{"id":443238,"date":"2024-08-29T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.f3nola.com\/2024\/08\/29\/bringing-force-to-the-balance-from-americas-best\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T13:24:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:24:05","slug":"bringing-force-to-the-balance-from-americas-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.f3nola.com\/2024\/08\/29\/bringing-force-to-the-balance-from-americas-best\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Force to the Balance – from America\u2019s Best"},"content":{"rendered":"

YHC almost fell into the shower the other day. The strength and balance to not fall on my face was attributed to F3, and so YHC decided to focus on balance for this beatdown.<\/p>\n

Warmarama preceded by a half-fast disclaimer for the FNG.
\nSSH, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, arm circles, mountain climbers, cherry pickers, self love, not in this order.<\/p>\n

Thang Number One: Modified Dora<\/p>\n

150 coupon curls while partner bear-crawls out and moseys back. Each time a partner begins the curls, however, he must first do 4 standing on the left leg, then 4 on the right leg.<\/p>\n

150 Prime-Time Merkins, as the partner murder-bunnies out and rifle carries back. All of the merkins should have been alternating feet, but some of the PAX proved themselves Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Players and only did the first 8 as such. <\/p>\n

250 Air Squats, again with the first 8 on one leg only. Partner takes a lap.<\/p>\n

As punishment for merkin malfeasance, the PAX took a quick mosey\/nur before:<\/p>\n

Thang Number Two: Balancing Bedlam–>Joe Cocker–>Wreck it Ralph<\/p>\n

PAX circles two bricks. One man balances one foot on a brick in the center, leaning over to pick up a second brick, then puts it back. During this, the remaining PAX in the circle are holding Mission Impossible. Every time the man on the brick touches the ground, all do a Ranger Merkin.
\n(Change the middle man each time, alternating in Al Gore with Bobby Hurleys, and standard plank with standard merkins. Repeato.)<\/p>\n

During each round, about one minute of a song plays, and once that minute is up, the PAX guess the year it was released. The difference between their guess and the actual year is the number of Burpees we all get to do. [EDIT: In an effort to further game-ify (confuse), YHC decided that we would also subtract the number of times the man in the middle picked up the brick, then use the absolute value of that for our number of Burpees. This led to absolutely no strategic changes, as everyone still tried to pick up the brick as many times as possible. These guys are competitive!]
\nA second trivia element was also woven in, as all the songs had a common theme. Guess that theme, and we would cut the number of Burpees in half (wrong answers would double them). Maneater provided the correct answer (bands have color in the name) around round 4, but since it was AFTER we had done the burpees for that round, YHC ignored it until the next round.
\nTakeaways: As expected, Honeysuckle’s internal gyroscope was activated and he demonstrated the greatest balance. Enron kept his balance surprisingly well, and provided an uncanny Joe Cocker impression when he did fall. The PAX in general did very well on guessing year, but it didn\u2019t matter, because math.
\nYHC was undisputedly the worst at balancing, going full Mario and breaking the brick, signifying the end of the beatdown.<\/p>\n

COT
\nIn spite of avoiding eye contact with Goose, Wet Tap earned the Blue Tube.
\nFNG became ShamWow.
\nSafety Valve Prayed us out.<\/p>\n

SYITG,<\/p>\n

AB<\/p>\n