{"id":3886,"date":"2018-02-27T17:56:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/?p=3886"},"modified":"2018-02-27T17:56:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T21:56:54","slug":"gamblers-anonymous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/2018\/02\/gamblers-anonymous\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamblers Anonymous"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Gamblers Anonymous<\/h4>\n<h4><b>When:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 2\/27\/18<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><b>QIC:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Zima<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><b>The PAX:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> THE Pony Express, Geppetto (WB), Drama Queen (WD), Offsides, Jiminy, Goofy, Shake and Bake, Schneider, The Singing Cowboy, Tuco, Boomerang, Van Gogh, Wobegon, Fingers, Sour Mash, Zima (QIC)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If I spent just a fraction of the time that I do creating workouts on a finding a new, rewarding job and advancing my career, I think my life would be pretty different. \u00a0Oh the possibilities. \u00a0But alas, devising innovative ways to torture the PAX is way way more fun. \u00a0While the latest idea just popped into my head one random day, the planning of it took a little time. \u00a0The prep work wasn\u2019t difficult, but my wife\u2019s reaction last night sums it up. \u00a0After we put the tiny monsters to bed, she asked me what I was going to do for the rest of the evening. \u00a0I responded that I was going to prep for my Q the next day, to which she turns around, walks away, and mutters, \u201cI\u2019m going to go binge watch The Handmaid\u2019s Tale.\u201d \u00a0That\u2019s my life the night before a Q.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So on to the workout. \u00a0I don\u2019t know why, but I came up with a crazy idea of devising a dice-based beatdown. \u00a0I think it had something to do with creating a workout that couldn\u2019t be blamed on me, but rather the \u201cshooter\u201d. \u00a0There\u2019s some real leadership for you, boys. \u00a0Deflection is the key. \u00a0Oh, and delegation too. \u00a0Don\u2019t admit or accept responsibility. \u00a0Find a scapegoat. \u00a0In this case, there were 15 of them! \u00a0Brilliant. \u00a0However, the jury is still out on where the blame truly lies for this one. \u00a0But anyway, it has been a while since I\u2019ve sipped those free, watered down Rum and Cokes, inhaled the stale smoke-filled air, listened to the dinging of slot machine bells and the emphysema-infused smokers\u2019 coughs, and high fived a bunch of strangers at a $5, cigarette-burned Craps table. \u00a0I guess I was getting nostalgic. \u00a0I figured that I could base a workout on the complete random fate of the dice and everyone would be super happy about it and praise my workout creation skills. \u00a0That was the plan anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the Kenny Rogers serenaded us with the sage advice from The Gambler, our workout began.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Warm-o-rama<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SSH<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Abe Vigodas<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whirly\u2019s Clap<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Beatdown<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were 12 stations laid out in a circle-ish pattern (we needed a slight extension to the circle to get to the picnic tables). \u00a0At each station, there were two exercises. \u00a0Each exercise had a multiplier associated with it. \u00a0To start, each person randomly went to a different station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hand Release Clap Mike Tysons x2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LBCs x4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Second Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Carolina Dry Docks x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low Flutter x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Third Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hand Release Merkins x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In and Outs x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fourth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Box Jumps x2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Box Cutters x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fifth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Monkey Humpers x4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Low Dolly x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sixth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tricep Extensions x2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plank Jacks x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seventh Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bicep Curls x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heels to Heaven x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eighth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Squats x4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elbow Spider Planks x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ninth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Merkins x4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WWIIs x4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tenth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mountain Climbers x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Hammers x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eleventh Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dips x4<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penguin Crunches x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twelfth Station<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overhead Presses x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rosalitas x3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One member of the PAX would be the \u201cshooter\u201d and roll the dice. \u00a0Then he would choose which die was for the sets and which was for the reps. \u00a0For example, if a 2 and 5 were rolled, then we would either do 2 sets of 5 reps or 5 sets of 2 reps. \u00a0But, to add a little challenge and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">attempt<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to even out the time, a multiplier was added. \u00a0I mean, who really wants to only do 5 squats per set? \u00a0So instead of 2 sets of 5 reps, it would be 2 sets of 5 times the multiplier. \u00a0Since the Merkins multiplier was a 4 then it was 2 sets of 5&#215;4 = 20 reps. \u00a0Get it? \u00a0Plank for the SIX when done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When everyone was finished, the shooter would throw the dice again to determine the next station. \u00a0The number corresponded to how many stations to move forward in a clockwise direction. \u00a0For example, a 3 and 2 means you move 5 stations ahead. \u00a0Our modes of transportation were Bear Crawls on the even numbers and Lunge Walk on the odds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It probably would have been fine if I had stopped there, but simplicity (or brevity) is not really my style. \u00a0So, just like Craps, I had to add more confusing rules. \u00a0If any Craps were thrown (Snake Eyes &#8211; 2, Acey Deucey &#8211; 3, Boxcars &#8211; 12), we were supposed to Broad Jump Burpee ahead that many stations. \u00a0If 7 or Yo 11 were thrown, we would go to the middle and do 7 or 11 extra Burpees after completing the exercises. \u00a0And finally, if a Hard Way was thrown (Little Joe &#8211; 2s, 3s, 4s, Woman\u2019s best friend &#8211; 5s), we incorporated that many Burpees between sets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yup. \u00a0Easy. \u00a0What could possibly go wrong?