White Broncos, Rangers, Juniors, Jurgen, Knicks and Arnie

White Broncos, Rangers, Juniors, Jurgen, Knicks and Arnie

QIC: Starfish

Date: 6/17/2026

PAX: Bluto, Interference, Silver Fox, The Singing Cowboy, Sgt Shultz, BAM, Lemming, Wobegon, Manscape (WD), Autobot (WB), Starfish (QIC)

YHC found out on Tuesday that he had been assigned to Q Bells & Whistles today.  Fortunately today is June 17 which also happens to be the same date of one of the most eventful and chaotic days in sports history exactly 32 years ago.  It was so eventful and chaotic, that they even made an ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about it, entitled June 17, 1994.  So today at the Greenbrier Farm Clubhouse, we attempted to recreate the events and chaos of that day 32 years ago.  Here’s how it went:

Warm-O-Rama

• Motivators from 8 to 1 (Full SSH x8, Half SSH x8, Legs Only SSH x8, Hops x8, Repeato x7, x6, x5, x4, x3, x2, x1)
• Hillbillies x17 IC
• Abe Vigoda x6ish IC
• Whirly’s Got The Clap x10ish IC

The Thang, Part 1:  The White Bronco (OJ and AC on the [Slow] Run)

• Overhead Press x16 OYO
• Jerk & Clean x16 OYO
• Alternating Lunges x16 OYO
• Curls x16 OYO
• The slow chase:  Indian Run to the left until all pax have “sprinted” to the front and then return in same fashion

Trivia Questions:

1. Model Year of the White Bronco?  1993
2. Roads of the “Chase”?  State Route 91, The 110, The 405, Sunset Boulevard
3. How many telecopters?  22
4. How many TV viewers?  95 million
5. How fast was the chase?  35 MPH

The Thang, Part 2:  Let’s Go Rangers!!! (NY Rangers celebrating the Stanley Cup victory with parade through the Canyon of Heroes in NYC)

• Tabata:  8 rounds (20 secs on, 10 secs rest) alternating Skaters (hockey players skate) and Thrusters (Rangers hoisted the Stanley Cup a lot that day)
• The parade:  Indian Run to the right until all pax have “sprinted” to the front and then return in same fashion

Trivia Questions:

1. Who was the captain of the New York Rangers in 1994?  Mark Messier
2. Who’d they beat?  Vancouver Canucks
3. Before 1994, when had the Rangers last won the Stanley Cup?  1940
4. When were the NYR last in the Stanley Cup Finals since 1994?  2014
5. Against whom?  LA Kings

The Thang, Part 3:  Ken Griffey, Junior Hits his 30th Home Run (tying Babe Ruth’s record of most HRs before June 30)

• Kettlebell Swings x30 OYO
• Goblet Squats x30 OYO
• J– Los x30 IC
• Run the bases:  Sprint around the parking lot and around the short Wink’s knob (as 2B) and back to home plate

Trivia Questions:

1. Who gave up the HR to Junior on 6/17/94?  David Cone, then of the Kansas City Royals
2. Who was the AL MVP in 1994?  Frank Thomas, The Big Hurt, Chicago White Sox
3. Who won the World Series in 1994?  No one (strike shortened season)

The Thang, Part 4:  Oprah and Bubba Host The World Cup (Germany and Bolivia play the first game of the 1994 World Cup)

• Tabata:  8 rounds (20 secs on, 10 secs rest) alternating German Gas Pumps and Bolivian Burpees
• To the tennis courts for 2 rounds of suicides

Trivia Questions:

1. Where was the game played?  Soldier Field, Chicago
2. What was the score?  Germany 1, Bolivia 0
3. Who scored the goal?  Jurgen Klinsmann

The Thang, Part 5:  New York Knicks vs. Houston Rockets in Game 5 of the NBA Finals (Bob Costas and Tom Brokaw battled for air time and shared the screen as the OJ Chase and Game 5 were simulcast in a split screen)

