{"id":25785,"date":"2025-10-04T10:29:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=25785"},"modified":"2025-10-04T10:29:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T14:29:49","slug":"what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2025\/10\/what-a-long-strange-trip-its-been\/","title":{"rendered":"What A Long Strange Trip It&#8217;s Been"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 The pressure was really on after @PonyExpress&#8217; elaborate theme last week.\u00a0 Given that today is 10\/4, YHC settled on building a theme around trucking, truckers and all related things.\u00a0 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&#8217;t all that bad of an approach.\u00a0 Here is a an every which way but loose recollection of what we did:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warm-O-Rama<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20 SSH IC (What&#8217;s your 20?)<\/li>\n<li>19 IW IC (Breaker 1-9, Breaker 1-9)<\/li>\n<li>18 Hillbillies IC (18-Wheeler&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>10 Copperhead Squats IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)<\/li>\n<li>10 Copperhead Merkins IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)<\/li>\n<li>10 Mountain Climbers IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)<\/li>\n<li>10 Alternating Lunges IC; 4 Burpees OYO (10-4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mosey to bottom of hill by the rec center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Truck Climb (11s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At bottom of hill:\u00a0 Gas Pumps, run to top of hill<\/li>\n<li>At top of hill:\u00a0 Pistons (aka Squat Jumps), run to bottom of hill<\/li>\n<li>10 Gas Pumps\/1 Piston<\/li>\n<li>9 Gas Pumps\/2 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>8 Gas Pumps\/3 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>7 Gas Pumps\/4 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>6 Gas Pumps\/5 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>5 Gas Pumps\/6 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>4 Gas Pumps\/7 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>3 Gas Pumps\/8 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>2 Gas Pumps\/9 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>1 Gas Pump\/10 Pistons<\/li>\n<li>Rest Stop Plank-O-Rama for the 6<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Convoy mosey to rock pile and grab a rock<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haulin&#8217; Rocks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dangerous Curve #1:\u00a0 10 Curls OYO.\u00a0 Cusack to next curve<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Curve #2:\u00a0 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses OYO.\u00a0 Cusack to next curve<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Curve #3:\u00a0 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers OYO.\u00a0 Cusack to next curve<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Curve #4:\u00a0 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows OYO.\u00a0 Cusack to next curve<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Curve #5:\u00a0 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Bench Presses OYO.\u00a0 Cusack to next curve<\/li>\n<li>Dangerous Curve #6: 10 Curls, 10 OH Presses, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Bench Presses, 10 Goblet Squats OYO.\u00a0 Cusack to next curve<\/li>\n<li>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.\u00a0 Cusack to rockpile.<\/li>\n<li>Rockpile:\u00a0 Unload:\u00a0 10 Truck Drivers, 10 Goblet Squats, 10 Bench Presses, 10 Bent Over Rows, 10 Skull Crushers, 10 OH Presses, 10 Curls OYO.\u00a0 Return rocks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Howlin&#8217; Clydes (Clyde was the orangutan from &#8220;Every Which Way But Loose&#8221;)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Circle up<\/li>\n<li>Pax hold the &#8220;grab your ankles&#8221; position<\/li>\n<li>Pax take turns performing 10 Orangutan Humpers OYO while other pax hold the &#8220;grab your ankles&#8221; position until all pax have performed the OHs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mosey to wet field (over @Splash&#8217;s and @Bluto&#8217;s strenuous objections)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bear Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Truckers need to be able to know where the bears are, so let&#8217;s go on a bear hunt<\/li>\n<li>Partner up.<\/li>\n<li>Partner A bear crawls.\u00a0 Partner B performs 10 Carolina Dry Docks and then runs to catch Partner A.\u00a0 Flapjack.\u00a0 Repeato 2x.\u00a0 Turn around.<\/li>\n<li>Partner A bear crawls.\u00a0 Partner B performs 10 Sumo Squats and then runs to catch Partner B.\u00a0 Flapjack.