After driving for 2 days with my family from New Orleans to Colorado Springs, I was stiff as a board and feeling discouraged that I couldn’t add any workouts to my New Year’s Resolution. I was lamenting the fact that I would be putting a big goose egg this week in the spreadsheet as the PAX would be fading out of sight.
Then I had a crazy idea, I’ll try to EH (Emotional Headlock) some other men at the HSLDA Homeschool Conference and have an F3 workout here. Would that really work? These men are with their families, they’re on vacation, presenting and/or looking to grow in knowledge. Seriously, would they REALLY want a beatdown at 6300 ft above sea level and at 6:00 am MST? The only way to find out is to start doing the Dancing Idiot. As I perform my EH routine for the men during the breaks, and I get a bunch of polite no’s, strange looks and some maybes. As the day winds down, I’m hopeful but not confident for tomorrow morning.
5:40 am rolls around and I get a text that someone will join me, Woohoo! At least I’m not going to be alone, I get dressed quickly and head toward the lobby and see other men. Another text pops up that two (2) other men were waiting for me in the fitness center, I had to run and get them because Airborne didn’t pay attention to my instructions to meet up in the lobby. WOW, 5 FNGs! I’m extremely humbled!
We proceed outside and I give the disclaimer and then mosey to the Tennis courts.
WARM UP
As you would expect, I had to give quite a few instructions and descriptions.
30 x Side Straddle Hop IC (In Cadence)
30 x Copperhead Squats IC
15 x Abe Vigoda a.k.a Windmills IC
10 x Arm Circles (Front and Back) IC
10 Burpees OYO (On your own)
25 x Plank Jacks IC
25 x Floyd Mayweathers
THE THANG
We mosey just a short distance to a highway embankment (like a levee) and proceed to do a Dora 1-2-3
We partnered up and PAX 1 (timer)would run up the embankment and then back down while PAX 2 would perform the exercise.
The exercises were 100 burpees, 200 air squats (made a quick change from Merkins (push-ups) and 300 LBCs (little baby crunches).
The altitude was extremely hard for YHC (your humble correspondent) since I live 3 feet below sea level. Embrace the SUCK!
COOL DOWN
After we finished the DORA we moseyed back to the tennis courts to complete our workout with 6 minutes of mary.
25 x Flutter Kicks IC
25 x Hello Dollys IC
20 x Dying Cockroaches IC
20 x Freddy Mercurys IC
10 Burpees OYO
COT – CIRCLE OF TRUST
Countoff, Namerama and the Ball of Man (BOM).
What a privilege to lead today! Words cannot adequately express how humbled and honored I am that these five FNGs (Friendly New Guys) would get up in the Gloom and trust me with their time and health. We gave a huge shout out to our Creator and Chief to help us be better leaders for our wives, for our children and for our homeschool communities. Special requests for Doc Titan to be a better servant leader to his M (Mrs.). Thank you, Lord!