For those of you (@Autobot) who weren’t alive yet, it was truly surreal television viewing

• Kettlebell Pulls x5 OYO
• Nolan Ryans x10 OYO
• Imperial Walkers x15 OYO
• Carolina Dry Docks x20 OYO
• Kettlebell Rows x25 OYO
• Snow Angels x30 OYO
• To the other side of the parking lot (not enough time to get over to the basketball court) for 3 gassers (for the number of games the Knicks won in the 1994 NBA Finals…)

Trivia Questions:

1. Who won Game 5?  New York Knickerbockers
2. What was the score?  91-84
3. Who was the leading scorer of the game?  Hakeem Olajuwan (27) (Patrick Ewing had 25 that night)

The Thang, Part 6:  Arnie’s Last Round (Arnold Palmer played his last US Open round on June 17, 1994)

• Ab Crunches x17 IC
• Plank Jacks x17 IC
• Ab Crunches x6 IC

COT/BOM:  YHC took us out with prayer for doctor’s appointments, waivers, traveling mercies and homesick daughters.

FIN.

NMM

That was fun.  And at least somewhat effective, according to YHC’s Garmin.  1.43 miles covered.  382 calories burned.  Sprint/Anaerobic rating with 2.6/5 Aerobic and 2.6/5 Anaerobic.  Exercise Load 122.

If you haven’t seen the documentary, you should.  It’s one of the best 30 for 30s out there.  You can stream it on ESPN and/or Netflix, I think.

@SgtShultz was glad to be invited and only accepted the invitation based on the No-Rush Guarantee.

@Manscape is 6 years older than Arnold Palmer was on June 17, 1994.  #BeastMode #WarDaddy

Cobains to @Lemming for making him relieve the devastating disappointment of a young but lifelong Knicks fan in 1994.

Tclaps to @TheSingingCowboy for sticking with YHC during the Ken Griffey, Jr. tabata when YHC got confused trying to be the game show host and got off kilter on which exercise to do.

@Wobegon seemed bored during the hockey section because his beloved Canes didn’t yet exist (except as the Hartford Whalers) in 1994

YHC thinks @Bluto may have gotten the most trivia questions right.  But that may have been just because YHC is old and doesn’t hear well over the booming speaker but @Bluto was at least right next to him.

Again, @Autobot wasn’t even alive in 1994.

@BAM got pissed off and left early.

@SilverFox was saying something about being a former butcher, but YHC (as mentioned above) is old and doesn’t hear well.

@Interference left his phone in the bushes but was not seen using it during the quiz show portion of the workout.  #NoCheating

Toad The Wet Sprocket sung “Fall Down”.  Speaking of the playlist, 1994 was a banner year for Alternative Music:

• All Apologies – Live (Nirvana – Unplugged in New York)  (#Cobains)
• Come Out and Play (The Offpring) (#GottaKeepEmSeparated)
• Fell On Black Days (Soundgarden) (#HowWouldIKnow?)
• No Excuses (Alice In Chains) (#NoExcusesThenIKnow)
• Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots) (#BreathingIsTheHardestThingToDo)
• Basket Case (Green Day) (#DoYouHaveTheTimeToListenToMeWhine?)
• Longview (Green Day) (#ISitAroundAndWatchTheTube)
• Buddy Holly (Weezer) (#OohWeeOoh)
• Cut Your Hair (Pavement) (#OohOohOohOohOoh)
• Lower (Beck) (#ImALoserBabySoWhyDontYouKillMe)
• Parklife (Blur) (#AllThePeopleSoManyPeople)
• Selling The Drama (Live) (#AndToLoveAGodAndToFearTheFlame)
• Fall Down (Toad The Wet Sprocket) (#JumpBackGottaGetOuttaHere)
• The Man Who Sold The World – Live (Nirvana – Unplugged in New York) (#OhNoNotMe)

Thanks for the honor and privilege of leading this morning.

Your friend,

Starfish