Resilient Joy at The Hoedown

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8 summer migrants settled in at 5:30 for a Hoedown-style beatdown. Temperatures were 70 and sunny. According to the Zing Fit regulars, the following might have happened:

Drip, drip, drip…ok, we need to start…someone will have to catch up.

Mosey to the Teacher Parking Lot for the COP:

SSHs x40
Dead Man Hang
Walk it out…left leg high, right leg high
The Artist Formerly Known as Fudd’s Wife, then Wilson’s Wife.
Hand-Release Mercans x15
Imperial Walkers x10
On your six…flutter kicks x20
Inverted scorpion kicks
Recover…left leg over right and stretch…and right leg over left…and stretch.

Let’s mosey…Bodo’s spitefully closed one of the parking lots for construction…mosey to the front lawn…WWIIs…and something else.

Mosey to the Unclosed Third Church Parking Lot (which is really the Official F3 Weight Lifting Station and Parking Facility).

Grab a partner and a block. 2 men, three rounds.

Round 1:

Partner 1: Run the loop.
Partner 2: Bench press.

Round 2: Run and curls.

Round 3: Run and block thrusters.

Keep the Same Partner:

Someone was kind enough to leave 2 orange cones in the lot. Each team member will go from Cone 1 to Cone 2 (which is one segment) and Back (collectively a “lap”). Each person will make TWO full laps, or 4 segments. At least two of 4 segments, in any order, should be a bear crawl. Each man chooses his own adventure.

The second partner does a block exercise of his choice. When the first partner completes his 4 segments, the second partner tells the first partner which block exercise to do.

The two partners then switch roles. This goes on for 3 total rounds (which is often called a Triple Check, but this one only has 2 partners).

The questions will continue until morale improves.

At some point, the PAX did a Bro-code style run around Bodo’s Office, a symbolic protest over the closed parking lot.

Keep the Same Partner:

Remember the two orange cones? Ok, run the opposite direction around the parking lot from Cone 1 to Cone 2 (the “long way”). Partner 1 does this two times.

Partner 2 does a block exercise of his choice.

When Partner 1 has finished, the two partners switch and repeat.

Pigskin gave us a Roman-ian 20 count…in Latin letters. Nicely done.

Grab a Parking Space:

3 mercans, 3 WWIIs, and 3 squats. Move the adjacent spaces until YHC calls time.

Mosey BTTVSF.

2 MsoM.

Numbers, Names, and YHC took us out with a message of gratitude.

Announcements:

Breaking Bread for August…one spot remains. This is F3RVA’s oldest continuous volunteer effort, well over 10 years. Make dinner for about 8-12 people who are in need of help while they recover from injuries, surgeries, or illnesses. Straight up opportunity to do affirmative good and set a clear example of positive leadership (i.e., “make an impact”). Let’s go!

The neighborhood around Hoedown took some severe weather on Friday. No deaths or injuries, thankfully, but many trees downed that heavily damaged cars and houses. YHC is very thankful that everyone came through physically fine. Property can be replaced….

Results in the 20 Count Challenge Today:

First Place: Pigskin
Second Place: Seymour
Third Place: Wojo* (*technically, Wojo only completed a 19 count, which was all that was requested)

DQ’d: Oyster