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think we ended up doing about 7 of the stations by the end.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Closing Time (No time for Mary):<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phew.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The dice got cold. \u00a0We rolled a 7 out. \u00a0Bank rolls were tapped. \u00a0No more Craps. \u00a0Time to head to the nickel slots to gamble away our Social Security checks.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Q Fails:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I definitely underestimated the complexity of the workout. \u00a0Because I spent the time to devise, refine, test run, refine more, and agonize over it, the whole thing made a lot of sense to me. \u00a0Explaining it to 15 other people who hadn\u2019t previously seen it in about 12 seconds time at 5:36 in the morning in 33 degree weather was not the challenge I was prepared for. \u00a0#Epicfail on the complexity, explanation, and execution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was also somewhat easier than I intended, so I truly apologize to anyone expecting something a bit more challenging.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because of the confusion and the high number of reps (blame the dice), not everyone got to perform every exercise. \u00a0Next time, we\u2019ll do this at a Saturday, hour long workout.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I may have let some of the Craps and Hard Ways slide by without mentioning the rule in the beginning in order to get us moving. \u00a0The glazed over eyes and blank stares of confusion were quite evident.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Today\u2019s Q\u2019s Random Musings:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m starting to develop a complex. \u00a0It is becoming an alarming pattern that the Site Qs are noticeably absent during my beatdowns. \u00a0Is there something I should know?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least Thistle will be present for my WIB Q on Thursday \u2026 oh wait, no he won\u2019t. \u00a0He has already proactively declined to show up. \u00a0Something fishy is going on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Somehow I lost the dice when I was cleaning up the workout aides this morning. \u00a0Lost? \u00a0Perhaps. \u00a0Misplaced? \u00a0Maybe. \u00a0Although I suspect that one of the more nefarious PAX might have Aaron Rodgers\u2019ed those puppies into the woods when I was distracted to prevent future recurrences of this workout. \u00a0You know what I say? \u00a0\u201cNo dice, buddy. (See what I did there?) \u00a0That\u2019s what Amazon Prime shipping is for!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Judging by the blazing speed that Sour Mash was doing Overhead Presses, the multiplier should have been about 10. \u00a0That dude made the cinder block his bitch.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuco has, by far and away, the best Burpee form ever.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The creativity of the beatdown outweighed the physical challenge factor of it. \u00a0A preblast explanation of it might have helped.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Geppetto was complaining a lot, but a) I wasn\u2019t listening, and b) I just turned up the music.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I think Goofy might still be trying to figure out what the numbers meant. \u00a0This backblast may or may not help.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DQ got his underground gambling games confused and was asking about Monopoly cards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nobody is taking Fingers to Vegas anytime soon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I have witnesses. \u00a0This is true. \u00a0Pony got bored with the exercises and actually asked if we could do some running!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rumor has it that there were a few Teacher\u2019s Pets out jogging before the workout, but they couldn\u2019t stay for the scheduled beatdown. \u00a0This begs the question that does it still count as extra credit if the actual assignment isn\u2019t completed? \u00a0#Deepthoughts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The formatting in WordPress is AWFUL, ATROCIOUS, HORRENDOUS! \u00a0Can we please get a new website platform!?!?!?!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Announcements:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One year anniversary at The Distillery on Thursday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zima has the Q for WIB on Thursday.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schneider is the new Site Q for BBBC. \u00a0Needs Qs. \u00a0Route must be in Clemmons and be between 2.5 and 4 miles. \u00a0Is #F3Clemmons going to secede from #F3Winston-Salem? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Van Gelding has the Q for Urban Assault on Friday. \u00a0I think that\u2019s the bastard love child of co-Qs Van Gogh and Gelding (VQ). \u00a0Launch spot will be Bailey Park, NOT the First Pres parking lot. \u00a0Good luck with that, guys. \u00a0I\u2019m sure that nobody will show up at First Pres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/f3winstonsalem.slack.com\/archives\/C668RFECE\/p1519575256000105\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fokker\u2019s super secret special F3-only invitation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u00a0Do not tweet or retweet. \u00a0Go ahead and post on the website though. \u00a0Only the North Koreans read that. \u00a0Just kidding Van Gogh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Prayers:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Van Gogh\u2019s sister \/ Torque\u2019s wife is due to have her baby soon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All of Geppetto\u2019s friends who are eating Tide Pods.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fingers VERY artfully and gracefully took us out.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schultzie, since we were at an elementary school and none of the kids can drive (hopefully), I left the big plastic key ring in the tricycle parking lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zima out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180227_062228-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180227_062228-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180227_062228-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.f3winstonsalem.com\/f3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180227_062228-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamblers Anonymous When: 2\/27\/18 QIC: Zima The PAX: THE Pony Express, Geppetto (WB), Drama Queen (WD), Offsides, Jiminy, Goofy, Shake and Bake, Schneider, The Singing Cowboy, Tuco, Boomerang, Van Gogh, Wobegon, Fingers, Sour Mash, Zima (QIC) &nbsp; Introduction If I spent just a fraction of the time that I do creating workouts on a finding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parliament"],"acf":{"q":"Zima","date":"2\/27\/18","pax":"THE Pony Express, Geppetto (WB), Drama Queen (WD), Offsides, Jiminy, Goofy, Shake and Bake, Schneider, The Singing Cowboy, Tuco, Boomerang, Van Gogh, Wobegon, Fingers, Sour Mash, Zima 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