2 FNGs actually showed up for Balljoint and joined 9 other familiar faces to grind through a burner. Here’s what I remember:
Proper Disclaimer with FNGs present. Been a while since YHC got to name an FNG, much less 2. No merlot was splashed.
The Thang:
- 10 x Don Quixotes (IC)
- 10 x Gravel Pickers (IC)
- Tesla Stretches
- 10 x Mike Tysons (IC)
Mosey to the entrance to the Parking Deck.
Rules are we do 5 burpees every time we reach the bottom and the top, so we start with:
Next we got partners. The partners were to help the PAX push, but also to help the FNGs know what was going on. Balljoint took both FNGs and we did an ascending (literally) stack of exercises. Think 4 corners, with parking deck levels as corners:
- Level 1: 10 x CDDs (OYO)
- Level 2: 10 x CDDs (OYO), 20 x Bonnie Blairs (OYO – count each jump)
- Level 3: 10 x CDDs (OYO), 20 x Bonnie Blairs (OYO – count each jump), 30 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
- Level 4: 10 x CDDs (OYO), 20 x Bonnie Blairs (OYO – count each jump), 30 x Monkey Humpers (OYO), 40 x Merkins (OYO)
YHC started the levels wrong, so we ended up a little confused, but it didn’t matter. We were climbing to the top and doing all those things along the way, and that’s what we did. At the top, time for:
Next up, take the stairs down…
Run with your partner all the way to the top…
And wait for the Six. At this point, there was a single FNG on his own, with Balljoint and the other finding a quicker way to the top than the ramps. Hopes rose for a merlot sighting. We got back together, headed down to the bottom for…
And went up again, with the exercises, except this time due to time constraints and more work still to do, no stacking.
- Level 1: 10 x CDDs (OYO)
- Level 2: 20 x Bonnie Blairs (OYO – count each jump)
- Level 3: 30 x Monkey Humpers (OYO)
- Level 4: 40 x Merkins (OYO)
And again…
Take the stairs down…
So one more thing to finish up before we leave the deck.
YHC had pulled this one once before at Tequila Sunrise a while back, and thought to give it another run. Basically, partners synchronize mountain climbers alternating between regular and Australian. Looked like this:
Stupid Synchronous Mountain Climbers:
- 10 x Mountain Climbers (count left only)
- 10 x Australian Mountain Climbers (count left only)
- Repeato for 3 total rounds
3 was enough, as the burn kicked in by then. Leaving as little rest as possible between rounds was good too.
Still plenty of time for plenty of work, so we left the garage, crossed the street to the church and kept the partners for a little Cora
- Partner 1: Bear crawl around the drop off area
- Partner 2: Exercises
- 50 x Reverse Crunches
- 100 x American Hammers
- 150 x LBCs
Always a grumble when bear crawls are mentioned. Not sure why. YHC assumed that meant the PAX craved more running, so we finished fast on our feet, taking the long way back, covering a little over 0.5 mile, stopping 3 times for
- 15 x Jungle Boy Squats (OYO)
YHC was introduced to the Jungle Boy at QvQ Downtown when Balljoint called them, and we’re all better off for it.
We wrapped up right at 0615, so that was the end of the beating.
As we started COT, there was an ambulance off in the distance, and one of our FNGs mentioned that his Life Alert must have gone off and it was coming for him. One name down, one to go. As for the other, we didn’t have to go too far as Kelly Brown didn’t get too far past stating his name before “Kapowski” came out. The Weasel Shaker attempted to veto it, as our PAX, while solid backblast writers, are not the best at spelling. Also, YHC was stunned that such a solid group of non-respect PAX didn’t know who Kelly Kapowski was. The FNG did, as did about half the group, and it was enough for the name to stick. A quick tutorial on the spelling. Think “Kapow” and add a “-ski” to it. It’s easy. Kapowski. Let’s hope we’re listing Life Alert and Kapowski frequently in future backblasts. Both are great additions to the group.
Downtown never disappoints. Great group of PAX that pushed hard today. Grateful for the opportunity to lead.
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