THE SCENE: Misting, mid 40s, with an overcast QIC
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH x 20 or so (waiting on you Cosmo!); 5 burpees OYO, run 2 laps around AO parking lot to let QIC figure out what we’re going to do. End at the CMU pile because, well CMUesday.
THA-THANG:
While listening to some New Orleans Mardi Gras inspired music, we’re gonna have a parade. Everybody has to contribute a float to the parade. Whenever you hear Louis Armstrong’s “Hello Dolly,” stop what you’re doing, hit your 6 and do Hello Dollies for the length of the song.
- First float by Swimmies and Crablegs: Doras with your battle buddy. Grab a CMU and do a certain amount of curls, overhead presses, rows, goblet squats (I can’t really remember how many. Maybe 100 total each?), while your partner runs to the other side of parking lot and back John Cusack style (CMU held over your head the whole time). Shoulders are appropriately burning at this point.
- Next float sponsored by Gibbler and Baby Boomer? Head to the Pav-a-lon with CMU for 7s CMU Merkins and leg thrusts (on CMU). Wall sit with your CMU while waiting on the 6.
- So, the third float was maybe Rainbow or Hot Tub’s?: More Doras. One partner runs a lap around building with CMU while the other one does kettle bell swings. 4 laps for each partner.
- Next float: Hands comes down St. Charles with a bunch of shoulder shrugs. and CMU arm raises. Shoulders now feel like they’re going to simply let go of the arms and let them fall off.
- Next float: Code Brown’s float made of rocks. Grab two rocks from next to the building for two rounds of Tie Fighters (BAC while in lunge position- forward and back); then overhead claps. At this point, shoulders go from painful to just numb.
- Next float: Snitch brings it home with 11s- Box Jumps and dips (more shoulders!!)
- That’s the end of the float, so we return CMUs and circle up.
MARY:
No Mary, but Satchmo did serenade us with “Hello Dolly” twice during the workout, so we got 2 doses. And I was wrong about the time. The song lasted 2:24, so that’s a total of 4:48 of straight Hello Dollies.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Lent is upon us. Don’t just pick something to give up that is “bad” for us. Let’s pick something that is a true sacrifice. When we feel its absence, search for the presence of God. There’s nothing we can’t replace with God’s love and presence.
MOLESKIN:
Here’s the playlist: Mardi Gras in New Orleans- Professor Longhair; Hurricane Season- Trombone Shorty; Right Place Wrong Time- Mr. John; Hello Dolly! – Louis Armstrong; Cissy Strut- The Meters; All on a Mardi Gras Day- The Wild Magnolias; Jambalaya- Hank Williams; Down by the Riverside- Dirty Dozen Brass Band; It’s All Over Now- Ry Cooder; What is New Orleans – Kermit Ruffins and the Barbeque Swingers; La ti da- Marcia Ball; Preservation Hall Jazz Band- PHJB with Allen Toussaint; Tipitina-Professor Longhair; When the Saints Go Marching In; The Orleans Band.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Bring snacks for Wesley House. See the list on GroupMe.