Classic Shorty

Come to enough F3 workouts and you will start to get a good feel for the PAX.  Almost getting hit by a bike – classic Hawg.  Annoying the Q with a gazillion questions about each movement – classic Rudy.  Rolling in hot – classic Yankee.  Dr. Ws – classic SFx.  Ab exercises to infinity – classic JV.  Dressing like a Pirate – classic Bubba.  Fartsacking the day of your Q – classic Shorty.

Sure, Shorty has plenty of other qualities;  pushing the Pax beyond what they thought they were capable of, stepping up to Q the GoRuck and making sure our training stays on track, bringin’ the namaste with Vinyasa cool downs, never missing an opportunity to point out how short Cowbell is, etc…However, his defining quality has become the likelihood that he will fartsack during his Q.  This definition was cemented even further with Monday’s workout.

In classic Yankee style, I rucked in hot so I missed any conversations prior to the workout.  I can only assume they went something like this:

Time:  5:28      Place: Shovel Flag     Marlin rides in on his bike

Marlin:  What’s going on baby?  Who’s the Q?

Bogey:  I think it is supposed to be Shorty

Rudy:  That means we need to start coming up with some exercises.  Who wants the warm-up?

Bogey: I’ll take it

Bubba:  Aaargh! That thar Shorty is a lily-livered scallywag.  Ahoy Cap’n Bogey, lead thee way!

John Doe: …

The Thang

YHC got to the warm-up circle just as Bogey was finishing up the SSHs which I presume was the first set of exercises.  At some point in the warm-up JV sidled up to the circle unannounced, which is not classic JV, since, as his name explains, he can normally be heard coming from a great distance.

COP 1 (Bogey on Q): SSH x 30 IC,  Arm Circles Forward x 15 IC, Arm Circles Backward x 15 IC, Imperial Walker x 30 IC, Mountain Climbers x 30 IC, Windmills x 20 IC,

I may have forgotten something there.  I know Bogey was trying to go until the train passed, but it stopped on the tracks.

Rudy took over from there, instructing us to pick a rock and mosey to a nice open space just past the T-ball field.  Early in the this COP we were joined by Amnesty, Tool, and Cowbell who had been trapped across the tracks by the aforementioned train.  Amnesty was confused at first, staring blankly at the Q, thinking Shorty was wearing one of the strangest Halloween costumes he had ever seen.  Rudy welcomed the stragglers to the group by immediately calling them out – Amnesty for not paying attention and Cowbell for having to stretch his hamstrings three weeks ago at city park – classic Cowbell.

COP 2 (Rudy on Q): Exercises all IC:  Shoulder Press x 16; Curls x 16; Rows x 16; Shoulder Press x 12; Curls x 12; Rows x 12; Shoulder Press x 8; Curls x 8; Rows x 8; Shoulder Press x 4; Curls x 4; Rows x 10 (when you think he is going to zig, he zags)

YHC took it from there, leading the Pax to the playground for the prescribed GoRuck training (provided to me by Shorty himself #GhostQ).

COP 3 (Hawg on Q): 10 sets of the following exercises oyo and as fast as possible:

• 5 pull-ups
• 7 dips
• 9 derkins (feet in swing)
• 12 squats con roca
• 15 big boi sit-ups

COT – Prayers for those suffering from cancer.  Prayers for Mason and Brady. Thanksgiving for the opportunities we have.

-Hawg