July 28th, 1978. A big date for all of us of a certain vintage.
Yes, that’s right. 40 years ago today, Animal House made its debut. YHC arrived at 6:20 to a moment of confusion. “Dean Wormer” was there – and it took several minutes for the PAX to realize that this was not the same Dean Wormer named at Wolfpack Mountain yesterday, but was in fact a visitor from Up River in NC. Welcome, Dean Wormer. Little did he know that YHC had (quite unknowingly) prepared a personalized and appropriate workout for our visitor.
As the clock ticked towards 6:30, the PAX continued emerging from the gloom – including one FNG, EH’d by our resident barber and newest F3 advocate – nice work, Calliope! Then the clock struck the witching hour. Time for a disclaimer, and then we were off towards the yard by the museum.
The Thang – Pt 1
First exercise is….. Side Straddle Hop. In Position. In Cadence. Begin. x40.
YHC then introduced the theme: 40 years since the release of Animal House. The explanation of The Thang took a few minutes (sometimes the PAX seem “challenged” at following instructions). Basically, its the Animal House Deck o’ Death:
- Hearts are Burpees. Same as always.
- Diamonds are Neidermeyers. (“Is that a Puh-ledge Puh-in on your Uniform? Drop and Give me 20!”). Yup, Neidermeyer == Merkin
- Spades are usually squats. So today, they were Otises (“Shout! A little bit louder now!” etc…) Otises == Squat Jumps
- Clubs are usually Situps. Follow along… Situps == WWII Situps == D-Day. So D-Days == Situps. But we did Rower Situps
Numbers represent Rep count.
- Jacks = Pinto (“I lied a little bit; I’ve never done this before. That’s ok, I lied too – I’m only 13.”) 11 reps
- Queens = Mrs. Wormer (“What a coincidence. I have a husband Dean Wormer also at Faber. Do you still want to show me your cucumber?”) 12 reps
- Kings = Otter (“Can we sit with you Mary? I see you already have your lunch. Can I just massage your thighs while you eat?”) 13 reps
- Aces = Bluto (“Do you know what I am? A zit!”) 15 reps
- Joker = Flounder. Double the previous exercise.
- Deuce: YHC always finds the 2 cards to be a bit disappointing. So to vary the workout, Deuce became another doubling card. 2 Hearts == Double the previous reps, in Burpees…
Lots of mumble-chatter as instructions were given. But YHC persevered through the mockery. Then we were off to the races with the first card flip. Mumble-chatter quickly halted. Stopped for a 20 count after the Bluto of Hearts. Stopped for a water break right around half-way. Stopped for another 20 count somewhere around the Otter of Hearts. Then powered through to completion. Only one Q-dible: when the Deuce of Hearts appeared, we went with 2 Burpees (instead of 14 burpees, having followed the 7 of Clubs).
Hydrate again, then recovery mosey to the Baby Foundry.
The Thang, Pt 2
Animal House. Split into 6 groups of 4 for Animal stations
- Pull Ups: The timer, each PAX in the group hits 10 Pull ups. Spot if necessary.
- Crunchy Frogs till timer.
- Bear Crawl 10-20 yds, Crawl Bear back. Repeat till timer.
- Duck Walk 10-20 yds, Walk Duck back. Repeat till timer.
- Frog Jump 10-20 yds, Jump Frog back. Repeat till timer.
- Crab Walk 10-20 yds, Walk Crab back. Repeat till timer.
Stop by the Tool Wall for
- Calf Raise x40
- Monkey Humpers x40
Mosey back to the flag.
Back at the flag, we circled up for count-off and name-o-rama. Some confusion by an unnamed-pax about which number followed 6. Fortunately, other PAX jumped in to help. I hope that Pax is able to bring better numerical skills to his day job at a hardware store.
Naming of our FNG – a little too easy, given the theme of the day. “Your Delta Tau name is Flounder. Why? Why not.” Alas, we already have a Flounder, so we modifed – and he became Pinto. Welcome aboard. Then Frac corrected his train-wreck naming last week. Welcome to the renamed Sac-a-lait (google it, if you need to. Its totally SFW.)
Close out with our prayers. Intentions for recent passings and recovering friends and family. Lord, be with your children who are suffering, and bless those who care for them.
Thanks for letting me lead.
