Climbers IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)
• 10 Alternating Lunges IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)

Mosey to bottom of hill by the rec center.

Truck Climb (11s)

• At bottom of hill:  Gas Pumps, run to top of hill
• At top of hill:  Pistons (aka Squat Jumps), run to bottom of hill
• 10 Gas Pumps/1 Piston
• 9 Gas Pumps/2 Pistons
• 8 Gas Pumps/3 Pistons
• 7 Gas Pumps/4 Pistons
• 6 Gas Pumps/5 Pistons
• 5 Gas Pumps/6 Pistons
• 4 Gas Pumps/7 Pistons
• 3 Gas Pumps/8 Pistons
• 2 Gas Pumps/9 Pistons
• 1 Gas Pump/10 Pistons
• Rest Stop Plank-O-Rama for the 6

Convoy mosey to rock pile and grab a rock

Haulin’ Rocks

• Dangerous Curve #1:  10 Curls OYO.  Cusack to next curve
• Dangerous Curve #2:  10 Curls, 10 OH Presses OYO.  Cusack to next curve
• Dangerous Curve #3:  10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers OYO.  Cusack to next curve
• Dangerous Curve #4:  10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows OYO.  Cusack to next curve
• Dangerous Curve #5:  10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Bench Presses OYO.  Cusack to next curve
• Dangerous Curve #6: 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Bench Presses, 10 Goblet Squats OYO.  Cusack to next curve
• Dangerous Curve #7: 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Bench Presses, 10 Goblet Squats, 10 Truck Drivers OYO.  Cusack to rockpile.
• Rockpile:  Unload:  10 Truck Drivers, 10 Goblet Squats, 10 Bench Presses, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 OH Presses, 10 Curls OYO.  Return rocks.

Howlin’ Clydes (Clyde was the orangutan from “Every Which Way But Loose”)

• Circle up
• Pax hold the “grab your ankles” position
• Pax take turns performing 10 Orangutan Humpers OYO while other pax hold the “grab your ankles” position until all pax have performed the OHs

Mosey to wet field (over @Splash’s and @Bluto’s strenuous objections)

Bear Hunt

• Truckers need to be able to know where the bears are, so let’s go on a bear hunt
• Partner up.
• Partner A bear crawls.  Partner B performs 10 Carolina Dry Docks and then runs to catch Partner A.  Flapjack.  Repeato 2x.  Turn around.
• Partner A bear crawls.  Partner B performs 10 Sumo Squats and then runs to catch Partner B.  Flapjack.  Repeato 2x.

10-4 Good Buddy Merkin Work

• Partner up
• 10 Booyah Merkins OYO
• 10 Partner Derkins each OYO
• 10 Power Merkins each OYO (#crowdpleaser)

Mosey back to VSF.

3 MOM

• LBCs x10 IC
• Low Dolly x10 IC
• Low Flutter x10 IC
• Penguin Crunch x10 IC
• Rosalitas x10 IC (over @D-Day’s strenuous objections)

COT/BOM: YHC took us out

FIN.

NMM

Solid group of #MotherTruckers today.  As @Burlap noted, we had an evenly distributed age range, with 1/3 #SeasonedVets 1/3 #MidlifeCrises 1/3 #YoungGuns.  We even organized ourselves into cohorts for #COT.

Garmin gave us kudos this morning for a well balanced workout:  3.2 Aerobic; 3.2 Anaerobic = “Sprint”.  We earned 46 hours of recovery according to the watch.

@YukonCornelius was flying through the 11s #LookOutBelow!!!!

The Canadian Geese performed a reconnaissance mission while we were haulin’ rocks.  They were noisily honking in Canadian.  @D-Day was the only one that could understand them.

Playlist was perfectly timed to play Eddie Rabbitt’s “Drivin’ My Life Away” from Every Which Way But Loose  soundtrack right as it was time to do #HowlinClydes.  Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

@Superfly was about to walk out since the playlist was late to bring Johnny Cash’s “I’ve Been Everywhere”.  #PatienceGrasshopper.  @Bluto was also surprised to hear some emo with the Bowling for Soup “classic” “Trucker Hat”.  @Bluto and @Burlap were also relieved to get Roger Miller’s “King Of the Road”.  @Parkay wasn’t sure about the playlist, the theme, or YHC’s leadership ability.  #Cobains.

#Cobains also for 1)  the wet grass and 2) the awkward partner work.  #BeenAWhile #OldSchool #WeStillGotIt

Here’s the playlist:

Intro:

• Orange Blossom Special (Bill Justis/Jerry Reed)
• Lot Lizard (Joshua Ray Walker)
• Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers Band)

Main Event:

• Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves (Red Simpson)
• The General Lee (Johnny Cash)
• Truck Drivin’ Man (Buck Owens)
• East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed)
• Convoy (C.W. McCall)
• Roll On Eighteen Wheeler (Alabama)
• Looking At The World Through A Windshield (Del Reeves)
• Six Days On The Road (Dave Dudley)
• Truckin’ (Grateful Dead)
• Keep On Truckin’ (Eddie Kendricks)
• Speedball Tucker (Jim Croce)
• Highway Patrol (Junior Brown)
• The Race Is On (George Jones)
• Trucker Hat (Bowling For Soup)
• I’ve Been Everywhere (Johnny Cash)
• Drivin’ My Life Away (Eddie Rabbitt)
• Hillbilly Highway (Steve Earle)
• King Of The Road (Roger Miller)
• The Road Goes On Forever (Robert Earl Keen)
• I’m A Ramblin’ Man (Waylon Jennings)

Thanks for the honor and privilege of leading this morning.

Your friend,

Starfish