Today’s work out at the Piranha is momentous for many reasons. It is my first time posting and Qing at The Piranha since suffering yet another injury and setback. On December 26, 2021, I ruptured my left Achilles tendon while mountain biking. I had surgery on it, for the second time, a few days later. I’m still in a boot and quite limited as far as mobility goes, but the fellowship of my F3 brothers has made it very important to me to make an effort to get back out in the gloom.
It is also my first time back at The Piranha with two new site Qs, Count Chocula and Looney. Both definitely fit the definition of high impact men. Only one man enough to show. Noted.
I always enjoy a theme when I Q, because I feel it can distract you from the exercises and provides some variety. Being a little rusty made planning this workout difficult, but I wanted to come up with something meaningful.
We did NOT celebrate any of the very worthy celebrity birthday that take place today such as Nick Nolte, Vince Neil, John Grisham, Gary Coleman, or Alonzo Mourning.
We did NOT celebrate the anniversary of the first NFL draft in 1936 or the anniversary of the Cleveland Browns moving to Baltimore in 1996.
We did NOT even celebrate the #1 song in 1992, I’m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred.
With the start of the Winter Olympic Games this past week in Beijing, China, a traditional Olympic themed workout seemed almost too easy to put together.
Instead, as I sit here in a post operative boot unable to walk normally, I decided instead to shine a light on something a little bit more interesting and unless you are intimately affected, most people don’t have a great understanding of.

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The Winter Paralympic Games

In the aftermath of the fanfare surrounding the winter Olympic games, the host city keeps venues operational for the Paralympic games the following month.
Athletes with varying disabilities in the following categories from around the world come together to compete with their peers.

* Amputee: partial or total loss of at least one limb.
* Non-progressive brain damage: cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke or similar disabilities affecting muscle control, balance or coordination.
* Intellectual Disability: significant impairment in intellectual functioning and associated limitations in adaptive behavior.
* Wheelchair: spinal cord injuries and other disabilities which require them to compete in a wheelchair.
* Visually Impaired: vision impairment ranging from partial vision, sufficient to be judged legally blind, to total blindness.
* Les Autres: physical disability that does not fall in the other categories, such as dwarfism, multiple sclerosis or congenital deformities (the name for this category is French for "the others")

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WARM UP -focus on stretching and flexibility
OH claps
Seal claps
Michael Phelps – bent over and slow
Front leg swing -bollard for balance
Side leg swing- bollard for balance
Lunge tilt stretch and rotate
Lunge back and forward stretch
Knee to chest single
Knee to chest double
Iron cross
Scorpion
Groin stretch/slow Peter Parker*
Bend over reach*
Slow Squat
Slow Merkin

*Q forgot

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PAX pull a flag and divide into countries participating in the Paralympic Games.

Opening Ceremony procession of nations to the blocks

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PAX performed 6 rounds of block exercises representing the 6 event disciplines of the Paralympics. These were pair with 6 static exercises designed to replicate the 6 categories of impairment recognized in the games.

Rd. 1 Alpine Skiing
Curl
OH press
Chest press
Row

AMPUTEE
High plank ,alternating lifting arm or leg off the ground while 3 countries runs the filbert. (missing an extremity makes this difficult)

Rd. 2 Ice Sledge Hockey
Curl
OH press
Chest press
Row

CEREBRAL PALSY(muscle control, balance, coordination)
Single leg RDL alternating 5 per leg while 3 countries runs the filbert. (taxing exercise without good balance, coordination)

Rd 3 Para Snowboarding
Curl
OH press
Chest press
Row

INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Balls to the wall while 3 countries run the filbert. (all that blood rushing to the head can affect the way you think!)

Rd. 4 Biathlon
Curl
OH press
Chest press
Row

WHEELCHAIR BOUND
Peoples Chair while 3 countries run the filbert.

Rd. 5 Nordic CX skiing
Curl
OH press
Chest press
Row

VISION IMPAIRED
Cusak(in your eyes) while one country runs the filbert. (only eye-related exercise I could find-block over head)

Rd. 6 Wheel Chair Curling
Curl
OH press
Chest press
Row

LES AUTRES
Since this is the curling round… Peoples Chair Block curls while 4 countries run the filbert.

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Closing Ceremony Procession of nations to startex

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MARY
In lieu of Mary, we repeated several stretches to minimize soreness and limit injury;
-Iron Cross
-Scorpion
-Whale Tail Complex- lets work on this one…may be appropriate to submit to the Exicon!

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COT
1. The Wolf is coming up in Hillsbourough
2. 2F Tailgate/Hockey Game!
3. Pallino fartsacking the Piranha next week for a cardiology procedure to get the ticker right. We will all be thinking of you!
4. https://www.bridge2sports.org/. Boucher and Fiddlestick can attest to the positive impact Ashley Thomas and this group has on all the people they inteact with.