If you live in Old Mandeville, and are up at odd hours like the men of F3, then you’ve surely noticed the otherworldly purple glow emanating from sky in the center of town. Many have been beckoned by this glow, called upon to find out just what exactly is this heavenly luminescence? And YHC can assure you, all were as disappointed as I was to discover that it was simply the car wash at the corner of Florida and Girod. Effective marketing, though.
But before I left the comfort of my home and saw the purple rain, my half-asleep wife asked me on my way out, “You guys still work out in this rain?” The implication being, Well, maybe you work out in a light drizzle. But a downpour like this? That stopped me for a moment. YHC has been in F3 for a year and a half now, and my wife doesn’t know the ‘rain or shine’ motto of F3 nation? Hard to believe. I guess I’ll have to double down on my efforts to post on rainy mornings in 2018.
Luckily, though, Shooter and Chewy know the opportunities that a morning like this one provides, and were out there ready to go:
Warm-Up: SSH, Seal Jacks, Windmills, IWs, Peter Parkers, Parker Peters, Plank Jacks, Nolan Ryans L / R, all IC, 20x.
The Thang: First up, a Dirty McDeuce. YHC used to attempt to plan out all 12 exercises, but upon realizing the limits of my memory these days, I’ve determined the best course of action is to simply wing it. So these may not be exactly right, but it went something like this:
Merkins / Shoulder Taps / Lunges, all 12x IC. Sprint half the corridor & back, sprint full corridor, up stairs and back.
Burpees (12 oyo) / Mountain Climbers / Squats, 12x IC. Sprints / stairs.
Hand-release Merkins (thanks Turbo) / Absolution (killer 8 count exercise) / Slow-squat Jumps, 12x IC. Sprints / stairs.
Bodybuilders / Peter Parkers / Sister Mary Katherine’s, 12x IC. Sprints / stairs.
Next up, onward to the benches for an old favorite: Freak Nasties IC, Lateral Jumps over Bench (oyo), Step Ups R / L, all 12x. Then, more Freak Nasties IC, Knee Ups R / L, Bulgarian Splits R / L, all 12x. And finally, Freak Nasties, Derkins, 12x IC. This probably killed our chances of competing with Grundy in today’s ISI challenge (the likelihood of which was very slim to begin with).
Mary: Mosey back to the stage for the finale, Hurricane Hoedown, a descending circuit of flutter kicks. Start off seated, slightly reclined – 7x, IC. Move to standard flutter, 7x, IC. Then hands behind head, Freddie-flutters, 7x IC. Back to first position, now 6x IC, eventually working our way all the way down. With a minute to spare, we knocked out some Crunchy Frogs, did the countdown, nameorama, and Shooter prayed us out. Thank you guys for posting in the rain and giving me the opportunity to lead, it really was pleasure!
