BASHing Good Time

BASHing Good Time

QIC: Adobe

Date: 5-21-26

PAX: Ziggy Stardust, Drama Queen, Blind Date, Wahoo, Cruiser, Tonka, Ziffel, Adobe

Okay….what had happened was……….

It was time for another beatdown at Distillery. I was super stoked! I had been reminded twice earlier in the week that I had the Q this Thursday. I was locked and loaded.
I had joked about doing the infamous Physics Themed workout, which landed 6 PAX inside Biscuitville one morning, instead of working out. ( I really do have a cool routine based around the Laws of Physics, and fully intend to make this workout happen one of these days. ) I had also joked about doing 45 minutes of Body Destroyers in the PreBlast.

AND THEN….. Van Gogh. It was his Birthday today, and he posted his “pre blast” that was actually a BackBlast. I had to bite. I should have never clicked on the link.

It looked amazingly terrible. And of course, since I had to Q at Distillery, I wasn’t going to be able to make it to his WIB Birthday Q for this masterpiece. Hmmmmmm. And that’s when it happened.

“Light…..bulbbbbbbb..”

I could celebrate with VG, remotely. But I couldn’t just straight swipe his workout. No copy and paste in F3 ! Here’s what I came up with.

WARM-O-RAMA:

I arrived a little early to set up. We would need 5 cones, a few laser printed and laminated weinkes, and a big speaker. Check.

Guys started rolling in, and it was time to get down to business.

SSH…..midway through Ziffel rolls up, IST, Abe V, Whirlie, Hillbillies, Arm Swirlies F&B, Seal Clap, Moravian Night Clubs ( just for Wahoo ).

The THANG:

We moseyed to the middle of the parking lot and that’s where the fun began.

I explained to the PAX that “Today, we will be celebrating Van Gogh’s birthday….We’re basically doing his beatdown! ” To which the PAX responded….” Why didn’t we just go over to Macys then? ”

Sooo.. There were 4 corners.

Corner: B, A, S, and H. ( Sounds familiar right? )

At each corner, we were going to be doing different exercises. At the B corner, the exercise would always be Burpees…ya know, just because. BUT, VG’s beatdown listed 42 Burpees! That’s crazy talk. And I’m not 42. So, we were going to be doing 4+6 at each B stop. ( Modified because it was necessary ! )

At the A, S, and H stations, there were 2 exercises listed. At each stop you would alternate between the top and the bottom.

Ohhh wait, I forgot a part.
So instead of just spelling out B.A.S.H. endlessly, I asked Google Gemini to show me a list of words you could spell using the letters BASH. Of course I wasn’t specific enough with this prompt as Gemini came back with ” Well, you can spell Bash. And Shab ( slang for Shabby )” Thanks Gemini…..can you show me all possible words using the 4 letters, B. A. S. H. and you can use the letters multiple times. Again, only 4 letter words. Much better results.

SO, I kept the BASH…and SHAB. I also threw in one of my own, HABS, since the Hurricanes are playing their first game of the Eastern Conference finals tonight against the Habs. Here were the others:

BABA: (A type of cake, or a pet name for a grandmother/baby)
BASS: (A type of  sh, or a low musical pitch)
HAHA: (The sound of laughter)
SASH: (A long strip of cloth worn around the waist or shoulder)
SHAH: (A title given to the former monarchs of Iran)
SHHH: (Asking for quiet)
AHHH: (Screaming or relaxing)
BAHA: (As in “Baha Men”—the guys who let the dogs out!)

Now that we had our word list, here were the exercises for each letter \ station.

B = Burpees ( 4+6 ) Each time.

A= Al Gore+Jack Reachers ( 46x ) , Alternating Shoulder Taps ( 46x )

S = Scorpion Dry Docks ( 46x ), Seal Jacks ( 46x )

H = Heels To Heaven ( 46x ), Hand Release Mike Tysons ( 46x )….This was dumb!

So off we went. Our spelling B in the Gloom.

We made it through HAHA. After we finished a word, we’d meet back up in the middle to get our next word. Mode of transportation was running between each station. Distillery parking lot is no Macy’s, but we did some moving!

MARY:

Out of a sign of mercy, I decided to call Mary at one of the last stations we reached.. We only had about 2 minutes. Everyone was DEAD.

Penguin crunch, Mutton Crunch….Time

( I really did want to throw in Body Destroyers, but not time.. )

COT \ NMM:

Announcements: Samaritans workout.. Get out there guys. Also, the shirts…if you want one, let me know by the end of the week.

Prayers: Prayers for Blind Dates upcoming trip. Prayers for Memorial Day. It’s great to have an extra day off, but let’s focus and remember why we celebrate Memorial Day.

YHC took us out.

NMM:

HOLY Cow….what a “fun” morning. This one sucked ! Again, I thought it would be a fun way to celebrate VG’s big day and to get in a good beatdown. The mumblechatter was FIRE this morning. I believe this was due to the epic playlist along with the utter stupidity of some of these exercises.

I said something like… ” HR Mike Tysons. I didn’t even know these were a thing? It was on the Exicon.” To which Drama Queen chimed in…” Well now you know why. NO ONE would want to do these ! ” LOL. Also, but shout out to DQ for the Macarena demonstration.

There were so many more gems. I remember all the kind words and thoughts from all the PAX. So heartwarming.

You guys are amazing. Had a lot of fun….

Oh wait…the playlist. This was really more of a joke ( go figure ). After Ziffels Q on Tuesday, i got to thinking…. While we’re out here, doing this crazy stuff. Which sucks more, the Beatdown or the Music? What would happen if we did a Chinese water torture kind of song list. Would the PAX ignore it if the beatdown was harder to endure? The answer is NO. Some music just makes it twice as bad. But the PAX endured!

Adobe – OUT