\u00a0 Repeato 2x.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10-4 Good Buddy Merkin Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Partner up<\/li>\n<li>10 Booyah Merkins OYO<\/li>\n<li>10 Partner Derkins each OYO<\/li>\n<li>10 Power Merkins each OYO (#crowdpleaser)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mosey back to VSF.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3 MOM<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LBCs x10 IC<\/li>\n<li>Low Dolly x10 IC<\/li>\n<li>Low Flutter x10 IC<\/li>\n<li>Penguin Crunch x10 IC<\/li>\n<li>Rosalitas x10 IC (over @D-Day&#8217;s strenuous objections)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>COT\/BOM:\u00a0<\/strong>YHC took us out<\/p>\n<p><strong>FIN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NMM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Solid group of #MotherTruckers today.\u00a0 As @Burlap noted, we had an evenly distributed age range, with 1\/3 #SeasonedVets 1\/3 #MidlifeCrises 1\/3 #YoungGuns.\u00a0 We even organized ourselves into cohorts for #COT.<\/p>\n<p>Garmin gave us kudos this morning for a well balanced workout:\u00a0 3.2 Aerobic; 3.2 Anaerobic = &#8220;Sprint&#8221;.\u00a0 We earned 46 hours of recovery according to the watch.<\/p>\n<p>@YukonCornelius was flying through the 11s #LookOutBelow!!!!<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Geese performed a reconnaissance mission while we were haulin&#8217; rocks.\u00a0 They were noisily honking in Canadian.\u00a0 @D-Day was the only one that could understand them.<\/p>\n<p>Playlist was perfectly timed to play Eddie Rabbitt&#8217;s &#8220;Drivin&#8217; My Life Away&#8221; from <em>Every Which Way But Loose\u00a0<\/em> soundtrack right as it was time to do #HowlinClydes.\u00a0 Sometimes it&#8217;s better to be lucky than good.<\/p>\n<p>@Superfly was about to walk out since the playlist was late to bring Johnny Cash&#8217;s &#8220;I&#8217;ve Been Everywhere&#8221;.\u00a0 #PatienceGrasshopper.\u00a0 @Bluto was also surprised to hear some emo with the Bowling for Soup &#8220;classic&#8221; &#8220;Trucker Hat&#8221;.\u00a0 @Bluto and @Burlap were also relieved to get Roger Miller&#8217;s &#8220;King Of the Road&#8221;.\u00a0 @Parkay wasn&#8217;t sure about the playlist, the theme, or YHC&#8217;s leadership ability.\u00a0 #Cobains.<\/p>\n<p>#Cobains also for 1)\u00a0 the wet grass and 2) the awkward partner work.\u00a0 #BeenAWhile #OldSchool #WeStillGotIt<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the playlist:<\/p>\n<p>Intro:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Orange Blossom Special (Bill Justis\/Jerry Reed)<\/li>\n<li>Lot Lizard (Joshua Ray Walker)<\/li>\n<li>Midnight Rider (Allman Brothers Band)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main Event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves (Red Simpson)<\/li>\n<li>The General Lee (Johnny Cash)<\/li>\n<li>Truck Drivin&#8217; Man (Buck Owens)<\/li>\n<li>East Bound and Down (Jerry Reed)<\/li>\n<li>Convoy (C.W. McCall)<\/li>\n<li>Roll On Eighteen Wheeler (Alabama)<\/li>\n<li>Looking At The World Through A Windshield (Del Reeves)<\/li>\n<li>Six Days On The Road (Dave Dudley)<\/li>\n<li>Truckin&#8217; (Grateful Dead)<\/li>\n<li>Keep On Truckin&#8217; (Eddie Kendricks)<\/li>\n<li>Speedball Tucker (Jim Croce)<\/li>\n<li>Highway Patrol (Junior Brown)<\/li>\n<li>The Race Is On (George Jones)<\/li>\n<li>Trucker Hat (Bowling For Soup)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve Been Everywhere (Johnny Cash)<\/li>\n<li>Drivin&#8217; My Life Away (Eddie Rabbitt)<\/li>\n<li>Hillbilly Highway (Steve Earle)<\/li>\n<li>King Of The Road (Roger Miller)<\/li>\n<li>The Road Goes On Forever (Robert Earl Keen)<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m A Ramblin&#8217; Man (Waylon Jennings)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Keep on Truckin&amp;apos; at Purgatory 10\/4\/25\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/5EXIHb3S7vJupfucwoVXzV?si=9b7478af48c84eac&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the honor and privilege of leading this morning.<\/p>\n<p>Your friend,<\/p>\n<p>Starfish<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.\u00a0 The pressure was really on after @PonyExpress&#8217; elaborate theme last week.\u00a0 Given that today is 10\/4, YHC settled on building a theme around trucking, truckers and all related things.\u00a0 As [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bootcamp","category-purgatory"],"acf":{"q":"Starfish","date":"10\/4\/2025","pax":"Superfly (WD), Burlap, Starfish (QIC), Splash, D-Day, Bluto, Palin, Parkay, Yukon Cornelius (WB)"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25786,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25785\/revisions\/25786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}